Is this the poker world?Ada thief!

"It's really tiring to have a duel right after returning. But it's okay, the duel you want."

Hayato looked helpless, but still accepted Ed's challenge, even though he had arrived at the villa not much earlier than Ed. "But is it appropriate to use a rare wish in a place like this? I thought you would want something like an autographed photo?"

"Me too..." He had to admit that Ed was indeed moved. After all, this was his original wish. Taking a photo with his idol whom he had always admired and even getting his autograph was something he simply couldn't refuse.

But he still restrained himself, thinking back to the adventures he had experienced on this island in the past week, he looked at Hayato with a determined look: "Although I am tempted, I have realized in the past few days that as a duelist, you must have strong enough power. Other pursuits must be put after the pursuit of power."

"That's right, Powder! The battle between Duel Monsters is essentially a battle of Powder! Regardless of the power of cards, the power of hearts, or anything else, only the party with more Powder is qualified to continue to exist as the winner, and the loser who loses Powder has no right to talk about pursuit."

Hayato nodded in approval. "Duel Monsters has always been such a cruel game. I am very pleased that I have developed a quest for Paowa and such growth. The efforts I have put into this island have not been in vain."

"How much thought was put into it?"

Ed could tentatively guess that the materialization of the Duel Monsters on the island was caused by Hayato, but after listening to Hayato's words, he felt that Hayato seemed to have another meaning, as if he had made some moves recently?
However, Ed did not ask his doubts out loud, but said seriously: "Yes, although I know that I am by no means a match for you, Mr. Hayato, but only if I see a big enough goal can I have enough motivation to move forward."

"I hope you won't lose confidence because of this. But you can rest assured that I won't pull out a crazy deck like [Tears of Pearl], [Abhidharma], [Divine Monument] when playing cards with you." Hayato patted Ed's shoulder and said with a smile, "But you should also want to start the duel in a perfect state, right? Anyway, there is no rush for a while, go and rest first, this villa is prepared for this."

"Snapped--"

As Hayato snapped his fingers, the door of the villa behind him slowly opened, and [Half-Dragon Maid·Washer Dragon Girl] and [Half-Dragon Maid·Waiter Dragon Girl], that is, Xiaolan and Xiaolu, each pushed open the door to welcome the guests.

"Master, welcome home~" This is Xiaolan who bowed respectfully and smiled foolishly at Hayato, remembering the teachings of [Half-Dragon Maid·Baby-Raising Dragon Maiden].

Xiaolu, who was originally a guest entertainer and was also known as the "living room maid", was much more professional. Not only did she maintain her elegant demeanor, she also did not forget to welcome Ed. "Dear guest from afar, welcome to your arrival."

Although he could be considered "successful" now, Ed had never lived a life served by maids, and had never seen such a scene? Even though the maids in front of him were mainly there to welcome Hayato back and to welcome him, Ed still felt a little overwhelmed. He hesitated in the garden in front of the villa, not daring to walk in front, and glanced at Hayato awkwardly.

Hayato thought that Ed's behavior was quite normal. Students of fifteen, sixteen or seventeen years old should act like students. It is not cute at all to act like a little adult every day. This kind of shyness is the mental state that young people should have. Having said that, Hayato and Jonouchi were the same age when they were in school, but they were not much better. The most student-like part of their bodies was probably the school uniform.

Game? Before the third year of high school, he was as tall as a primary school student sitting at the same table with Keipi and Rebecca. Even before graduating from the third year of high school, he only raised his height to the level of a 12- or 13-year-old junior high school student like Sera with Jonouchi's "secret training method". On the contrary, his height soared during college as if he had fought in the Holy Grail War. At the age of 23, when most people stop growing, he still maintained his belated growth. This year, he finally broke through 1.7 meters - at least taller than Anzi who was 1.65 meters.

"You've worked very hard today, Xiaolan. You deserve a praise." Calmly accepting the greeting from the two maids at the door, Hayato walked up to Xiaolan, touched her hair, and rubbed her cheek.

(Tang Xiaolan)
"Ugh! Why are you rubbing my face?"

"Who told you to laugh so frivolously, Xiao Lan?" Hayato said as he rubbed her face. "Hehe, a Xiao Lan like you is not only responsible for washing clothes, but I also want to rub your face for fun!"

However, after Hayato finished speaking, Blue's long furry tail, which had been wagging like a dog's tail behind her because Hayato was rubbing her face, suddenly froze and stood up. It wasn't because "a dog standing up is a dog" or something like that, but because she suddenly remembered something she had forgotten, and looked at Hayato with tears in her eyes: "I, forgot to dry the washed clothes in the washing machine!"

"Woo! I'm going to dry the clothes now, master, please don't fire me, meow!" In a panic, Xiao Lan ran out to the laundry room in the garden, saying as he ran.

"Great, while Xiaolan is away, I can have an extra snack." Seeing Xiaolan running away, Xiaolu's eyes lit up and he set his eyes on Xiaolan's meal. He smiled and pulled Hayato and said, "Master, let's go in quickly."

(Ear-moving magic (sure)

Seeing the dragon maid pulling Hayato into the villa, Ed felt embarrassed to continue standing in the garden alone, so he followed her into the villa.

Long before Hayato arrived at the villa and waited for the first person to arrive, the dragon maids roughly judged how long it would take for the master and the guests to arrive, because the villa was equipped with surveillance cameras that could monitor most areas of the island. The [Half-Dragon Maid·Dragon Housekeeper] who was in charge of the entire family had already arranged for the person in charge of the kitchen - [Half-Dragon Maid·Cooking Dragon Maid] to prepare meals for Hayato and the others.

Taking into account that students like Ed had experienced a week of wilderness life on the island, even though there were a large number of supply points along the way allowing them to freely replenish their favorite supplies, not everyone was lucky enough like Judai to meet a chef like Amerda who was good at processing ingredients. With their skills, they could only handle semi-finished products. The best they could do with raw ingredients was to ensure that they could be cooked, but they could not guarantee the taste.

Therefore, Xiaohong simply made the dessert that could replenish people's energy, taste the best to most people and make people feel happy. She also made a cake with extra celebratory significance for Ed and his friends to eat. Ed was a little flattered when a large three-layer cake was brought to the restaurant by Xiaolu on a cart.

"cake?"

"It's strawberry cake again, because the special effects movie that the master is following recently just happened to show related content, and I guess the master will definitely be interested, so I chose strawberry cake." Behind Xiaolu, Xiaohong also pushed a dining cart into the living room. Unlike the dining cart that Xiaolu pushed, which was loaded with cakes and tableware, her cart was filled with drinks and a variety of dishes, so that even people who don't like sweets can have other choices, which is quite thoughtful.

Although the maids have a clear division of labor, the kitchen work has been completed, and the Kobayashi family does not have such strict hierarchical rules, otherwise Xiaolu's behavior of pulling Hayato into the villa would be considered disrespectful. After finishing her work, Xiaohong naturally came to the living room to see her master whom she had not seen for a long time to replenish Hayato's energy (Xiaohong: delete this sentence!).

"You're welcome. You've seen such a big cake. You can't finish it. Have some dessert to relax." Looking at the complete cake, Hayato was a little surprised. He greeted Ed and teased Little Green, "You didn't steal any food today, Little Green?" "Hey, actually, it's because when Xiaohong made the cake, she made a few extra copies for us. There are seven different kinds of cakes based on us." Little Green said with a smile, "But master, you have such a big cake, you won't steal our copy, right?"

(There are seven kinds of cakes in the picture. This 22-year-old card previews this year's new Dragon Maid card)
However, the little green foot, who seemed to want to abandon her job as a maid in the living room and run to the back to "protect" her cake in advance, had not taken a few steps when she was forced back by the [Half-dragon Maid·Infant Dragon Girl], that is, Little Pink, who was walking over there. Little Pink smiled gently and even narrowed her eyes. She seemed to have no deterrent power. "Don't bully Little Blue, Little Green~"

"I, I get it. Don't laugh so scary, Sister Pink." The greedy maid stood at attention, and seemed to listen to Pink's words. She obediently returned to the dining table to help Hayato and Ed cut the cake and pour tea.

(You know, I have always been a fan of pink)
“Is black tea the only option?”

Hayato suddenly asked Ed this question. Ed, who was about to pick up a piece of strawberry and put it in his mouth, blinked and said quickly, "Sure, Mr. Hayato, I'm fine with anything."

"Haha, it's nothing, just a sudden joke, you can continue." Hayato smiled and shook his head, indicating that he didn't mean anything else.

After a while, Ed felt that he had eaten almost enough. Although he could still eat more, it was enough for now. The sugar supplemented by the dessert made Ed feel happy unconsciously due to the secretion of dopamine, and the black tea greatly restored his spirits. On the contrary, if he ate more, he would feel sleepy because of the blood supply to the stomach. Now it was just right - it was a state suitable for preparing for a duel.

"Are you ready? Well, you have a good look. If you are ready, let's go to the garden for the duel. The space there is wider and suitable for dueling monsters." Hayato also wiped his mouth and stood up. After saying this to Ed, he left the living room first and took the duel disk handed to him by the guest room maid, [Half-Dragon Maid·Bedroom Dragon Girl], Xiao Hei, who also came to the living room on the first floor. By the way, he asked curiously, "But speaking of it, I didn't see [Yao Guang] today?"

"Sister Yaoguang is helping the new sister arrange work." Xiaolan, who was holding a pile of clothes that needed to be washed and planned to move them to the laundry room to wash together because she forgot to dry them, answered Hayato, "Because the master didn't bring the mistress."

"I see, that's true." Hayato nodded, and then casually instructed, "By the way, Xiaolan, go to the door to entertain the others who will arrive later."

"Hey? Little Blue, me?"

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Pointing at himself, Xiaolan suddenly puffed up his cheeks as if he was angry. "You used to like to include me in the deck so much. Master, are you trying to get rid of me and not include me in the deck? Woohoo! I knew you've changed, Master! It was that guy called [Melo Mermaid] who confused you, Master!"

"Hehe, that's not what I meant." Hayato pulled Xiaolan out of the villa and quietly took out the [Pearl Tears Elegy Clan·Melo Mermaid] card from the deck and put it away - of course he told Ed that he didn't need [Pearl Tears], he just forgot to take the card out. If he forgot to turn it off, it would be turned on?
But since Xiao Lan wants to do that, there's nothing we can do about it. We might as well just try out a "Pure [Half-Dragon Maid]".

After calming down the spoiled Xiaolan, Hayato arranged for someone to go to the door to meet the other students who were arriving later, while he waited in the courtyard for Ed to adjust the deck.

And because his opponent was Hayato, Ed carefully spread out his entire deck and debugged it carefully, occasionally taking out a few cards to exchange with the cards in the side deck. It took him a long time to check the deck and return to the villa.

At some point, the dragon maids who had been roaming around the villa disappeared one by one. Looking out from the open door, Ed saw only Hayato standing among the green plants on both sides of the road with his back to the fountain in the center of the courtyard. He took a deep breath and stepped into the courtyard.

"Duel!"

There is no need for any warm-up introduction. Ed's state at this moment is already in "Climax", his fighting spirit is high, and the cards in the deck are also eagerly waiting for his call.

This time he not only used [D·hero], but also the [V·hero] card that he had tested in the duel with Kajiki Yuta, and he used all the means he could.

There was one thing, which was that he didn't know when a card he had never seen before appeared in his side deck, but after carefully reading the effect, he added it to the deck, thinking that it might be able to help him in the duel.

[Ed Phoenix: 4000LP, 5 cards in hand]

"The user of the Hero deck, Ed Phoenix." Looking at Hayato, Ed got ready, "Teacher Hayato, please teach me!"

"Hmm, let's start the duel, Duel." Hayato also unfolded the duel disk and said as he drew out five initial cards, "This time, we're playing a 'pure [Dragon Maid] deck'. Come meet the dragon maids of the Kobayashi family!"

[Hayato Kobayashi: 4000LP, 5 cards in hand]

At the same time, outside the courtyard, Asuka was saying something with a helpless expression on her face.

"The first place has been taken? It's still a little short, what a pity. But if it's Judai, it's normal for him to be so fast. He is really strong."

"Not Judai? Tsk, it was actually that guy with a problematic personality who always sticks to Judai and disturbs our communication and duel, Manjomu, who got there first? But I have to admit that he is quite capable."

"Not Manjome? That's right. Although he's not very consistent, my brother has been called 'King' after all. It's reasonable for him to take the first place."

"Huh? Ed Phoenix?" (End of chapter)