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Chapter 378: Dark Demon's Sun

When the duel festival within the academy was going into full swing, 's various branch stadiums around the world had already long been opened to the public.

Saint Marian Academy's dueling competition was among the rare few competitions hosted by humans. However, it was also very popular in the territories of other demi-humans.

As the estrangement between humans and demi-humans gradually became apparent after the war ended, only Saint Marian Academy's reputation remained as strong.

Especially in the (自由之都) that was newly established in the former demon race territory—the home of the mixed race. Saint Marian Academy, which held no discrimination against the mixed race, had always been regarded as a holyland. Every child there dreamt of enrolling into Saint Marian Academy for further study.

Apart from the capital of the human kingdom, the this time was held most grandly in the branch stadium of the City of Freedom.

At this moment, was seated inside loge 1 of City of Freedom's branch stadium.

She had been busy in the City of Freedom for a very long time. It happened that she had some free time today, so she wanted to check out how the academy's Easter Duel Festival would go and see whether it could become a permanent event in the future.

"Say, Cynthia, is this really an idea Silver can come up with?"

Next to Headmistress Arte, a woman with hair as flaming as the rising sun was carefully observing the Easter eggs in her hands, marveling at them.

"Sunna(苏娜), haven't I already told you? A student came up with it."

Headmistress Arte reached out to pluck a strawberry and put it into her mouth. Her crystal-clear lips were slightly moist, and her pure as moonlight silver locks looked almost transparent.

Like , (蒙蒂尔法莉), the Ruler of the City of Freedom and the heroine who impressively built a city on this wasteland, was a mixed-race human with giant bloodline.

"The student you're talking about, is it Alvette's son?"

Arms crossed over her chest, Lady Montierfalli unabashedly went on to cross her legs. A trace of curiosity appeared on her slightly rough but still beautiful face.

In terms of stature, the half-giant Sunna Montierfalli was slightly slimmer than Professor Jones who was only one-sixteenth giant. However, her heart was equally as huge, and there was a sense of power thrumming underneath her delicate skin.

Speaking of Valkyrie's son, Lady Montierfalli couldn't help asking, "Is he really as outstanding as you said? But I heard..."

Headmistress Arte smiled. "Be it in terms of personality or character, humans will go through some change when they're learning the ways of the world. As educators, what we need to do is precisely to provide them with the correct guidance during this period."

Lady Montierfalli couldn't help shaking her head. "I hope so. It's best if he doesn't disappoint me."

Headmistress Arte raised her head, looking through the one-way mirror of the loge to see the auditorium below.

Nearing the start of the competition at 8:30, more and more spectators poured into the venue.

Many of the audience had been drawn by the Easter egg retail centers in various districts. The price of 188 sacred coins apiece did nothing to curb their enthusiasm.

Arte then said, "I heard he'll participate in this competition. You can observe for yourself then."

"Participating in the competition?" Lady Montierfalli asked in surprise, "Isn't he only a first-year?"

Arte said, "This Easter Duel Festival is using a new mode of competition. Haven't you been paying attention to it?"

Lady Montierfalli lightly shook her head. "I'm so busy all day long, how can I have the time to pay attention to this?"

Knock knock knock.

A knocking sound from outside the loge interrupted their conversation.

Lady Montierfalli frowned, uncrossed her legs, and fixed her sitting posture.

Headmistress Arte smiled and said, "It's Aurora."

Lady Montierfalli's expression slightly softened as she relaxed once more.

As the Ruler of the City of Freedom, regardless of her own nature, she must abide by etiquette in front of outsiders.

After all, she was the face of the City of Freedom. People's impression on such a new city depended largely on the ruler’s personal charm.

This ironically made her unable to be as free as she was before establishing the City of Freedom.

She couldn't be like Arte who maintained an impeccable appearance every second round the clock.

"Come in."

Outside the loge, Aurora gently pushed the door after hearing her mother's lazy voice.

The originally tightly locked door was easily pushed open.

She quietly walked into the loge before closing the door, not forgetting to lock it again.

Only then did she proceed to walk behind Headmistress Arte and Lady Montierfalli, put down the plate in her hand, and politely greeted, "Good morning, mother. Good morning, Aunt Arte."

"Good morning, Little Aurora." Headmistress Arte slightly turned sideways and looked at the plate.

Atop the silver plate with simple patterns engraved on it, a white ceramic teapot was exuding warm steam with delicate snacks carefully stacked on the side.

There were translucent glutinous rice cakes exuding the fragrance of peppermint, cheesecakes with honey colored glaze, tiramisu covered with chocolate sauce, and cookies sprinkled with chopped walnuts...

Arte asked in surprise, "Little Aurora, did you make these by yourself?"

Aurora faintly nodded, her neat bangs covering her eyes. A hint of blush appeared on her face that was as white and tender as a freshly peeled egg.

Although she was quarter giant, unlike her mother, she was petite and dainty. Even her hair color was white like Headmistress Arte, not sun-red like Sunna Montierfalli.

But slightly different from Headmistress Arte's silver hair, her hair was of a purer white color. It was even more transparent and gave off a dreamy, ethereal feel.

had obviously inherited more of her paternal bloodline.

Faced with Headmistress Arte's inquiry, she only answered with a shy hum.

"Speak louder."

All of a sudden, Lady Montierfalli rebuked her.

Aurora blushed and hummed louder.

Lady Montierfalli then picked up a walnut cookie and put it into her mouth, exasperatedly muttering, "At any rate, I, Sunna Montierfalli, was someone who had the title of [], so how did I give birth to a moon-like daughter like you?"

Aurora shyly refuted, "In what way am I like the moon..."

Lady Montierfalli glared at her. "Look at you, in what way do you look like my daughter? If someone else saw you, they would've thought you were Arte's child!"

Aurora reflexively twisted a strand of her hair and mumbled, "You can't blame me for this."

"So is it my fault?" Lady Montierfalli couldn't help snorting.

Headmistress Arte smilingly beckoned to Aurora, "Little Aurora, just ignore your mom, come sit here with auntie."

Aurora glanced at her mother, but then whispered, "It's alright, I'll just sit beside my mother."

After saying that, she walked to the seat next to her mother and sat down, her bearing as elegant as a noble lady.

Despite her daughter looking nothing like herself, Lady Montierfalli gazed at her with a deep affection in her eyes.

She feigned indifference and casually said, "Aurora, watch the competition carefully, you're going to enter the academy in the second half of the year. I hope you can join the dueling club in your first year."

"Mhm," Aurora nodded, and then habitually blushed and said, "I'll be able to see him when I enter the academy."

"Tsk." Lady Montierfalli turned her head to the side, not wanting to speak.

She didn’t tell her daughter that in a little while, she might be able to see the person she had been wanting to see.

……

The weather in the City of Freedom was perfectly sunny.

On the other hand, the capital of the kingdom was shrouded in dark clouds.

Inside the carriage, the eldest princess gazed at the sky outside the window rather despondently.

This Easter conference truly had a rocky path laid ahead of it.

She wondered if it could proceed smoothly.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help looking in the direction of Saint Marian's branch stadium with endless envy.

"I really want to go."

Not only Alvette and Claire, even Anna and Angie had also gone for it.

She was the only one who had no choice but to move on.

But as a person, there were always some burdens that one had to bear.

……

Saint Marian's branch stadium.

Alvette Saint Demon and had already entered the auditorium and sat down in advance.

The two little princesses sat on either side of Claire, playing with the fat cat.

With Valkyrie and Sage of Beasts by their side, they could confidently refuse the company of those annoying guards, so they were now in a very good mood.

"Meow!"

The fat cat named was struggling to get up, but Anna and Angie each held one of its ears. It could only helplessly let out miserable cries.

"Will Eliza be okay?" Claire asked rather worriedly.

But Alvette was not very concerned. "She has to learn to face it by herself. We can help her for a while, but we can't help her forever."

Angie raised her head and giggled as she said, "Aunt Claire, there's nothing to worry about, big sister can do it."

Anna also added, "Her and big brother—one is in the east while the other is in the west. They won't face each other head-on, so it'll be alright."

Claire helplessly asked, "You two little brats, what do you really think about it?"

"What else can we think about?" Anna and Angie said at the same time, "If big brother wins, we'll be quiet little princesses. If big sister wins, we'll be lively little princesses."

Claire couldn't help but be amused. "You two have actually thought things through quite thoroughly. Unfortunately, things are always changing. Nothing ever goes according to your wish. You guys are still young now, so you don't have to worry about this."

Anna and Angie pretended not to hear her.

After playing for a while, Anna suddenly looked up and said, "Aunt Claire, can we go buy Easter eggs together? I want a magic figurine of []!"

Angie immediately said, "Yeah, we have to do it quickly. I heard there are only three figurines of [Heavenly White Dragon], and only one of them is a movable magic figurine! If someone else took it away, then there'll be no more of it."

After saying that, the two princesses tried to get up, but they were pulled back by Claire.

Claire looked at Alvette.

Alvette clapped her hands.

An "audience" sitting behind them immediately stood up and left.

A while later, a friendly looking "salesperson" came over pushing a cart.

Rows of Easter eggs were neatly lined up on the cart.

"188 sacred coins each, you pick first or I pick first?"

Anna and Angie's eyes sharpened at the same time, as if they were on a battlefield.

But an arm fair as a white jade had already reached out a step ahead to pick out an Easter egg with a base color of white.

Alvette, too, had been thinking about the Easter eggs for a long time.

Her target was []!

……

Inside Saint Marian Academy, in the open-air dueling hall.

After Dark and Dianna went into the passage for contestants, they followed the crowd and kept walking all the way.

It wasn't until there was a fork in the road ahead that the two of them successively stopped.

The staff member stationed at the junction was shouting loudly, "Those in year one to three, please go to the left. Those in year four to six, please go to the right!"

On each side, there were two more staff who were registering the names, houses and grades of the contestants.

"Let's go to the left."

Dark took Dianna to line up to the left. It wasn't long before their turn came.

The senior in charge of registration raised her head and instructed, "Write your full name, house, grade, and then grab an Easter egg."

"Do we also get an Easter egg for this?" Dark asked curiously.

The senior sister chuckled and replied, "In addition to the number tag, there's also a participation prize inside. I wish you good luck."

As he looked at her smile, for a fleeting moment, Dark wanted to help him draw the Easter egg—but of course he didn't do so.

After registering, he drew from a large pot an Easter egg that was merely the size of a tennis ball, and then moved to the side, letting Dianna do her registration.

Among the students who had registered ahead, someone directly cracked the Easter egg, pulled out a credit point voucher from inside, and immediately started making a ruckus over it.

Another student who lined up in the next row pulled out a piece of green ore. At first, he was stunned for a moment, and then he screamed out in surprise, so excited that he couldn't contain himself.

Because of this, the other students in line—especially the first and second years who were "focusing on participation instead of performance"—all started discussing in excitement.

Prior to this, no one had expected that there would be a participation prize.

"Yosha!"

After Dianna completed her registration, she immediately took out an Easter egg from the big pot.

Seeing that Dark had yet to open his, she couldn't help asking, "Together?"

Dark nodded. "Together."

And thus, the two of them clenched their fists at the same time.

The Easter egg in Dianna's hand instantly shattered.

A round number tag and a hexagonal gemstone fell out from it.

Dianna picked up the gemstone and exclaimed in surprise, "Dark, look what I got."

The gemstone emitted a fiery red light, casting a bright red shine on her face.

But upon a closer look, one would find that there was a hint of darkness nestled in the core of the gem.

As the gemstone caught their eyes, the students lining up on this row all showed envious looks.

"Congrats, congrats."

While congratulating her, Dark glanced at the Easter egg with mere finger dent marks in his hand and continued to exert force in silence.

Yet in the end, after he finally cracked the Easter egg, he only got a number tag and a dusty stone.

He picked up the stone and looked at it for a while, but he really couldn't tell what it was, so he had to put it away for the time being.

, who had lined up in the other row, also finished his registration at this time.

He glanced at the gemstone in Dianna's hand with some envy, and then drew an Easter egg from the pot on his side before crushing it open with both hands.

"This is… a 10-point voucher?" White remarked in surprise.

"That's pretty lucky."

……

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