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

　He touched the empty space.

　She let out a soft sigh, her stomach rumbling.

　……

　After finalizing the details, St. Marian demonstrated remarkable efficiency.

　Just the next Friday, when Traveler's Street reopened, a notice about the Easter Duel Festival was posted on the notice board at the castle gate.

　The Duel Club's president, Joe William, and vice president, Inya Knight, personally posted the hastily made poster from the previous night on the bulletin board.

　William had smooth red hair and was tall and strong. Standing next to Inia, a girl with a similarly tall ponytail, they looked quite well-matched.

　However, the two didn't actually get along very well.

　William smoothed out a corner of the poster, looked at the white dragon that had indeed emerged from the paper in the center of the poster, and said apologetically, "I'll have to rely on you again this time, White Dragon."

　Inya scratched her long, slightly yellowish hair and complained, "Minister William, this is advertising fraud. Pandora said she's not going to participate in this dueling festival."

　William crossed his arms and patiently explained, "Inia, this isn't fraud, it's propaganda. Even if Doragon isn't participating in the Duel Festival, that doesn't change the fact that she's a student of our academy. And the event is preceded by St. Marian, and then by the Easter Duel Festival..."

　Inia was stunned for a moment before angrily saying, "Minister, if you keep going like this, you'll get beaten up after graduation."

　William said slowly, "It's alright. Once we get out of here, there won't be many people who can beat me."

　"Never mind." Inia chose to give up. "Minister, do you think this year's Easter Duel Festival will be a success? And what about that... Easter egg?"

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　William then added, "Inia, you must remember that we are only responsible for the Duel Festival project. The model Easter egg project is handled by others."

　"Hey, I'm just interested," Inia said. "Do you think I have a chance to win a model of my sweet baby?"

　William: "Is your Sweetie a popular magical sprite?"

　Inya shook her head, somewhat dejected.

　William replied, "If there's no popularity, then we should be able to draw it. Of course, that's assuming there's production."

　……

　The club's president and vice president are practically walking advertisements; their mere presence is enough to attract attention.

　As soon as the two finished putting up the poster, students immediately turned around and saw it.

　"Easter Duel Festival - An Unprecedented Open Selection Melee?"

　"Easter Egg - The Most Beautiful White Dragon!"

　Are there any extra activities for Easter this year?

　"Is the prize a pass to the secret passage?"

　"Can you get a model of a magical sprite from Easter eggs?"

　"Really? Where can I buy it?"

　A large crowd gathered, and the noise of discussion gradually increased.

　Most people weren't very interested in the secret passage pass. Instead, the open tournament and the model easter eggs were more appealing to them.

　In a very short time, news of the Easter Duel Festival spread throughout the entire castle.

　Some people even brought the news to Travelers' Street.

　The more astute businessmen immediately recognized the business opportunity. Before long, some of them took the initiative to contact the college to discuss becoming the on-campus agent for Easter model eggs, or even to manufacture them on behalf of the college!

　As for piracy and following trends...

　They also want to maintain a place in Travelers' Street.

　However, this also served as a reminder to the hospital staff in charge of the project.

　When they produce the model, they should remember to print the college's emblem and product serial number on the bottom.

　Of course, all of this production work was carried out locally by the St. Marian Duel branch.

　This allows the product to be put on the market immediately after production.

　With the support of magical technology, St. Marian Academy's productivity is astonishing.

　Meanwhile, promotional campaigns for some popular magical spirit models have already begun.

　……

　On Monday morning, while eating the breakfast that Little Devimon had brought him, Dark opened the newspaper and discovered that the news about the St. Marian Easter Duel Festival had made the front page of the Great Sage Daily!

　The very next day, the pages of the Great Sage Daily were completely dominated by illustrations of the popular magical spirits!

　Even the Daily of the Great Sage is like this, not to mention other small newspapers.

　At this moment, the kingdom and even countries of demi-human races such as elves and beastmen have probably been overwhelmed by a deluge of advertisements.

　It is clear that once St. Mary's College, this enormous machine, is in operation, it is truly not to be underestimated.

　Although there are only two weeks left until Easter, it seems like there's plenty of time already?

　……

　Influenced by this internal and external phenomenon, St. Marian College also began to get excited about Easter.

　Easter was originally a holiday on a fixed Sunday, with no extra holidays or special events, and it never really caused much of a stir.

　But this year's Easter is clearly different.

　First-grade boys, for example, were particularly interested in the preliminary rounds of the Duel Festival.

　……

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　"Have you heard? The preliminary rounds are a free-for-all! It's the first time I've ever seen a duel mode like this, it sounds like it'll be super fun!"

　"Me too. I originally thought we wouldn't even have a chance to participate in a competition of this level, but this free-for-all..."

　"Maybe with a bit of luck, I might actually make it through the preliminary rounds!"

　"Should we participate? Our goal is to qualify!"

　……

　These days, as Dak goes back and forth between the classroom and the dormitory, he often hears similar conversations.

　Not only boys, but girls also seem to be very interested in this chaotic preliminary round.

　As the level increases, duel matches have always become more and more formal. When has there ever been a mode that is more entertainment-oriented?

　What's more, it's a format where students can compete on the same stage as older students.

　Even if we don't make it to the next round, just participating is still a lot of fun.

　The majority of younger students hold this view.

　On the contrary, the older students were much more restrained.

　Most of them have ample dueling experience and know that the strong remain strong no matter the circumstances... and the same applies to the weak!

　In contrast, the planning of Easter eggs did not seem to generate as much discussion among students as the open audition competition.

　This was actually unexpected by Dak.

　However, things often cannot be judged solely by their beginnings.

　Easter eggs are not targeted at students of St. Marian's College.

　It's specifically aimed at fans of duelists.

　Being in the academy, Darke couldn't fully understand the reactions from the outside world.

　……

　In reality, with the overwhelming advertising campaign launched by St. Marian, especially after the release of the illustrations for the popular magical spirits, Easter eggs have become a topic of constant discussion in various places.

　In this golden age of the dueling industry, popular players and magical spirits are truly powerful tools for attracting fans.

　Duelists' status makes them unsuitable for marketing purposes, but magical elves don't have this concern.

　The white dragon in Pandora's story enjoys immense popularity among the people.

　This time, the magical spirit encyclopedia featured in the newspapers used that white dragon as the main marketing target.

　The hospital publicly revealed that among the batch of Easter eggs produced, there was only one "living" white dragon model!

　This made the white dragon model, which was actually still under construction, an instant object of scramble among fans.

　Two weeks before Easter, people are already arguing about it, and even buying prices have appeared on the black market...

　The St. Mary's Easter model eggs caused a huge stir in major cities!

　……

　The capital of the kingdom.

　Princess Elizabeth is currently very troubled.

　Ever since someone gave Prince Charles a disgusting and terrible idea through the Daily Wise Man, the prince has been visiting the king frequently, talking every day about how outstanding this duke's son is, how that count's son is of marriageable age... and wishing he could marry off the eldest princess immediately.

　The old king had a child late in life, and now that he is getting on in years, he is considering abdicating.

　He expended too much energy in his youth to eradicate the demon race. Even if he abdicates, it will be a graceful retirement, and his name will forever be etched in human history.

　The old king has lost the vigor of his youth. If he were to take off his fine clothes and walk into the marketplace, he would look like an ordinary old man.

　He had truly lost all desire.

　The only remaining wish of Qiu is probably the same as that of ordinary elderly people: to have "many children and grandchildren".

　Therefore, after Prince Charles repeatedly mentioned it to him, it aroused his interest in urging his children to get married.

　of course.

　In addition to finding suitable young men for the eldest princess, he also began to find suitable young women for the eldest prince...

　In short, the old king has found new enjoyment.

　The eldest princess, however, had no way to express her grievances.

　Fortunately, the old king was magnanimous enough not to force his children to accept partners they did not like.

　Given the kingdom's current status, there is no need for a political marriage alliance.

　So it was a bit disgusting, but it had no real impact.

　……

　That afternoon, after rejecting a blind date proposal, the eldest princess went to the residence of the two younger princesses to seek solace.

　Although the eldest princess and the two younger princesses do not share the same mother, and the younger princesses are mischievous, the eldest princess still genuinely loves her two younger sisters.

　Whenever she encounters troubles, seeing her sisters' smiles always cheers her up.

　Once inside the mansion, she was led by a maid to Princess Anna's room.

　Push the door open and enter.

　Anna and Angie were lying on the bed, rather inelegantly, flipping through two newspapers and having an unusually heated discussion.

　"What are you arguing about now?"

　Eliza dismissed the maid and closed the door behind her.

　Princess Angie immediately exclaimed, "Sister Elizabeth, I said the white dragon is stronger than the black dragon, but Anna insists on arguing with me!"

　"What white dragon and black dragon?" Eliza asked, a look of confusion on her face.

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　Angie got up, waved the newspaper, and said, "The magical elves of St. Marian Academy, the Silver Dragon Girl's 'Sky White Dragon' and the Dark Baron's 'Crimson Spine Black Dragon'!"

　Anna snorted and said, "I said the 'Sky Dragon's' record is better than the 'Crimson Spine Dragon' because the Silver Dragoness is stronger than the Dark Night Baron, not because there's a difference in the strength of the magical elves themselves. In a one-on-one fight, the 'Sky Dragon' might not be a match for the 'Crimson Spine Dragon'!"

　Eliza understood the situation immediately after listening for a moment. She covered her forehead and said, "I said, you two are clearly fans of the Silver Dragon Girl, so why are you arguing about this?"