Konoha: Naruto will win no matter what choice he makes! Chapter 029

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Cynthia St. Artemisia – 辛西娅·圣·阿尔忒

“Welcome to St. Marian Academy!”

Sacred hymns echoed through the magnificent hall, and the velvety black curtain slowly parted. Stepping onto the stage was the most beautiful and noble lady of St. Marian Academy—Principal Cynthia St. Artemisia!

The nine elves surrounding the Archmage materialized 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 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, emanating a fragrant aura, beside him.

Memories flooded back like a torrent.

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 carelessly slapped together, Duel! St. Marian Super XX Academy could be considered 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 its duel cards were sourced from various popular anime, the various elements unexpectedly combined to form an interesting game.

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

Duel! St. Marian Super XX Academy even became a “card game launcher” for a long time, with various censored versions sweeping the domestic pirated market.

However, Dark, with a heart full of justice, firmly adhered to morality and resolutely avoided this trashy game of plagiarism + piracy + H. Thus, he had only heard rumors about some of its settings and plot.

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

As the sole son of a duchess, Dark Demon played the role of Draco Malfoy in the game, acting as an early 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 final Great Demon God, also giving the protagonist the opportunity to defeat him and seize his fiancée!

Speaking of which, Dark Demon was truly a tragically born character. Even his name translated to “Dark Demon,” making him 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 comforting, warm breeze-like voice in his ear pulled Dark out of his shock.

He struggled to control his trembling facial muscles and turned to Principal Artemisia.

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

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

He tried hard to recall his experiences after his rebirth.

After his past life memories returned, his memories of this life had become blurry instead.

But combining them 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 Mystical Rites 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.

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 his demon god bloodline awakened, even the academy’s house placement card should not be able to detect it.

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

He would inevitably be assigned to the Noble House.

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

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

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 Artemisia smiled slightly.

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

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

“Take the house placement card in your hand, Demon.”

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

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

“Alright, Principal.”

Dark closed his eyes and began to imagine.

His knowledge of that game was truly limited; he only knew that as a villain 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 his demon god bloodline awakened, although he was at odds with the original protagonist, these were minor skirmishes that hadn’t escalated 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 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 with a fiancée who would remain by his side no matter how awful he was!

…

Perhaps everything wasn’t so bad after all?

…

Dazzling white light spilled from his palm, and Dark felt the house placement card radiating heat, as if it were printing.

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

“Alright, Principal.”

Dark moved his right hand away and saw that the house placement card indeed displayed a crown, symbolizing nobility.

He then raised the house placement card high, channeled magic into it, and activated it.

“Bang!”

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

The house placement card cried out: “Dark Demon, Noble House!”

“Oh oh oh!”

Cheers gradually erupted from the long table where the Noble House students of other grades 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 seems the young master is quite popular in the Noble House?

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

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

“Damn it!”