Konoha: Naruto will win no matter what choice he makes! Chapter 189

Character name suggestions:

– 达克: Dark

– 克莱尔: Claire

– 阿尔忒: Arte

– 迪路兽: Tailmon

– 潘多拉: Pandora

– 凯特: Kate

– 亚尔薇特: Alvette

– 彼得: Peter

The two parted ways at the fork in the road.

Dark returned to the dormitory and went to Claire’s office with a gift before evening.

Claire was indeed troubled in her office about how to pack things.

Her office wasn’t messy, but there were a lot of books.

Many were borrowed from the library, and these books needed to be returned one by one.

Some were bought from Traveler’s Street and needed to go through an approval process to be taken out of the academy.

However, given Claire’s identity, she probably already obtained a permit from Principal Arte.

“Let me help.”

Dark temporarily put the gift aside and began rolling up his sleeves to categorize.

Claire, who had just looked like an adult not long ago, couldn’t help but blush slightly, sighing at the passage of time, but she didn’t resist.

About half an hour later.

Dark had sorted out the books marked with the library’s logo. He summoned Tailmon, made it carry the books, and headed to the library.

Claire left the office with the rest of her belongings.

…

Although Dark’s visits to the library had become less frequent, he was still familiar with every corner of it.

He had Tailmon carry the mountain of books to the counter, then explained the situation to Senior Pandora, and together they registered the books.

After Pandora registered each book, she would use her administrator’s authority to activate the library’s magic circuit, sending the book back to its original place.

As books flew away on their own as if they had wings, the pile of books on the counter became shorter and shorter.

Both sides had room to speak.

Pandora exclaimed, “Are all these books borrowed by Professor Kate? She borrows one or two every day. I didn’t expect there to be so many already. I really want to know if she has a special way of reading.”

Dark said, “Perhaps this is what a sage is!”

Pandora: “How is your [Fusion] spell progressing?”

Dark: “I slacked off a bit during class and made some progress, but it’s still very difficult.”

Pandora: “Difficulty is normal. The [Fusion] spell is one of the most challenging in our fourth-year curriculum. It’s already very rare for you to have this much progress.”

Dark shrugged: “Perhaps it’s because my computing power is particularly strong.”

His advanced mathematics wasn’t for nothing.

Pandora was also curious: “I always feel that your arithmetic level is stronger than mine. Did you come up with the vertical calculation method and the multiplication table?”

Dark: “They are all minor tricks.”

…

After sorting out the books, Dark bid farewell to his senior and went straight to Claire’s dormitory.

As soon as he pushed open the door, he found the room full of animals jumping around.

Dark rubbed his forehead, feeling that if Aunt Claire became unreliable, even Alvette would have to stand aside.

She had obviously deployed the [Zoo] field card in the dormitory, but there were clearly too many animals released for packing. Those animals were doing everything they could to compete for favor. Two monkeys were each holding one sleeve of a shirt and playing tug-of-war.

Dark had originally intended to help organize, but he didn’t expect the situation inside to be one of too many monks and too little porridge.

“Looks like no help is needed!”

So he closed the door and tried to run.

“Don’t!”

Claire’s cry for help came from inside.

…

It wasn’t until most of the items were sorted out that the two went to the cafeteria for a relatively hearty dinner.

Dark, uncharacteristically, let go of his appetite, giving Claire enough face despite the [Gluttony + 1] prompt.

“Eat more, eat more to grow taller.”

Claire kept putting food into his bowl, while she herself didn’t eat much.

Although not particularly obvious.

Dark still felt that the feeling she gave off was decisively different from when she first arrived at the castle.

She came like a floating duckweed, but when she was about to leave, she had roots.

It was a very vague feeling.

But in any case, it was changing for the better.

Dark was less worried then.

After a satisfying meal, they each returned.

Claire needed to seize the time to visit professors of various subjects.

Dark also had his own research to do.

The winter night was cold, with a bright moon and sparse stars.

Dark researched at the experimental table until nearly ten o’clock, finally making some breakthroughs.

He sighed slightly, and as if by some strange impulse, came to the balcony, bent down to pick up the cow grass rubbing against him, and looked up at the moon.

One or two bats flew across his vision, surprising him slightly.

There were bats in the castle, but as winter deepened, bats should rarely be active.

But that was the habit of ordinary bats.

There were also some special bats that didn’t follow this hibernation pattern.

His thoughts came and went.

Dark didn’t pay too much attention. He shifted his gaze slightly and looked in the direction of the teachers’ dormitory.

Having a relative in the academy felt very different.

The nights spent studying the prerequisite knowledge for [Zoo] with Claire, though busy, created a tight and fulfilling feeling that was easy to get used to.

After a week of being idle, he felt somewhat empty.

It seemed he had lost in the race against time.

He shook his head, suppressing the growing sense of loss in his heart.

…

Coincidentally.

Claire was also on the dormitory balcony, looking at the castle under the night sky.

Her expression was dazed, but her gaze was always focused on a certain area.

If one had studied the castle’s terrain, they would find that it was the area concentrated with secret passages.

Only those who had ventured deep into the secret passages knew that there were spatial folding phenomena inside, and the actual unfolded area was larger than the entire castle.

Claire had also ventured deep into the secret passages.

However, she didn’t have the childishness of a hero or a Valkyrie, and didn’t leave so-called treasures in the secret passages.

But at that time, their exploration of the secret passages was still superficial.

They only knew the secret passages were magical, but they didn’t know they could be so magical!

Halloween.

The resurrection ritual of the Moon Goddess!

Even though this matter had been reported in the newspapers, only a handful of people could discern the true story behind it.

Claire agreed to Arte’s invitation not only because she wanted to find a quiet place but also because of this.

These years of traveling abroad, although the beautiful scenery, wonders, culture, and customs of various places were indeed worth seeing, after transforming those experiences into words and pictures, the emptiness in her heart was not only not filled but deepened.

This led to several outbursts of anger.

She truly caused a bit of trouble.

Claire’s lips curved slightly.

Her time at the academy had indeed calmed her down.

She also had some clear goals.

What she wanted to do.

Not what others wanted to do.

The deceased are ultimately deceased.

The living must continue to live.

One cannot always live in the past.

…

I’m sorry, Peter.

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