Chapter 99: Are you going to print banned cards?
Unsure what exactly happened to Luka, Aisha only felt that after returning in the evening, Luka, who originally had a chirpy personality, suddenly became much quieter.
As for Luka saying she was beaten by Irena, Aisha wouldn't believe it.
Senpai Irena had sent her a message saying she had a cold.
With chat logs as evidence, this matter couldn't be false.
And based on the principle of 'less said, less exposed', Luka, with the 「Words of Truth」 insignia still engraved below her navel, decided to be a quiet and reserved beautiful girl for these three days.
In addition, the Millennium Ring she had been calling all night didn't respond; Luka felt that ever since coming to Fusion Academy, nothing had gone smoothly for her.
So much so that the next day in class (Fusion Academy first-years have normal classes on Saturdays, Sundays off), when she encountered her 'destined rival' competitor Kevin Set, she didn't say much.
Such abnormality made even Kevin sense something was off.
Was this still the woman who provoked him a few days ago, arrogantly and domineeringly wanting to be Aisha Carlos's destined rival?
After becoming a mute beautiful girl, she seemed not so annoying anymore.
Clearly possessing a fairly good appearance, unfortunately, she just had an extra mouth.
"Yesterday was Friday, today is Saturday♪~ Work hard for one more day, tomorrow is Sunday♪~"
Compared to Luka's silent state, Yilin appeared lively... and much more stimulated.
"Lin-chan, you're in a pretty good mood today."
"Hehehe, am I?"
"It's almost written on your face."
"Then it must be because tomorrow is a holiday."
Aisha's inner OS: Who are you kidding? Isn't it because of today's club activity, You Ling is going to accompany you for magic card printing or something, hmph!
The surrounding people also pretty much endured Yilin's continuous excitement state, finally making it to the end of school time.
"Student Aisha, are you going? Club activity, High Elf Research Society ?"
Kevin was the first to come over and invite.
Yesterday, both of them had honorably graduated from the Go-Home-After-School Club and joined High-Level Research.
They couldn't just be ghost members on the second day.
Aisha stuck out her small red tongue, her expression showing apology.
"I do have to go to a club activity, but not High-Level Research. Today I'm going to help out at the Magic Club with Lin-chan. Sorry, Kevin, please tell President Nia and the others for me."
"Magic Club, I see."
Choosing not to go along, Kevin had no interest in magic.
For him, compared to unorthodox magical skills, stronger, simpler, and cruder duel cards were what the Set family pursued.
And most importantly, having just joined the club yesterday, if both new members were absent on the second day, he believed Senpai Nia and Rovik would also feel quite uneasy.
"I'll pass on the message for you at High-Level Research, Aisha Carlos, you can go without worry."
"Mm, thanks a lot, Kevin."
Bidding farewell to Kevin on the first floor of the club building, the Magic Club, as an enduringly super popular club, its location was naturally different from High-Level Research in a remote corner of the third floor; it was in the most conspicuous position on the first floor.
The room's area was also several times more spacious than High-Level Research's.
Due to the vast variety of magic types, the number of books just for recording spell insignias filled five bookshelves.
On several large tables, colorful bottles and jars, some still emitting boiling steam.
Let alone You Ling, even Aisha didn't know their specific uses.
"Student Yilin, you're finally here."
Walking towards them was an older sister figure dressed in purple, with long legs in black stockings. Although her figure wasn't as exaggerated as Nia's, she could definitely be called sexy.
The monocle hanging over her left eye, as a simple accessory, perfectly accentuated her intelligent onee-san temperament.
Yilin waved her hand and introduced them: "Oh, let me introduce. This is the president of the Magic Club, second-year Senpai Shiela Hals. Senpai, this is my best friend and childhood playmate, Aisha Yuna Carlos."
The Hals family, a nationally renowned magic family. Once in the kingdom, due to the large number of magicians in the family, their status was even comparable to the ducal Set family.
But that was already a glorious deed tracing back a hundred years.
With the development of Duel Monster cards to this day, compared to the Set family which focuses on Duelist cultivation, the Hals family, still adhering to ancient magic theories, had seen a significant decline in their status in the kingdom, no longer possessing their former glory.
Fortunately, although the Hals family focused on magician cultivation, the number of Duelists was also not small; currently, the family's power barely ranked as a major noble family.
Still a hundred times stronger than the Carlos family.
"Senpai Shiela, good afternoon." Aisha greeted politely.
"Hohoho." Shiela lightly covered her lips with the back of her hand and smiled elegantly: "Student Aisha Carlos, I've also heard of your great name long ago. You're quite the celebrity at Fusion Academy now."
Defeating Kevin Set's 100% win rate in the expulsion battle, and then in the transfer student battle, overpowering Xyz Academy's Luka Srlent with Arcana Knight Joker .
Aisha Yuna Carlos's name, in just over a month, had become known by everyone in Fusion Academy.
"Such a cute little celebrity, specially coming to our Magic Club, are you planning to visit, or join directly? Whichever it is, Big Sis here welcomes you very much."
Suddenly being praised like this, Aisha felt a bit embarrassed, shyly scratching the ahoge atop her head.
"Probably just visiting, just looking around. I'm quite interested in today's experiment, said to be using potions to change card effects."
This was a lie; Aisha Carlos was clearly here to supervise. Supervise You Ling, who was lent out, to see if he was doing anything strange.
"Experiment, huh? Then you must have heard it from student Yilin. But this experiment isn't much of a secret anymore; after all, this has been the Magic Club's ongoing project for half a semester."
Still unsuccessful after spending half a semester, it showed how difficult it was to concoct a magic potion potent enough to affect card effects. This was evident from the worried frown on Shiela's delicate brow.
"Today is probably the last experiment. Although the Magic Club has invested huge financial resources and energy into this experiment, if it still fails, for the Academy Festival at the end of the term, we plan to switch to a simpler project."
"The last experiment, huh."
Regarding this point, Yilin had also mentioned it.
It was precisely this final, all-or-nothing experiment that would determine whether history could be created that made Aisha willing to let You Ling lend a hand.
You Ling: "Specifically which, or which card's effect is to be influenced, can you explain?"
You Ling, whose interest was completely piqued, asked the pertinent question using Aisha's mouth.
"According to our theoretical research over the past half-year, the potion with the highest success probability is the transformation potion. And the Duel Monster card with the highest synchronization rate related to transformation is this one."
Shiela's slender fingertip slowly pushed a tradable card onto the table.
Magic Card [Metamorphosis] (Sudden Mutation)
You Ling: "Why do I remember this card is a forbidden card? You guys want to print a forbidden card?"