Friday's schedule was light, with only a morning duel class.
From noon, the passage to Traveler's Street opens and remains accessible until midnight on Sunday.
During this period, every student at the academy can freely enter and exit Traveler's Street.
Not only the newly permitted freshmen, but also the upperclassmen who have been confined in the castle for a week, all rush out.
While St. Marian provides all necessary living supplies for free, anything beyond that must be purchased at Traveler's Street.
Students can freely use their credits for purchases.
Whether it's quirky candies and toys, beautiful clothes and jewelry, or even cute dolls.
Of course, the most common items are various potions and materials needed for making Magic Cards.
Professors assign upperclassmen homework that takes a week or even a month to complete.
The materials needed for these assignments must be purchased at Traveler's Street.
Additionally, some students make their own potions, tools, and semi-finished Magic Cards to sell at stalls on Traveler's Street.
Upperclassmen allowed to enter the dungeons can hunt magical beasts, obtain materials, and sell them to merchants on Traveler's Street.
Merchants also pay in credits.
On Traveler's Street, the actual value of one credit is 6 Saint Coins, and this exchange rate adjusts with market changes.
Freshmen in their first month don't yet realize that by simply paying attention in each class, they can earn virtual tokens worth a full 60 Saint Coins!
With twelve classes a week, that's a monthly income of 7680 Saint Coins!
And today, Traveler's Street will deliver a heavy blow to some inattentive students!
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"Dark, do you want to go together?"
"No, I have something to do today."
"Then I'll go with Lolo first. I heard there's a quirky candy store on Traveler's Street that I've been wanting to check out!"
Diana, clutching Rose's arm, rushed out in a hurry.
Dark shook his head, having a strong sense of purpose today.
Before heading to Traveler's Street, he took a notebook from his bag and carefully reviewed the various items recorded in it.
[Vampire Fangs: Vampire fangs that, when pierced into a blood vessel, can calm a person, with the side effect of extreme pleasure after being bitten.]
[Gift of Humility: A hat of a noble demon prince that makes even the rudest person humble and polite when worn, but turns them furious when taken off!]
[Tears of the Ocean: Mermaid tears brewed into a potion with slimming effects, but actually achieved by inducing anorexia.]
[Margaret's Red Dancing Shoes: The mysterious witch Margaret's shoes that allow the wearer to dance the most perfect dance in the world, at the cost of never being able to take them off.]
[Caterina's Poison Apple: Apples grown by Queen Caterina in the palace's back garden that absorb the desire of jealousy, turning it into a poison that puts one into eternal sleep, only to be awakened by a kiss full of love.]
[Grandet's Gold Coin: A coin inheriting Grandet's legacy, making the holder extremely stingy and greedy, valuing money as life and treating wife and daughter as dirt.]
[Voodoo Doll: A cursed doll made from intense jealousy, causing pain when needles are stuck into it.]
[Desire-Absorbing Pot: Absorbs desire, putting one in a state of no joy or sorrow, with the side effect of losing even the desire to think.]
[Ring of the Starry Sky: The ring of the Great Magician of the Starry Sky, allowing one to glimpse a corner of the universe and feel their own insignificance, possibly leading to a breakdown from fear.]
[Nightmare Worm: Can burrow into dreams, absorbing human desire, at the cost of drilling a hole in the brain.]
[Magic Brain Dropper: Extracts a small amount of brain matter, including emotions, desires, and knowledge, often used in the creation of advanced Magic Cards, with frequent use causing indirect amnesia.]
[Holy Cross: Purifies the mind, making the wearer's thoughts pure, with the side effect of brain erosion.]
[Repose Bell: Rings to calm a person, even in death, without any disturbance.]
[Moon God Incense: Lighting an incense stick in the study purifies the mind, clears distractions, and improves reading efficiency.]
[Wrath of the Gods: An old magic wand that turns anger into magical flames, with the flames never extinguishing as long as the anger persists!]
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The entire notebook was filled with records of related items that Dark had excerpted from various books over the past month.
These items might be magical tools from the previous era or have been refined into Magic Card tools.
But regardless of which, they have more than necessary effects in resisting the Seven Deadly Sins.
However, as the saying goes, to gain something, one must pay a price, and many items have significant side effects that cannot be ignored.
Currently, there are very few that appear to have no side effects on the surface.
Among them, the ones Dark most desires, with acceptable side effects and believed to be most likely obtainable from Traveler's Street, are the alchemical tool [Magic Brain Dropper] and the luxury item [Moon God Incense].
Although Dark believes that [Moon God Incense] might more easily lead the mind to an insatiable thirst for knowledge—which is obviously very dangerous and requires experimentation.
Therefore, his purpose in going to Traveler's Street today is the [Magic Brain Dropper]!
The [Magic Brain Dropper], as an alchemical tool for extracting substances from the brain, is suitable for the precise creation of high-level Magic Cards.
Dark consulted many books and even asked Professor Kazel of Magic Studies, being very sure that it should effectively extract emotions and desires, provided that it requires high skill and cannot be used frequently.
If he really can't buy it from Traveler's Street, he'll have to find a way to get it from Professor Kazel's lab.
Although it can't be used frequently, if used sparingly, it should serve as an emergency measure.
The pressing issue now is to extract some [Pride].
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After the freshmen gathered at the castle gate finally disappeared, Dark stepped forward, walking gracefully yet with dignity towards the castle gate.
—The noble education ingrained in his bones made him remain elegant even in moments of inner anxiety.
The passage to Traveler's Street is set in the pavilion in the middle of the lake outside the castle.
Crossing the long garden-style bridge, he arrived at the beautiful pavilion.
Dark habitually observed the surroundings.
This fairly spacious pavilion, besides a circle of seats around the edge, also had eight sets of matching stone tables and chairs.
On the stone pillar opposite was an inscription: "If we strive to seek, there is always room for improvement waiting for us somewhere."
Dark blinked, seeing someone sit on a stone stool, twist their butt, and suddenly disappear.
Others twisted for a long time, yet remained in place!
"It seems the entrance to the passage shifts. Eight stone tables, each with eight stone stools, and only by choosing the correct eight stools can one enter Traveler's Street."
He glanced at the red-faced Robert and Vitt, then sat on a stone stool at another table that no one had sat on before.
He was patient, waiting for the others at the tables to fail before slightly twisting his butt and disappearing from the spot.
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