episode_0131

In the world of the aristocracy, there are several manners that an adult male nobleman must have.

For example, a typical example was that while it was acceptable to borrow a cigarette, it was extremely rude to borrow a cutter and matches.

And recently, there is one more thing that must be observed among the manners of the male nobles.

“What, you want to borrow my deck? You’re a loser.”

It was not about asking others to lend their decks.

“No… I forgot and left my dedicated deck here. Don’t you always have a spare deck?”

“Don’t pretend to know. A person called a duelist walks around with a deck.”

chuck.

As the angry nobleman unfolded the inside of his coat, the eyes of the people around him instantly began to turn to him.

“That’s it!”

“ Isn’t this a special pocket given only to the winner of the Somerset Goods Shop Bae Duel Competition!”

“You’ve got that, you’re a true duelist!”

The man, who was enjoying the attention being poured on him, took out his deck from the special pocket sewn into the inside of his shirt.

Then he took out the card that was on the very top and held it up, saying:

“Don’t you even have pride as a duelist? How can you ask to borrow a deck that is as precious as your life?”

“No… I just wanted to go into the Duel Tavern and have some fun… .”

By this point, the man who had asked to borrow the deck had become a traitor who was almost worthy of death.

He just wanted to have a drink and play cards at a tavern where he could play the popular card games these days.

The gazes of those around him were already extremely cold.

“Guys who always put banned cards in their decks are usually like that.”

“Isn’t it a resale? I heard that these days, people are buying cards in hopes of making a fortune.”

“Whatever it is, he is a rude person.”

The man, who could not remain shameless in a situation where people’s voices were piercing into his ears even though he was gossiping, ended up running away from the place.

***

“I’m not the type of person to say things like that.”

“Yes, please speak comfortably, Yustav.”

After the Academy opened, Rupert was lecturing students as usual when he was suddenly summoned to the principal’s office by Eustace.

Yustav, who had called him, did not know what he wanted to say, but he just kept talking about trivial things while he finished his cup of tea.

Yustav opens his mouth after a brief pause, as if he has finally decided to get to the main point.

“Can I get the Dark Archmage Ultimate Rare card separately?”

“Yes?”

bang!

“Honestly, you, no! Isn’t the salesmanship at the top of Yuren too evil? I’ve opened over 100 card packs. How! Are you saying that you can’t get even one Dark Archmage Ultimate Rare card?”

“Calm down, Yustav!”

“How frustrated must I be for this to happen!”

Rupert was taken aback by Eustace’s excitement, which he had never seen before.

Even during the Abyss Church incident, the gentleman who had been so calm was getting so excited and throwing a tantrum over a single card.

And it was hard to believe that all I wanted was an ultimate grade rare card.

‘Isn’t it too small?’

, which began serialization right after ended, was planned to be commercialized from the beginning, so the product was released quickly.

-The surface material of the card must be classified into grades.

The technical skills I accumulated while developing animations were of great help during this process.

‘The desire to collect is, above all, to make people want to have it.’

The categories of cards presented by Rupert were divided into common-rare-super rare-ultimate rare stages, so even if they had the same name, their value varied greatly.

In the case of general cards, they were just plain and had no processing, but from rare onwards, it was a little different.

In the case of rare cards, the name of the card was slightly silver, but the difference was so great that you wouldn’t notice it unless you looked closely.

On the other hand, it was possible to clearly distinguish between super rares.

The unique feature of the name and picture on the card flashing made it obvious to anyone that this was something precious.

And now, in the case of the ultimate rare that Yustav is desperately wanting.

“You already have a super rare Dark Archmage?”

“This isn’t enough! Harun comes to me every day and brags to me, and I’m getting sick.”

“Huh? Are you talking about Harun Kyung?”

“That’s right! How on earth did you get that ultimate rare card!”

Yustav began to explain in detail how he had been manipulated by Harun.

‘Oh, Yustav, do you play the King of Cards game too?’

‘That’s right. I’m not bragging, but I’ve never lost a fight against an academy professor.’

‘You’re really good at card games. Well, would you like to play a game with me?’

‘Good.’

Yustav had his own confidence.

Some people say that card games are childish games for children, but in his opinion, that was not the case at all.

‘You can’t just blindly play strong cards from the beginning, so it’s important to build a solid foundation for later.’

Since each powerful card had its own tricky summoning conditions, he concluded that it was best to spend the turn defensively at first and create the winning cards that each person had prepared.

however,

‘Trap Card Activation! Choose one card in your opponent’s hand and send it to the Graveyard!’

‘Magic Card activation! All Fiend-type monster cards on the opponent’s field are sealed for 3 turns.’

‘Harpy’s Feather activates! Destroy all Magic Cards and Trap Cards on the opponent’s field.’

The confrontation with Harun was different.

The plans that Yustav had prepared to draw the super rare Dark Archmage card that he cherished were shattered by all the special effect cards that Harun had been using since the beginning.

Even when he tried to counterattack, his cards were quickly destroyed by Harun.

‘This is the last one. Sacrifice 3 monster cards on the field to special summon the Dark Archmage!’

The last card that Harun pulled out while toying with Yustav was none other than Yustav’s favorite card, the Dark Archmage.

Yustav wanted to rub his eyes and deny reality.

‘This… This is!’

‘You noticed. Yes, this is not just any Dark Archmage, it is an Ultimate Rare Dark Archmage!’

Even the Dark Archmage of Super Rare grade that he had was extremely difficult to obtain, making it the envy of others.

I’ve only heard stories about the Ultimate Rare Dark Archmage that Harun just took out, but this was the first time I’d actually seen it, so it was a really rare card.

‘How on earth do I do this!’

‘I got lucky. Didn’t that line appear in the comics?’

-The card chooses the duelist!

A famous line uttered by the main character to his defeated opponent in the new film , which is enjoying great popularity along with .

In that moment, even the last bit of Yustav’s pride crumbled away.

It was fortunate that he was a person of character who had accumulated knowledge over a long period of time. If he had not had a little more patience, Harun would have become Yustav’s magical experiment subject that day.

And after that miserable defeat that day, Yustav thought hard and found out the reason for his defeat.

“Even the card effect descriptions of the Ultimate Rare grade cards are coated!”

“Yes, that’s right… .”

“If I had an Ultimate Rare Dark Archmage, I wouldn’t have lost to Harun!”

Yustav protests as if the only reason he lost was because of the difference in card rank.

But to Rupert, it sounded like nothing more than a ridiculous excuse.

‘No, the rarity of the card and its performance don’t matter!’

“So please sell me the ultimate rare Dark Archmage, I’ll pay any price you want!!!”

Now it was Eustace who was shaking Rupert by the shoulders, begging, almost threatening.

***

“Stop moving!”

“Ouch!”

“You know that touching the product is an unforgivable crime, right?”

“Sorry, please just look at it once!”

“Drag and go!”

The spacious grounds of Somerset Manor are now beginning to feel cramped due to the increased number of buildings.

The buildings that have been built recently are factories that produce only one thing.

It was none other than a special factory for producing cards.

“Haa… Was it a mistake to hire new people because we were short on manpower?”

After work, Rupert returned to the mansion and talked to Esteban in the living room, complaining.

“There’s nothing I can do. All the employees I’ve hired in the past were from Somerset Estates, so I could trust them, but now… .”

Somerset Workshop had no choice but to hire additional personnel because they did not have the capacity to handle card production with their existing staff.

Of course, most of the employees worked diligently, but with the card game rapidly becoming popular, there were frequent instances of employees stealing expensive cards and trying to sell them secretly, which was a headache.

“I knew kids would love it, but I didn’t expect adults to get so hooked on the card game.”

“Actually, adults also like these things. They just hide it and pretend not to know.”

Rupert replied as he watched Esteban lamenting that he should have prepared more thoroughly from the beginning if he had known it would be this successful.

‘Honestly, I’m glad that this world is no longer looked down on as something only for children to watch.’

When I think about the situation in Korea, one thing that really makes a huge difference is the position of comics here.

As Korea was late in opening up to culture, it was conservative and as a result, there were many very critical views on the comics genre.

This has continued to this day, making it difficult for comics to escape the negative perception that they are harmful and only for children.

As the starting point of this world was different, comics had now firmly established themselves as a culture.

A world where comics are enjoyed by people of all ages, not just children.

In some ways, this may have been the biggest change Rupert had ever made.