Duels should be played with a smile.

"Boss? What are you doing?" Alai asked again, his puzzled expression genuine, like a bewildered boy who couldn't understand the purpose behind Leyou's strange behavior.

A chill emanated from Leyou's hands, gradually covering the large diary with ice and snow. Alai looked conflicted, and just as the ice and snow were about to freeze his hands, he let go.

The diary returned to Leyou's hands... but no, as Alai released his grip, the magic book formed from the power of the elves, along with the ice and snow that had condensed on it, vanished into thin air.

Alai took a few steps back, but did nothing else. He simply stood a little further away, a cryptic smile on his face, watching Leyou.

"Alright, that's enough... Although I don't know who you are, you're definitely not Aleister..." Le You glanced at the guy opposite him indifferently, keeping his face calm while secretly thinking how close he had come to disaster.

“Interesting…” “Alai” also clapped, leaning leisurely against the wall of the hall. In this place where the lighting relied entirely on magical lamps, most of his body was covered by shadows.

"I'm quite curious. Judging from your limited experience, and the fact that you've never met Aleister in person, how did you determine that I'm not him?"

“I believe I have done a fairly thorough job... Apart from my identity, everything else is true, including the divine judgment given to you and the story I told you.”

After being exposed, the fake Alai's tone and voice changed slightly, becoming more lively.

This surprised Leyou a little. After all, once the act of pretending to be a "young person" is exposed, what usually comes out is a serious-looking middle-aged man with a more muffled voice, like a certain Konoha pot king.

Seeing that this fake Alai didn't seem to have much malice, Leyou remained vigilant and took a few steps back to create some distance before slowly speaking.

"First..." Leyou deliberately slowed down his tone, then slowly raised a finger, exuding an atmosphere of "Get out of the way, I'm about to show off."

"You seem a bit too eager, as if you really want my approval, and you even gave me a divine judgment... To be honest, if you had used a different card, maybe none of this would have happened."

After speaking, Leyou paused again, glancing at the fake Alai, as if waiting for his response, or as if there was something else to add.

In fact, he was currently racking his brains to see if there were any loopholes in what he said—if there were, he would patch them up immediately; if not, then the pause just now would not be considered any abnormal behavior.

It's perfectly reasonable for a good speaker to always pay attention to the audience's reactions.

“Interesting…” Fake Alai narrowed his eyes, nodded slightly, and then said nothing more, simply reacting to Leyou’s pause—and waiting for what was to come.

With this buffer time, Leyou had almost come up with a second reason, and then raised another finger.

"Secondly... your oath just now was a major flaw." Le You lowered his eyes, not looking directly at the fake Alai. On the surface, he seemed to be pretending to be profound, but in reality, he was recalling some things recorded in the diary.

"Oh? What flaw?"

Fake Alai was indeed intrigued and hurriedly asked.

"As far as I know..." Leyou paused again, reached into his pocket, fumbled for a few seconds, and pulled out a card.

He turned the card over and showed it to the fake Alai.

"In fact, you've been a great help... Your diary mentions that during the reconstruction of the new Tower of Judgment, a ceremony was held where three great sages made a vow, using the power of the vow to complete what was otherwise an impossible ritual... And it was mentioned in this ceremony that vows and similar actions must be performed using one's true name..."

"When you said you were going to swear an oath, you used the name Aleister, right?" Le You tilted his head slightly, looking down at him as he asked casually.

On the surface, she seemed to have everything under control, but in reality, Leyou was a little flustered.

Even without the Snow Woman's help, he can protect himself when facing elves, but without knowing the true identity of the fake Alai, he is not really suited for adventure.

What if you run into DogK? Leyou doesn't consider himself a protagonist and can't do things like a creator who single-handedly confronts the world—things exclusive to protagonists.

Even if one does have some special qualities, it's hard to say who will prevail when an outsider meets a power-hungry official.

When it comes to matters that might endanger their own safety, Leyou generally doesn't like to act recklessly unless they are 1000% certain.

The key word is "stability"!

Leyou observed the fake Alai out of the corner of his eye, but the wide robes and the shadows in the hall made it difficult for him to see clearly. He could only rely on his senses and speak up in advance when he felt that the fake Alai was about to answer.

"According to your diary, you should have used a different name at that time, right?"

"The original name of Summoner Aleister, the Great Sage of the Codex, Crowley?"

As if a bubble had been popped, the fake Alai let out a soft laugh.

Faced with the fake Alai's sudden laughter, Leyou was somewhat puzzled, but she maintained a calm expression.

Pretending to be an expert without saying a word is very useful most of the time.

However, whether this fake Alai had a high lung capacity or was a patient with "laughing asthma," he laughed for a very long time, almost a full minute, and still hadn't stopped.

"Judging from your expression, you don't want to hear the last reason... If there's nothing else, I'll be going now. I'm in a hurry to get home and cook for my wife."

After making up a random excuse, Leyou made up a reason and, after the fake Alai finally finished laughing, pretended to leave.

It's not like it's PlayMaker, so there's no third reason. The fact that they can come up with two reasons shows that Leyou's thinking is a bit too divergent.

Unable to ascertain this guy's true identity and intentions, and unable to call for help, Leyou decided to proceed cautiously.

A tactical retreat doesn't count as running away.

Sure enough, just as Leyou was about to walk towards the gate, the fake Alai suddenly appeared from the shadows and blocked her way.

As he flipped through the legal code, Leyou saw many cards materialize from it, forming a deck.

After the deck appeared, Alai took out his staff, touched it lightly with the Codex, and a duel disk that looked as exquisite as an artifact appeared on Alai's arm.

"To be honest, I'm actually quite interested in your third reason." Alai looked at Leyou with a smile, making Leyou feel a chill down his spine.

As we all know, squinty-eyed people are never easy to deal with, and Aleister's face actually has a lot of potential to be a gigolo... This can be seen from a famous quote related to Aleister - if you don't work hard, you will become a woman's plaything.

So, when a handsome young man with good looks stops you with a smile and stares at you, any normal man would probably feel a chill down his spine.

Who knows, he might just be a cunning and elusive imp!

"What does your interest have to do with me? Move aside, I'm going home to cook for my wife," Leyou replied coldly, seemingly having no intention of accepting the duel.

However, he was already thinking about which deck to use against the opponent.

In the world of Yu-Gi-Oh!, those who refuse to play cards usually don't have a good ending.

"There is some connection..." Alai continued with a smile, his gaze never leaving Leyou, the scrutiny clearly evident.

"I've got it!" Alai clapped his hands, looking somewhat excited, and said, "Since you're not interested, how about we make you interested?"

"I have a reason to fight you... and you'd better add the Divine Judgment I just gave you to your deck."

"That's your problem," Leyou replied indifferently. "Divine Judgment is very strong, but it needs to be used in the right place. Adding it to my deck rashly will only clog my hand."

"Besides, I have no reason to duel with you. You suddenly appeared in front of me and started telling stories like a riddle teller. If I weren't in a hurry to get home to cook for my wife, you would have been buried by now."

"How fierce!" Alai suddenly laughed in a very affected manner, making Leyou's skin crawl.

"Here's what I've come up with! I've thought of a very reasonable method... Under the witness of the Magic Academy, I'm willing to pay a price as a wager to challenge you to a duel... In return, I will also make my own demands. But rest assured, under the will of the world, all duels witnessed by the world will ensure that the costs for both parties are equal."

A thick legal code suddenly appeared in the center of the hall. Alai muttered something, and the pages of the code flipped open with a rustling sound. Then, a voice appeared in Leyou's mind.

It sounded very similar to the notification sound of my system that had been offline for who knows how long, except it wasn't the giraffe version.

"A price that will satisfy me? A demand that is insignificant to me? The price that the initiator pays is generally greater than the price that the other party needs to pay? What does all this mean?"

The voice in her mind didn't say anything specific, and she didn't know if Alai hadn't said anything in the first place, but she was certain that the price she had to pay was a trivial request. After a little thought, Leyou chose to accept it.

This kind of duel, with the intervention of external forces, was destined to be anything but simple from the moment it began. With the Snow Woman still asleep, Leyou really didn't have a good solution.

So... after discovering that his opponent hadn't resorted to underhanded tactics to destroy his deck like the one he'd encountered with the Snow Woman, Leyou felt that this duel was still worth fighting.

He then pulled out his main deck and stuffed in Divine Judgment and a few matching cards.

Even if I suddenly get a Divine Judgment card in my perfectly good main deck, it shouldn't be a big deal, right? I shouldn't have any hand card mishaps, right?

While thinking this, a strange thought popped into Leyou's mind.

It feels like...it's like bringing home a mistress or a concubine, and then telling the wife at home not to mind.

Shaking his head to dispel the distracting thought, Leyou felt that the idea was completely meaningless.

At home, where one holds the highest position, how could such a thing, which only a junior member of the family would do, possibly happen!

While Leyou was adjusting his deck, his opponent wasn't idle either. After adjusting a few cards in his thick 60-card deck, Alai shuffled it again and put it back.

"Ready?" Alai urged.

Leyou nodded: "Let's begin... I'm curious about what you've sacrificed, so I will win this duel... I don't like to suffer losses, not even the slightest one."

Alai smiled casually: "There's no point in talking about this now. Let's settle things with a duel."

"Then let's go!"

"Duel!"

"Duel!"

A scale-like object appeared between the two, along with two enormous dice that began to spin.

["Aleister": 5 points]

[Leisure Tour: 6 PM]

"Hmph! It seems I'm the better one!" Le You snorted lightly, somewhat smug.

"It's just a matter of being a bit lucky; it has absolutely nothing to do with being more skilled or anything like that, right?"

"What do you know?" Le You rolled her eyes at A Lai across from her, and suddenly recalled the image of Liu Tian, ​​the Savior Star Dragon.

"Don't you understand what it means that luck is everything in terms of ability?!"

With a tactical lean back, Leyou took the initiative, and the duel officially began.

After drawing the five cards, Leyou took a closer look and felt a strange sense of unease.

"It's true... what you don't want, you get..."

He raised his head, narrowed his eyes, and let out a cold laugh.

"This is the consequence of your own choice!"

"What was originally mine was handed to me by you, and now, I will use this card to defeat you!"

The silhouette of a tall tower appeared behind Leyou. Alai looked at the tower with some surprise. His wide robe covered his face and also concealed his thoughts.

"Then come on then!" Alai said loudly, seemingly not caring at all.

"Then you'll have to watch!"

In that instant, the crystal on Leyou's chest emitted a soft light, which fell onto the card in his hand, and countless pieces of information flooded into Leyou's mind.

A knowing glint flashed in Leyou's eyes, and without pausing, he played the card in his hand.

"Quick-Play Spell Card: [Judgment of the Spellbook]!"

"You can only activate one of these per turn. During the End Phase of the turn this card is activated, add any Spell Cards with 'Spellbook' in their name from your Deck to your hand, except for the number of Spell Cards with the same name that you or your opponent activated after this card was activated. Then, you can Special Summon 1 Spellcaster Monster from your Deck whose Level is less than or equal to the number of cards you added to your hand by this effect."

Whether it's a search function that adds a special summon to a deck or a fast-paced attack, if it weren't limited by the field, it wouldn't be weak even today.