He became the White-Haired Evil God after wearing the Seven Curses Rings.

The moment the girl appeared, everyone present held their breath.

As if she were casually passing through a flowerbed, the girl walked in gently and left silently.

He didn't look back even once during that time.

Before anyone could react, she had already walked away.

After they came to their senses, they realized that the other person had disappeared.

Only the lingering fragrance in the air proves that the other person was here.

After a long while.

The student who had previously collapsed to the ground finally stood up.

He dusted himself off and, noticing the silent expressions of those around him, asked in confusion.

"Um... what's wrong with you all?"

Upon hearing the commotion, the others turned around, their eyes filled with regret.

"Um... Brother, I was being naive before."

"I've discovered that there really are things in this world that are even more beautiful than magic."

"I suddenly realized that some things don't necessarily have to be obtained."

"Just like appreciating flowers, only by maintaining a certain distance and pausing to admire them can you savor the most beautiful moment of a flower."

"By the way, brother, do you have any leads on the matter of transferring to the Fate system?"

The student looked puzzled by everyone's explanation.

"what?"

……

After leaving everyone's sight, Xie Bai went directly to the library of the Dome Academy.

She grabbed a book at random, sat down in a secluded corner, and began to read it.

The task panel was now appearing beside her.

【When the Dome Is About to Collapse-】

[Upon arriving at the Dome Academy, you unexpectedly became a student and witnessed its profound magical heritage. After so many battles, it's time to enjoy this hard-won rest.]

[Current Goal: Complete at least three of the following objectives (3/3)]

[1. Explore all public areas of the Dome Academy (Completed)]

[2. Explore the exclusive areas of at least five departments within the Dome Academy (Completed)]

3. Gain the attention of at least half of the students (Completed)

4. Browse at least half of the books in the library (incomplete)

5. Discover at least one hidden area (incomplete)

6. Enter the top ten of the Dome Academy Physics Ranking (Incomplete)

7. Enter the top ten of the Dome Academy Magic Ranking (Incomplete)

After completing the first task of arriving at the academy, the task panel automatically unlocked the second task objective.

In short, it's about exploring here.

Once Xie Bai completes three of them, he can settle the task and move on to the next stage.

While strolling around the academy, she took the opportunity to complete the first three objectives, and was now ready to settle the score.

However, Xie Bai did not want to settle the accounts so quickly.

In her understanding, the prerequisite for achieving the true ending is usually completing all the mission objectives.

Although she wasn't sure if this mission had a true ending, she decided to complete all the objectives before settling the score, just to be on the safe side.

"Whoosh—"

As Xie Bai perused the book in her hand, her senses expanded outwards, covering all the surrounding bookshelves.

A moment later, the task notification popped up again.

[4. Browse at least half of the books in the library (Completed)]

At this moment, Xie Bai had not even turned ten pages of the book in his hand.

After completing the task, she did not rush to close the book.

It must be said that this novel, which tells the story of "the sixth prince of the empire being favored by his other brothers," is indeed quite good.

Although each of the princes in the story has some yandere traits, the detailed descriptions of their emotions, interactions, and postures are still quite captivating.

Even those who aren't particularly fond of yandere characters can find themselves watching it without realizing it.

If this were placed in a modern novel, it would be in a class of its own.

It's a pity that such a good book appeared in this kind of place, which feels somewhat out of touch with the times.

Moreover, the author did not sign his name, making it difficult for Xie Bai to find out who the author of this novel was.

Just as she was engrossed in watching, several figures suddenly entered her senses.

The moment Xie Bai sensed something was wrong, he activated his spiritual transformation state.

The next second, figures emerged from the shadows.

If I'm not mistaken, it should be a team.

Under Xie Bai's watchful gaze, the team leader took out a list.

"Gentlemen, this is the task the academy has assigned us: to seize and remove these books from here, and it's best not to attract attention."

Upon receiving the instruction, the others nodded in response and then transformed into shadows, disappearing into each bookshelf.

Xie Bai stood behind the captain, secretly glancing at the list in his hand.

"They all look like the same type of book... including the one I have in my hand."

After reviewing the list, Xie Bai roughly guessed why the books had been seized.

"It's a bit of a shame though. If it had been posted on the forum, it might have attracted a lot of attention."

Thinking of this, she checked the list in the book again.

She had seen all of the book titles when her consciousness expanded.

For her, finding all these books was very easy.

A moment later, the rest of the group returned to their captain.

"Reporting to the boss, we did not find any of the books on the list on these bookshelves."

"No?"

The captain was taken aback for a moment.

"There's no one reading here right now, and the library doesn't allow borrowing books, so how come I can't find it?"

In response to the captain's question, one of them spoke up.

"Boss, we definitely didn't find the books on the list. Maybe someone smuggled them out against the rules?"

After hearing the explanation, the captain pondered for a moment.

"But it's impossible for all the books to have disappeared..."

As he spoke, he raised his head.

"This matter might be more complicated than we thought. Let's go back and check on the teacher's injuries first, and also ask for his help."

"OK."

Having said that, everyone slipped into the shadows and left the place.

After seeing the other party leave, Xie Bai deactivated his spiritual form.

The books those people were looking for were actually in her backpack.

"Shadow-related abilities... Is this the shadow-type student Ivy mentioned? It seems somewhat similar to Neferi's abilities."

She looked in the direction the other person had left and pondered for a moment.

"That being said, the only department in the entire academy without a designated area for the Shadow Department is probably hidden somewhere else."

Thinking of this, Xie Bai looked at the fifth objective on the mission panel.

At least one hidden area has been discovered.

"The Shadow faction's lair...would that count as a hidden area?"

Looking at the shadow beneath her feet, she thought of the talent "Shadow Nest" that she had previously obtained through the Myriad Forms Return to Darkness Inscription.

A top-tier talent that allows one to freely manipulate the world of shadows.

"How about... we go with them now and explore the Shadow faction?"

……

Somewhere in the Dome Academy.

Vesparo struggled to get out of bed.

"Uh... am I still alive?"

He looked around and, upon realizing it was the room he had reserved for the students, calmed down a bit.

Looking back on what happened, he still feels lingering fear.

"Strange... I was just doing a divination, how could I see something so terrifying?"

With that thought in mind, Vesparo prepared to get out of bed.

Suddenly the door to the room was pushed open.

"Teacher, you're awake?"

A young man walked in and immediately went to Vesparo's side.

Upon seeing that the visitor was his student, Vesparo breathed a sigh of relief, but immediately became alert again.

"Wait, it's you, kid? What are you doing here?"

Faced with Vesparo's questioning, the young man scratched his head awkwardly and then explained.

"Um... teacher, it's like this. Recently, the academy assigned our Shadow Department a task..."

After a short while, Vesparo roughly understood what had happened through the young man's explanation.

"So you want me to deduce the truth behind the missing books?"

"That's right, teacher! In this academy, you're the strongest diviner outside of the Fate Department!"

"With your help, we can complete our mission and secure more benefits for our Shadow faction."

Vesparo responded with a dark expression to the young man's explanation.

Do you know why I'm lying here?

……