Chapter 22 The Longest Two Minutes

Finally, the longest two minutes for the Demon King's Imparted Theater came to an end.

Lan Qi and the Poet of Great Love had finally completed their performance.

On stage, everything returned to tranquility.

The Poet of Great Love turned back to Lan Qi with a sly smile, then returned to him contentedly.

And beneath the stage, the nuclear fusion of hellish sounds had been completed, seemingly never to stop.

Lan Qi rose from the piano and walked to the center of the stage. His figure, illuminated by the spotlight, was lonely and transcendent. The air seemed to still hold the remnants of that shocking performance.

Amidst the lingering music and song, Lan Qi slowly raised his hand, then bowed deeply to the audience.

It was an artist's bow, full of sincerity and gratitude.

"Thank you, students and judges, for your recognition."

He was answered by another wave of sound.

…

"Stop, Lan Qi… Turn back now, and you can still keep your humanity…"

Hyberia covered her face with her hands, leaning against the hard back of her chair, like a ship that had been battered by storms finally reaching the shore.

Her voice was extremely tired, her soul seemed to have suffered endless torment. The long performance still left her with lingering fear.

If she didn't have experience dealing with the Poet of Great Love and hadn't prepared herself in advance, guarding her mind, she might have been trapped in this vicious cycle!

And on the side of the stage.

The head of the music department, who had neatly combed silver hair and was responsible for hosting the event, now looked disheveled, as if he had just walked out of a hurricane. His face was pale, having witnessed a disaster.

The four music mentors and the demon students in the audience were either twitching in their chairs or screaming hysterically. Their faces were distorted, completely mad, trapped in hell with no escape.

Now, in this Demon King's Imparted Theater, only Lan Qi and the head of the music department, who had the highest rank and the strongest resistance to the academy's sonic magic, could stand.

"Teacher, how are you?"

Lan Qi looked at the head of the music department and quickly stepped forward to help him.

"I'm fine, I have no problem."

The head of the music department pushed away Lan Qi's hand. His voice trembled slightly, but his attitude was extremely firm.

As the head of the music department, if he couldn't even withstand a student's performance, he would lose face in front of the demon world's nobles!

Lan Qi seemed to see the head of the music department's insistence, and nodded.

"Then can I get the approval of the four music mentors this time?"

Lan Qi looked at the four music mentors on the stage, who were now completely delirious, and then turned to the head of the music department, asking sincerely.

"…"

The head of the music department gritted his teeth, his eyes shifting between Lan Qi's face and the four mentors on the stage. For a long time, he couldn't say a word. Gradually, his expression became quite complicated.

"According to the content of the oath the four mentors swore to the Demon King before the public performance, you will definitely get all of their approval."

The head of the music department finally admitted, and took out four credit coins and placed them in Lan Qi's hand.

His voice sounded a little hoarse, and his words carried a kind of helpless recognition.

Anyway.

The public performance just now, which was enough to be recorded in the history of demon world music, although it had some performance accidents, the program effect was unparalleled and would definitely be well received by the demon nobles.

It just cost a bit of students and teachers.

"Give me your student ID."

The head of the department continued.

Since he was standing here hosting a large public performance for the demon nobles and had made a promise, he wouldn't go back on his word.

Lan Qi heard this and rummaged in his pocket, quickly finding a black metal card, and handed it to the head of the music department.

Subsequently.

The head of the music department temporarily left the grand theater stage, not knowing where he went through the door on the side of the stage.

More than ten minutes passed.

When the head of the music department reappeared at the theater door, in addition to Lan Qi's original student ID, he was also holding a delicate small nameplate and a silver-white card.

"The nameplate can show your identity as a faculty member of the music department, and this teacher's card is used in a similar way to the student ID, but it is mainly used to receive your salary. From now on, you are a teacher in our music department."

The head of the department gave these rewards to Lan Qi as promised. After turning Lan Qi into a staff member of their music department, his tone was a little more relaxed than before.

Lan Qi, this genius who created program effects, might be very suitable for their music department.

It was even hard to say how much potential he had to become a great demon.

Lan Qi took the teacher's certificate and the black metal nameplate—the outer edge was a circle of hollow notes, and a line of golden characters was embedded in the center, engraved with "Lan Qi, Music Department Teacher".

"Then do I have any teaching assignments?"

Lan Qi asked while admiring the teaching credentials in his hand.

The head of the music department didn't speak, he looked at Lan Qi, and then at the hellish scroll in the grand theater auditorium.

Meaning, let Lan Qi savor it himself.

"Starting next semester, you can come to teach in the music department again. There are not many students left for you to ruin this semester."

The head of the music department said coldly.

"Uh…"

Lan Qi couldn't help but feel sorry, he had to return to the real world tomorrow morning.

Like a beautiful dream, just before it reached the most enjoyable part, he had to wake up and face reality.

If he could stay at this school, he wouldn't want to go back to the Icrete Academy.

"Then can I drop out of school now and become a full-time teacher?"

Lan Qi thought for a while and then asked.

He remembered that in the school rules Bachelti mentioned, students who failed to pay 5 credit coins every morning would be directly expelled, and the consequence of being expelled was also execution.

But in some special cases, the school would allow normal withdrawal.

For example, being transferred by an important institution or powerful person in the demon world was one of them.

"You can apply to the principal, but you don't need to find the principal today, he happens to be away from school these days. Also, if you want to get a diploma from this academy and pursue better opportunities in the demon world in the future, I suggest you continue to finish your studies. As long as you can manage your time well, you can teach in the music department while studying."

"I see."

Lan Qi probably understood, his current way of going to school was a bit similar to that of a doctoral student, he could study while staggering the time to teach.

But he quickly noticed a key point in the words of the head of the music department—

The principal was actually not at school?

This important piece of information learned unintentionally.

Lan Qi felt that it was likely to be related to [Task Goal 2: Investigate the source of danger tonight].

After all, if the principal, who had the highest power in the academy, was not there, there might be some loopholes in this school!