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After the second class of the morning—Magic Theory—was over, Dark left straight for the library.
He began trying to find information about the bead by himself.
The keywords he searched for were "rare gem", "shock absorption", and "purple".
But in such an enormous library, relying on such little clue to find the desired information was too difficult to do.
In the end, he made an impromptu decision to ask Senior Sister Pandora about it.
However, the one on duty at noon was Ms. Bella.
Ms. Bella was a rather plump middle-aged woman who looked very friendly, making people unconsciously feel amiable towards her.Dark hadn't actually had a lot of contact with Ms. Bella, so after hearing that Pandora wasn't on duty this afternoon, he planned to leave the library.
But Ms. Bella waved to him and pulled out a stool from under the cabinet, beckoning for him to sit down.
Despite being taken aback, Dark still sat down compliantly.
Ms. Bella cordially asked, "Demon, you're twelve years old this year, right?"
Dark nodded and replied, "Yes, Ms. My birthday is in June."
Ms. Bella unexpectedly blurted, "So there's a three year difference."
Dark: "???"
Ms. Bella asked again, "You're not engaged, aren't you?"
Dark's mouth fell open, remaining speechless for a long time.
Of course, this wasn't because he didn't want to answer, but because he wasn't even sure himself!
In theory, he had a fiancee. She was the most popular female character in the original game.
But as far as his memory went, he wasn't engaged to anyone.
So while pondering over this problem, he simultaneously wondered, could it be that the engagement was decided after this?
When he first enrolled into the academy, he had indeed pinned his hope for happiness on this unknown fiancee.
But the current him didn't actually care too much about this fiancee whose existence was questionable.
If he could naturally get together with one of the girls in the academy who liked him, he would already be very satisfied.
In fact, although his [Greed] had never stopped rising, Dark Demon was not a greedy person.
Facing the current situation, he gave out an honest answer.
Dark shook his head and said, "Ms. Bella, you probably know that nobles will sometimes form a marriage for various reasons. Although I don't know it myself, I can't say for sure that I don't have a fiancee."
"Is that so?" Ms. Bella sighed in disappointment.
But instead of letting Dark go, she continued asking, "So what's your opinion on the current marriage system?"
"Marriage system?" Dark couldn't help feeling puzzled.
Ms. Bella added, "I'm referring to polygamy."
Only then did Dark understand.
In this world, because too many men died on the battlefield in the early days of war, the ratio of men to women became gravely unbalanced and led to the rise of polygamy.
But later on, women also went to the battlefield. Coupled with the resulting preference for sons over daughters, the ratio of men to women gradually reverted to a more normal level.
By then, polygamy was also gradually outlawed.
But not entirely.
Be it for commoners or part of the nobles, it had become difficult to marry more than one wife. They needed to make a confession to the church and pay a large sum of confessional fee to be eligible to marry another wife.
However, such misgivings didn't apply to nobles with the titles of Count and above.
To be more precise, it was Counts who possessed territories and nobles above the title of Count who normally enjoyed the privilege of polygamy.
But this so-called polygamy was actually a harem under the cover of monogamy.
Only the official wife could be called a 'noble lady' on formal occasions and had the legitimate right to inherit the title.
There was also the position of 'secondary wife', which was the term compromised between the main wife and one of the concubines whose status was higher than a concubine's but lower than that of the official wife.
However, a 'secondary wife' wasn't legally recognized by law.
Of course, this privilege of the high-ranking nobles was currently being boycotted.
Once class was over and he finished packing his things, he went straight to Professor Cazer's office and knocked on the door.
Knock knock knock.
"Come in."
Dark opened the door, went in, and closed it behind his back.
Professor Cazer was modifying the access card, looking extremely busy.
In order not to disturb the professor, he cut straight to the point, took out the purple bead, and asked, "Professor, do you know what this is?"
Professor Cazer took the bead and carefully observed it, but the more he looked at it, the more surprised he became. He couldn't help asking, "Where did you get this Shield Turtle Jade(盾龟之玉)?"
Dark: "Shield Turtle Jade?"
Professor Cazer nodded, "Shield Turtle Jade is procured from a high-level monster called Shield Turtle. Located on the top of its shell, it can absorb physical shock and convert it into magic energy for the Shield Turtle. It's an excellent material for making shields."
……
"A material to make shields? It's similar to what I've guessed."
After a brief thought, Dark formed a plan in his heart.
He then bid his goodbye to Professor Cazer and quickly returned to the dormitory.
Thereupon, he made a decision.
Summoning [Meowth], he told it the function of the [Shield Turtle Jade] and asked it to make a wooden shield using the [Shield Turtle Jade] as the core!
Upon getting its bead back, Meowth repeatedly looked at Dark as if in disbelief.
The change in attitude Dark showed after receiving the bead last night was still vividly imprinted in its mind.
In fact, it had attributed part of the reason for the forgiveness it received to this "gift".
But this thought was overturned upon regaining the bead.
It couldn't help sinking into thought.
……
Dark carefully discerned Meowth's reaction and knew that he had made the right move. He couldn't help letting out a little smile.
Then, he began to prepare the 'basic crafting method' for magical spirits.
Tonight, he was going to use up all of Vlad the Vampire's [Soul Powder]!
……
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