Chapter 98: Reunion of Dark Demon and the Princess
The baby panda followed him, sneaking stealthily behind.
When he suddenly turned his head, the little bear immediately hid in the nearby alleyway.
But with its short legs, it couldn’t run fast, giving off an unusually comical feeling.
“It’s a person,” Dark muttered to himself.
Most likely someone wearing a bear costume, not knowing if they were a first-year or second-year student.
From their height, they shouldn’t be too old.
“Stop following me.”
He said from afar, then turned around and continued walking.
But before he took a few steps, the rustling footsteps sounded again behind him.
This made him frown slightly and turn his head, asking, “So, what’s your reason for following me?”
The little bear stiffened and suddenly raised its hand, yelling, “Waaah!”
Dark: “How old are you?”
Little Bear: “11.”
Dark: “…”
Little Bear: (?>?
...
Three black lines appeared on Dark's face as he crossed his arms, saying, "11 years old, so are you Anna or Angie?"
Little Bear: "Anna!"
Dark: "It must be Angie."
Little Bear: "Anna!"
Dark: "Forget it, where's your sister?"
Princess Angie, the third princess, jumped over to Dark's side, pretending, "Trick or treat!"
Dark threw the candy bag he was carrying to her.
Angie instinctively caught it, feeling its weight, nearly dropping it: "What is this?"
Dark smiled faintly, "The candy you wanted. Now, this bag of candy is all yours. Go play, don’t cause trouble."
Finally getting rid of the troublesome candy, Dark was naturally very happy.
In the kingdom, he was also a duke's son and had known the three princesses since childhood.
Just like how little kids always follow older sisters around, Dark used to cling to Princess Eliza when he was young, but that was a long time ago.
After all, there was a six-year age gap. When Dark started understanding things, Princess Eliza was already busy with her studies.
And after that, the one he played with was the twin princess who was a year younger.
Because Princess Anna, the second princess, had abundant mana, once her mana suddenly went out of control, causing toys to float and hit Dark, he nicknamed her "Old Witch."
Afterwards...
There was nothing afterwards.
Dark's relationship with Anna became extremely bad, affecting his relationship with Angie as well.
Around seven years old, they completely fell apart.
Afterwards, Dark became worse, and the princesses became more mischievous.
Five years passed, and unexpectedly, their next meeting was in the corridor of St. Maryan Castle.
Dark sighed.
Angie placed the candy bag on the ground and eagerly untied the rope to check it.
"Hey, Dark." Angie suddenly asked.
Dark casually replied, "Hmm."
Angie continued, "How can you have so much candy? Can I follow you and help collect candy?"
Dark: "No."
Angie excitedly said, "Then it's settled!"
Dark ignored her and quickly ran away while she was engrossed in the magical candies of Halloween.
"Ahh!"
The clumsy bear costume made Angie furious. Seeing Dark trying to escape, she tried to chase him but accidentally kicked over the candy bag, spilling candies everywhere.
Suddenly, an ominous aura floated in the air.
Dark, who had just run a short distance, stopped abruptly and listened closely, hearing a voice faintly approaching.
The voice grew closer and clearer.
"Where's my little bear?"
"Who has seen my little bear?"
Dark turned his head and saw a huge ragdoll zombie protruding half its body from the dark corridor.
The ragdoll zombie was three meters tall, with button-like eyes emitting green ghostly flames, and its skin was made up of various colored fabric pieces, with dark black aura seeping from the seams.
If it were only that, it wouldn't be too terrifying.
But the half body it revealed next was a pale skeleton with bits of flesh hanging off!
"Have you seen my little bear?"
The hoarse voice seemed to pierce through one's bones, making people shudder involuntarily.
...
"Hmm?"
Somewhere in the castle.
Professor Lily Laplace lay on the sofa, blowing bubbles, suddenly jerking up like a fish.
"No way? That mechanism could actually be triggered?"
Professor Lily instantly snapped awake, hurriedly covering herself with a card, becoming ethereal.
Then her dragonfly wings fluttered, flying directly through the wall to the fifth floor of the castle.
She wasn't panicking, but curious.
"Who is so lucky to trigger even this?"
...
"Woah!"
Angie turned around and covered her mouth.
A small griffin-like elemental squeezed its head out from the gaps in the bear costume.
But Angie's eyes rolled, and she pushed the elemental back into the costume, then screamed in panic.
Regardless, it was a beautiful high-pitched scream.
But just as she screamed, she noticed a golden-haired youth in luxurious clothes passing by, fearlessly charging towards the terrifying ragdoll zombie!
"Talk about looking for something in vain and finding it effortlessly!"
Dark suppressed his excitement, holding a mana spirit card between his fingers.
He was somewhat confident against these hidden ghosts.
But judging by the zombie's voice, it seemed to be targeting Little Bear Angie?
Could the triggering mechanism be related to "bear + candy"?
Or perhaps it was about "the little bear scattering candy on the ground"?
For now, it didn't matter.
Not important!
Dark suddenly stopped, and the mana spirit card between his fingers swept across his chest.
"Mana Summon!"
A small turtle-like mana spirit appeared between the human and the bear.
...
Angie, who had stopped screaming, looked curiously at the red-shelled yellow-skinned turtle, asking, "Is this Dark's mana spirit? It looks so weak!"
At the same time, the small griffin-like elemental squeezed out again from her fingers.
But it blinked, suddenly stopping.
A small imp-like elemental, like a ghost, poked its head out from the ceiling, winking at it.
...
"Found it, my little bear!"
The ragdoll zombie ignored Huhu and Dark, glaring fiercely at the three-princess in the bear costume.
Without warning, it sprinted forward, its pale skeleton surrounded by black aura, hideously evil.
