The villain young master just wants to live a Buddhist life Chapter 023

“Welcome to St. Marian Academy!”

In the magnificent great hall, sacred hymns soared, and the velvety, smooth, dark curtain slowly parted. Stepping onto the stage was the most beautiful and noble lady of St. Marian Academy—Principal Cynthia St. Arthe!

The nine great spirits surrounding the Archmage transformed into flowers and fireflies, rendering the stage dreamy and beautiful.

Four lavishly decorated long tables were placed in the hall, and thousands of candles floating in mid-air above the tables illuminated the hall.

The candlelight reflected on the golden plates and silver goblets, refracting a dazzling, colorful light, as if in a dream.

By the time Dark Demon came back to his senses, he was already standing on the stage, with Principal Arthe, whose fragrance wafted around him.

Memories flooded back like a stream.

Dark recalled his past life’s memories.

“St. Marian Academy… isn’t this the academy from that ultimate hodgepodge Galgame that was heavily criticized before release, but then everyone rushed to praise it after release?”

“Duel! St. Marian Super XX Academy!”

In the Galgame industry, where most of the budget was poured into exquisite character art while the plot was often crude, “Duel! St. Marian Super XX Academy” could be considered a rare breath of fresh air.

Although its plot framework almost entirely copied “Harry Potter,” its ability system borrowed (plagiarized) from card games like “Yu-Gi-Oh!”, and the characters on the duel cards were even derived from various popular anime, the various elements unexpectedly combined to form an interesting game.

Even without trying to romance the female characters in the game, one could still derive immense enjoyment from this game.

“Duel! St. Marian Super XX Academy” even became a “card-playing launcher” for a long time, with various censored versions popular in the domestic pirated game scene.

However, Dark, with a heart full of justice, held firm to his morals and resolutely avoided this trashy game that combined plagiarism, piracy, and H-content. Therefore, he only heard some settings and plot details through hearsay.

He vaguely remembered that the final boss of this game seemed to be a noble young master named Dark Demon.

As the sole son of a duchess, Dark Demon played the role of Draco Malfoy in the game. He was an initial antagonist who opposed the protagonist in the academy, and later, it was suddenly revealed that he was a descendant of a demon god. Finally, after the resurrected Demon King was defeated, his bloodline awakened, transforming him into the final Great Demon God, which also gave the protagonist the opportunity to defeat him and seize his fiancée!

Speaking of which, Dark Demon was truly a tragic character by nature. Even his name translated to “Dark Demon,” practically a clown destined for tragedy from the very beginning, Emmm…

Wait, why did that name sound so familiar?

Dark Demon’s face gradually turned pale.

…

“Dark Demon, Dark Demon…”

A warm, comfortable voice calling in his ear pulled Dark out of his shock.

He struggled to control the trembling muscles in his face and turned to Principal Arthe.

Principal Arthe had silver hair as pure and immaculate as moonlight, and beneath her long eyelashes were a pair of blue eyes that seemed to draw one’s soul into them.

As a conquerable character in the game, she was the moon of St. Marian, the most beautiful symbol. Her luxurious dress, tailored two sizes smaller than her actual measurements, made the silver moon ornament hanging at her chest appear especially white.

Dark realized he was at the St. Marian Academy’s opening banquet, as the first freshman to appear for the academy’s sorting test.

He tried hard to recall his experiences after rebirth.

After his past life’s memories recovered, the memories of this life had become blurry instead.

But combined with the original “Harry Potter” setting, he finally remembered.

St. Marian Academy was the only academy in the kingdom that could rival the Holy Church Arcane Academy. The academy was divided into four houses.

These four houses were: the Noble House, the Knight House, the Mage House, and the Fool’s House.

Students of the Noble House were all pure-blooded nobles of distinguished status.

Students of the Knight House were all as brave and righteous as knights.

Students of the Mage House were inheritors of knowledge, learned and wise.

Students of the Fool’s House, while not yet possessing the bravery of knights or the wisdom of mages, were innocent and pure, holding the greatest possibilities!

Dark was not overly nervous about this.

Before the demon god bloodline awakened, even the academy’s sorting card should not be able to detect it.

He was the son of a duke, the most distinguished noble bloodline below the royal family!

He would definitely be assigned to the Noble House.

Otherwise, this crappy game wouldn’t even be able to start…

Having calmed down, Dark glanced at the first-year new students’ location, but it was hard to find anyone resembling the original protagonist among the dense crowd.

So Dark realized—he didn’t even know the original protagonist’s name!

But it didn’t matter. Since he was the son of the hero who sealed the Demon King, he would soon stand out like a firefly in the dark night.

Dark took a deep breath and said, “Principal, I’m ready.”

“As expected of the sole son of the Demon family,” Principal Arthe smiled slightly.

Among the nine spirits flying around her, a small griffin-like spirit flew towards Dark.

When it flew in front of Dark, a blank magic card, with a crown, a lance, a magic book, and a Tarot card [The Fool] on its back, and a blank front, appeared in its previously empty beak.

“Take the sorting card in your hand, Demon.”

Following Principal Arthe’s instruction, Dark drew the magic card from the little spirit’s beak.

“Now cover this sorting card with your right hand over your left hand, think about what you like, what you want, and the sorting card will give you guidance.”

“Understood, Principal.”

Dark narrowed his eyes and began to imagine.

His understanding of that game was truly limited. He only knew that as a villainous BOSS who ran through the entire game, he would bring about his own demise after awakening his demon god bloodline.

And the awakening of the demon god bloodline seemed to be on the day of his coming-of-age ceremony.

Before the demon god bloodline awakened, although he was at odds with the original protagonist, they were only minor squabbles, not yet reaching the point of life or death.

His fiancée—the most popular female character in the game—only despaired of him after he transformed into a demon god, thus giving the original protagonist an opportunity to take advantage.

So, as long as he found a way to suppress the power of the demon god bloodline before his coming-of-age ceremony, he would still be the Duke’s son, not only high in status and power, but also having a fiancée who would not abandon him, no matter how wicked he was!

…

Everything didn’t seem so bad after all?

…

Dazzling white light overflowed from his palm. Dark felt the sorting card emitting heat, as if it were printing a card.

Principal Arthe’s gentle voice sounded again: “Demon, hold up the sorting card and show this year’s new students how to correctly perform the sorting ceremony.”

“Understood, Principal.”

Dark moved his right hand and saw that the sorting card indeed showed a crown, symbolizing nobility.

He then raised the sorting card high, infused it with magic, and activated it.

“Bang!”

Points of light, like fireworks, suddenly shot out, forming a giant golden crown in the air.

The sorting card shouted: “Dark Demon, Noble House!”

“Oh oh oh!”

Cheers gradually erupted from the long table where the other students of the Noble House were seated in the hall!

“Dark Demon, the sole son of the Duke known as the Valkyrie, is indeed assigned to our house!”

“OMG!”

It seemed the young master was quite popular in the Noble House?

Dark’s lips curled slightly, then he lowered his hand.

[Ding! Detected that the demon god bloodline has entered the awakening stage, triggering…]

“Damn it!”