The Villain Young Master Just Wants to Live a Buddhist Life

Before he knew it, it was already five o'clock in the afternoon.

Dark ate some snacks in the pantry to stave off his hunger and drank a cup of "scentless black tea" before packing his things to leave the library.

He had continued to extract Pride today to build up his reserves, with the goal of accumulating as many credits as possible before Friday afternoon so he could exchange them for a container with a longer shelf life and return the Thought Bottle to Professor Kazel.

As he passed by Emma, Dark caught a glimpse of her seemingly studying "The Value of Currency."

This left Dark slightly astonished; he couldn't help but wonder if this girl was heading down the wrong path.

Recalling the argument she had previously had with Victor and Robert regarding credit debt, Dark couldn't help but shake his head.

The Astronomy classroom was located in the Spiral Clock Tower at the center of St. Marian Castle.

One had to climb the external spiral staircase all the way to the twelfth floor to reach Professor Didi's astronomy classroom.

If one didn't arrive early, it was very easy to be late.

Dark felt a bit fortunate for his habit of always arriving at the classroom early.

This class was still being held for all four houses together, and the students of Magister House were clearly more interested in astronomy, as many were already whispering excitedly in the classroom before Dark arrived.

Professor Didi was, all in all, a very kind little pixie. As the head of Fool House, she didn't get angry in the slightest, even when deducting points from students.

And as soon as class ended, she became very easy to talk to.

Even if the students were chattering away in the classroom as they were now, she wouldn't mind.

--Yes, Professor Didi was already sitting at the podium.

Six o'clock sharp.

The bell did not ring.

In its place was the resonant toll of a bell symbolizing the transition between day and night!

"Duang!"

The bell's toll echoed across the campus.

The sun set, and the moon rose.

On the gradually darkening spiral staircase, Victor and Robert were leaping upward desperately like rabbits.

The two had set their alarms and woken up right on time—only to laze in bed for another ten minutes before rushing out of the dormitory.

Naturally, they hadn't eaten.

And of course, they hadn't slept well.

The "billion" games of Magic Chess before bed had cost them precious sleep.

Running on an empty stomach and sprinting to make the deadline only made their fatigue even worse.

"It's over!"

The sound of the desperate bell struck their hearts.

"Bang!"

The two burst through the door and tumbled into the classroom!

"Five points each, Gaude, Broheim."

Professor Didi didn't even turn her head to look at them as she drew a moon on the blackboard.

It was clear that she intended to teach astronomical knowledge related to the moon during this lesson.

Victor and Robert slunk into the classroom and sat down in another corner of the back row.

As for the deducted credits, the two no longer cared.

After all, they wouldn't be able to gather enough anyway, right?

Haha.

Since this was the first astronomy class for the first-years, Professor Didi didn't lecture on anything too profound.

When the class reached its second half, she suddenly waved her hand, and the classroom ceiling became transparent in an instant.

It was as if it had turned into a water mirror, shortening the distance between them and the night sky.

The students had never observed the moon from such a close distance before.

Above the rippling, pitch-black night sky, a full moon hung, filling their field of vision like a jade plate!

"Wow!"

The previously dull atmosphere vanished.

The classroom became lively in an instant.

Professor Didi looked on with a gentle expression as the children pointed at the full moon and clamored, making no attempt to stop them this time.

Yet there were two people who, looking at that full moon at such close range, could not suppress the surging emotions in their hearts.

One was Dark.

The other was White.

When Astronomy ended, the night was already pitch black.

Only a full moon hung high, its light bright and clear.

The students only then suddenly realized that tonight was, in fact, a full moon!

Dark Dimon walked along a narrow path, keeping far away from the crowd; he needed to find a deserted corner to calm down.

The castle of St. Marian was crisscrossed with passages, and Golems patrolled every night.

He avoided the Golems and found a nearby window, curling into the space and sitting sideways on the sill; by tilting his head back, he could see the full moon in the night sky.

Staring directly at the full moon from such close proximity atop the clock tower had caused his state of mind to fluctuate uncontrollably, leaving his entire body feeling slightly feverish.

The reason for this, no doubt, was the "Bliss" at work!

The [Bliss +1] slowly drifting across his vision made him realize that the moon was the very symbol of "Bliss"!

Before this, he had never imagined that the connection between the Seven Deadly Sins and the stars could be so intimate.

The Great Sins, known as the source of all evil.

The stars, hailed as the beginning of the gods.

Why could they be linked together?

What, in the end, was the true essence of these so-called Great Sins?

Human thought is a form of motion.

Once it begins, it is difficult to stop.

Dark's gaze shifted, and he suddenly noticed a figure flash across an external bridge on the level below.

It seemed someone else, like him, could not endure the loneliness of the night.

White God confirmed that he had reached a crossroads in his life.

He had previously transferred his credits to Robert, leaving himself with only 30 credits.

And Robert, having obtained 100 credits, was finally able to go to Professor Kazel to purchase the "Magic Phantom Beast" crafting materials, which cost 100 credits per set.

It was said that the materials for crafting a "Magic Phantom Beast" were actually quite expensive, and the only time one could purchase them for 100 credits was during this introductory stage.

With only one night left before the next Magic Guidance class, tonight was Robert's last chance.

This was supposed to be a critical moment, and White should have been staying by Robert's side to assist him in completing his assignment.

But he had slipped out while Robert went to find Professor Kazel.

This was the first time White had gone out for a night stroll alone.

The overly massive castle inevitably felt cold and eerie when there was no one by his side.

White was fairly brave, but he still couldn't help but hug his arms and shiver.

It wasn't until he reached an external bridge and focused his attention on the two-finger-thick Black Leather Book in his hands that the chill gradually subsided.

After confirming that the moonlight could shine directly onto it.

White opened the cover under the moonlight, and what met his eyes was a short sentence:

[Into the Abyss, gaze into the abyss.]

As the moonlight hit the text, the previously flat characters suddenly began to tremble in White's vision. Then, they transformed into another script that he had clearly never seen before, yet could somehow understand.

→[Part the mist, behold the truth; the full moon shall guide you.]

The time he had obtained this book, Into the Abyss, was on the second day of school, during his first visit to the library.

He had been searching for information on the "Minotaur" to complete his Summoning Technique assignment.

He had found this copy of Into the Abyss hidden in a corner.

After confirming through Robert that he was the only one who could see the text changing.

Should he call it a pleasant surprise, or a sense of destiny from the beyond?

White had a strong feeling of being "the chosen one."

His surname was God, and his bloodline originated from the legendary "Hero." But in reality, aside from being welcomed and celebrated by the students at the very beginning, he felt nothing special about being the "Son of the Hero."

Until he discovered this book!

"Full Moon!"

A word that was fascinating in and of itself.

More than a month of playing around had made him almost forget about this book hidden in his drawer.

It wasn't until tonight, when he stared directly at the full moon from an extremely close distance during Astronomy, that Victor remembered the book.

Unable to suppress the excitement in his heart, he finally brought the book here.

When the moonlight shone on the paper for about fifteen seconds, the transformed text changed once again.

A pink mist rose up, and the shape it converged into provided him with a guide for the path ahead.

Victor was ecstatic and immediately began to run, following the guidance.

Upstairs, Dark, who was sitting sideways on the window ledge, happened to witness everything. Naturally, he also saw the pink arrow that only a specific group of people could see, and his expression gradually turned strange.

"Should I follow him, or just leave it be?"

If this had been yesterday, Dark would have definitely pretended not to see it.

But tonight, his heart was restless.

He pulled out his Sorting Card, injected a trace of magic power, and summoned DemiDevimon.

"Go, follow him."

"Understood!"

DemiDevimon immediately spread its wings and flew down.