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

　Witt took a deep breath and said, "In that case, let's add Betty, the senior student."

　Professor Sylph thought for a moment and said, "Betty Murray, a fifth-year student in the Magic Academy, her number in 'The Hidden Serpent' is '90010.' Aside from lacking strength, she fits the bill. Let's add her to the shortlist for now. And the other one?"

　Witt frowned. "The others are Sarah, Heidi, a first-year orc, and a third-year upperclassman. Can I choose Sarah?"

　“Sarah Swati, she’s an excellent candidate.” Professor Sylph finally smiled.

　...

　Travel in April and return in May.

　This exchange program will only last for one month.

　After the exchange program ends, the exchange students will be able to catch up with the selection process for the College Cup and their final exams.

　If nothing unexpected happens, the spots for this year's exchange students should already be decided.

　Betty Murray, a fifth-year student at the Magic Academy, may lack strength, but her talent is not weak. Moreover, when she's not being hysterical, her emotional intelligence is actually quite high, and her appearance and demeanor are also presentable, making her a good candidate to be a team leader.

　As for Witt Gaudí and Sara Swati, those two are the real deal.

　One is the son of a hero, and the other is the daughter of an ancient sage. Their status as second-year students also prevents them from being targeted by the upperclassmen of the other academy.

　But if they're just facing a challenge from other second-year students... they're clearly more than capable!

　However, both Sarah and Betty were merely lower-level members of the "Hidden Serpent" organization and knew little about the organization itself.

　Therefore, the task description must be carefully considered.

　First, the existence of the "Oil Serpent" cannot be easily revealed. Therefore, any missions related to it can only be carried out by Vittor alone.

　As for the task related to investigating information about the "Mountain of the Gods," it can be left out in the open.

　The interplay of light and shadow is just right.

　"This new trio should be even more powerful than the original trio, right?"

　With that in mind, Dark tried to steer the conversation back to the Mountain of the Gods.

　However, Professor Sylph's knowledge of the Mountain of the Gods was also very limited, and she stated very frankly that she would only know more information after Principal Arte returned.

　Although Dak was eager to eat the melon, he held back because he knew he would be able to eat Principal Arte's big white melon in just a few days.

　During the subsequent dinner, the professors chatted amongst themselves, while the students discussed the exchange student program.

　Dark actually wanted to stay out of it.

　But he could tell from Professor Sylph's expression that things weren't so simple.

　The dinner party ended at 9:30 p.m.

　Since Vit was taken away by Ophelia, and Ergani also left with Professor Kazel, only the four of them, including Dark, remained.

　They happened to be from the House of Nobles, so they walked together toward the tower.

　Diana enjoyed the meal immensely. Only after it ended did she recall what had happened earlier, and she excitedly asked, "Dakdak, have any transfer students arrived after Easter?"

　“They’re exchange students,” Dark corrected. “And not necessarily after Easter.”

　Diana pouted and said, "It's all the same. Then why is it after Easter?"

　Dark smiled and said, "I always had a feeling they'd arrive before Easter. You see, we have the Easter Duel Festival, don't we?"

　Although the Gold Cup main tournament begins before the Easter Duel Festival, the Gold Cup is essentially an internal academy competition with a stronger emphasis on motivation, while the Easter Duel Festival is more entertainment-oriented and open to the general public.

　If they were exchange students, they probably wouldn't want to miss this activity. Of course, it's also possible that those exchange students didn't have much say, since the leader was Archbishop Caleb Norris.

　“Wrong,” Diana said, skipping along. “I wonder who the transfer student from the Holy Mystic Academy will be. I heard that the students there all sing hymns, the girls are as dignified as saints, and the boys are as upright as knights.”

　Aurora said, "Our academy also has a Knights' Academy." "Haha, that's true." Diana's eyes darted around, as if she were thinking of someone.

　Rose cautioned, "When the exchange students arrive, don't cause any trouble."

　Diana pouted and said, "Do I look like someone who would cause trouble? I was just thinking that if they like candy, I'll give them some."

　Aurora said, "Then we can have a tea party and invite them. But speaking of which, where will the exchange students stay—the faculty dormitories or the student tower?"

　Dark interjected, "It should be a tower. I just don't know which tower it is. Does the Holy Church Mystic Academy have any branches? I hadn't paid attention before."

　Diana and Rose both shook their heads.

　They had no interest in paying attention to other colleges.

　Only Aurora said, "They also have divisions. When I was in the city, I asked the priests from the Holy Church. The Holy Church's Mystic Academy has three divisions: the College of Saints, the College of Saints, and the College of Saints."

　Dark asked, somewhat puzzled, "What kind of classification is this?"

　Aurora said, "The Holy Church places great importance on the purity of its students. Therefore, it is divided into the Saintess Academy, which is exclusively for women, and the Saintess Academy, which is exclusively for men. The Holy Knight Academy, on the other hand, is a co-educational institution. Students assigned to the Saintess Academy and the Saintess Academy usually have higher status and talents. The students of the Holy Knight Academy are trained to be the guardians of the Saintess and Saintess, not necessarily future Holy Knights."

　Dark said, "I see."

　Aurora continued, “The Holy Mystic Academy’s training method differs from ours; they generally use a two-person team teaching method. The Holy Knight Academy has the largest number of students, roughly equal to the combined number of students in the Holy Maiden Academy and the Holy Son Academy. Every Christmas, the Holy Mystic Academy holds a special ball. Students from the Holy Maiden Academy and the Holy Son Academy choose a guardian 'knight' from among the Holy Knight Academy students to be their dance partner, and also their partner for the following year. Of course, this is not mandatory.”

　"That's good too," Rose said with a hint of longing after listening carefully.

　But after she spoke, she suddenly realized that everyone around her was looking at her, and her face flushed red.

　Aurora smiled and said, "Actually, I think it's pretty good too." Even Diana nodded vigorously.

　Sure enough, girls all want to have their own knight.

　But Dark suddenly muttered, "If I were in the Holy Church's Mystic Academy, I'd probably be assigned to the Holy Son Academy, right?"

　The girls turned their gazes and said with smiles, "Our academy is definitely better!"

　The moonlight slanted, and shadows intertwined.

　Rose nudged Diana and whispered, "But Diana, you can be a knight."

　Diana quickly shook her head: "No way!" Then the two of them started laughing and playing around.

　Dak and Aurora walked behind, laughing and chatting happily.

　i·

Chapter 860 Joint Exhibition Evolution! Ultimate Form! (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

　Enter the tower and return to the dormitory.

　While picking the cat grass that pounced on him, Dark searched for the little devil beast.

　But perhaps because I came back a bit early tonight, Devimon didn't return. Instead, I saw Gatomon studying diligently.

　Recently, as the level of opponents has continued to rise, Gatomon has had fewer and fewer opportunities to appear.

　When building his deck, Dark also considers the inapplicability of the four-star Magician Spirit.

　However, these are all inevitable evolutions resulting from the existing system of magic duels. Three-star, six-star, and nine-star magic spirits are the most favored in the existing sacrifice summoning system.

　Apart from these, magical spirits are rarely included in duelists' decks unless they have an irreplaceable special function.

　Of course, this situation is not unchangeable.

　Pokémon like "Eevee!" and "Ditto" regained their tickets through a second crafting process.

　Thanks to Dark's unique ability to transfer the consciousness of a magical spirit into a magical card of the same name, the risk of the magical spirit card being destroyed during secondary synthesis can be perfectly avoided.

　Therefore, it's only a matter of time before Gatomon returns to the field. "Gatomon, come here for a second."

　Dark waved to Gatomon.

　Gatomon put down its pen, tilted its head, and said, "Meow."

　Ever since Dark got his hands on the "Beast Language Book," Gatomon has become increasingly reluctant to speak human language.

　"Let's do an experiment," Dark said helplessly.

　"Awooo!" Gatomon responded, jumping off the chair. It couldn't refuse the reason for cooperating with the experiment.

　When it got closer, Dak suddenly reached out and grabbed it under its armpits, then lifted it onto his lap and sat it down.

　Tailmon looked disgusted, but still sat obediently. However, the "experiment" Dark had mentioned never started. Of course, since Devimon hadn't returned yet.

　Dark rubbed Tailmon's soft little belly and pinched its bouncy little paws, supporting it tightly until Devimon flew in from the balcony, at which point it reluctantly stopped.

　"Huh?" Devimon flew into the room with a suspicious look and landed on the corner of the table.

　Dark clasped his hands together and said, "Let's do an experiment."

　This isn't the first time that Impmon and Gatomon have fused and evolved. BlackGatomon, which evolves from Impmon, can then fuse with Gatomon to evolve into the Ultimate form, "Bastimon".

　Therefore, after Dark's brief explanation, both magical spirits immediately understood.

　Regardless, both magical spirits take the possibility of obtaining a stronger evolved form very seriously.

　Especially this evolved form, which is the legendary ultimate form!

　Song – For Digimon, the Ultimate level represents the pinnacle of evolution and is the ultimate pursuit of all Digimon.

　As for the so-called Super Ultimate level, which surpasses the Ultimate level, that is an exception within the exception and is not within the understanding of ordinary Digimon.

　"This time, do I need to evolve into LadyDevimon?" Digimon asked, blinking.

　Dark countered, "Don't you like it?"

　Little Devimon immediately shook its head, indicating that it would always be its master's obedient little cotton-padded jacket.

　"Heh." Gatomon sat on Dark's lap, arms crossed, and sneered. Dark looked around and gestured to the other magical spirits, who then came over, picked up the cat grass, and moved away slightly.

　At this moment, Dark drew a Magic Card from his card pack and first summoned "Demon King Aleister".

　The magical elves had seen "Demon King Aleister" before, and they were not afraid of him at all.

　"Demon King Aleister" was also frequently summoned by Dark to "cooperate" with his experiments. Although he felt extremely resentful, he gradually became accustomed to submitting due to the various prohibitions.

　Of course, that was just superficial compliance.

　However, Dark issued a "silence order" to it, so it couldn't express its thoughts even if it had them.

　After summoning "Demon King Aleister", Dark ordered him to stand aside and then continued to summon "Demon King Aldrich".

　The magical spirits were relatively clear about his itinerary. They knew that he was conducting an experiment to create "Demon King No. 2" today, and they could roughly guess that he was summoning "Demon King No. 2". Therefore, they were all quite curious.

　They whispered among themselves, speculating wildly.

　But no matter how they guessed, they never imagined that after "Demon King No. 2" was transformed into a magical spirit, it would actually be a cat!

　"In the name of Dark Demon, a sacrifice is made to summon—'Demon King Aldrich'!"

　When the little black cat emerged from the sacrificial summoning circle, the entire arena fell silent.

　Especially the eyes of "Demon King Aleister," which almost popped out!

　Even if "Demon King No. 2" turned into a cat, "Demon King No. 1" would still recognize it at a glance.

　However, at the same time, a sense of schadenfreude suddenly arose within it, as if its current predicament wasn't so unacceptable after all—

　"I'm going to summon the Fusion Scripture!"

　Dark suddenly spoke to "Demon King Aleister".

　He then imposed orders on "Demon King Aleister" without waiting for his consent.

　"Demon King Aleister" can only obey his orders and offer "Demon King Aldrich" as a sacrifice to summon "Fusion Codex Lv4".

　So after the kitten was sacrificed, Dark found himself with a book the size of a "magic book".

　He narrowed his eyes slightly, sensing the magic of the [Full Text of the Platform], and suddenly had an epiphany.

　"Just as I suspected! From this 'Grail of Fusion,' I might be able to glean some insights into alchemy techniques related to 'Advanced Fusion'!"

　"Advanced Fusion" is an upgraded version of the "Fusion" magic card. "Advanced Fusion" is required whenever the level of the final magic spirit is higher than nine stars.

　In contrast, the difficulty of achieving "advanced fusion" is also extremely high.

　As far as Dark knows, Pandora has been researching "higher fusion" for a long time, but so far without any results.

　As for what Senior Pandora wants to fuse using "Advanced Fusion"...

　Dark can only say that those who understand will understand, and those who don't won't understand no matter how much you explain. However, if one can achieve "Advanced Fusion," it is ultimately much more convenient than summoning "Fusion Codex Lv3" or "Fusion Codex Lv4."

　Therefore, achieving "advanced fusion" was also part of Dark's planned strategy.

　However, the task is arduous and the road ahead is long.

　Now, based on "Fusion Codex Lv4", we can take a look at what kind of being "Mostimon", which is formed by the fusion and evolution of "Angewomon" and "Ladywomon"!