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Chapter 384: Dark Demon Said Okay

City of Freedom.

From the moment Dark entered the arena, Aurora had been closely observing him through Arte's magic mirror.

Aurora wasn't a girl who was overly judgemental about looks, but who wouldn’t like beautiful people?

Even the most stringent person wouldn’t be able to find flaws in Dark Demon's appearance.

His meticulous concentration during the competition, him staying calm and collected whenever his magical spirits encountered danger, his gentleness and reliability in asking for his magical spirit's opinion when challenged to a fight, his unconceited attitude despite gaining the upper hand, his calmness in the face of malice—had all been thoroughly displayed throughout the duration of the competition.

Simply impeccable.

He was completely different from the rumors that had kept coming from outside in recent years, so much so that it made one think those rumors were all malicious slander deliberately fabricated by someone.

But judging from the information revealed in the conversation between her mother and the Headmistress, it seemed that this wasn't the case.

"Can a person really go through such a tremendous change in a short time?"

Thinking about how she was before and after she started to understand things at the age of five, Aurora felt that it was still possible.

But this Dark Demon instead made her feel a sense of unfamiliarity.

The marriage partner she had always had in her impression shouldn't be like this.

Aurora patiently watched, gradually replacing her old impression with the image enfolding in front of her, feeling a little dejected in her heart.

There were only a few months left before she was going to become a first-year student in Saint Marian Academy.

She was about to leave her familiar environment, say goodbye to her mother who loved her, and go to study in a foreign and distant place.

It wasn't like Aurora didn't feel reluctant.

But as they grew older, it was but a matter of time for children to eventually leave the shelter of their parents.

The boy who had formed ties with her since childhood was likely to occupy a large part of her future academy life.

Originally, she was very confident. She would integrate herself into Dark Demon's life, and do everything she should be doing well.

When the time came, there shouldn't be much doubt that they would naturally get together.

Wasn’t there a saying that "love grows over time"?

Aurora had always felt that five years should be enough for each to get used to the other's existence.

At that time, it would be a matter of course for them to get married upon graduation.

But now, she was a little at a loss.

Dark Demon was much more outstanding than she had expected, so outstanding she no longer knew how she would be able to wedge into his life, let alone integrate herself into it.

Moreover, such an outstanding and charming person would inevitably attract people to like him, wouldn't he?

Aurora's eyes fell on the girl walking side by side with Dark Demon.

The sight made her pupils shrink, her heart becoming turbulent.

She was a very cute girl, with silver hair similar to hers and big eyes that seemed to host a lively soul inside.

Being a first year, she should be twelve years old, one year older than her, but she looked younger than that.

Appearance wise, perhaps it was her who looked a little older than the girl.

Moreover, unlike her who wasn't really able to smile freely, she was a very cheerful child with a very contagious smile.

Being with such a child must be filled with endless fun every day, right?

From an outsider's perspective, one could see at a glance the girl's affection for Dark.

Aurora couldn't help but look down at her chest, feeling increasingly unsure.

"Can I really do it?"

……

Lady Montierfalli was actually someone who was crude in most matters, but sharp in some.

Immediately seeing through her daughter's thoughts, she straight away pretended to casually ask, "Arte, who’s that child? Is she also a first year?"

Headmistress Arte put on a faint smile, "Dianna Great Bayer, the apple of the eye of the giant bear family."

"That giant bear family? Are you mistaken?" The face of Lady Montierfalli, who was feigning nonchalance, instantly fell apart.

It couldn't be helped. Every single member of the Great Bayer family, true to their name, was indeed a 'giant bear' after all.

Lady Montierfalli and Viscount Great Bayer had even fought in the same trench. Never could she have imagined that such a cute child would be the daughter of the giant bear family!

"Could it be atavism? No, if it was atavism, shouldn't she be regressing into a bear?"

Lady Montierfalli couldn't help putting a palm over her forehead, feeling quite befuddled.

Headmistress Arte said, "She's Camila's child."

Lady Montierfalli’s eyes widened as she asked, "That Camila?"

Pursing her lips, Headmistress Arte smiled and nodded.

Lady Montierfalli bit her lip: "That Camila actually married into the giant bear family, and even gave birth to such a daughter?"

At this moment, Aurora, who had been quietly listening, finally raised her head and asked, "Mom, who is this Mrs. Camila?"

Lady Montierfalli turned her head and answered, "Silver Wolf Knight Camila, a shameless woman. Aurora, you must not lose to her daughter, understand?"

"Oh." Aurora reflexively nodded, but then she immediately felt something off. "Wasn't the Silver Wolf Knight my father's..."

Lady Montierfalli licked the corners of her lips, red embers seemingly burning in her eyes. "Yes, she's your father's half-sister."

Aurora suddenly realized: "Then, does that make Dianna my cousin?"

……

"Dianna, Dianna's pretty good!"

In the capital of the kingdom, as Alvette looked at the back view of Dianna disappearing into the passage together with Dark, she unwittingly blurted out.

Since the last time she saw her in Rookie League, she felt that this child was very talented and also looked adorable, with pure and innocent eyes.

"Dianna and Anna, both are Anna."

The third princess Angie bent over Valkyrie's lap and quietly reached out to grab the white cat figurine in her hand.

Alvette slightly moved Gatomon's figurine away, thinking about the letter from Montierfalli she had received some time ago, which contained a photo of her daughter.

Aurora in the photo shared some resemblance to Dianna.

Aurora also had a great reputation. It was said that she had started helping her mother to manage affairs since she was ten years old. She would definitely be an excellent wife when she grew up.

For her baby who was very disinclined to do such work, if he had such a virtuous wife, then his future life would be relatively easier.

At that time, Alvette thought that Aurora was very good.

But humans were greedy in nature.

The so-called contentment was based on rational faculty.

Now, Alvette thought that Dianna was also very good.

This gave her some sweet worries.

As for the two little princesses next to her... they were a bit too playful.

……

After Dark Demon and Dianna came to the ring belt, they quickly spotted Rose.

But he immediately found that Rose had only saved one seat beside her, occupying it with the unopened Easter egg.

This made him feel a little embarrassed.

Dianna, however, didn't pay it any mind. With big strides, she ran in front of Rose and happily recounted her experience in the preliminary battle royale.

It wasn't until Dark came over did she move her butt, nudged Rose to the side to free up a three-quarter space, and then winked at Dark.

After hesitating for a moment, Dark eventually sat down on the empty seat.

The three children huddled close together with warm smiles on their faces.

……

The spring breeze brought with it the breath of springtime, yet a continuous light rain was pouring over the capital of the kingdom.

Because eldest princess Eliza had forecast the arrival of this rain ahead of time, she had priorly changed the venue of the conference from the square to indoors.

People sat in the warm hall and listened to her tirelessly talk.

Among the people sitting in the spacious hall, half were men and half were women.

The eldest princess mainly talked about the grassroots people, the future, children’s education, residential construction, as well as the legal system, safety, women’s emancipation, and so on.

She didn't take the strong approach. Utilizing the advantage unique to women, she made her tone as friendly as possible so that people could connect with her opinions and follow her train of thoughts.

On the other hand, eldest prince Charles didn't do the same.

When the drizzle was about to fall, he merely ordered people to distribute raincoats while he himself preached in the rain to exaggerate his momentum.

But in fact, aside from the topic of women's emancipation, the content of his speech was not much different than that of the eldest princess.

As for the animosity towards different races and the discrimination against demi-humans, they weren’t mentioned at all.

He naturally wouldn't talk about those topics in a speech of which the main goal was to gain favorability.

However, unlike the eldest princess’ core idea of "internal development," he was inclined towards "external expansion", using the prospect of "achieving contributions" and "territorial expansion" to attract hot-blooded men.

Both sides’ campaigns were pretty much appealing to specific demographics.

Furthermore, the atmosphere was also relatively different.

The resulting effects would probably be very different.

But as the rain gradually became heavier, the Easter conference would most likely end by noon.

The eldest princess planned to rush to Saint Marian’s branch stadium once it ended, thinking that she might be still able to have lunch with her two little sisters.

The eldest prince, meanwhile, planned to directly head back.

But amidst the heavy rain, someone came to relay a message to him, which made his expression slightly change.

……

The second preliminary battle royale of the Easter Duel Festival was held as scheduled.

171 contestants from year four to six took the stage one after another.

Compared to the less known first to third year students, there were a lot of star players among these fourth to sixth year students.

Among them, the most prominent one was [Night Baron], a fifth-year Knight House student who had gained a huge number of fans with [Redridge Black Dragon].

As for why a Knight House student was nicknamed "Baron"...

That was naturally because he was indeed a baron.

He was awarded the title when he was in third year.

Not only was he a star dueler, [Night Baron] was also a young hero who defended his homeland in times of disaster. Due to this, he was promoted from a knight to a meritorious non-hereditary baron and propagandized as a model case, thus gaining fame.

It was a pity that [Night Baron] wasn't blessed in the looks department, and his personal popularity was a little lacking.

Therefore, even though [Redridge Black Dragon] and [Heavenly White Dragon] were equally popular, there was a slight gap in popularity between [Night Baron] and [Silver Dragon Maiden] as magisters.

However, in the absence of [Silver Dragon Maiden], the popularity of [Night Baron] was still enough to keep up appearances.

As for the star players in the sixth year...

Most of the sixth years were already preparing to graduate, and some were even no longer in the academy. At this time, they had no intention of participating in such an entertainment-oriented competition.

In short, after the audience was shocked to find that [Silver Dragon Maiden] wasn't participating, they had to make do with [Night Baron].

Of course, there were also many popular contestants among the other students. Their fans came here especially for them, the banners they held up enfolding over the area like rolling dragons.

The preliminary battle royale of the fourth to sixth years had a completely different atmosphere from that of the first to third years.

Each of the fanclubs directly shouted the names or nicknames of the star players, making the atmosphere as heated as some legendary concerts.

Affected by the atmosphere, Dark and the others also became increasingly more invested in the competition.

When the competition started and the magical spirits successively appeared on the stage, he suddenly thought—in this kind of battle royale, if the magical spirit of a star player was suddenly assassinated or killed in a premeditated siege, would it set off a riot?

"I wonder if there's a magister in every branch stadium who brought a [Silence] card…"

……

The seniors were indeed worthy of being seniors. Powerful magical spirits kept emerging one after another.

Before long, in this situation where everybody was keeping an eye on one another, someone directly summoned a third-tier magical spirit.

The giant flame python who stood more than ten meters tall sprayed down thick pillars of fire from high up in the sky, sweeping up a large area.

That magister's score instantly skyrocketed, soaring to the top.

But less than half a minute later, the giant flame python was inundated by a wave of ultimates, torn to pieces amidst its blood-curdling shriek.

The number one rank was promptly occupied by another student's name—an unknown name at that.

But this name similarly didn't last longer than half a minute.

The intensity of the senior group's preliminary battle royale was beyond imagination. There was absolutely no room for first tier magical spirits to survive.

The contestants were deploying all sorts of extraordinary methods to summon high-ranked magical spirits. They would use various magic cards and ritual cards to avoid taking damage from group attacks, continuously exterminate their opponents, and then replace their magical spirits to continue earning points.

The rankings on the big screen went up and down like a bullet train.

The cheers and screams of the audience ceaselessly resounded due to the duelers’ wonderful performance, creating a scene akin to a sea of people.

When [Night Baron] successfully summoned his third-tier magical spirit [Redridge Black Dragon], the clamor of the entire open-air dueling hall reached its peak.

"Is this the 9-star magical spirit [Redridge Black Dragon]?"

Dark raised his head and looked at the western black dragon with a blood-red line on its back. Feeling the faint dragon might that it naturally emanated, he finally had a tentative understanding of this 9-star magical spirit.

Being able to craft a 9-star magical spirit in the academy was certainly a combination of strength and opportunity.

Basically, all kinds of status magic from low-ranked magical spirits as well as low-level magic charms and rituals wouldn't have much effect on this magic-resistant [Redridge Black Dragon].

Meanwhile, it only needed to unleash a dragon breath—which had a very short CD time—to burn magical spirits of the first and second tiers to ashes.

In the hands of a high-ranked magical spirit, the same type of ultimate would display greater power than that of a low-ranked magical spirit.

But in the battlefield of the upperclassmen, the 9-star magical spirit [Redridge Black Dragon] was far from invincible.

When fans broke into cheers due to the appearance of [Redridge Black Dragon], they probably would've never expected that a gigantic [Dragon-Slaying Sword(斩龙剑)] would suddenly appear in the air.

Capitalizing on its strong restraining effect against dragon-type, the [Dragon-Slaying Sword] hovering high in the sky cleaved half of [Redridge Black Dragon]’s neck with a slash, hacking it from the air to the ground.

Immediately afterwards, a dazzling white light suddenly erupted on the floor, and a towering light prison firmly caged the black dragon that had fallen to the ground. Through the gap of the light prison, a divine spear of light ruthlessly pierced inside, stabbing the powerful and striking black dragon until it was riddled with wounds.

Even though [Redridge Black Dragon] managed to withstand the damage and later relied on [Night Baron]'s magic card to counterattack, its initial momentum had already been completely shattered.

Not long after, [Redridge Black Dragon] who had become a public target was surrounded and killed on the spot.

The audience's wails and curses were jumbled up with the cheers, rumbling for a long time.

It could only be said that there were too many crouching tigers and hidden dragons in the field of upperclassmen.

……

In the end, Night Baron actually fumbled in the preliminary battle royale and barely qualified in the cut-off position of eighth place, making both the commentator and the audience drop their jaws.

The commentator for the senior group who boasted about [Night Baron] right after the competition started simply wished he could crawl into the ground.

It was fortunate that with the preliminary battle royale being a new mode, bookies who weren't sure about the odds hadn't set up a betting pool. Otherwise, those gamblers who were greedy for guaranteed bets might've jumped off the building because of this result.

"Perhaps, this is the very essence of the preliminary battle royale."

The commentator's bitter laugh echoed through the sky above the dueling hall for a long time.

……

At the end of the two preliminary rounds, the excitement still lingered.

There were people who fervently sang praises, and there were also those who furiously cursed non-stop.

Looking at the time, it was almost ten o'clock.

Dark, Dianna, and Rose were chatting and laughing, enthusiastically discussing the senior group's preliminary battle royale with a pleasant atmosphere.

But as the contestants of the senior group gradually left the stage, the senior sister who was in charge of hosting this competition coolly snapped her fingers and smilingly spoke to the magic loudspeaker device, "The preliminary battle royale of the senior group has come to an end with a rather unexpected result, but the number of contestants who successfully qualified is still eight—alright, no more jokes. Now, let's invite all sixteen qualifying contestants from the senior and junior groups to take the stage and express their well wishes to the audience on site."

"You're going on stage," teased Dianna while nudging Dark on the side.

Dark helplessly smiled, then straightened his clothes and stood up.

"I'll go up then."

The rundown for this segment was probably announced in the waiting room.

He went to the audience seats in the ring belt right after the preliminary battle royale ended, so he wasn't aware of it.

Fortunately, he was in the venue.

Upon nearing the stage, he met the second-year senior sister Mary Bond and very naturally proceeded to walk together with her.

Among the contestants who qualified past the junior group preliminary round, he was pretty much only relatively familiar with Senior Mike Irving.

But at first glance, Senior Sister Mary seemed to be someone easy to get along with, so he planned to give it a try.

Having walked closer, Dark first gave her a greeting, "Hello, senior sister."

Mary, who had already seen him coming from afar, immediately nodded. "What is it? Do you have anything to ask?"

Dark promptly let out a dry laugh and stopped beating around the bush. "It's like this, I didn't go to the waiting room just now, I was wondering what this part of paying greetings on stage is all about?"

Mary thought for a moment and said, "It's just a formality. After all, this is a formal competition, they need to let the audience know who they’re watching. When your turn comes, just say Happy Easter and it'll do."

Dark pondered it for a moment before replying, "Thank you, senior sister."

Mary chuckled, "No problem. If I come across you later in the main round, I'll make sure to show some mercy."

Dark turned to the front. "How can that be? When the time comes, senior sister shouldn't show me any mercy."

Mary let out a couple of laughs and firmly patted him on the shoulder.

Dark felt a burst of pain.

What on earth was going on these days?

Why was each girl stronger than the other?

Would boys still be able to survive?

……

The name of the senior sister in charge of hosting was Judy(朱蒂), and "Judy" was also the name she went by when hosting.

Senior Sister Judy probably belonged to the type who had an ample figure, yet looked thin when dressed. She had light brown curly hair, fine makeup, and a few strands of bangs hanging down, looking very charming.

After all sixteen qualifying contestants took the stage, Senior Sister Judy used her speaking skills to heighten the atmosphere, and then introduced them one by one starting from the first-ranked contestant in the senior group.

There was no need for the contestant to speak up themselves. It was her who steadily chattered, not letting the contestant feel any embarrassment.

At the end, she handed the microphone to the contestant and asked them to express their Easter well wishes to the audience before moving on to the next contestant.

Dark had no interest in any well wishes, but he was taking this opportunity to get to know the upper year seniors.

These seniors were likely to become his opponents in future duel competitions, so it would be good to know more about them.

The introduction of the senior group ended very quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was the turn of the junior group.

Starting off from the first place, Senior Sister Judy gave a brief introduction about Winnie Skadi. When she mentioned the [Winter Sage], it elicited a great response among the audience.

Immediately afterwards, Senior Sister Winnie stepped out and fluently recited a series of well wishes, causing the previous contestants who had been perfunctory in their greetings to look away in shame.

In second place was Tom Nixon, a third-year student from Fool House.

Tom, who was born in the slums, had black hair and black eyes. His hair was covering his face, and he looked somewhat emaciated, with protruding cheekbones.

After being brought into Saint Marian Academy by a professor currently teaching in year three after his magic energy outburst caused a panic, he even managed to win the merit scholarship given out by the academy every month.

Of course, he didn’t need any money while staying in the academy, so he sent it all to his family.

He could be regarded as a model example of enriching one's family by relying on hard work in studying.

Students with this kind of experience certainly had excellent publicity value, but the academy never exploited it and would only briefly mention it during duel competitions.

After him was the third-place contestant, Stuart Fawn from Noble House.

Fourth place, Mike Irving from Noble House.

Fifth place, Paul Dulles from Knight House.

The top five qualifying contestants were all third years, with students from all four Houses making the list. Magister House occupied the top spot, Fool House was well prepared and raring to go, Noble House had the largest number of people, and Knight House was steadily in the race.

Following that, the sixth-place contestant was similarly from Noble House—second-year student Elvis Kevin.

In seventh place, also from Noble House, was first-year student Dark Demon!

And in eighth place, still from Noble House, was second-year student Mary Bond!

Upon counting it down, one would find that there were five whole students from Noble House who managed to qualify.

With its rich heritage, Noble House did have a great advantage in the lower grades.

"Next..."

When Dark briefly spaced out, Senior Sister Judy had come in front of him.

3 chapters in 1

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