NOVEL WEB Chapter 311 (2)
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Once they finished climbing the long spiral staircase and finally arrived at the astronomy classroom on the top floor of the Spiral Clock Tower, only the sound of panting could be heard.
There was truly nothing bad about the astronomy class—except for this flight of stairs dubbed the "spiral hell".
As it was bound to happen, some students were late for this class that was scheduled at 7:30 tonight.
But Professor Medea, who also came late, didn't seem to have enough cheek to deduct their points…
And so, this astronomy class that happened to fall right on Valentine's Day started three minutes after the bell rang.
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The increasingly cold weather didn't seem to have any effect on her at all.
Not even a single snowflake could be seen on her pumpkin carriage.
At night, the sky that was once again dotted with falling snowflakes emanated a gentle ambiance of beauty.
After putting away her carriage, Professor Medea put down her pointed witch hat onto the lectern and waved her thin wand to conjure a sentence in the air: "I love you guys~♥!"
Then she asked with a smile, "On this Valentine's Day, have you ladies and gentlemen received chocolates from your sweetheart?"
The classroom was filled with thick silence.
Although the first year students looked like they were always jumping on trends, the interpersonal communication between them was ultimately shallow. There weren't many people who actually received something on Valentine's Day.
Professor Medea could naturally tell this at a glance—she was merely teasing them in bad taste.
She took pleasure in seeing the mortified expressions on most of the students' faces.
Just as everyone was anguishing over this, Professor Medea turned to the topic the students wanted to hear the most.
"In last week's astronomy class, I had already forecasted that there would be heavy snow on Valentine's Day. Snow is a sign of a fruitful year, and today is a suitable day to confess. Compared to the previous years, the people who mustered up the courage to give out their chocolates this year will have a greater chance of receiving a response on White Day." As she said this, her gaze flitted over to Dark's face.
A thought came to Dark's mind. Stroking the soft fur of Eevee-chan beside him, he mused: Professor Medea couldn't be hinting that he would, on White Day, give something back to everyone who had sent him chocolates, right?
Oh please!
It wasn't like Valentine's Day was Christmas!
Regardless of his reputation, not even him would be that easy, alright!
But thinking about this, Dark was actually a little worried.
It would be fine not to reciprocate the Valentine's Day chocolates given by other people, but he had to give something in return for the chocolates given by those girls and the magical spirits.
The spread of the concept of "giri chocolate" (chocolates that are given out without romantic implications) in this world was still at its early stage, and the people also attached quite a great importance to Valentine's Day chocolates.
To some degree, reciprocating a person's gift on White Day would bring about some changes in their relationship.
Dark hadn't seriously considered this matter before, but now, he had no choice but to think about it.
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"With the blessing of the first snow coming to spring, tonight's divination will be even more accurate."
"I think some of you have already heard about it. For tonight's class, the subject of our lesson is a must-have for Valentine's Day—love divination!"
With her wand, Professor Medea drew a red heart made up of magic energy in the air before turning around to write 'Love Divination' on the blackboard.
After she wrote down these words, the air in the classroom gradually turned to pink, and the atmosphere was permeated with an ambiguous mood.
No, the air was literally turning pink!
The students abruptly raised their heads and saw a huge magic circle appearing on the ceiling.
The pink glow emitted by the magic circle illuminated everyone's faces.
In the glimmering pink light, the atmosphere gradually turned misty.
Professor Medea knocked on the lectern and said, "The door of destiny has been opened wide. The blessing of the goddess of love will guide us to find the path of love. Pick up your magic energy pen, inject your most sincere feelings into it, and then draw this magic circle that I'll be showing you next."
She then turned around, and in just one stroke, drew an exquisite magic circle on the blackboard.
In the centre of the magic circle was a symbol that was extremely familiar to Dark.
With just a single look, he could recognize that it was the Astronomical Symbol which embodied the moon!
The appearance of this symbol made Dark, who was initially treating the lesson with an amused mentality, instantly became serious.
This symbol, which could be found in the symbol of [Lust], seemed to represent the origin of [Lust].
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"Professor, what kind of magic circle is that?"
Seeing how Professor Medea seemed to have no plan to talk about the origin of the magic circle, Dark couldn't help raising his hand to inquire about it.
With a slight curl at the corners of her mouth, Professor Medea said, "You guys can call it the [Magic Circle of Love]. I excavated it from an ancient temple of the moon. It can bestow you with a guide on moonlit nights. The night of Valentine's Day is when its accuracy reaches its peak."
Dark asked another question, "May I ask if the symbol in the centre of the [Magic Circle of Love] represents the moon?"
Professor Medea smiled and nodded, but went on to look at the other students. "Dark Demon is right, it's indeed the Astronomical Symbol that represents the moon. Each star has its corresponding symbol. I'll expound on this topic in our next class, but it definitely won't be today."
What she meant was that it was an advanced subject, so please shut up and stop asking.
Dark opened and closed his mouth, then helplessly sat back down.
However, what Professor Medea had just revealed still allowed him to resolve his doubts.
The Astronomical Symbols in this world truly possessed an extraordinary power.
They should be something akin to a key that could establish a connection to the stars, and would frequently be featured in correlating magic circles.
With a deeper understanding of this aspect, he might be able to find a research direction for the crafting magic circle for [Deadly Sin Ⅳ].
He had gradually comprehended that from [Deadly Sin Ⅳ] onwards, the differences between each deadly sins would further increase. To successfully craft [Deadly Sin Ⅳ], the previous common crafting method wouldn't be enough.
Perhaps, each type of [Deadly Sin Ⅳ] would need its own crafting magic circle.
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After getting this enlightenment, what he needed to do next was to pour in the time and continue to gather the relevant knowledge.
Once he had accumulated enough knowledge, things might just fall into place.
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Dark focused his attention back to the class.
He spread out a piece of paper on the table, then grabbed his magic energy pen and tried to inject his 'sincere feelings' into it.
Emmm……
What constituted sincere feelings?
It certainly couldn't be familial or friendly affections.
Then it could only refer to the feelings one had for a lover.
But Dark had no lover.
If he really had to choose someone, then he would admit that he had a certain degree of affection towards Senior Pandora.
But before starting to inject his 'sincere feelings', he turned to glance at Eevee who was sitting on the table.
Following his example, Eevee had also spread a homework paper in front of itself, but the pen in its paw was an ordinary one.
Dark would actually like to give it a magic energy pen, but it would first need to know how to use it!
"Don't force yourself to draw with the pen. Think of the feeling you have when unleashing your ultimate and try to guide your magic energy to your fingertips."
"Vee?"
Eevee-chan tilted its head in complete confusion.
Dark helplessly put his hand on his head. "Let's just use the pen for now."
Thereupon, he took up his magic energy pen and slowly began to recall his various interactions with Senior Pandora.
The feelings gradually welling up inside his heart were then injected to the magic energy pen under the traction of his magic energy. He quickly started to sketch out the magic circle on the blackboard.
When his [Magic Circle of Love] reached 70% of completion, a silk thread hung down from the slowly rotating gigantic magic circle on the ceiling and connected with his magic circle.
The magic energy began to flow.
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