Chapter 1 Bathed in the Morning Light

In the gentle caress of the morning light, the once-dim walls and furnishings of the dormitory building seemed to come alive, awakening from their nocturnal slumber.

"Hopefully, I'll have better options than just mental magic."

Lanqi was on the balcony, feeding his animal friends, muttering to them, though they probably didn't understand much.

The Great Poet, as a magic card, although involving musical magic, was essentially classified as [Mental] because it almost always directly or indirectly affected the enemy's mind through music.

In fact, most musical magic actually belonged to the broader category of mental magic.

Lanqi had now reached the third rank, passed the intense entrance exam, and was free after finishing the Shadow World. His plan for today was to ask Talia to help him test if he had a better aptitude for any other type of magic than [Mental] magic.

"Right, I also need to buy some potted plants for the house."

Lanqi spread his palm, feeding the chirping little birds that were constantly nodding and pecking, when he suddenly remembered something.

In the Demon World Academy, the beautiful time that the Great Poet should have enjoyed was disrupted by cultists. After returning to the real world, Lanqi summoned her for a short while to express his apologies. As a result, the Great Poet didn't take the opportunity to make excessive demands, only saying that she wanted to grow flowers and asked Lanqi to let her out occasionally.

Lanqi readily agreed to the Great Poet's request.

But now that he thought about it, one was planting flowers and the other was raising birds. Lanqi felt that if this continued, his dormitory would become a natural ecological scenic spot.

After feeding the small animals, Lanqi returned to the living room, sat on the sofa, and pondered where he should go for breakfast today.

After clearing the fourth-rank Shadow World, the academy would grant students a two-week vacation that they could freely allocate, allowing extremely exhausted students to adjust their condition.

Now Lanqi was a little too free.

At least for two weeks, he wouldn't have to go to the classroom and endure the torment of the Sage Academy's teachers.

"Why not just go find Master early in the morning?"

Lanqi thought it was a good idea to visit Talia today anyway. In addition to seeking her advice on magic affinity, he also wanted to have a lively discussion with her about the important research project of "hairstyle transformation magic."

As for choosing a restaurant with Talia, although she wouldn't express her preference, he could tell from the subtle changes in her pupils: this store was "acceptable" or "not very interesting."

And the stores that Talia favored were definitely very good!

Lanqi now regarded her as a human-shaped gourmet detector.

But Talia didn't seem to have noticed that Lanqi was using her in this way.

Lanqi went to the mirror, took off his coat from the solid wood floor-standing coat rack, and prepared to set off.

The last time Talia parted with Lanqi, she told him that she would be moving to a new place.

Because she was going to live in the royal capital for a long time, staying in a hotel was a meaningless waste of money, so she found a new residence.

Lanqi remembered that the address was not far from the east side of the school, about a ten-minute walk.

"Knock knock."

Just then, the door of dormitory 101 was suddenly knocked.

"Coming, coming."

Lanqi heard the knock and hurried to the entrance.

He didn't know who would knock on his door so early in the morning. Fortunately, he hadn't left yet, otherwise the person would have made a wasted trip.

He felt that once his dormitory address was found out and spread, even if he stayed in the dormitory and didn't go to class these days, many people would come to him.

When he returned to school yesterday, although the sky wasn't completely bright, many students gave him a shout-out on the road, making him feel like a celebrity.

It seemed that his positive and energetic performance in the Shadow World had gained the recognition of his classmates, and everyone was very polite, knowing that he needed to rest and didn't disturb him yesterday.

Lanqi thought as he pressed down on the door handle.

As the door opened, he saw an old man with silver hair, a white beard, a tall and refined figure standing outside the door.

"Hello...?"

Lanqi didn't recognize the old man, but looking at his attire, he should be a professor from their Sage Academy, and a very high-ranking one.

Although the old man's high nose bridge and delicate facial features were full of traces of time, it made him look both wise and dignified, with an unfathomable magic about him.

If he was a professor, then that was right, because naturally he would know which dormitory he lived in.

"Student Lanqi, don't worry, I'm just here to have a chat with you."

The old man obviously saw Lanqi's confusion and said in a gentle voice,

"I am Ron, the vice-dean of the Sage Academy. You will see me in class later."

Although Lanqi had skipped the last class of Vice-Dean Ron on the first day of school, so that they, who should have met, had not met for a long time, it was not until now that they had their first real offline meeting.

But Vice-Dean Ron had already witnessed too many of Lanqi's "wonderful" performances in the conference room of the Sage Academy.

"Ron... Teacher, please come in."

Lanqi heard this, and seemed to be planning to put his hands behind his back, nod slightly, and then inquire and explain the important work matters with the vice-dean.

But he quickly realized that this was the Iklite Academy, and he was no longer the headmaster. He urgently changed his role and very politely invited Professor Ron, who had come to visit, to come to the living room and sit down on the sofa.

Lanqi felt lingering fear, feeling that he seemed to have some Shadow World aftereffects, and almost triggered his "headmaster" function when he saw the school leaders.

In the living room.

Ron simply glanced at the layout of Lanqi's dormitory, which was very tidy.

Obviously, Lanqi was a student with quite good living habits, very fond of the dormitory, and completely opposite to those sloppy and willful students.

However, Lanqi's gentle and polite appearance made Vice-Dean Ron feel a somewhat unreal sense of science fiction.

It was hard to imagine that this good young man, who looked peaceful and had excellent character, was actually the great demon king they had seen in the conference room of the Sage Academy yesterday, who could run rampant in the Demon World.

Ron even couldn't help but sigh that it was fortunate that Fellate, the examiner in the third round of the previous entrance examination, had encountered Lanqi, who was bound by laws in the real world. If it had been the Radiant Devil in the Shadow World, Fellate would probably have disappeared without a trace.

While thinking, Ron only felt as if he was in another world. He didn't know why a person could possess such a black-and-white duality.

But it had to be admitted that Lanqi was indeed the most outstanding freshman in their Sage Academy this year.

It's just a little too outstanding.

Accompanied by a danger that ordinary people cannot predict.

Of course, the danger was those guys who had not yet understood the dangerous level of this student, and even planned to provoke him.

Today is also the third update, and there is another chapter later!

(End of this chapter)