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Chapter 379: Doesn't Want to Sponge off Anyone Part 2

It was just that last time, he carelessly roared too loudly when watching the competition, which seemed to offend the .

With the mentality of not causing trouble, decided to keep his mouth shut this time.

After all, the sitting in the front row was very conspicuous.

Viscount Great Bayer wanted to exchange insights on "praising children" with the Valkyrie, but the Viscountess always said that she would do it in his stead at the tea party.

But could this kind of communication be done on one's behalf?

The giant bear sighed.

……

At the same time, also found her son's name on the big screen and instantly beamed with happiness.

While the two little princesses were grumbling about not getting [], they were simultaneously looking for Dark Demon in the arena.

But under layers upon layers of cover, it wasn't easy to find someone.

looked at the competition rules displayed on the side of the big screen and seriously expressed, "The rules are quite interesting."

Alvette suppressed her smile and agreed, "It seems disordered yet is actually orderly. If this mode is more formalized, it will become a competition of connections. Only those who know how to join forces in the match can stand tall and remain undefeated. But the contestants participating in this competition are quite diverse. It’s obviously more about the entertainment value, so it depends more on luck."

Claire smiled and said, "I wonder if Dark will be lucky enough?"

Alvette frowned, her expression turning gloomy. "This kid has had bad luck since he was a child."

, the third princess sitting between Claire and Alvette, suddenly perked up, "That's right, I remember he kept losing at rock-paper-scissors!"

The second princess immediately rained on her parade and said, "Aren't you the same? The only winner is me."

Angie sulked, "So annoying, our score is clearly 50-50!"

……

Inside the loge of 's branch stadium, similarly spotted Dark Demon's name on the big screen.

"Is he really participating?" She tapped the armrest with her fingers and said to Headmistress Arte, "Cynthia, I want to take a closer look at him."

"No problem." As Headmistress Arte pointed her finger, a ray of fluorescent light flew out from her fingertip and dove into the one-way mirror that covered the entire front wall.

Technically, there wasn't any loge in Saint Marian Academy's open-air dueling hall. Only the Headmistress herself could set up a separate loge and connect it to the projection displayed in the dueling hall.

The spirit bug she released scoured through the projection, and then flew back with a "buzz" and exploded into a firework, transforming into an oval mirror.

The figure of Dark Demon then appeared inside the mirror.

Lady Montierfalli meticulously sized him up with a light frown.

Next to her, Aurora's eyes widened a little.

The son of Valkyrie had perfectly inherited her hair color, and his facial features were as delicate as a doll's.

If it weren't for the heaps of rumors about him, he would've undoubtedly been someone who could make girls fall in love at the first sight.

"Too skinny."

But Lady Montierfalli was obviously dissatisfied.

"At any rate, Alvette was a godly warrior, so how did she bring up such a delicate child? How can such a delicate child be worthy of my little moon?"

Yet Aurora whispered, "It's okay, I'll be gentle..."

Lady Montierfalli immediately glared at her.

Dark Demon’s pretty face was indeed very captivating. Ordinary little girls would have no resistance to it.

But her daughter was certainly not that superficial.

She was the one to blame for Aurora's special concern about Valkyrie's son.

Once, in a state of intoxication while relaxing after a busy day, she accidentally spilled the beans and revealed about the arranged marriage between the two.

Originally, this so-called "arranged marriage" was casually decided by the two mothers while they were chatting.

At that time, Montierfalli had just formed the intention to establish a city, but due to insufficient connections and resources, she sought her most trustworthy comrade—Alvette the Valkyrie.

Upon learning that Montierfalli's purpose in establishing a city was to house the discriminated mixed-race community, Alvette, such a gentle person that she was, agreed without the slightest hesitation.

At that time, it was just a few years after the war ended. The dukedom was still licking the wounds left by the war, and its savings were equally tight.

The fact that Alvette chose to support her without any hesitation at such a time made Montierfalli feel tremendously moved.

On top of that, she just happened to see the two children snuggling together in the crib, so in a moment of impulsiveness, she proposed this arranged marriage.

Knowing that doing so would make her comrade feel more at ease, Alvette immediately agreed.

But in fact, neither party took it too seriously.

After successfully establishing the city, Montierfalli had also presented the dukedom with enormous repayment.

If neither party mentioned it, as both their children grew up, the "arranged marriage" would probably exist only in name.

Unfortunately, Lady Montierfalli accidentally exposed this matter when her daughter was five years old.

From that time on, Aurora, who was already sensible and understood about right and wrong at the age of five, learned that she had a "fiancé".

Although they had never met again since they grew up, news circulated fairly quickly in the City of Freedom.

Aurora could occasionally hear about things related to him from the maids around her.

Gradually, she learned of his name, his unruly nature, and the specious rumors about him.

But what did that matter?

Wasn't it enough just to look good? [✘]

Bad character could be fixed. [✔]

In fact, Aurora knew about the truth regarding this "arranged marriage".

But from her standpoint, if the marriage could go smoothly, the burden on her mother's shoulders would immediately be greatly lightened.

The establishment of the City of Freedom was only the beginning. The key lay in its subsequent development.

As a new city built within the territory of the , its development was bound to be full of difficulties and obstacles.

For her mother, for the city, and for all of the mixed-race, Valkyrie's support was necessary.

Of course, Aurora wasn't that altruistic.

She was just doing it for her mother.

In short, it was indeed like that in the beginning.

That was what she thought when she was five years old.

……

At that time, Aurora's goal was to become "the wife behind a successful man."

But as she grew older and her understanding of the relationship between men and women became clearer, she became too shy to speak about this goal.

That initial tinge of utilitarianism also gradually faded away as she grew up.

Lady Montierfalli always told her: It's your path, so you have to walk it on your own two feet.

To keep wanting to take advantage of everything and rely on others was a sign of immaturity.

After Aurora understood the truth behind this, she cut off the second half of "the wife behind a successful man" and kept only the first half—"the wife".

As long as she, as a "wife", was capable enough, what did it matter no matter how useless her "husband" was?

Yes, it would be alright as long as she became that kind of "wife".

Aurora had habitually put herself in the role of a "wife".

Although the two weren’t actually engaged and hadn't even seen each other since they grew up, the current her already had the confidence to support any "husband".

……

"It'll be alright, Aurora."

Looking at her "husband" in the mirror, Aurora internally gave herself a little encouragement—come on!

……

Saint Marian Academy.

Open-air dueling hall.

Dark Demon had no idea that he was being watched.

After all, aside from occasionally joking about it, Valkyrie never brought up that matter.

Moreover, he previously had a simple-minded character and wouldn't pay attention to things that were only mentioned in passing.

So he had no impression of the so-called "arranged marriage".

But even if he knew about it, he still wouldn't change his mind.

Although his so-called "fiancée" was a popular character in the original game, it had nothing to do with the current him.

Even if they got to know each other in the future, that would be a matter for the future.

He put his greatest effort into dealing with the [demon god bloodline]. As for matters other than that, he hoped to be able to do whatever he wanted.

"It's going to start!"

As all one hundred and thirty-two contestants took their respective positions, the atmosphere in the venue gradually changed from the initial liveliness into a solemn one.

No matter what kind of mentality one came here with, the moment they stood on the stage, they would realize that if they still didn't take it seriously at this time, the repercussions would go beyond merely losing face!

The audience's enthusiasm towards the duel competition shocked the few first-year students who took the stage for the first time.

Earthshaking roars became the accompaniment signaling the start of the competition.

Being in the audience and on the stage were two completely different experiences.

Among those first-year students, some were already trembling because of this.

Dark Demon too, felt his blood gradually boiling.

On the commentator’s tribune, Zach Wilson vigorously waved his arms, trying to calm the audience down.

But his presence was obviously not strong enough to keep the situation under control.

For him, the commentary of the upcoming preliminary battle royale would also be a major test.

Left with no other choice, he could only shout as loud as he could amidst the roaring, "With all eyes on them, our contestants have all gotten into positions. Be it the first-year students entering the battlefield for the first time or the third-year students with experience under their belt, they’re all standing on the same arena in tribute to the all-new dueling mode. Here, on their behalf, I would like to wish everyone in the audience a happy Easter!"

"Happy Easter!"

Although there weren’t many, there were still some people sparsely responding to Wilson's greeting. The wishes mixed within the roars had Wilson quietly wiping his sweat.

"Happy my ass!"

But there was also someone who took the chance to curse out loud.

Angus Jeffrey, president of the , was gnashing his teeth in the ring belt. He even yelled out amidst the crowd, "Screw him up!"

As if on command, several members of the Aristocratic History Research Society on the stage glanced in his direction. Some looked indifferent, while some others had a glint in their eyes.

Since his failure on Valentine's Day, third-year Mike Irving had gradually fallen from Jeffrey's confidant to a marginal figure, so naturally, there was a new vacancy at Jeffrey's side.

No matter the purpose in mind, if one could replace Mike Irving's position and become Jeffrey's confidant, it would be beneficial in the short term.

As for the long term...

Who still did long-term investment these days?

It was a “battle royale” anyway, so no matter how chaotic it got, nobody would think that anything was off.

Might as well take the opportunity to cause some chaos.

Among those who took Jeffrey's proposal seriously, there were three second-year students and two third-year students.

And the one whose position was closer to Dark...

Contestant no. 74, a second-year student, was only two people away from Dark.

He was a second-year Noble House student, Ollig Ruther (奥利哥·鲁瑟)!

The Ruther family was just a little-known family in the kingdom.

The patriarch was only a baron.

However, they possessed a vast barony—although most of it was wasteland.

But recently, they seemed to have mined some minerals.

As a result, Ollig Ruther managed to squeeze his way into the Aristocratic History Research Society. For him, this was an opportunity to move to the upper echelon, and he was striving hard to seize it.

For the marginal nobles, if they could reach the upper echelon, it would be a crucial step in improving their family status.

The access and opportunities available to those on the upper rung and those on the lower rung were completely different.

The same also applied in aristocratic circles.

Furthermore, the only capital owned by the Ruther family—the abundance of land—was currently becoming worthless.

With the advancement of urban construction, human beings were in the process of surpassing the initial stage of "restoration of wasteland”.

There was no doubt that in the near future, humans would start to develop and reutilize the territory of the demon race.

And as an outpost, the City of Freedom would become a hotly contested spot.

“Sun Warrior” Sunna Montierfalli had indeed built a promising home for the mixed-race.

……

In short, for the benefit of himself and his family, Ollig Ruther was trying to find a way to trip up Dark Demon.

As for why not simply defect to the duke's son?

One reason was because he had no way to defect, and the other was because he had already joined the Aristocratic History Research Society.

People's vision would usually be obstructed by their environment.

If his loyalty lay elsewhere despite him being in the Aristocratic History Research Society, his future path would probably go up in flames.

But how to trip up Dark Demon?

If he targeted him too deliberately, would it be misunderstood as his dissatisfaction towards the dukedom?

If he attacked him too fiercely, would he offend the duke's son and be secretly retaliated against?

The Ruther family couldn't afford to bear even the slightest bit of the duke's anger.

As a small nobleman, things were truly difficult for Ruther.

He was so terribly stressed out.

……

As the match was about to begin, Dark Demon took out two magic cards from his card pouch and held them in his hand.

There was no other rule to the preliminary battle royale—except for not being allowed to start summoning before the match started, anything else was permitted.

Thus, he directly took out [] and [Pride III].

In the early stage of the preliminary battle royale, whoever could summon powerful magical spirits faster would definitely gain the upper hand faster.

Since high-ranked magical spirits and low-ranked magical spirits were each worth one point, of course he would choose to hunt the low-ranked magical spirits!

And to deal with low-ranked magical spirits, no one else was quicker than [Devimon].

His gaze swept from side to side, ready to go.

……

Ding dong!

As the bell rang, a huge countdown appeared above their heads.

[30s]

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