A quiet hour and a half passed.

In the evening, the Demon King's personally bestowed restaurant was bathed in dreamy, illusion-like light, exuding a noble and unique magic.

Accompanied by the delicate melodies of the restaurant's instruments, Lan Qi and Hyperion finished their dinner.

Reluctantly, the two left the restaurant, as if leaving a dream and returning to reality.

Although Hyperion had also inadvertently become immersed in the demonic atmosphere,

she was shocked when she walked out of the restaurant's glass doors, realizing that this omen of bloodline awakening made her feel one step further away from being human.

In the empty corridor,

Lan Qi walked ahead, as if taking a stroll.

Hyperion dragged the coffin-like gift box behind him.

On both sides of the corridor were magnificent skylights, through which every star in the Demon Realm's starry sky could be seen clearly.

The starlight sprinkled down, making this slightly angled corridor like a crystal sky bridge connecting the stars and the earth.

Although the scene was beautiful, the two figures in the scene were also quite outrageous.

Inside the coffin-like gift box, a silver-haired demon lay quietly.

His existence was like a cold gem, given a noble resting place.

The corridor, illuminated by the lights and starlight, reflected a serene glow like a mirror.

This corridor would extend all the way to the teaching area, which was their next destination.

Although they still needed to wait for a while before the corridor reconnected with the teaching area, such waiting was a rare enjoyment for them.

In such a corridor, they could leisurely admire the Demon Realm's starry sky, which could not be seen in the mortal world.

Lan Qi and Hyperion had no intention of going to see the other functional area corridors for the time being.

Because if they ran around, their navigation demon, Bachelor, might not be able to find them during the next class break.

Hyperion placed the silver-haired demon's coffin at the end of the corridor.

This place seemed particularly quiet compared to other parts of the corridor, with only the gentle brilliance of the Demon Realm's starry sky scattering around.

The two sat down side by side and began to count their spoils.

A simple search yielded a large handful of academy credits.

"A great harvest! Good people really do get rewarded!"

Lan Qi said with delight.

It seemed they could have a good time in the functional area before returning to the mortal world.

"Yes, yes."

Hyperion, listening to his words, helplessly raised the corners of her mouth a little, responding softly.

She always felt that sometimes when she was with Lan Qi, she had a sense of helplessness like she was taking care of a child.

After thoroughly searching the silver-haired demon's legacy,

Lan Qi and Hyperion's expressions gradually became a little surprised.

"No, this guy is too rich..."

It was only after they carefully looked at the academy credits they had found that they realized

the silver-haired demon's academy credits were all in units of 10!

The black and gold academy credits, marked with special symbols, seemed to sparkle in the starlight. Each of these academy credits could be exchanged for 10 ordinary academy credits, or directly used as 10 academy credits.

In other words, the silver-haired demon had ten times more academy credits than Lan Qi had initially thought when he started searching.

Lan Qi's gaze turned to another item found in the silver-haired demon's inner pocket.

It was a black seal engraved with intricate patterns. The seal's outer shell was like black jade, smooth and cold.

"..."

Lan Qi tried to understand whether this was a magical item, but even Lan Qi found it difficult to discern its actual use.

He finally looked at the silver-haired demon's identification, his expression even more puzzled.

"Why doesn't he have a student ID, but instead a... Demon King's City certificate?"

Lan Qi's muttering voice echoed in the empty corridor, stirring up ripples in the calm air.

...

Meanwhile, on the other side,

in the conference room on the top floor of the Purgatory Corridor Academy, the walls were entirely deep purple, and dense, ancient carvings reflected a strong mythical atmosphere.

The towering dome sprinkled weak starlight, projecting moonlight and stardust into every corner of the conference room.

A huge round table sat in the center, surrounded by several senior professors, each with a face full of worry and seriousness.

Their figures were faintly visible in the dim starlight, and accompanied by a sense of oppression, the air in the room seemed to solidify, and even the slightest sound could produce a strong vibration here.

The vice-principal sat in the main seat, his brow furrowed, without saying a word.

He looked around at every professor in the conference room and said in a deep voice:

"Professors, the special envoy dispatched by Demon King's City should be arriving at our school in the next few days."

"But according to the principal, this special envoy is very good at acting and infiltrating, and may disguise themselves as a student or teacher to directly enter the school for preliminary observation and investigation."

"During the principal's absence, we must continue to strictly abide by the rules and must not accidentally offend the special envoy of the Demon King."

As soon as the vice-principal finished speaking, the other professors nodded, but remained silent.

They knew that what was really making the vice-principal anxious was not because of this special envoy from Demon King's City.

But another, even more troublesome fellow who was about to come to the school—the Vampire Envoy.

The vice-principal rubbed his forehead, looking very tired, and the breath he exhaled was like a thin winter mist, instantly absorbed by the air.

He raised his head, his eyes looking forward, his tone weak, as if speaking to himself, and as if seeking answers from the professors:

"The pressure from the Demon Realm Education Department is too great. The Vampire Envoy will soon arrive in Purgatory City. If the Vampire Envoy finds out that there are indeed humans mixed into our school, then we will be in big trouble for violating the North-South Treaty."

The North-South Treaty, also known as the "Vampire and Demon Clans Non-Interference Treaty."

In this chaotic world, the vampires of the South dominate, and the emperors of many human kingdoms are servants of the vampires.

The demons of the North are also relatively weak compared to the vampires, merely possessing the ice and snow of the extreme north as a natural barrier.

The Demon Clan must maintain a neutral attitude towards anything between the Vampire Clan and humans. This is the basic condition for the Vampire Clan not to attack the Demon Clan.

But currently,

the Vampire Clan has begun to suspect that the Demon Clan is trying to secretly break this balance.

The cause of the matter

was originally just a ridiculous rumor that had been circulating in the Demon Realm for some time—

It was said that the vampires discovered that a human was suspected of disguising themselves as a demon, attempting to sneak into the Demon Realm to steal the knowledge of the demons.

At first, the demons didn't believe it.

Demons often try to disguise themselves as humans,

but there has never been a case of humans trying to disguise themselves as demons.

Until later,

the Vampire Archduke seemed to have cruelly interrogated some key information from the family members of the researchers at the Imperial Experimental Field.

And he learned that a few of the last surviving members of a secret imperial unit were highly likely to be lurking in this Purgatory Corridor Academy, and had been for a long time!