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

　"There's only one document left."

　Dak took a deep breath and began to tidy up the broken experimental tools.

　Hearing the sound, the head maid, Jasmine, knocked on the classroom door.

　After calling her in, Dak instructed, "Replace the experimental equipment."

　He then laid out paper and pens in a corner of the classroom and began a complete review of the experiment, attempting to determine the main reasons for the final failure.

　He also made many mistakes when he was refining "fusion". But because Senior Sister Pandora was by his side, every mistake was quickly discovered and pointed out.

　This time, with no one around to supervise him, he had to rely on himself to fill in the gaps in his knowledge.

　But it must be said, this is extremely difficult.

　It's even harder than the International Mathematical Olympiad.

　But he can't take action until he finds out what the problem is.

　Because there's only one set of materials left!

　……

　Ms. Jasmine quickly replaced the experimental equipment with brand new ones, but Dak was unable to find the error.

　Seeing this, Diana and Aurora quietly left the classroom and sat in a living room for a while.

　Then, Aurora said to Diana, "Sister, would you like to come to my room for a while?"

　Diana's eyes lit up, and she immediately said, "Great!"

　In the Greta Bay family compound, she didn't have any close female friends to do crafts with. A while ago, she went to Viscount Flori's house to visit Rose, only to find that Rose was in a difficult situation where she wanted to use every second to the fullest and had no time to play with her.

　As if to make up for all the neglect he had shown her over the years, Viscount Florentia hired six tutors for her. One of them was reportedly a recent graduate of St. Marian Academy!

　In short, the tutors worked in shifts almost 24 hours a day, covering everything from aristocratic etiquette to violin playing, from basic knowledge to magical theory, from tea ceremony to fashion... giving Rose a thorough and clear education.

　Now that my little cousin is here, she has filled the void left by the loss of Rose.

　Therefore, Diana happily entered Aurora's room.

　Aurora's room was very tidy, perhaps because she rarely went out to shop after moving in, and it was even a bit monotonous.

　However, you can still see traces of girlish charm in the details.

　Diana, with her shifty eyes, glanced around furtively and suddenly noticed a small crib. She asked curiously, "Why is there a crib here?"

　Aurora walked to the crib, lifted the cloth covering it slightly, and said, "My mother told me that I lived in the Duke's mansion for a while, and this is the crib I slept in back then."

　"Huh, is that so?" Diana circled the crib twice, then suddenly asked in confusion, "Why do I have no memory of sleeping in a crib like this?"

　Aurora paused for a moment, then said, "Maybe she doesn't remember anything yet."

　“That’s true.” Diana nodded.

　Aurora then asked her to sit on the sofa for a while, then took out a box of crystal honey cakes, a whole tea set, brewed lemon tea, set out tea snacks, and sat down herself to chat with Diana about topics between girls.

　After studying together for the past few days, the two have grown much closer.

　Diana was interested in the Free City where Aurora lived.

　Aurora wanted to learn about life at St. Marian Academy beforehand.

　They got to know each other better as they talked.

　……

　While the two sisters were chatting happily, Dak Dimon was still deep in thought.

　In order not to interrupt his train of thought, he even skipped lunch and didn't find any clues until after 3 p.m.

　Starting from this clue, after another hour of deconstruction and scrutiny, the error in the previous experiment was finally discovered.

　Then, he casually grabbed a pastry that Ollie had given him, ate a couple of bites, and immediately began the final alchemy experiment!

　Under normal circumstances, he should rest well before starting the training.

　The excitement of finally finding the problem after spending so much time made him unable to control himself, so he simply struck while the iron was hot and started right away.

　But he didn't make any mistakes because of this; everything was incredibly stable.

　About two hours later, the incantation floating on the magic card suddenly contracted, and the same zoo design as before gradually appeared on the card's surface.

　Throughout the zoo, various kinds of birds and animals can be found.

　"Is it finally finished again?"

　Dak took a deep breath and picked up the tweezers.

　Based on his previous failures, he did not simply assume that the magic card was successfully crafted at this point.

　"Before a successful summoning, every magic card could potentially fail. Just like before lighting a firecracker, it could potentially go dud!"

　Dark carefully picked up the magic card with tweezers, and after suspending it for a moment, he found that the magic card did not suddenly glow like the previous one, so he breathed a slight sigh of relief and took it to the tap to rinse it.

　As the grime stuck to the magic cards was washed away...

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　After washing, the card face of the Magic Card is clearer.

　Dark had seen Claire's "Zoo", but the two cards were clearly different.

　Specifically, the zoos are different in style.

　But that's not surprising.

　Even magic cards with the same name can have subtle differences.

　There are no two magic cards that are exactly the same in this world.

　Dark put the washed magic card back on the table, then picked up the magic pen and touched the card, slowly injecting a wisp of magic.

　The magic flowed into the card very smoothly.

　Darke finally confirmed that the magic card wouldn't suddenly explode.

　He gradually smiled and personally infused magic to obtain information.

　Card Name: Zoo

　[Type: Venue Card]

　[Effect 1: Summoning time of the user's own bird-beast type magical spirit is reduced by 1 second]

　[Effect 2: Magical spirits of the user's own bird/beast species in the zoo gain +200 Magic Power, +200 Attack, and +200 Defense.]

　[Effect 3: For each additional bird or beast-type magical spirit of your own species in the zoo, the magical energy recovery rate of each magical spirit increases by 1 point/second, up to a maximum of 10 points/second.]

　[Effect 4: Adds the ultimate skill "All Beasts Unleashed".]

　The flood of information that rushed into his mind following the feedback from the magic caused Dark to show a look of surprise.

　"So this 'Zoo' field card actually has four effects?"

　"The field effect is basically limited to the magical spirits of the bird and beast species that belong to it. In addition to the most basic reduction of the summoning time by one second, it also has the three-dimensional attribute boost that is common to this type of field card."

　"However, compared to the effects of 'Paradise,' the attribute boosts from 'Zoo' are not cumulative and remain a fixed value of 200."

　"And effect 3 is likely the reason why magical spirits can survive for so long in the 'Zoo' area."

　"The mechanism of operation here should be the same as that of 'Paradise,' both using a circuit between the field and multiple magical spirits to create an energy cycle, granting the magical spirits additional magical regeneration abilities."

　"The difference is that 'Paradise' starts with ten magical spirits. Therefore, no matter how many are summoned, the mana recovery rate is always 10 spirits per second."

　"And if 'Paradise' is upgraded to version 2.0, the magic recovery speed will be further increased!"

　"The most surprising result was effect 4."

　"Claire didn't mention that the 'zoo' arena actually comes with a special attack?"

　After careful consideration for a moment, Dark further infused his magic to examine the effect of the ultimate move, "Beasts Unleashed".

　[Unleashed Beasts: Magical spirits (of the bird-beast type) that surge forth from the [Zoo] gain a group attack power boost for 30 seconds. At 10 spirits, attack power increases by 200; at 100 spirits, attack power increases by 2000.]

　"This effect..."

　Dak frowned.

　Even for a typical mage, who is proficient in bird and beast species, it is difficult to summon a hundred bird and beast species magical spirits in a single battle.

　Unless some special means are used for group recruitment.

　Alternatively, an effect similar to "great liberation" could be used to separate individuals into groups.

　Aside from the quantity limit, the group attack boost gained within thirty seconds is still quite considerable.

　The 2000-point attack boost from the "Hundred Beasts Unleashed" was particularly astonishing; the true effect of this "zoo" was far stronger than he had anticipated.

　Based on this, it's easy to imagine what level of field card "Animal Kingdom" would be—perhaps it could truly unleash "ten thousand" beasts!

　In a sense, the "Sage of the Beasts" is terrifyingly powerful!

　……

　"Finally, let's find a more open place to conduct the summoning experiment."

　Dak looked around, then picked up the "zoo" and headed for the door.

　But when he opened the door, he found that there were quite a few people waiting outside.

　"Ms. Camilla, haven't you gone back yet?"

　Dark looked up slightly and asked Camilla in the crowd.

　Camilla smiled and said, "There's nothing I can do, Diana has to wait until your experiment is over."

　Diana immediately pouted: "I want to know the final result!"

　Aurora covered her mouth and laughed: "It's really hard not to know the final result."

　“Yes,” Diana said matter-of-factly, “What if you can’t sleep at night?”

　Dark scratched his head: "Then, what about Mr. Cyrus and Mr. Plant?"

　Ms. Plant, the former director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, immediately smiled and said, "Isn't it because Camilla has piqued your curiosity?"

　"The Silent Sage" Cyrus asked curiously, "So it's been successfully created?"

　Dark nodded slightly: "Although the final summoning has not yet been completed, this time it should be successfully completed."

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　Cyrus exclaimed in surprise, "I never imagined you'd manage to create Claire's 'zoo' at such a young age!"

　Dark said tactfully, "It's all thanks to Ms. Claire's excellent teaching."

　Cyrus, leaning on his cane, said, "Would you mind if we watched?"

　Dark laughed and said, "Of course I don't mind."

　As he spoke, he pushed open the door and walked slowly outside.

　Before long, the group arrived at the open space outside the mansion.

　Dark held the "Zoo" card tightly between his index and middle fingers, then suddenly tilted his head back and slashed the magic card across his chest.

　In an instant, a large amount of magical power surged.

　"In the name of Dark Demon, Summon Magic!"

　"The arena unfolds, reveal yourself! The 'Zoo'!"

　……

　The veins of magic surged outwards like a tide.

　As soon as Dark kicked out, the surrounding ground was covered by a net of magic.

　The buildings belonging to the "zoo" suddenly materialized under the effect of "realistic projection".

　Although it lacks the glamour and fantasy of "Paradise," it still evokes a sense of wonder.

　The magic and mystery of field cards always evokes images of "miracles".

　Of course, those present wouldn't have such thoughts.

　Dark looked at the zoo that had been successfully summoned, his eyes filled with excitement.