Cornelia’s Masterpiece
After lunch, Dekan and Cornelia came to the library as usual.
They sat at the usual small round table.
Cornelia was busy doing her homework.
Dekan, on the other hand, held a book titled “Common Mistakes in the Process of Making Third-stage Magic Cards.”
He leisurely sipped his coffee while flipping through the book.
Having advanced to the third stage, Dekan had many new issues to research.
Even though he had already learned a lot about the making of third-stage magic cards when he was at the second stage.
However, in the past few days, he found that unexpected situations would still arise when he actually operated.
The Master was asleep most of the time, and Dekan often had to study on his own.
Since he had nothing to do in the afternoon, he might as well stay in the library and read the books he needed.
Moreover, Cornelia also needed him.
Although no one forced Cornelia to study, she indeed never slacked off and was too diligent.
Dekan couldn’t bear to see her gnashing her teeth over the books.
Additionally, for him, being with Cornelia brought a strange sense of relief.
Just like a driver feels beside a Gundam.
“Turns out, I overcomplicated the third-stage magic cards…”
Dekan flipped through the book in his hand, closed it, and stood up with the book in hand.
He was going to put the book back on the shelf and then look for a health book.
Although the school library was not comparable to the capital city library, it still housed tens of thousands of books.
Dekan found the area he was interested in and, like a young man appreciating goods in a display window, he opened his eyes and let his fingers run over the spines of the books on the shelf, looking for something.
【Poison Brewing ①】【Poison Brewing ②】【Poison Brewing ④】
Hmm?
Who borrowed 【Poison Brewing ③】?
Dekan originally intended to borrow these four masterpieces together.
Surprisingly, there were like-minded people at this school.
Dekan, full of regret, took out ① and ②.
This time, he would take these two first.
Taking ④ might leave the other person without subsequent books to read after they finished ③.
More consideration for the other party. No need to make things difficult for each other.
Maybe they would meet in the future.
People with love will attract each other.
…
After returning to Cornelia, Dekan placed two books on the table.
Before opening the books, he seemed to remember something.
“By the way, Cornelia, there is one more thing I need you to do.”
Dekan suddenly turned to Cornelia beside him and spoke.
“Wha?”
Cornelia’s face came close, waiting for Dekan to continue.
“We still have one last step to gain credits, and that is to submit a report. Would you like to write this report?”
Dekan asked gently.
“Hmm…”
Cornelia made a sound in her throat.
She seemed somewhat reluctant.
“Never mind, you can just freely express yourself. I’m sure you’ll write better than me.”
Yesterday, after returning to the dormitory, Dekan originally intended to write the report himself.
After all, he was a clerical worker.
Sitting at his desk with a pen in hand, he unknowingly started writing: In the Taiyuan Era, a person from Wuling earned a living by fishing…
He hastily crossed it out and started rewriting.
However, after finishing, he repeatedly read it and felt that what he wrote looked exactly like the “Peach Blossom Spring Records”.
This seems not to meet the requirements of a report.
Later, Dekan changed his approach and wrote it in a factual style.
However, what he wrote then looked like a confession from a criminal!
Although Dekan could write a normal report by bluffing with his eyes open.
But driven by the attitude of pursuing excellence that clerical workers should have, he still wanted to write a rigorous and fair report.
Maybe from Cornelia’s perspective, an impressive article could be produced.
This could also provide Dekan with an idea—how to write a truthful and serious report in the future.
“Try.”
Cornelia nodded and took the report from Dekan.
She then picked up a commonly used Norton Kingdom language dictionary.
Beginning to flip through the dictionary, she started writing the summary.
Dekan also moved his chair closer to her, watching her write.
Cornelia picked up her pen and wrote:
“That day, Dekan was led to the Demon Realm, where he was tested by demons.”
“The demon asked him: ‘Do you know where this place is?'”
“Dekan looked around.”
“He answered, ‘This is heaven.'”
“When the demon told Dekan that it was the Demon Realm, Dekan was greatly shocked.”
“If things continue like this, the Demon Realm will be destroyed!”
“The demons need a savior.”
“How can the Demon Realm endure without Dekan?!”
Dekan started to feel something was off when he read here.
But he noticed Cornelia was writing with great enthusiasm and was unable to interrupt her.
…
“During his inspection in the Demon University, Dekan pointed out the need to standardize the selection mechanism, strengthen process management, and ensure the solid development of teaching work to achieve practical results.”
“And while conducting undercover investigations, he personally carried out a series of guidance for the faculty and students.”
“First, the goat who committed the sin of envy.”
“As an examiner, he harbored jealousy towards the lion for not getting Cornelia’s test paper in time, leading to a tragedy that could not be reversed. Envy is a spark that can ignite an uncontrollable fire at any moment.”
“Then the lion who committed the sin of anger.”
“As a demon, he lost his rationality and was punished by Dekan, destroyed by his wild rage.”
“Next, the lazy demon student.”
“In the prime of their youth, one should not indulge in the present. Lying is impossible, Dekan made him learn to shine and contribute.”
“The Baron Bachel who committed the sin of gluttony.”
“With a bottomless stomach, he would eventually burst his own stomach. Dekan taught him to know moderation and to understand the situation.”
“The demon doctor who committed the sin of greed.”
“While coveting others, one may also end up losing everything themselves, and the result of the greedy is often being left with nothing.”
“The demon choir who committed the sin of pride.”
“When you think you have everything under control, you might already have lost.”
“Lastly, Miss Olive who committed the sin of lust.”
“After seeking excessive excitement, one will eventually fall into a bottomless void filled with incomparable emptiness.”
“Dekan gave each demon their punishment, teaching the surviving demons to learn modesty and tolerance, diligence, restraint, generosity, humility, and chastity.”
Cornelia handed her completed report to Dekan.
Then she shifted her gaze to Dekan, blinking her eyes expectantly.
She was looking forward to Dekan’s comments, her eyes gleaming with anticipation.
Dekan read Cornelia’s masterpiece and was momentarily at a loss for words.
From a certain perspective, he didn’t know whether he should judge Cornelia as having some special literary talent, or simply that her Norton Kingdom language still had many problems…
“Nicely done.”
Dekan smiled helplessly as he met Cornelia’s innocent gaze.
He thought, just turn this in first, if it’s rejected, he would rewrite it.
…
The next day.
Professor Arno sat in his office reading the report submitted by Dekan and Cornelia, unable to calm the waves of emotion in his heart.
He would often put the report down, then pick it up again to re-read parts of it.
It seemed he was trying to confirm if he had misread any part of it.
Finally, he pressed the report down on the desk, covered his face with his hands, and massaged his temples.
After much thought, Professor Arno finally took out the stamp and signed the report, approving the credits for the two.
Although theoretically, he should have returned this report for revision.
But he didn’t want to read another creative piece from the two of them.
That was that.
