Chapter 309: Only a Duel Can Heal My Sorrow
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"Isn't he the Brave One's son?"
When Irving reached out to take the box of chocolate, he had a clear look at White's face.
"Thanks." Thereupon, he habitually put on a smile.
Seeing his forced smile, White couldn't help feeling sad for him. "It's no problem. Hang in there, senior!"
Although Irving didn't really understand what he was talking about, he still politely replied, "Mhm, you hang in there as well!"
The snow outside was very frigid.
Icy-cold, just like his heart.
Looking at White's back, Mike Irving mumbled, "In any case, that was a pretty nice encounter."
Then he braced himself once more and walked towards Dark's direction with the chocolate in his hand.
But after taking just two steps, he was startled to a stop. Lifting up the chocolate, he glanced at it and said with a wry smile,"What am I bringing this for?"
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Mike Irving only returned after half an hour had passed.
He had just gone to knock on the door of Maggie's room, but nobody opened it for him, so he could only put the chocolate back in his dorm.
Without Maggie and her chocolate, he couldn't even carry out that seemingly terrible plan.
Irving had to come up with a new one.
He took a slow stroll around the snowfield, racking his brains for an idea.
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Inside room 501 in the tower of Noble House, Angus Jeffrey, the president of Aristocratic History Research Society, was looking out the window to observe the situation. He had been waiting for a while, but had yet to see any sign of Irving making his move.
Feeling rather vexed, he couldn't help taking a sip of his tea.
Just as Mike Irving said, he wasn't actually trying to retaliate for the previous loss.
In fact, after the Rookie League, he had already given up the thought of recruiting Dark.
In the first place, his purpose for recruiting Dark Demon was not because he really valued him, but because he wanted to corrupt him.
From Jeffrey's standpoint, because his father, Count Jeffrey, was a die-hard supporter of the prince, he was destined to be at odds with Dark Demon.
This was a political vortex that allowed no room for manoeuvre.
But Dark Demon's performance in the Rookie League was truly terrifying.
In conjunction with his reputation in the academy, it was easy to come to a conclusion: completely different from the past rumours, he was a great talent who possessed wisdom, natural gift, and diligence all in one!
It was very difficult to corrupt or influence this kind of person.
Although the conflict between the two factions had yet to break out as of now, by the time Dark Demon entered the second year, the situation in the kingdom would further intensify. The enmity between the two factions was bound to be irreconcilable.
So instead, what Jeffrey needed to do was subtly influence the members of Aristocratic History Research Society and make them unwittingly stand in opposition to Dark Demon while simultaneously making sure not to provoke him.
In other words, he needed to bind those members to his battlefront and secure a supporter base!
It was a fact that most of the members of Aristocratic History Research Society were easily swayed.
They would echo whichever side had the louder voice.
Therefore, he had to think of a way to prevent them from being swayed by Dark Demon to the point they affect their parents in turn, muddling the political situation.
Jeffrey was weighed down by worries.
A while later, he finished the last drop of his tea, turned around, and pensively said, "Let's go, we're also going to see the snowscape!"
……
This large turnout of the core members of Aristocratic History Research Society predictably attracted a great deal of attention.
The bustling snowfield became even more lively.
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At the lakeside, under Professor Lily's directions, Dark really went on to build a snowman.
They tacitly didn't use magic energy and relied solely on the strength of their hands to make the snowballs
However, building a snowman was in fact a technical work. Keeping the snowballs from collapsing the bigger it got was a challenging problem.
Moreover, if the snowballs were too big, it could become very dangerous.
So for the last step, Professor Lily still ended up quietly cheating.
After all, without using magic energy, they wouldn't be able to stack up a snowball with a diameter of more than ten metres!
When Professor Lily waved her finger to move a huge snowball on top of an even bigger one, all the people outside the castle and those who were playing with the snow shifted their attention over to it.
That was simply way too big!
Inside the school grounds, the students would always subconsciously be a little more restrained in doing things. If such a huge snowman were to topple over, it would be no joke at all!
So building a snowman with a height of four to five metres at most was already considered very outrageous.
They never expected that there would be a little fairy professor who went all out without the slightest restraint!
"Hahahahaha!"
The little fairy flapped her wings and flew around the two snowballs that had been successfully stacked together, her laughter, clear as silver bells, ringing endlessly.
It had been such a long time since she had been this happy.
She froze the centres of the two giant snowballs with magic, and then stuck an icicle as an axis to connect the snowballs together.
This was what prevented them from toppling over despite being so huge.
After the burst of happiness, Professor Lily swiftly flew down and shouted at Dark and the others, "Quick! Go make the eyes, nose, arms and hat!"
"Haha." But Dark merely gave a hollow laugh as he stood in place.
Only after the giant snowballs were stacked together did he suddenly realise that they couldn't find anything that would be suitable enough for the eyes, nose, arms and hat.
"What should we do, Dark? It's too big!"
Dianna had joined them early on. She stood beside Dark and looked up at the snowman, grinning from ear to ear in happiness.
Getting a sudden flash of inspiration, Dark said, "How about we paint on it?"
"Paint?"
Professor Lily tilted her head in thought, then instantly clapped her hands and exclaimed, "Good idea!"
Thereupon, she churned out substances in various colours on the spot and began to paint on the snowman.
Gradually, the magical spirits also flocked together and joined the people, hunkering around Dark and the others as they looked up to watch Professor Lily sketching on the snowman.
Her painting skills couldn't be said to be very good, but the accuracy of her depiction definitely deserved a full mark.
As the progress neared its completion, more and more people were attracted by the sight.
More than a hundred students stood at some distance apart and watched as this giant snowman gradually took shape.
After this day, this snowman would surely leave behind a deep and vivid impression in their memory!
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Among the crowd, White and Robert stood side by side, having assembled here at some point after following the flow of people.
Robert's eyes were completely glued to the snowman, but White's eyes irrevocably gravitated towards Pandora beside Dark.
Pandora was standing there with a bright smile naturally blooming across her face, looking completely different from the way she had been in front of him.
He obviously thought that he had already felt disillusioned with Senior Sister Pandora, but now that he suddenly saw that smile, he once again showed a mesmerised expression.
Although his so-called love at first sight was mostly catalysed by her physical appearance and his superficial understanding of her, he had genuinely liked her for no less than half a year and even fell into a slump during Christmas due to his feelings.
This experience and dedication were truly hard to let go.
He felt that he was alright now.
"I still like her."
"It's normal for her to ignore me. After all, we're just strangers whose interaction was limited to nodding at each other."
"Today, she accepted the present that I gave her. This is a start."
"The next time we meet, at least I'll no longer be a stranger to her."
White reached into the hidden pocket in his sleeve and pulled out [Forbidden Love].
He wanted to check how many points of favorability Pandora had towards him!
But there were too many people around, and there were also people in the way ahead of him. It would be difficult to do it now.
He slightly restrained his impulse.
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