Konoha: Naruto will win no matter what choice he makes! Chapter 027

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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. Artemisia Academy!”

In the grand hall, sacred hymns soared, and the velvet-soft, silky black curtain slowly parted. Stepping onto the stage was the most beautiful and noble lady of St. Artemisia Academy—Principal Cynthia St. Artemisia!

The nine elves surrounding the Arch-Mage conjured flowers and fireflies, rendering the stage dreamy and exquisite.

Four magnificently adorned long tables were arranged in the hall, illuminated by thousands of candles suspended in mid-air above them.

The candlelight reflected on the golden plates and silver goblets, refracting a dazzling, dreamlike spectrum of colors.

By the time Dark Demon came to his senses, he was already standing on the stage, with Principal Artemisia, enveloped in a fragrant aura, beside him.

Memories flooded back like a torrent.

Dark recalled his past life’s memories.

“St. Artemisia Academy… Isn’t this the academy from that ultimate hodgepodge Galgame that was heavily criticized before release but then everyone scrambled to praise after it came out?”

Duel! St. Artemisia Super XX Academy!

In the Galgame industry, where most of the budget was poured into exquisite character art while the plot was carelessly made, Duel! St. Artemisia Super XX Academy was a rare breath of fresh air.

Although its plot framework was almost entirely copied from Harry Potter, its power system borrowed (plagiarized) from card games like Yu-Gi-Oh!, and the characters on the duel cards were sourced from various popular anime, the mix of elements unexpectedly formed an interesting game.

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

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

However, Dark, with a heart full of righteousness, firmly upheld his morals and resolutely avoided this trashy game that was a mix of plagiarism, piracy, and H-content. 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 young noble master named Dark Demon.

As the Duchess’s only son, Dark Demon played the role of Draco Malfoy in the game. He was an early antagonist who 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 ultimate Great Demon God, also giving the protagonist the chance to defeat him and take away 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 start. Emmm…

Wait, why does that name sound so familiar?

Dark Demon’s face gradually turned pale.

…

“Dark Demon, Dark Demon…”

A comforting, warm voice calling him brought Dark out of his shock.

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

Principal Artemisia had silver hair as pure and flawless as moonlight, and beneath her long eyelashes were blue eyes that seemed to draw one’s soul into them.

As a conquerable character in the game, she was the moon of St. Artemisia, 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 exceptionally white.

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

He tried hard to recall his experiences after being reborn.

After his past life’s memories returned, his memories of this life became blurry instead.

But combining them with the original Harry Potter setting, he finally remembered.

St. Artemisia Academy was the only academy in the kingdom that could rival the Holy Church’s Secret Rites 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 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 knowledge inheritors, scholarly and wise.

While students of the Fool House might not yet possess the bravery of knights or the wisdom of mages, they were innocent and pure, holding the greatest potential!

Dark was not overly nervous about this.

Before the Demon God’s bloodline awakened, even the academy’s sorting card shouldn’t 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 be able to proceed from the beginning…

Having calmed down, Dark glanced at the first-year students’ section, but amidst 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.

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

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

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

When it reached Dark, its previously empty beak now held a magical card with a crown, a lance, a grimoire, and the Tarot card [The Fool] on the back, and a blank front.

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

Following Principal Artemisia’s instruction, Dark drew the magical card from the little elf’s beak.

“Now, cover this sorting card with your right hand over your left, think about what you like, what you want, 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 bring about his own destruction after awakening his Demon God bloodline.

And the awakening of his 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 skirmishes, not 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, thereby 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 with a fiancée who would stick by him no matter how bad he was!

…

Perhaps everything wasn’t so bad after all?

…

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

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

“Okay, Principal.”

Dark moved his right hand, seeing that the sorting card indeed displayed a crown, symbolizing nobility.

He then held 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 in the hall!

“Dark Demon, the only son of the Duke known as the Valkyrie, has indeed been 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.

[Ding! Detected that Demon God bloodline has entered awakening phase, triggering…]

“Damn it!”