The Villain Young Master Just Wants to Live a Buddhist Life

Magic Guidance Card activation!

It was truly worthy of being a "Pride 1" crafted according to the "Refined Emotion Card" method.

Even the black light emitted upon activation felt more high-class.

The dark golden orb of light that flew out from the Magic Guidance Card was also rounder, flew more steadily, and moved with greater speed.

Before DemiDevimon could even react, it was struck by the orb of light.

It froze for a split second, as if its brain circuits were switching from "naughty" mode to "prideful" mode.

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After that instant, its feigned expression of "grievance" immediately transformed into one of arrogance and haughtiness!

The entire aura of DemiDevimon underwent a sharp change!

It raised its head, and the moment it opened its mouth, it declared, "To force thy will upon me without my consent—dost thou know thy sin!"

Dark: "Huh?"

DemiDevimon said arrogantly, "I shall grant thee the grace of petting me to atone for thy sin!"

Dark, looking completely bewildered, reached out his hand and patted its head, continuing until it was satisfied enough to squint its eyes and let out a comfortable moan.

Afterward, Dark wrote in his notebook: "Excessively intense pride has a probability of damaging the brain."

Card Name: Pride 1

Type: Magic Card

Effect: Makes the target become prideful.

Without a doubt, the effect of this "Pride 1" was better, and the duration was longer.

DemiDevimon did not return to normal until the twenty-first minute.

Furthermore, the "Pride 1" card did not shatter after activation.

A very dim orb of light even flew out from DemiDevimon's brain and returned into the "Pride 1" card.

By channeling magic power into it, one could see that the black light emitted by "Pride 1" was very faint, but it was continuously recovering.

This meant that this "Pride 1" was already a reusable Magic Guidance Card!

Although it had little practical significance.

But in terms of research value, this was undoubtedly a huge breakthrough!

It proved the sustainable development potential of the "Pride" series of Magic Guidance Cards and laid a solid foundation for the development of "Pride 2."

Emotion is a form of power.

The desires of the Seven Sins are an even greater power with immense potential!

After another fifty-nine minutes, the light emitted by "Pride 1" recovered to its normal intensity.

"Estimated cooldown: 59 minutes."

To test whether a second use would lead to a weakened effect, Dark activated "Pride 1" once again.

DemiDevimon: ?!

The final experimental results indicated that "Pride 1" was relatively stable, and for the time being, there were no signs of weakening.

Judging by the Magic Guidance Card verification, this card was almost a finished product!

Dark thought so as well.

He looked at the last remaining blank Magic Guidance Card.

He prepared to test the capacity limit of this 10-credit blank Magic Guidance Card for "Pride" next!

To do this, he needed to borrow another "Thought Bottle"—worth hundreds of credits and capable of storing emotions—from Professor Kazel.

--Perhaps, this is the composure of an honor student!

Chapter 21 Dark Demon is impeccable

When he woke up, it was already Sunday.

The sound of "rustling" rain drifted in from outside the window.

Dark squinted his eyes as he got up, brushed his teeth, and washed his face, not giving "Sloth" any chance to score points.

He did not go to the common room today, but instead stayed quietly in his bedroom for a while.

The Sin Index was sometimes hard to grasp; for instance, he was doing nothing right now but watching the rain from the window, his heart calm and leisurely, and thus nothing was triggered.

However, this state of mind was not easy to maintain.

Around seven o'clock, Dark rarely headed to the cafeteria for breakfast before going to borrow a Thought Bottle from Professor Kazel.

Professor Kazel seemed to assume he was researching a topic on emotions, so he lent it to him without asking many questions.

As the name suggests, a Thought Bottle is a container used to store "thought substances" such as memories, emotions, knowledge, and ideas.

Of course.

Whether it is memories, emotions, knowledge, or ideas, they always fade with the passage of time.

A Thought Bottle, which costs several hundred credits each, cannot completely prevent the fading of thoughts.

It merely provides a wall, causing the thought substances to dissipate more slowly.

The optimal storage time for thought substances is 72 hours; after 72 hours, the fading phenomenon intensifies.

Dark thus scheduled his next experiment for the afternoon or evening of the third day, Tuesday.

By then, there should be 3 points of Pride available for experimentation.

Perhaps because the rain was getting heavier, the freshmen could only huddle in the common room, feeling frustrated.

Some were reading, some were playing chess, and others were desperately catching up on their homework.

Diana belonged to the latter category.

She dragged Rose to a corner of the common room, bit on her pen, and rushed through her assignments.

Diana was not particularly clever; things that others could remember after just one pass often required her to look over them multiple times.

Her talent was entirely concentrated in magic power and physical strength.

If this were the previous era when the demon race still existed, she would have been a quintessential magic-and-martial-arts Paladin, perhaps even one who could dominate the battlefield and be remembered for ages.

But in the Saint Marian Era, knowledge is the primary productive force.

To become a qualified Magic Guidance user, one must learn to use their brain.

The reason Diana had not fallen behind in her studies so far was half thanks to Rose's pulling, and half thanks to Dark's tutoring!

Especially for the Arithmetic class, which was the most difficult for freshmen, Dark had given her immense help.

Dark had always tried his best to avoid socializing; at first, it was because he was afraid his short temper would flare up, and he might accidentally awaken his Wrath if he encountered some toxic person.

Now, it was because he was afraid he wouldn't be able to control his sense of superiority and become too arrogant.

The truth was, none of these first-year Magic Guidance students were any match for him!

The topic of Saint Marian in the Great Sage Daily began to heat up again, mainly because the descendants of the Kingdom's Twin Swords had both become freshmen at Saint Marian.

Some faculty and students from places like the Holy Rite Academy began to sound sour. If they could seize upon any misconduct by one of the freshmen and report it widely, they would surely be able to dampen the arrogant spirit of Saint Marian!

They naturally set their sights on the notoriously ill-reputed Dark Dimon. It was rumored that this young duke was greedy for pleasure at such a young age, arrogant and lazy, stupid and irritable—simply a target standing there waiting to be beaten!

Moreover, by targeting Dark Dimon, they might be able to further strike at the Dove faction led by the Duchess Alvitr!

Everything in the world is always contradictory and cyclical.

The Valkyrie, who once galloped across the battlefield killing without blinking an eye, had learned the importance of recuperation and instead became a Dove advocating for peace.

The Holy Rite forces, which had actively advocated for peaceful coexistence and reducing slaughter during times of war, had instead become Hawks promoting military expansion now that their development was hindered!

How did that saying go? Without war, where would faith come from?

The Pope of the Holy Rite would not go so far as to step into the fray personally, but the Chief Archbishop, one of the thirty-six councilors, often spoke loudly in the council, inciting the King to send troops to conquer.

They urged him to wipe out the surrounding small nations while their national strength had yet to rise!

The King was already old and had lost his spirit, so they incited the eldest prince to ascend the throne and conquer the world.

The eldest prince had long held ambitions, which coincided with the Holy Rite.

As a result, the Dove faction had no choice but to turn to support the mild-mannered eldest princess. It also happened to coincide with the current trend of the Renaissance, supporting women's rights and pushing for the eldest princess to ascend the throne!

Of course, everyone understands why a galgame would have such settings. (w)

However.

The saying goes that flies don't bite seamless eggs, meaning if an egg is seamless, it is invincible (a misunderstanding)!

The pawns sent by the Hawk faction to infiltrate Saint Marian simply could not find even a tiny bit of dirt on Dark!

Upright in conduct, excellent in grades, good daily routine, self-disciplined, diligent and hardworking, neither greedy nor jealous, gentle in dealing with others, humble and polite, impeccable etiquette, elegant and handsome...

It seemed that every beautiful word could be applied to him.

That's right, this is Dark Dimon!

An excellent, perfect, and flawless man!

The future little nun who was secretly observing him was almost lost in the charm of Dark Dimon!

If one really had to pick a fight, perhaps the fact that his familiar was a demon-type could stir up some public opinion...

On the contrary.

The other descendant of the Kingdom's Twin Swords appeared far less outstanding.

Despite being the son of the Hero, a lineage even more noble than that of the Valkyrie, that Mr. Gaude spent his days and nights hanging out with the son of a backwater minor noble.

Not only did he fail to complete his assignments properly, but he would sometimes arrive late or skip class entirely!

In a single week, half of his academic credits could be deducted!

He was simply a disgrace to the Hero's family line!

Furthermore, this son of the Hero had a familiar that was of the demon species!

The descendant of the Kingdom's Twin Swords, the great hero who eradicated the demon race, actually had a familiar that was a demon species!

Although, if one looked past the surface to the essence of the matter, the appearance of a demon species familiar was due to a complex mix of factors, and it did not specifically prove anything.

But in the eyes of those who did not understand Magic Guidance, this was a major event capable of whipping up a frenzy of public opinion!

However.

Even the Hawks dared not move against both sons of the Kingdom's Twin Swords at the same time; doing so would likely trigger a nationwide backlash!

As the public grew more enlightened, the common people were becoming increasingly difficult to hoodwink.

What they had originally intended to do was secretly incite opposition between the two sides, perhaps even using that to pull the son of the Hero into their own camp?

Now, look at how that turned out.

The two sides were not even on the same level.

How were they supposed to incite opposition?

It was vexing!

Even so.

The Great Sage Daily was still filled with