The villain only wants to live a Buddhist life

Charles' sudden awakening was obviously unexpected by the professors.

After all, with his current soul weakness, theoretically it is far from being able to wake up.

And if such an unexpected situation occurs, there must be something fishy about it.

So the professors immediately became alarmed.

But Charles, who suddenly woke up, behaved very normally.

The panic on his face gradually faded, and when he looked sideways, his eyes were full of confusion.

"Where is this? Why am I here?" he asked, his voice hoarse and unpleasant.

"Ward." Sister Carian said, "Do you remember the situation before the coma?"

"Coma...hiss..." Charles tried to remember under his guidance, and suddenly felt a sharp pain.

But he did not stop recalling, but endured the severe pain and searched hard.

Finally, the chaotic memories were reordered in his mind, and his memories gradually became clear.

"I remembered! I am conducting a hidden test in the House of Nobles..."

Halfway through the conversation, he suddenly got stuck.

Charles suddenly realized that he was surrounded by professors from St. Marian College, saying words that were close to "theft".

But shut up now, it's too late.

The professors had heard him clearly.

The "hidden trial" he spoke of could no longer be concealed.

However, there was no overly surprised expression on the faces of the professors.

The "Hidden Trials" of St. Marian College may seem very secretive to outsiders.

But for Professor Silver and others who have been teaching in the college for many years, that is just basic common sense.

Even Dark Dimon, who was sitting at the door, knew something about this.

However, Charles' answer can be regarded as an answer to a small part of the confusion.

Since it is a hidden trial of St. Marian College, it is fundamentally exclusive to St. Marian College.

It is something that belongs to the teachers and students of St. Marian College.

Although Charles is a prince, he has not studied at St. Marian College, and is not even an exchange student.

He only came to St. Marian College as the "leader" to lead the Royal Academy to participate in the college competition.

Of course, those "hidden trials" that were exclusive to St. Marian College had nothing to do with him.

But he specifically took over the position of "Team Leader" and took this opportunity to enter St. Marian College in order to find and pass the "Hidden Trial" to give himself "speciality".

In short, he is here to be a "thief"!

Since he is a "thief", it is normal for him not to explain to the college.

But at present, it seems that there is a feeling of "stealing the chicken but losing the rice".

……

Charles, who had the resources of the kingdom and was taught by the court magister along with Eliza, was very resistant at first.

But later, as Eliza grew up rapidly and excelled in the path of magic, the pressure on Charles came.

In previous battles for political power, he had never had such a disadvantage.

Unexpectedly, in just a few months, the gap between the two sides in another field has widened to the point of heaven and earth.

Of course, Charles could not give up on his future as king.

Even if the old king regains his strength and works hard to govern, he cannot give up.

But as the gap in strength between the two sides grows wider, he is gradually losing the possibility of inheriting the throne.

In the past, the gap in personal strength did not matter at all.

However, in this era, the level of magical power is becoming a very important criterion.

Under such circumstances, Charles could only seek change.

He summarized his own shortcomings and finally determined that his greatest willingness to drift away from Eliza on the path of magic lay in his lack of "specialness."

What is "speciality"?

Pandora's [White Dragon] and Winnie's [Ice Element] are the "specialities" he understands.

And he does not have this "speciality".

The magic elves he refined lacked tendencies and were very heterogeneous.

Being mixed means being unable to form a system.

And the magister who cannot form a system can only follow others and suck the exhaust fumes.

It was precisely because of this realization that Charles wanted to pass the "Hidden Trial" of St. Marian College to activate and sublimate his own "fate" so as to obtain "the guidance of destiny."

But so far, it seems that he has not succeeded.

"Did you encounter any accident during the hidden trial?"

Duck couldn't help thinking.

He already knew about the "Hidden Trial" of St. Marian College.

This is one of the hidden "mysteries" of St. Marian College.

Trial rituals existed before the birth of magic technology.

past.

If the students of St. Marian College can pass the "hidden trial", they can activate the "fate" and get the "guidance of fate."

The so-called "guidance of destiny" means improving luck.

But being able to find the "hidden trial" in St. Marian College is itself a manifestation of luck.

So it's actually hard to tell whether a lucky person has verified their luck through the "Hidden Trial", or whether they have gained their luck after passing the "Hidden Trial".

However, in the age of magic, the so-called "guidance of fate" finally became concretely reflected on the level of magic.

The activated "fate" also has a place to be used.

The completely different performance before and after passing the "Hidden Trial" proves the true role of the "Hidden Trial".

For example, Klein Moretti and Gina Grant could only form the [Fool's] fate and refine the systematic [Tarot] deck after passing the hidden trial of [The Fool's House].

The same trials are found in the House of Nobles, the House of Knights, and the House of Sorcerers.

Charles used a special method to find the hidden trial of the House of Lords.

But in the process of conquering the "Hidden Trial", he encountered an abnormal situation.

He couldn't tell whether it was something from the "Hidden Trial".

But the final result was that his soul was injured in the "Hidden Trial", and he was forced to escape from the trial, and was then picked up by the patrolling golem.

……

Now that the truth has been spilled, it is useless to cover one's ears and deceive the bell.

When Charles faced the professors' inquiries, he simply told the whole process.

He had been looking for the "hidden trial" of the House of Nobles since he came to St. Marian College, but he had gained absolutely nothing before last night. Even after exhausting all the methods he had collected before, he could not elicit the trial.

However, last night, when he continued to search in the castle without any hope, he suddenly found it!

"Last night was just after the first round of the Academy Competition ended."

"This is the most active moment for [divine causes] within the academy in recent times."

"Charles didn't suddenly find the hidden trial until last night. It's probably related to this."

The overall idea is actually very clear.

Dak was already very sensitive to such incidents, and he quickly made an analysis based on his own experience.

"At present, it seems that this is indeed the case."

Principal Arte agreed.

"For the specific situation, as long as Charles searches for the hidden trial, we can roughly confirm one or two things."

Dark again offered his opinion.

"You can try."

Principal Arte agreed again.

However, in Charles' current weak state, he will have to recuperate for at least a few days before he can act.

But if it can be proven that Dak's guess is correct, it will be a huge benefit to the academy.

Those students who are taken into the Hidden Snake organization and trained may also be able to trigger the "Hidden Trial" through the same method as Charles.

And at the same point in time, there will be at least two more in the near future.

This Sunday and next Sunday respectively.

Especially next Sunday, the activity of [divine causes] will definitely reach its peak.

By then, the lower limit required to trigger the "Hidden Trial" is likely to be even lower!

As Dark pointed out these things one by one, Principal Arte's eyes gradually brightened.

Professor Sylph and Professor Kazel also had surprised expressions.

It can only be said that the brain, which has received the highest blessing from the goddess of wisdom, is indeed spinning faster than before.

After thinking about it carefully, Dak said: "But as far as Charles' current situation is concerned, entering the hidden trial is risky... Was this also the case in the past?"

"No." Principal Arte replied decisively, "Even if the trial fails, at most there will be some loss of soul power, but it will be within the range of natural recovery. In a situation like Charles's, it is indeed First time."

Dak said decisively: "That is to say, the anomaly that Charles encountered during the trial was unusual. If it cannot be investigated clearly, students cannot be allowed to enter the trial."

Principal Arte nodded.

Professor Sylph and Professor Kazel came to Charles again and asked him in depth.

……

Although Charles woke up early for some unknown reason, his soul was still weak and his thinking ability was very weak. When faced with the professors' questions, he basically gave subconscious answers.

Otherwise, if it were normal, he would seek some exchange of benefits, or even directly deny it without informing him.

Under this situation, Professor Kazel used words to guide him, and bit by bit, he emptied out all the information about his encounter.

Duck listened with his ears pricked up, and finally had a more detailed understanding of what Charles had experienced last night.

Charles has collected a number of ways to find "Hidden Trials."

Although most of them are nonsense, one of them is actually useful.

It was a sacred object belonging to the "Three Goddesses of Destiny" and the quill of Shikodi, who was in charge of the "Future".

Although before last night, the quill that was declared to be the artifact of destiny had no reaction at all.

But last night, as Charles was wandering around the castle, the quill finally emitted divine light and floated.

It does not write words to guide like a "pen", but directly points out the direction like an "arrow".

Charles became excited on the spot and followed the quill's guidance to somewhere in the castle, near the place where he was picked up.

There is indeed a secret passage entrance nearby.

But Charles didn't get into it.

In other words, he didn't even know there was a secret passage entrance there.

He just followed the guidance of [Quill Pen] and arrived at the door of a classroom, then carefully opened the door.

The classroom door, which was usually useless and even filled with dust, was pushed open, revealing a mysterious world.

Charles hesitated for a long time outside, seeing the shadow of the world behind the door gradually blurring, he gritted his teeth, closed his eyes, and rushed in!

As soon as he burst through the door, the information about the "Hidden Trial" naturally flowed into his mind.

That was the "hidden trial" belonging to the House of Nobles.

Charles was immediately overjoyed and quickly followed the textual guidance of the "Hidden Trial" to perform the trial mission in that world.

The trial tasks of the "Hidden Trial" vary with the people who are trying them, and are not for reference.

But Duck still listened carefully.

Charles suppressed his excitement after the mission began and performed every step of the mission carefully.

The background of his trial mission is from a royal dispute in ancient times. His mission is to use maneuvering or other power to make the person destined to be the king ascend the throne.

have to say.

This trial mission simply pierced Charles' heart.

His sense of involvement is profound.

As he continues to make choices, the plot of the trial world will continue to fast-forward, and what happens during the fast-forward process will be described in words.

At first, he only used tactics, but later he discovered that he could use the power of magic, so he switched to using both tactics and magic to speed up the development of things and make rapid progress towards the ultimate goal of the mission.

But later, he found that the textual description of the trial mission became weird. The "destined king" he supported was given strange names, such as "the prince possessed by the devil" and "the one who mastered the forbidden power". "King"...Seeing that the plot line of the trial world was going to develop in a strange direction, he quickly stopped using the power of magic and made emergency corrections.

And during the correction process, he encountered another prince who was "possessed by a demon" and "used forbidden power", and was seriously injured by that prince!

After being seriously injured, he was hunted down by the prince.

He was escaping in a false world. The world line sometimes fast-forwarded with the text version of the narrative, and his location also jumped and changed based on the deduction.

He quickly fled to "the borders of the world", and in the narrative, the "destined king" he supported was beheaded in public.

Facing the terrifyingly powerful pursuers, he crashed into the "boundary of the world" and forcibly escaped from the trial mission.

As his vision suddenly widened, he found himself back at the door of the classroom.

But the black whirlpool on the other side of the door was still stirring, as if pursuers were about to rush out.

He was completely exhausted and managed to run for a short distance before finally collapsing to the ground and passing out instantly.

Immediately afterwards, the patrolling golem, which detected unusual movement, came over.

The world behind the door shrinks and disappears.

……

Charles finished telling his story with a pale face.

Sister Carrie Ann helped him lie down on his back.

Professor Kazel thought for a moment, then frowned and said:

"Can you describe in detail the image of the prince who seriously injured you?"

……

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【Good morning】