The Villain Only Wants To Live a Buddhist Life
Chapter 248: Dark Demon's Youth Returns (2 in 1)

Emma's duel seemed to be a dividing line. After her duel, the games were relatively relaxed.

Soon after, with the victory of Sara Swati, the new recruiting competition entered the third round.

In the third round, Dark and Dianna faced an ordinary second-year student in turn, and both won.

The two professors quietly left in the middle of the third round, replaced by two other senior students who were supposed to be sitting there.

As night fell, it gradually became dark outside the dueling hall, and the recruiting competition finally came to an end.

The dueling club spent half an hour making statistics and eventually decided to choose 6.2 as the passing score. All the people with a score above this score would be recruited, and the final passing rate was about 80%.

Those who did not pass were basically first-year students and a very small number of second-year students.

Originally, this recruiting competition was a semi-observation competition, and the difficulty was not high.

The staff of the dueling club would record the scores of the rookies, combine them with their performances in the subsequent Rookies League, and convert them into internal scores.

Many things after that would be processed according to this internal score.

If the internal score reached a certain standard, the club would also give members corresponding resource support as encouragement.

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After the grading sheet was posted, the students gathered in front of the bulletin board.

Just like after almost all exams, some people were overjoyed and some people were disappointed.

To those first-year students who failed to join the dueling club, the results of failure were still acceptable. After all, this time was just an attempt and they had expected that they would lose.

But to those second-year students who failed to join the dueling club, the failure this time was simply unbearable.

For them, this was undoubtedly a public execution!

But the competition was such a thing, and there were always winners and losers. This was something that couldn't be changed.

Dark and Dianna squeezed into the front of the crowd together to check the grading sheet, and they found their names as soon as they raised their heads.

Dark's rating was naturally the highest.

His performance in the third round was actually quite average, after all, his opponent was not very good. However, the senior in charge of the review still gave him some face. So after removing the highest score and the lowest score, and then taking the average score, he got 10 points.

As for the second place, it was naturally the third-year student Angelia-senpai.

After that, Dianna, Sara, and Emma also ranked at the top.

In addition, Noble House's Doron, Knight House's White, and Justin Wayne had also successfully passed the assessment of the recruiting competition.

After careful calculation, there were seven first-year students who successfully joined the dueling club this time!

No matter which year it was, this number was simply outstanding.

Especially in this year's Knight House and Noble House, three students were recruited respectively, which made the students of both houses very excited.

Although only Sara stood out in Magister House, Sara Skadi's rating was high enough that everyone from the Magister House found this result quite acceptable.

It was a pity that no first-year students from the Fool House were recruited.

...

Dark and Dianna high-fived each other, and received a badge representing the dueling club from the staff according to the instructions of the club Vice President Inya.

It was a dueling badge with a gold-red base and a twin-sword logo in the middle. The four areas divided by the twin-swords were engraved with a crown, a knight's sword, a magister, and a tarot card.

The badge itself was a symbolic item, and according to the rules, students needed to wear the badge when they participated in the competition in the academy.

Other statistics such as duel points and dueler's ranking were still recorded in the sorting card and updated in real time.

Dark injected a bit of magic energy into the dueling badge, and then pressed it on the chest, the magic device attached to the bottom of the badge took effect quickly, and it firmly stuck on the school uniform.

Dianna took a glance at Dark. Then she picked up the dueling badge, put it on her chest, and asked Dark with a smile, "Does it look good?"

Dark reached out and squeezed her soft cheek: "Of course it looks good."

Rose walked over and suggested happily: "How about we go to the Traveller Street to celebrate it?"

Dianna immediately raised her hand: "I agree!"

Dark actually wanted to go back to the dormitory earlier, but he also didn't want to let the two girls down, so he followed them to the Traveller Street and had dinner with them at the "Waltz Music Restaurant".

Listening to the elegant music and watching the adorable Dianna eating in big gulps, Dark couldn't help showing a knowing smile.

The dueling club was not an orthodox club, except for occasional duel training, there were basically no club activities.

And even if it was a duel training, members could still choose whether or not to participate according to their own wishes.

As for the duel match.

Students new to the club would be able to sign up for the Saturday morning Rookie League starting next week.

But Dark currently had quite a surplus of credits, so he didn't have that idea yet.

After dinner, the group of three went to the night market in the Traveller Street, accompanied by cheerful laughs, and journeying with youth.

...

As the night fell slightly, the cold wind began to blow.

Unbeknown to Dark, right next door to where the three of them were eating, White was also having dinner at a restaurant.

White successfully joined the dueling. However, Scott failed unfortunately even though he was only one point less than White

In order to celebrate White's victory and comfort Scott's defeat, the Order specially moved tonight's meeting to a private room in the restaurant.

A total of 16+1 people gathered in the small private room, and it only took ten minutes from toasting and celebrating with each other to complaining with each other.

Robert watched speechlessly as the sixteen people, including White, gathered together and told each other of their miseries, feeling ashamed of the idea of ​​joining the Order that he would occasionally think of.

In this carbon dioxide-filled space, he was like a strange outsider, unable to understand the thoughts of the members of the Order.

Even White made him feel strange.

It was hard for him to imagine that White had such a side. After complaining, he and others even began to design a costume for a marine creature called "Sponge" with great interest.

What is a sponge?

Sponge in the sea?

Robert looked bewildered.

However, this Order now had an official name, which sounded quite normal. It was called "Marine Biological Research Club".

Just how much do you guys love sea creatures?

Robert was very worried.

...

The night finally became dark, and the voices were fading.

The Dark trio returned to the Noble House tower contentedly, and parted ways in the hallway on the second floor.

Dark entered the bedroom and dropped the bag full of food in his hands.

There were not only a lot of cut fruit, but also some cooked food and drinks that met the taste of his magical spirits.

Today they were the biggest contributors, and of course Dark would not forget to reward them.

It was just that a total of ten mouths was indeed a bit too much.

If they were replaced by other first-year students, they would really not be able to support them.

But Dark had a lot of credits.

He took out the [Wonderland] from the card pouch, projected a set of stone tables and chairs from Wonderland in the dormitory, and began to summon the magical spirits one by one.

After a while all ten magical spirits were summoned.

At the urging of DemiDevimon, Dark also released it from [Curse Cage] before drawing [Pride].

Worm Tree was in good shape under his careful care. Plus tonight's [Pride], it had stored a total of 5.5 points.

He then watered each cat grass with Cat Juice, and finally completed tonight's mission.

This made him greatly relieved. After he took care of everything, he went to lay down in the bathtub.

As the heat continuously penetrated into his skin and bones, the feeling of fatigue gradually disappeared.

Even blocked by the door, Dark could still hear the noises made by his magic spirits.

But not only did he not feel annoyed, but he actually felt very, very warm.

...

A few hours later, Dark woke up suddenly.

But he realized that he was no longer in the bathroom.

He lay on the bed and stared at the ceiling for a long time, confirming that he had no memory of walking out of the bathroom.

"It seems that my magical spirits moved me back to the bed." Dark felt warm in his heart slightly. He pulled his hands out of the quilt, and slowly got up.

In the winter, soaking in gradually cooling water wssy most likely to catch the cold.

Luckily there were magic spirits, otherwise he would have to lie down in the infirmary tomorrow morning.

Unlike usual, all the magical spirits were sleeping soundly on the bed with their bellies up tonight, looking very happy and satisfied.

Dark got out of bed lightly, tucked the neckline of his pajamas, and came to the balcony quietly.

It was early morning now, and there was a faint light on the horizon.

Everywhere in the castle was covered with snow-white frost, which had a pleasant smell of winter scenery.

"It's really a great view." Dark admired the scenery sincerely.

...

After a while, there was a sudden ripple in the sky, and a door was opened on the Saint Marian's barrier.

Then a slender white dragon shining with white light passed through the door, its fine scales reflecting the light of colorful colored glass.

Pandora Doragon sat on the dragon's back, her long hair, as white as snow, was blown back by the cold wind.

But soon after entering the academy, the smooth white hair starting from the roots returned to a jet-black color.

"What a beautiful white dragon!" Dark happened to witness the flying in of the white dragon, and couldn't help but be amazed.

"I don't know whose mount it is?" That white dragon was different from the western dragon species that occupied most of the world. It belonged to the eastern dragon species that were similar to a snake.

The kind of mellow beauty unique to the oriental dragon species was intoxicating and irresistible.

"Meow, meow~"

"Okay, you're beautiful too."

Dark bent down and picked up the cat grass at his feet, the corner of his mouth curled up slightly.

A new day has come.

...

On the first weekend of the new semester, the first-year students' excitement still hadn't died down after experiencing the dueling club's recruiting competition. Many students could still be seen discussing the dueling competitions noisily and excitedly everywhere in the castle, and the temperature of the castle seemed to have risen because of this.

After Dark assigned reading and writing assignments to his magical spirits, he headed to the library with his school bag.

Regarding Professor Nini's assignment about Mind Flayer, he needed to go to the library to find the material.

At about ten o'clock in the morning, Dark finished writing the paper. But he did not return to the dormitory, but continued to study in the library.

From morning to night, a lot of people came to the library one after another, and most of them left after checking the materials, only a few stayed.

Dark saw White and Robert unexpectedly. They were biting the ends of their pens, trying to complete their homework, which was a rare sight to see.

However, Dark didn't pay too much attention to them, and soon threw himself into his own research.

[Zoo] related knowledge learning would also take a lot of time.

The problem of [Fusion] was almost solved.

It was only because Pandora-senpai hasn't come back that the [Fusion] experiment was dragged on.

But this kind of thing couldn't be delayed.

If senpai didn't come back anytime soon, he planned to craft it by himself.

After all, even if there were multiple failures, it was still a valuable experience.

Of course, it was because he had enough credits that he dared to do this.

He had already planned to go to the Traveller Street early on Sunday to buy [Fusion] materials. At the price of 1,500 credits, he could buy three packs first.

Anyway, even if he made more than one [Fusion] cards, it wouldn't be a problem. The only problem would be that he wouldn't be able to make even one!

...

Suddenly, Dark's vision was slightly blocked. He looked up only to see a smiling face.

"Senpai, when did you come back?" He asked with a face of joy.

Pandora pulled out the chair and sat down opposite him: "This morning."

Dark looked her up and dow, and suddenly said, "Did something good happen?"

Pandora's eyes narrowed into a crescent shape.

She raised her index finger and said cheerfully, "Secret."

It seemed like she was genuinely happy.

Dark thought for a while, "But I'm curious."

Pandora shook her head a little, "Even if you are curious, I still can't tell you. Mhm, it's not the time yet, I'll tell you when it's appropriate. So? I heard you did something big again?"

"It's not a big thing." Dark stopped asking "I simply encountered some danger in the secret passage..."

Both of them kept their voices low, trying not to disturb other people in the reading room as much as possible.

Dark told Pandora the story of the secret rooms, the treasures, and the vampire.

Pandora also revealed some of her vacation itineraries to Dark.

She left Saint Marian after the Christmas ball.

After that, she flew all the way on her magical spirit to her birthplace - Banished Forest without stopping, and arrived there within a week.

"Banished Forest?" Dark raised his eyebrows and almost couldn't help raising his voice.

Pandora rest her chin on her palm and looked into the distance as if recalling the past memory: "It was a cursed and forgotten place. One by one people died and disappeared. Whether it was the Punished or the Abandoned, all of them can't escape the curse of death..."

There was a hint of despair in the seemingly casual sentence.

Pandora was still grateful to Principal Arte who brought her out of there.

She was the only one alive in Banished Forest.

When she was very young, there were still people in the Banished Forest.

They taught her the language and hunting skills, but they all died one by one, leaving only graves made of stones.

Three years after the war, the Banished Forest was completely forgotten by people and no one was sent there again.