Chapter 199: The Bible of Dark Demon
Regardless, Simmons seemed genuinely happy.
Perhaps this was the best Christmas gift for him.
…
Dark quietly left the tavern. The traveler street during Christmas was bustling with people, packed since noon.
Walking down a slightly secluded path, the laughter still echoed in his ears.
At this moment, however, his heart gradually calmed down.
Although the war had ended, the lingering sorrow hadn’t ceased.
The current peace and joy were sacrifices made by the older generation.
Both Professor Lily and Professor Shylph carried indelible regrets because of this.
…
The weather on Christmas turned out to be unexpectedly good.
When Dark returned to the dormitory, he was called by someone in the common room.
“Dark Demon, someone sent you a gift.”
A second-year girl named Maly sat on the sofa with her long legs crossed, reading a book. She pointed to two gifts on the table after calling him over.
Dark walked over, somewhat surprised, and politely said, “Thank you, senior.”
Maly made a gesture indicating ‘it’s fine’ and continued reading her book.
Dark picked up the two gifts from the table, feeling curious.
“Who else would send me a Christmas gift?”
He could think of one possibility, which was Emma’s return gift, but the other one was uncertain.
Could it be Eudora?
But Eudora was a student at the Noble Academy and shouldn’t need a senior to pass it on, right?
So who exactly sent it?
Dark didn’t open them immediately but found a seat in the common room first.
During this time, most students were enjoying themselves on Traveler’s Street, making the common room very quiet and undisturbed.
He placed the two gift boxes on the table and carefully chose between them.
The gift on the left was a pink-wrapped square box, somewhat feminine, likely from Emma.
The gift on the right was wrapped like a Christmas present, quite heavy.
“The surprise should always be saved for last.”
Dark picked the pink gift, unwrapped it to reveal a gift box.
Unwrapped again, it revealed a smaller gift box.
Unwrapped once more, it revealed an even smaller gift box.
Unwrapped…
“Are they playing games with me?”
Dark felt a vein pop on his forehead as he eventually unwrapped nine layers of boxes before seeing the true gift.
It was an ancient gold coin!
Though not standard in size, the material used was very special. The figure on the front was somewhat blurred but still recognizable as wearing a crown, possibly a king from that era.
The back side was engraved with a structure resembling a golden tower, reminiscent of the eight frescoes.
Everything connected.
Those eight frescoes weren’t created out of thin air.
They came into existence because Emma entered the secret path, leading to those frescoes.
Dark was just an outsider involved in the matter.
He frowned slightly, picked up the Christmas card under the coin.
On a small card, a simple sketch of a Christmas girl was drawn, with ancient text writing “Emma Maltis” beside it.
“It’s indeed from Emma. This makes things complicated.”
The value of this ancient gold coin far exceeded a crate of apple juice.
He couldn’t accept unequal gifts from peers.
“However, Christmas gifts shouldn’t be too picky. I’ll find a way to repay her later.”
…
Putting away the Christmas card and the ancient gold coin.
Dark’s gaze shifted to the other gift.
Without saying anything, this gift was really heavy!
He didn’t look further and directly opened the box.
There was no strange design inside.
Inside lay a complete set of books!
Exactly the super popular series—The Dragon-Slaying Fourteen Techniques of Alibaba!
From the first to the seventh volume, seven books in total!
“Who sent this?”
Dark was quite surprised.
He then picked up the Christmas card placed on top of the books.
It was a very ordinary store-style card, similar to what he received as a gift.
He opened the card and saw the name of the sender.
“Wit and Robert?”
Dark looked repeatedly, confirming it was indeed their joint gift, and couldn’t help being shocked.
“Have they not given up on increasing my favorability?”
Regardless, he needed to return a gift upon receiving one.
Dark thought for a moment, first bringing the entire set of The Dragon-Slaying Fourteen Techniques of Alibaba back to the dormitory, then went out again.
…
That night.
When Wit and Robert returned from Traveler’s Street, they received Dark’s return gift from a classmate.
They exchanged glances, took the gift into Wit’s dormitory, and stared at it for a long time.
Robert hesitated, “Did we receive a Christmas gift?”
Wit nodded slightly, with a hint of bitterness in his tone, “Yes, the first one besides each other’s.”
Robert suddenly realized, “Wait! Any gift requires a return gift. Why did we wait for others to give us gifts first?”
Wit: “…”
In fact, even that set of The Dragon-Slaying Fourteen Techniques of Alibaba was accidentally delivered to Dark.
Wit had considered giving a Christmas gift to gain Dark’s favor two months ago, but due to a crisis of trust regarding “Forbidden Love,” he gradually forgot about it.
Originally, he wanted to give this super popular series to Senior Pandora as a Christmas gift.
But after mustering the courage to ask a mana academy senior, he learned that Pandora had already gone on a journey.
Thus, the gift couldn’t be delivered!
Christmas gifts are time-sensitive; missing the day means losing their meaning.
Wit felt very disappointed.
But since the gift was already bought, it couldn’t just sit idle.
Thanks to Robert’s reminder, he remembered the task to unlock the favorability.
Boosting Dark’s favorability to 80 would unlock a reward.
Even though he wasn’t keen on giving the gift to Dark, he still gave it under Robert’s encouragement.
He didn’t expect Dark to return gifts so quickly, and individually.
Robert: “What kind of gift is this?”
Wit: “It looks like a book.”
Robert thought for a moment: “Since we gave him books, he also gave us books. That makes sense.”
Wit: “Let’s not guess, let’s just open it.”
Robert: “Together?”
Wit: “Yeah!”
Thus, the two opened the gifts very seriously at the same time!
Instantly!
Nothing happened.
The gift boxes indeed contained books.
Both read the titles aloud simultaneously.
Robert: “Dark Demon’s Potions Notebook.”
Wit: “Dark Demon’s Arithmetic Notebook!”
