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

　Audrey Joan nodded slightly, thus surrendering herself to the devil.

　But Herona, Angelia, and the others behind her reacted after their initial surprise.

　Herona Tracy quickly stopped her, saying, "That's inappropriate. How can one not have a thirst for knowledge?"

　Audrey Joan of Arc, however, remained remarkably calm: "It's alright, I know exactly what I'm doing."

　After she said that, Emma, ​​who had originally wanted to stop her, didn't know what to say anymore.

　The "Cosmic Brain Beast" then extended its middle finger and pressed it against Audrey Jeanne's forehead.

　A moment later, it opened its eyes and said, "Cheng Hui, 2000 credits." Normally, the maximum number of credits it can collect is 2000.

　Audrey Joan of Arc took out her college card and placed it on the table.

　She had academic credits, and unlike Evan Pearson, her credits weren't earned through duels, but were transferred to her by Archbishop Caleb Norris.

　Ok……

　It's said that daughters should be raised with plenty of resources while sons should be raised with frugality, so I suppose the Archbishop also holds this view.

　In short, after signing the contract, the "Cosmic Brain Beast" initiated the "Mind Trade," drawing a ball of blue-purple light from between Audrey Jeanne's eyebrows.

　The light emitted by the orbs was extremely bright, and the blue-purple color was quite deep. The students who had been observing these orbs immediately realized that this was a manifestation of a very strong "greed".

　After extracting the ball of light, the "Cosmic Brain Beast" inserted it into its own body.

　Without batting an eye, it spoke to Audrey Joan of Arc about some things to be careful about after "the heart of greed" was taken away.

　Although Audrey Joan of Arc appeared to be listening patiently, no one knew what she was actually thinking.

　After the "Cosmic Brain Beast" finished speaking, she stood up and left her seat. "Is that all?" Herona Tracy was actually a little worried. "Yes." But Audrey Jeanne nodded in response and then said, "Come on, let's continue the book club."

　Can a book club continue even after the thirst for knowledge has faded?

　The girls present were filled with surprise, worry, and doubt. But they had lost their initial desire to have fun, and now, following Audrey Joan's wishes, they returned to the Forest Café to continue their book club.

　They were all students at the Magic Academy, and after the Forest Cafe closed, they could return to the Magic Academy tower to continue their studies.

　In short, the tradition of the book club is to stay up all night, and no one is allowed to leave.

　After the group of girls left, "Cosmic Brain Monster" took a bottle of milk from "Fairy Tale Animal: Little Rabbit" and drank it all in one gulp.

　Not content with finishing one bottle, the "Cosmic Brain Monster" drank another one before calmly continuing to serve customers.

　at the same time.

　Having sensed this, Dark Dimon had already left the underwater space after saying goodbye to the professors.

　He appeared silently by the lake, just in time to see Audrey Joan and the others emerging from the castle.

　Because of the distance and the fact that it was completely dark, not many people noticed him. Audrey Joan of Arc was still the center of attention, with the senior members of the literature club bombarding her with questions about her feelings.

　Even though she appears to have all her limbs intact and unchanged, the older female students always felt as if a piece of her body was missing, and they kept asking her about it.

　Emma Metis had unknowingly fallen behind, trailing at the back as she watched Audrey Joan's retreating figure, pondering Audrey's true intentions.

　Dark stood still, blending into the darkness, until the group of girls entered the pavilion in the middle of the lake and went into the traveler's street one by one. Only then did he start walking towards the canteen inside the castle.

　Not long after, he arrived at the cafeteria.

　The increasingly eerie atmosphere in the cafeteria surprised him slightly. But instead of disturbing the "Cosmic Brain Beast," he approached a halfling chef and asked her what had happened there.

　The halfling chefs rarely encountered something so interesting, so how could they not observe the whole thing?

　Speaking of which, the lights in the cafeteria were specially adjusted according to "Little Devilmon's" wishes, and they even prepared a lot of snacks with "devilish" flavors, making the cafeteria that night feel like a mini Halloween.

　As Dak ate his "blood pie," he listened to the halfling chef recount the story of that night.

　As he listened, his expression gradually turned strange. "No wonder..."

　The "Cosmic Brain Beast" is incredibly audacious, daring to steal the "Saintess's" (Greed).

　Audrey Jeanne's light-attribute magic was astonishingly pure; the fact that the "Cosmic Brain Beast" wasn't melted on the spot was probably due to Audrey's deliberate restraint.

　However, her "greed" was not something that the "Cosmic Brain Beast" could easily digest.

　"Why do you think that child has to suppress his thirst for knowledge?" the halfling chef auntie said worriedly after telling the story.

　Dark smiled and said, "They probably want to emulate the suffering monks and temper themselves in this way."

　"Is that how it is? You students know so much." The halfling chef auntie exclaimed.

　Dark said, "I'm just guessing. Maybe it really was just a whim of hers. I'm actually quite curious to see how she'll spend the rest of her academy years without 'greed.' But unfortunately..."

　"What's wrong?" the halfling chef auntie asked.

　Dak picked up another piece of "devil's brain" and took a bite: "It's nothing." The halfling cook said, "You child, you have something on your mind too." Dak smiled and said, "There will always be."

　"Cosmic Brain Monster" does not operate around the clock.

　In fact, by 9:30 p.m., it had already announced the cessation of queuing at Duck's suggestion.

　Then, it spent another half hour serving the customers who were already in line. Only after all the customers had left satisfied did "Cosmic Brain Monster" pack up its stall and leave the cafeteria together with "Little Devimon" and "Fairy Tale Animal? Little Rabbit".

　But even after they left the cafeteria, many students were still excitedly chatting and following behind. However, they soon lost them completely. Dark, in dormitory 301, will be resummoned by something from the "Brain Demon's Announcement"—a little rabbit.

　Soon after, "Devimon" flew in through the window, clutching the standee. Dark immediately began praising them, and only after "Devimon" was thoroughly drunk with praise did he let them recount the events that had occurred during the day's business.

　I said I would talk about them one by one, but I only picked some of the most memorable examples to talk about.

　Dark learned about Jacob Bloom's "greed" and the "inferiority complex" of the third-year students of the House of Fools, and also heard from them again about the things related to Audrey Joan of Arc.

　Then he said to the "Cosmic Brain Beast," "Take out Audrey Joan of Arc's 'Heart of Greed' and let me see it."

　The "Cosmic Brain Beast" nodded slightly and took out a ball of blue-purple light from its head.

　“It is indeed the heart of greed.” Dark confirmed after a slight perception. The “heart” that the “Cosmic Brain Beast” could extract did not actually touch the essence; it was a manifestation of the mind, similar to the mental power that Dark used, which could be replenished after being consumed.

　Instead of taking a little out of his "great sin" and reducing it further.

　But Audrey Joan's "greed" was unusual!

　Dark frowned slightly, held the "Greedy Heart" in his palm, and carefully sensed it once again.

　A moment later, he looked up and said to the "Cosmic Brain Beast," "This is not a heart."

　The "Cosmic Brain Beast" was stunned for a moment, then quickly realized, "No wonder..."

　"No wonder what?" Little Devimon asked, tilting its head. "This is definitely not a heart, it's a heart!"

　Dark: "..."

　The "Cosmic Brain Beast" said, "I sensed something amiss when I perceived the extent of her greed. I never imagined it was because she actually had more than one heart inside her!"

　Dark said, "Audrey Joan of Arc has two souls within her; it's a closely guarded secret. Can you split her 'Greed' back into two parts?"

　The "Cosmic Brain Beast" shook its head and said, "Once fused, they cannot be separated. Even if forcibly cut, it is impossible to divide them back into the original two portions as before."

　Dark frowned and said, "I think I understand. The emotions you extracted are just emotions. Because they don't touch the essence, they can be used publicly; this is the foundation of trading."

　The "Cosmic Brain Beast" nodded, "Yes, that's the explanation!" Dark sighed, "I originally wanted to use this to find out the truth about the other soul within Audrey Jeanne, but now it seems..."

　“It’s not impossible,” the “Cosmic Brain Beast” suddenly said. Dark was taken aback and asked, “What?”

　The "Cosmic Brain Beast" said, "When I extracted the 'Heart of Greed,' something else came out with it. Well, or rather, her mental environment was somewhat special, causing the 'Heart of Greed' to be tainted with a special aura. In order to completely extract that tainted aura, I almost exhausted my magic power."

　"As expected of you!" Dark couldn't help but say.

　"Cosmic Brain Beast" said, "At the time, I subconsciously felt that this was a good opportunity to understand the enemy better. So I couldn't help but do some things that violated business ethics."

　Dark said, "Perhaps this is the latent hostility of a demon being towards a saint of light. This shows how strong-willed Audrey Joan is, given that she was able to control herself."

　"Cosmic Brain Beast" said, "Indeed."

　Dark said, "Then why can't I sense the special aura you mentioned?"

　“That’s necessary.” The Cosmic Brain Beast retrieved the blue-purple ball of light from Dark’s hand, and then… suddenly released its demonic aura!

　Almost instantly, a red and white light flashed out from within the blue-purple light cluster.

　The "Cosmic Brain Beast" reached out and flicked out the wisp of red and white energy.

　Dark casually took out a mind bottle from the table behind him and accepted the wisp of red and white energy.

　The "Cosmic Brain Beast" then stuffed the "Greedy Heart" orb of light back into its brain.

　If the "heart" gained from today's trading can be fully digested, its spiritual power can at least double!

　Dark's mental strength was much stronger than it, but it could still increase by several tens of percent—that was already a remarkable breakthrough.

　In a battle of mental strength, the difference between victory and defeat can be determined by the slightest difference, let alone such a sudden increase of several times.

　Dark is still unaware of just how much he's gained today... nor does he notice that Little Devimon's wallet is bulging so much it's about to burst!

　He is now fully focused on studying the wisp of red and white energy in his hand, releasing his mental energy to perceive it carefully.

　"This wisp of red and white aura is not a whole; the white is the most prominent, belonging to the purest type of luminous aura, most likely originating from Audrey Joan of Arc herself."

　"Then this strand of red belongs to the other soul hidden within her."

　"What kind of aura is outwardly manifested in red?" "Arrogance and rage shouldn't be considered in this way."

　That's the fire-type bloodline.

　"The latter is impossible. Even if the Saintess's body could contain a vampire's soul, Ophelia Brad would definitely notice it immediately."

　"That's fire, but that's not right either. The aura of fire is very obvious. It's clearly not it."

　So, what exactly is it?

　Dark stared intently at the red and white energy within the mind bottle, lost in thought. At first, he had no clue what it was, but after looking at it for a while, he began to sense a certain familiarity.

　That seemed to be the scent of someone he had encountered before, and recently.

　……

　After Dark's mind was immersed in the research, the "Cosmic Brain Beast" sat cross-legged to the side and began to work hard to digest and absorb the various "minds" in the brain.

　After glancing at it, "Little Devimon" started counting money... oh no, since it was for academic credits, the numbers were already written on the college card, so there was no need to count them.

　That amount was undoubtedly enormous compared to "Little Demon Beast's" savings.

　But for Dac, it's really not that big of a deal.

　"Little Devimon" couldn't help but wonder: "If I don't mention it, will Dark forget, or will he pretend not to remember and assume it's the salary I'm receiving?"

　﹖ Lililili.

　Then it was woken up by "Fairy Tale Animal? Little Rabbit". The "Mind Trading Shop" was still open.

　If there aren't any major problems, the three of them will continue operating tomorrow. The following school days, professors might suddenly find themselves with a huge pile of papers to grade.

　Of course, that's a good thing.

　This is a good thing for both sides.

　Dac's study ultimately yielded no conclusions.

　In order to be in the best condition for tomorrow's god-making project, Dark forced himself to stop his research with an iron will and went to bed before 11 o'clock.

　Then, amidst the sweet scent of fresh grass, he had another beautiful dream.

　Two consecutive days of pleasant dreams relieved the pent-up frustration in his heart.

　Darko Dimon was not overwhelmed by the pressure on his first day.

　He got up at five o'clock, drank half a cup of morning coffee, quickly glanced through the morning paper, and naturally began to organize the research results of the past few days in his mind—about Principal Arte's three items.

　Sword sheaths, clothing, and fossils.

　Among them, the openwork pattern on the scabbard is very likely an artistic interpretation of the "symbol of Ares, the god of war".

　The scabbard itself has the ability to absorb the essence of the holy sword, fuse it, and create a fused holy sword.

　After being activated, the blood on the scabbard was identified as the divine blood of Hermes, the god of commerce, travelers, thieves, and livestock.

　The dress was named "The Dress of Demeter." Demeter is the goddess of agriculture, grain, and harvest.

　When Principal Sylph dons the "Dermeter's Dress," she can create an endless number of "Grass Element Seeds" and catalyze them into (Dermeter's Flowers).

　Dak used this to create "Bilijion" and "Shemi".

　Among them, "Shemi" has been identified as a powerful weapon for treating contaminants extracted from sword sheaths.

　Then there are fossils.

　The biological information within the fossil has been successfully replicated as "a snake from the abyss".