Otaku Translation: The villain only wants to live a Buddhist life Chapter 404

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Chapter 404: Dark Demon Doesn't Want Public Humiliation

Dark pulled out [Leomon]’s magic card from his sleeve and injected magic energy to wake it up.

Then, he took out [Popplio] and [Misdreavus] who were in prime condition and used tribute summoning to summon Leomon from its magic card.

The Leomon who appeared in front of everyone was tall and majestic, but its left eye was still parasitized by the demon seed, its face ferocious.

After taking a glance at it, Professor Silver pulled out a magic card from her card pouch, and then did a summon with a swish of her hand.

With a light tinkle, a soothing drizzle suddenly rained down from the air, diffusing a pure and fresh aura.

Bathed in the rain, Leomon's expression visibly eased up.

Slightly panting, it covered its left eye.

As if it had a consciousness, the soothing rain gradually slid down its cheeks and gathered towards its left eye.

As a trace of pain flashed, the demon seed in Leomon's left eye shriveled and dried up at a speed visible to the naked eye. Finally, it turned into a clump of black powder and was washed away.

The redness in Leomon's eyes finally faded, the breath of madness gradually dissipating.

Dark promptly let out his breath and stretched out his hand towards Leomon.

Leomon raised its hand and put its paw pad into his palm.

The two looked at each other.

Leomon's eyes had regained their clarity, as if telling him, "I’ve recovered now, please rest assured."

Dark finally felt at ease.

Immediately afterwards, Leomon's body turned into light and flowed back into its magic card.

Dark carefully stroked the card surface and put it back into his card pouch.

Seeing how much he cherished his magical spirit, the professors couldn't help but smile.

……

Since the match was about to start, Dark quickly left after thanking Professor Silver.

However, he didn’t go far and directly found an empty seat nearby to sit down and watch the final match.

The audience's enthusiasm seemed to be inexhaustible. When [Night Baron] Noah Sharp and the sixth-year student stepped onto the contestant platform, cheers once again resounded throughout the venue.

Both contestants were very popular.

The name of the sixth-year student was Joseph Bruno. Nicknamed [Blue Sky Knight(青空骑士)], he specialized in Flying-type magical spirits, and almost all of his magical spirits was capable of flight.

In a magic duel, magical spirits with the ability to fly always held an extra advantage.

In a duel with [Blue Sky Knight] Joseph Bruno, failing to keep up with his pace would result in one's magic ball falling into an endless fierce siege, thereby ending up crushed in one fell swoop.

That was more or less [Blue Sky Knight]'s fighting style.

In contrast, [Night Baron] was an all-rounder type who covered every aspect.

The duel between the two was undoubtedly exciting. Before he knew it, Dark was watching without blinking his eyes.

The fifth and sixth years had basically mastered all the standard curriculum taught in the academy. From field spell cards to arcana force cards, they could skillfully employ any type of cards.

Of course, watching from a viewer’s perspective, one could always spot some of the contestants' shortcomings.

But the contestants were not emotionless robots.

They had their own feelings and ego, and would be affected by their physical and mental states. In the midst of an intense battle, even some things that seemed really obvious might be completely overlooked.

Some audience liked to deliberately look for faults, or nitpick on the actions the duelers had taken based on the subsequent development, harshly scolding them.

This was truly unreasonable.

Dark attentively observed the duel between [Night Baron] and [Blue Sky Knight], constantly digesting both of their strong points and reaping plenty of gains.

In the end, both contestants successively summoned their strongest magical spirits.

[Night Baron]'s [Redridge Black Dragon] roared across the venue.

[Blue Sky Knight]'s [Azure Butterfly(碧蓝妖蝶] split into countless clones, densely filling up the space.

The final result was beyond everyone's expectations.

The explosively popular [Redridge Black Dragon] was sucked completely dry by [Azure Demon Butterfly]’s clones and instantly died on the spot.

[Blue Sky Knight] Joseph Bruno had won the final victory!

……

"As expected of a sixth year. As his graduation approaches, contestant Bruno has once again presented us with the most splendid duel. Let us give him the warmest applause in return!"

……

Amidst the ear-splitting applause, Dark tidied up his collar and stood up from his seat.

Next, once [Blue Sky Knight] finished his winner's interview, it would be time to receive the award.

After such a long time, he would finally have the opportunity to step into the secret passage again.

He straightened his back and walked towards the contestant passage.

……

Joseph Bruno was a sixth-year student from Magister House.

He had lush, long cyan hair, a relatively thin build, and a somewhat feminine face which, coupled with his habit of keeping his hair long, gave him a unique temperament.

Since he was able to defeat [Night Baron], Joseph Bruno was certainly not some little known ordinary student.

He began to show his excellence when he was still in third year, served as a class monitor in his fourth year, and went silent for a while after stepping down in his fifth year, transforming from a daring and energetic dueler to a knowledge seeker devoted to research.

It was said that he had applied for a position some time ago, and his wish was to become a teaching professor at Saint Marian Academy.

The position of professors at the academy was actually very sought after.

Every year, there would be many students wanting to seek employment in the academy, but this situation was akin to a horde numbering thousands racing to cross a single-plank bridge—no, it was even more severe than that.

At least one person would be able to cross the single-plank bridge, whereas applications for employment in the academy often ended up in total wipeout.

……

Joseph Bruno quickly dealt with Judy's interview and sped up the procedures to the final awards ceremony of the duel festival.

At the invitation of the staff, Dark Demon once again went up to the stage.

The two final winners of the Easter Duel Festival thus appeared in front of the audience at the same time, setting off another wave of fervor.

Senior Sister Judy smiled at Dark who had gone up the stage and said, "I think the two contestants also can't wait anymore. Although this Easter Duel Festival isn't

perfect since it’s our first time holding it, we do have an awards ceremony. Now, let's invite the two dueling professors to present the awards to the winners of this competition!"

The applause that followed was thunderous.

Then, two dueling professors stepped onto the stage amidst the applause.

One of them had a tall stature with a height over two meters, but her figure was excellent, just like a proportionally enlarged beauty with short bronze hair.

The other had white beard and hair, but nonetheless stood upright and was in great shape.

They were Professor Pavar Jones and Professor Hans Fox.

Dark had met Professor Fox in the evaluation battle of the dueling club, so he was not unfamiliar with him.

Amidst the elegant music accompaniment, the two professors each took a flat box covered with red cloth from the staff and walked towards Dark and Joseph Bruno one after another.

With quick steps, Professor Jones walked in front of Dark.

As her humongous bust drew closer and closer with an overwhelming momentum, Dark hurriedly pulled himself together.

"Well done."

Professor Jones bent down and vigorously rubbed Dark's head before lifting the box in her hand and removing the red cloth.

Inside the box laid a medal as well as a small golden hammer.

Professor Jones took out the medal engraved with "Easter Duel Festival Champion" from the box and pressed it gently on Dark's chest, successfully putting it on.

Then, she picked up the golden hammer and handed it over.

Dark took the hammer and softly said, "Thank you."

Professor Jones rubbed his head again before turning around and walking away.

After Professor Fox gave the medal and the golden hammer to Joseph Bruno, he too walked over to this side.

Dark had quite a deep impression of this seemingly strict professor, but he didn't expect that Professor Fox would especially turn to smile and nod at him when he passed by.

Although Dark was a little confused, he immediately responded in kind.

"Perhaps this is how professors are."

……

After the two professors successively left the stage, Senior Sister Judy said a few words to guide along the procession, and then very naturally stretched out her hand to the side, suddenly pulling off a sheet of colorful brocade fabric.

Immediately afterwards, a rectangular table appeared in everyone's sight.

Two huge Easter eggs quietly stood on top of the table.

"It's finally time for the moment we're all excited for. Let's give it up for the two winners to present the final segment of this Easter festival—I heard that these two Easter eggs are specially made by our professors. In addition to the predetermined prize, there might also be various wonderful prizes inside, such as cute little piggies!" Judy playfully said while winking at the audience.

"These Easter eggs whose contents are unknown even to the professors themselves would definitely bring a great surprise to the two winners. Then, let's invite the two winners to come and open the prizes!"

……

Judy's explanation was very abrupt.

Dark couldn't help raising his eyebrows. He had never heard that there would be such a gimmick for these final Easter eggs. If a pig really came out of the egg, wouldn't it be very inelegant?

He subconsciously glanced to the side and found that the sixth-year student beside him seemed to be similarly shaken.

So who on earth was behind this?

…….

In the seats on the ring belt, Professor Cazer was grinning from ear to ear.

……

Upon looking around and noticing Professor Cazer who was sitting behind Professor Silver, Dark’s face instantly darkened.

What happened to Professor Cazer? It can't be that Professor Lily had rubbed off on him, right?

"Dark?" Judy softly called out to him.

Dark had no choice but to take the golden hammer and walk over.

Judy said, "You can choose one of the two Easter eggs."

Hearing this, Dark turned to look at Joseph Bruno and said, "Senior Bruno, how about you choose first?"

As the corner of his mouth imperceptibly twitched, Joseph Bruno pointed to the nearer Easter egg and said, "I'll take this one."

Dark nodded and walked in front of the other Easter egg.

Both of them stood in front of the Easter eggs and raised the golden hammer at the same time.

Judy timely said, "As we all know, luck at cards is something a dueler needs in duel competitions. Contestants with lucky draws can always advance more smoothly on the road of dueling. Next, let us see just who between first-year contestant Dark Demon and sixth-year contestant Joseph Bruno will be favored by the goddess of luck."

"Goddess of luck?"

Upon hearing what Senior Sister Judy said, Dark couldn't help but smile.

He would love to meet the goddess of luck, but he didn't know whether she would be willing to honor him with her presence.

As he was musing, he suddenly heard the sound of eggshell cracking beside him and reflexively turned his head.

It turned out that the sixth-year senior had already slammed down his golden hammer.

Crack!

When the golden hammer knocked on the huge Easter egg, it instantly set off a multicolored array of light. One after another, light circles in various colors spread outward, making even people who weren’t very interested in this segment couldn't help but look over.

As he slightly furrowed his brows, Joseph Bruno noticed tiny cracks appearing on the top of the egg.

Then the cracks rapidly spread, and strong light shone out from the cracks, dazzlingly bright.

Crack!

With a crisp sound, the eggshell shattered and crumbled to the ground.

The prize inside the Easter egg was finally exposed to everyone's eyes.

Since Dark was right next to him, he could naturally see it most clearly.

What appeared inside the eggshell was a white access card and another blank magic card.

"Just a white card?"

Dark momentarily pondered.

The access cards were divided into five levels: white, blue, purple, orange, and gold.

White access cards couldn't allow the holder to bring any other person into the secret passage and could only grant access to the secret passage once a month.

Blue access cards granted the holder permission to bring up to one person and twice a month access to the secret passage.

And so forth.

The highest level gold access card granted the holder permission to bring up to four people and five times a month access to the secret passage.

The limit on the number of people and the frequency of access was to prevent the secret passage from changing too drastically due to too many people entering, and also out of consideration for the safety of the students.

But for the final reward of the Easter Duel Festival to actually be a mere white card still somewhat took Dark by surprise.

He felt that Professor Cazer shouldn't be so stingy.

"Is it because Senior Bruno's luck is too bad?"

He couldn't help thinking so.

……

Joseph Bruno certainly didn't know that there were different levels to the access card.

With it being a predetermined reward, he knew in advance that an access card would be found inside the Easter egg. In fact, he participated in this duel festival just to obtain this access card.

With the two cards put together, one could tell the difference between them at a glance.

Bruno first put away the access card, and then reached out to take the other magic card.

But as soon as he touched it, he suddenly felt a wisp of magic energy fluctuation and immediately retracted his fingers in reflex.

However, the magic energy in his body had already been absorbed at that instant.

The semi-finished magic card that had been implanted with a mechanism beforehand was automatically crafted and activated on its own, bursting out with a blazing white light.

Then, a round pink piglet jumped out from the card.

"A pig really came out!"

Just as the audience were exclaiming in surprise due to this, the second, the third… more and more pigs jumped out from the card.

Nine pigs jumped out in a row, each with a different color.

Joseph Bruno subconsciously wanted to reach out for his card and do a summon, but he finally put on a helpless smile and let the nine piglets knock him down to the ground and fervently lick him.

"Since it's a festival, then just let everyone be happy."

Bruno thought this way.

But beside him, Dark Demon was faintly sweating.

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