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A little bit of dawn light, delicate and quiet, slipped into the botanical garden from the window sill and sprinkled in the gaps between the leaves.
A clear light permeated the mist, and the entire demon shadow world began to rise and dissipate like a bubble.
Lanqi finally closed the book in his hand.
The next second, this ancient demon book that seemed to have been washed away by time slowly dissolved along with the scene of the demon world's plant experimental garden.
In a blink of an eye, Lanci and Hyperion found themselves standing in a small transparent room that seemed to be wrapped in the eternal night sky. Only sparse starlight was shining all around, providing them with enough light to see the scene in front of them clearly.
This is the critical space where the real world and the shadow world intersect.
Lanqi could see a tiny crack on the transparent barrier not far away, and a few rays of quiet purple light flowed out from the narrow gap. It was a small void gate.
As long as we pass it later, we should be able to return to the real world.
And the settlement of the shadow world seems not to appear for a while.
Although the real shadow world would not be unable to process the results like the artificial shadow world, Lanqi heard that if too many abnormal situations that did not follow the mechanism occurred during the challenge in the real shadow world, the settlement process of the shadow world would be slightly longer.
I don't know how long this meeting will last.
Lanqi looked up at Hyperion with a smile, ready to chat with her.
He remembered that Hyperion had been talking to him just now, but he was too focused on reading the last bit of the book.
Then there was a little more confusion on Lanqi's face.
"Huprienne, what's wrong with you?"
Lanqi looked at Hyperion's expression and murmured in confusion,
"Oh yeah, is it because of what that guy said about you being a half-blood demon?"
Lanqi was shocked to find that Hyperion was fine before, until the criminal who was swallowed by the devil said that Hyperion was a "half-blood demon" when he was dying, and her condition became a little abnormal.
"Ah."
Hyperion met Lanci's usual gentle gaze, and for some reason, she finally felt relieved.
Until this moment, she was very sure that she didn't want to lose Lanqi as a friend at all costs.
But then.
She never expected it.
"Oh my god, you have demon blood?"
Lanqi stared at her and said, not hiding the admiration in his eyes at all.
This time, Huberian couldn't handle it.
It was the first time she had seen someone express not disgust but genuine... favor after learning of her half-demon identity?
"You really don't hate demons? You've been following a demon for a whole day."
Hyperion said in disbelief.
She had never met anyone in the world who was so friendly towards the demons!
Even her father's attitude towards the demons was disgusting at first, until he met her mother, and then gradually changed.
"Uh……"
Lanqi hesitated to speak, holding his chin and thinking for a moment, his eyes seemed to be missing the leadership team he formed in Purgatory Corridor Academy.
"..."
Hyperion was speechless.
Forget it, this guy is a devil among devils. It wouldn’t be surprising if he is close to the devil.
Hyperion recalled what Lanci did in the Demon Academy.
Finally I feel relieved.
"My mother was a great demon who had fled from the north. She fell in love with my father, Duke Migaia Alansar, while disguising herself as a commoner girl, and gave birth to me."
Hyperion lowered her eyes, her eyes seemed to be full of thoughts, and confessed to Lanqi.
Hyperion didn't know whether her father, Duke Alansar, had discovered that her mother was a demon, or if her father had actually discovered it long ago and just pretended not to know.
It was not until the birth of this half-demon baby that the truth could no longer be concealed. Her mother also quietly left the Hutton capital not long after that...
Hyperion still remembers the sad expression her father often had. Even though he knew her mother was a demon, his greatest wish was still to get her back.
Duke Alansal was also the only person Hyperion thought was the only one in the capital of Hutton who did not dislike the demons from the bottom of his heart.
Of course, there may be one more such kind-hearted outlier.
Lanqi scratched his head when he heard this.
Why does it sound so familiar?
Another demon coming from the north, a big demon at that. Could he be Talia’s relative?
"I feel like the demons I met are all pretty nice, why do people dislike them..."
Lanci said confusedly.
He felt that the world was too malicious towards the demons, even though they clearly did not pose any harm at all.
"…Is it possible that you are too kind-hearted?"
Hyperion couldn't complain about Lanci.
If this outrageous statement was made by someone else in the human kingdom, he might be attacked by everyone and called a saintly bitch. But if the speaker was Lanqi, the nature of the statement would be different, because the demons were indeed as gentle and harmless as little white rabbits in front of him.
"Alas, this is why I, as a young lady of the Duke, am disliked by everyone in the royal capital of Ikerit. After the war several decades ago, everyone firmly believed that demons could not coexist with humans, even half-demons like me who only have half demon blood."
Hyperion spoke to Lanci as if she could finally say what had been weighing on her mind for a long time but she had no one to talk to.
Lanqi had just arrived in the northern capital that had been invaded by war from the southern border territory. It was only a little after five in the morning on the second day of school, and he was unfamiliar with the place.
In fact, if he just spends a few more days on campus and interacts with other people, he will probably find out that Hyperion is half-demon.
By then, it will be clear what the people of the royal capital are hostile to the demons.
"That is to say, even though the people in this capital know that you have demon blood, they still respect you as the Duke's daughter, right?"
Lanqi said with a faint smile on his face.
Hyperion was stunned when she heard that, she stared into Lanqi's emerald and warm eyes.
I didn't know how to respond for a moment.
She doesn't understand.
Why is it that "as a duke's daughter, she is rejected by everyone because of her demon bloodline"?
When Lanqi spoke, he put it in a different way.
It seems to sound like a lucky thing again.
"You are really..."
Hyperion looked at Lanci helplessly, with an expression that said, "I lost to you."
"You spoke like this last time between me and Vivian, and it was hard for people to respond to your words."
Although it sounds like complaining.
But she finally smiled with relief. It was not a fake smile, nor was it an acting skill she learned in this fourth-level demon shadow world, but a sincere smile that a human being could show.
Chapter 85 Lanqi's Trophy
The light is like distant stardust, dotted in the deep and dark critical space.
The two are still waiting for the settlement and clearance rewards from the Shadow World.
"Well, since you have this officially certified demon, Hyperion..."
Lanci murmured thoughtfully.
"What do you mean?"
Hyperion felt that Lanqi's words "officially certified demon" were not a mockery of her, and he seemed to have some new ideas.
"In fact, compared to human magic, I personally prefer to delve into demon magic. I may make some props related to demon magic in the future, but there are some risks in the sales."
When Lanqi said this, Hyperion understood.
Although the laws of the Kingdom of Hutton do not prohibit the circulation of magic cards of different races.
However, if this special type of magic card is to be traded in an official institution or regular store, the source must be registered.
If you write "Made in Lanqi" in full when declaring the source.
No matter whether others believe it or not, it is easy to cause troublesome investigations in the end, such as suspecting him of "smuggling" or "illegal origin", or even thinking that there is a demon hiding behind Lanqi who is helping him make magic props!
"So you want me to be your agent, right?"
Hyperion asked.
Although she believed that Lanqi could not be the same kind of person as her father, who would risk his life by "harboring demons", if there were too many doubts in his business and it would trigger inspections from higher authorities, his sales would eventually become cautious.
As a half-demon duchess who is known to the upper echelons of the Hutton Kingdom and "officially permitted", if Hyperion and Ranch start a company together and use the name of the Alansal family, the kingdom will not feel offended even if Ranch allows demon magic cards to circulate on the market in the future.
"That's right, build a company and make it big and strong!"
Lanqi nodded, with the entrepreneurial spirit burning in his eyes.
With Hyperion being the big boss, maybe I can find an opportunity to bring Talia into the partnership in the future.
That old guy probably dreams of having a license to do business normally.
"No problem. It turns out that my identity as a demon can be put to good use one day."
Just as they were discussing their business plans, in this quiet and strange space, the mission information that suddenly emerged finally began to flash. The pure white halo was particularly eye-catching in the dark space, and the notes scrolled line by line.
[The Shadow World Purgatory Corridor Academy has been cleared. 】
[Calculation completed, evaluation being generated.]
[Since challengers Ranch & Hyperion entered as a team, the team settlement method is adopted. 】