Chapter 5

1

Principal's office, still the same sofa as before, but this time Principal Guffy didn't sit next to me, he sat across from me looking relaxed. Indeed, Principal Guffy seemed very relaxed, but in reality, being a principal is not easy. When students cause trouble, he has to personally clean up the mess. In this era, those without combat abilities struggle to survive. During our student days, we should have the ability to survive, and the rules allowing magic fights in the student council are actually quite reliable.

"Qin Yang, Elena has applied for a one-month leave of absence. The position of student council president will be temporarily taken over by you. This is an internal matter of the student council, but the formal authority is still granted by me."

"Is this the 'coronation of the king'?"

"Something like that!"

"Just let the principal do it, why do I have to do it?" Lilith didn't understand. The principal suddenly stopped us in the middle of the school road, there must be something important.

"It's not a big deal. As the temporary student council president, you have a good chance of being re-elected as the president in the next term. And Qin Yang's appointment has the unanimous consent of all the student council members. Vice President Li Liu will also be replaced by a sophomore! Temporary and formal positions are completely different. The student council president has responsibilities and is a representative of the academy. If you think the students in the academy have opinions about you, can you sit comfortably?"

"It sounds troublesome. It would be more convenient to be rough!" After thinking for a moment, I felt that it was not impossible, just a bit of effort.

"Using force is not allowed, that's a necessary condition!"

"So the principal gave me time in advance. There's no need to bring Lilith along, right?"

"Lilith's father came to the school during your competition!" Principal Guffy's face became slightly serious.

"Wow... The Demon King actually came. Principal, you're still safe?"

"Are you saying that you won't be satisfied until he destroys the academy?" Principal Guffy ran his hand through his hair, his gaze filled with sighs.

"King of the Underworld, Lass Gil, it's an honor to be alive as a human!"

"Gil is your dad? I thought he was at least your grandfather!" I was quite surprised. After the war between gods and demons over 1,300 years ago, the ten Demon Kings have been changing, and Yue Zhi has already ascended to the throne. But Gil is still in power.

"You're surprised that I have such an old dad? In our family, I'm the youngest and I'm already ranked 108th."

"For the standards of a Demon King, it's not bad." At this age, having 108 children is still relatively low.

"Although there is a gap between Lilith and the Underworld King, a father's love for his child cannot be denied." The principal took out a blue necklace from a drawer and handed it to Lilith.

After Lilith took the necklace, she closed her eyes, as if contemplating and feeling this love. Then she took out another necklace from her collar, also blue, but with a very dim color, giving a sense of frailty in the twilight years. Lilith took off the old necklace and put on the new one, and I saw a subtle change that was hard to put into words.

"How did the principal know about the rift between my father and me?"

"Whoever's father comes to the school and doesn't look for their own child first, but instead looks for the teacher, he didn't have the intention to meet. But he inquired about you everywhere. Of course, when he came to the school, he didn't look for his son, he came to talk to the principal. The same goes for your father, Qin Yang." In the Imperial Capital, almost everyone knows that you are the Duke Qin's son.

"Huh? Is there something for me too?"

"When you didn't know, Feng Yu came. He came several times in a year. He came to explain and thank you for taking care of you." Feng Yu is my father's name, calling him that is natural and intimate. There are two possibilities: either an affair or an old lover.

I believe in the latter. The principal once hinted at the similarities between me and my father, in many aspects, including popularity with girls. When my father was young, he must have been familiar with it. Otherwise, my father wouldn't have entrusted the principal with taking care of me so early. If it leaked out, I wouldn't have been able to live peacefully at that time.

"Oh! I just thought of something," a thought flashed through my mind, "the desire to live comfortably, this is the thought we had after our souls merged. When we were separated, we never thought about it."

"Oh, it seems like it." When our souls were separated and no longer in the same body, neither I nor White had such thoughts. Our thoughts went to two extremes - slaughtering and protecting everyone.

"What are you thinking, Qin Yang?" Lilith poked my waist, indicating that the principal hadn't finished speaking and I shouldn't be distracted, but I was indeed distracted and didn't pay attention to what the principal said next.

"Finally, Qin Yang, what you need to achieve is a support rate of ninety percent among the students. Currently, you're probably at around twenty to thirty percent, so you need to work hard. I'll give you an ancient eight-character phrase: 'persuade with reason, enlighten with emotion.' Though it's old, it's indeed the best approach." The principal earnestly advised me, emphasizing that I must not use force to solve everything.

"Persuading with reason is not my strong suit. I'll apply for a replacement!"

"A replacement? Who..." The principal's words were interrupted by a slight change, and it wasn't anything else but the fact that I had already switched places with someone else.

2

Lilith and I finally left the principal's office, skipping two classes for no reason. I felt a bit uneasy. Is it because I've been a student for too long that punctuality has become ingrained in me?

"You really startled the principal just now! Next time, let me know before you switch, it's so scary." Lilith, being in the same class as me, has been accompanying me all the way.

"You're joking, right? The principal isn't even afraid of your dad, but he's afraid of me? Because I have a demon face? It's you who got scared."

"When you turn evil, you really look like a demon!" Lilith's eyes held many memories of me being evil.

"So, Black Qin Yang won't show up anymore?"

"Missed him? Don't worry, I'm odd days, he's even days, and we'll decide with a game of rock-paper-scissors on Sundays! Hahaha..."

"You're the kind of person who wouldn't get bored even if you were stranded on a deserted island." The ability to chat with oneself like this, except for me, only a lunatic would have.

Although it was class time, the aisles of the classroom were empty, but wherever we walked, it attracted a crowd.

With silver-white hair, a charming smile, and appearance that was exactly like the photo taken by the News Department in early autumn, Hanya, the "Number One Knight of the Academy," who was like a goddess, suddenly appeared in the aisle. The onlookers were divided into two types - curious boys and infatuated girls.

"Is your first step to seek attention?"

"It's so obvious, isn't it?"

"Aren't you attention-seeking enough?"

"Before, it was negative attention, now it's positive, it's different."

Lilith put her hand on the doorknob of our classroom, but before opening it, she gloated and said, "Oh~~ The class president is going to approve again."