The villainous young master just wants to live a Buddhist-like life.

　This is the only card Stuart Fowle can play when he's in dire straits.

　This card may not change the final outcome, but it can bring more trouble to Darko Dimon, creating a feeling of "ultimately failing after trying his best".

　However, once the "Wraith" was bewitched by "Milanos", it was completely unable to respond to his commands.

　Stuart Fowle still didn't realize that it was Milotic, not Angewomon, who had openly killed the "Wraith," that truly executed it.

　……

　After the "Wraith" was truly destroyed, the Blue Magic Sphere was once again exposed to numerous crises.

　"Hawkman" followed closely and completely shattered the remaining life barrier of the blue team's magic orb!

　Stuart Fowlein, magic reduced to zero!

　"Beep——"

　The whistle sounded.

　"The victor: Dark Dimon!"

　……

　The thunderous applause that should have been heard did not occur on the spot.

　The audience still seems to be in disbelief that the duel is already over.

　After Stuart Fern summoned the "Wraith Artifact," the battle was becoming increasingly exciting.

　With the "Wraith" finally conceived after much hardship, it should have been the time for Stuart Fowle to sound the charge.

　But not only did the call to attack not occur, but even the cries of agony did not break out.

　Stuart Fowle just lost like that.

　Anticlimactic!

　Many viewers expressed similar sentiments, unaware that he had already done his best.

　"PaPaPaPaPa!"

　Disappointed, the audience eventually joined in the wave of applause.

　The duel has officially ended.

　……

　Dark placed his hand on the card table, still pondering what kind of deadly move the "ghost" had yet to unleash, even after the duel ended.

　"Unfortunately, Angewomon acted too quickly."

　He made a guess before starting to pack up the magic cards.

　Stuart Fern spoke at that moment.

　He whispered, "In the end, you still won."

　Dark looked up and smiled, "A duel always needs a winner."

　Stuart Fowne paused for a moment, then said, "You're right."

　Dark smiled slightly and said politely, "I hope to have the opportunity to fight you again."

　“That’s what I wanted too,” Stuart Fowne said, clenching his fist slightly.

　The two appeared to have a very harmonious relationship in their pre- and post-match interactions.

　In the corner of the ring, Angus Jeffrey abruptly stood up and quickly left after watching the duel.

　What happened next had lost its meaning for him.

　He will wait for Stuart Fern's report at the agreed location and begin preparations for the duel next week.

　Only victory can wash away the humiliation!

　……

　The players with both hands left the arena.

　After returning all the magical spirits to their cards, Dark stepped off the contestant's platform.

　But he didn't leave. Instead, he quietly replenished the magic power of his magic cards in the contestants' waiting room.

　Because he has a duel scheduled for this afternoon.

　Even though his opponent in this duel is only a third-year student, he will abide by the duel club's regular schedule since it's a scheduled event.

　To this day, he still maintains an undefeated record in the "Golden Series".

　But the main reason for this is that the regular opponents arranged by the Duel Club are all third-year students!

　He couldn't understand the idea of ​​a fighting club, because such continuous victories didn't truly demonstrate his strength.

　He had paid some attention and it seemed that the other second-year students who signed up for the "Golden Cup" were receiving similar treatment.

　The opponents that second-year students are normally matched with in the "Golden Cup" are either classmates in the same grade or third-year students who are only one grade above them.

　This kind of "favoritism" goes against Professor Pava Jones' original intention in having second-year students participate in the "Golden Cup".

　The second-year students did not witness the absolute gap between themselves and the upperclassmen at the "Golden Cup," and some of them were even able to win in duels against the third-year students.

　Although they don't have enough points to accumulate in the "points race"...

　Currently, among the second-year students in the "Golden Cup," only Darko Dimon is ranked at the top and has a chance to enter the main competition.

　……

　An hour later, Dark returned to the dueling stage, but the third-year student facing him seemed to lack any desire to fight. Neither his demeanor nor his attitude towards the duel could compare to Stuart Fowlein's.

　It seems he felt he had no chance of winning from the very beginning. Therefore, this duel was merely a formality.

　Dak was displeased by this, but didn't say much.

　Everyone has their own way of living, and it's perfectly reasonable to choose to give up on a duel that's destined to fail.

　Therefore, he stepped down quickly after winning and did not say much more.

　His schedule for this week has now officially ended.

　Next, he went to the Magical Creatures Club to release the magical creatures one by one before heading to Traveler's Street and arriving at the branch of the All-Star Duel Club.

　A new batch of "Hanafuda" cards was delivered directly to Eve's hands and is now selling like hotcakes!

　He walked into the shop and saw that besides Eve, only Nana, the maid from "Scorpio Palace," was inside.

　"It seems the handover is complete."

　Dak nodded slightly.

　Nana and Josie have been taking turns using the "Death Coffin" since last Saturday.

　Nana changed her schedule, adjusting her sleep time to 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. Not long ago, she was sleeping soundly in the coffin of the "Death Coffin".

　—That's right, Dark did not add "Coffin" to his deck.

　While he was dueling in the open-air arena, Coffin continued to tirelessly absorb the power of the Netherworld Fire.

　Now that it was well past two o'clock, Nana washed up and ate before going to the store to exchange places with Josie.

　Josie guessed that he was already asleep inside the "coffin of death".

　Her sleep schedule is from 2 pm to 10 pm.

　Of course, there will be some differences in the specific timing arrangements, but the general outline will be the same.

　They completely reversed their day and night, spending all their daytime hours in the library before they could even sleep, freely immersing themselves in the ocean of knowledge.

　This period was not difficult for them to get through.

　Aside from the fact that the young master is rarely seen at the academy, the rest of the place is as pleasant as a vacation.

　As time went by, the proficiency with the "Coffin of Death" continued to increase, and it became possible to distinguish the "Fire of the Underworld" from the human soul more clearly.

　After such a long period of experimentation, both Nana and Josie reported no damage to their souls.

　This means that the power of the "Coffin of Death" has been fully proven.

　Of the three experimental goals that Dak originally set out, the first one has already been achieved.

　The experimental results for the second and third targets will be available within the next two days.

　Considering that he still needed to observe the changes caused by the "Hanafuda" in the next two days, Dak decisively abandoned his previous plan to enter the secret passage again before the end of November.

　As the saying goes, plans can't keep up with changes, so he had to postpone his secret passage exploration to December.

　……

　Sales of "Hanafuda" (flower cards) continue to increase.

　The period of fermentation has built up a good reputation for it, and many students are looking forward to the opening of Traveler's Street.

　Eve told me that the busiest time is between 12 o'clock when the store opens and 2 o'clock, which Dak happened to miss.

　Students rushed into the shop, excitedly choosing their favorite floral patterns for the "flower cards".

　Not being good at handling these kinds of situations, Josie was flustered and almost made a fool of herself.

　Now, the resourceful Nana has taken over Josie's job and works with Eve to manage the store very well.

　Dak did not disturb their work and, after understanding the specific situation, began his planned shopping.

　He used up a lot of basic materials in his experiments this week, and everything that was missing needed to be purchased.

　Furthermore, as the number of "Moon Goddess Version of Elysium" increases, he is considering continuing to refine them. Therefore, he needs to purchase the corresponding basic materials and auxiliary materials.

　In addition, since this Sunday is the first day of December, if he wants to try to train "Magikarp" or "Gyarados" next week, he will need to buy the necessary materials in advance.

　Magikarp is a pure water-type magical spirit.

　Gyarados is a Water/Flying type.

　Gyarados's Mega Evolution is a Water/Dark type.

　Therefore, when crafting it, it is necessary to consider adding Flying-type and Dark-type materials in order to more accurately guide the result towards them.

　However, Dark's fondness for "Magikarp" and "Gyarados" is mainly due to nostalgia.

　Under the current circumstances, even if they are truly forged, they can only be added to the deck as single cards without any synergy, and will not significantly enhance the deck.

　Therefore, there is no need to rush about their creation.

　At this point, it's best to just take a look around.

　He has now learned to browse the stalls.

　Among the materials that the older students sold at street stalls, there were indeed some of high quality, and he would occasionally find them and buy them to store temporarily.

　……

　Shopping time is always very short.

　When Dak came to his senses, a fiery sunset was already appearing on the horizon.

　He picked out food from the restaurant, packed it up, and brought it to the store to have a simple yet sophisticated dinner with Eve and Nana, while also checking on the sales figures.

　Sales are very encouraging.

　Eve frowned as she mentioned it: "They're selling really fast, but it seems that limiting the number of cards each person can buy has actually stimulated consumption. Basically, every customer from noon until now has bought three Magic Spirit cards. And someone leaked this information, they probably already know that our 'Hanafuda' cards are limited edition products and will be discontinued after the clearance sale."

　Upon hearing this, Dark instinctively glanced at the maid, Nana.

　Nana immediately pursed her lips, shook her head vigorously, and retorted, "Nana isn't a big mouth!"

　“That’s true.” Dark nodded.

　Although Nana looks like she has a big mouth, as a combat maid of "Scorpio Palace", she has received special training and her mouth is very tight.

　Therefore, the only people who could have leaked the information were Eve or Josie, who wasn't even there.

　"It should be." Darke rubbed his temples.

　Unlike Nana, Josie was completely tight-lipped.

　But if she were to actually leak the information, she probably wouldn't even be aware of it herself.

　Perhaps this is the difference between a "Scorpio" maid and a "Leo" maid.

　“But this is a good thing,” Dark said casually.