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Chapter 1840 Effect Search Summoning Magic~
"【Summoner-Aleister】This effect can only be activated when the card is Summoned or Flip Summoned. Add one 【Summoning Magic】from my Deck to my hand."

Hearing Hayato's words, Heine finally snapped out of the shocking realization that "the being who was supposedly communicated with by Aleister from another world—but Hayato Kobayashi summoned Aleister." He looked at Hayato and said, "Mr. Hayato, you really weren't Aleister Crowley's summoned creature, but rather you summoned him instead?!"

"Actually, I also narrowly lost to Master back then, otherwise the master-servant relationship might not be so certain," Alai quickly said, trying to save face.

"Where did you narrowly lose? Are you feeling wronged?"

Hayato glanced at him, and Alai quickly retorted, "No way! Being Master's dog is the greatest honor!"

Meanwhile, Heine suddenly heard a voice: "Are you still spacing out? The other side is about to finish the search. If you don't act now, you'll miss the deadline!"

"Hey! I'm coming right now—" Heine replied subconsciously, but then she suddenly remembered that there was no one around her to talk to. Even the members of the [Witchcraft] team had just been sent to the graveyard by a [Super Polymerization] card. Who was talking to her?

Could it be one of those monsters in stories that eats people the moment they respond?! I've already subconsciously replied; is it too late to take it back? Don't eat me! I haven't even found a boyfriend yet, waaaaah!
In her imaginative little head, Heine had already conjured up images of herself being devoured by a ferocious monster. Her face turned pale with fright, and when a small hand patted her shoulder to bring her back to her senses, she thought the monster was really going to eat her. Terrified, she crouched down on the ground, trembling, and began to utter a long, complex sentence typical of social anxiety.

"Oh! Lord Demon, please don't eat me! I didn't even have time to wash my hair before I left home, and I ate really strong garlic last night, so I don't taste good at all. Besides, eating someone as useless as me will definitely make you nauseous, so please don't—"

"Huh?" The blue-haired girl blinked. "Heine, what are you talking about? Wait, are you implying that I'm some kind of 'old monster'? Unforgivable!"

Grabbing Heine's face, which was about to melt into a puddle of water, the blue-haired girl pulled mercilessly. Although she wasn't very strong, she still pulled so hard that Heine cried out in pain. But the feeling of something real pulling her cheek, not a ghost, made her realize that the person grabbing her wasn't some "ghost."

Looking up again, Heine blinked blankly: "Lady Vie... Lady Vie?"

Heine's voice also drew Hayato and Alai's attention. The two looked at the blue figure that had appeared next to Heine at some point and exclaimed in unison, "Loli old hag?"

"Who's a loli, you idiot!" Vera retorted angrily upon hearing the keyword, glaring at Hayato and Alai. "You're really annoying, Crowley!"

"Hey, Master and I were saying that together, so why are you only targeting me?" Alai protested. "And isn't the keyword 'protest' wrong? Doesn't she completely deny that she's an old woman?"

(A well-known female devil, a loli old lady)
“Vell.” With her arms crossed over an imaginary chest, the blue-haired girl flashed an arrogant smile reminiscent of a little imp. “Just as you are now ‘Aleister,’ my name is now Vera—【Master Witchcraft Craftsman, Headmaster Vera】.”

"Lady Vera, why are you here?" Upon seeing Vera, Heine didn't immediately react, but now she finally realized something was amiss. "Didn't you say you had something to attend to and entrusted the [Witchcraft] workshop to us for maintenance? Because of this, Miss Jenny, Miss Andel, and I have been working tirelessly from dawn till dusk every day in this world, while also continuing our alchemy training to ensure we can reach the 'Crystallization' stage?"

Upon seeing Vera again, even someone as socially awkward as Heine couldn't help but pour out all the stress he had been under lately, turning it into endless complaints. Vera, with sweat dripping from her forehead, chuckled and said, "Well, you've been working really hard, Heine, but it's no use telling me that now. I'm just a product of a spell attached to you."

"See? My body is actually an alchemical creation made from the things around me." Showing off her elbow, the joints were completely puppet-like spherical structures rather than real elbows. Vera turned to Hayato and said, "Although I took Aruru away, I didn't completely abandon you. At least I left special spells on you to protect your safety."

"This spell will be triggered when you encounter danger. I thought it would only be triggered after Endymion discovered our espionage activities, but I didn't expect it to be triggered by the Sorcerer instead. What surprised me even more was that the old friend I encountered was not that bearded man Endymion, but this arrogant brat Crowley."

"It's not your place to say that, you've already become a real brat, are you?" Alai retorted, the atmosphere between him and Vera becoming more harmonious. "More than a hundred years have passed, are you still clinging to this world and refusing to die, even turning yourself into this state?"

"Don't laugh, some people just like lolis!" With her hands on her hips, Vera teased Alai, "You've gotten rid of the backlash from [Summoning Magic] and become quite the smooth talker, haven't you, Crowley? And has your power declined at all?"

"Duel Monsters have their own rules, and for now, I'm called [Summoner - Aleister]." Aleister smiled and opened his arms. "As for my changes, you can tell from the fact that I can still use [Summoning Magic] that the priestess blood within me hasn't disappeared~"

"Hmph, are you just showing off? Let me try my hand." Vera glanced at Heine, who was habitually standing beside her. "Even though you're just an agent, Heine, you're still our 'master' from the [Witchcraft] workshop. Show some guts, will you?"

Within the artisan industry, titles are divided into "apprentice," "journeyman," and "master." Before Vera ran away, Vera was the "master," but now Heine is acting as the "master." This title not only represents the responsibility of teaching apprentices, but also the responsibility of leading the workshop's development and maintaining its operation. This is why Heine always pretended to be mature before.

Seeing Heine barely muster his spirits, Vera sighed. Although this disciple had great potential in alchemy and had even reached the "crystallization" level of their school, he was still lacking in leadership skills, unlike herself who could run the workshop in an orderly manner even if she slacked off every day.

"Let's leave it at that this time. You can stand on the sidelines or rest for a bit. The guy on the other side is beyond your capabilities. It's better if I take over from now on."

Looking at Hayato's side, Vera said, "Can you accept this, the one on the other side? Even if you don't accept it, I will forcefully intervene to fight in place of my disciples. Also, what price do I need to pay for interfering in a duel in your world?"

"No need to pay the price, because the cost of our side's intrusion is only a mere 2000 life points, which is meaningless. I don't mind changing the player." Hayato looked at Heine and then at Vera. "In fact, I would prefer to duel with you. Not only because I can duel with a slightly more complete [Witchcraft] deck, but also because I can be more ruthless towards you than the rather kind Heine."

"That's outrageous, saying you can be more ruthless towards me." Vera casually pulled out a few cards and stuffed them into Heine's deck, forcibly taking over Heine's Staff Duel Disk. However, with her short hands, it seemed she couldn't quite put it on. Embarrassed and annoyed, Vera simply tapped Heine's staff, turning it into a crystal gem that floated in mid-air, allowing her to easily manipulate the cards on it. "I'm not as easy to deal with as I look, you brat who's no more than twenty years old." "As an old friend, I have to remind you of the same thing, Sander... no, 'Vera'." Alai pulled down his hood, assuming a more formal fighting stance with a magic book in one hand and a staff in the other. "My current Master's abilities aren't limited by age. If you were me, you'd understand the situation that happens to geniuses like us, right?"

Upon hearing this, Vera couldn't help but recall the past. She remembered a time when Crowley easily replicated an extremely rare teleportation spell just by glancing at someone else's book collection. Even in his youth, his magical power was stronger than Vera's and Endymion's combined power when they were both adults.
'Tsk, I'm clearly considered a peerless genius by others, yet there's someone like Crowley, who's a genius even among geniuses, and that Zoroya guy.'

While inwardly criticizing Aleister, Vera nodded and looked directly at Hayato, saying, "Then, let's refocus our attention on the duel—we just reached the point where you used Claude [Summoner - Aleister]'s power to search for [Summoning Magic], right?"

"That dangerous [Summoning Spell] is a very dangerous thing, let me hitch a ride on it a little—using the effect of my [Witchcraft Substitute Master] on the field." Vera waved her hand and shouted, "Heine, go!"

“I understand!” Heine stood on the field, holding a spare staff and casting a spell. “So now, you want me to call in other people from my deck, right?”

“That’s right, just call ‘Jenny’ over now.” As Heine cast the teleportation spell, Vera manually retrieved the card she wanted from her deck and showed it off, “The effects of Spellcaster monsters other than Fusion Monsters and Spell Card effects can trigger the effect of [Witchcraft Substitute Master]. The effect of [Summoner - Aleister] will allow me to Special Summon one [Witchcraft] monster of Level 6 or lower from my hand or Deck.”

"I've Special Summoned 'Jenny'—but not the [Witchcraft Artisan - Omni Jenny] you just saw, but this [Endymion's Handmaiden - Jenny]!"

Emerging from Heine's summoning circle was not the mage who had appeared before. Instead, [Witchcraft Craftsman - Omni], dressed in a black and white maid outfit, hopped onto the field, full of energy: "Hi~ This is Jenny-chan."

Even Hayato was taken aback: "[Endymion]? Shouldn't the Special Summon of [Substitute Witchcraft Master] have the [Witchcraft] field restriction?"

"Hmph, it's alright. How can you strip someone of their identity just because they changed their clothes? Jenny is still a member of our [Witchcraft] workshop. This outfit is just what she wore when we were spies as maids at [Endymion]." Vera waved her hand and explained, "Although it's not written in the card name, the card name [Endymion's Maid - Jenny] is used as a [Witchcraft] card according to the rules."

[Heine → Vera: 4000LP, Hand 3 → 2]

[Witchcraft Substitute Master] [DEF2800]

[Witchcraft Craftsman - Tailor Heine] [DEF1000]

【Endymion's Handmaid - Jenny】【1☆/Wind】

[Mage Race/Effect]

[300/500]

Back row: [Witch's Alley] [Face Card] x2
As Vera said, [Endymion's Handmaid - Jenny] seems to be just a "reskin" of [Witchcraft Craftsman - Omni]. Apart from the name being different, everything else, such as attributes, level, race, and attack and defense, is exactly the same as the original. It's just unknown how her effects will change.

"If you can summon a new monster by taking advantage of my momentum, then it's alright if I borrow your card a little, right?" Hayato glanced at Vera's grave. One of Heine's previous moves was quite correct, which was to use [Dead Soul Fusion] with [Witch Magic Substitute Master] excluded as fusion material. If she hadn't done that, it would have been his turn to do it.

Fusion Summoning with the [Summoning Magic] ability allows you to use monsters from your field and both players' graveyards as fusion materials, instead of being limited to your original hand. However, it's a bit of a shame that [Five Magician] has too much resistance to Tribute and fusion materials, making it impossible for it to be included in Fusion Summoning.

Even though there are no more Fusion Monsters in either player's graveyard, Heine still left a considerable number of cards in Vera's graveyard for Hayato to choose from. Moreover, the types of monsters among them are quite diverse, which can basically meet most of Hayato's needs—such as the LIGHT attribute.

However, first of all, Hayato still needs to make the most of the [Summoner-Aleister] on the field. Since it will be banished whether it is on the field or in the graveyard for fusion, it is more worthwhile to send it to the graveyard to exchange for something else. It is a pity that there is no Link Summon, otherwise Hayato really wanted to use it to directly transform into a "Saint-Demon Girl" and give Endymion a sense of participation at the moment when Aleister and Vera, the old friends, reunite.

"Targeting the [Five Magician] on my field, I activate the effect of this [Level Thief Bug] that I discarded from my hand as the cost of [Super Polymerization] from my Graveyard. I lower the Level of the targeted monster by 1 star and Special Summon [Level Thief Bug] from my Graveyard."

Retrieving a card from the graveyard that Vera completely disregarded, Hayato, whose Level Thief Bug was not a Spellcaster-Type monster and did not trigger the effect of Witchcraft Substitute Master, played a card from his hand and said, "Next, I activate the Spell Card Displacement Fusion! I send my DARK Level Thief Bug and Summoner Aleister from my field to the graveyard as Fusion Materials for Fusion Summoning!"

"Bloom, bewitching poisonous flower; open your eyes, Wagatsumashi—[Fierce, Hungry, Poisonous Fusion Dragon]!"

Vines burst forth from the earth, entangled Alai and the [Level Stealing Bug], dragging them underground. In their place appeared a gigantic, demonic flower, its vibrant colors dazzlingly striking. Within its blooming petals, an evil dragon with fierce eyes, an insatiable hunger, and venomous fangs appeared!

[Ferocious, Hungry, and Poisonous Fusion Dragon] [ATK2800]

Handmaid Jenny is a new 26pp card that can be used to trigger the Spellmaster search, allowing Endymion to switch to other spellcaster combos. The previous Handmaid Vera was used to switch Endymion to Witchcraft combos.
Judging from the plot, is this a way to pull the Crown Prince into witchcraft and make him a 6-star witchcraft character who has been absent for a long time? (laughs)