The villainous young master just wants to live a Buddhist-like life.

　In other words, being an ordinary professor at St. Marian College can provide a stable annual income of two million Saint Coins.

　Even relative to the professors' level, this salary is very high, but it is just a normal annual salary.

　Professors receive holiday allowances for every holiday and year-end bonuses.

　An ordinary professor's year-end bonus... is 100,000 Holy Coins!

　That means his annual salary was directly increased to 3.52 million Holy Coins!

　In addition to their salaries, professors also receive their own private faculty dormitories, offices, and laboratories. They can also receive a fixed batch of experimental materials from the college each month, and can choose the materials themselves within a certain range.

　If professors have any pioneering ideas or research projects, they can apply for funding from the college.

　Once your application is approved, the institute will allocate project funding based on the evaluation and will do its utmost to assist you in completing your research.

　Of course, the result of doing so is sharing the project results with the hospital.

　In short, professors who are able to apply for project funding do not need to worry about insufficient funds. Even if they have special resource needs, they can obtain them through the college's task system.

　Many of the tasks that students receive in the task hall are assigned by professors.

　Therefore, St. Mary's College is not only an educational institution but also a large research institution.

　A large number of capable professors were attracted by this offer, and they continued to innovate and invent, pushing the development of magical technology to a level that was inconsistent with the social level.

　Compared to this almost unconditional support, the small perk of being able to use the Holy Grail once a year is hardly worth mentioning to outsiders.

　……

　Dak stared at the paper in his hand for a long time, then looked up and asked, "Can I apply for these lab and project funding too?"

　Professor Merno's face broke into a wide grin, his wrinkles forming a chrysanthemum-like shape. He knew this move was "absolutely foolproof."

　No mage could resist the temptation of such treatment!

　So he said, "Of course, once you sign the agreement, you'll be a full professor, without even needing a probationary period. In fact, you've already passed the probationary phase. The department is very satisfied with your performance."

　Dark asked again, "And what about you, Professor?"

　Professor Melno smiled and said, "Are you asking about the retirement benefits of a senior professor?"

　Dark nodded and said, "I really want to know."

　Professor Melno said, "Apart from a 50% reduction in annual salary, everything else is the same as yours. However, this is a first-level retirement benefit, which requires signing a retention agreement with the university. In addition, there are some hidden benefits after becoming a professor, which you will find out about later."

　Dak pondered for a moment, then placed the paper on the table, looked up, and said, "No problem, I accept."

　After making the decision, he agreed without hesitation, because the academy would never cheat him.

　“Very good, then congratulations on officially becoming my colleague, Professor Dark Dimon!” Professor Melno beamed.

　His goal, of course, couldn't just be to get Dark to be the professor for the second semester of this year.

　Once Dark takes over this position, the second, third, and fourth years... will no longer be under his control.

　The generous benefits offered by St. Mary's College will surely hold his heart captive.

　He essentially helped the academy seize upon a genius whose future achievements were destined to be astonishing.

　And he will be able to retire completely after this semester.

　After all, starting from the second grade, students' math classes will be reduced from two to one per week. At that time, he would naturally be "tired". Dark shouldn't blame this poor old man, right?

　No, that can't be!

　……

　Professor Melno, seizing the opportunity, took out the pre-prepared contract from the drawer and signed the agreement directly with Dark.

　When Dak walked out of Professor Melnor's office, he even had a professor's "Sorting Card" in his hand.

　Of course, this kind of "department card" is called a "professor card" by the professors.

　The "Professor Card" has almost all the functions of the "Sorting Card," and it also has the function that Dark has always wanted: sending messages to all students!

　Although he couldn't receive messages from students because their "sorting cards" could only receive but not send, it still made things much more convenient for him.

　However, Dak has recently discovered that professors don't actually like using this feature.

　Just like Professor Sylph, who always used wind spirits to send messages.

　He thought about it carefully and concluded that this was because the "Professor Card's" communication function was based on the academy's barrier. Information sent from the "Professor Card" needed to pass through the academy's barrier network, making it easy to be intercepted and lacking in privacy.

　But as long as it's not used to send private information, it's not a big problem.

　Moreover, there is another benefit right in front of us now.

　This "Professor Card" can also summon a familiar!

　……

　This would obviously be a big surprise.

　With the success of "Devimon" and "Agumon" already established, Dark had high expectations for the familiars that this "Professor Card" could summon.

　But he did not summon it immediately upon leaving the office, nor even upon returning to his dormitory.

　"Let's put it after the opening ceremony."

　He thought to himself.

　Let the new familiar be a celebration of the start of a new year of study!

　Furthermore, the timing of this summoning must be placed in front of all the magical spirits.

　He put the contract in the cabinet and locked it, then activated the "Netherworld God Technique" to instantly clear his mind, followed by a long sigh.

　"I need to set aside some time to prepare lessons in the next two days."

　"But for that fixed income from academic credits, the time spent is worth it."

　"By the way, I wonder if they've finished their winter break homework?"

　"If it's not completed, how many credits should be deducted?"

　"Deducting too much is bad, deducting too little shows a lack of deterrence..."

　"Hmm, how about we deduct more and then pay half back after we make up the difference?"

　"Ah, that's a great idea!"

　"After becoming a professor, my mind has become much sharper."

　"Dak-dak!"

　"Just call me Professor from now on."

　"Eh?"

　“额，哈哈。”

　Dark quickly packed his belongings, and taking advantage of the fact that it wasn't too late, he grabbed the Brain Dropper, Mind Bottle, and the "Soul of the Moon Goddess" and rushed to Professor Kazel's office.

　"Speaking of which, I could apply for a private office too... Oh well, no more thinking about it! Today's focus should be on the experiments. Professor Kazel must be getting impatient."

　However, when Dak left earlier, he had already sent a message using his "access card" to explain, so he was not necessarily untrustworthy.

　He actually attaches great importance to today's "spiritual endowment" experiment.

　If the experiment succeeds, it means that he can not only give intelligence to magical spirits and golems, but also give new "consciousness" to intelligent life that has lost "consciousness"!

　There is a great deal of room for maneuver here.

　I just don't know how Professor Kazel plans to conduct the experiment.

　As he pondered this, Dak hurried on his way and soon arrived at Professor Kazel's office.

　"Dong dong dong."

　He knocked on the door.

　"Click."

　The one who opened the door was Ergan, the "goddess of wisdom," with an expressionless face.

　As Darke looked slightly taken aback, Professor Cazell's voice came from inside the room: "You've finally arrived, my Professor Dimon."

　"Ah, ha." Dark walked into the office, nodded to Ergany, locked the door, and went inside. "Professor, you already know?"

　“Of course, Melno has been busy with this for several days. It’s not easy to make a second-year student a full professor,” Professor Cazell said with a smile. “From now on, we are colleagues.”

　Dark sighed, "Alright then."

　You knew all along, but you kept it a secret. That's not very nice of you, Professor!

　……

Chapter 786

　"Good evening, everyone. I want to say that everyone here is... a treasure! Hehehe."

　Arvit told a creepy, corny joke.

　Claire's bright smile froze instantly, turning into a blank expression.

　Irene's lips twitched, and she almost cut off the projection.

　Dark resisted the urge to cover his face and said, "Good evening, Mom. See the girl next to Professor Kazel? That's Ergane, the Goddess of Wisdom."

　Arvit blinked; she had, of course, already seen it on the projection. But to ease the tension, she said casually, "So that's the 'Goddess of Wisdom'? I thought she was your sister."

　The atmosphere fell silent for the second time.

　"Ahem!" Professor Sylph cleared her throat and finally stood up.

　She walked over to Eve and said, "I think everyone here... cough, should have a full understanding of what we're doing right now. Enough of the small talk, I have a proposal: to prepare for potential future calamities, let's form a secret organization with this group as the initial core. Who objects? Who agrees?"

　……

　"Is that really so?" Dark nodded slightly, and then noticed that Alvett and Claire in the projection also showed expressions of understanding.

　In fact, they have indeed reached the point where they should form a formal organization.

　Among those present, besides Professor Sylph, the initiator of the organization, Professors Cazell, Mitia, and Jones were clearly also in the know.

　The other professors, more or less, had already guessed it.

　The only ones who clearly showed surprise were Professor Lily, who hadn't thought about anything, and "Blood Princess" Ophelia Brad, who didn't think she was qualified to participate.

　As for Witt Gold, he seemed somewhat lost.

　Dak had heard from Professor Cazell that the frequent experiments involving the soul and consciousness would slow down his thinking slightly during this period, but he would recover after a period of healing once the experiments were successful.

　Professor Steven Harvey and Sister Carlian will certainly try their best to minimize any aftereffects.

　In short, no one present should object to Professor Sylph's proposal.

　……

　Just as Dark was thinking this, Eve, who was in charge of connecting to the projector, shakily raised her hand.

　All eyes were on them.

　Eve said, "Um, should I participate too?"

　Professor Sylph couldn't help but smile: "You're already here, do you still want to escape?"

　Eve: "Huh!"

　After Eve's example, Angry, who had originally wanted to speak up, wisely kept quiet.

　The current situation is certainly not one you can oppose simply because you want to.

　Professor Sylph is used to having the final say!

　However, Darke still raised his hand.

　After everyone's attention turned to him, he asked, "What about Principal Arte? Will she also join this organization?"

　He had expected to receive a positive and definitive answer.

　However, Professor Sylph sighed slightly and stated a somewhat true fact: "Cynthia, she's gone missing."

　Dark: "The Mountain of the Gods—Poropos?"

　Professor Sylph nodded and said, "Yes, the entire team has lost contact."