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

　On the other side, the little fool flew crying into his own dormitory, groped around at the unchanged furniture for a long time, and only after eating half a piece of cake did he suddenly realize that the cake only had a shelf life of three days.

　“Daddy lied to me!” After stuffing the cake, which had only a three-day shelf life, into her mouth in a few bites, Victoria sat down on the bed. Just as she was about to squeeze out a couple of tears, she suddenly saw the workbook in her hand.

　She suddenly frowned and wrinkled her nose. After sitting for a while, she walked to her desk, opened her workbook, and picked up her pen.

　We can't really make them repeat a grade, can we?

　……

　The two classes on Wednesday mornings for second graders are "Magic Language" and "Duel Class".

　This year's professor of magical languages ​​is still Professor Hoddle Bode.

　But the second-year students seemed to have gotten used to his strictness and his differential treatment of good students.

　After all, under the guidance of the top students in the front row, this year's second-year students have developed a certain "spirit of diligence" and all want to become "good students" who will be favored by Professor Bode.

　However, with the start of the second semester, the already difficult "Magical Language" course became even more challenging.

　Dak can also gain more from listening to lectures.

　His magical language began to improve gradually.

　In the second "Duel Class," Professor Jones gave the second-year students a new semester task—to compete for the House Cup!

　Starting in the second year, students are finally able to officially participate in the Academy Cup competition.

　At the end of last semester, they could only watch as "spectators" as the elites from the four departments fiercely competed in the departmental tournament. Except for the students of the Magic Academy, everyone ended last year's Academy Cup with the disappointment of not being able to participate.

　The students of the House of Nobles were particularly indignant.

　This year, we finally have the chance to redeem ourselves!

　"The final score for the College Cup consists of three parts. The first part is the total number of credits held by the students. The second part is the total number of provisional credits converted from the final exam results. The third part is the total number of provisional credits earned in the inter-college competition. Based on past experience, although the total number of credits in the first two parts may cause some deviation, it is generally not large enough to determine the outcome. Therefore, the outcome of the College Cup is usually determined by the third part, the inter-college competition."

　In his first class of the new semester, Professor Jones began to explain in detail the structure of the College Cup.

　"And what we need to focus on most is this inter-college competition."

　"The Sector Competition is divided into two parts: the Dungeon Competition and the Duel Competition. The former is a team competition, and the latter is an individual competition."

　"Team competitions require three people per group, while individual competitions only require one person. However, both require at least one substitute."

　"In other words, before this year's Academy Cup begins, we need to select four players from each department to participate in the dungeon battle and two players to participate in the duel battle."

　"Of course, the selection of contestants is not decided by me. The specific selection method has always been decided by each department itself."

　"However, as the professor of dueling, I will do my best this semester to cultivate your abilities in dungeon combat and dueling."

　"Then, today's lesson will officially begin."

　"Run two laps around the castle first."

　Immediately, a chorus of sighs and lamentations erupted.

　……

　In any case, Professor Jones's explanation of the Academy Cup did indeed boost the second-year students' enthusiasm for learning in "Duel Class".

　The Academy Cup is not a stage for solo performances; even in duels, substitutes are needed.

　In the second year, especially in the Noble Academy, although the selection of official players for the dueling tournament is no longer in doubt, securing a substitute position allows one to step up in case of emergency. If they can turn the tide, they will surely become legends.

　In fact, there are many students in the college's history who have become legendary because of this.

　The second-year students of the Noble Academy weren't trying to curse Dark to get into trouble, but what if something happened? What if Dark suddenly had something come up and couldn't get away? Don't you think so?

　Therefore, the second-year students of the Noble Academy did not give up because of this.

　Moreover, their competition for the spots in the dungeon battle tournament is much fiercer than that of the other academies.

　While it's rare for someone to participate in both a three-person team competition and a one-on-one duel simultaneously, there have always been individuals with exceptional time management skills who can juggle dungeon adventure battles, final exams, and one-on-one duels.

　Dungeon adventure competitions are usually held in early May.

　The one-on-one duel competition will be held at the end of May, after the final exams.

　The main tournament of the Golden Cup, which takes place in the same semester, will be held in April.

　Therefore, with various competitions filling the schedule, students have a very fulfilling college life in the second half of the semester.

　As for the Gold Cup, the Gold Cup points tournament will restart this Friday afternoon.

　Dark had actually received the Duel Club's schedule notification on Tuesday morning.

　After a whole semester, the Duel Club seemed to finally realize what was happening and stopped matching him with third-year students.

　Therefore, his first opponent in the new semester was a... sixth-grade student!

　Because this leap was so large, Dark complained about it for a long time.

　But sixth grade it is.

　If you want to make it into the main tournament of the Gold Cup, you have to overcome any senior students who stand in your way, no matter which year they are in your way.

　It's likely that the Duel Club suddenly raised his matchmaking level because they saw that he had the idea of ​​making it into the main tournament.

　In this way, the Duel Club will no longer be able to match him with third-year students to earn points for free.

　Otherwise, if he performs poorly after entering the main tournament, Duel Club will inevitably be criticized.

　Of course, Dark was actually quite excited.

　After all, this would be his first opportunity to interact with a sixth-grade student.

　Even if the sixth-year students who are still in the academy and participating in the Golden Cup may not represent the overall strength of the sixth year, they are still better than the fifth year, right?

　"Hopefully he won't be weaker than Angus Jeffrey!"

　Dac had high hopes for it.

　……

　After the dueling class ended, Dark received a call from Professor Kazel and went straight to his office.

　When he entered, he saw Professor Cazell preparing his lesson diligently.

　Even though the academy has treasures like the "Oil Serpent," the "Sun and Moon Serpent," and the "God of Wisdom" waiting for him to study, he still spends a lot of time preparing lessons.

　Perhaps this is the self-cultivation of an excellent professor.

　Standing in front of him, Dark Dimon, who didn't consider himself outstanding, even felt somewhat ashamed of himself.

　He didn't actually have that much enthusiasm for education.

　“You’ve arrived.” Professor Cazell put down his pen, jumped off his chair, and walked into the inner room.

　After a while, he took out a Fire Chicken Golem from inside.

　This Fire Chicken Golem has only minor differences in appearance from the Fire Chicken Golems that Dark has seen before.

　But after learning alchemy, Darke immediately recognized it as a failure.

　The entire golem was lifeless, not at all like a simulated life form.

　Dark even doubted whether it could be considered an elemental golem.

　"Can a failure like this be awakened using 'major sin'?"

　Such a thought suddenly came to mind.

　Dak immediately shook his head.

　Failed golems are like stones on the roadside.

　If a roadside stone could gain sentience simply by being illuminated by "great sin," then he would have already brought the entire bedroom to life.

　However, this is good, so that the failed attempts can be refined without any psychological burden.

　Dak was itching to make a move.

　Professor Kazel smiled and said, "I've examined it. Although its quality isn't as good as when I first acquired it, it's still usable... I mean, if you're using it as a Firestone. What, you want to make a golem, or use it as a material for crafting magical spirits?"

　Dark shook his head and said, "A failed product, even if recycled, can only produce a golem of a lower grade. I want to create a magical spirit."

　……

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　Firestone, especially the Firestone Chicken Golem made by Professor Kazel.

　Although it was a failed attempt, it already contained almost all the elements needed for a Torchic.

　According to Dark's analysis, using this FireSource Chicken Golem to create a Torchic doesn't even require anything...

　Secondary materials serve as supplementary materials.

　Moreover, the original quality of this Fire Source Stone was quite high. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been possible to ultimately create a [True Grade] one.

　Golem.

　The other materials Professor Kazel added to it in order to create the Fire Chicken Golem were probably of high quality, even if the quality decreased due to the failed creation. It shouldn't be inferior to the previous golem's eyeball.

　Who knows, it might just directly create Torchic's evolved form, Combusken!

　After exchanging a few words with Professor Kazel, Darke accepted the failed attempt to build the Fire Source Chicken without any qualms.

　Golem.

　After all, he helped Professor Kazel create three [True-level] golems during the experiment, gaining some...

　The small reward is perfectly reasonable.

　After receiving the items, Dark didn't leave. Instead, he continued chatting with Professor Cazell in the office about his relationship with E.

　Topics related to Ergani.

　This topic is actually very sensitive and also very crucial.

　The God of Wisdom, whose fate is now in the hands of the academy, has almost tacitly been entrusted to the two of them.

　Therefore, communication between them becomes especially important.

　After half an hour of exchanging information, Dark finally gained some new insights into other aspects of Ergani.

　To understanding.

　After summoning a familiar called the "Serpent of Wisdom," Ergane began to study magic theory on her own.

　Professor Kazel's room contained a large number of professional books related to magic theory; she had never been involved with it since her birth.

　Professor Cazell was very polite, so it was ready to use immediately.

　However, after Dark acquired the faculty dormitory, Ergani no longer read in Professor Kazel's study.

　She began moving Professor Cazell's books into her own room!

　While other girls decorate their rooms with dolls and ornaments, she fills her room with books.

　However, considering that she is the "goddess of wisdom," this kind of behavior seems quite normal.

　According to Professor Kazel, in just two days, Ergani has already started studying second-year magic.

　On knowledge.

　If given a few more days, she'll probably surpass the average second-year student in her understanding of basic knowledge.

　The speed at which the God of Wisdom learns is truly enviable, especially when I think about it occasionally.

　However, as magical knowledge becomes more profound, the advantage of photographic memory will gradually weaken, and Ergan's learning speed will inevitably slow down.

　It's this slowed-down speed that's actually quite slow.

　Hey, if only I could receive the blessing of the God of Wisdom!

　Of the three powers awakened by Ergani, only the Brain in a Vat grants a person a large amount of power in a short period of time.

　Quantity of knowledge.

　However, the method of "brain in a vat" is very taboo, and no one is willing to accept "brainwashing".

　"Oh, right, there's a girl named Cecilia who visited Ergani's dorm last night."