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

　Alternatively, you can give that notebook to "Gatomon", "Leomon", "Angemon", etc.

　Unlike him, although he was slightly puzzled by the reason, his magical spirits did indeed have the potential to use the "Phantom Spell" as the "Holy Sword Spell".

　However, this is contingent on them having real physical bodies and absorbing the true essence of the "Holy Sword".

　Anyway, I'll definitely need it someday! Dak locked it in the drawer.

　Then came the Christmas gift from Emma.

　That was a magic notebook on how to create the arcane card "Book of Greed"!

Chapter 1410 Darkmond and Parenting Tips (4k)

　While both are notebooks, the notebooks given by Emma and the notebooks given by Witt are not in the same league in terms of value.

　No, you can't make that comparison.

　Although Witte's notebooks are readily available and seemingly useless, they are still very valuable in practical terms.

　That must be a treasure that many people with "heroic potential" would want.

　It's just that it's not that useful to Dark for the time being. As for the magical notebook of the "Book of Greed" that Emma gave him, it was a completely unexpected Christmas gift.

　The method of making arcane cards is very different from that of making other types of magic cards.

　Most other types of magic cards, except for a very few universal types, need to be adjusted according to the mage's own situation, so other people's notes can only be used as a reference.

　The core of creating esoteric cards lies in the "esoteric ritual," which is the arrangement of the ceremony.

　This part can be copied verbatim.

　This is also what makes the magical notes of the arcane cards so precious.

　However, despite this, mages rarely use arcane cards. The main reason for this is that the activation of arcane cards usually has restrictions, which is not as direct as magic cards, and places very high demands on the user.

　Furthermore, the ritual setup for the Mystic Cards is extremely complicated. Even if one could "copy" it, it would still be difficult to reproduce.

　The arrangement of ceremonies requires the right timing, location, and people; some rare ceremonies can only be successfully arranged at specific times.

　The reason why students at St. Mary's Academy can make arcane cards relatively easily is because the special environment here greatly simplifies the steps of making arcane cards and increases the success rate of arcane card crafting.

　If they could enter the secret passage, they could further simplify and increase the success rate.

　The notebook that Emma gave her is based on this foundation. It needs to be created in the secret passage.

　St. Maryann Academy, in many ways, accelerates the growth of a mage. Furthermore, once a mage leaves at eighteen, it's difficult to replicate the learning speed and environment of childhood. Therefore, many mages struggle to make significant progress after graduating from the academy.

　Their magical abilities were basically frozen at the moment they graduated from the academy.

　Therefore, graduates who still aspire to the path of magic will try every means to stay at the university. Even if they don't become professors, but just become staff members, it will greatly benefit their continued studies.

　But this is not easy to achieve.

　Dark opened the magic notebook that Emma had given him, and the first thing he saw was her description of the arcane card "Book of Greed".

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　[Book of Greed: After a duel begins, you can use (Book of Greed) to draw one card from your deck.]

　In the existing professional dueling arena, there have been instances of arcane cards specifically designed for magical duels.

　Its activation condition is simply "in a magical duel," and it is a magical card specifically designed to reduce the number of cards in a deck.

　In the official rules of Magic Duel, there has always been a limit on the number of cards in the deck, generally between forty and sixty.

　To increase the probability of drawing key cards, many professional duelists try to keep their decks to a minimum of forty cards. Under this deck-compression philosophy, spell cards like "Book of Greed" make these decks a fixed 37+3 format, allowing professional duelists to focus only on constructing the remaining thirty-seven spell cards.

　However, in the past, academic duelists generally wouldn't consider this approach. This is because the core concept behind students participating in duels was to hone their skills, not to win the duel.

　But the environment is different now, and there will definitely be more and more magic cards that are researched and crafted solely for winning magic duels.

　However, in practice, because the summoning of magic cards has a casting time and a cooldown, magic cards like "Book of Greed" can sometimes have drawbacks.

　Unlike in games where you can add things mindlessly. But even so...

　The Book of Greed is also an extremely precious arcane card. Dark was very surprised that Emma had actually figured out a way to create the Book of Greed.

　What surprised him even more was that she had given him such a precious method of refining it without any conditions.

　After a moment's hesitation, Dak continued flipping through the pages.

　"The design concept for this 'Book of Greed' is indeed derived from the 'Wishing Lamp.'"

　Half an hour later, Dark closed the notebook temporarily. He now knew the entire process of creating the "Book of Greed".

　Apart from the ritual portion, which can be copied verbatim, the rest still needs to be adjusted based on our own experience.

　Even so, it greatly reduced the difficulty of forging the "Book of Greed".

　If he wanted, he could basically complete the adjustments within a day or two and then begin the experiment.

　But he wasn't going to just "plagiarize" Emma's homework. First, he didn't have the time.

　Secondly, he felt that he could go further based on this notebook.

　The "Book of Greed" only allows for a one-for-one exchange of cards, which can only indirectly reduce the number of cards in the deck, but cannot actually increase the number of cards in hand.

　This offsets the time required for summoning, and considering that a turn in a magic duel only lasts thirty seconds.

　The significance of this "Book of Greed" is open to interpretation.

　But if we go a step further, such as trading one for two, or one for three...

　When the effect of a magic card is strong enough, various limitations and disadvantages can be largely ignored.

　Dark wasn't necessarily better than Emma in terms of accumulated knowledge. The reason he could immediately come up with a more advanced method after reading this notebook was simply because he possessed something Emma lacked.

　simply put.

　He could add a drop or two of "greed" during the process of crafting the "Book of Greed," which would surely maximize the effect of this arcane card.

　However, we'll discuss the reinforcement and return gift matters later.

　After reading the magical notes of the "Book of Greed," he suddenly felt a bit overworked, and fatigue struck again.

　"It's five o'clock. Just a little longer and we can have breakfast." Dak yawned and pulled out another gift. It was a Christmas present from Eudora—a tarot deck. As a divination tool, tarot cards naturally have their special uses.

　However, although this tarot deck is a magical artifact with corresponding blessings, that is not the main point.

　All of its cards are hand-drawn by Eudora herself. With a light touch, the card can be transformed from 2D to 3D, and each card is accompanied by a different beautiful melody.

　In short, this is a thoughtfully crafted gift, full of a girl's unique ingenuity.

　In this respect, it is quite different from the Christmas gifts of the other students.

　This Christmas, the expensive gifts that Dak received were mostly "practical".

　Occasionally, something that isn't very practical might appear, which could be considered a pleasant surprise. There are so many surprises, we can hardly keep up with them all.

　Dak looked through the gifts one by one, and before he knew it, it was six o'clock. He got up to wash up, and at six-thirty he changed his shoes and went out.

　Then, in the cafeteria, they met Pandora and Aunt Hephaestus, who were having breakfast.

　This was certainly not a coincidence.

　Dak came specifically to see him off. "Not asleep."

　As soon as the two met, Pandora expressed her concern. Dark smiled and said, "He sleeps in the car during the day."

　"I've forgotten that you have your own carriage."

　Pandora picked up the plate and asked, "What would you like to eat?"

　Dark: "You like it."

　Pandora said, "Then I'll reluctantly order another one." No sooner had she spoken than she began piling food onto her plate. She was about to leave the academy for a trip.

　For a long time to come, we won't be able to eat the delicious food cooked by the halfling chef.

　At this point, of course you can't not eat more.

　Hephaestus, who was standing behind the two, also greeted Dark with a smile. As a pure-blooded dragon who had formed a bond with a human saint, Hephaestus naturally had no reservations about racial differences.

　As long as there is no reproductive barrier between the two and the daughter really likes it, she will definitely support it.

　If we had to pinpoint some requirements, they would probably be for "ability" and "appearance".

　After all, this is the instinct of female dragons.

　However, for her daughter's sake, she could suppress her instinctive desires and not show disgust because the other party was not good-looking or capable.

　Fortunately, it seems that her daughter has good taste, no less than her mother.

　She was extremely satisfied with her future son-in-law.

　He even often discusses what to name their children with his daughter during late-night conversations.

　Ok.

　Ideally, it should be a boy and a girl, or even better, twins.

　There were quite a few twins in the academy, including twin sisters like the two little princesses, and fraternal twins like Joey and Jon. The more she saw, the more she thought it was wonderful.

　Moreover, having two at once means you don't have to worry about your daughter not wanting to have more after giving birth to one.

　Dragons place great importance on bloodline inheritance, as it is inherently difficult to produce pure-blooded offspring. Even when two pure-blooded dragons mate, there is a significant chance of producing a "bad egg."

　That's the reason why some defective dragon species were born, which is also the reason why the original sub-dragon species were born.

　Therefore, among the relatively small dragon race, there has always been an unwritten rule that they must have at least two offspring!

　These two cannot be "bad guys"; they must be pure-blooded dragons capable of growing up.

　Only in this way can the number of dragons not continue to decrease.

　Especially now, after a long war, the number of dragons has dropped to its lowest point in history.

　Being born a pure-blooded dragon naturally gives rise to anxiety about the continuation of the race. But shouldn't that anxiety be limited to "pure-blooded dragons"? Pandora was never a pure-blooded dragon to begin with.

　The anxiety about continuing the dragon bloodline shouldn't be her concern at all.

　Do not ask.

　Asking questions is instinctive.

　After sitting down, Dak picked up his knife and fork, ready to attack the steak.

　Perhaps it was because he was exhausted after staying up all night, but he suddenly felt that Aunt Hephaestus's gaze was somewhat sharp.

　Is there anything I can help you with?

　After taking a bite of his steak, Dak couldn't help but look up and ask.

　When asked, Hephaestus instinctively replied, "Ah, oh, it's nothing. I just noticed you don't look well. Young people shouldn't stay up too late. Too much sleep can reduce fertility..."

　"Thud!" Pandora stabbed her mother's plate with a fork.

　Hephaestus chuckled and changed the subject, saying, "This steak is delicious. It's a bit of a shame to think that I might not be able to eat it for another week." Dark asked curiously, "Aren't there any good chefs on Dragon Island?" Hephaestus replied, "Of course there are, but they don't cook with the same finesse as humans."

　After thinking for a moment, Dak immediately pictured a colossal dragon squatting in front of a campfire, rotating and roasting a super-sized piece of meat.

　That certainly can't achieve the same level of "refinement" as human cuisine.

　The main limitation is physical conditions.

　The dragon was enormous.

　Thinking about this, he asked curiously, "Aren't pure-blooded dragons basically able to transform into human form? Do they spend more time in human form or dragon form in their daily lives?"

　With his limited imagination as a human being, he could only think of the many inconveniences brought about by his enormous size.

　If a dragon could transform into human form, there would be no reason for it not to live in a human body. Moreover, a dragon in human form would consume less energy. Simply put, it would eat less, although its appetite would still be quite large compared to a human.

　In short, the benefits of reducing food intake are visible to the naked eye.

　“That’s true,” Hephaestus said while eating meat. “Moreover, during our growth, we dragons don’t just obtain our energy from food. Compared to the nutrients that food can provide, we have a much higher need for magic. In any settlement of pure-blooded dragons, there must be minerals rich in magic, or plant communities that can nurture fruits rich in magic, or something like the Elven Spring. So, there was a time in the past when dragons and elves fought over settlements, all for the sake of the Elven Spring.”

　She was clearly very happy to tell Darker about this.

　In her view, this is teaching parenting skills in advance.

　Hybrid dragons are also dragons.

　Growth needs are different from those of humans.

　Moreover, the "dragon power" contained in the dragon blood flowing through Pandora's body is even stronger than that of many pure-blooded dragons.