The villain young master just wants to live a Buddhist life Chapter 071

Released on June 12, 2025

“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!

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

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

The candlelight reflected off the golden plates and silver goblets, refracting a dazzling, multicolored light, like a dream.

By the time Dark Demon came back to his senses, he was already standing on the stage, with Principal Arthe, emanating a fragrant scent, beside him.

Memories flooded his mind like a flowing 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 clamored for after it came out?”

“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 crudely made, “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 its duel cards were sourced from various popular anime, the mix of elements surprisingly formed an interesting game.

Even without romancing the female characters in the game, one could still derive immense enjoyment from it.

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

However, Dark, holding a righteous heart, upheld his morals and adamantly refused to touch this “plagiarism + piracy + H” trash game, so 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 Duchess’s only son, Dark Demon played the role of Draco Malfoy in the game, serving as an initial antagonist who opposed the protagonist in the academy. 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 ultimate Great Demon God, also giving the protagonist the opportunity to defeat him and seize his fiancée!

Speaking of which, Dark Demon was truly a tragic character by birth; even his name translated to “Dark Demon,” practically a clown destined for tragedy from the start, Emmm…

Wait, why did that name sound so familiar?

Dark Demon’s face gradually turned pale.

…

“Dark Demon, Dark Demon…”

A comfortable, warm whisper in his ear jolted Dark out of his shock.

He desperately controlled his trembling facial muscles and turned to Principal Arthe.

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

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

Dark realized he was at the St. Marian Academy’s opening banquet, as the first new student to undergo the academy’s sorting test.

He tried hard to recall his experiences after rebirth.

After his past life’s memories returned, this life’s memories had become blurred.

But combining it 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’s Esoteric Academy. The academy itself 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 brave and righteous like knights.

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

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

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 Duke’s son, the most noble bloodline below royalty!

He would surely be assigned to the Noble House.

Otherwise, this crappy game wouldn’t be able to proceed from the beginning…

Calming down, Dark glanced at where the first-year new students were, 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 Demon family’s only son,” Principal Arthe smiled slightly.

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

When it reached Dark, there was already a magic card in its previously empty beak. The back of the card depicted a crown, a lance, a magic book, and the Tarot card [The Fool], while the front was blank.

“Hold the sorting card, Demon.”

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

“Now, place this sorting card with your right hand over your left hand, think about what you like, what you desire, and the sorting card will guide you.”

“Okay, Principal.”

Dark closed his eyes and began to imagine.

His knowledge of that game was truly limited. He only knew that as a villainous BOSS who ran through the entire game, he would self-destruct 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, it was all minor squabbles, not yet reaching the point of life and death.

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

So, as long as he found a way to suppress the demon god bloodline’s power before his coming-of-age ceremony, he would still be the Duke’s son, not only high in status and power but also with a fiancée who would remain loyal to him despite his many flaws!

…

Perhaps everything wasn’t 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.”

“Okay, Principal.”

Dark moved his right hand away and saw that the sorting card indeed displayed 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 year students of the Noble House were seated!

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

“OMG!”

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

Dark’s lips curved slightly, and he lowered his hand.