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

　Dak simply chose the most familiar window number 9 and waited in line with senior Lydia.

　Lydia is an extremely talkative person with MAX social skills and an S-level ability to read people. She can chat about almost anything.

　As a third-year student at the Magic Academy, she is classmates with senior student Katrina.

　After exchanging a few casual words, Dak steered the conversation toward Katrina.

　Katrina and Britney must have turned in their missions long ago, as neither of them were in the hall.

　To Dark's surprise, Lydia seemed to only realize that Katrina belonged to the Fantastic Beasts Club when the two of them started talking about it.

　She even exclaimed in surprise, "Your club is located on the clock tower? When would you like to invite me for a cup of tea?"

　It seems that not everyone knows that the lights on the tenth floor of the clock tower belong to a certain club.

　Lydia's surprise was genuine; she seemed to have never imagined there would be a club there.

　Katrina was even more low-key in class than Dark had imagined.

　The two chatted for about half an hour before finally getting their turn.

　Dak took out all the materials needed for the mission and sorted them out. Special personnel came to identify, count, and collect them.

　He completed a surprisingly large number of tasks, and soon only two tasks remained to be handed over.

　The "Safety First" mission is only considered complete after the "Dungeon Storage Box" is crafted.

　He took out his Sorting Card, placed it on the special device, and then submitted the application to complete the "Gate of Advancement".

　The task was quickly confirmed.

　Miss Bridges at window number 9 looked at him with some surprise, then handed him a number and said, "Please wait a moment at the seat over there. The mission rewards, other than credits and points, will be delivered in a little while."

　Dark nodded and led the magical elves to sit down on the waiting bench.

　Shortly after Lydia completed the handover of the mission, the student council members delivered the mission rewards.

　Darke clicked on the reward and quickly found the box containing the key (11), and immediately his face lit up with joy.

　Then he turned around and asked, "Senior, where in Traveler's Street can I buy the key to the first level of the dungeon?"

　Lydia thought for a moment and said, "Door keys are a scarce resource. Apart from obtaining them through quests, they can generally only be acquired within dungeons. And because the door keys for the first floor are only relatively easy to obtain in the first ten floors, the demand has always exceeded the supply. If you're lucky, you might find students selling them at stalls."

　"Aren't there any dedicated shops?" Dark asked in surprise.

　Lydia shrugged, somewhat regretfully, and said, "No."

　As Dak pondered this, he suddenly brought up a different topic: "If a shop offered a consignment service and only charged a small service fee, would it have any business?"

　Lydia was surprised by his leaps of thought, but after a moment she said, "Similar shops have existed before, but they all went out of business."

　Dark: "..."

　Lydia chuckled, “There are various reasons for this. On one hand, selling cheap materials doesn't yield much profit, and it's very troublesome to identify and organize them. Students also find it troublesome, so most of them sell directly to shops. On the other hand, expensive materials… you know, we have a random transmutation method, so even if they obtain expensive materials they don't need, most people would rather put them into random transmutation and gamble on luck. And just because they don't need them now doesn't mean they won't need them later. So most students will accumulate valuable materials like squirrels, taking them out only when needed, or bartering with others. As for those selling at stalls, apart from those who urgently need credits, they are mostly selling homemade products, such as semi-finished magic cards. These products with added technology can also be sold at a higher price. And many are the result of practice.”

　"I see." Dark said, seemingly enlightened. "So what they need is a platform for bartering?"

　Lydia frowned and said, "You could say that, but the Mission Hall has already assumed this function to a certain extent. And there's also the issue of trust involved. I think students would rather entrust their valuable items to the Academy for safekeeping than to the merchants in Traveler's Street."

　Dark nodded and said, "That's true."

　This is indeed too troublesome and thankless.

　He should keep the shop for himself.

　……

　After leaving the mission hall, Dark invited Lydia to have dinner with him.

　However, the senior student declined, citing that she had something to do that evening.

　Dak didn't try to keep him, and they parted ways right at the entrance of the hall.

　Then he waved his hand, and led the magical elves in a grand procession toward the tower of the Noble Academy.

　He had gained so much from his dungeon adventures over the past few days that even after deducting the time spent turning in quests, he still needed to spend a lot of time sorting through it all.

　In the evening, I need to go to the Traveler's Street again, so I won't have any free time for a while.

　There was little interaction along the way, and Dak soon arrived at the tower of the House of Nobles, crossed the bridge, and entered the common room.

　As soon as I opened the door, a slightly noisy commotion entered my ears.

　The second-year students were undoubtedly the biggest source of noise. They excitedly discussed their first dungeon adventures, some of them having been talking since morning, and others quietly showing off the rare items they had obtained in the dungeon. In short, it was a lively and bustling scene.

　Dark sometimes felt out of place with his classmates. But that seemed to be the effect he wanted, so he didn't care.

　However, as soon as he entered the room, someone saw him and excitedly called out, "Dak, why are you only coming back now? Wait, you brought... a lot of stuff!"

　Dark smiled shyly and said, "It's not much. I need to go back to my room to tidy up. You guys chat first."

　As he spoke, he walked straight through the passageway.

　The second-year students didn't call out to him anymore; they just stared intently at the "Blood Holy Sword"!

　This holy sword is just too eye-catching!

　After Dak's voice disappeared around the corner of the stairwell, a student suddenly asked, "What do you mean by that sword?"

　Immediately someone chimed in: "What else could it be? It must be a reward from a tiered boss, right? Or maybe it came from a treasure chest?"

　"A treasure chest..." someone else said enviously, "Speaking of which, have you ever seen what a treasure chest looks like?"

　Doron and Pistan immediately raised their noses and said, "Of course we've seen it! We saw it last semester!"

　Someone said, "Speaking of which, you guys successfully defeated a level boss when you first entered the dungeon last semester... Damn, it's so sour! I need to go have a glass of lemonade!"

　……

　After climbing to the third floor, the sounds behind me gradually disappeared.

　Dak opened the door and entered dormitory 301.

　The dormitory was quiet. The cat grasses had all been taken to the clubroom and were being cared for by Agumon.

　After instructing the magical elves to put everything down, Dark began to count everything one by one.

　Aside from the items used to complete quests and the treasures found in chests, this dungeon adventure also yielded a large amount of monster materials.

　That's also a major item that needs to be inventoried and dealt with.

　Dark summoned "Paradise," and then had "Magic Book" summon as many magical spirits as possible before starting to process the materials.

　Slices that need to be cleaned, slices that need to be ground into powder, and slices that need to be soaked for preservation.

　Anyway, he doesn't expect to earn credits by selling these materials. Having more on hand is more convenient, but he's worried about them expiring and spoiling...

　In short, this is not something we need to consider right now.

　With the help of enough magical spirits, Dark's processing speed was very fast.

　Around 7 p.m., he had everything taken care of.

　There are many more bottles and jars in the dormitory.

　"It's finally over."

　Looking at the "Dragon Fang Sword," "Swift Dagger," "Blood Holy Sword," and "Emerald Holy Sword" hanging on the shelf, Dak felt a sense of satisfaction, like looking at a clean classroom after a thorough cleaning.

　He glanced at the wall clock, then put on his coat and hurried to the traveler's street.

　Travellers' Street was bustling on Sunday night, filled with cheering students.

　After checking the list and replenishing some materials for the experiment, Dak bought all the materials needed for "Dungeon Storage Box I" and went to the "All-People Duel Club" shop. He learned about the shop's situation from the sisters Eve and Irene.

　Eve smiled and said, "Things are going well so far. Sales of Duel Disks are soaring, and there are many people buying card packs. However, the number of customers within the academy is limited. If we want to truly develop, we still need to look outwards. Next Friday's Silver Cup opening ceremony will be the decisive moment!"

　Dak nodded and asked, "Is there anything planned?"

　Eve said, "Miss Claire and Mr. Fernandin have communicated and planned to hold a mock duel exhibition match during the Silver Cup opening ceremony, but the participants have not yet been determined."

　Dark asked, "Can't it be just the two of you?"

　Irene, standing beside her, pursed her lips and said, "Miss Claire said we're insiders and shouldn't be exposed too much. Besides, we're not very famous. For external publicity, it would be best to cast well-known people."

　“A famous person…” Dark blinked, “A star duelist?”

　Eve and Irene nodded in unison, saying, "Yes, it's best to have students from within the academy. Therefore, we have put forward two plans."

　Dark asked curiously, "Tell me about it."

　Eve said, "One is our loyal customer—'Son of the Hero' Victor Gold. The other is 'Silver Dragon Girl,' who once stayed at the Duke's mansion. Of course, if the young master is willing to show his face..."

　“I’m an insider too, okay?” Dark shook his head, rejecting Eve’s common-sense suggestion, and then analyzed, “Witt is indeed a good gimmick. If it’s him, he can show the clients a real passion for the game. Most importantly, he shouldn’t refuse the invitation. As long as he and Robert go together… As for Senior Sister, to be honest, I don’t have much confidence.”

　Irene whispered, "If you go and invite her, how could she possibly refuse?"

　Eve immediately glared at her and said, "Pandora is definitely popular enough, but it's hard for us to find a competitor whose popularity is on par with hers, so this is only the second option."

　Dark pondered, "Her rival in popularity, 'The Night Baron' Noah Sharp?"

　Eve said, "If it's Winnie Skadi, the 'Daughter of Winter'... I remember the young master took alchemy in the same classroom as her?"

　Dark rolled his eyes inwardly.

　But he still had a share in the shop, so he said, "If it's Winnie, I can ask her too. How about tomorrow noon? I need to ask Pandora first and see what she thinks. As for Victor... never mind, I'll ask him myself. If we can get approval from both sides, we'll have two exhibition matches; otherwise, one. How about that?"

　“Okay.” Eve nodded quickly, secretly delighted.

　With the young master's help, how could we not capture it with ease?

　……

　Dak shook his head and walked out of the shop.

　Then, in order to find the [Door Key (1)], he wandered around the Traveler's Street for quite a while.

　But it seemed he had used up all his luck in the dungeon, and in the end he didn't even see a trace of it.

　"If all else fails, I'll just issue a quest for [Door Key (1)]."

　Summer has passed and autumn has arrived, and the evening breeze carries a hint of coolness.

　Dark carried the bag up the spiral clock tower, where the lights were still on in the Magical Creatures Society on the tenth floor.

　After he arrived at the club, he knocked on the door, and Diana rushed over to open it.

　"You've finally arrived." Upon seeing Dark, Diana immediately grabbed his hand and ran inside.

　"Wait a minute." Dark quickly closed the door and asked, "What's wrong?"

　Diana stopped, looked around, and said mysteriously, "Guess what we encountered in the dungeon?"

　Dark quickly asked, "Treasure chests, secret rooms, hidden spaces, tiered bosses?"

　Diana's face fell.

　Rose, who followed her out, couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle.

　"OK OK."

　While comforting them, Dak followed them into Katrina's "reading room".

　The "reading room" doesn't have many books; it only fills half a bookshelf.

　Katrina and Britney are currently sitting around the tea table, studying it carefully.

　On the tea table, a fluffy little bear is crawling slowly.

　It looks like a newborn animal. But its fur has already grown in, and its four legs are very short, round, and very cute.

　Katrina and Britney stared at it intently, looking completely bewildered.

　Only after Dak entered the room did the two of them look up and relax.

　"President, you're finally back," Katrina said.

　Dark frowned and asked, "What's wrong?"

　Katrina pointed to the teddy bear on the table and said, "We might have found a magical creature in the dungeon."

　“How could there be magical creatures in the dungeon?” Dark replied instinctively, but once its gaze fell on the little bear, it couldn’t look away.

　After a long pause, he muttered, "Is this a demon?"

　……

　The four members of the Fantastic Beasts Company brought back a monster from the dungeon.