Konoha: Naruto will win no matter what choice he makes! Chapter 021

Character name suggestions:

Cynthia St. Artemisia – 辛西娅·圣·阿尔忒

Dark Demon – 达克·迪蒙

Draco Malfoy – 德拉科·马尔福

“Welcome to St. Marian Academy!”

In the magnificent main hall, sacred hymns soared, and the velvety black curtain slowly parted. Stepping onto the stage was the most beautiful and noble lady of St. Marian Academy—Headmistress Cynthia St. Artemisia!

Nine elves, surrounding the Archmage, transformed into flowers and fireflies, rendering the stage dreamlike and beautiful.

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

The candlelight reflected on the golden dinner plates and silver goblets, refracting a colorful and mesmerizing light, like a dream.

By the time Dark Demon came to his senses, he was already standing on the stage, with Headmistress Artemisia, whose fragrant aura wafted beside him.

Memories flooded back into his mind like flowing water.

Dark recalled his memories from his previous life.

“St. Marian Academy… Isn’t this the academy from that ultimate hodgepodge Galgame that was heavily criticized before its release but then everyone scrambled to praise it as ‘so good’ 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 roughly made, “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,” 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 various elements unexpectedly combined to form an interesting game.

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

For a long time, “Duel! St. Marian Super XX Academy” even became a “card game launcher,” with various harmonious versions sweeping across the domestic pirated game scene.

However, Dark, with a heart full of justice, adhered to his morals and firmly refused to touch this trashy game that was a mix of plagiarism, piracy, and H-content. So, 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 only son of a duchess, Dark Demon played the role of Draco Malfoy in the game, acting as an early antagonist who constantly clashed with 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 final Great Demon God, which also gave the protagonist the chance to defeat him and steal his fiancée!

Speaking of which, Dark Demon was truly a tragically fated character, even his name translated to “Dark Demon,” practically a clown destined for tragedy from the very beginning, Emmm…

Wait, why does that name sound so familiar?

Dark Demon’s face gradually turned pale.

…

“Dark Demon, Dark Demon…”

A comfortable voice, like a warm breeze, called out to him, pulling Dark out of his shock.

He struggled to control the trembling muscles in his face and turned to Headmistress Artemisia.

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

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 actual measurements, highlighted the silver moon necklace that hung to her chest, making it appear exceptionally white.

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

He tried hard to recall his experiences after his rebirth.

After his memories of his previous life were restored, the memories of this life had become blurry instead.

But combining it with the original “Harry Potter” setting, he finally recalled it.

St. Marian Academy was the only academy in the kingdom that could rival the Holy Church’s 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 brave and righteous like knights.

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

Although students of the Fool’s House did not yet possess the bravery of knights or the wisdom of mages, they were innocent and pure, possessing the greatest potential!

Dark was not overly nervous about this.

Before his 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 the royal family!

He would certainly 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 students’ seating area, but among the dense crowd, it was hard to find anyone resembling the original protagonist.

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, “Headmistress, I am ready.”

“As expected of the only son of the Demon family,” Headmistress Artemisia smiled slightly.

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

When it flew in front of Dark, what was originally an empty beak now held a magic card with a crown, a lance, a magic book, and the Tarot card [The Fool] on the back, and a blank front.

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

Following Headmistress Artemisia’s instruction, Dark drew the magic card from the elf’s beak.

“Then place this sorting card with your right hand covering your left, think about what you like, what you want, and the sorting card will guide you.”

“Okay, Headmistress.”

Dark narrowed 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 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, these were just minor skirmishes, not escalating to a life-or-death situation.

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 could find 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 loyal to him despite his many flaws!

…

Perhaps things aren’t so bad after all?

…

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

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

“Okay, Headmistress.”

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 other-year students of the Noble House were seated!

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

“OMG!”

It seems the young master is quite popular in the Noble House?

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

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

“Damn it!”