008. Are You Out of Your Mind?
I had the idea of equipping my precious thing, which I had been managing with the Forbidden Leaf, to Arteia’s mouth.
Unfortunately, this was invalidated.
By Phineas, who was peeking his head out of the graveyard.
“Master, what on earth are you thinking of doing in the middle of the sacred duel?”
“Well, you see….”
“You have the upper hand, so you should finish it quickly. Don’t you think?”
He was right.
Arteia’s life points were 3000.
If I ordered Arteia, who had an attack power of 4000, to hurt herself, the duel would end with my victory.
At the same time, the effect of mind control would probably disappear.
I had to end the brainwashing play that I had tried for the first time in my life like this…!
There were so many things I wanted to do with brainwashing.
But I hesitated at the sight of Phineas’s gaze, which was like an abyss.
He seemed determined not to let me cross the line.
Under the pressure of the ace monster, I reluctantly pulled up the zipper that I had lowered and ordered him to return to his place.
When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
In a world where everything is decided by duels, any other action during a duel might be taboo.
It’s a pity, but I hope that someday I’ll get a chance.
With that belief, I resumed the duel.
“But what should I do with this……”
It was quite a difficult task to tell the girl who was waiting for my command with shining eyes to harm herself.
I couldn’t help but worry about the guilt or regret that would come later after the duel was over.
What if Arteia decides to take revenge because of this incident?
What if she blocks my way every time, saying that she will kill me for sure?
I had to think of an alternative plan for the future that seemed exhausting already.
“Do you have any other concerns that bother you?”
“I wonder if it’s right to finish it with your own hands. It seems too cruel to tell you to harm yourself.”
“In other words, you want to finish it with a different monster.”
“If the duel ends with a lump left, it’s meaningless.”
“Then don’t worry. I have a good move for you!”
Phineas crawled out of the graveyard and slowly approached me.
She grabbed my hand and took the card that was in my hand and shook it into the graveyard.
She used the resurrection effect on her own without activating the effect.
It was perplexing, but the outcome of the duel was already decided, so I let it go.
I was curious how Phineas would solve the current problem.
Phineas’s attack power was 2800. Even if she attacked, 200 LP would remain and the duel would not end.
“Master, can I attack directly?”
“Yeah, do whatever you want.”
“Then I won’t refuse….”
Slap-!
Phineas walked up to Arteia, who was standing on the field, and slapped her cheek.
“Huh?”
That’s strange?
Phineas’s attack motion was to burn the enemy to the bone with crimson flames.
But Phineas unexpectedly hit Arteia’s cheek and then kicked her legs.
Arteia fell to the ground, holding her sore cheek. She was squinting in pain, but she did not say anything back to Phineas.
She looked scary, being one-sidedly beaten as if it was a natural consequence.
“This is advice, so listen well with those useless long ears. Brat.”
“Yesss…!”
“I don’t care if you get horny when you see the master. The master is an attractive person, so it’s not strange to have lust. But everything has an order, and it’s troublesome for you to try to do something that I haven’t done yet.”
“Kyah!”
Phineas gently pressed down on Arteia’s chest and spat out a chilling word.
Meanwhile, Arteia was gasping and laughing with a strangely flushed face.
I felt like I learned the hidden side of the monsters that I didn’t want to know.
This world is also full of strange s*xual desires.
Well, there are fairies who shout that it’s possible while looking at the beast maids’ transformation forms.
Some people get aroused by looking at female robots, so what’s the big deal about SM?
As long as there is no scene of the machines raping the dragons while saying ‘Dragon, give birth to the product of the new era!’, I can understand the rest.
“Phineas?”
“Yes, master! Why did you call me?”
As soon as I called her name, Phineas smiled brightly with a blush.
It was hard to believe that she was the same person who was glaring fiercely just a moment ago.
“Enough with the teasing, can you finish the duel already?”
“I’m so sorry for making you wait so long! Then I’ll make sure to end it for good!”
Only now did Phineas bring out her signature crimson flame.
What was she planning to do?
As I watched Phineas closely, her flame suddenly split into two.
One was aimed at Arthea, who was lying down, and the other covered the entire forest.
To be precise, the flame soared up to the trees that were created by the field magic ‘Forest Keeper’s Information Network’.
“Are you using your first effect now?”
“Yes! I’m going to purify the hidden forest of the elf and the vile ones that you brought!”
“Wait a minute. Then you won’t get a kill shot this turn, right?”
When I pointed out her judgment mistake, Phineas opened her eyes wide and didn’t hide her surprise.
Did she have a trick that I didn’t know?
I looked back at the list of cards that went to the graveyard, but there was not a single card that activated from the graveyard.
“Why did you look so shocked when there was nothing?”
“I thought you would be worried about seeing Kanf being burned by the fire, since you are the master.”
“Huh…?”
He glanced at Arteia, who was burning because of Phineas’s effect.
His breath became rougher and his lips curled up slightly.
Surprisingly, he was very satisfied with the situation of being burned by the fire right now.
He was crazier than I thought?
“You value the duel more than your life! You are gradually adapting to our world, master!”
“No. I don’t really mean that…!”
“Don’t worry about the duel. Although we can’t finish it this turn, our victory is certain.”
“What do you mean…?”
“Turn end!”
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Phineas activated his effect as he pleased and then passed the turn.
A situation where only laughter came out, I don’t know anymore.
“……I can’t forgive you!”
On the other hand, Arteia, who came back to her senses after being destroyed by Phineas.
Her face, as well as the tips of her ears, were red. It seemed that she had some memories of being brainwashed.
I was sorry to have unintentionally planted a dark history for her.
But honestly, you pretended not to, but you enjoyed it inside, didn’t you?
“You played with my body, and even deliberately let go of the opportunity that I barely caught…! I will do whatever it takes to make you suffer the humiliation of defeat! Draw!”
She drew a card with anger in her voice. She was clearly furious.
To be honest, we did something quite awful.
If we ignore the kill zone without noticing it, it’s just carelessness, but if we ignore it knowing it, it’s disrespecting the opponent.
It’s like the TCG version of teabagging, which is commonly known as a bad manner.
It’s natural to be angry if we do such a thing in the world of dual omnipotence.
“I’m going to draw from the deck…!”
“Wait!”
“…What?”
“It seems that you don’t know my ability. My effect is that I can bring one of the cards I destroyed to my master’s field on the next turn’s standby phase. The cards I destroyed before were you and a field magic. You know what we’re going to bring, right?”
“Yo, you don’t mean?”
“Come here quietly, you punk.”
“Th, that can’t be!!”
“Do you think you can run away?”
Behind the fleeing Arteia, Phineas’s flames stuck to her and bound her body.
She resisted fiercely, not wanting to be dragged, but it was meaningless resistance as before.
The flames that clung to her tightly wrapped around Arteia’s body and slowly pulled her to my field.
“I don’t want it twice! Not twice…!!”
Arteia, who refused to be dragged, screamed miserably.
But somehow her expression didn’t look too bad.
The corners of her mouth twitching, her face slightly reddened, and her ears perking up.
She had a perfect expression of anticipation!
“If you really hate it, then let me make you a tempting offer.”
“What kind of offer?”
“Admit your defeat and donate one of your cards to your master.”
“Give up my precious card, that’s an absurd offer that I can never accept!”
“Then I have no choice but to proceed with what I was going to do.”
“Ugh! Then let me ask you one thing. What card are you planning to take from my deck?”
“That’s something for you to see and choose for yourself, so I can’t tell you. I’m sure you’ll pick a card that will be helpful to you, right?”
There was only one card that came to mind that was versatile enough to be considered for any deck.
Artea also seemed to know this, as she started to tremble and moan excitedly from before.
At this point, I had a suspicion. Was she pretending to be brainwashed all this time?
If that was true, it would be a chilling story, but no one could know the truth.
“……I’ll accept your offer.”
And so, I unintentionally obtained an elf slave.
If someone asked me if I was sane, I would say I was not.