My older sister is a villainous rich girl

According to the setting, Tasia is a genius.

As long as you perform consistently and don't make any other mistakes, you can get full marks in almost every subject.

"Oh, right! I have to hurry and go somewhere else. Sorry, I have to go now."

With that, Tasia hurriedly set off to find other magic stones.

"Wait, Tasia, you haven't found a single one yet?"

Chris called out to her.

"Yes."

After receiving an affirmative answer, Chris hesitated and said, "How about we go look for it together? We don't have much time left now, and if Tasia goes alone, we might not make it in time."

With more people, there will be more strength, and everyone can take care of each other.

"As long as we get a magic stone that passes the minimum score before the deadline, we can give our perfect magic stone to Tasia."

Upon hearing her suggestion, Tasia was taken aback: "Miss Chris?"

Under the soft light of the magic lamp, Chris's smile was very gentle.

"It's okay, don't feel embarrassed... As a friend, I also hope to be able to help Tasia in an emergency."

“These exam results aren’t that important to any of us. However, they are crucial to the scholarship that Tasia wants to get, right?”

"What do you think?" She turned to the other three people, seeking their opinions.

“Lady Chris is right!” Molly agreed with her unconditionally.

"Ah... anyway, even if I get full marks in my practical class, I can't possibly get an A grade overall. Passing is all that matters!" Gavin said.

The remaining Wayne naturally wouldn't object.

Tasia was touched by everyone's support.

Wayne thought for a moment, then asked in confusion, "Tasia, your class's entrance should be quite a distance away from ours, so how did you end up here?"

They are currently in a very shallow outer layer. If Tasia continues to search for the magic stone deeper into the ruins, she should have a very difficult time encountering them.

—This meeting was too coincidental.

Upon hearing this, Tasia suddenly remembered what had happened before.

"I was following a very... strange aura when I came this way. But when I got to this area, the aura disappeared." She asked, puzzled, "Didn't you notice it?"

The four people present looked at each other in bewilderment.

“No, we’ve been playing cards here the whole time, and we haven’t seen anyone else,” Molly said softly, glancing instinctively at Wayne.

If we're talking about who's most likely to have noticed any clues, then it's only the strongest one, Wayne.

Wayne shook his head.

In his normal state, although he still possesses great magical power, it is only ahead of his peers, so it is normal that he cannot perceive some highly concealed magic.

This description sounds so much like the characteristics of dark magic.

"What kind of aura is it?" Chris asked, frowning.

“I…I can’t quite put my finger on it,” Tasia pondered, “but it makes me feel very uncomfortable.”

For someone who possesses light magic to feel this way... Wayne is now almost certain it's dark magic.

Coincidentally, there happened to be a user of dark magic in this ruin:

Student Council President, Darcy.

So, he lured Tasia here for—

Chris!

Even without any romantic advances, is he still harboring designs on Chris?!

No... Rather than for those romantic escapades, he seemed to want to use roundabout methods to get Chris, who had low magic power, into the depths of the ruins.

They didn't seem to have any good intentions at all.

Since the student council president didn't show up directly but instead used Tasia to achieve the plan, it's probably because he doesn't want to reveal his identity yet.

"How about this? I'll leave the group for now and go with Tasia to find the magic stone. That will be more efficient."

"The three of you just stay here and wait for us. Once you get a passing score, we'll head back. Theoretically, it should be soon..."

He figured that if he could avoid Tasia's sight and go all out, getting some magic stones wouldn't be difficult.

If Darcy comes out and blocks our way, we'll just throw him away. This godforsaken place is perfect for covering up the crime.

If you just smash the gourd, you won't need to guess what he's up to.

"no!"

However, Chris immediately and firmly rejected his statement.

She grabbed Wayne by the collar, pulled him in front of her, and asked with a pitiful expression, "Tell me! Do you want to spend some time alone with Tasia?"

“What do you mean?” Wayne said speechlessly. “I’m doing this to be faster! Wouldn’t it be better if you three played cards here for a while? I’ll be right back.”

"Don't even think about it."

She wouldn't listen to any explanations, clinging tightly to Wayne's hand, saying, "You have to take me with you."

Seeing that she was determined, Wayne had no choice but to coax her helplessly, "Then you mustn't run around later, no matter what, you have to stay by my side, okay?"

"Ah."

Chris responded with a muffled sound.

In the end, Wayne still dragged Chris and Tasia into the ruins to search for the magic stone.

The larger piece from before has already been entrusted to Molly and the others.

It wasn't that he didn't want to bring Molly and Gavin along, but rather that Student Council President Darcy was clearly plotting something. If something happened, he might only be able to protect Chris, and the two of them would just be a burden.

Just in case, Wayne had already made an agreement with them that if the three of them hadn't come out by the time it was almost over, the two of them should take the magic stone out and hand it over to the teacher, and report that he and Chris had gotten separated.

Given Chris's and her powerful family background, many teachers should come to their rescue.

Of course, this is the worst-case scenario.

Normally, helping Tasia is just a small thing.

Wayne and Chris held hands tightly.

Walking through the dimly lit passageway, all you could hear were the footsteps of the three people and the echoes that came back from the depths of darkness.

At this moment, Chris appeared exceptionally compliant, clinging tightly to Wayne's arm.

how to say?

So it seems that my initial goal of getting Chris to cling to me... has been achieved, right?

Chapter 144 If it gets any later, there'll be no escape.

I have a feeling that there's something wrong with the difficulty level of this exam.

The three of them solved all sorts of strange and wonderful problems along the way.

For example, a stone ball suddenly appears, a trap suddenly sinks, a deep pool blocks the way, and so on.

Finally, on a platform in the center of an empty stone house, they found a tiny magic stone, about the size of a little fingernail.

"My God, it's so small..." Chris was astonished when she picked up the magic stone.

"At this rate, we won't pass even if we search all day."

Wayne frowned as well.

In fact, although the magical mechanisms set up were varied and numerous, the overall difficulty was not too great.

Given their speed in clearing levels, they are definitely among the best of all the students.

"Something's not right," he said, puzzled.

"If this continues, this exam won't be testing our magical abilities at all; it'll just be a waste of time, preventing us from achieving our goal..."

Wayne paused at this point.

Perhaps... that's exactly what they wanted.

However, this purpose does not belong to the school teachers, but to the person who is hiding behind the scenes and causing trouble!

In an instant.

Suddenly, a loud "boom" was heard, and the situation changed abruptly.

From the direction they came from, a thick stone wall crashed down, blocking their retreat.

Wayne pulled Chris into his arms, and with his other hand summoned magical earth spikes, but they couldn't pierce the wall.

Tasia's expression changed as well. Her flaxen hair fluttered, and golden light swirled around her as a massive beam of light blasted towards the stone wall.

Just looking at that blinding light from the side, you could feel as if your eyes were about to be burned.

But it also yielded no results.

“It’s covered in a layer of magical energy.” Wayne looked at the spot where it had fallen.

Because the house was made entirely of stone blocks, they had been careless when they passed underneath it and failed to notice that the stone walls above were movable.

Tasia anxiously used light magic to probe the surrounding stones, checking if there were any mechanisms to disarm them.

After a moment, she said disappointedly, "It doesn't seem like it will work."

Nestled in Wayne's arms, Chris looked up and asked, "So, are we trapped here now?"

He felt her breath gently brushing against the area below his Adam's apple, tickling him.

"perhaps."

This stone chamber appears to be a very standard secret room.

Surprisingly, the air here wasn't stuffy.

Chris didn't panic. Instead, she reached into the backpack slung across her shoulder and took out a bag.

"You can eat this if you get hungry."

Wayne looked down and saw that it was a bag of cookies.

"...You even brought this?"

Is this young lady out camping? Long towels, playing cards, food… will they be of any help to their exams?

However, it seems that it might actually come in handy now.

"I don't want it, you can keep it."

He took Chris's hand and walked to Tasia's side.

"There must be another exit here, otherwise there would be no need to wait until we enter the room to trigger the mechanism," he guessed.

"The person causing this trouble seems to be trying to lead us somewhere."

Tasia bit her lower lip and said remorsefully, "I'm sorry, if it weren't for helping me, you wouldn't be trapped here."

"No, that person's target is very likely not you."

After glancing at Chris, Wayne voiced his speculation. "The real target is probably Chris... or me."

“A few years ago, I personally experienced a very strange case. The victim at that time was a baron who was controlled by a magical force of unknown origin that was difficult to detect, which seems somewhat similar to the situation we are encountering now.”

"My father told me that it was—"

"Dark magic".

His deep voice echoed in the room.

Tasia looked surprised.

Chris's expression remained unchanged, indicating that she, who also knew the plot, had already guessed that this was a trap set by Darcy.

“Dark magic… Someone told me that it’s an extremely evil kind of magic that can be learned.” Tasia looked at her palm and said slowly, “Indeed, the nemesis of light magic.”

Light and darkness cannot coexist.