The end of the stone-stepped bridge in front of Purgatory Academy.

Baron Sanchez remembered that, according to the Inspectorate, the original headmaster should have been transferred.

This new demon who could command the vice-principal and a group of senior professors was likely the temporary new headmaster.

To be able to convince so many high-level demons from the academy, one wondered about their background.

"How should I address you, Headmaster?" Baron Sanchez inquired.

"You may call me Lanfu," the Great Poet of Love replied with a bright smile.

This was a pseudonym that Lan Qi had come up with on the spur of the moment.

But she didn't dislike it.

The Great Poet of Love's voice was like sweet red wine, with an inexplicable sense of provocation yet full of temptation, as if it could melt the minds of everyone present. Even the demons in the guard corps gradually lost their focus and unconsciously fixed their gazes on her.

"Miss Lanfu, could you please restrain your voice a little? It is exceedingly dangerous," said Sanchez, the emissary of the Blood Clan, shaking his head.

Although he could sense that the acting headmaster's level was very low.

But Sanchez didn't dare to underestimate her at all.

This female demon possessed a terrifying talent for musical magic. Just this enchanting voice that could pluck at the heartstrings at will couldn't be measured by a first-tier rating.

The Great Poet of Love giggled, covering her mouth with her fingertips, then glanced back at the vice-principal.

The vice-principal nodded, naturally understanding her meaning.

"Lord Baron Sanchez, in order to cooperate with your inspection, we have already asked all students to gather in the teaching area and not leave the classrooms before your inspection is over. Furthermore, a large number of teachers will begin patrolling the corridors. Any student found leaving the classroom without permission will be executed without exception."

The vice-principal behind the Great Poet of Love stepped forward and solemnly said to the Blood Clan envoy, Baron Sanchez.

"Very good."

Baron Sanchez's expression didn't change, but in his heart, he didn't expect the school to cooperate so well with his work.

"Thank you for the headmaster's cooperation. Then, I will have the Inspectorate take over the patrol work from your school's teachers. Do you have any objections?" Baron Sanchez asked.

Preventing students from sneaking out of the classroom was naturally the job of the Inspectorate. He couldn't give them a chance to pull a fast one just because the school was being sincere.

"Of course not," the Great Poet of Love nodded gracefully.

...

Meanwhile, on the other side.

In a spacious office on the top floor of the school, the unique high ceilings were full of history, and the chandeliers were emitting a soft light, illuminating the dark brown wooden floor.

Opposite the marble fireplace, there was a comfortable armchair and a wide desk. On the desk was a magic book with a cover worn by time and slightly curled edges.

This was a book that the magic teachers had brought him, recording spells for "handling magical beast fur."

Lan Qi was in the headmaster's office, leisurely leaning on the dark leather chair.

The other demon students who had been brought were obediently staying on the other side of the headmaster's office, guarded by a group of fifth-tier demon teachers, not daring to utter a word.

"Great Poet of Love, I'm counting on you next," Lan Qi closed his eyes and concentrated, communicating with the Great Poet of Love, who was of one mind with him.

"You really know how to order me around, but don't worry, leave it to me," the Great Poet of Love's joyful thought voice conveyed back to Lan Qi's mind.

Although it was absolutely impossible for Lan Qi to ask her to do laundry or cook, she was even more enthusiastic than Lan Qi when it came to errands that suited her heart so well.

"I hope you can bring a pleasant healing journey to the Blood Clan envoy," Lan Qi silently wished.

Then he stopped disturbing the Great Poet of Love.

She would become impatient if he nagged her too much.

For this kind of job that matched her specialty, after telling the Great Poet of Love the plan, he only needed to wait for her to perform beyond expectations.

The Great Poet of Love was a purebred demon, so he didn't worry that the Blood Clan envoy would see through the racial issue if she acted as his stand-in.

When Talia created the card, she had taken advantage of Lan Qi's inattention and mixed some blood into it to break the seal on 【Ode of Mercy】.

Talia thought that Lan Qi didn't know, but Lan Qi actually knew very well—【Ode of Mercy】had extremely complex demonic sealing techniques.

This ancient relic seemed to have originally been left by a great demon, and, after the passage of time and the guidance of fate, was destined to find Talia, and only Talia could open it.

This led to the Great Poet of Love, who eventually obtained a portion of Talia's blood, possessing an incomparably noble demonic bloodline, just like Talia.

Even the vice-principal was a little surprised when he saw the Great Poet of Love that Lan Qi could form a summoning contract with a demon of this level.

But thinking about it, this was an appointed official, so the vice-principal didn't find it strange.

Lan Qi sat up straight, flipping through the school's documents and occasionally making notes on them.

After a while, as if he had remembered something, he looked up at the wide foyer of the headmaster's office.

"Students, wait a little longer, and you can go back to school," Lan Qi said gently, looking at the group of students who were standing uneasily like they were in military training.

He was very sure that the other four challengers were in this group of students, although he didn't know exactly which four they were.

Because he had previously led a group of teachers, checking each classroom one by one, and the exploration progress was increasing rapidly.

And if he entered a classroom and found that the exploration progress on the Shadow World information panel didn't change the moment he stepped in.

Then that meant there were only two possibilities—

Either this classroom had already been challenged.

Or this classroom had been entered by a challenger and was currently being challenged!

So, as long as he captured all the students from these classrooms to the headmaster's office, the Blood Clan envoy would naturally not be able to find the human challengers disguised as demons in the ordinary classrooms.

However, no student dared to respond to Lan Qi in the headmaster's office.

This was the first time these students had come to the headmaster's office, and they were facing the school's headmaster at such close range.

"Relax, relax. If this kind of thing happens again in the future, I won't let you be so bored in the headmaster's office," Lan Qi mainly felt that he should take into account the emotions of the other four challengers.

While saying this, he also looked at the teachers waiting beside him.

"What do you think about building a swimming pool in the headmaster's office? This space is so spacious, it's a waste to leave it empty. Why don't we renovate it, and then the students can have pool parties in the future?"

The demon teacher next to him stood like a lackey, his forehead sweating, unable to tell whether the headmaster was serious or joking, and didn't dare to answer.

Even if he didn't complain about anything else, even if he took a step back, what crazy student wouldn't want to die and dare to run to the headmaster's office to swim?!

Lan Qi then smiled helplessly and continued to review the documents in front of him.

On the Shadow World information interface, the exploration progress had already become 【Mission Objective 1: Academy Exploration Progress Exceeds 60%, Current Progress 1200%】 due to his school-wide inspection.

More than eleven hundred of them were obtained when he visited as the headmaster.

Lan Qi couldn't help but feel satisfied that the rating and rewards for this Shadow World should be pretty good.

(End of chapter)