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

　Leah Goethe seemed to notice his gaze and said softly, "Knowing when to retreat and thinking things through is indeed a wise approach. Of course, this is just my personal opinion. If you insist on making contact, you should be even more cautious."

　After she finished speaking, she winked at Dak, her orange-red pupils, the same color as her hair, revealing a hint of mischief.

　He then walked away to the side and began to look through other books.

　Dark loosened his grip on "Blood Sacrifice" slightly and took a soft breath.

　Although he had a gut feeling that this Lia Goethe was related to Ophelia Brad, in reality, she showed no signs of any connection with the Blood Princess.

　Moreover, the reason why they initially thought the Blood Princess might be in the academy was because of Robert's divination.

　It has now been confirmed that Robert's divination was due to Vlad's existence, which overturns the previous assumption.

　There was no longer any evidence to support the theory that the Blood Princess was in the academy.

　Furthermore, regardless of whether that intuition is accurate or not, it is not appropriate to investigate it too directly.

　Dark wouldn't be so arrogant as to think he could rival wartime heroes.

　He glanced down at "Blood Sacrifice," pursed his lips, and looked in the direction of Leah Goethe, wondering whether he should continue to observe or follow her.

　But in that brief moment between looking down and looking up, the gentle lady standing in front of the bookshelf, flipping through the books, vanished without warning!

　Dark's eyes flashed, and he immediately took a few steps forward. Then he rushed out and looked around, only to find that Ms. Leah Goethe was indeed gone.

　"Who is she?"

　Dak stopped in his tracks.

　His expression changed slightly.

　……

　Dark eventually bought the book, "Blood Sacrifice".

　On his way back to the castle, he recalled Lia Goethe's appearance.

　The orange-red hair color is different from the hair color in the past photos of Blood Princess and the photos of Olivia when she surrendered.

　The facial contours do bear some resemblance.

　But there are countless people in this world who look alike.

　Their facial features, however, are clearly different.

　"Is this a disguise effect created by using magic?"

　Dark reached out and touched the area above his temple, and a wisp of the wind spirit's blessing wrapped around his finger, carrying a touch of coolness.

　Unfortunately, he lacked the corresponding talent; otherwise, he could have used that wisp of breeze to send a message to Professor Sylph.

　"Go and tell them."

　Dark put "Blood Sacrifice" into his schoolbag and strode towards Professor Sylph's classroom.

　Although it was Saturday, the Easter Duel Festival was tomorrow, and he guessed that Professor Sylph must be busy in her office.

　As expected, the result was as predicted.

　After knocking and entering the office, Dak immediately told Professor Sylph about his encounter with Leah Goethe, and also mentioned Professor Mitya's "reminder," hoping that Professor Sylph would take heed.

　"There's no need to worry about safety."

　Professor Sylph nodded solemnly and said, "The professors will be touring various places at that time."

　The professors at St. Marian are undoubtedly a guarantee of safety.

　Dark felt slightly relieved, and then said, "Although it's just a guess, my intuition tells me that person is Blood Princess. Even though she might be disguised, her gentle demeanor perfectly matches your previous description. Assuming she has some reason to disguise herself, and if I were in her shoes, I certainly wouldn't risk exposing myself."

　The full text is available for free online, showing the risk of giving a warning to a student one doesn't actually know well.

　Professor Sylph's serious expression softened slightly. She looked up as if recalling something and said, "Brad is that kind of person. She's gentle and kind, and it's hard to imagine that she's a member of the Blood Clan. If it really is her, then there's nothing to worry about. She wouldn't do anything to harm the students."

　“I hope so,” Darke said, interlacing his fingers thoughtfully. “But everyone has two sides, especially someone who escaped after more than a decade in prison.”

　Professor Sylph became somewhat impatient when this was mentioned.

　She tapped the table and said, "I always believe in her; she must have her reasons."

　Dark raised an eyebrow and said, "Professor, I have something to attend to, so I'll be leaving now."

　Professor Sylph nodded: "See you tomorrow, and best of luck."

　Dak laughed: "The goal is to qualify through the open selection."

　……

　And you know what? The open audition format was surprisingly effective.

　The possibility of capsizing in the ditch is quite high.

　Thankfully, the preliminary rounds for the high and low groups were separated, otherwise there would have been absolutely no chance.

　After returning to his dormitory, Dak quickly put the matter of the Blood Princess out of his mind and began to study the book "Blood Sacrifice".

　It wasn't that he didn't believe Lia Goethe's words, but although he lacked the talent for blood magic, he had an expert in his family.

　Moreover.

　Now that I've already bought it, how can I be satisfied without seeing what it actually is?

　"According to Miss Goethe, simply soaking it in water is sufficient."

　After greeting the magical elves, Dark picked out a suitably sized basin and placed it under the tap to collect water.

　While waiting for the water to fill, he picked up the book again, shook it vigorously, and after confirming that there was nothing stuck inside, he turned off the tap and slowly put the book into the basin.

　Almost immediately upon being submerged in water, the pages began to absorb moisture with obvious signs.

　The originally thin paper gradually gained texture.

　And tiny words gradually appeared on the paper.

　This kind of concealment method is actually quite rudimentary, far less sophisticated than the ancient secret text in "Into the Abyss".

　Once the paper absorbs a certain amount of moisture, it stops absorbing it.

　Dak opened the book directly in the water and started flipping through it from the first page.

　This book looks quite thick, but the text portion is surprisingly small.

　Before long, Dak had a general understanding of the situation.

　Then he sighed, fished the whole book out of the basin, and hung it on the shelf next to him.

　It's not that this book is bad.

　It's simply useless to him.

　……

　As its name suggests, "Blood Sacrifice" tells the story of a method of "blood sacrifice".

　Blood from animals, monsters, human remains, and various other sources.

　As energy, it is transformed into powerful force through blood magic, and then used for casting spells, summoning... and even forging weapons!

　The bloodthirsty giant axe that Dark seized from the two-headed demon was most likely forged using a blood sacrifice method.

　"Blood sacrifice" does not belong to magical techniques, but to the category of blood magic.

　Not only can it not be used to refine the "Bloodthirsty Giant Axe" into a magic card, it also has no use for Dark.

　If Devimon or Gatomon could master this method, they could use the absorbed blood energy more efficiently after fusing and evolving into Bastymon.

　However, with Gatomon having only learned how to sense and output magic, this book, "Blood Sacrifice," can only be shelved for the time being.

　Thinking of this, Dark looked at "Blood Sacrifice" with a hint of regret.

　"and many more……"

　But then, a sudden inspiration struck him.

　"Let's think about it another way. The pages of this book are all made from the skin of the Lolo Tree Frog... Although it has undergone some processing, it clearly still retains the properties of the Lolo Tree Frog's skin. Could this stuff be used for alchemy?"

　"Speaking of which, what kind of monster is this Lolo Tree Frog...?"

　With a sudden thought, Dak immediately pulled out the book "Secret Records of Birds and Beasts - Unknown and Strange Ecology" from the bookshelf and began to search through it carefully.

　Frogs are amphibians, not reptiles.

　In this world, they are classified as "birds and beasts".

　The book "The Secret Record of Birds and Beasts" that Claire gave him contained a vast number of birds and beasts, and Dark had only read a small part of it.

　"Indeed, there are indeed records of magical creatures with special uses, such as the Lolo Tree Frog, in this 'Secret Record of Birds and Beasts'."

　Ten minutes later, Dak finally found the name "Lolo Tree Frog" among the densely packed catalog.

　He turned to the content page according to the page number, and the first thing that caught his eye was a color illustration of Lolo the tree frog.

　Slightly different from the "tree frog" that Dak had imagined, this "Lolo Tree Frog" had a slightly grayish-white skin and was very similar to an ordinary tree frog in appearance, without even a single spot on its skin.

　It can absorb moisture and store it in its skin, keeping it moisturized even under the scorching sun.

　In the tree frog

　The full text is available for free reading. Right above his head, there was a small bump, which was actually a tree seed.

　When Lolo the tree frog dies, the tree seed that absorbed its essence will take root and sprout on its corpse, growing into a swamp tree called "Lolo".

　Lolo tree frogs typically live inside the holes of lolo trees, and have a symbiotic relationship with the lolo trees.

　In conclusion, this is a rather rare tree frog.

　But when it comes to monster levels... that's clearly not enough.

　This means that if it is used as a core material to refine magical spirits, it is likely that only one or two stars of cuteness can be produced.

　It's even possible that the refining process will fail because the materials have been processed.

　But Dark didn't really value this book, "Blood Sacrifice," and only used less than 100 credits to buy it, so he wasn't too heartbroken even if it was ruined.

　So he thought he might as well give it a try.

　However, before conducting the experiment, he needed to copy down the contents of "Blood Sacrifice".

　Each page of "Blood Sacrifice" contains only about a hundred words, and there is only one page, with a total of only a few thousand words.

　Dark simply broke "Blood Sacrifice" into individual pages and had the magical elves help transcribe it.

　In this way, the entire text of "Blood Sacrifice" was copied down in just half an hour.

　Finally, he kept the page with the blood sacrifice magic circle inscribed on it and began to work on its creation.

　The transmutation method used this time is the most common basic transmutation array. The materials used are mainly based on the parchment of the Lolo Tree Frog, supplemented by the remaining materials obtained from the dungeon.

　In short, it's just radishes and greens cooked together in one pot, cooked casually.

　When Dark first learned the basic alchemy, he just casually practiced and created his first gold card – "Potpot"!

　The "Hawkman Wrestler" and "Ball-Ball Sea Lion" were also trained in the same way.

　Although these two magical spirits are not particularly powerful, they have a promising future.

　"Tree frog, let me think, what magical spirits have similar attributes and race to tree frog?"

　"Grass, water, frogs..."

　"Bulbasaur or Poliwag?"

　"Bulbasaur is a Grass/Poison type, while Poliwag is a pure Water type. In particular, Poliwag's evolved form, Politoed, looks quite similar to Lolo Treefrog."

　"If it's a Digimon, what about Monstermon? Monstermon King? What else could it be..."

　"Or perhaps the Yu-Gi-Oh! monsters from the frog series?"

　"do not care!"

　Dak picked up a glass of Jujube brand apple juice, drank it down in one gulp, and immediately felt refreshed.

　Now, he doesn't need to lift a finger to make apple juice anymore. The thoughtful pot can generate its own electricity and prepares a glass of apple juice for him every night.

　Dak glanced at the wall clock.

　It was 8:45 p.m., and there was still plenty of time.

　He began preparations at that moment and completed all the experimental preparations in just half an hour.