My anime-style card deck is fine!

"Yes, young master."

She smiled warmly at the boy opposite her, without saying a word.

Helpless, Amon simply closed his eyes.

In the mental world, they discuss the issues they discovered during the recent duel with the trainer boy and the Auto Memory Dolls.

—Violet Evergarden Deck!

The original intention behind this deck was to create a deck specifically for Amon to deal with the possibility of a third [one-on-one final].

Just like what Tang Shuang experienced.

Because its effect is activated from the graveyard, many, or even the vast majority, cards and decks cannot counter it.

If readers have carefully examined the deck details, they will find that the vast majority of this deck consists of resistance cards, with the sole purpose of keeping Amon alive!

Until the sixteenth letter was sent to the cemetery.

Then it was forcibly declared a tie!

It was part of Amon's efforts to compete against Silver when he was still in Bronze – but it was never used, and Amon's deck was never actually perfected.

However, it's perfectly adequate for beating up my younger sister.

"I originally thought it would end in the third round."

“Activating [Song] can clear out the ladies on the battlefield and may even directly damage Huaqing Pool, but it won’t be a decisive move.”

Amon explained what he had been thinking during the duel: "Violet's effects and abilities are better suited for defense. Even if the opponent doesn't defend, they can only deal 1000 damage to Musou attacks, which is meaningless."

"Indeed."

"The damage is a bit low. It would be better to keep the two letters required to activate [Song]."

"Anyway, we can't break through Gadria's defense. Even if there are some special effects, there's still the [Emerald Brooch], right?" The girls chattered among themselves.

"So I gave up on this combo and chose [late-night organization] instead."

Amon nodded in deep agreement.

In fact, activating this card is quite dangerous—because there is only one Violet on Amon's field, and the letters in Amon's graveyard require a [Automatic Memory Doll] to be present!

Activating this card requires that there is only one Violet card on the field, or no card at all.

This period of inactivity is when Amon is most vulnerable!

However, Tang Shuang failed to catch it.

Or rather, Amon judged that Tang Shuang did not have the ability to empty his health bar in an instant, which is why he chose to use the Midnight Cleanup.

"But that's only based on the scenario where [the number of summons is usually only 2].

"As long as it's not twice, you can activate the effect of [Letter from Friendship] to not only recycle [Midnight Cleaning], but also return that unattended letter to the deck—and then, you can just mimic the previous action to draw three more cards, right?"

"As for the remaining Normal Summon, Amon only needs to search for [Cadelia] to activate the unattended letter and then summon Violet back to the deck."

"Hmm? Or perhaps we could just summon Erica directly?"

"Six cards should be enough to make three letters, right?"

Kona sat cross-legged to one side, holding a cup of hot milk tea in her hand, a graceful and serene smile on her lips: "Is that right, Silver IV, young Amon?"

"How cute! Don't you want to bully your little sister?" Kamizley covered her mouth and laughed. "But I don't hate it."

"Kawaii~!"

As Asha chewed on her sandwich, she nodded in deep agreement.

"...Ahem, let's think about this later."

Amon spread his hands helplessly, looked at the girls around him, and decided to give up on discussing matters related to the duel: "Isn't it picnic time now?"

"Wasn't it Amon who started the discussion?"

"Let's change the subject."

"Sister complex?"

"No way, Amon really went all out when he hit his sister!" The girls around them whispered among themselves.

Only Violet sat quietly beside Amon, handing him a sandwich.

Not far away, Lillie, accompanied by her attendant, came out of the house carrying a tray: "Everyone, the new milk tea is here~!"

"Thank you, Lillie."

Amon accepted a cup of milk tea.

You're welcome, Amon.

Lillie, holding the tray, smiled brightly, and then took the milk tea to serve the others.

In the realm of the mind, sunlight streams into the garden, and Amon and the girls' picnic, or rather, banquet, continues, with several girls, led by Mao, being the most lively.

Some game props were brought out of the house, and the girls scattered around in twos and threes, gathering together and laughing and playing.

For a time, a harbinger of beautiful young women, each with their own unique charm, surrounded Amon.

All those beautiful eyes reflected only Amon.

"..."

Even though Amon hadn't touched a drop of alcohol at the previous family dinner, he seemed a little drunk watching this scene.

"If you're tired, Major, you can take a rest." Violet carefully cradled Amon's head and placed it on her lap.

Although Amon didn't understand why, he remembered that this was Violet's lap pillow!

So he lay down.

The false sunshine of the spiritual world still felt warm on his body, but the girl's fragrance, like that of violets, suddenly made Amon feel a little sleepy.

Without much resistance, Amon followed the weariness and closed his eyes.

The commotion among the surrounding girls subsided slightly. The most carefree Aysa was dragged away with her mouth covered by Camizley, but then the embarrassed and annoyed Aysa broke free.

Even she wouldn't make a fuss at this time!

The girls sat quietly around Amon.

The card sprites do not have memories of their original forms, but they know very clearly that Amon treats them with sincerity.

And they, of course, are generous in reciprocating with their sincerity.

This is……

Amon's Violet Evergarden!

Chapter 201: Login, Cherry Blossoms, A New Beginning!

A week later, the cherry blossoms bloomed.

Then came the roar of airplanes taking off.

Amidst the lingering roar of the engine, Amon and Wen Nuan each held a cup of milk tea and disembarked from the plane, sipping their drinks.

"Hehehe~!"

Beside Amon was a chubby little black-purple creature.

Gengar followed happily behind Amon with a malicious smile on its face—even though she hadn't done anything, just acted as a porter carrying luggage.

After finishing his milk tea, Amon casually handed the empty cup to Gengar.

Gengar swallowed it whole without any hesitation.

Warmth looked on with envy, but she was too embarrassed to bother Gengar, so she carried the empty cup herself.

Not long after getting off the plane, when the two people and the ghost passed by the trash can, Gengar started rummaging around in its belly and pulled out a whole bunch of snack wrappers and other trash, which it then threw into the trash can.

"Kou Jie!"

Gengar wiped non-existent sweat from its forehead and stood with its hands on its hips, looking smug.

—The trainer is doomed without her.

"Gengar, keep up!" Amon turned around and called to Gengar, who had fallen behind.

"Hehehe~!"

Gengar, with its short legs, quickly followed.

Wen Nuan was a little envious. Although she had also received an Eevee from Amon, she didn't have Amon's special ability and couldn't release it without setting up a battle arena.

Like Amon, one can summon Pokémon or trainer girls to their side at any time.

They are a very small minority!

Normally only high-ranking Gold-level card masters possess such abilities!

Because of this special ability, Amon has been completely spoiled by his Pokémon and has become a social outcast. If it weren't for Bea and the others' strong opposition, Amon would have even planned to ride Metagross.

But for most others, there's nothing that can be done.

The main reason is that the Pokémon are all happy to do this for Amon.

"This is the cherry blossom garden. I've heard so much about it."

Looking out the terminal window, Amon saw an unremarkable sky, no different from that in China, and even with slightly worse air quality. Apart from the Japanese annotations in the headings, the surrounding area was almost identical to that in China.

Yes, the Japanese is the annotation.

The people around me mostly communicate in English and Mandarin, with almost no communication in Japanese.

So much so that Amon, who had never been abroad in either of his lives, suddenly lost all interest in the novelty.