Otaku Translation: The villain only wants to live a Buddhist life Chapter 420

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Chapter 420: Dark Demon Was Born Great

"Lose his memory, or become a fool?"

The three people in the carriage looked at each other.

Professor Medea wondered, "Is this the result foretold in the prophecy? If the demon king really loses his memory or becomes a fool, it’s indeed not a bad thing."

Professor Silver shook her head. "But this is on the premise that Ophelia's conjecture is true. In addition, if we can turn him into a fool, someone can naturally turn him back to normal. In the final analysis, we still need to find the vessel he reincarnated in as soon as possible. Medea, can your astrology work for this?"

Medea rolled her eyes. "What we observe is the general trend!"

Dark mediated, "Professor Silver, even Professor Medea can't perform divinations so frequently. Moreover, the more accurate and difficult the divination is, the greater the price to pay."

Medea gave him an appreciative look, and then added, "Don't be anxious, maybe one day I’ll wake up having dreamt of it."

Professor Silver pondered for a moment and said, “At any rate, we need to report this matter to the Headmistress. In addition, we also need to see the reaction of the holy church. As for the details concerning the ritual, they must not be spread. Similarly, Ophelia's identity cannot be revealed for the time being. Fortunately, not many people participated in the ritual. Ophelia, how much does Tom know?"

Ophelia replied, "Tom doesn't know about my true identity. He was also unconscious throughout the entire final stage of the ritual."

Professor Silver nodded. "That makes it simpler. White and Robert won't carelessly talk about it, and Professor Hex can still be trusted."

Speaking of Professor Hex, Dark couldn't help but curiously ask, "Professor, what exactly is Professor Ryan Hex’s background?"

Professor Silver answered, "Actually, we also only found out about it recently. He’s a member of the Hall of Heroes(英雄殿)."

Dark frowned and asked dubiously, "What kind of organization is the Hall of Heroes?"

Professor Silver chuckled, "It's a mutual aid organization jointly established by some war heroes who aren't part of any of the major forces. In short, you can think of it as a nursing home."

Dark couldn't help remarking in surprise, "Nursing home?"

Professor Silver said, "More or less. At least, what they’re doing now is pretty similar to it. They collect information in order to help elderly heroes find reemployment, or find new values."

Dark: "So it's actually that kind of organization. I thought..."

Professor Silver continued, "Professor Hex's performance in History of Magic is not bad, but if he’s only proficient in modern war history, he’ll fall short of the teaching criteria required for the higher grades. If he’s still willing to stay in the academy for the next academic year, we may let him continue to teach the first year."

Having finished speaking, she stood up and said, "Since Ophelia has clearly explained the matter, then let's not make any further delay and go directly to find Professor Steven Harvey(史蒂文·哈维)."

Before the crack of dawn, Professor Silver took the chance to promptly lead everyone to the professors' dormitory.

On the way to the professors' dormitory, she briefly introduced Professor Steven Harvey to Dark.

Steven Harvey was a Magic Theory professor in charge of the sixth-years at Saint Marian Academy, as well as one of the few rare necromancers remaining today.

Of course, like Professor Cazer, he had successfully changed his profession and become an excellent magister.

However, he seemed to have not abandoned his old skills and even integrated magic technology research and innovation to further advance the art of necromancy.

"He’s actually a necromancer..." This made Dark feel surprised.

Professor Silver said, "There are both good and evil necromancers. When he was a child, Professor Steven Harvey was sold to the Tower of the Dead and became the test subject of an evil necromancer, forcing him to embark on the path of necromancer. He’s very aware of the danger of necromancy to life, so he always sticks to the bottom line when researching and practicing it. Furthermore, he even innovatively applied necromancy to the study of medicine. He’s a very respectable professor."

"So that's how it is." Dark said with a hint of expectation, "I hope Professor Steven Harvey can give us a pleasant surprise."

Professor Silver was very certain. "Definitely."

……

The journey proceeded smoothly.

Led by Professor Silver, the group soon arrived at Professor Steven Harvey's dormitory.

Professor Silver motioned for Dark and others to move aside a little, and then knocked on the dormitory door.

Knock knock knock.

There was no immediate response from Professor Steven Harvey.

But Professor Silver was very patient. For half a minute, she unhurriedly kept on knocking until a rustling sound finally came from inside.

"Who is it? Coming this early..."

The voice coming through the door sounded a little tired.

After a while, Professor Steven Harvey opened the door.

Glancing at the person outside the door with some surprise, he looked up and asked, "Silver, is there something urgent?"

"Good morning, Professor Harvey." Professor Silver nodded at him, "Yes, it's indeed an urgent matter."

"Then you guys come in first." As Professor Steven Harvey's gaze promptly fell on Ophelia Bullard and the body she was carrying, he immediately led them into the dormitory.

Dark trailed at the end, curiosity filling his eyes.

All along the way, he had been wondering about what kind of person Professor Steven Harvey was and what his dormitory would look like.

The former turned out to be not much different from what he thought. Professor Steven Harvey was a short old man, with the traces of time appearing particularly prominent on his person. But clad in pink pajamas and a pink nightcap, there was also an unexpectedly cute side to him.

As for the latter...

After entering the dormitory, it was as if he had gone into a clean and tidy high-tech operating room, without any of the gloom and terror in his imagination.

Having obviously noticed Dark's curiosity,

Professor Steven Harvey kindly asked, "Kiddo, are you feeling surprised over the fact that there's no bloodstains and organs littered around in a necromancer's room?"

Dark frankly answered, "A little bit."

Professor Harvey smiled and said, "There are very strict requirements for the environment in a necromancer's experiment. Any bit of dirt may cause a negative impact on the experiment, so we usually keep it clean and tidy. Well, the one who’s encountered a problem is this magical spirit lady, right? The body you’re carrying… uh, is it your own?"

As he said this, Professor Steven Harvey appeared extremely surprised.

He adjusted his glasses, took another careful look at Ophelia Bullard and her corpse, and then exclaimed in amazement, "How did you guys do it? You actually managed to intactly craft a person's soul into a magic card!"

Professor Silver spoke in a low voice, "It’s an accident."

Professor Steven Harvey shook his head. "This can't be an accident. You know, using soul as material to craft a highly intelligent magical spirit is the lifelong pursuit of many magisters. Of course, those wretched folks only dare to do their experiments hiding in the dark. Mhm, let me take a guess, do you guys want me to help extract her soul from the magical spirit card and transfer it back into her body?"

Professor Silver replied, "As expected of Professor Harvey. Will you be able to do it?"

After getting the confirmation, Professor Steven Harvey quickly stepped inside, saying as he walked, "I haven't tried it, but in theory, it's not a difficult thing to do. Since both the soul and the body are intact, just add a little adhesive and you can stick it back together. But thoroughly extracting the soul and consciousness from the magical spirit card might be a little troublesome. You move the body here first, put it on the experimental bed."

By the time Ophelia Bullard placed her body onto the snow-white experimental bed, Professor Steven Harvey had already used a magic card to summon a pair of magic gloves.

He even specially turned around to proudly state, "The gloves summoned from the equipment card can be directly used without disinfection!"

The atmosphere instantly turned dry.

But Professor Steven Harvey paid it no mind. "Let's talk about the other things later, I'll patch up the wound on this body first."

After saying that, he then spread out his hands. His gloves thereby glinted with a faint light, the right index finger turning into a blade condensed out of magic energy, which was especially practical.

Professor Steven Harvey was very quick in patching up the body. In less than three minutes, Ophelia Bullard's chest wound had been completely mended, with no trace of scar visible on the surface.

Such phenomenal skills would make one couldn't help but feel amazed.

Afterwards, Professor Harvey pushed in the body to free up half of the experimental bed, and then said to Ophelia Bullard, "Lie down here. Also, whoever your master is, tell them to bring me your magic card."

Face reddening, Ophelia glanced at Dark.

"Ahem!"

Dark let out a dry cough and quickly handed over [Vampire Fraulein]’s magic card.

Professor Harvey gave him a rather strange look. "It turns out to be yours?"

Despite his words, he still took the card, carefully looked at the magical spirit card that was obviously not crafted from a standard blank card, and tried to inject a little bit of his magic energy.

After encountering a blockage, he grasped a rough understanding of it and said, "Kiddo, come here and work with me."

Dark then walked to Professor Harvey's side, injecting his magic energy into [Vampire Fraulein]’s magic card according to his instructions.

Thereupon, the magic card emitted a faint magic energy fluctuation.

Professor Harvey took off the glove on his right hand and pressed the magic card with his index finger, feeling the fluctuation of magic energy as if checking a pulse.

A moment later, he went on to give Ophelia Bullard's body (magical spirit) another checkup.

The time he spent doing this checkup was nearly ten times of what he spent on repairing the body.

But after completing the checkup, Professor Harvey finally revealed some pretty good news, "Fortunately, this lady's soul is not the core of this magic card. I can extract her soul, but it will take some time. In addition, after losing her soul, this magic card will likely become unusable due to the loss."

As he spoke, he looked at Dark and reaffirmed with him, "Since this is your magic card, it's up to you to decide. Are you willing to take the risk? This is a 7-star golden card, after all."

Dark smiled and replied without hesitation, "Of course I am."

"Then that settles it." Professor Harvey smiled and said, "I'll need about an hour to do it. You put her back into the card first."

Following Professor Harvey's instruction, Dark recalled Ophelia Bullard into the magic card, and then placed the card onto a disc densely engraved with magic circuits.

"This is a soul-stripping centrifuge (魂体离心机). It can loosen up the connection between the soul and the body," explained Professor Harvey while making the preparations.

Just the preoperative preparations itself took up more than ten minutes.

The various complicated operations were completely beyond Dark's cognition.

Even though Professor Harvey explained it from time to time, he still had a hard time understanding. Apart from occasionally injecting magic energy into the magic card according to Professor Harvey's instructions, he was just watching from the sidelines.

During this process, Professor Silver and Professor Medea had quietly retreated outside.

The only people left in the room were the old man and the young boy.

Time quickly slipped by amidst Professor Harvey's dazzling operation.

As an hour passed in the blink of an eye, the soul-splitting surgery finally reached its last stage.

Dark pressed his finger onto the magic card, silently chanting the Normal Summoning Spell while steadily injecting his magic energy into the card.

It would take at least half an hour to summon a 7-star magical spirit using the Normal Summoning Spell.

Of course, he wouldn't be summoning it on the spot. The main purpose of such an act was to use the Normal Summoning Spell to thoroughly activate the internal magic energy of this magic card.

"Got it!"

Professor Harvey tapped his wand onto [Vampire Fraulein]’s magic card, and then gave it a hard tug, forcibly pulling out Ophelia Bullard's soul.

Afterwards, using the glove on his other hand to form a scalpel, he carefully severed the connection between Ophelia Bullard's soul and the magic card, quickly smeared "adhesive" to the cut, and then pushed the soul into Ophelia Bullard's body.

As the magic circle that had been set up in advance was promptly activated, the magic energy it released gradually surrounded Ophelia Bullard's body.

Professor Harvey breathed a sigh of relief. "Thanks to the intactness of this soul, it should be fine after we leave it for another half an hour. If my guess isn't wrong, her soul and body should’ve been separated during a ritual, right?"

Dark lifted up his hand and said with a smile, "Nothing gets past you, professor."

"What's the big deal?" Professor Harvey casually waved his hand. "Anyway, the operation was very successful. You can check if the magic card can still be used. In addition, I have a proposal for you, would you like to hear it out?"

"What is it?" Dark picked up the magic card and curiously asked.

"Come over here and take a seat first." Professor Harvey walked to the corner meant for receiving guests and motioned for Dark to sit down.

He then poured him a cup of tea, passed it over, and said with a smile, "I want to take you as my apprentice. What do you think about it?"

Feeling taken aback by Professor Harvey's sudden proposal, Dark's eyelids twitched.

But Professor Harvey benevolently told him, "I will not explore your secrets, and nor will I force you to learn something you don't like. As a relic from the last era, I just want to witness the birth of a great magister with my own eyes. Are you interested in becoming the Merlin of the new era?"

……

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