Konoha: Naruto will win no matter what choice he makes! Chapter 092

The castle of St. Marian, if one doesn’t count the basement whose bottom was unknown, had a full nine floors. The place where students attended classes only occupied a very small part of it.

Even graduates who had spent six full years in this castle rarely managed to explore the apparent map.

Without events like the masquerade ball, this number would be even smaller.

This was clearly a good opportunity to open up the map.

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Meanwhile, as students poured into the castle in large numbers,

Accompanied by Principal Arte, the kingdom’s only three princesses also stepped into the castle.

First Princess Eliza.

Second Princess Anna, born three seconds earlier.

Third Princess Angie, who lost three seconds and thus lost her life.

The three princesses each put on masquerade costumes that concealed their faces.

Principal Arte asked with concern, “Do you really not need me to accompany you next?”

Princess Eliza nodded slightly, “This is a rare opportunity to relax. I want to walk around by myself. If possible, please take good care of my two sisters; they are quite mischievous.”

Angie, who was trying hard to fit herself into a teddy bear costume, raised her head with extreme sensitivity and said angrily, “Sister, didn’t you promise not to expose my flaws in front of outsiders?”

Princess Eliza reached out and pinched her soft face, which seemed as if it would melt, a hint of doting flashing in her eyes: “Principal Arte is not an outsider.”

Angie still puffed out her cheeks.

Anna, beside her, suddenly poked her and chuckled, “A sister who never grows up.”

Angie retorted angrily, “You’re the sister!”

Anna held her neck high like a white swan, “I’m the elder sister, I won’t stoop to a younger sister’s level.”

While they were bickering, Princess Anna suddenly turned around and asked, “Oh, Aunt Cynthia, is that annoying fellow Dark Demon here too?”

Principal Arte showed a gentle smile, “Yes, he just enrolled this year. By this time next year, he’ll be your senior.”

“No way?” Princess Anna seemed to have only just remembered this matter at that moment, and stiffened, “Then can I not come next year?”

Eliza flicked her on the forehead, “Nonsense. Didn’t you say you wanted to graduate from the same school as your sister?”

Anna: “That was then, this is now, ow!”

“Hahaha, little brat, disregarding the bigger picture!”

Angie, seizing the opportunity to give her a tap on the head, put on her mask and ran off.

Anna immediately gnashed her teeth and chased after her!

Eliza quickly looked at Arte: “Principal.”

Principal Arte nodded gently, and then two little elves carrying house assignment cards flew out from beside her, quickly catching up to Anna and Angie.

Eliza breathed a slight sigh of relief, then put on her exquisite mask that only revealed her nose and mouth: “Then, Principal, I’m off too.”

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Southwest of the castle, second floor.

Dark failed to shake off Diana and Rose amidst the crowd and could only temporarily accompany them for a while.

Students above second year had experience and were relatively purposeful, quickly heading to various parts of the castle.

First-year students, however, were completely scattered.

“Dark, should we catch up?”

Diana looked anxious, as if she were a child afraid of having her candy snatched away.

Rose also looked towards Dark.

Dark patted his forehead; it seemed he really needed to guide them for a while.

So he patiently said, “Don’t worry, the professors must have prepared enough ghosts. In the early stages of the ball, even if you don’t go looking for them, they will come looking for you.”

As he spoke, he pointed to the ceiling.

Diana looked up sharply and saw a long-necked hanged ghost dangling from the ceiling!

“Wow~”

“Ah!”

Diana immediately drew out her magic card and excitedly summoned her [Magic Beast: Polar Bear].

The polar bear landed in a flash of white light, then immediately stood on its hind legs and lunged at the hanged ghost!

Rose shrieked in fright and instinctively grabbed Dark’s arm.

Diana made a judgment in an instant and grabbed Dark’s other arm.

Dark, with both arms grabbed, looked helplessly as the polar bear’s claws passed through the ghost’s ethereal body, and then the hanged ghost extended a long, blood-red tongue and licked the back of the polar bear’s neck fiercely.

The polar bear immediately shivered, raging ineffectually!

“Jie jie jie!”

The hanged ghost mocked, teasing the polar bear with its tongue again and again, never tiring of it.

And the polar bear was like a kitten chasing a butterfly…

The purely physical attack polar bear and the ghost had a terrible compatibility.

Even a one-star hanged ghost was enough to give them a hard time.

Finally, Rose mustered her courage and summoned [Magic Beast: Snow Rabbit], sending it to heaven with a puff of icy mist.

When the hanged ghost disappeared, a piece of candy immediately fell down.

Dark, finally free, bent down to pick up the candy from the ground and peeled off the wrapper with a hint of doubt.

The candy itself looked like an ordinary toffee, but the wrapper was carved with intricate patterns.

Dark suddenly realized, “So the wrapper is the real deal!”

Diana saw the joy on his face and asked, “Dark, did you find anything?”

Dark was about to throw away the toffee inside the wrapper, but suddenly saw Diana staring at him intently, so he held onto the wrapper and handed the toffee over.

“Ah-mm!”

Diana took a bite of the toffee.

Only then did Dark pick up the wrapper and examine it closely.

“It’s a one-time magic card. It must have been infused with magic power beforehand and can last until midnight.”

Dark was very interested in this craftsmanship, so he carefully put the wrapper away.

“Let’s go, we continue.”

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Half an hour later.

The three had fought their way straight through the second floor.

Dark reached out and wiped away the cream from the corner of Diana’s mouth, pocketing the thirteenth wrapper.

Most of the ghosts encountered along the way were one-star and two-star, some dropping toffees, some dropping candy apples, some dropping small slices of pumpkin pie… but all were wrapped in exquisite packaging.

“What wonderful ball desserts.”

Dark finished the last bit of pumpkin pie and then said to Diana and Rose, “Next, let’s split up. Hmm, let me see, meet in the lobby on the first floor in five hours.”

Diana obediently said, “Okay, see you at the ball!”

Rose also smiled, “Don’t worry about us.”

In this half hour, Dark hadn’t made a move, basically guiding Diana and Rose to cooperate in ghost hunting.

Unbeknownst to them, the two had actually gained a ranking in the first-year noble house (within the top 12 to enter the leaderboard).

It seemed that even though they were only dealing with low-level ghosts that popped out on their own, their progress was faster than many others.

And Dark himself was still + 0.

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Although Dark himself didn’t care, in a certain corner of the castle, someone seemed to be constantly monitoring his ranking.

Victor, who was ranked third in the first-year Knight House, became even more excited when he saw that Dark’s name was not on the ranking list of the first-year Noble House.

“Keep up the good work, Robert!”

“Okay!”

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This chapter counts as yesterday’s. Yesterday was + 2, + 3 failed, today is + 4.