The villain only wants to live a Buddhist life

What Pandora asked was actually quite casual.

She didn't care whether Dak had an appointment or not.

Although the two sides get along happily, it has not reached the point where they need to care about these things.

Dak is so good, it would be strange if no one was invited to the Christmas ball.

Perhaps in order to fulfill the promise with her, he turned down countless invitations, right?

Pandora can guess with just a little guesswork.

But some people and some things cannot be shirked.

Just like that Diana who always hangs by Duck's side.

If he wanted to come to the second half of the dance, he still had to deal with that clingy little fairy.

What a pity.

……

Facing Pandora's senior sister's question, Duck didn't hide it: "Yes, I have to dance with Diana later."

This is obviously a plus.

Women are particularly concerned about men lying to themselves for another woman, even if the relationship is not deep.

Senior Pandora smiled and said: "Then go back, I'm actually a little cold."

The skirt she was wearing was not insulated, and she would feel cold once she stopped.

It's just that we had a speculative chat earlier, so we didn't pay attention to it for a while.

Dak couldn't help showing a trace of apology: "I was negligent."

Pandora raised her hand, as if she wanted to touch his forehead, but stopped halfway, she nodded and said: "Don't talk like you are taking care of me. I am a senior."

"Okay, senior."

Dak raised his arm, freeing his arm.

Pandora stepped in, took his arm and prepared to go downstairs.

……

When they returned to the auditorium, at least one-third of the people inside were missing.

It's not all couples here.

Some people can't bear the atmosphere of the dance party and want to go out for a walk, and then often eat dog food inadvertently, and even choke if they are not careful.

Some people will take advantage of the atmosphere to ask out the person they like to confess.

It's done, probably won't come back.

If it doesn't work, I'm afraid I won't be able to come back.

The quiet place outside the auditorium is like a demon with its huge mouth open, devouring and digesting the students one by one.

But if you think that you can live in peace in the auditorium, you are obviously very wrong!

Inside, there's only more dog food!

……

The first half of the dance is from nine to ten o'clock.

The second half is from eleven o'clock to twelve o'clock.

And the one hour between the two games is more casual.

If you like, you can also walk on stage by yourself, tap dance or something.

Of course, more people will find a corner under the stage, eat and drink, and chat with each other while laughing.

But there are also those who are restless and can't find fun in it.

Werther Gold is one of them.

He and Robert put Magic Chess on the table, and a few classmates were watching.

But Werther made frequent mistakes while playing chess. He would always be distracted when there was movement at the door. Obviously, his mind was not on Magic Chess at all.

Robert felt that Werther's chess strength plummeted, and was very disappointed with this close friend who didn't take Magic Chess seriously.

When Werther made an extremely poor mistake again, Robert finally couldn't help criticizing: "Magic Chess has a soul, if the heart is not here, don't play it!"

It was the first time Witte was accused by Robert, and he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.

He retracted his hand and sighed, "I want to be quiet."

Robert shook his head: "Don't panic, Werther. There is a difference of three grades between them!"

Werther wanted to agree with him for a while, but when he thought that he was also a member of the "three grades difference", he couldn't help being dumb again.

The first Christmas ball in my life, I spent most of it worrying about gains and losses.

It wasn't until the second half of the dance was about to start that Werther finally saw Senior Pandora and Duck walking in from the main entrance.

The two joined hands according to etiquette.

Duck wears black, and Pandora wears white, which is an unusual match.

But Werther's eyes noticed the height difference between the two, which made him feel a little relieved.

He has heard more than once that girls don't like boys who are shorter than him.

Perhaps the relationship between Pandora-senpai and Darke is slightly different from what I thought?

"Just like Robert said, I shouldn't keep thinking of the bad."

Werther patted his cheek to wake himself up.

Then he saw Duck and Pandora find Diana and Rose.

……

Pandora graciously sat down on the other side of Rose.

And Duck sat on the other side of Diana.

Four people sit in a row.

Diana showed joy when she saw Dak come back.

Rose was restrained because of Pandora's sitting down.

Pandora stretched out her hand and said, "Hi, I'm Pandora Dragon, a fourth grader at the Academy of Magic."

Rose quickly held her hand, and introduced herself: "Rose Flordy, Noble House, first year."

Not to be outdone, Diana leaned over: "And I, Diana Great Bayer, Noble House, first grade!"

So the three got to know each other.

From this picture, it is hard to imagine how lonely and out of gregarious Pandora used to be.

In three years, she has grown too much.

This is both thanks to Ms. Bella's care and the human contact that her job as a librarian affords her.

She is now.

It's just that I usually don't want to chat with people, but I have actually become very talkative.

So after just a few words, she chatted with the two little girls.

Diana had a familiar temperament, and soon forgot the barrier, and asked the question that had been held back for a long time: "Senior sister, where did you go just now?"

Knowing that she was asking about her and Dak's whereabouts, Pandora said, "Sit outside for a while, and then stand on the side where you can see the bridge on the third floor for a while."

Diana: "Is that so?"

Pandora showed a gentle smile; "What else?"

Diana: "No, no otherwise!"

Rose was caught in the middle, with three threads hanging from her forehead.

soon.

It's eleven o'clock.

The second half of the dance started with the sudden sound of the piano.

Diana jumped up excitedly: "Next is Diana's turn!"

Dak, who had been listening just now, also stood up slowly at this time.

He felt a little helpless about Diana's vitality.

In fact he was a little tired.

But he still let Diana take his arm, and then walked towards the stage.

There are not many students waiting for this moment.

Almost at the same moment, students in pairs stepped onto the stage.

Diana's excitement was palpable.

She could feel that the atmosphere this time was different from that of Halloween.

Because of the separation between the first half and the second half, the feeling of "taking over" is also reduced.

As if affected by the atmosphere, her cheeks flushed slightly, and the hand holding Duck's palm trembled a little.

She is nervous!

……

This meant that she cared more about dancing with Duck than she did on Halloween!

Sometimes getting along day and night will make people gradually get bored.

But sometimes, the same day and night together will make people gradually fascinated as they get to know each other better.

Diana clearly falls into the latter category.

Her ignorant little thoughts are obvious.

The uplifted Dak tried his best to guide her on the correct dance steps, but her stiletto heels became a hindrance.

After that, Duck simply didn't care about the dance steps, but slowly and slowly turned around in circles following Diana's rhythm.

Diana has a disengaged nature, but she dances slowly.

The time like water slipped away quietly.

The two of them gradually got some feeling in the slow and leisurely dance.

After one song, another song.

By the end of the third song, Diana's dance steps had been severely deformed, and her stiletto heels looked like they could snap at any time.

Darke led her to the audience.

The stage was handed over to those who need it more.

Diana, who walked off the stage, gradually came back to her senses. In addition to excitement, there was endless aftertaste in her eyes.

Tonight's Christmas ball will definitely leave the most important stroke in her memory.

……

The two returned to their previous seats.

Diana played with Rose with a contented expression.

Dake looked past them, connected with Senior Pandora, and saw the words "Thank you".

It's actually not that hard.

If Diana could change the high heels, he might be immersed in the slow dance of feeling the passage of time.

It's really a different mood.

……

After sitting down this time, Dak originally thought that he could rest for a long time.

But it never occurred to me that after a while, I saw another girl walking towards this side.

That's Emma.

She lowered her head, her lips moving quickly.

If you get close, you should be able to hear the whining.

"I finally put on the makeup, wouldn't it be a loss if I don't use it?"

"Just once, if you are rejected, there will be no next time!"

She was shy, not at all clean and crisp as usual.

Pandora glanced at Darke: "Your business is here again."

Dak scratched his head.

It was another dance that had to be done.

……

"Don't get me wrong, I just wanted to try dancing at the Yule Ball, but I couldn't find a suitable partner..."

Emma muttered.

Dak greeted with a smile: "Good lady, it's my honor to be chosen by you."

Then the two stepped onto the stage at the same time.

The second half of the ball without the swan princess and the human prince always felt like something was missing.

But this does not prevent students from immersing themselves in it.

Emma's dance steps are very standard, like a template.

Duck followed her will and danced to a song.

At the end of the song, Emma hesitated, wanting to dance again without bothering the other party too much.

Just as she was thinking about it, Darke had already stepped off the stage.

……

The second half of the dance came to an end in a blink of an eye.

After Emma stepped down, it seemed that a big rock in her heart suddenly disappeared.

She did not return to the crowd at the Knight Academy, but sat down on the other side of Dak.

The twelve o'clock bell came and went quietly amidst the chatter of several people.

"Boom-"

Before I knew it, Christmas Eve was passed.

……

When the grand bell rang.

The couple snuggling in the corner, the broken-hearted lover crying in the shadows, and the boys and girls taking a leisurely walk to enjoy the breeze all returned to the auditorium one after another.

The last project of the Christmas ball was announced after Principal Arte stepped onto the stage.

One by one elves flew out of her hands, sending all kinds of Christmas socks to everyone's hands.

This is a prayer device unique to the academy.

It is said that as long as you can hold back your socks until after five o'clock on Christmas morning, you can get this year's Christmas presents - which are usually very pleasant surprises!

Dak looked at the zebra-striped sock that fell in his hand, and resisted the urge to open the sock immediately.

"almost."

Senior Pandora shook the sock in her hand and said to Darke, "I have to go."

Duck blurted out: "I'll see you off."

……

There was no extra speech, and the Christmas ball ended just like that.

The students who received the socks walked out of the auditorium one after another. Many of them were actually quite sleepy even now.

If you can go back to the bed, you must fall asleep.

Dak also felt physically and mentally exhausted, but he still insisted on sending Senior Pandora back to the Academy of Magic.

"Bon Voyage!"

Seeing Senior Pandora running across the bridge with her skirt in hand, Darke took a slight breath.

The air in winter nights is very cold, as icy as water.

Senior Pandora turned around abruptly and said, "See you in the new semester!"

"goodbye!"

Dak waved his hand before turning back.

On the way back, Diana and Rose, who were waiting on the wall of the only way, gathered with him.

A shy smile appeared on Dak's face, and he said a word softly: "Let's go."

So Diana and Rose laughed and moved to his sides.

The three walked towards the tower of the House of Nobles together.

……

Push the time back to the time when the twelve o'clock bell was about to strike.

In the depths of the secret passage, an unknown place.

At some point on the ground, the magic circle was engraved with blood. Countless bats rushed towards the magic circle like a swarm of bees. One after another, they crashed into the magic circle. Even the splashed blood was swallowed by the magic circle. .

Immediately afterwards, a blood-red light emerged from the magic circle.

After twelve o'clock is Christmas.

It is the time when "Holy" was born.

It is the time when all things are resurrected.

……

Everything is going on silently.

At the beginning, a bat got into the secret passage.

That bat is not Count Vampire, the boss of the Halloween event.

And just one of his thousands of incarnations!

Theoretically, the vampire count can be reborn on any bat.

This is the trickiest part of it and the main reason why no one was able to catch it in the end during the event.

But at the moment the event ended, the Vampire Count was gone.

Its body is a one-time magic wizard card, which is the masterpiece of Professor Kazel, and it is impossible to cause any remaining harm.

With the death of the Vampire Count, all its bat incarnations also disappeared one by one.

Except for the bat that strayed into the secret passage first!

It is the only surviving bat.

The reason for survival is unknown.

But since it has not disappeared, it means that it is no longer an ordinary thing.

……

after that.

Word of the secret channel spread.

Crowds of students poured into the secret passage.

The lower grades who lack the awareness of prevention create its targets, and the students who are bitten by it will become tired, which also causes students to be late.

The bat that successfully sucked the student's blood changed. It gradually learned to split and atomize, and more bats appeared in the secret passage.

……

So far, the bats have even absorbed the blood of the son of the brave!

The final change is also produced by this.

The bat that absorbed Werther's blood changed from a predatory creature to a vampire with a true self!

It restores some broken memories.

……

"Boom-"

When the twelve o'clock bell struck, a bloody human body emerged from the blood magic circle.

……

When Dak's trio returned to the dormitory.

Werther Gold was still outside.

There had been a little awkwardness between him and Robert, and they hadn't returned to the dormitory together after the dance.

Werther walked in the castle alone, subconsciously staying outside.

There is no access control during the holidays.

Golems give no warning.

It doesn't matter if you hang out until one or two o'clock.

He gradually walked to the familiar external bridge, where he awakened the pink mist sleeping in "Into the Abyss".

This made him unable to bear to take out [Forbidden Love].

He looked at the fuzzy human body on the card, and wanted to turn this human body into the appearance of Pandora-senpai just like using a flower card.

But with the injection of magic power, the outline of the human body began to deform, and he retracted his fingers again.

Pointless!

There is no sense in doing so.

On the contrary, there is a kind of sadness that even I can feel!

He remembered that he thought of using [Forbidden Love] to check the favorability of Senior Pandora a long time ago.

However, it has not been realized due to various reasons.

So much so that I almost forgot that there was such a thing.

"After the Christmas presents are given, let's find a way to take a peek. After all, it is a gift, and the favorability should not be too ugly..."

Thinking about it, Werther became more and more frustrated.

In the second half of the dance, he could muster up the courage to ask Senior Pandora to dance with him, but in the end he just watched.

There was also Dak Dimon, who obviously had the opportunity to dance with his seniors, but he was still not satisfied. In the second half of the dance, he even invited other girls to dance.

That's really enviable...it's so embarrassing!

Werther was indignant, and the more he thought about it, the angrier he became.

If it weren't for the lack of alcohol in his hands, he would soon be able to use this as an opportunity to evolve into a rotten alcoholic.

The backlog of emotions gradually reached the extreme, and Werther lay down on the railing of the bridge, yelling at the sky!

unconsciously.

When he stopped to catch his breath, a hand rested on his shoulder.

……

House of Lords, tower.

After Dak returned to the dormitory, he washed himself up with mental exhaustion, and then lay down in the bathtub and fell asleep.

Half an hour later, he was suddenly awakened by the cold, and quickly got up and rushed again, and got into the warm bed.

Early the next morning.

Dak woke up naturally after falling asleep.

He stared at the wall clock on the opposite wall for a long time, before holding back a sentence: "It's Christmas."

Christmas is here.

I don't know what happened to Pandora-senpai who had been on the road all night?

How did Claire and Alvette spend Christmas Eve last night?

After the complicated thoughts cleared up one by one, Dak suddenly remembered the Christmas socks hanging at the end of the bed!

Although he knew that there would be nothing too expensive in the stocking, Duck opened the Christmas stocking with anticipation.

The sense of surprise of opening the treasure box is really only full of surprises during the process of unlocking and opening.

Duck's Christmas sock has an apple in it!

"Christmas Eve is over, why don't you leave the apples here?"

But this one-off Christmas sock can be kept as a collectible.

……

"Woo~"

The little evil beast, awakened by Dak's action, suddenly jumped up after a short period of confusion!

"Damn it, it's Christmas!"

"Great little demon beast, forgot that today is Christmas!"

It crawled out of the bed, flapped its wings, and flew towards the corner full of presents.

After so much hard work, it's finally time to unwrap the presents!

Since he sees it once or twice a day, the little devil has already figured out where his Christmas presents go.

It directly grabbed the gift box with its claws and dragged it outside, tearing the packaging bag in two or three strokes!

Then I closed my eyes and prayed for a while, and then tore off all the packaging with all my strength.

Immediately, a thick brown scarf appeared in the field of vision.

The little Evil Beast grabbed the scarf with its paws, then thumped and flew in front of Duck, pointed at the scarf with the other paw, and then stared at Duck eagerly.

Duck took out the apple from the Christmas stocking and put it on the table, then turned around and took the scarf from the little evil beast's claws, and then used the root of its wings as a support to wrap its chin with the scarf.

Although wearing the scarf like this would cause inconvenience to the wings, the little evil beast obviously prefers the scarf and doesn't care about the inconvenience on the wings.

It started to strut around in front of the cat grass, fox grass and cow grass with its scarf on, walking round and round, like an old general showing off his new knife.

……

"Okay, don't make trouble."

Dak stretched out his hand from behind and picked up the little evil beast.

"Next, I'll leave the work of delivering the chocolates to you."

After hearing the order, the little evil beast not only didn't reject it, but his eyes lit up, and he nodded, "No problem, leave it to me!"

→ This is obviously a great opportunity to show off your scarf!

……

In addition to a gift box of chocolates for each of the students in the House of Nobles, there are many other gifts that Duck wants to give.

He wasn't in a hurry.

Instead, he had breakfast in the dormitory first, rested for a while, and then went out.

It was already eight o'clock in the morning, and most people would be awake if they knocked on the door at this time.

In Duck's hand was the "Christmas Candy Gift Pack" he bought at the candy store last time, the beautifully packaged signed version of "Claire's Travels" and "Muppet Bear's Button Eyes"!

He quickly came to the door of Diana's dormitory and knocked on the door.

"who?"

Diana was half-sitting on the bed. She had just been woken up by the little evil beast who came to present the gift box of chocolates. She wanted to sleep back into the cage again...

It was already a few minutes before she opened the door with her eyelids open.

"Huh? Duck!"

Diana, who was only wearing bear pajamas, subconsciously wanted to close the door.

But Dark stuck a foot out of the door.

He squinted his eyes at Diana, and joked, "The sun is drying your butt, why don't you get up?"

Diana: "Can't people get up!"

……

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[Three-in-one 6000 words, plus three more chapters! 】