Chapter 100 The Demon Academy's "Happy Ending"

The heavy oak door creaked softly as it was gently pulled open, the sound softened by years of use. The principal's office door closed behind the last of the demon teachers as he left.

Outside the large, wood-framed window, the starlight of the Demon World spilled into the room, overlapping with the warm lamplight to create a bright shimmer.

Beside the square coffee table near the window, Lan Qi sat comfortably in a soft, woven armchair, exuding a leisurely, almost grandfatherly air.

[Time Remaining: 0 hours 57 minutes]

[Task Objective 1: Academy Exploration exceeds 60%. Current Progress: 1200%]

[Task Objective 2: Investigate the source of tonight's danger—Current crisis resolved]

[Task Objective 3: At least 1 person survives until the time limit ends. Currently Alive: 6/6]

[Challenger Lan Qi is located in T01 Corridor, Principal's Office]

After receiving the good news from Da Ai Shiren, he checked the information panel of the Shadow World.

As expected, the task status had changed.

It seemed that all the objectives of this Shadow World had been completed, and the time was in the latter half of the fifth class.

Before long, the Shadow World would conclude.

And he and Hyperion would be teleported back to Yikeliete Academy in the real world.

"No way!"

The thought of transforming from the principal of this dreamlike campus back into a student of that hellish academy made Lan Qi unwilling to watch the countdown to his painful awakening.

Lan Qi then turned off the recording function of the [Shadow World Recording Program] on his person.

The live broadcast function could be turned off or on at any time at will, because sometimes in high-level Shadow Worlds lasting several days or months, challengers often needed to live their own lives, and it wasn't always suitable to broadcast.

Since the task objectives had already been completed, even if Lan Qi continued recording, it wouldn't affect the school's credits or the South Continent Shadow World Management Association's calculation of his promotion points.

So now, he just wanted to quietly study and memorize the *Magic for Handling Demonic Beast Fur* that the magic teachers had sent to the principal's office.

He didn't want these magic spells to be recorded by the Association, he just wanted to find Talia and study them together.

Other humans didn't need to know the principles of this forbidden magic!

He might as well end the broadcast here and show the audience something lighthearted and enjoyable.

Once Lan Qi turned off his feed, the live broadcast in the real world would only show Hyperion's perspective.

He believed that compared to watching him sitting in the principal's office reading, the audience in the real world would prefer to see Da Ai Shiren's happy smile.

"Let me learn from this great product of demon wisdom!"

Lan Qi leaned back contentedly in his armchair and began to read the book on magical principles.

"But speaking of which, why were Hyperion and I matched into a fourth-tier Shadow World..."

He suddenly seemed to remember something again, and muttered to himself.

Could it be that a fifth-tier challenger came in, raising the average difficulty?

He and Hyperion were both below the level of the Shadow World, so there should also be someone among the challengers who exceeded the Shadow World's level to balance things out.

There were strong and weak demon students among all the ones who had been invited to the principal's office earlier, making it difficult to distinguish them, and high-level challengers were also proficient in methods of controlling magic power, making it difficult to determine which four were challengers.

Of course, these four challengers were completely unaware that Lan Qi, as the principal, was also a challenger.

After all, normally, no one would think in the direction of "a student who became the principal of a demon academy in a few hours."

"Hiss, if they all misunderstood me as a hidden NPC in this Shadow World, wouldn't it be very awkward if we met in the real world in the future?"

Lan Qi realized with a start,

"Forget it."

Lan Qi shook his head. Anyway, he had already cleared the game, and there was nothing else to worry about. He just wanted to wholeheartedly study this magic that he had been thinking about for most of the Shadow World.

……

Located above the basic level,

F03 corridor.

The Demon World Plant Experiment Garden, where even through the door, the fragrance of flowers could be smelled.

In this classroom, the first thing that caught the eye was a vast lawn, spread out like a verdant carpet.

On both sides of the winding path grew various Demon World plants, from huge Demon World eucalyptus trees to tiny Demon World wildflowers, from brightly colored Demon World tropical plants to thorny Demon World vines. These seemed like natural treasures that could only grow on this land.

The bright and full plants were silhouetted in the subtle glow of the magic lamps, like ghosts in the night mist.

They didn't necessarily have gorgeous colors or exaggerated shapes, but they were quietly beautiful like a poem, silently standing there, letting time change, still remaining the same, quietly waiting for each sunrise and sunset.

Da Ai Shiren and Hyperion had spread out a picnic cloth under a tree, preparing to enjoy Demon World meals packed from the Demon King's imperial restaurant in the dim starlight of this early morning.

It was four in the morning now, which could barely be considered breakfast.

The happiness on Da Ai Shiren's face seemed to overflow. She lay on the ground, propping her face with one hand, and gently touching the stamens with the fingertips of her other hand.

Then, as if the flower felt her temperature, clusters of petals gently grew and bloomed like a miracle.

Da Ai Shiren's entry effect was originally to make flowers bloom quickly all over the ground, but if Lan Qi wanted to trigger this beautiful effect, he needed to spend more mana when summoning her.

Correspondingly, she also had a little ability to make plants grow, but it consumed Lan Qi's mana.

Now that Lan Qi had agreed to let her play as she pleased, she was unceremoniously squandering Lan Qi's mana.

Hyperion looked at Da Ai Shiren, not knowing what to say while gradually feeling relieved.

The Da Ai Shiren at this moment no longer looked like the succubus full of wicked ideas.

Due to the arrival of Hyperion and Da Ai Shiren, the plant demon teacher in this difficulty 1 classroom temporarily changed the course content to [Free Viewing].

In other words, as long as they didn't damage the plants, they could rest in this classroom at will and receive a passing grade.

After the vice-principal's convened general meeting and announcement, the teachers naturally knew the identities of these two female demons.

Today, Purgatory Corridor Academy had just been reborn, so it was treated as a celebration, and the students were no longer being made things difficult for.

It was unknown how long had passed in this peaceful atmosphere that made it easy to forget the time.

Gusts of cold wind rose, and the grass rustled.

Da Ai Shiren raised her head in confusion.

She felt that, before her eyes, everything seemed to have become a little dim for a moment.

The gradually cooling, thin starlight replaced the tranquility in the botanical garden with an indescribable silence.

The next moment.

A sound of air being torn apart, coming from who knows where, echoed across this empty grassland!

A strong sense of danger made Hyperion's spine tingle, and she immediately entered a state of full tension.

There are two more chapters later, today is also four chapters.

(End of this chapter)