The festival lasts only one day. After it ends today, students will either go home or stay on campus for the holidays.
After finding Tenjo Hikari, the Dark Magician Girl first greeted him, then told him to call Judai and wait for her in the evening.
After the Dark Magician Girl left, most of the students also dispersed. Professor Cronos contacted Teacher Ayukawa Emi from the Blue Academy, asking her to find a place for Serena to stay.
Ayukawa Emi is the academy's health teacher and the head of the Obelisk Blue Women's Dormitory.
At Duel Academy, only Blue Academy has a women's dormitory, so even if students of other colors advance to high school, they still need to be in Blue Academy, making it more than appropriate for her to look after Serena.
She is a member of the "Tenjouin Fubuki Fan Club," a typical appearance fanatic, not responsible for teaching dueling, but her dueling style is identical to Dark Fubuki or even more so—she is an underworld-style duelist who uses a "poison deck."
Although she is a bit awkward in personality, under the dual request of Professor Cronos and Tenjouin Fubuki, she accepted the task without hesitation, preparing to set up a dormitory for Serena before sending her back to the junior high department.
"It's not that troublesome." Under the firelight, Serena munched on roasted ribs messily.
The festival night featured a bonfire party organized by the school. Tenjouin Asuka and her two friends cosplayed as the Harpie Lady Sisters, while her brother Tenjouin Fubuki was making a fuss and taking photos on the side, saying he wanted to seize the opportunity to take more photos to sell to the Tenjouin Asuka Fan Club members to earn next year's living expenses, compensating for his lost year.
Serena was brought into the group by Tenjo Hikari and others, and without any courtesy, she happily ate the roasted ribs provided by Blue Academy.
"I just need a clean room." Serena mumbled while eating, "It doesn't matter if there's no table or chair, even if there's no bed, as long as I can close the window—"
"What are you talking about? Girls should live more delicately!" Teacher Anzawa said, rubbing her head.
"Really?" She swallowed another piece of meat and said in confusion, "But duelists don't need these unnecessary things, right?"
"Who told you that!" Teacher Anzawa said somewhat angrily.
"Dad."
???
The boys sitting nearby, Manjome, Mitsuzawa, Caesar, and others, looked at each other with eyes full of surprise.
"Miss Serena, can you tell us about your story?" Tenjo Hikari asked, frowning.
"Yeah, Serena!" Judai nodded repeatedly, "No matter what, you still need a bed and tempura!"
"Hey, Judai, don't teach children such nonsense!" Manjome shouted impatiently.
"My story?" Serena tilted her head, recalling while speaking to them.
She might be an orphan, or at least in her memory, she was an orphan. For a long time, she lived in a slum until one day, a group of people in purple uniforms wearing masks, looking quite serious, found her and brought her to a stern-faced man, telling her that this was her father.
She initially had little feeling towards the word "dad". After all, she had wandered alone for a long time and had long considered herself without parents. But when she saw that man, she felt a throb inside her heart, knowing it might really be the emotion brought by "bloodline".
These people took her to the junior department of Duel Academy, gave her new clothes, gave her a Duel Disk, taught her to duel, and told her that in this world, dueling is the truth of everything, and polymerization is the most noble summoning method, while all other summoning methods are wrong and should be corrected.
"No... They don't really believe in 'dueling is everything'." Mitsuzawa, having seen the Fusion Army's performance, found it hard to believe they trusted this theory.
"Moreover, even Hikari didn't stop others from learning other summoning methods." Caesar crossed his arms, shaking his head, "He and Kunikawa Haruto, the Other Dimension's Xyz Summon user, have a very good relationship. The two often spar in Domino City."
"What? There's such a thing! Really makes me jealous, Hikari. Next year I must seize the opportunity to go to Domino City!" Judai exclaimed loudly.
"Shut up, Judai!" Manjome said seriously, slamming the table, "Listen to her continue!"
Serena was quite confused, but she continued as usual.
She was found a year ago, then became a first-year student, learning dueling alone, and later simply went to the Other Dimension with the research team under Akaba Leo's command, living there all the time.
Every day she took nutritional supplements, trained in combat, observed spirits, and trained in dueling...
The remaining time, she spent in a confined room in a daze.
Or rather, most of the time, she was alone in a daze.
"Living? Cultivating?"
"Isn't this basically abuse and imprisonment?" Manjome stood up angrily, "You're doing it wrong! How could you go to the Other Dimension at your age, how can your body withstand the Spirit Power! Aren't you his biological daughter?"
"I guess?" Serena finished her meat, responded, then turned her attention to Tenjo Hikari, "Ah, but that time earlier, I saw you didn't flinch at the spirits in the research lab and used polymerization to defeat that One-Eyed Battle! At that time, everyone in the research lab thought you were sure to lose, but you turned the tables in an instant!
And what was that—release of some Ultimate Power?
You must be the Ultimate Fusion Duelist, can you teach me!"
She hadn't seen the moment when Super Polymerization was used because the lab tended toward collapse at that moment, but she heard Tenjo Hikari's shout and had seen his dueling, so after finding a way to escape to return to the Human World, she always wanted to find Tenjo Hikari, learning his dueling techniques.
Maybe, this way, her father would be satisfied?
Although Akaba Leo didn't treat her as a human or a daughter, she had undergone a genetic test that confirmed their relationship, so she saw Akaba Leo more as a father and wanted to gain his approval or make him happy.
A group of boys, who were basically not orphans but living almost like orphans, looked at one another, ultimately unsure of what to say.
"Oh my Momma Mia!" On the other side, having heard Serena's words the entire time, Professor Cronos was already outraged. He knew that bald man didn't seem normal, but he didn't have the right to educate his daughter like that, did he?
"You guys, leave this matter to me! I absolutely won't allow anyone to restrict the personal freedom of Duel Academy's students, even if it's her own father!"
"I will immediately contact Kaiba Company, ask the investigation team, consult the academic affairs office, consult the board of directors!"
As an educator, Cronos was infuriated.
"As expected of the professor!" Caesar Ryo immediately praised.
"In moments like these, Professor Cronos is indeed trustworthy," Tenjo Hikari also commented.
Although no one knows what Akaba Leo is scheming, as long as Serena isn't in his hands, his calculations can only remain plans!
Moreover, wanting to pull tricks in this world like A5 did?
Kaiba Company will show him what real power is.
Seeing that the bonfire party was also ending, Ayukawa Emi led Serena, who was now eager to play cards with Tenjo Hikari, to the dormitory. Tenjo Hikari looked up at the sky, called over Judai, and they headed to the place where they had agreed to meet the Dark Magician Girl.
He wondered what kind of surprise this "genuine article" would bring him.