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Chapter 6 Darkdemon Cannot Relinquish His Greed for Knowledge
The temperature had already begun to drop in September, and a chill swept through the mornings in Sainte-Marie, as indifferent as the world itself, beautiful yet freezing.
Chilling!
Dark never imagined that the thirst for knowledge could be seen as "greed"!
Has this demonic bloodline become so shameless in order to awaken?
What to do now?
Are you still going to read this book?
Are we still not going to attend this class?
Laziness and diligence.
The thirst for knowledge and greed.
How can we strike a balance between these two approaches?
Was I studying too hard?
Or is the study time too long?
Dak looked up at the cuckoo clock above the fireplace; it was already 7:20.
"I studied for about 65 minutes, but I was really in the zone for less than 50 minutes. It was only through reading for a long time that I gradually developed a desire to acquire more related knowledge."
"When desire becomes too strong and insatiable, it turns into greed."
"But it's difficult for the average person to reach that level."
Dak was self-aware in this respect; he knew he wasn't the kind of person who thirsted for knowledge.
So, after the Demon God bloodline enters the awakening stage, the lower limit of his ability to trigger the Great Sin indicator becomes extremely low!
Let's assume that someone needs a desire of level 10 to be considered greedy.
He only needs a level of 9, or even 8; a level of 7 would be considered greedy!
Therefore, it's not that you can't learn.
It's not that you shouldn't get too engrossed in studying!
Attending classes and completing homework in an ordinary manner should still be within the acceptable range.
Active learning and passive learning are definitely different.
To determine whether this is true or not, we need to conduct a few small experiments.
Dak took a deep breath; his greed index was 7.
Foolish people will choose to back down at this point.
Intelligent people will try to find suitable methods.
【傲慢+1】
(⊿)
Dak closed his textbook. The common room had become quite crowded, but he was so engrossed in his studies that he hadn't noticed.
After packing his textbooks, Dak slung his shoulder bag over his shoulder, walked out of the tower alone, crossed the bridge, and entered the castle.
The interior of the academy's castle is intricate and complex, but your Sorting Card will guide you.
The food in the college cafeteria is plentiful and diverse, unlike the opening banquet last night, which had almost no vegetarian options.
Dak picked out some simple food and ate a reasonably decent breakfast in a very restrained manner.
Then, following the directions on his college card, he found the classroom for his first class.
It was almost eight o'clock, but most of the new students arrived around that time.
The Summoning Classroom is large, a tiered classroom that can accommodate two classes.
It seems that the first class of the Noble Academy will be held together with the new students of the Knight Academy.
Dark quietly went to the corner on the left side of the last row, and put his schoolbag in the drawer.
"Hey!"
He had barely sat down when Diana, who appeared and disappeared unpredictably, seemed to have already decided on him, extremely...
They shamelessly pressed themselves against me.
Dak glanced at her face, which was as smooth as a freshly peeled egg, and quickly suppressed the urge to pinch it.
"Luckily, I reacted quickly enough!"
Dak pressed his finger down and casually pointed to the front row.
Just as Diana was about to sit down next to him, she couldn't help but ask curiously, "Does Dark want me to sit with her?"
Dak hasn't said anything yet.
Diana happily exclaimed, "She doesn't seem like a very cheerful duck. Diana will go help her right now!"
Dak still didn't say anything.
Diana then ran to the front row and started sticking together with the girl who looked a little timid.
【嫉妒+1】
"You may have dodged the first day of the month, but you couldn't dodge the fifteenth."
Dak fell silent.
……
Rose Florty was somewhat flustered as she dealt with the overly enthusiastic Diana.
The girl, who had just celebrated her birthday two weeks ago, had never even stepped out of the castle before arriving at St. Marian Academy.
Her parents died at the hands of the Demon King's army, and she spent four years in an orphanage before being taken home by her uncle, a viscount, when she was five years old.
Viscount Flori and his wife had been married for ten years without children. They originally planned to take her, who was related to them by blood, home and raise her as their daughter. However, they never expected that the Viscountess would become pregnant just six months after she entered the castle!
Rose, who had only enjoyed the "little princess" treatment for half a year, was once again reduced to a burden with no one to care for or love her.
The Viscount and his wife, concerned about their reputation, couldn't send her back to the orphanage, so they simply left her in the castle to be cared for by the maids.
They provided three meals a day without fail, bought books on preschool education, and taught them all the proper etiquette, but that was about it.
Confined to her room in the castle, she would occasionally peek through the window and see the Viscount and his wife playing with their growing cousin in the garden, which would fill her with a heavy feeling of unease.
A person's personality is greatly influenced by their family environment. Rose gradually became introverted and liked to fantasize, but she was also obviously timid and dared not reach out.
At that moment, Diana appeared before her like a ray of light, shining into her heart.
Rose gradually fell for Diana, and the two girls became inseparable.
……
Childhood friendships are pure and precious, and hard to regain as adults.
And Dark, who inadvertently brought all of this to fruition, was also happy to see it happen.
"Diana has made new friends, she shouldn't bother me anymore, right?"
He tilted his head back slightly, letting the wind caress his cheeks, and then looked out the window in the direction the wind was blowing.
The lilies unique to St. Marian have bloomed.
……
Professor Sarah Sylph, the instructor of the first-year summoning spell, stepped into the classroom a second before the bell rang.
The classroom, which had been unusually noisy due to the novelty of the new students, fell silent in an instant.
It wasn't that the freshmen shut up, but rather that with Professor Sylph's entry, a wave of silence swept into the classroom, instantly silencing all sound!
The students in the Noble Academy were mostly those who had received elite preschool education, and most of them immediately realized that Professor Sylph had used a "silence card"!
However, many people within the Knights Academy were unaware of this concept.
Robert, sitting next to Witte, even screamed in fear, his cheeks and neck turning as red as if he had been boiled.
As Professor Sylph walked to the lectern and lifted the silencing, Robert's scream suddenly rang out!
"what--"
w(Д)w……
"Broheim, for the sake of the first class, I will not deduct your credits for now."
Professor Sylph brushed the pale golden hair that had flown in front of her back behind her long, pointed ears and said indifferently.
"Before class begins, let's go over the school rules, which I believe most of you haven't seen yet. I am Sarah Sylph, a half-elf and the Summoning Professor at St. Marian Academy."
A class at St. Mary's College lasts ninety minutes. The first class starts at eight o'clock in the morning, with a half-hour break between classes, and the second class ends at 11:30 in the morning. In the afternoon, there is only one class, starting at two o'clock.
The academy uses a credit system and, like Hogwarts, has a House Cup—not just a simple honor, but a real Holy Grail!
The "Marianne Grail" is said to be a magical artifact that has existed since the founding of the academy. Because it possesses the power to grant wishes, it is also known as the "Wishing Grail".
Of the four colleges, the college with the highest credits wins the College Cup, which grants all students from year one through year six of that college a chance to make a wish.
The inscription on the wishing cup reads: "The greedy will have nothing."
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Chapter 7 Darkdemon's Familiar Has a Big Problem
When Professor Sylph mentioned the Wishing Cup, both the seemingly calm freshmen from the Noble Academy and the loud-voiced freshmen from the Knight Academy couldn't help but start discussing it.
Robert, who had just embarrassed himself, showed no sign of learning his lesson. His voice was the loudest in the Knights Academy, and he was so excited that his neck turned red again!
"Witt, Witt, did you hear what Professor Sylph said? If we can get the Wishing Cup, each of us can have one wish granted!"
"Don't get too excited, Redneck. The professor said he was offering a chance to make a wish, not that the wish would come true."
Although Witt was also very excited, his thinking was clearly clearer.
On the other side, Diana, the loudest member of the House of Nobles, excitedly shouted to Rose. Then, not satisfied, she jumped up and said to Dark, "If we get the Wishing Cup, I'm going to wish for a super big candy house with chocolate walls, candy lamps, a candy bed, a cake top, a candy carpet, and pudding cushions! And it has to be that big!"
Watching Diana describe the candy store with such joy, Dark almost got caught up in her excitement...
Seeing that [Greed +1] did not appear in his field of vision, Dark breathed a sigh of relief, and then smiled and reminded her: "Diana, the greedy have nothing."
If the Wishing Cup could truly grant any wish, it wouldn't be placed at St. Mary's College for students to fight over.
According to the inscriptions on the wishing cups, most of the wishes that come true are trivial matters.
Otherwise, Dark would have definitely made a wish to "eradicate the demon god's bloodline"!
And tell that damn system to get lost!
……
This time, Professor Sylph didn't use the "silence card." Instead, she waited until the freshmen's chatter subsided before gently tapping the table and saying, "Besides determining the winner of the Academy Cup, credits are the hard currency of St. Marian. With credits, you can buy anything you want in Traveler's Street, or trade with any faculty or student at St. Marian. Of course, every transaction will be recorded on your Sorting Card, and only credits earned through legitimate transactions will be recognized by the academy. Finally, does anyone know how to obtain credits?"
Professor Sylph placed her hands on the lectern and scanned the classroom with a serious expression.
As a half-elf, Professor Sylph inherited the ethereal beauty and long lifespan of elves, showing no signs of age whatsoever.
Although he always has a serious expression, he occasionally reveals a vulnerable side in private.
—This, ironically, became her selling point.
In "Duel! St. Marian Super Academy", Professor Sylph is the most popular professor among players.
Of course, she is also a romanceable character.
If she hadn't displayed a serious and rigid image upon her first appearance, thus lowering her popularity, Dark's primal power might have erupted again.
At that point, it won't be a question of whether or not to go to class, it will be a question of whether or not we'll live or die!
Faced with Professor Sylph's question, the freshmen from both colleges didn't react much, seemingly because, like Dark, they hadn't read the school rules.