episode_0011

Having finished building our decks, Arianna and I came out of the basement where Mr. Neuron was.

“……Did you finish building your decks?”

Elfelt, who had been waiting leaning against the underground wall, peeled her back off the wall and asked.

“Yeah. When should we do it?”

“I’d like to do it right away if I could……. But there are classes, and it would be troublesome for both of us if we stand out too much. It would be best to do it after school today in the ‘Forbidden Forest’, which is now safe.”

Elfelt, considerate of me, designated a place with no people after school as the duel location.

“No need for that.”

But,

“Let’s fight spectacularly in front of everyone.”

“Pardon?”

I had no intention of hiding and dueling in such a place.

“Arianna told me. How trivial the duels in this world are.”

Knowing the pathetic state of duels in this other world, I couldn’t just stay quiet.

“……Arianna?”

“Yes?! No, I, I didn’t say anything strange at all!!”

“I’ll show you what a real duel is.”

I had no choice but to personally usher in a new era.

“I’ll crush your duels, which are merely child’s play, in front of everyone.”

“……Uh.”

At my provocation, which quoted lines from my favorite sports manga,

“Uh, uh uh uh, how can you be so arrogant……!! There’s a limit to how conceited you can be!!”

Elfelt’s button seemed to be completely pushed, and she flushed red.

“Alright. I’ll prepare the most spectacular venue. I’ll make you lose shamefully in front of everyone!!”

“Whoa, whoa. Both of you, please calm down……!!”

It feels like this will be the most exciting duel since the finals of the first hall tournament I ever entered. It’s enjoyable.

*

And so, having decided to have a spectacular duel, we-

“Student Council President, excuse me.”

“Elfelt, I was waiting for you.”

Headed straight to the Student Council room…… not for a duel.

“I heard about the situation. That three freshmen caused a commotion.”

The Student Council President with long silver hair stood by the window that was an entire wall, back turned to us, sipping tea.

“I’ll take care of the three who caused the problem myself. However.”

Turning around to face us, the Student Council President,

“No matter what, for you, the Prefect, to leave the dormitory without permission late at night. That’s something that shouldn’t happen.”

Was a beauty with eyes so cold they were spine-chilling.

“Um, Senior Elfelt had no choice but to save me…….”

“Regardless of intention, it is a fact that you broke the rules.”

Arianna defended Elfelt, but the Student Council President cut her off sharply. At that cold gaze, Arianna immediately wilted.

“In the first place, Elfelt, if you had properly guided the students, this wouldn’t have happened.”

And instead, she blamed Elfelt.

“…….”

Elfelt said nothing in response, just quietly lowered her head and kept her mouth shut.

Seeing that, I was convinced.

‘This Student Council President is incredibly strong at dueling.’

In a world completely centered around duels like this, the aggressive Elfelt, who asked me for a duel twice, was submitting meekly to this unreasonable treatment.

I’m curious about what kind of deck she uses. I definitely want to fight her someday.

“So, what is it? There’s an unfamiliar guest behind you too.”

“……There are many things to report, but I will postpone that until later.”

Elfelt lifted her lowered head, and

“First period, I will duel this person in the Central Plaza. Permission.”

Pointed to me with a glance and declared.

“…….”

The Student Council President looked at me, placed her teacup on the table, and strode closer.

“You.”

Press.

“?!”

And pressing my chest with her fingertips,

“Something good……. you have it.”

Leaned her face so close our lips would touch if she leaned down slightly and whispered.

‘Is this woman sensing the Legendary Card?’

The spot the Student Council President was pressing was where I had placed the Legendary Card, Ice Mirror Marius, which I hadn’t put in the deck yet as a precaution.

“Huh, Student Council President……?”

“I’ll permit it.”

The Student Council President said, moving away from me.

“Finish it within the first period. The professors will get angry if you keep disrupting classes beyond that.”

With a smile that didn’t hide her amusement, unfitting of her cold demeanor.

*

Safely…… I don’t know if it was safely, but anyway, having received permission from the Student Council President, we headed to the Central Plaza.

“Is this the Central Plaza?”

“Yes. Most important duels take place here. It’s easy to watch too.”

As Elfelt said, the school buildings surrounding the Central Plaza on all sides resembled spectator stands. It looked like it was intentionally designed to be easy to watch.

“A duel from the first period?! And it’s Lady Elfelt’s?!”

“If they’re doing something like that, we have no choice but to watch!! Has it started?! Not yet, right?!”

And somehow, perhaps an announcement had gone up, crowds were already starting to flock around and in the buildings.

“Heh heh. Because of this, teaching is impossible. I’d better watch too.”

“Alright. Today’s class is a field trip! Watch and learn from the duel of an excellent senior!”

Naturally, professors were mixed in among the spectators, and

“Lady Elfelt, I love you!! You’re beautiful today too!!”

“I want to become Lady Elfelt’s card!!”

There were even some strange individuals holding placards. They were noticeable, but Elfelt didn’t even spare them a glance.

“So, who is the Prefect’s opponent?”

“They’re wearing strange clothes. Aren’t they an outsider?”

“Behind them……. who? Looks like a first-year.”

And, naturally, everyone’s attention was drawn to me and Arianna, Elfelt’s opponents. I’ve dueled with many spectators before, but this level was new, so it felt a bit overwhelming.

“Elfelt. I’ve dueled with goblins, but this is my first time with this world’s duel. If I make any mistakes or anything, feel free to tell me anytime.”

Amidst that, I asked for Elfelt’s understanding beforehand, and

“Hmph. Obvious things. I’ll teach you gently enough that you can’t make excuses like you lost because you didn’t know the rules! Of course, the duel content itself won’t be gentle at all!”

Elfelt placed her hand on her chest and declared proudly.

Even though she’s conservative about decks, she’s a good duelist. If I had met her at a modern TCG store, I feel like we would have become very close.

“……Kisu-nim.”

Behind me, Arianna grabbed my sleeve and called me.

“Please, you must win. Win, and build my deck too!!”

And in front of everyone’s attention, she shouted loudly with her head bowed.

“……A public confession?”

“Is it a love spat?”

“Does that mean the duel happening now is a competition?”

At those words, all the spectators started murmuring, and

“Does that mean Lady Elfelt is also aiming for that man……?”

“Kuaaaaaaak!! I don’t know who you are, but I’ll kill you!! I’ll kill you!!”

Evidently strange individuals started harboring killing intent towards me.

“You just meant you wanted me to look at your deck, without any deep meaning, right?”

“…….”

I gave her a chance to explain herself, but Arianna avoided my gaze and ignored me. I don’t understand teenage girls. I want to pretend I don’t know.

“Well……. Anyway, I’ll win.”

I turned my gaze to Elfelt, who looked dumbfounded, as if asking what I was doing here.

“Let’s prepare for the duel. Dice are enough to decide who goes first, right?” [Official], 8000 Life Points. Best of 3 matches.”

“Okay. No problem.”

“Yes. Then prepare your decks.”

No sooner had she finished speaking than five decks appeared behind Elfelt’s back, automatically shuffling themselves.

“I have no intention of going easy on you, so I’ll face you with the deck I use most often.”

As Elfelt raised her hand high, a red deck among them zipped and flew into her hand, and

Plop.

Elfelt stuck the deck she caught into the cleavage between her unbuttoned shirt.

“Uwoooooooo!!!”

“I want to become Lady Elfelt’s card!!!”

Simultaneously with the intense cheering echoing from the school building, a glowing space formed in Elfelt’s cleavage, and the deck was sucked inside. It’s a relief she’s not actually dueling with it stuck there.

“……Isn’t the place you put your deck a bit too suggestive?”

“It wasn’t suggestive at first! My body just grew too much!”

At my remark, Elfelt seemed aware that it was an embarrassing place and replied with a blush.

“You should prepare quickly too?”

“Okay. Just a moment. ‘Deck List’.”

I summoned the ‘Deck List’, took out the deck consisting of 39 cards, and added the Ice Mirror Marius which I had kept separately.

“I’m ready.”

As soon as I declared I was ready, the 40 cards split into 8 and spread out, shuffled amongst themselves, and then turned into holes in mid-air. It was the same position as with the goblins, the best location to reach into.

“Now let’s decide who goes first. Dice should be enough, right?”

A baseball-sized die appeared in Elfelt’s hand, and Elfelt rolled it so it would fall in front of me.

Roll, roll, roll, thud.

The number was 2.

“This is……! High probability of going first!”

Arianna let out a sigh of relief, as if it went well. Boos echoed among the spectators.

According to Arianna, except in special cases, the win rate for going first in the current [Official] is considerably, no, extremely high. It’s only natural since there are no ‘Hand Traps’.

I picked up the die from the floor and rolled it, and

“Ah……!!”

The number that came up was 1. Actually, that’s what I was hoping for.

“Hmm. I was prepared to go second, but it turned out this way. The duel begins with me going first!”

Simultaneously with Elfelt’s declaration, the words [DUEL START] appeared prominently in mid-air.

Elfelt reached into her cleavage, and I reached into the hole in mid-air, drawing 5 cards, the first hand.

‘This hand is……. pretty good.’

“……You said your name was Kisu? It seems your luck isn’t very good for the first match.”

Holding the drawn cards upside down to look at them, Elfelt grinned, as if already confident of victory.

“Activate the Magic Card, [Bonfire of Beginnings]! I add one FIRE Attribute [Spirit] monster from my deck to my hand!”

Elfelt declared the activation of the Magic Card and reached into her cleavage, drawing a card with gusto, but

Pop.

“Huh?”

What popped out from between Elfelt’s cleavage was,

“Ehehe.”

A tiny spirit hugging a padlock tightly, with dark circles under its eyes.

“Wh-wh-wh-what, what is thiiiiiiis?!”

“Ehet. I’m sorry……. Fuhehe.”

As Elfelt was shocked, the spirit laughed unpleasantly, and the spectators were surprised,

“[Lock Spirit] negates.”

I hurriedly declared the activation I couldn’t do because I threw the card.

“Wha, what? Negates……?”

“You should ask if there’s a Chain to activate before drawing, Elfelt.”

It’s time to show them a real duel, a modern [Duel Fantasia].