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

　Dark quickly gave up his position to "the goddess of the mind".

　Moreover, to make it more dignified, he gave "Goddess of the Heart" an older version of her skin.

　Just half an hour later, the results of the first batch of investigations came out.

　Apart from a few people, including Eve, no one knew "Brain Fluid Demon".

　Many people know the name "Fern Morse." But when he is mentioned, they don't have any particular thoughts in mind.

　"We can't be 100% certain they're not related to the 'Cerebrolysmic Demon,' but we can send them back for now."

　Professor Kazel concluded.

　,,,

　After the investigation, Dak took the opportunity to find Eve, arranged a time with her, and then let her go.

　Following that, the professors who had been notified also spoke one by one.

　Aside from teaching, most of the professors at St. Mary's College live a very secluded life.

　Relying on the abundant resources of St. Mary's College, they became completely absorbed in their research.

　This time, in order to conduct a comprehensive investigation, Professor Sylph summoned all the professors who were available.

　Moreover, she observed the entire investigation process.

　If any professor reveals their true colors and suddenly attacks someone, she will immediately intervene to suppress them!

　Dark sat beside the "Goddess of the Mind's Eye," replenishing her mana while observing the professors present.

　He didn't even know the names of many of the professors, but each one exuded an imposing aura.

　For these professors, simple answer sheets are no longer effective.

　Professor Cazell set up a one-way barrier around the faculty seating area, making it impossible for people outside the barrier to see or hear anything, while those inside the barrier were completely unaffected.

　Then, Professor Lily controlled the little fairies to move freely along the edge of the barrier, leading the people waiting in line in one by one.

　Professors Dak and Kazel then questioned them verbally from within the barrier.

　But after only a few people, they ran into trouble.

　"Professor Hoddle Bode, could you perhaps open up a little more of your brain?"

　Facing the professor of "magical languages"—Hordell Bode—Dark said with some helplessness.

　The ability of "mind's eye" is not unpredictable.

　However, the means of defense are relatively few, and the level of the mage is extremely high.

　Moreover, in daily life, few people take great care to guard their minds.

　Unfortunately, Professor Bode in front of us is one of them!

　The "goddess of the heart" could not see through his mind at all.

　If you can't see through it, you naturally can't investigate it.

　Dark had no choice but to ask him to open up his brain himself.

　But Professor Hoddle immediately frowned and asked, "Why?"

　Professor Hoddle Bode still had his signature naturally curly dark brown hair, slightly dry skin, a prominent, hooked nose, and a somewhat sinister look in his eyes.

　When he asked the question, his tone was as sharp as a knife.

　But Dak was already used to his tone, so he immediately said, "Cooperate with the investigation."

　Professor Hoddle Bode raised an eyebrow and said, "Although I can roughly guess why, I'm sorry, I cannot allow others to peer into my mind."

　Dark tried his best to persuade him: "Professor, it's only temporarily open. I won't pry into your other thoughts."

　But Professor Hoddle Bode still shook his head and said, "Impossible."

　Feeling somewhat helpless, Dak turned to Professor Cazell for help.

　But after checking one professor, Professor Cazell immediately said, "Forget about Bode, it can't be him."

　Dark paused for a moment, then turned to look at Professor Sylph.

　Only after Professor Sylph nodded did he say to Professor Hoddle Bode, "In that case, I'll only ask one simple question. Professor Bode, do you know Fern Morse?"

　“Of course I know,” Professor Bode said directly. “Fern Morse, a fifth-year student at the House of Fools, is a clown.”

　Dark blinked and said, "Professor, isn't it inappropriate to talk about a student like that?"

　But Professor Hoddle Bode said nonchalantly, "He is not my student."

　“Alright, Professor,” Dark said. “Please go out this way. Next.”

　After Professor Hoddle Bode left, the next professor was invited in by the goblin.

　With a simple question, Dak learned the professor's name and then proceeded to ask him questions as planned.

　Although this professor was somewhat stubborn, he was not as difficult as Professor Holder-Baud, and Dark quickly completed his screening, moving on to the next one.

　Because it takes a relatively long time to screen each professor, the entire process is progressing very slowly.

　After that, Dak met Professor Ryan Hawkes.

　As a second-year history of magic professor who has officially joined the faculty, Professor Ryan Harker has fully adapted to the environment—including his teaching style, which is also rapidly evolving and has recently shown a tendency to emulate Professor Didi's.

　After a brief conversation, Dark casually asked, "Professor Hawkes, have you not yet achieved your goal of joining St. Marian?"

　"Purpose? What purpose?" Professor Ryan Hawkes asked, looking puzzled.

　Dak looked up at him and said, "Isn't this re-employment?"

　"Oh, you mean that!" Professor Ryan Hawkes exclaimed with sudden realization. "That was last year's goal. I have a new goal for this year."

　Dark asked curiously, "What target?"

　Professor Ryan Hax turned to Professor Cazell and said, "Cazell said I have some magical talent."

　Dark's heart skipped a beat, and he said, "Professor Hawkes, are you perhaps going to start learning magic from scratch?"

　Professor Ryan Harks said with some distress, "Yes. I know it's difficult, but there's always hope, isn't there? Isn't St. Marian Academy always known as a place of miracles? I hope a miracle will befall me."

　Dark nodded and said, "Good luck, Professor! Your question is finished. Please leave from that side."

　After Professor Ryan Hawkes left, Dark immediately turned to look at the "Goddess of the Mind's Eye".

　However, the "Goddess of the Mind" simply shook her head and said, "His words and actions are exactly the same as his thoughts, but that's strange. Human thoughts always differ slightly from words and actions because humans are constantly making choices."

　Dark hesitated for a moment, then looked up and said, "Professor Ryan Harks might indeed have other ideas. But he's not a researcher, so the probability of him being related to the 'Brain Fluid Demon' is low. Let's leave it at that for now."

　The next professor then stepped into the barrier.

　He was an arithmetic professor.

　……

　The entire investigation process continued until 6 p.m.

　Dak dined directly in the auditorium with Professor Cazell and others, and had a quick discussion.

　Most of the professors were very cooperative, and even the few tough ones like Professor Holder Bode received guarantees from several professors.

　The final result was a relief.

　“As long as the ‘cultivator’ isn’t a professor, the situation isn’t too bad,” Professor Cazell analyzed. “The threat a student can pose is ultimately limited. Perhaps this ‘brain fluid demon’ is just a product of a student’s curiosity.”

　Dark said, "But no normal student would implant 'Brain Fluid Demon' into a classmate out of curiosity."

　Professor Cazell chuckled and said, "In short, since we've narrowed down our target to students, the actual number of students capable of implanting 'Cerebrolysm' into Fern Morse's brain isn't very large. We can further narrow down our search..."

　Dark shook his head and said, "No one can guarantee it's not a first-year student. Professor, you should know that taking down a fifth-year student only requires one sleeping potion."

　“That’s true,” Professor Cazell said. “Then I’ll just have to keep working hard for you.”

　"It's nothing," Dark said.

　Professor Sylph looked up and said, "I've already had arrangements made. How about we start by screening the students of the Knights Academy tonight?"

　Professor Cazell said, "It's not a big problem. After all, Lily captured the 'Cerebrolyst' near the Knights' Academy's tower, so the possibility that the 'breeder' was a student of the Knights' Academy isn't low."

　Professor Sylph said, "Considering that Fern Morse is a student of the Fool's House, let's start with the Fool's House as the second choice. Next, the more likely candidates are students from the Magic House, and finally, the Noble House. That's basically it. Hopefully, we can find the 'Cultivator' without a doubt. I don't want to see anyone else having 'Cerebrolysmic Magic' implanted in their brains."

　Upon hearing this, Dark asked curiously, "Professor, what should we do if we find the 'Cultivator'?"

　Professor Sylph frowned.

　Her first thought was, of course, to fire the "breeders".

　However, considering that the other party was able to cultivate a life form like the "Brain Fluid Demon" from scratch, they must have a very high level of expertise in this area. If they are a promising talent...

　"Principal Arte will make the decision on this matter."

　Professor Sylph's outward sternness was merely a facade; she was actually a soft-hearted person.

　She continued, "Depending on the specific circumstances, different decisions may be made. If the situation is truly egregious, the possibility of taking it to court cannot be ruled out."

　Dak nodded slightly, deep in thought.

　He was actually very interested in the information about the "brain fluid demon".

　Because this thing always gave him a feeling that it was very similar to the "magic dropper".

　His "magic dropper" has gradually become different.

　……

Chapter 673 Please Subscribe to Emma the Know-It-All

　evening.

　Except for students who went to the dungeon and were unable to receive the notification, everyone was urgently recalled to the castle and placed under the unified command of the grade leaders.

　St. Maryan's Academy has nearly a thousand students, and even the Knight Academy alone has about 250 students.

　If we rely solely on the "Goddess of the Mind's Eye" and Professor Cazell to conduct the investigation, even if we only investigate one person per minute, it would still take more than two hours to investigate all of them. Moreover, investigating one person per minute is not realistic.

　Therefore, Darko is mentally prepared for a long and arduous battle.

　Meanwhile, in the Knightshouse Tower.

　As the undisputed top student of the second-year Knight Academy, Emma Metis did not put down her books even at this time.

　However, her mind wasn't on the book.

　"In the end what happened?"

　News of what happened at 1 p.m. in the open-air dueling arena had already spread.

　Everyone knows that fifth-year student Fern Moores lost his temper and attacked second-year student Dark Dimon after being defeated by him.

　Some people noticed that Fern Moores was acting strangely, while others did not.

　But the matter quickly escalated, and even those who hadn't noticed it before began to understand the implications from various analyses.

　Therefore, some people speculated that there might be something wrong with Fern Moore's mental state.

　The most likely diagnosis is "psychosis" or "Yu Yu syndrome".

　Furthermore, Fern Moore's behavior had always been out of step with those around him. After all, no one would dye their hair rainbow-colored and sprinkle it with fluorescent powder—this undoubtedly confirmed the suspicion that he was mentally ill.

　However, as the news spread like wildfire, few people realized the seriousness of the incident.

　St. Mary's College always gives people the illusion of being all-powerful, to the point that students within the college severely lack a sense of crisis.

　Emma happened to miss the duel and could only analyze the event based on hearsay.

　But she also thought it wasn't a big deal, at least compared to the incidents that happened last year. It was just one student losing control; it was nothing out of the ordinary.

　It wasn't until the branch card vibrated and all students in the branch received a notification to return to the tower that she realized the seriousness of the incident!

　This made me even more curious about what had happened.

　However, the secrecy surrounding this incident was handled exceptionally well—perhaps because the response was so swift that the news didn't even have time to leak.

　In short, not a single person in the entire Knights' Academy tower knew the exact information.

　Witt Gold and Robert Broheim, both second-year students, were also having a heated discussion nearby.

　However, Witt Gold had witnessed that duel, and he seemed to have vaguely sensed something...