Otaku Translation: The villain only wants to live a Buddhist life Chapter 429

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Chapter 429: Dark Demon – Unity of Knowledge and Action

What was it like to be enveloped by [Greedy Slime II]?

It felt like being enveloped in a crisp, natural fragrance, having the heavy residue of exhaustion gently washed away, and experiencing chaotic thoughts calming, leading to a complete rejuvenation of the body.

In short, it was an indescribable comfort!

Unfortunately, this ultimate experience would last only fifteen minutes—truly a pity.

...

Just as Dark and Senior Pandora were lost in this blissful state, [Greedy Slime II] began to stir, gently lifting the two of them. It then reverted into a [Trash Slime] in a burst of light.

Dark turned, bent over, and gently picked up the Trash Slime. Smiling, he asked, "How do you feel, Senior? Was it pleasant?"

Pandora couldn’t help but show a lingering look of satisfaction. "I feel like all the fatigue in my body has melted away. If it could give massages too, that would be even more irresistible."

"Gurururu~" The Trash Slime wobbled, clearly taking in her words.

Dark chuckled, sat back down with the Trash Slime, and gazed up at the starless sky, taking a deep breath. "The air at dawn is always so fresh."

Pandora sat down beside him, hugging her knees. She teased, "Why do you make it sound like you sneak out at dawn often?"

Dark leaned back and replied, "Do I seem like that kind of person?"

Pandora also looked up at the sky, her tone relaxed. "You don't seem like one, but maybe you are."

"Heh." Dark changed the subject. "Senior, where are you planning to go during the end-of-term holiday?"

"Why the sudden question?" Pandora asked, curious.

"Just wondering," Dark replied casually.

Pandora sighed. "Well, I usually stay on campus. If Ms Bella goes out, she sometimes takes me along."

Dark pressed, "What about this year?"

"This year..." A hint of longing appeared in Pandora’s eyes. "This year, I plan to travel a bit."

Dark’s heart stirred, making him more confident in his previous guesses.

After a moment, he added, "If you happen to pass by the capital, don’t forget to visit my home."

Pandora turned to look at his profile, her voice soft. "If I get the chance, I’ll definitely stop by. Just don’t turn me away at that time."

Dark smiled. "Of course I won't."

Pandora looked back at the sky, her voice drifting. "I’d really love to see Valkyrie in person. Do you know? Many of the girls in our academy idolize your mother."

Dark rubbed his chin. "That’s not surprising."

After all, Alvette was certainly an excellent role model.

If he remembered correctly, even Dianna idolized Alvette.

Anyhow, admiring Valkyrie was much better than idolizing some random person, right?

But then Pandora suddenly said, "If I had the chance, I’d love to duel Valkyrie."

Dark: "..."

Pandora lightly brushed her hair aside. "You probably think I’m overestimating myself, don’t you?"

Dark shook his head slightly. "Not at all. It’s just that I’ve never seen her duel anyone. If you want to spar with swords, she’d definitely agree. But a duel..."

Pandora seemed disappointed. "Is that so? I was hoping to see how far I am from a top-tier fighter, but it seems I won’t get the chance."

Dark thought for a moment and said, "It might not be impossible."

Pandora: "What do you mean?"

Dark hesitated for a bit, then shook his head. "No, it’s nothing."

...

Time passed quickly. Far in the distance, the horizon began to glow faintly.

As the clock quietly struck 5 AM, the curfew ended.

Dark suddenly realized that they had been chatting for over an hour.

"The curfew’s over."

"Mhm, let's head back then." Pandora took a deep breath, stood up, and said, "Make sure to get some sleep."

"I will."

"Good night."

"It’s morning now."

"Good night!"

"Alright, good night."

With a smile on his lips, Dark watched her fly from the castle rooftop toward the Magister House tower.

Once her silhouette disappeared behind the castle, Dark summoned his [Flying Spell] and flew toward the Noble House tower.

After returning to his dorm, he summoned Gatomon, Trash Slime, and Ditto, then, feeling exhausted, dove into bed.

This sleep lasted straight until after noon.

Upon waking, Dark still felt a lingering fatigue. Sitting on the edge of his bed, he thought for a moment and decided to skip this week's exploration of the secret passages.

Once fully awake, he freshened up, ate the takeout that DemiDevimon had brought, and glanced at today’s *Daily Sage*.

Weekend editions always had more tabloid news than on weekdays. While there weren’t any explosive headlines, there were several interesting reports.

"It seems like the Holy Church plans to cover up the fact that the Demon King escaped." Dark sipped his coffee, contemplating whether or not to write a letter to Alvette.

In theory, while the Holy Church may choose to keep this secret from the public, they must be covertly mobilizing forces to search for the vessel of the Demon King's reincarnation, and their efforts wouldn’t be insignificant.

Once they started making large-scale moves, the forces behind the eldest Princess would surely notice.

After all, the Holy Church didn't know that something went wrong during the Demon King’s reincarnation process, so they’d likely treat this as a major threat.

Of course, this was all theoretical speculation.

Differences in position and ideology might lead individuals within the Holy Church to make illogical decisions. Or perhaps, someone more clever had devised a more brilliant plan.

It was also possible that the Holy Church had done nothing at all.

And if they hadn’t done anything, naturally, no one else would be able to sense anything wrong.

"The way things develop in the world isn’t always logical. Obsessing over logic can trap myself in a loop. Regardless, even if it's unnecessary, this letter still needs to be sent. It’s just a matter of choosing the right way to send it."

After considering for a while, Dark selected a simple cipher to write about the Demon King’s reincarnation through the vessel.

As for everything else, he left it unmentioned.

After finishing, he paused for a moment, then changed his mind. He tore the paper and wrote a normal letter, describing his life at the academy and sharing his happiness with his mother.

At the end of the letter, he added a small note using an invisible ink that would reveal itself upon contact with water, informing her that the Demon King had successfully reincarnated.

"That should do." Dark folded the paper into the shape of a heart, then prepared to visit Traveller Street that afternoon.

Though Traveller Street had postal services, in this era where transportation was underdeveloped, sending letters would take a long time and could be expensive, depending on the distance. There was also no guarantee that the letter would even reach its destination.

After resting for a while after dinner, Dark took out the [Fusion Factor] potion recipe he had obtained the previous night and carefully studied it.

"Although I don’t fully understand some of the medicinal reactions, the method for concocting this potion isn’t difficult. However, some of the key ingredients are indeed hard to find, especially this one... It's probably unique to the academy, and it would be impossible to find outside, no matter how much money one had."

Dark regretfully put the recipe away carefully, then took out the bottle of potion named [Fusion Factor].

The potion was a deep black color and, if not for the faint purple fluorescence within, it could easily be mistaken for ink.

"Next month then! I'll extract a bit of [Pride] next month and use dragon grass to cultivate a [Pride Fruit].

"Whether it succeeds or not is another matter. Since Senior Pandora has already tacitly agreed that I can use the Christmas gift she gave me for alchemy, there are no more concerns.

"[Pride Fruit (Dragon)] + [White Dragon Pearl] + [Fusion Factor] + [Dragon's Reverse Scale] = ?

"If I can successfully create that light-attributed dragon-type magical spirit, that would be great... But the material quality might not be enough, and it’s also possible I’ll end up with a lower-tier magical spirit, or fail altogether."

Dark tilted his head and thought for a long time before putting the potion back and heading out to Traveller Street to send a letter.

...

The next evening, at 7:30.

Dark was diligently studying knowledge related to [Zoo] when the sorting card in his card pouch suddenly started vibrating.

At first, he thought it was related to the schedule for tomorrow’s class, but upon checking, he found that it was actually an invitation from Professor Steven Harvey!

"Has the [Soulless Curse] been improved?" Dark’s thoughts stirred, and he quickly put on his coat and hurried towards the teacher’s dormitory.

By now, Dark was already quite familiar with the location of Professor Steven Harvey’s dorm.

*Knock knock knock.*

After he knocked on the door, Professor Steven Harvey quickly opened it.

"Good evening, Professor."

"Good evening, Demon." Professor Harvey stepped aside to let him in.

As Dark entered, he asked, "Professor, did you manage to improve it this quickly?"

"It’s not that quick," Professor Harvey said with a smile as he closed the door. "It’s already been almost half a month. Anyway, come in and have some tea first."

Dark entered the room and saw that a pot of black tea and some delicate pastries had already been prepared on the coffee table.

He hadn’t expected Professor Harvey to have such leisure, so he suppressed his inner urgency and sat with him, drinking tea and eating pastries while chatting for nearly half an hour.

Finally, as the conversation reached a more relaxed point, Professor Harvey brought up the [Soulless Curse] again.

He had indeed made improvements to the [Soulless Curse], using the entry-level version that Dark had obtained from the [Holy Grail] as a foundation and extrapolating further. Not only had he completed the beginner part of the curse, but he had also nearly finished the intermediate and advanced parts.

There was no doubt about Professor Steven Harvey’s vast knowledge.

As he himself said, the [Soulless Curse] was merely a minor spell to him.

Even so, he didn’t use it recklessly and was very cautious when teaching it.

"The improved beginner version of the [Soulless Curse] is here. You can copy it down. As for the rest, you'll need to master the beginner version thoroughly before I can teach you the advanced parts."

Professor Harvey took out three pages of paper densely filled with small writing, stapled in the top-left corner.

Dark quickly skimmed through it from start to finish and, after confirming it was correct, summoned his [Magical Scribe] to have it copy the improved beginner version of the [Soulless Curse].

"This magical spirit of yours is quite convenient," Professor Harvey commented with sudden interest as he carefully examined the [Magical Scribe].

However, once the scribe had finished copying, Dark immediately recalled it into the magic card.

Professor Harvey’s disappointment was plain on his face, but he said, "It’s getting late. If you have any questions, feel free to come by and ask me. I’m usually in my dorm in the evenings."

Dark quickly thanked him, "Thank you, Professor!"

Professor Harvey added, "Be very cautious while learning this."

...

It was already quite late.

When Dark returned to his dorm, it was past 9:30 in the evening.

After careful consideration, he decided not to start experimenting immediately. Instead, he summoned the [Magical Scribe] again and had it copy the beginner part of the [Soulless Curse] to help him memorize it thoroughly.

Simply memorizing it without missing any details took him two days.

Two evenings later, he began studying the content of the beginner [Soulless Curse] line by line.

With the entry-level version of the [Soulless Curse] as a foundation, Dark’s research progressed smoothly.

His understanding of the beginner-level [Soulless Curse] deepened rapidly.

However, he still did not attempt it lightly.

After all, the [Soulless Curse] touches the soul—a misstep could have serious consequences, so he needed to be extremely cautious!

Given this, Dark didn’t become so absorbed in the [Soulless Curse] that he forgot about his secret passage explorations.

On Friday evening, he prepared his gear, and early Saturday morning, he set off to explore the passages once again.

Walking through unchanged sections of the secret passages was actually a very tedious and tiresome experience.

Dark couldn’t possibly remain on high alert all the time.

In the end, he spent most of the time sitting on Leomon’s shoulder, reading to pass the time. Every hour, he would have [Trash Slime] evolve into [Greedy Slime II] for a fifteen-minute search.

He entered the passage with the mindset of a long-term mission.

Since he hadn’t set his expectations too high, he wasn’t particularly disappointed when the search yielded no results.

After a full day of walking, he ventured deeper into the passage and chose a completely different route from the last time.

This time, as he let [Trash Slime] evolve into [Greedy Slime II], he began observing the surroundings, looking for a spot suitable for setting up [Wonderland] to camp overnight.

But before long, [Greedy Slime II] suddenly grew excited!

Dark immediately snapped to attention and ordered Leomon to speed up in the direction pointed out by [Greedy Slime II].

By the time [Greedy Slime II] reverted to Trash Slime, the white datura [flower card] in Dark’s hand finally reacted. Pure white daturas floated out from the card, growing into a long string, flying forward like wind chimes.

Dark’s eyes flashed. "I’ve found it!"

...

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