The Villain Young Master Just Wants to Live a Buddhist Life 44

Thinking of Victor's strange behavior during class...

Dark Demon turned the thought over in his mind, yet maintained his aristocratic composure, smiling, "Now that we've exchanged greetings, I am Dark Demon. It's a pleasure to meet you."

Victor was inexplicably excited and hurriedly reached out to shake his hand, "Victor Gaude, it's a pleasure to meet you too!"

"Is that so?" Dark gave a subtle smile, "I'm heading to the classroom to preview my studies now. We can chat about anything else later."

Victor: "Right!"

After Dark left.

Robert nudged Victor's arm and whispered, "Well? How does it feel to shake hands with a top student?"

"Don't get me started, it was actually pretty good!" Victor joked.

He then picked up the "Forbidden Love" card he had just used to snap a photo and took a look, his expression changing instantly.

[Name: Dark Demon]

[Rarity: UR]

[Affection: 44]

Victor said in surprise, "What's going on? Why did the affection level drop instead of rising?"

Robert leaned in to take a closer look and hesitated, "Could it be because we disturbed him? Or did the stalking make him angry?"

Victor said in distress, "Is that so? But we just wanted to say hello."

Robert: "How about we give him a gift during Halloween? He should gain some affection if he accepts a gift, right?"

Victor: "That's a good idea, but what does he like? Would a Toffee Apple work?"

Robert shrugged, "Perhaps a set of Magic Chess would be nice too."

Victor: "True, no one dislikes Magic Chess."

Robert: "Also, when are we going to take a picture of Emma?"

Victor felt puzzled, "Wait, Robert, why are you so concerned about Emma? You mentioned her during class too."

Robert was taken aback, then realized, "No way, Victor. You don't think I'm a masochist, do you? I just want to see how low her affection for you is! Don't you want to know?"

Victor spread his arms and shook his head violently, "No, I don't want to know at all!"

Robert: "You do."

Victor: "Fine, I do."

Around the corner.

Dark Demon hadn't actually left.

As soon as he was out of Victor and Robert's line of sight, he stopped to listen.

Victor and Robert hadn't bothered to lower their voices, so Dark heard their entire conversation clearly.

"So that's it, that Flower Card has a new function—it can peek at people's affection levels."

"Wait, isn't this a standard feature for a protagonist in a galgame? Is it really presented in this way?"

"So, he was trying to increase my affection just now?"

"Is there some kind of reward? Or maybe it unlocks CGs? Hahaha, it shouldn't be possible to unlock CGs."

"Although it seems useless, I can't let him pry into my mind at will."

"In Harry Potter, there is Occlumency, which can shield the mind against Legilimency and other secret arts that pry into the brain. If practiced to a high level, one can even simulate false memories. There's no reason this world wouldn't have something similar."

Dark listened for a while longer, and seeing that the path was becoming crowded, he quickly walked away.

"The next class is Professor Kazel's. If the creation of the Flower Card really has nothing to do with Professor Kazel, perhaps I can get some information from Victor."

By the time Dark arrived at the Magic Theory classroom, Emma Metis had already claimed a seat in the front row.

He smiled and sat down in his usual spot by the window in the back row, waiting for Victor and Robert to arrive.

Based on Victor and Robert's behavior, he had a theory: even if Victor could gain benefits by increasing others' affection, he should only be able to do so from specific individuals.

For instance, the main characters in the game!

Thinking along those lines, Emma should be one of them as well.

Sure enough, five or six minutes before class started, Victor and Robert walked into the classroom through the front door for once.

Moreover, Victor was deliberately holding that "Forbidden Love" card in his hand.

Although he pretended to be casual, he clearly used "Forbidden Love" to snap a photo of Emma!

Victor and Robert then hurried over to the other side of the back row of the classroom.

The two didn't even have time to put down their schoolbags before huddling together to examine the Magic Spirit Card.

[Name: Emma Metis]

[Rarity: SSR]

[Affection: 31]

Robert said in surprise, "It's at 31, Victor. That's about the same as many other people; it seems Emma doesn't hate you as much as she appears to. I really wonder what her affection level for me is—perhaps she doesn't hate me that much either?"

Victor glanced at him, revealing an awkward smile: "Haha."

But immediately after, he noticed that there was actually a lock on the face of the card as well!

Although it wasn't a gold lock like the one on Dark's card, it was orange.

He immediately reached out to touch it, and a line of text appeared below: Unlocks at 80 Affection.

"Is it because of the rarity?"

Victor immediately noticed the key point.

"Dark's rarity is UR, so it's a gold lock. Emma's rarity is SSR, so it's an orange lock. Although I don't know which one is rarer, it is undoubtedly related to the rarity."

Robert also realized the key point, his expression turning slightly ugly: "Does that mean the reason there isn't a lock on my card is because..."

Victor hurriedly comforted him: "Don't take it to heart, Robert. We can check other people, like Professor Kazel?"

Robert's eyes lit up: "Even Emma and Dark have locks, so the professors must have them too."

Victor whispered: "Keep it down. Once the professor arrives, we'll think of a way."

"My rarity is UR, and Emma's rarity is SSR?"

Dark picked up his pen and wrote a line of grades in his notebook: N, R, SR, SSR, UR.

"It's likely this type of ranking. Rather than calling it rarity, it's probably closer to scarcity."

"If 80 Affection unlocks a certain reward, there should be further reward unlock conditions, such as 90 Affection or 100 Affection."

"As expected of a world derived from a galgame, it has all the elements."

"But affection in the real world isn't as easy to raise as it is for characters in a game."

"No, I didn't get to fully enjoy the last bit of gossip; I must make sure to get more out of this one!"

Even now, whenever Dark thought about the gossip he heard on Friday, he felt a faint sense of pleasure.

It really did a lot to alleviate the "Wrath" pent up inside him.

"Victor Gaude, perhaps he is a decent source of amusement."

Professor Kazel arrived in the classroom half a minute late, a small piece of white bandage still remaining on the top of his head.

This caused Victor and Robert's plan to intercept him at the door to fail completely.

They could only hope that Professor Kazel would step down from the podium on his own.

But unless he was assigning coursework, Professor Kazel generally wouldn't leave the podium.

→The footstool on the podium told the reason why.

And in this class, Professor Kazel indeed began to lecture on the "General Production Method for Magic Spirit Cards" and recommended a book to the students titled Magic Spirit Transmutation: General Manual.

Most of the students listened very attentively.

Dark was naturally very serious as well.

This part of the knowledge was extremely important for a magus; what one could learn from just reading the textbook was very limited.

Professor Kazel mainly taught a "Basic Transmutation Method," which combined several transmutation circles and concluded with the No. 1 Transmutation Circle. As long as one put some materials—such as Magic Potion, plant organs, monster teeth, fur, eyeballs, or blood—into the transmutation circle, they could begin the transmutation.

However, this transmutation method had a high degree of randomness; before the transmutation was complete, no one knew what kind of thing would ultimately be produced.

Dark preferred to call it the "Random Transmutation Method."

In comparison, the Magic Spirit Transmutation: General Manual mentioned by Professor Kazel contained relatively detailed "Basic Transmutation Methods."

That book categorized the production methods of Magic Spirit Cards according to race and attribute.

There were a total of fifteen races, twenty attributes, and three hundred different basic transmutation methods!

"Very good, that is exactly what I need."

Dark wrote down the name of the book, intending to borrow it as soon as class ended.

After Professor Kazel finished lecturing on this part, he left time for the students to copy the notes from the blackboard.

Afterward, he stepped down from the podium, wanting to see if the students were taking notes diligently.

When he reached Dark's side, he glanced at the dense yet very neat notes, nodded slightly, and then turned toward the other side of the classroom.

Victor and Robert were over on that side.

The two of them hurriedly pretended to take notes, waiting until the professor turned the corner, walked forward, and had his back to them.

Victor knew his chance had come!

He immediately picked up Forbidden Love and aimed it at Professor Kazel.

The next instant.

"Boom!"

A burst of pink mist erupted violently from the face of the Forbidden Love card, and the card shook frantically.

Victor was startled and hurriedly pressed down on the card.

But Professor Kazel had already turned his head, staring at him with his brows deeply furrowed.

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"Victor Gaude, 50 points deducted. Come to my office after class."

Professor Kazel's voice was calm, yet laced with anger.

Everyone in the classroom couldn't help but stop their pens.

The sound of pen tips scratching against paper vanished in an instant, and the entire classroom fell silent.

Under such an atmosphere.

Victor raised his head under countless gazes, his face pale, the corners of his mouth twitching.

"Hmph."