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

　……

　"The Demon King is dead."

　Dark Dimon, who had appeared beside them at some unknown time, stared intently at Ophelia Brad's face.

　The death of the "Demon King" signifies the end of the ritual.

　But at the same time, it also signifies the beginning of the "forging" process!

　If all goes well, Ophelia Brad will not actually die.

　The "Embrace of the Demon King" within her will be offered as a sacrifice to the "Newborn Demon King," transferring the concept of "reproduction" to the vampire Vlad, thus giving Vlad a new life—in the form of a magical spirit!

　Everything is pre-set.

　Dak didn't need to do anything; he just had to wait for things to unfold.

　When the "Vampire Vlad" Magic Spirit Card is officially completed, Ophelia Brad will be reborn due to the removal of the "Embrace".

　In this world where we can look directly into the soul, death is never the end, provided there is sufficient preparation beforehand.

　"Professors, it's time for you to enter."

　Dark reached out and flicked his wrist, plucking out a strand of "the blessing of the wind spirit" from between his hair and infusing it with a trace of magic.

　Then he let go, allowing the gentle breeze to disappear back into his hair.

　Throughout this time, his gaze never left Ophelia Brad's face.

　But the expected commotion did not occur.

　Ophelia Brad died just like any other person.

　Half a minute later.

　Dark looked sharply at Witt, who was still crying, and suddenly realized that Ophelia Brad's dying words sounded exactly like her last words.

　"what happened?"

　The long-standing doubt suddenly erupted.

　Dark clenched his fists instinctively.

　After a while, he seemed to realize something, immediately pulled out the "Dream Demon" magic card, and then quickly walked to the bottle containing the soul of the vampire Vlad.

　Ophelia Brad's initial intention was to resurrect the vampire Vlad.

　Dak didn't think it was a lie, because she had no reason to lie in such a place.

　But now, Ophelia Brad has completely abandoned her intention to resurrect the vampire Vlad—what exactly does she want to do?

　Is there some more important purpose?

　"Dimon, you look confused?"

　Just as Dark was getting increasingly agitated, Ryan Hex appeared beside him.

　“Professor!” Dark turned around abruptly and asked, “Can you tell me your true purpose for coming to the academy?”

　A glint flashed in Ryan Hax's eyes.

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　Si sighed helplessly, "I told you..."

　Dark said disappointedly, "In that case, I hope you won't ask me anymore."

　Before he finished speaking, he had already poured magic power into the "Dream Demon's" magic card.

　"In the name of Dark Demon, I summon—'Dream Demon'!"

　The mutated magic card suddenly burst forth with a blood-red light.

　The "Dream Demon" that had been sleeping within it was forcibly summoned.

　But it did not wake up; instead, it kept its eyes closed and floated in the air.

　"Can't you?"

　Dark quickly returned to Ophelia Brad's side and bent down to examine her wounds closely.

　A hero of the Golden Age, the last inheritor of the Blood Clan, and the first embrace of the Demon King.

　How could he have died so easily?

　……

　When Dach became agitated by this, Mitya Bartholomew wore the same expression.

　She paced back and forth inside the pumpkin carriage, murmuring, "No, no. The star representing Leah has dimmed, but the life force that should have burst forth hasn't appeared. The transmutation of 'Vlad the Vampire' hasn't begun... but the course of the ritual shouldn't have been altered. What went wrong? Sylph, Sylph?"

　She turned sharply to look at Professor Sylph.

　But Sylph stared intently at the wind spirit floating before her, attempting to communicate with Dark.

　Her voice didn't reach them, but Dak's thoughts came first.

　The wind spirit translated Dark's thoughts.

　Sylph stood up abruptly and said, "Ophelia is dead. Prepare yourselves, I'm about to begin the ritual."

　This time, before Mitia could stop her, she had already transformed into a wisp of breeze and whistled out of the pumpkin carriage.

　In that instant, the entire ceremony changed dramatically because of her entry.

　The ceremony, which had just entered its final stage, was extended once again after being elevated in an instant.

　……

　While examining Ophelia Brad's wound, Dark suddenly noticed the magic card she was pressing under her left hand, and couldn't help but squat down and reach out to pick it up.

　Vitt instinctively wanted to push him away, but halfway through his movement, he suddenly remembered Ophelia's last words, sniffed hard, and withdrew his hand.

　Dark picked up the magic card smoothly and immediately flipped it over.

　This is clearly not a Magical Spirit card; the card only has two lines drawn on it.

　One is a blue straight line, and the other is a red curve.

　The two lines initially extend in parallel, but suddenly bend at the end.

　Dark frowned: "What kind of magic card is this?"

　"It's the 'Great Prophecy'."

　Ryan Hacks' voice suddenly rang out, answering Dark's question.

　"It's actually the 'Great Prophecy'?"

　Dak suddenly looked up at him, his eyes flashing.

　Ryan Harks stated definitively, "I've seen this magic card before. Although I don't know how she obtained it, this magic card originally belonged to the Holy Church's secret treasures. It's a rare divine card in the world, truly capable of interfering with fate!"

　A true god card is a card that contains "divine power".

　Dark didn't concern himself with any divine or superstitious ideas. He tried to recall what Professor Mitia had taught in her astronomy class: "The 'Great Prophecy' can interfere with fate based on prophecy, distorting destiny. But some believe it merely helps prophets observe an alternate path of fate, different from the prophesied one, leading them down a completely different path."

　Ryan Haxes added, "That's true, but actually, it's not as good as you might think. I mean, its actual performance isn't ideal."

　"But this is a secret passage of St. Mary's Academy!"

　Dark stared intently at the "Great Prophecy" in his hand, his eyes flashing.

　The appearance of this "Great Prophecy" finally opened his mind, and the clues in his mind suddenly connected.

　Ophelia Brad's actions up to this point seem to finally have a plausible explanation.

　"She wanted to change her fate."

　"She wants to kill the Demon King!"

　……

Chapter 417 Darkdemon's Blood Sacrifice (4k)

　Dak took a deep breath.

　His thinking has always revolved around "replicating history," but he never thought that he could "change history."

　Since history has already happened, even if the history is altered through a ritual, the existing fate cannot be truly changed.

　But the appearance of the "Great Prophecy" made him realize that there was more to it than met the eye.

　The feasibility of the operation.

　Once it is confirmed that Ophelia Brad used the "Great Prophecy," the existing result—"the Demon King was killed"—can be used to deduce the truth.

　This reveals that she altered a history where "the Demon King was not killed."

　Then, based on this, we can proceed with further derivation.

　The history most relevant to everyone present—that the Demon King was not killed—is undoubtedly the most recent one.

　The "Demon King" was not killed, but sealed away.

　"Brave" Bright Gold heroically sacrificed himself in that battle.

　After that battle, "God of War" Alvita Saint-Dimón was completely deified.

　Those who participated in that final battle included many heroes such as "Sun Warrior" Suna Montilfali and "Saint Joan of Arc".

　Even if Dark was ignorant, it was impossible for him to be completely unaware of the final battle in which Arvit personally participated.

　Once you have this idea, and then look back at the personnel configuration on site, you will find that all the most important people are already there!

　The actress who plays the "Demon King" is Ophelia Brad.

　The actor who plays the "hero" is Wit Gold.

　The actor who plays "God of War" is Darko Dimon.

　……

　There's no need to look at the other actors; the actors playing just these three core characters are incredibly close to the people in that historical period.

　Besides them, it's probably impossible to find such suitable candidates.

　"What Ophelia Brad tried to change was the ending where the 'Hero' ultimately sacrificed himself, and the 'Demon King' was not killed."

　"The final result was that the 'God of War' killed the 'Demon King'!"

　"Even though it's just a role-playing part in a ritual, relying on the power of the 'Great Prophecy,' she might actually be able to interfere with reality."

　"No, rather, if she couldn't do it, she simply couldn't have completed the ritual at the cost of her life."

　Dak's gaze became unusually serious.

　On the surface, Ophelia Brad had no reason to do so.

　But upon closer examination, one will find that her motives are actually quite obvious.

　The death of the Demon King was not a good thing.

　This generation's Demon King is extremely difficult to deal with.

　He possesses a vast number of hidden containers, and once killed, he can be reborn in one of them.

　In short, his death will help him escape the seal!

　……

　Given that Ophelia Brad has already been embraced and corrupted by the demon, her mind must be under the control of the Demon King to some extent.

　Even though she retained her rationality by relying on the power of the Blood Clan, she was not controlled because the Demon King was sealed away.

　But the most fundamental "loyalty" has already taken root.

　The contradiction and struggle between rationally knowing that she shouldn't be loyal to the Demon King, yet being fundamentally compelled to be, ultimately led her to choose self-sacrifice to help the Demon King escape his predicament.

　In doing "loyalty," one can also find liberation within oneself.

　Once the Demon King escapes the seal, she will inevitably have to accept his complete domination.

　At that point, the rationality we've worked so hard to maintain will probably be difficult to sustain.

　Therefore, she must die.