Facing the vampire's eager offer, Youyu couldn't help but be at a loss for words.
After pondering for a while, he couldn't help but ask, "So, why would you go so far as to... um... sign a contract with the Darkness Game just to follow me?"
Youyu really couldn't figure it out.
Besides being kind of handsome, good at card games, and having some spare cash...
...it seemed like he didn't have any other special talents!
Okay, maybe that sounded a bit like asking for a beating. But he still felt that it didn't really explain why the vampire insisted on becoming his personal maid.
The vampire straightened up, with a "I'll wake up right away if you ask me this" expression on her face, and began to vividly tell her tragic story.
It seemed like Camilla had rehearsed this moment countless times, revising her script who knows how many times.
She planned to start from a warm and prosperous medieval period, describing the golden age of the vampire race, her family and friends, and how her race was hunted and exterminated. She would also talk about her transformation during the darkest, most desperate moments, inadvertently revealing her gentle nature, and finally leading to the grand desire for the revival of her race...
But unexpectedly, just as Camilla's story was getting to the "warm family" part, Youyu let out a tired yawn and said, "The story's too long, not interested. Sum it up in twenty words or less."
Camilla nearly bit her tongue.
So she had to hold back the script she had rewritten for days and honestly confessed, "Our race was exterminated, and I want to revive the vampire clan."
Youyu raised an eyebrow.
Goodness, so it turns out they just crave my body?
But on second thought, since he already had vampires after him at home, having one more didn't seem to matter.
If Camilla really wanted to sign a contract through the Darkness Game, keeping her around to do some chores didn't seem so bad?
"Alright, you can stay... but keep your tongue in a bit. It's a bit creepy how you keep sticking it out for no reason."
"Oh, no problem, sir."
Camilla, overjoyed, pulled her soft and slippery tongue back in with a big smile.
Her tongue was amazing, clearly a vampire yet acting like a giant snake, able to extend and retract, bend and stretch, and even perform tricks normal people couldn't learn, though the sight was a bit bizarre...
However, with Camilla in the picture, poor Chinai might not be too happy.
Shortly after moving to Duel Academy Island, Youyu brought over his vampire maid Quine from Domino to help manage his home.
But it might have disturbed Chinai's affairs a bit.
Like that day, Chinai was sitting on the couch reading, when the vampire maid suddenly came in, mop in hand, mopping the floor with some gusto.
If she was just mopping, that would be fine, but she made quite the ruckus while doing it.
Chinai watched Quine mopping one wave after another, drenched in sweat, and instinctively glanced down at her own flat chest, suddenly feeling dizzy as the room started to spin around her—
—her old problem of dizziness struck again.
She frowned and gestured to Quine, "Turn around."
The girl thought she was quite clever.
Out of sight, out of mind. If she turned her back to her, it wouldn't be a problem, right?
Quine followed her mistress's words and obediently turned around, continuing to mop with enthusiasm. The floor was polished to a mirror-like shine.
However, Chinai soon discovered another problem.
With the vampire turned around, her chest was out of sight, but the white thighs exposed above the black lace straps, and the well-rounded bottom beneath the short maid skirt, swayed in front of the girl's eyes, making her feel dizzy again...
Chinai closed the book with a snap, stood up silently, and walked away.
Quine, clueless, asked, "Miss, are you going out?"
With an expressionless face, Chinai glanced at her, said nothing, and left.
Her pride was hurt. JPG.
Great, even one vampire made her a bit dizzy, and now there were two, both with such provocative figures, making the girl acutely aware of the world's disdain for her flatness...
Ha, what's wrong with being a bit flat? It's just a little less fat!
Besides, someone who truly likes a person wouldn't care about such a minor flaw.
Love should have the inclusivity of the sea, accepting not just flaws, but even gaps. (In a serious way)
Once everything was settled, Judai and his buddies' first-year was coming to a close.
Youyu was quite satisfied with the students' achievements and progress during their first semester. Those students handpicked for special training by "mentors" performed excellently in their first external combat—against the "Seven Stars" organization.
Each student who received the special training—even including Maruten Xiang—proved capable of facing one of the Seven Stars alone.
The initial experiment's results were quite satisfactory, so Youyu decided to recruit a second batch of mentors before the second semester began.
This time, he thought it might be a good idea to assign academies to mentors as well, categorizing them according to the characteristics of Osiris Red, Ra Yellow, and Obelisk Blue.
Most mentors in Obelisk Blue should share a style similar to President Haima's—emphasizing one-shot offensive strategies, aiming for maximum output in a single moment, simply put, following an OTK approach.
Ra Yellow, on the other hand, is steadier, with balanced offense and defense, focusing more on endurance battles and resource management.
As for Osiris Red...
To put it nicely, it's an academy "full of infinite possibilities," using unorthodox tactics to surprise opponents, with enemies never knowing what will defeat them.
Honestly, it's a circus academy. The Red Academy is characterized by everyone loving to fill their card decks with meaningless stuff, and instead of focusing on explosive or sustained mainstream decks, the academy's mentors prefer to explore some strange, unique tricks...
For card enthusiasts, those tricks are, of course, Performapal Decks, which lack stable plays or reliable sustain. Winning a round is thrilling for the day but can't compare to mainstream decks at all.
But for Duel Academy, Osiris Red is indeed an academy "full of infinite possibilities"... perhaps even stronger than the other two major academies.
As always, if you could pull a miracle draw, who the heck wouldn't want to pull off a trick?
According to the original work, at this point in time, both students and teachers should still be in the tense atmosphere of battling the Seven Stars. However, due to the changes in the world line, the Phantasm event had already been resolved ahead of schedule.
This allowed students to welcome the academy's annual grand event with a relaxed mindset.
Duel Academy's cosplay-themed school festival.