The villain young master just wants to live a Buddhist life Chapter 107

“Welcome to St. Marian Academy!”

Holy hymns soared through the magnificent hall. The velvety soft, pitch-black curtain slowly parted, and stepping onto the stage was the most beautiful and noble lady of St. Marian Academy—Principal Cynthia St. Artemis!

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

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

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

By the time Dark Demon came to his senses, he was already standing on the stage, with Principal Artemis, whose fragrant aura wafted around 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 rushed to praise it as ‘true bliss’ 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 carelessly slapped together, “Duel! St. Marian Super XX Academy” could be said to be a rare breath of fresh air.

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

Even without trying to romance 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 game launcher,” with various modified versions popular in the domestic pirated game scene.

However, Dark, with a heart full of righteousness, steadfastly upheld his morals and adamantly refused to touch this trashy game of plagiarism + piracy + H. Thus, he only heard about some of its settings and plot 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 early antagonist who constantly opposed the protagonist in the academy. Later, it was suddenly revealed that he was a descendant of the Demon God. Finally, after the resurrected Demon King was defeated, his bloodline awakened, transforming him into the final Great Demon God. This also gave the protagonist the opportunity to defeat him and seize his fiancée!

Speaking of which, Dark Demon truly was a tragically fated character, 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 calling voice, as comfortable as a warm breeze, pulled Dark out of his shock.

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

Principal Artemis had silver hair as pure and flawless as moonlight, and beneath her long eyelashes were a pair of blue eyes that seemed capable of drawing one’s soul into them.

As a playable 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 dangling at her chest appear exceptionally white.

Dark realized he was at the St. Marian Academy’s opening ceremony, as the first freshman 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 became blurred instead.

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-blood 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, with 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 distinguished noble bloodline below the royal family!

He would undoubtedly be assigned to the Noble House.

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

After calming down, Dark glanced at the first-year freshmen’s section, but it was hard to find anyone resembling the original protagonist among the dense crowd.

Thus, 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 Artemis 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 featured a crown, a lance, a magic book, and the Tarot card [The Fool], while the front was blank.

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

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

“Now, cover this sorting card with your right hand on your left hand. Think about what you like, what you want, and the sorting card will guide you.”

“Alright, Principal.”

Dark closed his eyes and began to imagine.

His understanding of that game was truly limited. He only knew that as a villain BOSS who ran throughout the game, he would bring about his own destruction 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 an opportunity to step in.

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 remain by his side despite his numerous flaws!

…

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 Artemis’s gentle voice sounded again: “Demon, hold up the sorting card and show this year’s freshmen how to properly conduct the sorting ceremony.”

“Alright, Principal.”

Dark moved his right hand 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 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, and he lowered his hand.

[Ding! Detecting Demon God bloodline has entered awakening stage, triggering…]

“Damn it!”