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

　Then it was Katrina and Britney again.

　Katrina and Britney are both members of the Magical Creatures Club, and they take good care of the club's plants and animals.

　Of course, Dak couldn't refuse. So, two more dances ensued.

　He hadn't expected the second half of the ball to be even busier than the first.

　By the time he finally returned to his seat, the second half of the ball was almost over.

　Dark thought he should sit for a while longer when he saw Pandora stand up and extend her hand to him.

　Time to dance again! Meanwhile...

　Diana and Rose also stood up, hand in hand.

　The two decided to dance at the very last moment of Christmas Eve. The students had already begun returning earlier. Most of them had returned to the banquet hall. Some remained where they were, while others went to the stage.

　Those with dance partners invited their partners, and those without invited their friends. Whether they were of the opposite sex, the same sex, or even imaginary friends who existed in a way that was neither real nor non-existent, everyone began to dance as the last piece of music played.

　Dark, holding Pandora's hand, danced in the center of the stage. This Christmas Eve, they finally greeted the midnight bells together. "Duang!"

　Christmas is here.

　A kiss that lasted half a minute. A brief silence after the bells rang.

　Amid cheers that seemed to have started from nowhere, the students began congratulating each other.

　Amidst shouts of "Merry Christmas," everyone unexpectedly received a Christmas stocking.

　Hang this Christmas stocking by your bed, and when you wake up the next morning, you'll receive a random Christmas gift.

　This is a surprise that happens every year, but sometimes it becomes the only solace for some students.

　Because this might be the only gift they receive on Christmas Day.

　Continuing this topic would be too somber. In any case, Christmas Eve was finally spent peacefully. When Dark received his Christmas stocking, he couldn't help but feel a pang of emotion. He hoped it was a good omen.

　May the new year bring peace and safety.

　The party has ended.

　I don't know what the situation is like outside.

　Dark glanced in the direction of the City of Freedom, then left the banquet hall with everyone else.

　Instead of immediately returning to their respective towers, they, like most of the students, strolled around the brightly lit castle for a while.

　There is no curfew tonight.

　Although the patrolling golems were still working, they looked completely different now, wearing Santa hats and colorful scarves, and had lost all their usual majesty.

　The castle remained unusually lively after midnight.

　Meanwhile, in the common lounges of each tower, people began organizing the "second half" of the Christmas party.

　The celebration wasn't over yet, and the laughter continued.

　While Dark was strolling around the castle with everyone, he suddenly saw his magical spirits surging towards him like a tidal wave, surrounding him in an instant.

　Pandora, Diana, and the others were all pushed out by the magical spirits. They couldn't help but laugh as they watched Dark disappear into the encirclement of the magical spirits.

　Then Ergane and the others appeared and joined the crowd.

　Dark managed to break free from the encirclement of the magical elves, only to see "Cute Beast" jump into his arms, looking at him with an adorable expression.

　"Alright alright."

　The deepening bond allowed him to read the meaning of "Cute Beast" just from its eyes. He could only say helplessly while smiling as he took out a "Paradise IV Moon" card and silently summoned it.

　"Mengmeng Beast" → Mega Evolution → "Fairy Beast"!

　After completing its evolution, "Fairy Beast" was urged by the other magical spirits to use "Fairy Barrier" to teleport to the outside of Dark's dormitory balcony. It then opened the balcony door, went inside, and teleported the Christmas tree and all the gift boxes from the balcony all at once.

　As the "Fairy Beast" immediately removed the "Fairy Barrier," all the gift blind boxes that Dark had carefully prepared came into view. He offered a few helpless explanations, only to see Diana and the magical elves pounce on them, scrambling for the gift blind boxes.

　In the blink of an eye, most of the gift blind boxes that had been piled up like a small mountain disappeared.

　“Since we’re already here, you can all go and get one too,” Dark said to the people around him.

　Pandora walked up with a smile and began carefully selecting from the remaining gift boxes.

　Rose, Eudora, and the two little princesses who later joined in also stepped forward.

　As for Victoria and Phoenix, they had naturally already blended into the group of magical elves.

　they

　They've already started unwrapping the gifts!

　"Smack!"

　"Wang Wang Wang!"

　The cries of the magical spirits could be heard from time to time.

　They piled all the remaining gift boxes after dismantling them in one place, intending to take them all home after the event.

　The magical elves who drew their desired gifts immediately began to wear them. These were mostly scarves, gloves, hats, or various kinds of jewelry.

　But that doesn't mean jewelry is more expensive than scarves, gloves, and hats. In fact, the clothes I bought were all designer pieces and were very expensive.

　However, since it's a "blind box" lottery, the size is inevitably not suitable.

　Some magical elves would happily try on scarves, gloves, and hats in large or small sizes, and even laugh because of it.

　However, some magical spirits preferred to obtain items that were suitable for wearing, so they started exchanging items with people on the spot.

　They had already exchanged gifts in the clubroom, so doing it again was a piece of cake for them.

　Dark leaned against the window, watching the magical elves chattering together, and a strange warmth welled up in his heart.

　Suddenly, his idea of ​​"giving life to magical spirits" became stronger than ever before.

　Looking at these magical spirits that he had created with his own hands and nurtured little by little, he felt a sense of "blood is thicker than water".

　Logically speaking, they do indeed belong to his "family".

　He found it difficult to regard them as ordinary magical spirits. Nothing happened this Christmas Eve.

　But it also seemed as if something had happened.

　Dark was pondering this when he saw Pandora return. She was carrying a gift box, a regular-sized one. Even he didn't know what was inside.

　Senior Pandora walked up to him with a gift box, handed it to him, and said with a smile, "May I open it and give it to you?"

　“Of course.” Dak took the gift and skillfully unpacked it.

　Diana had just opened half of the box when she suddenly noticed something was happening. She immediately stopped and came over carrying the huge gift box.

　Dark opened Pandora's gift box and immediately knew what was inside.

　A smile involuntarily appeared on his face. He then took out the red box, unlocked it, and opened it in front of Pandora.

　The bright moonlight streamed in through the window, falling on the golden necklace and reflecting a soft glow.

　It was an exquisitely designed gold necklace.

　As Dak took out the necklace, Pandora turned around, revealing her swan-like, slender, and fair neck.

　Dak couldn't help but smile and put the necklace on her.

　Diana was halfway there when she glanced at the enormous gift box in her hand. She gasped, inwardly screaming, "What a blunder!"

　Then she suddenly noticed that Rose was holding a gift box no bigger than the palm of her hand, and she immediately felt despair at her own brain. Necklaces, rings, bracelets—gift boxes for these kinds of jewelry couldn't possibly be big.

　The enormous gift box she chose certainly couldn't possibly contain these exquisite trinkets.

　"Forget it, never mind!"

　She rolled her eyes at herself, then waited for Pandora, wearing the necklace, to walk to the side before coming to Dak's side and staring at him with wide eyes.

　Dark was both amused and exasperated, but he still helped her completely open the huge gift box that was only half open, and then took out the gift inside—a life-sized Milotic plushie!

　This is a gift that Dark picked out from a Duel Club branch. Milotic, as the "embodiment of beauty," rarely appears in public, but figures, pillows, and other merchandise based on it are quite popular.

　The Milotic body pillow, in particular, has become inexplicably popular and sells incredibly well. (And this particular Milotic body pillow is a limited edition with both Milotic and Darkdemon's signatures, making it extremely rare.)

　Diana flipped open the "reverse scale" of the Milotic pillow, saw the signature underneath, and instantly beamed with joy.

　"Looks like the bigger one isn't so bad!"

Chapter 1403 Darkdemon's Online Sweet Treats (4k)

　With Pandora and Diana both receiving their Christmas gifts, Dark inexplicably turned into an unboxing machine.

　The magical elves, whose gift boxes had not yet been opened, actually lined up in front of him.

　Several maids who arrived late also joined in with beaming smiles. Forget about what gifts they might win; the mere fact that their young master would personally open the gift boxes was enough to make the other maids, who weren't at the academy, quite envious for a while.

　Dark, however, remained patient throughout, methodically unpacking the gift boxes. He then personally handed the gifts to those in line or to the magical spirits. Before they knew it, the scene had become a memorable one for this year's Christmas. Students passing by watched curiously, then quietly detoured, whispering about what was happening, some covering their mouths to chuckle, others giving him admiring looks.

　"If you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight."

　They're in the academy and can't even support themselves, while Dark Dimon supports such a large family.

　Thinking about it carefully, it wasn't easy at all.

　It's really not easy!

　Dark sighed inwardly, but his hands continued moving.

　After a long while, he finally finished unpacking all the gift boxes that needed to be opened and let out a long sigh of relief.

　During the process of unwrapping the gifts, he noticed several times that the more he unwrapped, the more gifts appeared, and the number of people queuing and the magical sprites increased rather than decreased.

　Upon closer inspection, it turned out that some magical sprites had secretly stuffed the already opened gifts back into the box, and then casually followed behind in line...

　It's Christmas, after all.

　Dark had no choice but to swallow his pride and do everything in his power to fulfill the magical elves' "Christmas wishes".

　But when he saw the group disappear and thought that tonight's mission was finally over, he found that a group of people suddenly started walking towards him.

　"Merry Christmas!"

　Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas!

　Seeing Doron and Pistan walking at the front of the crowd, Dark's face immediately darkened.

　As expected, Doron led the way in offering Christmas greetings, then forcefully shoved a Christmas gift into his hands.

　Immediately afterward, without even opening it, Duolong excitedly ran to the Christmas tree, which was still piled with many Christmas gifts, to "claim" his gift blind box.

　Merry Christmas, Dark.

　Pistan grinned and placed the Christmas gifts he had brought into Dark's hands before dashing off to grab the blind boxes.

　Dark found that his plan had completely failed.

　Although he prepared many gifts, he didn't prepare enough for the "whole class"!

　Although the number of classmates who came with Duolong was not as many as "the whole class," many of them were classmates he hadn't included in his calculations.

　For every blind box a student in this group receives, the "return gift" he plans to give to a specific person decreases by one.

　The most serious one is...

　No one knows who spread the rumors, but the number of students coming to collect their gifts is clearly on the rise.

　Although it's true that "gifts should be exchanged," and the other party wasn't just taking without giving anything back, this did cause Dak some annoyance.

　Left with no other choice, he secretly instructed the maids to quickly prepare more "return gifts".

　Fortunately, his maids were capable enough, and soon new gift blind boxes were replenished.

　The Christmas tree standing amidst the pile of gift boxes was gradually submerged by the small mountain of gift boxes.

　Unsurprisingly.

　More and more students came to "draw blind boxes" afterward. Many students who had already gone to bed came out of curiosity after word of mouth, bringing with them the gifts they had prepared to exchange for Christmas, in exchange for Dark's "Christmas blind boxes".

　It has to be said that the "blind box" format is really unacceptable. Dak soon discovered that many students came to exchange for "Christmas blind boxes," even people he didn't know at all.

　These people weren't there to give gifts at all; they were simply there to participate in the "Christmas activities."

　That's right.