Otaku Translation: The villain only wants to live a Buddhist life Chapter 405

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Chapter 405: Dark Demon's Steps to Ascension

"I wonder what Dark Demon will get?"

Looking at Joseph Bruno who was knocked to the ground by the nine little piglets, the audience couldn't help but look at the other winner on the stage.

If such a gentle and elegant blond boy was also knocked to the ground and fervently licked by little piglets just like Joseph Bruno, such a scene...

Say no more, they really wanted to see it!

Humans—they always liked seeing those on a pedestal stumble down to earth.

And thus, with a strong mischievous intent, the audience became more interested in Dark Demon's lucky draw session.

"Dark, it's your turn," prompted Judy.

Dark could only raise the golden hammer again.

In fact, he was also very much looking forward to the prize inside this Easter egg.

Although Joseph Bruno might cut a rather sorry sight now, the magic card he got was nothing to scoff at.

From the intelligence of the nine little piglets, it could be seen that they weren't simple magical creations, but nine genuine magical spirits.

This type of magical spirit card was of the same nature as the [Fairy Choir] owned by Senior Sister Angelia of Magister House. It was a "legion"-type magical spirit card, which was very valuable and rare.

If it was to be paired with the special magic spell card [Great Liberation], one would be able to get nine whole individual magical spirits in an instant.

Of course, compared to its practical value, its research value might be higher.

Another similar magic card to this was Dianna's [Bear's Den].

And [Bear's Den] ultimate, [Three Little Bears], had a similar effect to [Great Liberation]. It could turn the Three Little Bears into independent individuals after [Bear's Den] collapsed.

"If I can also get a magic card of this type, maybe I can use it as a basis and try to research how to craft [Wishiwashi(弱丁鱼)]."

Dark shortly composed himself, and then swung down hard.

Crack!

The golden hammer smashed down onto the top of the Easter egg.

The magic installed on the golden hammer was thereby triggered, and a colorful magic circle burst forth, continuously spreading outward.

Then, the huge egg began to shatter from the top, the strong light coming out from the cracks making Dark reflexively squint.

When he opened his eyes again, only one-third of the eggshell was left.

As his gaze swept over, it instantly showed a trace of astonishment.

There were surprisingly three cards lying at the bottom of the eggshell.

"Could it be that even the number of prizes depends on luck?"

Dark couldn't help glancing at Joseph Bruno beside him.

It seemed that this senior's luck wasn't very good.

Thinking so, Dark reached into the eggshell and first took out the access card.

Unlike the white card drawn by Joseph Bruno, the access card in Dark's hand exuded a faint blue halo—it was a blue access card one level higher.

This meant that not only could he bring an extra person into the secret passage, he could also access it twice a month.

"Not bad."

Dark couldn't help rejoicing.

On the grounds that it didn't affect his studies, he would most likely choose to enter the secret passage on weekends.

There were four weeks in a month, so two times a month was just right.

"Then, onto the other two prizes next."

As Dark looked at the two cards, a trace of helplessness flashed across his face, but he still reached out his hand.

The two magic cards were blank, revealing no clues.

Dark picked one at random, pinched it with two fingers, and took it into his hand.

Thereupon, sure enough, he felt a trace of magic energy being sucked away.

The magic card automatically started to craft, and then activated on its own, abruptly shooting out a burst of white light,

Dark helplessly smiled, letting the white light released by the magic card shine on him without dodging it.

Then he suddenly felt light all over his body, his entire body shooting up to the sky!

The instant change gave Dark a jolt of realization.

"Levitating spell, floating spell, or flying spell?"

The feeling of being up in the air was not pleasant.

Looking at the continuously rising field of vision, Dark felt a little dizzy.

Humans were full of yearning for the sky, but when they truly reached high up above, it often led to a feeling of fear.

Although Dark didn't have a fear of heights, he still felt giddy.

Lowering his head to look down, he noticed that the audience in the auditorium was rapidly shrinking, constantly bursting out in exclamations.

The voices filling up his ears instead calmed him down.

He immediately reached for his card pouch, but instantly realized that the Magic Charm Card, whose specific was unknown, was in his grip.

So he injected his magic energy and soon received the feedback.

"It's [Flying Spell]!"

[Flying Spell] was also a type of Generic Spell, but compared to the five major Magic Charms in the appendix of the first-year textbook, the complexity of [Flying Spell] was undoubtedly much higher.

In the process of studying Magical Language, Dark understood that this was far from a Magic Charm he could master at his current level.

Therefore, when he learned that this was a [Flying Spell], his surprise immediately turned into joy.

In the first place, there was nothing to be afraid of.

Even if he really couldn't handle it, the professors off the field would come to his rescue.

Moreover, the key to solving the predicament was in his hand.

Dark promptly brought the [Flying Spell] in front of him, trying to inject his "thoughts" along with magic energy into the card to adjust his direction and speed.

After several abrupt accelerations and turns, he suddenly found that [Flying Spell] was far less difficult to control than he had imagined. He quickly grasped the gist of operating the [Flying Spell] and couldn't help but show a look of joy on his face.

"Woohoo~"

……

Dark's sudden flight truly made Alvette, who was in the audience, so nervous that her heart nearly jumped out of her chest.

If she hadn't clearly seen Dark calm down at a speed visible to the naked eye, she would've probably fainted on the spot.

"Really now, are you that scared?"

Claire glanced at her, looking calm and composed.

"Meow." The fat cat in her arms cried out with some resistance—You’re squeezing me.

The eldest princess who was stuck in the middle kept her mouth tightly shut.

……

Aside from the initial shock, the atmosphere in the dueling hall was pretty good.

When the audience noticed that the blond boy who was propelled into the sky had already learned to fly freely, their previous cries of shock turned into cheers.

Dark flew for a couple more circles in the air, rapidly swooped down to the ground, and then made an L-shaped dive in mid-air, gliding down and returning to the stage.

Like a magician who had finished his performance, he faced the audience with a smile.

The applause thus grew even louder.

But this lucky draw session was not over yet.

Dark put away the magic card of [Flying Spell] and reached out to take the last remaining card.

Having experienced the [Flying Spell], not only were his worries gone, his expectations had in turn grown even higher.

"I wonder what this card will be?"

Just as Judy said, this was indeed a test of luck.

When Dark's fingers touched the third card, there was no repeat of the previous sensation—his magic energy didn't get sucked away.

This made him put on a slight frown, subconsciously feeling disappointed.

But after he promptly put up the card in front of his face, he discovered that two words had appeared on the card.

→[Transfiguration Spell(变形咒)]

……

"It's actually a transfiguration spell!"

Feeling overjoyed, Dark's eyes instantly lit up.

"No wonder..."

If the level of difficulty of [Flying Spell] was between second and third year, then [Transfiguration Spell] was a Magic Charm Card that could only be learned in the fifth and sixth years.

Moreover, [Transfiguration] was not a Generic Spell. Some Magic Charms had to be written by the magister themself.

Therefore, as a semi-finished card, it couldn't start automatically crafting itself just by absorbing a little magic energy.

This also meant that Dark wouldn't be able to activate it right there and then.

Otherwise, he was really afraid that he would turn into a cat or the likes on the spot, thereafter carrying one or two shameful nicknames such as "Kitty Dark".

"In short, this unfinished [Transfiguration Spell] should be able to serve as a stepping stone to get a private lesson from a professor."

Dark nodded in satisfaction and stored away the [Transfiguration Spell].

Then, he looked up at Judy and put on a meaningful smile.

Judy, who was visibly disappointed, quickly adjusted her expression, holding out her hand as she spoke, "It seems that both contestants are very satisfied with their respective prizes. Here, as the host of this duel festival, I would like to congratulate them once again. Congratulations to first-year Noble House student Dark Demon and sixth-year Magister House student Joseph Bruno for winning the first Easter Duel Festival!"

Trang!

The piano sound suddenly changed its tune, the music in the venue instantly turning exultant.

Dark Demon and Joseph Bruno left the stage one after another.

……

After the two left the stage, the audiences in the branch stadiums similarly left in succession.

"It's over yet again."

Alvette had a dejected expression, feeling reluctant to leave.

But after the duel festival finished, the connection between the branch stadiums and the main hall would be disconnected.

No matter how reluctant she was, it would be of no use.

Claire walked over and said, "Let's go, we have something to do next."

"You're right." Alvette adjusted her expression and collected herself.

What Dark had shown in this duel festival wouldn't cause too much of an impact on the situation in the kingdom for the time being, but that was only because they had yet to reach that point of time.

If it wasn't taken seriously and the situation was allowed to continue fermenting, the future would be unpredictable.

Just like what she had said before, there were some things that couldn't be shaken off once they had stuck.

"Haah," grabbing her two little sisters who wanted to escape, Eliza couldn't help but sigh.

Outside the branch stadium, the sky above the capital was still trickling, continuously drizzling.

……

When the eldest prince and the eldest princess successively began to make their moves, Lady Montierfalli of the City of Freedom finally made a decision.

"Aurora, prepare for the handover of internal affairs."

"Handover?" In a rare turn, Aurora hesitantly asked, "Isn't there still five months?"

Lady Sunna Montierfalli couldn't help turning to look towards the direction of the capital of the kingdom, faintly saying, "If you still insist on your idea, we have to prepare as soon as possible."

Aurora, smart as she was, immediately realized the implication.

She couldn't help lowering her head, her face slightly flushed as she mumbled, "Mhm."

But Lady Montierfalli suddenly frowned, "Don't be too happy too soon, I'm not going to make a marriage proposal, but to cancel the engagement."

Aurora: "Huh?"

……

Dark Demon did not realize the far-reaching impact of this duel festival.

In fact, even if he realized it, he probably wouldn't care too much.

Because it wasn't within his consideration.

His goal had always been clear.

After leaving the stage, Dark summoned DemiDevimon and released it from the Curse Cage.

DemiDevimon, who turned back into a familiar spirit, regained the tracking ability exclusive to familiar spirits.

With the help of DemiDevimon, Dark quickly found Dianna and Rose.

And as expected, Senior Sister Pandora was also with them.

"Dark, Dark, what card did you get last? Why didn't it activate?"

Dianna enthusiastically ran over like a little bear. In order to avoid colliding with her, Dark halted his steps.

As the crowd surged forward, Rose and Pandora closely followed.

Pandora looked at Dark and smiled, "Yes, we were looking forward to you being pounced on by little pigs."

Dark put on a helpless wry smile, "I'm pretty lucky, the last one is [Transfiguration Spell]."

Upon hearing that, Dianna couldn't help blinking, "Then why didn't you change?"

Pandora lowered her head and explained with a smile, "What's recorded in [Transfiguration Spell] is Transfiguration, which is not a Generic Spell. Under normal circumstances, it needs to be personally written by the magister themself in order to make a Magic Charm Card that is suitable for them."

Dianna reflexively covered her head, "Does it need to be written in Magical Language?"

Pandora softly answered, "Yes, you’ll start learning it from the second year. For a magister, Magical Language is a lifelong subject. Don't be lazy when learning it, especially you, Dianna."

Dianna couldn't help but stick out her tongue, pretending not to hear.

Rose chuckled at her.

The four of them continued to move forward with the flow of people and soon left the open-air dueling hall.

The sun was setting, and the sunset glow was soft. Everyone's faces were cast in different shades of red.

"Today's Easter is unexpectedly peaceful."

Dark glanced back at the open-air dueling hall that looked like a Roman colosseum with a meaningful look in his eyes.

……

When the crowd was almost gone, Joseph Bruno, who walked off the stage at the same time as Dark, came to the place of appointment in the contestant passage.

Inside the passage with only a faint light left, "Leah Goethe" was waiting all by herself.

Although Leah Goethe had bet on two people, she naturally did it separately and didn't let the two know of each other's existence.

Tom Nixon's failure was within her expectations—although it unfolded a little differently.

She originally thought that Tom would be eliminated by Winnie Skadi, but he unexpectedly suffered a defeat while facing Dark Demon.

Fortunately, Joseph Bruno won the final victory as she expected.

"Hello, Miss Goethe." As he walked in front of Leah Goethe, a faint smile appeared on Bruno’s slightly feminine face.

Leah Goethe raised her head, revealing the face Dark had seen in the antique bookstore, and smilingly said, "Congratulations on winning."

Bruno directly took out the access card and said, "Don't worry, I'd been careful before touching it and didn't activate it."

Leah smiled slightly, "I sincerely thank you for that."

But Bruno raised up the access card and shook it, "You promised me that as long as I help you win this access card, you’ll guarantee that I can stay in the academy. I wish to see the precise basis."

Leah Goethe stared into his eyes and said, "I never lie."

But the next moment, Joseph Bruno suddenly felt his head becoming dizzy, his vision blurring.

When he came back to his senses, the access card in his hand was gone.

Leah Goethe casually activated the access card and completed the binding.

A key-like little figure popped up on the face of the card and bowed, announcing, "Authentication successful, authentication successful! Greetings, my master, please register your name."

Leah Goethe observed the figure with interest, "Is this an intelligent system infused with something akin to familiar spirit? It's indeed somewhat similar to a sorting card. I wonder what other functions it has besides accessing the passage?"

"I heard it also has a communication function." Voice audibly turning grave, Joseph Bruno had already reached his fingers into his card pouch as he looked at Leah Goethe full of vigilance.

Leah Goethe shook the access card at him and softly said, "Don't be nervous. I keep my words—you'll be the only one who succeeds in staying in the academy this year."

Joseph Bruno pressed on, "On what basis?"

Leah Goethe shook her head and said, "There's no need for that, you’ll naturally know when the time comes. You should believe that your knowledge is enough for you to stay, otherwise, I won't be able to help you even if I want to. Oh right, better not make any move. You should know."

Joseph Bruno did not pull out his hand from his card pouch, but he also didn’t make a move.

Leah Goethe was just about to continue speaking when she suddenly raised her eyebrows.

And then.

Beep—

A nostalgic sound came from the access card in her hand.

It was exactly the same sound the sorting card made upon receiving a notification.

She looked at the card to see that a letter had popped up.

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