The Villain Young Master Only Wants to Live a Buddhist Life Chapter 5

Chapter 6 Dark Demon Cannot Give Up His Greed for Knowledge

The temperature in September had already begun to drop, and the early morning at St. Marian brought a hint of chill, much like the indifferent world—beautiful yet freezing.

I'm shaking with anger!

Dark could never have imagined that a thirst for knowledge could be viewed as "Greed"!

Had this Demon God Bloodline become so shameless just to awaken?

What should he do now?

Should he keep reading this book?

Should he still attend class?

Sloth and diligence.

Seeking knowledge and Greed.

How was one supposed to balance these things?

Was it that he, Dark, studied too seriously?

Or was it that he spent too much time studying?

Dark looked up at the Cuckoo Bird Clock above the fireplace; without realizing it, it was already 7:20.

"I studied for about sixty-five minutes, but the time I truly entered the zone was probably under fifty minutes. It was only through prolonged reading that I gradually developed a desire to acquire more related knowledge."

"When a desire reaches a certain intensity and one remains unsatisfied, it turns into Greed."

"But it should be very difficult for an ordinary person to reach that level."

Dark had self-awareness in this regard; he knew he wasn't the type of person who was desperately thirsty for knowledge.

Then it must be that after the Demon God Bloodline entered the awakening phase, the threshold for him to trigger the Sin Index had become extremely low!

Suppose others needed a level 10 desire to be considered greedy.

He only needed a level 9, or perhaps even an 8 or a 7, to be considered greedy!

Therefore, it wasn't that he couldn't study.

It was that he couldn't study too intensely!

Attending classes normally and completing homework normally should still be within the margin of error.

Active learning and passive learning were definitely different.

As for whether that was truly the case, he would need to conduct a few small experiments.

Dark took a deep breath; the Greed index was 7.

A foolish person would choose to retreat at a time like this.

A smart person would try to find a suitable method.

[Pride +1]

(⊿)

Dark closed his textbook. There were already quite a few people in the common room, but he had been so immersed in the ocean of knowledge that he hadn't noticed them.

After packing up his textbooks, Dark slung his shoulder bag over his back, walked out of the tower alone, crossed the bridge, and entered the Castle.

The interior of the academy's Castle was complex and intricate, but the Sorting Card would point the way for you.

The food in the academy cafeteria was rich and varied, unlike the opening banquet last night, which had almost no vegetarian options.

Dark picked out some simple food and finished a decent breakfast with great restraint.

Then, following the guidance of the Sorting Card, he found the classroom for his first lesson.

It was almost eight o'clock by then, but most of the freshmen were just arriving at this time.

The Summoning Class classroom was very large, a tiered lecture hall capable of accommodating two classes.

It seemed the first lesson of the school year for the Noble House was to be held together with the freshmen of the Knight Academy?

Dark silently made his way to the corner seat on the far left of the back row and tucked his schoolbag into the drawer.

"Hey!"

He had only just sat down when the elusive Diana, as if she had already set her sights on him, shamelessly stuck herself right next to him.

Dark glanced at her face, which was as smooth as a freshly peeled egg, and hurriedly suppressed the urge to pinch it.

It's a good thing my reflexes were fast enough!

Dark pressed his fingers down and pointed casually toward the front row.

Diana was just about to sit down beside him when she asked curiously, "Dark, do you want me to go sit with her?"

Dark hadn't even said anything yet.

Diana was already happy on her own, saying, "She looks like a duck that isn't very cheerful; Diana will go help her!"

Dark Demon still said nothing.

Diana had already run to the front row on her own, sticking close to the girl who looked somewhat timid.

[Envy +1]

Escaped the first day, but couldn't escape the fifteenth.

Dark Demon fell silent.

Rose Floty responded in a flustered manner to the overly enthusiastic Diana.

The young girl, who had just celebrated her birthday half a month ago, had not even stepped out of the Castle once before arriving at Saint Marian Academy.

Her parents died at the hands of the Demon King Army, after which she spent four years in an orphanage before being brought home by her uncle, the Viscount, at the age of five.

Viscount Floty and his wife had been married for ten years without offspring, originally intending to bring her home as a blood relative to raise as their own daughter, but they never expected that half a year after she entered the Castle, the Viscountess would become pregnant!

Thus, Rose, who had only enjoyed the treatment of a "little princess" for half a year, was relegated to an unloved burden.

The Viscount and his wife, concerned about their reputation, found it difficult to send her back to the orphanage, so they simply left her in the Castle to be cared for by the maids.

She was fed three meals a day, books for preschool education were purchased, and noble etiquette was taught, but that was all.

She was confined to her room in the Castle, and occasionally, when she saw the Viscount and his wife playing in the garden with her cousin who was gradually growing up, her heart would feel stifled.

A person's personality is greatly influenced by their family environment; Rose gradually became introverted, fond of fantasies, yet clearly timid and afraid to reach out.

And at this moment, Diana, who appeared before her, was a ray of light shining into her heart.

Rose was gradually conquered by Diana, and the two little girls became inseparable.

Childhood friendship is pure, and it is a precious thing that is difficult to regain once one grows up.

And Dark Demon, who had inadvertently facilitated all of this development, was happy to see it happen.

Now that Diana has a new friend, she shouldn't come to bother me anymore, right?

He tilted his head slightly, letting the wind brush against his cheeks, and then looked out the window in the direction the wind was blowing.

The Princess Lily, unique to Saint Marian, had bloomed.

The professor for the first-year Summoning Technique course, Professor Sarah Sylph, stepped into the classroom one second before the bell rang.

The classroom, which had been exceptionally noisy due to the freshness of the new enrollment, fell silent in an instant.

It wasn't that the freshmen had shut their mouths, but rather that as Professor Sylph entered, the Wind of Silence blew into the classroom, causing all sound to vanish instantly!

The Noble House was mostly composed of students who had received elite preschool education, and most of them realized at the first moment that Professor Sylph had used a "Silence Card"!

However, there were quite a few people in the Knight Academy who had no concept of this.

Robert, sitting next to Victor, even screamed in terror, his face and neck turning as red as if he had been boiled.

When Professor Sylph walked to the podium and lifted the silence, Robert's scream erupted suddenly!

"Ah--"

w(Д)w...

"Broheim, for the sake of this being the first class, I will not deduct your credits for now."

Professor Sylph tucked a strand of pale golden hair that had flown in front of her eyes behind her pointed, long ear, and said with an indifferent expression.

"Before we start the lesson, I will first explain the school rules. I believe the vast majority of you have not read them yet. I am Sarah Sylph, a half-elf, and the professor for the Summoning Class at Saint Marian Academy."

A class at Saint Marian Academy lasts ninety minutes, starting at eight in the morning for the first session, with a half-hour break, ending the second session at eleven-thirty in the morning, while the afternoon session starts at two o'clock and consists of only one class.

The academy adopts a credit system and, like Hogwarts, has an Academy Cup—not just a simple honor, but a real, existing Holy Grail!

The "Marian Holy Grail" is said to be a Magic Guidance device that has existed since the founding of the academy. Because it possesses the power to grant wishes, it is also known as the "Wish Cup."

Among the four houses, the house with the highest credits can win the Academy Cup, and the Wish Cup will provide everyone from the first to the sixth year of that house with a chance to make a wish.

--The Wish Cup is inscribed with the words: To the greedy, nothing remains.

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When Professor Sylph mentioned the Wish Cup, both the freshmen of the Noble House, who were pretending to be calm, and the loud-mouthed freshmen of the Knight Academy could not help but start discussing it.

Robert, who had just made a fool of himself, did not learn his lesson at all; his voice was the loudest in the Knight Academy, and he was so excited that his neck turned red again!

"Victor, Victor, did you hear what Professor Sylph said? As long as we can get the Wish Cup, each of us can have a wish granted!"

"Don't get too excited, Redneck, the professor said it provides a chance to make a wish, she didn't say it could grant the wish."

Although Victor was also very excited, his train of thought was clearly much clearer.

On the other side, Diana was the voice of the Noble House. She shouted excitedly at Rose, and later, feeling it wasn't enough, she jumped up and said to Dark Demon: "If we get the Wish Cup, I must wish for a super-duper candy house with chocolate walls, candy lights, a gummy bed, a cake roof, a sugar cookie carpet, and pudding cushions! And it has to be this big!"

Watching Diana happily describe the candy house, Dark Demon was almost infected by her emotions...

Seeing that [Greed +1] did not appear in his field of vision, Dark quietly breathed a sigh of relief, then smiled and reminded her, "Diana, the greedy possess nothing."

If the Wish Cup could truly grant any wish, it would be impossible for it to be placed at Saint Marian Academy for students to compete over.

Judging by the inscription on the Wish Cup, most of the wishes it could grant were likely trivial matters.

Otherwise, Dark would have definitely wished to "eradicate the Demon God Bloodline" right then and there!

And for that damn system to get lost immediately!

This time, Professor Sylph did not use a "Silence Card." Instead, she waited for the murmurs of the freshmen to gradually die down before lightly tapping the desk and saying, "Beyond determining the winner of the Academy Cup, credits are the hard currency of Saint Marian. By using credits, you can purchase anything you want on Traveler Street, or trade with any teacher or student at Saint Marian. Of course, every transaction you make will be recorded by your Sorting Card; only credits obtained through legitimate transactions will be recognized by the academy. Finally, does anyone know how to earn credits?"

Professor Sylph pressed her hands onto the lectern, her gaze sweeping across the classroom with a stern expression.

As a half-elf, Professor Sylph inherited the ethereal beauty and long lifespan of the elves, leaving no trace of age on her appearance.

Although she always wore a stern expression, she would occasionally reveal a vulnerable side in private.

--This, in turn, had become her selling point.

In Duel! Saint Marian Super xx Academy, Professor Sylph was the most popular professor among players.

Of course, she was also a romanceable character.

If she hadn't presented such a stern and rigid image the moment she appeared, thereby lowering certain affection levels, Dark's primal urges might have erupted again.

At that point, it wouldn't be a question of whether to attend class, but a question of whether he would survive =.=!

Faced with Professor Sylph's question, the freshmen from both houses didn't react at all; it seemed they, like Dark, hadn't really read the school rules.