Otaku Translation: The villain only wants to live a Buddhist life Chapter 388

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Chapter 388: ’s Three Consecutive Questions

Although many professors and senior students in the academy could see that [] had changed from [equipment card] to [magical spirit card], the knowledge of the common audience was after all rather meager.

Most of them, who didn’t understand the essence of magic, thought that was controlling [Honedge].

Not only was it very difficult for magisters to exert long-distance control over the magic ball, there were also many limitations to it. And yet, this magical spirit was able to control a "flying sword" so skillfully. In the eyes of ordinary people, this was very frightening and unfathomable.

If this kind of skill existed, wouldn't one be able to take someone's head even from thousands of miles away?

The sword-wielding techniques of the legendary Bright was similarly incredible.

This kind of shock, coupled with the fact that a first-year student took down a popular third-year contestant in just three rounds, set off a tsunami-like roar of cheers.

Just this minute and a half was enough for the first-year student to leave a deep impression on them.

Among them, it was the first-year’s magical spirit, [Gatomon], and the sword of unknown name that had made the most profound impression.

……

But for those with knowledge on the matter, it was even more shocking to know that there was actually someone who could convert a [weapon card] or [armor card] into a [magical spirit].

If they had a deeper understanding and could tell that [Honedge] was a [], they would be thoroughly shaken!

finally had a change of countenance.

Originally, she accepted the fact that her baby could craft a [Holy Sword] with an attitude of pure joy.

Even when she later found out that [Leomon] possessed "the qualification of the Brave One", she wasn’t overly surprised.

But in this duel, her expression changed the moment Gatomon held the [Holy Sword].

Gatomon's "qualification of the Brave One" was subdued and covert. Before coming into contact with the [Holy Sword], not a trace of it had been revealed.

Therefore, although Alvette liked this magical spirit very much, she never thought that it also possessed "the qualification of a Brave One".

However, once Gatomon came into contact with the [Holy Sword], the "qualification of the Brave One" that was more intense than [Leomon]’s completely erupted!

"It's actually two Brave Ones!"

"And that holy sword..."

Alvette couldn't help sinking into thought.

Although the number of holy swords wasn't as abundant as the stars, they weren't very rare either.

Each holy sword was different in subtle ways.

The resulting difference in quality was also very pronounced.

Over the long period of time, there had also been products such as "forged holy swords".

Brave One candidates whose "qualification of the Brave One" was powerful enough could even directly use [Holy Sword Spell] to simulate summoning the holy sword.

But based on its current performance, the [Holy Sword] magic card crafted by her baby was probably a superior one even among the numerous holy swords.

A superior holy sword, plus two Brave Ones!

It would inevitably make people think of the word "fate".

Even though Alvette wasn’t a believer of "fatalism", she couldn't help but to worry about this.

She didn't want Dark to get stuck in a future predicament because of this.

As a "saint", she had a long lifespan and could give her child lifelong protection.

That was why she let her child run free.

Because no matter what he did, she could always take care of it.

Moreover, she had always strongly believed that her baby wasn’t bad at heart—he was just a little naughty and willful.

But if he was caught in the whirlpool of fate called "the Brave One" due to this...

Alvette couldn't help thinking of Bright Gawd's sacrifice.

That was not what she wanted to see.

"It seems like something has to be done."

She held [Gatomon]’s figurine in her hands, her expression gradually becoming serious.

……

Meanwhile in the City of Freedom, upon similarly discovering Gatomon's "qualification of the Brave One", Lady Montierfalli was even more shaken than Alvette.

Compared to the fighting-attributed [Leomon], the light-attributed [Gatomon] was undeniably more in line with people's general perception of the Brave One.

Since ancient times, the real Brave One had undoubtedly always been bright of heart.

But what shocked her even more was the [Holy Sword]!

"What on earth is that [Holy Sword]?"

"If [Holy Sword] can move on its own, then what use is the Brave One?"

Lady Montierfalli suddenly turned to Arte and questioned, "Arte, do you really know this student of yours?"

Arte's smile was as mild as ever. "Sunna, I won't pry into my students' secrets."

"No wonder demons were able to sneak into the academy during the war..."

Lady Montierfalli condemned in her heart, but she didn't say it out loud.

The existence of had an extraordinary significance. As the Headmistress, Arte was the chosen one, as well as the one who needed to bear the responsibility and the burden.

In other words, if her principles weren’t so strong, she wouldn't have become the Headmistress of Saint Marian Academy.

Knowing that she couldn't get Arte to say more, Lady Montierfalli could only turn to face her daughter, hoping to impart to her some words and examples from someone who had been down the road.

But Aurora turned to her faster than she did and softly asked, "Mom, is this who Dark Demon is?"

Lady Montierfalli's words instantly stuck in her throat.

She couldn't speak for a long while.

……

The first duel of the main round ended far too quickly.

It hadn't been long since Judy, who was in charge of hosting, had sat down to watch the match before she had to stand up again and walk onto the stage.

Next, she would be interviewing the winner of this match—Dark Demon.

But at this moment, Dark was still on the contestant platform.

Upon confirming that he had won, he began cleaning up his magic cards.

But in this duel, he had only used five magic cards in total, so it only took him a moment to finish up.

Gathering magic energy on his fingertips, he teased Gatomon who was back in its card. It wasn’t until Gatomon turned around in annoyance and faced him with its butt did he finally smile and put all of the cards into the card pouch.

At this time, on the opposite side had also finished cleaning up.

Dark looked up at him and found that although Senior Irving was quite worked up at the moment the winner was decided, he quickly regained his composure after the duel ended.

He actually hadn't had much contact with Mike Irving and didn't have any bad impression of him. At most, he only thought him quite interesting.

But after this brief three rounds of duel, he discovered that Senior Irving's strength might be a little higher than he had thought.

The combination of [Hanging Sword] and [Stormblade] truly amazed him.

If it weren’t for his good luck and Senior Irving’s lack of understanding of [Honedge], it was hard to say whether he would have won.

After meeting Mike Irving's eyes, Dark pressed his hand onto the card table and said, "Thank you for letting me win."

Then, he deactivated the card table.

……

With a solemn expression, Mike Irving nodded towards him before turning around to walk down the contestant platform.

Even though he was defeated, his steps were surprisingly light as he walked down the stairs.

Of course, he couldn't let others see it...

This "all-out defeat" might truly be a good thing for him.

"It's already April, nearly half of the semester has passed. It's time to make some preparations for the final exam... and relax while I'm at it."

……

When Dark walked down the contestant platform, the staff responsible for leading the way was already waiting at the bottom of the stairs.

As the two looked at each other and nodded, the staff solemnly told him, "Next is the winner's interview session. Judy will pick three standard questions to ask you, and you can answer them selectively, there's no need to be too reserved."

Dark was taken aback for a moment, then he smiled and said, "Thank you senior, I’ll make sure to handle it."

The staff satisfiedly patted his shoulder and smilingly cheered, "Come on, I'm very optimistic about you."

Dark nodded and replied, "Thank you."

Then, he turned around and walked towards the stage.

But when he turned around, he happened to see a figurine seemingly hanging on the senior's waist.

"Wait, isn't that Gatomon?"

The gears in Dark's mind turned, his keen "business sense" immediately making him realize the keypoint.

Afterwards, he didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"That senior, is he optimistic about the increase in price of [Gatomon]’s figurine? But Gatomon's performance is indeed outstanding."

Dark shook his head and continued moving on.

It didn’t take long for him to go up the stage.

The host, Senior Sister Judy, was already waiting for him on stage. At this time, she said to the audience that had quietened down, "Ladies and gentlemen, the one going on stage right now is the winner of this duel—the first-year Noble House student Dark Demon. I know that everyone must be very curious about him, so as usual, I’ll pick three questions to ask him to satisfy everyone's expectations."

Once she finished speaking, Judy moved aside and beckoned to Dark, "Demon, please come over here."

Dark then went to the center of the stage.

Judy had quite the tall stature—even without shoes, she was over 1.7 meters.

Standing beside her, Dark did not look very tall.

But just height alone wasn't something that could serve as a foil in the comparison between people.

When the two of them stood like this, almost everyone's attention was focused on Dark.

Beside him, Judy could only be reduced to a foil.

After waiting for a little while, Judy put on an act of taking out a small piece of paper, and then read out the completely blank piece of paper, "Then, let's ask the first question. Dark Demon, are you really the planner of this ?"

Sure enough, as soon as this question came up, there was a stir in the audience.

But as his gaze swept past, Dark smiled and said, "You can't put it that way. I merely participated in the planning of this Easter Duel Festival."

Eyes glinting, Judy asked, "Then, what’s your participation rate?"

Dark turned his head and asked, "Excuse me, is this the second question?"

Stunned for a moment, Judy then covered her mouth and chuckled, "Yes."

"Okay then." Dark turned back to face the audience, "In terms of participation rate, it's probably 99.999999999 percent..."

The moment he uttered this long series of "nine"s, the audience who were originally astounded suddenly had the thought that he was "joking".

Some people thought to themselves and felt that "it makes sense". For a first-year student, being able to participate in the planning of such a large-scale event was already an impressive feat.

How could it be possible that it was all planned by him?

But still, who could've known that this first-year pretty boy was actually quite humorous?

On the stage, however, Judy's expression was slightly stiff. For a moment, she actually had no idea how to proceed to the next question.

After throwing her a glance, Dark simply took the microphone and said, "Although the actual situation may vary, it's approximately that much."

Then he put the microphone back into Senior Sister Judy's hand, placed his hand in front of his abdomen, bowed slightly towards the audience, took two steps back, and then turned around and stepped down the stage—all graceful and elegant.

It was at this time that Judy suddenly realized that from the beginning to the end, Dark Demon had blatantly only answered a single question!

The corner of her mouth twitched, but she couldn't show her vexation on stage, so she could only continue to smile and face the audience.

……

While Judy was busy dealing with the audience, Dark Demon, who walked off the stage with his back to the audience, had a slight change of expression on his face.

As soon as he stepped down the stage, he quickly picked up his pace.

For the next match, two contestants from the senior group would be selected to compete against each other.

After that, it would once again be the turn of the junior group.

The two groups would take alternate turns, and only after all the quarterfinal duels had finished would it proceed to the second phase of the main round, the semifinals.

In addition, the first phase of quarterfinals wouldn't be held all in one go.

Essentially, a total of four matches—two from each group—would be held, and then it would be time for lunch break.

The break would last for one to two hours, allowing the audience in the branch stadiums to have their meals.

During this period, the academy had also prepared some programs, but most of them were elegant musical performances. At most, they would cast some magic projections for embellishments.

After one to two hours, the competition would continue until the winner was decided.

Therefore, Dark had a lot of time before the next round of competition began.

Through the backstage, he entered the passage for contestants, and then turned to the side path and quickly went to the ring belt.

However, he didn't directly go to join Rose and Dianna, nor did he go to chat with Senior Sister Pandora. Instead, he went straight to the seat he had locked onto from the stage!

But a few minutes later, when he finally managed to squeeze his way to that seat, he found that the lady with long reddish-orange hair who was supposed to be sitting there had already disappeared.

Frowning due to this, he simply sat down on the seat.

But of course, the lady who had "slipped away" would never return again.

……

In a seat a little further away, was sitting together with the other professors, with Professor Silver right next to her!

Today, Medea was dressed just as usual, but she was ordered to put on a coat.

Despite grumbling about Professor Silver's conservatism, she still obediently put on a coat, wrapping her excessively voluptuous figure under the coat.

With her temperament, it was definitely impossible for her to take the initiative to get together with this group of "rigid" professors.

But Professor Sarah Silver had knocked on her dormitory door early in the morning and made an invitation she couldn’t refuse.

Professor Silver could be said to be the professor she was most familiar with in this academy, and she also had no reason to refuse her invitation—especially when Professor Silver was looking at her with a gaze that concealed the kind of mischief she was very familiar with.

And thus, Medea had no choice but to accept Silver's invitation and acquiescently sat here.

The pain of not being able to enjoy gossip really made her feel restless.

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another 2 in 1 chapter

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