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

　"rush!"

　The owl's eyes suddenly narrowed, transforming into arrows in the remaining light, and shot fiercely towards the blue team's magic ball!

　This two-star white card has impressive stats, but its main advantage is that it can fly!

　……

　The sudden arrival of the owl made things even more difficult for the already struggling Marjorie.

　He completely disregarded the magic cards in his hand, focusing solely on moving the magic orb to dodge.

　This magical duel suddenly turned into an aerial chase show.

　Due to the limited space and the owl's limited intelligence, it moved in a straight line during the chase and had difficulty accelerating, allowing the magic ball manipulated by Marjorie to dodge it repeatedly.

　Diana glanced at her hand and felt that none of the magic cards were helpful in this situation, so she simply focused all her attention on commanding the owl.

　The second round of this battle phase was dragged out until the very end.

　The third round.

　Since Marjorie failed to use up his limit of two magic cards in the previous round, this limitation will not carry over to this round. He will still only be able to draw two magic cards in this round, and he still won't have time to draw more.

　However, Diana drew two new magic cards the instant the turn began.

　After that, she summoned a second avian magical spirit!

　Two two-star magical spirits, without any skills, flew through the air, frantically surrounding the blue team's magical ball.

　But Maggiore had a moment of brilliance, dribbling past the goalkeeper and managing to keep going.

　After Diana's repeated attempts to corner them failed, she puffed up her cheeks in anger.

　Until the fourth round, she suddenly used a "Push Spell" on the blue Magic Ball!

　In that instant, the magic ball broke free of Marjorie's control and was forcefully pushed under the owl.

　"Goo!"

　The owl let out a joyful hoot and quickly used its claws to grab the creature and press it down.

　Marjorie, pale-faced, finally stopped manipulating magic and drew out the two magic cards from the top of his deck.

　One of the magic cards rekindled his hope.

　An eight-second summoning time is actually very short without comparison.

　Although the blue team's magic ball fell, the life barrier with a value of 2000 points was not so easily broken.

　Marjorie roared.

　It actually summoned a three-star archer!

　……

　Card Name: Grassland Archer

　[Type: Spirit Card]

　【grade:】

　[Race: Human]

　[Attribute: Fighting]

　【Magic Power: 900】

　[Attack: 1200]

　[Defense: 400]

　Ultimate Skill: Three Arrows Fired Simultaneously

　……

　The grassland archer, dressed in green and with paint on his face, appeared and immediately drew his bow to shoot a bird, firing three arrows at once!

　One of the arrows shot straight into the sky.

　The other two arrows pierced through both of Diana's avian magical spirits at the same time!

　Amid two sharp screams, the two magical spirits plummeted to the ground.

　Marjorie immediately focused on maneuvering the Magic Ball and regaining control!

　At the same time, the grassland archer had his neck bitten off by the bear spirit!

　No blood flowed, but the grassland archer turned into light after his magic was exhausted.

　The situation on the field has returned to what it was at the beginning of the second round.

　The only difference is that Marjorie's magic transmission has shown signs of instability.

　He was only a second-year student, and his magic had not yet reached its adult peak.

　More than a minute of intense remote control had already exhausted him.

　Once the initial excitement fades, manipulating the magic ball becomes erratic and unsteady.

　The reason for this outcome, besides the fact that the quality of the magic cards was surpassed, is mainly due to a problem with mental fortitude.

　A life barrier with 2000 magic points is more than enough to withstand a single attack from a Flame Bear.

　If he can remain calm, he still has a chance.

　There's a reason why he failed the recruitment for the Duel Club last semester.

　……

　Marjorie was unable to maneuver the magic ball to continue flying to a height beyond his reach.

　At Diana's command, the bear spirit stood up, leaped forward, and then slammed the ball down!

　"BOOM!"

　Everything fell silent.

　"Beep——"

　"The battle is over!"

　"Winner: Diana Gretby."

　After the referee announced the result.

　The first-year students from the academy standing outside the arena paused for a while before suddenly remembering to cheer.

　Diana, the player on the red team, smacked her lips, feeling only a faint taste in her mouth, unable to discern any flavor.

　"We won just like that..."

　She stood on tiptoe to look at Marjorie across from her and found that he had squatted down and was doing something.

　The duel was so boring to win; she wasn't satisfied at all.

　But the judges didn't care whether she enjoyed herself or not; the scores came out quickly.

　Professor Jones finally got his revenge, and the way he held up the sign was quite different.

　"Red side? Diana, 8 points."

　"Blue team? Marjorie, 5 points."

　Professor Fox was so angry that his beard trembled; the second year was within his teaching scope.

　"Red team, 9 points."

　"Blue team, 2 points."

　The last fifth-grader, seeing Professor Fox's emotional grading style, reluctantly gave Marjorie a point.

　"Red team, 8 points."

　"Blue team, 6 points."

　……

　In this duel, Diana's performance was only average, and 8 points is a very appropriate score.

　Marjorie clearly failed, but his ability to remotely control the magic ball is a plus, so 5 points would be a fairly standard score.

　If he fails to reflect and improve in the next two games, he will likely be dropped from the team again.

　Duelists never give up until the very end.

　A desperate counterattack when the candle is flickering in the wind is a kind of romance.

　A strong and stable mental state is the foundation of everything.

　Dark, standing off the field, twirled the magic ring on his finger, gradually becoming impatient.

　……

　【2-in-1 4000】

Chapter 236 Darkdemon Wants to Experience Failure (4k)

　Diana was fairly happy to return to the bench.

　After all, they won.

　So she skipped and hopped as she accepted the congratulations from her classmates at the academy and rewarded herself with a piece of candy.

　Meanwhile, various clubs were also eager to make their move.

　Unlike Emma, ​​who had already been reserved by the established literary society, Diana was a highly sought-after prize in the eyes of those societies, and the mere existence of her bear spirit was enough to make people want to recruit her into their societies.

　"Greteber, could he be a direct descendant of the Kingdom Bear?"

　Several people suddenly noticed Diana's surname and were surprised.

　The Greta Barr family's genetic lineage is simply too dominant; not a single member of the family is not burly and strong. Diana is truly an anomaly among anomalies, making it impossible for anyone to associate her with that family.

　"Could it be true? Is anyone from the House of Nobles? Does anyone know more details?"

　"No, even though we're from the Noble Academy, who would bother asking about a first-year girl? Aren't we afraid of being seen as perverts?"

　"Uh……"

　To ensure a well-rounded team, many clubs in the college operate without departmental affiliation.

　Although members from different departments may not get along with each other in the club, they are not naive children and will join forces when necessary.

　Of course, there are even more clubs in single-faculty departments!

　The Society for the Study of Aristocratic History is one of them.

　Because the approval processes for various club names such as "Noble Society," "Royal Court Society," and "Pure-Blood Society" all failed, a small group within the Noble House formed a "Noble History Research Society," ostensibly to study noble history. In reality, however, it was just a small clique of pure-blood nobles banding together for mutual support.

　However, because nobles generally have good educational resources and innate talent, the Noble History Research Society has always been quite strong.

　The Society for the Study of Noble History naturally only recruits pure-blooded nobles, and applicants must also have a certain level of family background.

　If a family's status declines, they may be kicked out of the organization, which is extremely cruel.

　Their absolute target in this year's competition is naturally only one person—the Duke's son, Dark Dimon!

　But at this moment, European scholar Ou Wenxue, who was in charge of recruiting new members for the Society for the Study of Aristocratic History, was secretly watching.

　According to the rules, recruitment can only begin after the newcomers have demonstrated the strength that matches expectations during the recruitment competition.

　The Society for the Study of Aristocratic History also needs to maintain an image that "one cannot judge a book solely by its members' social status." Therefore, they have not yet made contact with Dac.

　But Darke hasn't even appeared yet, but Diana beside him has already shown quite remarkable manners, and her background and status are undeniable, making her perfectly suited to the recruitment criteria of the Noble History Research Society.

　"Should we make contact now, or wait until Dimon appears and then reach out together?"

　Irving shifted his gaze, deciding it wasn't a big problem.

　The duchess's son is practically the epitome of pure-blooded nobility. Now that he's joined the Noble History Research Society, his status would propel him directly to the top tier, so there's no reason to refuse his recruitment.

　The little girl from the Kingdom Bear seems to follow that man's lead, so they'll probably end up together.

　The girl with light blonde hair on the other side doesn't quite fit the requirements.

　But what's a little rule-breaking for the sake of the Duke's son?