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"Of course I can, and I can even demonstrate it to you right now."

Nodding with considerable pride, Shi Bai casually tossed the other person a pair of black-rimmed glasses.

"Put it on."

"and then?"

Patchouli put on the ordinary black-rimmed glasses as instructed, pushed them up slightly with her fingers, and then looked up at the man in front of her.

"Very good, from the moment you put on these glasses, you only have 59 seconds left per minute!! Every minute that passes, I will steal one second of your time!! How about that? This is the great time magic!! Awe-inspiring beyond the ages... Hey, hey, hey, these glasses are expensive, don't take it out on them!!"

"You were the one who started the joke."

Holding the glasses in her hand, Patchouli let out a soft snort of dissatisfaction, but she showed no intention of returning them.

"So, where was I joking? My glasses really are... okay, okay, I was just joking, alright?"

Seeing the other person holding a pair of black-rimmed glasses as if to throw them, Shi Bai rolled his eyes, somewhat speechless.

"Alright, let's get down to business. Don't you think you've been going to the infirmary a bit too often lately?"

"Really? This also means that my recent magical research is about to succeed. You know, mixing multiple magical elements is a very time-consuming and energy-intensive process."

Turning her head to the side, Patchouli's tone seemed rather elusive.

"Wait... do you mages always make such a huge fuss when you do research?"

After hearing the girl's answer, Shi Bai looked like he had a toothache.

"It used to be that the house was demolished every ten days or so, then every few days, and now it's evolved into every single day... Where did you come from, Megumin, who can't stand not casting an explosion spell every day?"

"So what? There's plenty of surplus labor at the school. No matter how fast I demolish the buildings, they can rebuild them just as quickly..."

"That's not the problem, you bastard!!"

Shi Bai slammed his hand on the table, his face filled with heartache and indignation.

"Do you know I'm practically your personal physician now? This clinic isn't just for you. Do you know how much of my precious free time I waste treating you every day? Time is money, and you're trying to take my money and kill me!!"

Patchouli: "..."

"So I'm telling you, you guys don't know the value of money when you're not in charge. You're always causing trouble around the school. Demolishing buildings is just the tip of the iceberg; you're even planning to blow up the classrooms? What a joke! Do you think blowing up the classrooms will prevent us from taking exams? No way, that's impossible, I'm telling you!!"

As if recalling some unpleasant memories, the person muttered to himself with a dark expression.

"Do you really think I have a lot of money? All those materials for magical research, all those building materials for houses, all those daily necessities—don't all of these things cost money? You're all just spendthrifts..."

"But didn't you previously command the Taotie to plunder all the surrounding secret realms? How could there still be a shortage of things?"

Listening to someone's seemingly resentful grumbling, Patchouli finally couldn't help but ask.

However, as soon as she uttered those words, the rather vengeful and petty headmaster in front of her turned his head and stared at her, speaking in a low voice.

"Who told you this rumor?"

"Uh... Taotie said it..."

For some reason, Patchouli felt a strange sense of guilt towards Taotie, who had finally been granted a pardon and allowed to leave the playground today, as she said those words.

"Very well, it's Taotie ruining my reputation behind my back again, isn't it?"

Patchouli narrowed her eyes slightly and nodded with a smile.

"Patcholl, could you please inform Taotie later? From now on, it might have to stay on the playground as a famous tourist attraction."

Patchouli: "..."

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P.S.: Good evening~

Chapter Thirty-Four: Mengyue's Confession

Life has no rehearsals; every day is a live broadcast.

When a certain pathetic gluttonous beast returned to the playground, dejected, to serve as a historical site, another delightful event occurred at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Under the watchful eyes of a crowd of dumbfounded demons, angels, monsters, vampires, and others, Sariel, who had been intoxicated by a certain cunning rabbit, grabbed Jehovah by the collar and began to hurl insults at the bewildered Jehovah for over an hour.

Sally's outward appearance still held a degree of respect for her former boss, who had fallen to the point of cleaning toilets. However, as the saying goes, alcohol speaks volumes. Encouraged by a certain cunning rabbit, Sally's drink became so excessive that she grabbed the man's collar and proceeded to berate him from beginning to end. The stark contrast in her behavior left everyone speechless.

However, upon closer reflection, it's not surprising that Sariel, who had worked diligently in the Demon Realm for hundreds of years and spared no expense in building the Fallen Temple in hopes of one day launching a counterattack against Heaven, would do something like this.

Despite her seemingly indifferent attitude, she actually cares about this more than anyone else.

—After this farce, the school added a new rule prohibiting excessive drinking.

"Tsk, these guys are getting more and more out of control, especially that cunning rabbit. We need to find a way to teach them a lesson..."

With one hand resting on the table, tapping rhythmically, the troubled headmaster fell into deep thought.

Establishing rules takes time, but breaking them is quite easy. To prevent similar incidents of "school violence" from happening again—after hearing that Jehovah secluded himself for three days after this incident—Shi Bai felt he had to come up with an effective management method.

"That lazy rabbit is too idle. We need to increase their workload, and we also need to speed up the introduction of currency. Gold and silver coins are fine to use in the human world, but they're completely useless in these secret realms... Should we create a new currency? Although it seems a bit premature... The resources from those secret realms that the Taotie plundered are still all piled up there... Oh right, I also need to find a doctor to cover my shifts..."

After a moment's thought, Shi Bai quickly made arrangements for the academy's next development plan.

A few days later, the academy underwent a new transformation... or rather, all the secret realms underwent a transformation.

A new currency called Realm Coins replaced the barter system that was once prevalent between realms. Faced with overwhelming power, the promotion of this currency was quite successful.

No one dared to utter a word of dissent, after all, God and Lucifer, those big shots, were obediently cleaning the toilets every day...

However, what those secret realms were more concerned about was the next piece of news: the resources that had been plundered by the Taotie would be returned to them in an equivalent amount of secret realm currency. At the same time, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry would open up trade and welcome them to enroll.

At the same time, the concepts of money, tuition, and wages also appeared in the school. Jehovah, Lucifer, and others finally had wages to receive and were no longer working for free. Less than three days after this rule was introduced, a large group of people came to the principal's office.

These women, who are used to spending money lavishly, all came to borrow money. The available slots included Sariel, Patchouli, Impanti, Rumia, Gengetsu... and Mengyue, who was forcibly dragged over by Gengetsu.

Ever since she had been grabbing God by the collar and cursing him for a full hour, Sally's morals had been visibly declining at an ever-decreasing rate. She even clung to his leg and cried, saying that she hadn't eaten for days...

Shi Bai coldly handed the other person a steamed bun.

Patchouli's research into new magic incurs enormous expenses for magical materials. Coupled with the fact that she blows up her house and goes to the infirmary every day, she not only can't afford to eat but is also heavily in debt.

After all, magical materials cost money now, she has to pay for house repairs, and she also has to pay for medical treatment at the infirmary. With her meager savings, she can't last long at all.

Patchouli's explanation for coming to the office was quite simple: she was completely broke, without a single penny left... so she came to borrow money, and she was determined to stay there until she got it.

After thinking about it for a moment, and considering the other party's current situation, Shi Bai thoughtfully introduced her to a rich young girl who would be happy and willing to lend her money.

That's right, there are two well-known rich little girls at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

One is Remilia, who controls the wealth of the entire vampire clan; the other is Alice, who controls the wealth of the entire demon realm and has a good father… Having a good father is more important.

Although the vampire clan is now largely in decline, the wealth they accumulated in the past has not diminished much. Furthermore, God generously transferred the entire vampire clan to Remi, making Remi a true rich loli.

Given Patchouli's friendship with Flandre, Remi would likely lend Patchouli the money quite readily. However, considering Patchouli's current rate of extravagance, she'll probably have to work in the Scarlet Devil Mansion for hundreds of years, essentially selling herself into servitude, to pay off her debts...

After briefly imagining Patchouli's future life in his mind, Shi Bai watched her leave with a look of sudden realization and as if she hadn't thought of that before. He nodded thoughtfully, thinking that this was probably what was called fate's arrangement.

As for that cunning rabbit... she simply spent all her money on things like buying beer.

Shi Bai coldly chased the rabbit away, citing the reason that underage rabbits cannot drink alcohol. When the rabbit argued that it was already an adult, Shi Bai looked it up and down and then showed a very disgusted expression.

There's not much to say about this rabbit; just make it look crooked.

As for the twin demon sisters Huan Yue and Meng Yue... you can never imagine just how low Huan Yue's morals are. Shi Bai seriously suspects that Sariel's morals were dragged down by her.

Because this guy pretended to be all sweethearts, even dragging his sister into the conversation, saying that the two sisters were pregnant with his child...

Indeed, among all the people who came up with various reasons and excuses to borrow money from him, Huan Yue was the most unconventional... because she came under the guise of asking for child support.

After staring silently at the girl in front of him who was deliberately placing a pillow on her stomach to pretend to be pregnant for three seconds, Shi Bai directly threw Huan Yue, who was ruining his reputation, to the playground to keep Taotie company, and then turned his gaze to Meng Yue, who was being dragged over by her older sister.

Unlike Huan Yue's lively and carefree personality, Meng Yue can be described as a completely emotionless girl. For about 23 and a half hours a day, the expression on her face remains unchanged.

"Your sister is being unreasonable, what are you doing coming along?"

Looking into the other person's calm eyes, Shi Bai pressed his forehead and said with a headache.

"Don't get involved next time..."

"My sister and I made a promise that we would stay together forever."

Suddenly interrupting him, Mengyue spoke earnestly.

"so what?"

With a slight pursed lip, Shi Bai picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip of tea.

"My sister said she would marry you in the future, so naturally I will marry you too."

Tilting her head slightly, Mengyue nodded firmly.

"I've thought about it seriously, and I don't dislike you."

"puff!!"

Shi Bai almost choked to death on a mouthful of tea, and coughed a few times.

"Hey, hey, hey, please be serious. Don't make jokes like this again..."

"I'm not joking, I've thought about it seriously."

Mengyue shook her head.

“My sister and I originally dreamed of returning here one day and taking back what we had lost. But after we accomplished all of that so easily, we became quite lost and didn’t even know what we should do next… It was an unprecedented sense of emptiness.”

“You can stay here. Anyway, you’ve been exonerated now. Haven’t you always wanted to return to your homeland? If anyone in the West dares to mess with you, just tell me and I’ll go and beat them up.”

Shi Bai couldn't help but speak up.

"But wouldn't that just make us feel even more empty?"

Quite unusually, Mengyue smiled at him.

"The only place in this world where I can feel at ease is by your side."

"you……"

"There's no need to answer now, nor to make up excuses in your mind when the time comes. The future is long, and my sister and I have enough patience and time."

Shaking her head, Mengyue hugged the book tightly and turned to walk towards the principal's office.

"Even if you reject us in the future, it doesn't matter, as long as you allow my sister and me to stay by your side... I will always silently watch over you, for example, as a maid."

"........."

Watching Mengyue's departing figure, Shi Bai remained silent for a moment, then pressed his forehead hard with his hand, feeling a bit of a headache.

"What, is this the first time a girl has confessed her feelings to you? No, you have a daughter now... So, is your feeling stemming from guilt towards your wife?"

Just as someone was having a headache, a teasing voice rang out in the principal's office.

"...Why haven't you left yet?"

Looking at Rumia, who had reappeared in the principal's office at some point, Shi Bai's lips twitched slightly.

"If I couldn't borrow the money, do you think I would leave?"

Rumia sat on the table with her arms crossed and legs crossed, looking completely relaxed.

"Speaking of which, you must be a Casanova, a seasoned womanizer, right? It's one thing that you tricked the Demon Lord Shen Qi into having a daughter with you, but now you've hooked up with a pair of demon sisters, one as passionate as fire and the other as cold as ice. You really know how to enjoy yourself."

"Hey, hey, hey, you can talk nonsense, but you can't talk nonsense. Alice is not my daughter at all, okay? I'm not even married yet."

Shi Bai rolled his eyes.

"I don't believe you can't see the key point. If you continue to say this, I'll punish you by making you do four times the amount of homework every day."

"...Of course I know, but since she calls you 'Dad,' it also means that your relationship with Shenqi must be quite close, right?"

Rumia's eyes twitched slightly as she lowered her arms.

"Anyway, I've figured it out. You're definitely a seasoned player when it comes to women. Take these students at school, for example. Do you know how many of them like you?"

"Hmm...that should be certain, right?"

After thinking for a moment, Shi Bai nodded with a serious expression.

"After all, I am so wise and brave, handsome, strong, and have a great demeanor. It is normal for them to like me. I also had a teacher who liked me when I was a child."

"I think you used the wrong adjective. Anyway, I didn't see any grace at all. All I saw was that you were extremely vengeful."