The Villain Only Wants To Live a Buddhist Life

Based on the students' years, seniors sat close to the stage, while first-year students sat at the end.

Dark, who entered the great hall, took a seat at one end of the long table belonging to the Noble House, and waited happily for the start of the Christmas ball.

During the Halloween dance, he only joined halfway through, so he didn't experience the excitement during the wait.

Anyway, it was a good feeling.

Dark picked up the teapot prepared on the table, poured the black tea into the teacup, and handed it to Dianna and Rose one by one.

On the edge of the tea set was also placed the newly baked chocolate chip cookies, which were fragrant and delicious when eating with black tea.

About six fifty.

Suddenly, a large group of people poured in from the main entrance, and the great hall became lively in an instant!

The piano in the corner of the stage automatically played melodious music, and the professors who stayed in the academy also walked out from behind the scenes and sat on the teachers' seats one after another.

It could be seen that the professors tonight were also well-dressed.

Professor Cazer wore a suit and leather shoes, like a handsome old gentleman.

Professor Silver was wearing a light green long dress, with a fluffy scarf around her slender neck, and a golden phoenix hairpin wrapped in wind elements on top of her high bun.

Professor Lily was yawning in her nightgown, looking like she hadn't woken up completely.

It was not until Sister Kaleid woke her up that she reluctantly used a dress-up card and transformed into a cute and charming fairy.

In addition, there were Ms. Bella from the library, Ms. Grace from the student's guidance office...

But there was no sign of the principal.

However, the senior students have become accustomed to it. After all, Principal Arte's thoughts on certain things were really old-fashioned beyond imagination, such as her obsession with "the last appearance"!

In the festival celebrations, she would always be the last to appear, embellishing the celebration more and more brightly like starlight.

...

When Dark came back to his senses, the four long tables were already fully seated.

Dark then noticed that over the long table at Knight House next, White and Robert were also dressed up, and a little further to their side, Emma could be seen.

Emma wasn't as grandly dressed as Dianna and Rose, but she was clearly well-groomed.

Dark didn't know who did her makeup, but it just made her look more immature. She was originally already younger than her peers, but now it was even more obvious.

With a tender appearance and stubborn gaze, she showed a different kind of temperament.

Dark felt that she was probably used as a Barbie doll for makeup practice by a certain senior.

She didn't seem to like the look herself, so she kept frowning.

A little later.

Pandora-senpai finally appeared at the gate.

At the ball where everyone was dressed up, her white dress was not obtrusive, but her delicate collarbones revealed by the neckline and the prominent bosoms tightly grab people's attention.

There was a smile on her face, and pearl earrings on her soft earlobes, her manners were also graceful and elegant.

"So pretty, can Dianna be this pretty in the future?"

Dianna looked down at her chest and felt steady!

Rose on the other hand changed her expression slightly.

After all, not everyone was the same.

...

Maybe it was because of different years.

Dianna didn't seem to see Pandora-senpai as a competitor.

Or maybe she herself didn't quite understand what she liked about Dark.

Maybe she just wanted to be with him.

Whether it was eating or dancing.

...

Pandora-senpai, who came in through the door, glanced in the direction of the long table in the Noble House, and quickly discovered Dark.

She raised her arm, waved to Dark, grinned, turned and walked towards the long table in Magister House.

As her back was gradually obscured by other people's figures, Dark withdrew his gaze.

Then he happened to see White who was looking back at him for some reason.

"White?"

Robert nudged White's waist.

White instantly regained his senses and turned his head quickly, but his heart was already turbulent!

"Just now, senpai was waving to Dark, right?" he asked in a low voice.

"Ah? Which senpai? You mean Pandora-senpai?" Robert didn't notice Pandora-senpai at all.

White was stunned for a while, feeling a little unhappy.

...

Dark was confused, but Dianna next to him whispered, "Dark, do you like bears?"

This question really came out of nowhere, and even if Dark wanted to connect the context, there was no way to find it.

He didn't answer for a long time, until Dianna urged him. "Bears are very cute, of course I like them."

Dianna nodded with satisfaction, and then whispered with Rose next to her.

Dark shook his head, wondering if Dianna was talking about Christmas presents?

"She wouldn't give me a bear doll, would she?"

"Oh no."

Dark's expression changed slightly, the more he thought about it, the more likely it was.

That was not a good gift.

He'd rather it be a toffee!

...

Seven o'clock sharp.

As the bell on the clock tower rang, the magic lamps in the great hall suddenly went out in an instant!

The light disappeared suddenly, and darkness enveloped the great hall.

Only the Christmas tree on the stage still glowed faintly.

The junior students were frightened.

But the senior students looked calm and collected.

Sure enough, three seconds later, just as the screaming started, the great hall lit up again!

However, the light source that illuminated the great hall was now changed from the magic lamps to candles on the silver candlestick!

Thousands of candles were floating in the air, illuminating the hall.

On the long table covered with Christmas tablecloths, neatly arranged gold and silver tableware appeared silently.

The light of the candles shone on the golden dinner plate and the silver goblet, reflecting the colorful blurred light, like a dream.

First year students had never experienced such a sudden surprise.

After a moment of silence it was the loud and excited discussions.

"Shh-"

Principal Arte, wearing a Christmas hat, successfully stepped onto the stage without anyone noticing as the light and darkness alternated.

She stretched out her hand, and a small magical spirit wrapped in white light flew into her palm.

Then it suddenly changed into a reindeer with a long starry tail.

Brown-haired reindeer galloped forward with huge antlers, and a sled full of gift bags emerged from the starlight.

It rushed out of Principal Arte's palm, and dragged the sleigh through the air. It flew all the way from the stage, crossed the entire great hall, slammed into the door, and disappeared into the distance.

The stars scattered from the gift bag on the sleigh fell on the dinner plate, turning into a turkey with a strong meaty aroma!

The turkey's tender belly was full of ingredients, and the grease that slid down the surface of the drumsticks formed a small puddle of oil on the plate.

Dark couldn't help but feel a little hungry!

Christmas ball was a rare occasion, excessive restraint was not advisable.

[Gluttony] was only more than 60 points after all, there was still plenty of room to spare.

"Today is Christmas Eve!"

Principal Arte's voice was full of captivating charm.

"It's a day to reunite with family!"

"But for me, Saint Marian is my home."

"And every student here is my family."

"Every Christmas Eve, I would make a wish that I would spend the next Christmas Eve with my family."

"It seems that my wish from last year has come true again."

Principal Arte couldn't help but smile.

"As the principal, there's a lot of things I want to say, but I prefer to leave the rest of the time to the dance. And I believe all of you are thinking the same thing."

The students were jubilant.

Principal Arte spread open her arms and embraced the air: "Since that's the case, I'll end my speech here. I wish you all a merry Christmas Eve! And may peace be with you wherever and whenever, my dear family!"

...

As soon as her voice fell, the four long tables lit up with white light. At the same time, the empty plates around the turkey suddenly appeared with the same exquisite delicacies.

Roast meats, lamb chops, sausages, steaks, puddings, potatoes, apple pie, syrup cookies, chocolate muffins, donuts…

And, of course, the essential beans!

Dark glanced at the whole pot of beans placed in front of him, and couldn't help but recall the time when he first entered school, his heart was full of emotions.

...

The melody of the piano in the corner of the stage suddenly changed, and the sound became cheerful, just like the hearts of the students.

With Principal Arte stepping back behind the scenes, the banquet started as scheduled.

First, of course, was the usual meal!

Only after students were full would they talk about other things.

Dark let go of his restraint and started eating without thinking much. [Gluttony] index did increase, but not much.

After eating half of a turkey, his eating slowed down, and the [Gluttony +1] prompt disappeared.

While drinking the juice to aid digestion, Dark looked at Dianna next to him, occasionally helping her to cut up the meat and pulling the napkin to prevent the sauce from getting on her dress.

The atmosphere in the hall became more and more cheerful. At 7:30, a small magical spirit with flapping wings suddenly appeared on the stage, followed by a clown in a Christmas costume somersaulting onto the stage, drawing applause!

The magic circus has begun!

The whole half-hour magic circus pushed the cheerful atmosphere to its peak.

Dark was immersed in such an atmosphere, except for occasionally thinking about the superb skills of the clown, he showed his liking for circus performances like other students.

It was really interesting!

At 8 o'clock, with the exit of the Christmas Clown, the students who thought the show was over for tonight suddenly found a clear spring gushing out on the stage!

The clear spring water gushed out from the middle of the stage, forming a mushroom shape that was wide at the top and narrow at the bottom.

A beautiful Miss Mermaid dressed in shells and pearls suddenly appeared from the spring below, and with a flick of her long tail, she leaped to the top of the spring!

She sat on top of the spring water, and with a light wave of her hand, she had an elegant harp in her arms!

Then she opened her mouth slightly, and sang a beautiful song.

"It's Miss Seira!"

The students in the audience suddenly burst into commotion!

While Dark was confused, the surrounding classmates seemed to know who this beautiful mermaid was.

He couldn't help but look at Dianna.

Dianna looked away; "Don't look at me, Dianna doesn't know!"

Rose couldn't help but chuckle: "That is Miss Seira, the famous mermaid singer. Her singing voice is as moving as a lark, and she's really popular in the kingdom. I didn't expect Principal Arte to prepare such a surprise."

Dark: "So in this era, singers are able to get on the stage?"

Rose shook her head: "The rise of musicals has changed a lot of things, but it's still limited. Miss Seira is a rare beautiful mermaid, so she can be treated more than a human singer."

In the final analysis, the nobleness and lowliness of occupations and the importance of women's rights were topics that would never change over time.

In this era, which was approaching the Renaissance, the status of artists had been greatly improved, and the rights and interests of women were gradually being guaranteed.

The removal of the abominable slavery was finally decided after the mass protests, and workers were paid labor-equivalent wages.

But it was still early days.

...

The beautiful mermaid singer wasn't the last surprise.

Just as she finished singing a song on the stage, a group of swans with snow-white wings suddenly flew down from above, like angels descending on the world.

The ballet "Swan Lake" was performed right after!

Princess Odette, who was picking flowers by the lake, was turned into a beautiful swan by the vicious devil Rothbart.

Only when night fell could the princess briefly change back to human form.

Only steadfast love could break the evil curse.

Prince Siegfried, who was roaming Swan Lake, came across the princess who transformed into a human form and fell in love with her at first sight.

After the prince returned to the castle, he held a ball, wanting to choose the future queen. The devil heard the news and made his daughter Black Swan disguise as Odette to deceive the prince.

As the prince danced with Black Swan, Odette appeared at the window, begging the prince to remember the oath to her, but at this time the prince had been distracted by the devil's spell.

At the request of the devil, the prince made a love oath to Black Swan. After the devil's plan succeeded, Odette cried out and left in despair.

Just as she left, there was suddenly lightning and thunder in the sky, causing a lot of commotion in the ballroom. The prince finally came to his senses in despair, but it was too late. He had already made the oath of love to others.

But the prince didn't want to give up, he rushed out to find the real Odette.

...

Last scene.

The prince who returned to Swan Lake was heartbroken.

The devil created a blizzard to stop the prince from going to Odette.

But the prince finally broke through the blizzard and found Odette. However, the true feelings and endless regret could not change the consequences of breaking the promise. The spell could no longer be broken, and the prince and princess were destined not to be together.

At this time, the devil showed his true hideous nature and turned the princess and her companions into swans and let them drift on the lake.

The grief-stricken prince and the swan (princess) embraced each other, and both jumped into the raging waves of the flooding lake with the belief that they would rather die than be apart from each other.

At that moment, a miracle occurred. Justice overcame evil, steadfast love overcame the curse. The curse was lifted, and the swans returned to their human form.

Then the prince and princess bathed in the rays of the rising sun, and lived happily ever after.

...

Although there were many tragic endings for "Swan Lake", the unreasonable happy ending was obviously chosen here.

In the face of the so-called "miracle", the powerful devil was also unable to resist.

But no one cared about these logical loopholes.

The performers' superb acting skills, the amazing thunder, lightning, and blizzard visual effects, and the extremely incredible soundtrack created an unparalleled sense of immersion, causing the audience unable to think of other things.

As the prince and princess cuddled happily in the lights of the stage, the bell of nine o'clock rang quietly and unknowingly.

The show was over.

But the prince and princess did not leave the stage, but danced the waltz in the romantic and elegant music.

The students suddenly woke up.

The dance has started!

...

Dianna watched Dark stand up.

Dark could only give her an apologetic look.

Rose hugged Dianna's arm.

Under the confused gazes of the surrounding classmates, Dark walked to the middle seat of the Magister House.

White, who was just chatting with Robert excitedly about "justice will always triumph over evil", suddenly noticed Dark walking by, his expression stiffened.

An ominous foreboding came to his mind.

The keen perception inherited from the hero made him realize that things may be developing in a direction that was not beneficial to him.

He could always anticipate danger in advance.

Robert beside him also saw Dark's figure and asked curiously, "Why is Dark going over there? Isn't his dance partner Dianna?"

White stared at Dark's back and didn't answer Robert.

Sitting in their place, he could see Pandora-senpai's back a little bit, which was originally something White felt a little happy about.

But now it was not so good.

He tilted his gaze, just in time to see Pandora-senpai stand up from her seat, and then extended her long white jade fingers towards the blond aristocratic boy.

Dark took her hand and lowered his head to kiss the back of her hand.

The soft touch touched the hearts of both parties through the white lace.

The surrounding Magister House fourth year students looked shocked.

Several timid boys who had been eager to try and invite Pandora to dance to a song saw that the silver dragon maiden accepted the invitation of the first-year student, and showed a rare touching smile. Accompanied by the beats of music, the two walked to the big stage.

Many people rubbed their eyes as if they couldn't believe what they had seen.

It had been four years.

In the last four years of the Christmas ball, Silver Dragon Maiden had never accepted any dance invitation. She was called the "iron wall of the ball" because of this. But now she was willing and even took the initiative to walk side by side with a boy and got on the stage.

What a fantastic start for the ball tonight.

...

Dark, who walked towards the stage with Pandora-senpai's palm in his hand, was a little surprised by the pain in his back, even though he was expecting it.

"This is probably the so-called killing gaze on the back, right?..."

But he didn't know that it wasn't just the boys who admired Pandora, but also a few girls who prepared to invite him to dance one more time.

Sitting at the table, Emma cupped her round face. Through the gap between people, she just saw Dianna sitting opposite.

The two little girls' gazes just happened to meet each other.

Dianna suddenly had an idea, and she immediately sat up straight, showing the "I'm not the same as you" attitude.

Emma rolled her eyes.

After the last in-class competition, she had some feelings that she didn't understand very well, and then after she asked a female senior about it, she was dressed up as a Barbie doll by her tonight.

But the hard work that went into it seemed unlikely to pay off.

At the Magister House long table behind her.

Sara, who had a bit of self-confidence on the corner of her mouth, also failed before she even attempted to invite Dark.

Her die-hard supporter Heidi felt helpless.

The opponent is too strong!

...

As the rhythm of the music changed, more and more couples stood up from their seats.

They walked gracefully out of the area consisting of four long tables and walked towards the stage covered with a deep red carpet.

The waltz of the swan princess and the human prince was so beautiful.

Dark and Pandora-senpai smiled at each other, and began to dance on the stage.

The romantic atmosphere of the Christmas ball gradually became heavy.

Many cute little magical spirits shuttled between the crowds and became the best embellishment of the dance.

The number of people dancing on the stage gradually increased.

Gorgeous fireworks bloomed one after another on the ceiling.

Pandora-senpai winked and leaned forward to Dark during dance.

Dark was forced to lean back because of the revealing scene.

Pandora giggled and leaned back happily.

The two turned around, switched positions, and the background in their field of vision changed.

Dark suddenly noticed that Professor Lily was drinking wine in the teacher's chair alone. He wondered whether he should deliver Christmas gifts tonight, or he should wait until tomorrow.

And that bottle of wine for Professor Silver...

"Ow-"

Dark felt a sharp pain in his toe. He shrank his feet subconsciously, and noticed then the raised eyebrows of Pandora.

He quickly retracted his thoughts and focused on the dance.

Pandora-senpai suddenly leaned forward and whispered in his ear:

"You know how impolite it is to be distracted while dancing with a lady?"

[Lust +1]

Dark's ears turned red.

Pandora-senpai's eyes flashed with excitement.

But she suddenly felt a strong force on her arm, and she was pulled to the side, turned around and fell into Dark's arm in a half-lying position.