The villainous young master just wants to live a Buddhist-like life.

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　As things stand, it seems unlikely that the "King's" planned gathering of heroes will continue.

　He himself neither confirmed nor denied this, indicating that it could be changed.

　This is largely because times have changed; instead of gathering twelve heroes, it's better to gather twelve duelists.

　As for the parliamentary elections... they can't be delayed. And the parliamentary elections affect the schedules of many people.

　Therefore, their meeting is not suitable to take place during this time. The same applies to the "Night of Prophecy."

　So the date for the next meeting was never set in the end.

　The tentatively planned timeframe can only be after the "Night of Prophecy" has ended.

　Therefore, everyone present signed a confidentiality agreement before the meeting ended.

　"I personally do not recommend scheduling the formal meeting after August 15th."

　As soon as Professor Medea sat down in the camp's meeting room, she complained. Previous meetings had mostly been dominated by the Pope, the Elf Queen, the King, and the Headmaster; it was really awkward for her, a mere professor, to speak.

　But before she could finish speaking, Ophelia said in a somber tone, "You just don't want to see the fortune tellers of the 'Star Tower' make a fool of themselves."

　Professor Mitya said blankly, "You're right, that's exactly what I think."

　Hermes' "divine rituals" are completely impossible for any prophet to decipher.

　Because it was unprecedented and without any prior warning, even if prophets saw the trajectory of fate through divination, they could not possibly decipher the correct answer from it.

　If the "Night of Prophecy" proceeds as planned, not only will the prophets who have gathered from all over the world be wiped out, but even the master of the "Star Tower" will be reduced to a clown.

　Although Middleia secretly wanted to see the Tower Master turn into a clown, she was, after all, a member of the "Star Tower" and didn't want to see the "Star Tower" humiliated in public.

　But Principal Art shook his head and said, "This is not a simple meeting. From invitation and preparation to gathering, it will take at least a month. Even if the meeting starts, it won't be over in a day or two. I personally don't want to schedule the meeting after August 15th. After all, September is the start of the school year, which is not convenient for our college. But it is indeed not easy to hold it before August."

　“I know.” Professor Mitya sighed deeply.

　Principal Arte said, "You don't need to worry too much. The reason I went to the Mountain of the Gods was because of the guidance of the Tower Master of the Star Tower. Even if he didn't expect things to develop to this point, he had some prediction about the resurgence of the gods, so he won't embarrass himself."

　“I hope so,” Professor Mitya said. “I’m more worried that the ‘Night of Prophecy’ will become a laughing stock than that the Tower Master will embarrass himself.”

　Professor Sylph glanced at her and said, "Instead of worrying about that, you should think about how to communicate with the demi-humans. I thought this would go very smoothly, but I didn't expect there to be so many obstacles."

　Principal Art said, "This is indeed a difficult problem." But Dark suddenly said, "It's actually quite easy to solve."

　Principal Art immediately looked over and asked, "Is there any solution?" The gazes of the others also turned back to him.

　Dark said directly, "If they don't want to come, then they shouldn't come."

　“There’s something I’ve noticed you haven’t figured out yet,” Dark sighed.

　"Now, we are the ones with the advantage, not the ones with the disadvantage."

　"They are the ones begging us, not the other way around." "As I suggested, once the invitation list is finalized, send an invitation to each person directly, and do nothing else."

　After he finished speaking, Principal Art said solemnly, "What you said makes sense. I will consider it carefully."

　Dark nodded and said, "The formal meeting will be held in the City of Freedom, in September or October. This time, we need to carefully consider how to popularize the special dueling rules of the 'Shinto Ritual'."

　“In fact…” Principal Arte said, “I have considered adopting the new rules directly for this year’s Academy Cup.”

　"I've thought about that too," Dak said. "But after careful consideration, I realized it's not the right approach."

　Principal Arte said, "How so?"

　Dark said, "Firstly, the Academy Cup is a testament to the students' learning achievements throughout the academic year. Changing the rules in the last month is disrespectful to the entire year's study time and deviates from the purpose of the Academy Cup. Secondly, the Academy Cup is not enough. We need a more formal, larger-scale event that can also include demi-humans to publicize the new dueling rules."

　Principal Arte said, "You mean, to hold a new competition?" Dark nodded and said, "It will still be a duel between students, but the scale will be expanded to include competition between academies. Our academy, the Holy Mystic Academy, the Royal Academy, as well as the Elven Academy of Magical Arts of the Elven race, the Public Magic Academy jointly run by the Dwarves and Goblins, the War Totem Academy of the Orcs... a large-scale competition involving students from all these academies is enough to serve as a stage for revealing the new rules."

　As soon as he finished speaking, the professors began to ponder.

　After a moment, Principal Arte looked up and said, "That is indeed a good idea. I will bring it up at the formal meeting."

　Dark smiled slightly and continued, "It starts with the Academy Championship, followed by a dueling tournament open to everyone in the world, and finally the 'God's Cup,' hosted by Hermes in the 'Heavenly Court,' which only holders of the 'God Cards' can participate in. If you can successfully complete these three steps, the divine ritual will be complete."

　Principal Arte frowned and said, "But that's easier said than done." Dark shook his head and said, "It's precisely because it's difficult that it's meaningful." Then, he changed the subject and said, "If this is feasible, we should also start training the participants for the Academy Championship ahead of time. The academy that wins such a competition will occupy a pivotal position in the entire dueling world."

　Principal Art nodded and said, "Of course. Once we return to the academy, we will immediately begin experimenting with the new dueling rules."

　Dark asked, "When are we going back?" Principal Arte replied directly, "Tomorrow."

　Now that the meeting has ended, there is naturally no need to stay any longer.

　As for the matters that could not be resolved at the meeting, we will naturally continue to work on them later.

　Therefore, the carriage heading to St. Marian's College was already flying into the sky the next morning.

　Immediately afterwards, the convoys of the other forces also took off, leaving only a portion of the manpower to deal with the monsters of the Mountain of Gods.

　That same evening, Dark and the others successfully returned to St. Marian Academy.

Chapter 1009 Darkdemon, Precious Daily Life (4k)

　then.

　After a brief rest, Dark Dimon's maids packed all the necessities and quickly left St. Marian Academy.

　Although Dark was somewhat reluctant, he could only watch them leave. Last night's meeting, while seemingly having left nothing unresolved, had in fact set the tone for what was to come.

　Ollie and the others also needed to bring back the meeting minutes as soon as possible and begin making arrangements for what to do next.

　For the Duke's mansion, the most important thing right now is to cultivate a group of duelists with great strength as soon as possible.

　This would have been an extremely difficult task for the Duke's mansion, which did not possess a large number of mages.

　However, the appearance of "Netherworld Fire" helped the Duke's mansion cultivate a group of powerful magical maids.

　If any of these maids possess magical talent, they can be further trained into advanced duelists centered around "armor".

　The city—if you're lucky, you might even find one or two duelists who obtain the "God Cards" there.

　St. Maryann's Academy will naturally take corresponding measures.

　But since they have already returned to the academy, there's no need to rush.

　That evening, after seeing Ollie and the others off, Dark returned to the tower dormitory of the Noble Academy with Aurora and Nix.

　The feathered serpent golem guarding the tower felt familiar to him. The cacophony of sounds in the common room completely relaxed him.

　Only when he saw the familiar students of the Noble Academy did he finally feel the reality that he had left the Mountain of Gods.

　"It's definitely over!"

　Although there may be even more severe challenges ahead, at least it's over for now.

　Dak's tense expression finally relaxed, and he smiled as he returned the greetings to the senior students who had greeted him.

　Fortunately, there were no second-year students in the common room. Otherwise, his steps back to the dormitory would likely have been delayed.

　At that moment, all he wanted was to go back to his dorm and bring the catnips back!

　Of course, he also didn't forget the little guhuoniao and foxheartfire in the clubroom.

　The magical spirits must be missing them terribly.

　Therefore, the first thing he had to do upon returning to the dormitory was to summon them. Dark was thinking to himself when he unexpectedly ran into Diana and Rose, who were coming down the stairs on the second floor.

　Dark paused slightly, then felt a sharp pain in his abdomen as Diana slammed into him.

　"Is this really necessary...?"

　He raised his hand with a hint of helplessness and patted her little head. Aurora, who was beside him, stiffened slightly.

　Rose, who was about to speed up, slowed down and looked somewhat awkwardly at Diana, who was tightly hugging Dark.

　"Alright, Diana, I've only been gone for less than a week." "That's the same thing!"

　Diana tightened her arms and pleaded coquettishly.

　Looking at Diana like this, Rose couldn't help but think to herself, "You can do it too."

　Dark glanced at Rose and knew she couldn't be relied on either.

　But just as he was about to ask Aurora for help, he saw Aurora take Nix's hand and smile at him, saying, "Dark, I'm going back now. Goodnight."

　Dark: "Good night."

　Dark was actually somewhat pleased with Diana's reaction. But blocking the second-floor stairwell like this was really inconvenient. Helpless, he had no choice but to lift Diana up in his arms and carry her upstairs.

　Although Diana possessed superhuman strength, she was petite and lightweight. Once her feet left the ground, she burrowed into Dark's arms like an ostrich, refusing to come out.

　Rose sighed softly and followed behind to escort them. Fortunately, there was no one in the third-floor corridor.

　Dark went up to the third floor, but instead of returning directly to his own room, he went to Rose's room first.

　Rose quickened her pace and opened the door. Dark carried Diana through the door. "Click."

　The sound of a door closing came from behind me.

　Dark put Diana down and said helplessly, "Now you should get down." "Hey." Diana chuckled, then landed on her feet, took a small step back, and looked up with a big smile.

　"Where were you thinking of going?" Dark asked. Diana replied, "The library."

　But as soon as she finished speaking, Rose said, "We were thinking of going to the store to ask Eve if she had any news."

　Dark nodded slightly and said, "We just returned to the academy not long ago. In short, the mission was successfully completed, but there were some unexpected events."

　As he spoke, he squatted down, picked up the cat grass that was dragging its small flowerpot and trotting over, and couldn't help but smile, saying, "Generally speaking, it's not a big problem. I'll let you know in a while, but now, can you help me move?"

　“Of course,” Rose said with a sweet smile. Dark asked, “Then, where is my precious insect tree?” Rose replied, “It’s over there. I’m taking good care of it.” With that, she led Dark to the balcony.

　Seeing the insect tree well protected by the fence, Dak said, "Let's move it back first."

　After saying that, he bent down and began to dismantle the guardrail.

　Diana and Rose each carried two catnip plants and followed him toward room 301.

　At that moment, a second-year student opened the door and saw what was happening. He was about to ask a question, but after looking at Diana and Rose beside Dark, he hesitated and then withdrew his head.

　Dak unlocked the door, put the insect tree back on the balcony, and re-erected the railing. The cat-like plants were already frolicking in their familiar bedroom. Everything gradually returned to normal.

　Dark removed the entire card pack strapped to his leg, pulled out "Magical Book" from it, and performed a normal summon.

　As the black-covered grimoire materialized in the air, he began to summon more magical spirits.

　First came "Devimon", then "Fantastic Beast: Eevee", and then "Shrek"...

　After all the magical spirits in the first tier were summoned, Dark handed over the task of summoning four-star magical spirits to the "Magical Secretary".

　Then he led a group of magical elves to carry all the remaining "cat grass" back to the dormitory.

　Then there were the "great sins" that had been stored away, as well as some precious items that Rose had kept.

　It took about half an hour for Dak to complete the move, and with Rose's help, he refurbished the bed.

　Then he clapped his hands and said, "I'll go to the clubroom first." Diana and Rose said in unison, "Then we'll go too!" Dark had originally only planned to go to the clubroom to set up "Paradise" and come back—by walking from the balcony—but now he could only say, "Then we'll go together."

　He then led Agumon, Gabumon, and other magical spirits out of the dormitory.

　The other magical elves living in the dormitory mostly stayed in their rooms, organizing their belongings.

　As soon as Dak entered the common room, he encountered the second-year students of the Noble Academy who were pushing open the door from outside the tower.

　Doron Teddy walked ahead, his cheeks slightly flushed, unusually excited, occasionally turning back to chatter to the person behind him.

　With a little guess, Dark knew it must be something related to "Holy Son" Evan Pearson again.

　But he had no interest in the saints at the moment; he just wanted to get to the Fantastic Beasts Society as soon as possible.

　However, Duolong and his group were blocking the way, and it was not easy for them to get through this obstacle.

　Sure enough, the group rushed over shouting the moment they saw him, attracting the attention of the other students in the common room.

　Dark Dimon has been missing from the academy for nearly six days since Monday, April 13.

　The students in other grades didn't seem to notice anything special. But the second-year and first-year students were guessing almost every day where he had gone.

　Dak had inquired about the whereabouts of him and several professors, and the official reason given was that they were going to a certain place for research.

　He and Aurora went together as the professors' assistants. While this reason seemed plausible, those who knew him well could easily tell it was just a cover-up.

　The second-grade and first-grade students came up with all sorts of strange and unusual reasons for this.

　As time went on after he left, the students began to speculate about when he would return, while some said he would never come back.

　As of yesterday, Darko Dimon still did not appear at the "Golden Cup" tournament.

　During the opening of the "Golden Cup," host Judy announced Darko Dimon's withdrawal, immediately drawing widespread attention.