Chapter 199: Dark Demon's Bible
Regardless, at least Simmons himself seemed quite pleased.
Perhaps for her, this was already the best Christmas gift.
...
Dark quietly exited the small tavern. Traveler's Street was bustling for Christmas, crowded with people since noon.
Walking along a slightly quieter path, his ears were still filled with a continuous chorus of laughter.
But at this moment, his mind gradually calmed down.
Although the war had ended, the lingering sorrow had not ceased.
The peace and laughter of today were bought with the sacrifices of the older generation.
Both Professor Lily and Professor Sarah carried irreparable regrets because of it.
...
The Christmas weather was unexpectedly good.
As Dark returned to his dormitory, he was called out in the common room.
"Dark Demon, someone has a gift for you."
A second-year girl named Mary, with her long legs crossed, was reading on the sofa. After calling him, she pointed to two gifts on the table.
Dark walked over, a little surprised, and politely said, "Thank you, Senior."
Mary made an ōūōō gesture, then continued reading her book.
Dark picked up the two gifts from the table, feeling a bit curious.
"Who else would send me a Christmas gift?"
He could think of Emma's return gift, but the other one was a mystery.
Could it be Eudora?
But Eudora was a Noble House student, so there shouldn't be a need for this senior to hand it over, right?
So who sent it?
Dark didn't open them immediately. Instead, he first found a seat in the common room.
At this time of day, most students were out enjoying Traveler's Street, so the common room was very quiet, and he didn't have to worry about being disturbed.
He placed the two gift boxes on the table, leisurely choosing which one to open.
The gift on the left was a square box wrapped in pink, with a somewhat girlish vibe, likely from Emma.
The gift on the right was wrapped in a Christmas gift box and was quite heavy.
"Surprises are, of course, best saved for last."
Dark chose the pink gift, then unwrapped it to reveal a gift box.
Unwrapped again, a smaller gift box appeared.
Unwrapped again, an even smaller gift box.
Unwrapped again...
"Playing this game with me?"
A black line appeared on Dark's forehead. He finally unwrapped nine gift boxes before seeing the real gift.
It was an ancient gold coin!
This ancient gold coin wasn't quite standard in its specifications, but the material used was very special. The portrait on the front was somewhat blurred, but a crown was faintly discernible, suggesting it was the king of that era.
The back was engraved with an architecture resembling a golden pagoda, reminiscent of the eight murals.
Everything connected.
The creation of those eight murals wasn't groundless.
It was because Emma entered the secret passage that those murals existed.
Dark was merely a third party who had intervened.
He frowned slightly and picked up the Christmas card that had been pressed under the coin.
On the small card, a Christmas girl's image was simply sketched, with the name [Emma Metis] written in ancient script beside it.
"As expected, it's from Emma. This is tricky now."
The value of this ancient gold coin was far too great compared to a box of apple juice.
He couldn't accept such an unequal gift from a peer.
"However, for a Christmas gift, it's not good to be too calculating. I'll find a way to return the favor later."
He put away the Christmas card and the ancient gold coin.
Dark's gaze turned to the other gift.
Among other things, this gift was truly heavy!
He didn't look any further, directly opening the gift box.
This time, there were no strange designs.
Inside the gift box lay a complete set of books!
It was none other than the super best-selling series—"Alibaba's Fourteen Dragon-Slaying Forms"!
And it was from the first to the seventh volume, a total of seven books!
"Who sent this?"
Dark was a little astonished.
He then picked up the Christmas greeting card placed on top of the books.
It was a very common store-bought type, the same as the freebies Dark received when buying things.
He opened the Christmas card and saw the senders' names.
"Virt and Robert?"
Dark looked at it repeatedly, confirming that it was indeed a gift from both of them, and couldn't help but be surprised.
"Have they still not given up on increasing my favorability?"
Regardless, a gift received always requires a return gift.
Dark thought for a moment, then first took this complete set of "Alibaba's Fourteen Dragon-Slaying Forms" back to his dormitory to put away, and then went out again.
...
That evening.
When Virt and Robert returned from Traveler's Street, they received Dark's return gift from a classmate.
The two looked at each other, then took the gifts into Virt's dormitory and stared at them for a long time.
Robert hesitated, "We received a Christmas gift?"
Virt nodded slightly, with a hint of bitterness in his tone: "Yes, our first one from anyone other than ourselves."
Robert suddenly realized, "Wait! If you give a gift, you get one in return, so why were we waiting for others to give gifts first?"
Virt: "..."
In fact, even the set of "Alibaba's Fourteen Dragon-Slaying Forms" only reached Dark's hands by a twist of fate.
Although Virt had thought of using a Christmas gift to gain Dark's favor two months ago, he gradually forgot about it due to a crisis of trust in [Forbidden Love] along the way.
So he had originally intended to give this super best-selling series as a Christmas gift to Senior Pandora.
But after finally plucking up the courage to find a Magic House senior and inquire, he learned that Senior Pandora had already left for a distant journey last night.
So the gift naturally couldn't be delivered!
Christmas gifts are time-sensitive; if not delivered today, they essentially lose their meaning.
Virt felt very disheartened by this.
But since the gifts had already been bought, he couldn't just let them go to waste, could he?
It was also thanks to Robert's reminder that he remembered the favorability unlock quest.
As long as Dark's favorability was raised to 80, a reward would be unlocked.
Although he wasn't particularly keen on giving the gift to Dark then, he still half-heartedly gave it under Robert's encouragement.
He just hadn't expected Dark to return the favor so quickly, and with a gift for each of them.
Robert: "What kind of gift could this be?"
Virt: "It looks like a book."
Robert thought for a moment: "Since we gave him books, it's reasonable that he'd give us books too."
Virt: "Let's not guess, just open it."
Robert: "Together?"
Virt: "Yes!"
So the two solemnly opened both gifts simultaneously!
For an instant!
Nothing happened.
The gift boxes indeed contained books.
Both of them simultaneously read out the titles.
Robert: "Dark Demon's Potions Notes."
Virt: "Dark Demon's Arithmetic Notes!"
________________________________________
If you want more chapters, please consider supporting my page on Patreon. with 50 advanced chapters available on Patreon
patreon.com/Leanzin