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Chapter 370: Dark Demon Warming People's Hearts
"Nothing."
Dark pointed at the title of the book and said with a smile, "Isn't Easter coming soon? I'm looking up the origin of Easter."
Pandora glanced at the book and softly mused, "Easter, huh? I wonder what will be inside this year's Easter eggs?"
Dark: "Easter eggs?"
"Yes." Pandora pulled out a chair, sat down next to him, then propped up her chin and said, "Every Easter, the academy will distribute Easter eggs in various kinds of ways. If you're lucky, you can even get a semi-finished magic card personally crafted by the professors.”
Dark asked in surprise, "Don't the professors not recommend students to use semi-finished magic cards?"
Pandora smiled and said, "It'll just be some very novel semi-finished magic cards. Their research value is much higher than their practical value."
Dark lightly nodded, thoughts swirling in his mind.
According to Professor Cazer and Professor Silver's plan, they would distribute the access card as an Easter egg for the Easter Duel Festival.
Prior to that, this information could only be inadvertently leaked through "rumors".
Dark then tried to ask, "Senior sister, do you know about the Easter Duel Festival?"
Slightly taken aback, Pandora then asked with interest, "Are you saying that there'll be a duel competition on Easter this year?"
"There should be," Dark nodded, "It's said that the winner will receive a valuable prize."
Pandora thought about it and said, "Since it's an Easter competition, wouldn't we have the opportunity to compete on the same stage?"
Dark scratched his head: "I'm afraid not. I heard we'll be divided into groups by grade."
"That's such a pity." Pandora was slightly disappointed, "If it's too boring, I might not participate."
Dark blinked and hinted, "Maybe the reward will be a surprise?"
Pandora couldn't help turning her head as she covered her mouth and giggled, "Stop saying 'it's said', 'I heard', 'maybe'. Why don't you tell me directly about it?"
Nuh-uh-uh.
Feeling rather helpless, Dark frankly said, "At that time, the professors will put an access card into the winner's Easter egg. The access card holder will be able to freely enter and exit the secret passage. In addition, as a similar product to sorting cards, the access card will have many interesting little functions. For example, intercommunication between cardholders..."
"Is that it?" Pandora asked.
Dark nodded: "Mhm."
Pandora shook her head: "That's not really a big incentive. I'm not very interested in the secret passage."
Dark let out a smile: "Then, just enjoy the festival."
Pandora raised her hand and pointed her slender index finger at the corner of her mouth: "I can cheer for you."
She obviously figured that Dark would participate in this duel festival.
Without urging her anymore, Dark reached into the drawer, took out the box of chocolate for Pandora from his schoolbag, and placed it on the table: "Return gift."
Pandora curled her lips, reached out to poke the box of chocolate, and asked softly, "Can I expect a surprise?"
Dark thought for a moment and replied, "Perhaps."
Pandora complained, "Can't you give an affirmative answer?"
Dark: "Then, it's a yes."
Pandora blinked, then took the box of chocolate in her hand and shook it. "When I go back in the evening, I'll thoroughly enjoy your surprise."
Seeing that she was about to get up, Dark asked, "Are you going to be on duty in the afternoon?"
"No." Pandora shook her head, "I have an experimental project to do today, I have to leave."
With that said, she stood up and left, leaving only a trace of fragrance.
Dark stared at the direction she left for a while, then turned back and reopened 《Easter: Divine Revelation》, but his attention was no longer on the book.
"So, she especially took time out to get the chocolate?"
……
After pondering over it for a while, Dark took 《Easter: Divine Revelation》 to the counter to register for rental, and then left the library.
In any case, all the chocolates that should be given out as return gifts had been sent out, so these external affairs could finally be wrapped up.
With only half a month left before Easter, he still had a lot to prepare.
Although the competition rules of the Easter duel festival had yet to be announced, since it was an academy-wide competition, it would certainly adhere to formal competition rules with a strict requirement on the number of magic cards the contestants were to carry.
This meant that at least forty magic cards would be needed.
The only uncertainty was—which level of magic ball life barrier would be used in this competition?
There were five levels to the life barrier of a magic ball, and the corresponding magic energy values of each level were respectively 1000, 2000, 4000, 8000, and 16000.
So far, the most formal competition Dark had participated in was the previous Rookie League, but what had been used then was only the second level, and the magic energy value of the magic ball life barrier was merely 2000 points.
However, the regulation of this Easter duel festival would certainly not be the same as the Rookie League's.
Taking into account that students from year one to three were in one group and year four to six were in another group, the magic energy value of the magic ball life barrier for the lower grade group was likely to be the third level of 4000 points, while the magic energy value for the upper grade group should be the fourth level of 8000 points.
Of course, it was also possible that the fourth level of 8000 points would be used for both groups.
Dark didn't plan on asking Professor Cazer about this. With a hint of expectation for unexpected developments, he focused more energy on the training for long-distance control of the magic ball.
This Easter duel festival was a rare opportunity for first years to compete on the same stage as third years.
And the fight against third years would definitely entail the incorporation and manipulation of the magic ball.
A normal third year wouldn't be like Senior Sister Angelia, who had absolutely zero dueling experience.
How to control the magic ball to avoid the opponent's attack, even going further to multitask by simultaneously controlling the magic ball and summoning the magical spirit, or perhaps forcibly controlling the opponent's magic ball...
Various kinds of tricks would emerge like an endless stream.
Especially for a competition with an entertainment value like the Easter duel festival—there might even be people who would deliberately try to pull some shenanigans…
In short, just thinking about it would make people look forward to it.
……
While Dark was shuttling between the library and the dormitory, the three little girls who received their Valentine's Day return gifts immediately opened the box of chocolate upon returning to the dormitory.
Eudora even rushed back to the dormitory without eating lunch.
After she got into her bedroom, she put down her schoolbag and threw herself on the bed, her petite body sinking into the quilt.
Holding the box of chocolate tied with a ribbon in front of her eyes with both hands, Eudora was giggling, so excited that she couldn't contain herself.
From being explicitly rejected when asking to dance with Dark for Christmas, to now getting a return gift for White Day, such a progress after expending hard work made her feel exulted.
Although she knew in her heart that this was not that kind of reciprocal gift, compared to other girls who gave out chocolates on Valentine's Day and didn't even hear a peep, she was undoubtedly one of the lucky ones.
"This should be considered as making the first step, right?"
Eudora rubbed her cheek against the box of chocolate, her big starry eyes narrowing into crescents.
"After the first step, there's the second step..."
Lying prone on the bed, she happily opened up the box of chocolate.
After the box was opened, the aroma of chocolate mixed with the smell of fruit wafted out.
As Eudora got closer to sniff it, her eyes abruptly lit up: "There's wine in it!"
The chocolate she gave to Dark also contained alcohol.
This similarity made her suddenly feel more acknowledged.
"How great!"
Eudora parted her pink lips, picked out a piece of wine-filled chocolate, and took a small bite.
The chocolate mixed with a hint of fruity aroma felt much more delicious than what she made herself.
As she licked the Elven Wine in the center of the chocolate, a blush quietly surfaced on Eudora's face.
At the same time, the magic energy in her body was palpably invigorated, making her feel comfortable from head to toe.
Surprise appeared in her eyes: "What kind of wine is this?"
After a while, while indulging in the aftertaste of Elven Wine, she picked up the card in the box and looked at what was written on it:
……
You've shown results in your studies, there's a promising future ahead of you.
——Dark Demon [gift]
……
Eudora promptly put her hands on her cheeks, her eyes covered with a hazy veil.
"You can do it, Eudora!"
……
On another side.
After having lunch together with Dark, Dianna and Rose merrily returned to the dormitory.
Rose put back her schoolbag in her dormitory and went to Dianna's dormitory.
The two placed the boxes of chocolate they received on the table and decided to open them together.
Dianna stared at the box of chocolate and grumbled, "On Valentine's Day, if I hadn't come across Eudora, I would've definitely succeeded. So angry!"
Rose glanced away rather uneasily.
Until now, she still hadn't told Dianna that she was the first person Dark met on the morning of Valentine's Day.
However, that hearsay must be false… mhm, it must be false!
Rose calmed herself down and said, "Let's open and check it out? I'm guessing it's handmade chocolate."
Dianna giggled and said, "I think so too. Dark is always so earnest. Come on, let's open it together."
With that said, the two of them opened the boxes at the same time.
Placed in each box were nine pieces of wine-filled chocolates arranged in three rows.
There were even some fine patterns on the surface of the chocolates.
"It's the image of a bear!"
As Dianna's eyes lit up, she immediately picked up a piece of chocolate and kept turning it around.
Rose also carefully picked up a piece and said, "Mine's a rabbit."
Then she looked at the card in the box.
But right as she did that, Dianna couldn't wait but to stuff the chocolate into her mouth.
She bit down hard and chomped off half of the chocolate, causing the Elven Wine contained inside to instantly leak out.
"Woo!"
In an emergency, Dianna sharply inhaled and sucked all the Elven Wine into her mouth.
"It's wine!"
Eyes lighting up, she immediately picked up the second piece of chocolate.
"Rose, this is so yummy! Quickly try it!"
Dianna quelled her surprise and turned to look at Rose only to see Rose staring at a card, her gaze trembling faintly.
"Mhm?"
Dianna couldn't help leaning over to take a look.
What came into her sight was a cute picture of a bear, a rabbit and a cat sitting together on a crescent moon, exposing their little feet.
……
For Dianna, the delicious wine-filled chocolates might be the best gift.
But for Rose, it was probably this card.
……
As though she had found a priceless treasure, Rose decided to bring it back and get a photo frame to mount it...
Afterwards, Dianna also picked up her card.
The gluttonous little bear drawn on the card made her face turn slightly red. Resignedly, she took another bite of the wine-filled chocolate.
Then, her eyes drifted towards Rose's wine-filled chocolates...
……
Half past seven at night.
Students from the four houses once again came to the top of the spiral clock tower, sitting in the classroom waiting for Professor Medea's arrival.
The love divination on Valentine’s Day had left a deep impression on them.
With today being White Day, the little magisters wanted another lesson of it.
But Professor Medea, who appeared in a pumpkin carriage, went against their expectations this time.
She merely picked out some tales of love with correlation to the stars, imparted some philosophy in the form of stories, and then briefly talked about [Tarot Card Divination].
[Tarot Cards] were a very commonly used divination tool.
In the streets and the alleys, one could often see people using [Tarot Cards] to do divination.
Of course, 99.999% of them were charlatans.
The profoundness of [Tarot Card Divination] was something beginners couldn't even imagine.
Even Professor Medea dared not claim to be proficient in [tarot card divination].
But as a teaching material, it could easily arouse the students' interest.
After all, who didn’t like playing cards?
At the very least, Eevee's eyes lit up upon seeing it, crying out softly from time to time.
Dark reckoned that he would have to buy it a deck of [tarot cards].
But during this entire lesson, Professor Medea didn't mention any topic related to Easter.
Dark specifically went to ask her after class, but Professor Medea just smiled and said nothing, giving him a "figure it out on your own" look.
What the **** was he supposed to figure out!
And thus, Dark directly tossed this matter to the back of his mind.
After all, he wasn't actually the slightest bit worried about anything happening on Easter.
Even if something did happen, it had nothing to do with him.
……
The morning after White Day ended, Professor Cazer called Dark to his office at the end of the second class.
After tidying up a little, he brought Dark to Professor Silver's office.
Upon entering the office, Professor Cazer casually threw a magic card to Dark.
"Has the access card been finished?"
Blurting out a question, Dark picked up the magic card and carefully observed it.
The magic card exuded a faint golden halo, giving it a very similar feel to a golden card.
But it was definitely not a golden card.
As his heart stirred, Dark asked, "Professor, did you really implement the ranking system?"
Professor Cazer proudly replied, "White, blue, purple, orange, golden—it's easy. Try injecting your magic energy."
Dark proceeded to inject a bit of magic energy into the golden access card.
But after his magic energy was injected, a key-like figure popped up on the access card and spoke in a slightly stiff tone:
"Identity verification failed. Identity verification failed. Please return this card to Cazer. Please return this card to Cazer."
Amidst the beeping noise, Dark's expression gradually turned dumbstruck.
Professor Cazer and Professor Silver both laughed out loud.
In order to gloss over his mischief, Professor Cazer quickly said, "It's like this, we plan to do something bigger for this Easter duel festival..."
……
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