At one end of the stone-stepped bridge before the Inferno Academy.

Baron Sanchez remembered that according to the Inspection Department, the original principal should have already been transferred away.

This demon who now led the vice principal and numerous senior professors must be the new interim principal.

He wondered what background she had to command the respect of so many high-ranking demons of the academy.

"May I ask how to address you, Principal?" Baron Sanchez inquired.

"You may call me Lanfu," the Great Love Poet answered with a bright smile.

This was a pseudonym that Lanqi had come up with on the spot for her.

Though she didn't dislike it herself.

The Great Love Poet's voice was like sweet red wine, carrying an inexplicable hint of provocation yet full of allure, seeming able to melt the minds of all present. Even the demon guard corps gradually became entranced, unconsciously fixing their gazes upon her.

"Miss Lanfu, could you please restrain your voice a bit? It's too dangerous," Blood Clan Envoy Sanchez shook his head and said.

Although he could sense this acting principal's rank was very low.

But Sanchez didn't dare underestimate her at all.

This female demon possessed a terrifying talent for musical magic. Just this enchanting voice that could effortlessly stir hearts couldn't be measured by first-rank standards.

The Great Love Poet laughed lightly, covering her mouth with her fingertips, then turned to look at the vice principal.

The vice principal nodded, naturally understanding her meaning.

"Lord Baron Sanchez, to cooperate with your inspection work, we have already required all students to gather in the teaching area and not leave their classrooms until your inspection is complete. Additionally, numerous teachers will begin patrolling the corridors. Any student found leaving their classroom without permission will be killed without exception," the vice principal behind the Great Love Poet stepped forward and said solemnly to Blood Clan Envoy Baron Sanchez.

"Very good."

Baron Sanchez's expression remained unchanged, though he hadn't expected the school to be so cooperative with his work.

"Thank you for your cooperation, Principal. Then, may I have your permission to let the Inspection Department's staff take over the patrol duties from your teachers?"

Baron Sanchez asked.

The task of preventing students from sneaking out of classrooms naturally had to be done by the Inspection Department. They couldn't give the school a chance to switch things around, even if they showed sincerity.

"Of course," the Great Love Poet nodded gracefully.

...

Meanwhile, in another location.

In a spacious office on the top floor of the school, the uniquely high ceiling was full of historical feeling, with chandeliers casting soft light that reflected off the dark brown wooden floor.

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Opposite the marble fireplace sat a comfortable single armchair and a wide desk, on which lay a magic book with a time-worn cover and slightly curled edges.

This was a book brought by the magic subject teacher, recording "magic for handling magical beast fur."

Lanqi was in the principal's office, leisurely reclining in the dark leather-padded chair.

Other demon students who had been brought there stayed obediently on the other side of the principal's office, watched over by a group of fifth-rank demon teachers, none daring to make a sound.

"Great Love Poet, I'm counting on you now," Lanqi closed his eyes in concentration, communicating with the mentally connected Great Love Poet.

"You really know how to use me, but leave it to me," the Great Love Poet's joyful thoughts echoed back in Lanqi's mind.

While Lanqi could never get her to help with laundry or cooking, for tasks like this that perfectly suited her interests, she was even more enthusiastic than Lanqi.

"I hope you can give Lord Blood Clan Envoy a nice healing journey," Lanqi wished in his heart.

Then he stopped bothering the Great Love Poet.

She would get impatient if he chatted too much.

For such professionally aligned matters, after telling the Great Love Poet the plan, he just needed to wait for her exceptional performance.

The Great Love Poet was a pure-blooded demon. Having her act as his stand-in gave no worry about the Blood Clan envoy detecting any species issues.

When making the card initially, Talia had mixed in some blood to break the seal of [Poem of Mercy] while Lanqi wasn't paying attention.

Talia thought Lanqi didn't know, but Lanqi was actually well aware—[Poem of Mercy] had extremely complex demon sealing formations.

This ancient relic seemed as if it had been left behind by a great demon race, and through the flow of time and guidance of fate, was destined to find Talia, with only her being able to activate it.

This resulted in the Great Love Poet, who received part of Talia's blood, possessing an equally noble demon bloodline like Talia.

Even the vice principal was somewhat surprised when he first saw the Great Love Poet, amazed that Lanqi could form a summoning contract with a demon of such caliber.

But considering this special envoy's status, the vice principal found it less surprising.

Lanqi sat up, looking through the school's official documents, occasionally making notes on them.

After a while, as if remembering something, he looked up toward the spacious front hall of the principal's office.

"Students, wait a bit longer, and you can return to school," Lanqi looked at the group of students standing uneasily as if in military training, speaking gently.

He was very certain that the other four challengers were among these students, though he didn't know exactly which four.

Because earlier, he had inspected classrooms one by one with a group of teachers, causing the exploration rate to rise rapidly.

And if upon entering any classroom, the Shadow World information panel showed no change in exploration rate at that moment.

Then there were only two possibilities—

Either this classroom had already been challenged.

Or this classroom had been entered by challengers who were currently undertaking the challenge!

So by bringing all the students from such classrooms to the principal's office, the Blood Clan envoy naturally wouldn't be able to find human challengers disguised as demons in regular classrooms.

However, no student in the principal's office dared to respond to Lanqi.

This was their first time in the principal's office, and they were face-to-face with the school's principal at such close range.

"Relax, relax. If this kind of situation happens again in the future, I won't let you be so bored in the principal's office," Lanqi mainly felt he should consider the emotions of the other four challengers.

While speaking, he also looked at the teacher standing guard nearby,

"What do you think about building a swimming pool in the principal's office? The space here is so spacious, it's a waste to leave it empty. We could renovate it, and then students could come for pool parties in the future."

The demon teacher stood like a minion, sweating on his forehead, unable to tell if the principal was serious or joking, not daring to respond.

Even if he didn't criticize anything else, taking a huge step back, what crazy student would risk their life to come swimming in the principal's office?!

Lanqi then smiled helplessly and continued reviewing the official documents before him.

On the Shadow World information interface, the exploration rate had already changed to [Mission Objective 1: Academy Exploration Rate over 60%, Current Progress 1200%] due to his school-wide inspection.

Over eleven hundred of that was from his visits as principal.

Lanqi couldn't help feeling satisfied, thinking the rating and rewards for this Shadow World should be quite good.

(End of Chapter)