Dragon Ball: Saiyan's Culinary Journey Through the Heavens

Chapter 471 Graduation Ceremony and the Return of the Dragon God

Chapter 471 Graduation Ceremony and the Return of the Dragon God

Time flies like an arrow. Broly and Loki have known each other for a year. In the spring of the 410th year of the Ankylion Calendar, the demon girl no longer worries about her tuition fees.

As she entered her fourth year, her status as a Water Saint-level mage was revealed by Genus, making her a sensation at La Noah Magic University.

The demon race's identity began to fade due to the Water Saint level of magic. Although there were still staunch anti-demon factions in the academy, some students who admired highly educated people began to get close to Loki, a senior who had achieved great success during her student days.

Especially after a first-year girl successfully asked Loki about a magic problem in the corridor, Loki began to randomly encounter wild magic university juniors with question marks above their heads on her way to Professor Genus's office every day. These were all students who came to ask the girl questions.

At first, Luo Qixi was a little uncomfortable, but after answering more questions from her juniors, she got used to it. Although she knew that many of them were trying to get close to her because of her status as a Water Saint-level mage, as Rene said, it felt really good to be admired.

Of course, Luo Qixi can distinguish between who is insincere, who is sincere, who is a casual acquaintance, and who is a true friend.

She simply didn't mind helping her juniors at the university by answering their magical questions, as long as it didn't affect her own magical research.

This practice began to improve Loki's reputation, and her respected juniors later gave her the title of "Water Witch," meaning a demon girl with a higher level of skill in water magic.

Of course, besides this more formal title, many people actually prefer to call her "the knowledgeable, cold-faced but warm-hearted senior sister Shao Luo".

It goes without saying that she is knowledgeable. Her cold exterior and warm heart are due to the fact that when dealing with unfamiliar juniors, Luo Qixi always puts on a cold face, but she rarely refuses juniors who sincerely ask for help and will provide assistance to the best of her ability.

As for "Young Lolita Senior," it's due to her figure and identity. The Migrudia tribe's adulthood is fixed at 14 years old, which puts Lokishi in a delicate situation of being above a loli but not yet a young girl. Thus, she has the strange title of "Young Lolita Senior."

Loki initially disliked the nickname, but after being mistaken by an unfamiliar student for a young couple with Broly, she realized that the nickname wasn't so bad after all.

In the year 410 of the Ankylion calendar, Lokishi was having a very pleasant time as a fourth-year student at the Magic University, while Broly was also having a fulfilling year. As is often the case with fame, he spent the year dealing with guys who tried to spoil the demon girl's good mood and getting rid of some men who might become his rivals. Rene, however, was very helpful in all of this, especially when he couldn't openly show off how powerful he actually was.

Besides this, Broly also gradually put other Crystal Love accessories on Loki.

Anyway, storing one piece of jewelry is the same as storing multiple pieces. Broly would rather let Loki use the Crystal Love set than let it gather dust in the Crystal Palace.

Of course, another idea was to see if we could better improve the happiness value of the demon girl. As it turns out, the accessories in the Crystal Love set actually have a hidden extra effect, which is to increase the efficiency of happiness value acquisition. The more you wear, the easier it is to gain happiness value.

Until the end of the year 410 of the Ankylion calendar, when autumn turned to winter, all the accessories in the Crystal Love set except for the ring, which Loki said she hoped to wear on the most important day, were stuffed onto the demon girl by Broly.

"Graduation is approaching, and I don't have much left to teach you, Luo Qixi. What are your thoughts on your future?"

That day, Genius met with the girl. In the two years since she joined his research group, this student had learned all the knowledge he had accumulated in his life and surpassed his teacher. While he was proud of her, he also wanted to know about Loki's plans for the future.

"Does Professor Genius have any advice for me if he asks this?"

Luo Qixi was very clever and asked a question in return.

"If possible, I hope you can stay and apply for a teaching assistant position at the university, no longer as my disciple, but as my colleague, or even as a mentor who is ahead of me, and continue to explore the more profound path of water magic with me."

After making the invitation, Genius paused, then added, "Of course, teaching and research can be quite tedious, and I won't stop you if you have other ideas."

"Thank you, Professor Genes. Actually, my initial plan for the future was to continue my adventurer career after graduating from university..."

After all, she had dreamed of meeting her ideal partner on her adventure, such as encountering a handsome and tall hero who would save her when she was in dire straits while exploring a maze.

but……

The demon girl turned to look at the boy waiting for her beside her, and continued, "However, I have changed my mind now. I prefer the stable and regular life I have now to the unstable life of an adventurer. If Professor Genus does not mind, please continue to employ me as your research assistant."

"You're too modest, assistant. You're already a qualified magician, and your future will be much brighter than mine. Let's encourage each other in the future."

Genus extended his hand, not as he would a disciple, but as he would a collaborator. Lokishi reached out and shook hands with her teacher.

"By the way, Luo Qixi, you might have to make do with something when it comes to casting the graduate representative speech."

"Um?"

"Among the students graduating with you this year, there is a guy named Petru Orusson. His grades are nothing compared to yours, but he has a noble status and his family is a major financial backer for some of the college's research projects. So, although I disagree, the principal and others want to give him the respect due to his noble status and financial backing."

"Ginas said."

"So, do I have to give up my position as the graduate representative to the other person?"

Luo Qixi asked.

"If you're unwilling, there are ways to do it, after all..."

Genus also turned to look at Broly. In terms of generosity, Broly was no less generous than the Orusson family.

Although the bonus of noble status is gone, for some of the old men in the academy, the bonus of noble status is actually not as strong as the actual gold coins.

"If you're willing to put up some more bargaining chips, the position of graduate representative should still be yours."

Genus said this with some helplessness, because when faced with such a situation, he was unable to uphold justice for his disciple.

He was only a Water Saint-level mage, not a Water King-level mage, so his influence was quite limited. If it weren't for Broly backing Loki, the school probably wouldn't have used him to negotiate with Loki and give her the opportunity to obtain the status of a graduate representative.

"No, no need. I am not an aristocrat, so I don't need that nominal status as a graduate representative to serve as a facade."

Luo Qixi shook her head.

"I'm glad you have this rational understanding. In my heart, Loki, my disciple, you are the most outstanding graduate of this year's class at Lanoa Magic University."

The identity of a graduate representative is essentially used to enhance one's prestige; the evaluation is no longer based on the graduate's actual abilities and achievements, but rather on their background and influence.

Whoever can bring the most benefits to the academy will be chosen by those in power. As expected, the water saint-level mage, Lokishi, was not selected for this role, while the noble male student named Petru Oruson was successfully chosen.

However, this person was a bit unlucky. Just before the graduation ceremony was about to begin, he slipped and fell down the stairs, breaking his bones. He cried like a girl, saying he was about to die. To avoid a farce, the leaders of Lanoa Magic University had no choice but to let the second-choice demon girl take his place.

Although Luo Qixi was somewhat taken aback, she still went on stage without a script and delivered a wonderful speech as a graduation representative.

The Saiyan boy sitting below, listening to the demon girl's speech, was kneading the water elemental in his hand, which looked like a slime, and feeding the little hero some magic as a reward.

"...As graduates of Lanoa Magic University, we are about to embark on a new journey in life. As for you who are still students, I believe you will also have an even more wonderful academic life. Thank you, that concludes my remarks!"

After the demon girl finished speaking and bowed, the scene was silent for a moment, but after Rene led the applause, enthusiastic applause filled the hall.

As a graduate of the Water Saint-level magic school, Luo Qixi's speech as a representative was flawless, offering both blessings to the graduates and expectations for those who had not yet graduated.

Loki graduated from La Noah Magic University, but the very next day, she found a job there as a trainee teacher.

Life hasn't changed much. If I had to say something, it would probably be that I moved out of my original dormitory and into a deluxe single dormitory that the college prepared for the teachers.

"By the way, Loki, why don't you just move in with Broly?"

While Rene was helping carry the luggage, she couldn't help but ask.

"It's not good to live together before we're even married."

The Demon race has both open-minded views on marriage, like the Beast race, and conservative views, like those of the Migrudia race. Currently, Lokishi undoubtedly belongs to the conservative side.

"Then you should get married. Broly is 15 years old this year, he's already an adult."

Rene added that she also remembered the boy from two years ago, who introduced himself as being 13 years old.

"We should wait until he's a little older before discussing this further."

Compared to two years ago, Broly's physique has hardly changed, and Loki isn't into boys. Although she already believes the boy will be her future partner, she still wants to wait until he's a little older before discussing marriage.

Broly, who was also helping to carry luggage, paused, hoping that Alsterd, who had been gone for a long time, would return soon and bring him some good news.

In May of Ankylion Calendar 411, just as the final three months of Broly's nineteenth cycle of time were counting down, Alsterd finally returned, weary from his journey.

"Broly, the secret to the growth of dragons, I've found it."

Broly was somewhat agitated when Alsterd, dressed in a slightly dirty fur robe, spoke these words to him while holding a scroll in his hand.

This means that his strategy to win over Luo Qixi can finally enter the final stage, which is to invite her to become his wife and join the Crystal Palace.

"The secret to the growth of dragons is to compress time into the body of a creature through the power of magic, thereby accelerating its growth."

For those with short lifespans, the side effects of this secret technique are extremely deadly, shortening the user's lifespan. Broly, are you sure you still want to use it?

"Ohstide asked."

"certainly."

Broly nodded without hesitation.

"Given my situation, it will take at least four or five more years of normal stay before I can grow up. Without external help, it's impossible for me to achieve this kind of growth in this world. So, Alsterd, I'm counting on you."

On the third day after Alsterd's return, after preparing all the materials needed for the growth technique, Broly had the dragon's secret technique drawn on his body by Alsterd himself, using a special potion made with dragon blood.

"How about it? I've managed to compress the timeframe to around four years."

After Alsterd infused his magic and activated the secret technique, he asked the boy a question.

"I don't feel any changes."

Broly shook his head and spoke his true feelings.

"Is your secret technique fake?"

"impossible."

To prove this point, Alsterd even directly catalyzed a small tree in the yard into a large tree.

"The secret technique itself is fine; the problem might be with you. Either your growth period isn't four or five years, but more, or this secret technique simply doesn't work on you."

Alsterd speculated that things became obvious after the compressed time share was increased to thirty years, but the Saiyans remained largely unchanged.

It wasn't that the growth secret technique that Alster found was faulty, but rather that Broly himself had a problem, and that problem likely lay with the Crystal Palace.

The Crystal Palace solidified not only Broly's soul but also his body. This was a more powerful force of rules that transcended the truth of the six-sided world, rendering the dragon's secret arts completely ineffective.

How can I grow up?

Broly asked Crystal Palace, but received a rather rigid reply.

[This Crystal Palace is bound to the host's main world time; when the host grows up is determined by the main world time.]

This answer means that he cannot grow up with the help of external forces.

Therefore, Broly was somewhat disappointed.

"So what if you can't grow up? Your strength is invincible."

Alsterd comforted him.

"Invincible strength is useless. I have to grow up before Luo Qixi will agree to be my wife. But if I don't grow up, she won't become my wife."

"Did that demon girl say those words?"

Alsterd frowned.

"No, Luo Qixi didn't say it, but that's always been her meaning; she's looking forward to me growing up..."

(End of this chapter)