a sense of fatalism. Every time I give them a glimmer of hope, I snuff it out at the very moment they think things are about to turn around. This forces them to understand that fate cannot be changed....Chapter 88: After-effects of Ranchi's Shadow World

In the gentle wash of dawn, the once dull dormitory walls and furnishings seemed to be imbued with life, awakening from their slumber of night.

"I hope I have better options besides spirit magic."

Lance was feeding his animal friends on the porch, talking to them softly, but they probably couldn't understand.

The Great Love Poet, as a magical card, although it involves sonic magic, is essentially part of the 【Spirit】 category because it almost entirely affects enemies' spirits directly or indirectly through sound.

And most of the magic related to rhythm and melody is actually a type of mental magic.

Lanche has now reached level three, passed the rigorous entrance exam, and after finishing his training in the Shadow World, he's finally free. Today's plan is to ask Talitha to test him for any magic types that might be better than his [Psychic] affinity.

"By the way, I still need to buy some potted plants for home."

Ranche spread out his palm, feeding the chirping birds that incessantly nodded and pecked at it. Suddenly, as if remembering something,

The last great love poet of the Demon World Academy should have enjoyed a blissful time, but it was shattered by cultists. After returning to the mortal world, Lance called her out for a short while to express his apology. As a result, the Great Love Poet didn't take advantage of the situation and make excessive demands. She only said she wanted to raise flowers and asked Lance to let her out occasionally.

Lanche readily agreed to the great poet's request.

But now that he thinks about it carefully, one of them is tending flowers and the other is raising birds. Ranch feels that if this continues, his dormitory will soon become a natural ecological park.

After feeding the small animals, Lanchi returned to the living room and sat on the sofa, thinking about where to have breakfast today.

After completing the Fourth Order Shadow World, the academy will allow students to have a two-week vacation that they can allocate freely. This is to give extremely exhausted students time to rest and recover.

Now Ranch is a little too relaxed.

For at least two weeks, you won't have to go back to the classroom and endure the torment of the Sage Academy teachers.

"Why don't we just go find the master first thing in the morning"

Lanche thought it was a perfect coincidence that he had planned to visit Talia today. Besides asking her about magical compatibility, he also wanted to discuss with her the important research project on "Hairstyle Transformation Magic."

Although Talia wouldn't express her preference when choosing a restaurant, subtle changes in her pupils would reveal whether she was interested or not: dilated for "can" and constricted for "not really".

And Talia's eye for a good store is always spot on!

Lanci now considers her a human food explorer.

But Talia doesn't seem to have noticed that Ranch is using her like this.

Lance arrived at the mirror, taking his coat from the wooden floor-length clothes rack and putting it on, preparing to leave.

When Talia last saw Lance, she told him she would be moving.

Since she was going to stay in the capital for a long time, living in an inn would be too wasteful of money, so she found a new residence.

The address ranch is just not far from the east side of the school, about a ten-minute walk.

"Knock, knock."

Just then, the door to Room 101 suddenly slammed.

Here it comes.

When Lanchi heard the knock at the door, she hurried to the entrance hall.

He had no idea who would be coming to his door so early in the morning. Thankfully, he hadn't left yet, or else the other party would have made a wasted trip.

He felt that once his dorm address was found out and spread, even if he stayed in the dorm and didn't go to class these days, many people would come looking for him.

Yesterday on his way back to school, even though it wasn't fully bright yet, many students called out to him on the road, making him feel like a star.

It seems that my positive and energetic performance in the shadow world has been recognized by my classmates. They are also very polite and know that I need to rest, so they didn't bother me yesterday.

Lance thought and pressed down on the doorknob.

As the door creaked open, a tall and slender old man with silver hair and white beard stood at the entrance.

"Hello..."

Ranch didn't recognize the old man, but judging by his attire, he should be a professor from their Sage Institute, and a high-ranking one at that.

Although the old man's high nose bridge and delicate facial contours are marked with the passage of time, it only makes him appear both wise and majestic, radiating an unfathomable charm.

It makes sense because, naturally, one would know which dormitory they live in.

Lanchi, don't worry, I just came to chat with you.

The old man clearly saw Lan Qi's confusion, and said in a gentle voice,

"Hello, I am Ron, the Vice Dean of the Sage Academy. You will see me in class soon."

Although Ranch escaped the last class belonging to Deputy Dean Ron on the first day of school, and they didn't meet until now because they were supposed to meet but never did, this is their first real offline meeting.

But Vice Dean Ron has already witnessed too many "brilliant" performances of Lance in the Wise Men's meeting room.

Ron... Teacher, please come in first.

Lanche, hearing this, seemed to intend to lightly nod with his hands clasped behind his back and then inquire with and explain important matters of work to the vice dean.

But he immediately realized that this was here at the Ickera College, and that he was no longer the headmaster. He quickly changed roles, very politely inviting Professor Ron to the living room and sitting down on the sofa.

Lan Qi was still shaken, feeling as if he were experiencing lingering aftereffects from the shadow world. He almost triggered his "principal" ability when he saw the academy's leaders.

The living room.

Ron quickly took in the layout of the Rannoch dormitory, which was kept very clean.

Clearly, Lanchi is a student with very good living habits. He cherishes his dormitory and is in stark contrast to those messy and willful students.

However, this gentle and polite demeanor of Butland Ranch gave Deputy Dean Ron a feeling of unreality, like something out of science fiction.

It's hard to imagine that this seemingly calm and virtuous young man before us is actually the great demon lord who dominated the Demon Realm yesterday, as witnessed by all the teachers of the Sage Academy in the conference room.

Even Ron couldn't help but marvel, "Fortunately, the examiner Ferrat in the third round of the entrance exam encountered the legal-bound Lynch from the real world. If it had been the radiant demon from the shadow realm, Ferrat would probably be nowhere to be found now."

In his thoughts, Ron only felt as if he were in a different world. He didn't know why one person could possess such starkly contrasting duality.

But it must be admitted, Lance is undoubtedly the most outstanding new student of their Academy this year.

It's just a bit too outstanding.

...accompanied by a kind of danger that no normal person could predict.

Of course, the dangerous ones are those who haven't yet grasped the danger this student poses, and even intend to provoke him.

Today is also the third update, and there will be another chapter later!

(The End)

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