Chapter 56: Virt Gold Opens the Pandora's Box
Without the burden of debt, Virt felt as though he had lost his soul.
Although he kept saying he wanted to change, completing his homework was already the extent of his efforts.
In this world, nothing was more enticing than magic chess!
If there really was something, it might just be the [Forbidden Love] card in his hand!
Virt carefully aimed the flower card at the classmates in front of him.
After three consecutive nights of prayer, he had finally received a revelation from the "Goddess."
A drop of divine water falling from the sky had further upgraded [Forbidden Love].
As long as [Forbidden Love] was aimed at someone's head, it would display their portrait and some attributes on the card, namely:
[Name: ???]
[Rarity: ???]
[Affection Level: ???]
Although Virt hadn't discovered any other uses, this was already interesting enough, wasn't it?
"Virt, what are you doing?" Robert whispered.
Virt aimed [Forbidden Love] at Robert and said proudly, "A new toy!"
[Name: Robert Broheim]
[Rarity: R]
[Affection Level: 80]
Affection Level Reference Table
Virt placed [Forbidden Love] on the table: "Look, Robert, your rarity is R! And your affection level is 80."
Robert was confused: "I know about rarity, but what does R mean? And this affection level..."
Virt: "I don't know what R means either, but most people are N. You're special, Robert!"
"Really?" Robert immediately smiled. "What about this affection level..."
Virt then whispered, "It's probably the level of affection toward me. Most of them are below 50. Robert, you really are my best friend!"
Robert smiled confidently. He was particularly confident about this: "What about Emma? Have you tried it on Emma?"
Virt shook his head: "She's too far, and there are people blocking the way."
Emma always sat in the front row, so of course, he couldn't aim at her.
However, Virt soon thought of someone else and couldn't help but glance toward the window seat in the last row.
Robert noticed his gaze and became interested: "Want to try?"
Virt nodded: "Keep an eye on Teacher Sarah for me. I'll give it a shot."
...
Dark happened to look over and met his gaze.
Virt quickly put down [Forbidden Love] and pretended to whisper to Robert.
When Dark turned away and stopped paying attention, Virt flipped open [Forbidden Love] and took a look.
[Name: Dark Demon]
[Rarity: UR]
[Affection Level: 45]
Virt was slightly stunned and sighed, "45. I really didn't expect Dark's affection level toward me to be higher than most people's."
Robert: "Your parents are the Twin Swords of the Kingdom, after all. Maybe he wants to be friends with you too?"
Virt: "..."
After a moment of silence, Virt suddenly noticed a golden 🔒 appearing in the upper right corner of the card.
He reached out to touch it, and a line of text appeared below the 🔒: Unlock at Affection Level 80.
...
"Ding ling ling!"
The Summoning class came to an end with Teacher Sarah's scolding. In the last minute, Robert, who had been caught, slumped his head in disappointment.
Dark glanced over, then packed his books into his bag, ready to head straight to the next class.
It was said that after [Magic Beast], Teacher Kazel would teach the students a widely applicable, universal method for creating magic spirit cards in this class.
Dark was very interested in this.
And it seemed that most first-year students were also very interested.
After all, to join the Duel Club, one needed 20 magic cards.
If they could learn the universal method for creating magic spirit cards, they could relatively quickly assemble a full set of 20 magic cards.
→ No one doesn't love dueling!
Dark couldn't help but quicken his pace.
But halfway from the Summoning classroom to the Magic Theory classroom, he suddenly noticed someone following him.
Dark didn't reveal his intentions. He just walked a few steps after turning a corner, then turned around and waited.
Soon, he saw Virt and Robert rushing over.
He sidestepped.
Robert stopped in time, but Virt stumbled and crashed into the wall.
"Ouch!"
That looked painful!
Dark spoke up first: "Why are you following me?"
"Haha." Robert shrugged and let out a dry laugh.
After a moment, Virt rubbed his head and turned around, mustering the courage to say, "It's like this. Our parents are comrades, right? I just suddenly realized that it's been over a month since we started school, and I haven't officially greeted you yet."
Dark frowned slightly, a hint of wariness flashing in his eyes.
Virt's move was too abrupt.
If Virt had tried to befriend him right after starting school, Dark might have believed it.
But as Virt himself had said, it had already been over a month!
In over a month, how many times had they been in the same classroom? Why now, of all times?
Thinking back to Virt's strange behavior during class...
Dark's mind raced, but he maintained his noble demeanor and smiled, "Now we've greeted each other. I'm Dark Demon. Nice to meet you."
Virt felt inexplicably excited and quickly reached out to shake his hand: "Virt Gold. Nice to meet you too!"
"Really?" Dark smiled reservedly. "I need to go to the classroom to prepare for the next class. We can talk more later."
Virt: "Alright!"
...
After Dark left.
Robert nudged Virt's arm and whispered, "So? How did it feel to shake hands with the top student?"
"Not bad, actually!" Virt joked.
Then he took out [Forbidden Love], which he had secretly used again, and took a look. His expression immediately changed.
[Name: Dark Demon]
[Rarity: UR]
[Affection Level: 44]
Virt exclaimed in surprise: "What's going on? Why did the affection level decrease instead of increase?"
Robert leaned over to take a closer look and hesitated, "Could it be because we disturbed him? Or maybe he was annoyed that we followed him?"
Virt sighed in frustration: "Is that so? But we just wanted to say hello."
Robert: "How about sending him a gift for Halloween? Receiving a gift should increase affection, right?"
Virt: "That's a good idea. But what does he like? Would toffee apples work?"
Robert shrugged: "Maybe a magic chess set would be better."
Virt: "True. No one dislikes magic chess."
Robert: "Also, when are we going to try it on Emma?"
Virt was puzzled: "Wait, Robert, why are you so interested in Emma? You mentioned her during class too."
Robert was stunned for a moment, then realized: "No way, Virt. You don't think I'm a masochist, do you? I just want to see how low her affection level is for you! Don't you want to know?"
Virt spread his arms and shook his head vigorously: "No, I really don't want to know!"
Robert: "You do."
Virt: "Fine, I do."
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