[Mash POV]
Yo, what's good everyone? It's ya boy, Mash!
It's been two weeks since the whole Syrus Catfish Arc™ and its also two weeks of me living in this brand new world.
As for me? I've been bin chilling… and also wearing the same damn outfit for TWO WEEKS STRAIGHT! Why? Because big dumbass me thought it'd be a great idea to reincarnate at the very start of GX instead of, oh I don't know, a year earlier so I could pack more than one pair of underwear!
Thankfully, if it weren't for Jaden the savior and absolute GOAT that he allows to lent me some of his clothes. Otherwise, I'd be out here half-naked, clinging to a towel hiding my lil guy, while my only set of clothes dries in the sun.
Right now, I'm in Duel Theory class. Jaden's beside me, completely out hibernating. Syrus is nervously writing down notes like it's life or death. Chumley's chomping away on a cheese sandwich behind a textbook and for some reason the fatass is chewing with his mouth open. And me? I'm front row center, in hell.
The classroom's shaped more like a university lecture hall than a regular class. And standing on his high-ass podium, spitting more nonsense than a clickbait YouTuber, is none other than Professor Crowler himself.
I swear to god, I can't stress how shitty this class is! Like holy shit, if I want to play Yugioh or Duel monster (if we're going this world accurate) I can just search up "How to play this stupid card game" on this world google or youtube, and just learn from there. There's probably millions of them for how popular this card game is in this world.
SO WHY THE HELL AM I SITTING THROUGH A 30-MINUTE LECTURE ON HOW TO USE TRAP CARDS.
Oh, And after all that yapping, Crowler always throws out a question for some pity DP like it's some kind of point system from Harry potty. Not that I'm complaining about free Duel Points.
Crowler finally stopped yapping and scanned the classroom like a hawk. "Now, I hope all your tiny brains managed to process that. So tell me… Can someone tell me, what happens when a Trap Monster is flipped face-down by something like, say… The effect of Book of Moon?"
A bunch of Slifer, Ra and Obelisk students shot their hands up like eager little kindergartners.
"It gets flipped into face-down defense mode!"
"It doesn't do anything, duh, obviously."
"What's a Book of Moon?"
[I want to slam my head into the desk until I get a concussion.]
Dear God and Holy Cow. The only people in this entire fucking room with functioning brain cells are me, Bastion, and Alexis. No wonder they all ended up in a school that teaches you how to play card games, they're too dumb to pass basic education.
Bastion was just about to raise his hand, but I beat him to it.
"It gets set back into the Spell and Trap Zone," I said flatly.
Crowler scoffed. "Tch. Correct. Extra DP for Signore Mash."
The Slifers around me cheered like I just hunted a wooly mammoth to these caveman's.
"Way to go, Mash!" Syrus grinned.
"Huh? What'd I miss?" Jaden mumbled as he woke up from his slumber. "Oh, just Mash again? Cool." He yawned and knocked back out like a corpse.
Meanwhile, the Obelisk and Ra students groaned in defeat again. Well, for these past 2 weeks, I've basically been domination Crowler's trivia question alongside 2 other people, Alexis and Bastion. They sometimes manage to answer the questions Crowler gave, but, I'm still miles ahead of them for how many times I've answered this guy trivia. And even if they manage to answer, that's only when I actually bother to give a fuck and not zone out from the sheer basicness.
Suddenly, some angry blue jacket Obelisk stood up and pointed his finger at me.
"Hey! How the hell can this Slifer Slacker who flunked the written exam and even be in last place of the examinee be this smart?! And why isn't he in Obelisk Blue already!?"
Crowler sighed and rubbed his temple. "I'll answer your second question first, Signore Hans, the Promotion Exam will takes place next week. Only then will Signore Mash be eligible for advancement. And as for the reason why Signore Mash wasn't place in Ra or Obelisk even if he did... good at the practical exam is because of said writing exam."
[And that is also where Episode 4 will start.] I added mentally, no one will read this, right?
Crowler folded his arms. "As for your first question about Signore Mash flunking the exam… After further thought and also reviewing his written exam, I'm convinced Signore Mash flunked on purpose."
The entire class: "WHAT!?"
Shmaden jolted up again. "Huh!? What-what!? …Whatever." He went back to sleep like it was nothing.
Alexis stood up in disbelief. "Professor Crowler, that's impossible! Why would he do that?"
Bastion raised his hand next. "Yeah! And even if he did flunk the written exam intentionally, wouldn't he have been disqualified from taking the practical exam?"
The class erupted into whispers and confusion.
Crowler tapped his desk with his pen. "Mamma mia, settle down. The only reason Signore Mash was allowed to duel in the practical exam at all is due to Principal Sheppard's decision. For this year only, all students, regardless of written scores could participate in the practical exam and only then if they win they are qualified to enter Duel Academy. The only thing that was affected by the score of your written exam is your dorm placement."
Bastion nodded and sat back down, satisfied. But Alexis kept standing. "Still… that doesn't explain why you think he failed on purpose."
Crowler let out a long, tired sigh. "Then allow me to show you."
He pressed a button beneath his desk, and a projector whirred to life, displaying a presentation of my written test on the board with a big hot red zero in the top right of it.
Crowler pointed dramatically. "This is Signore Mash's written exam, just take a look at it."
[Question 1:How many times can you Normal Summon a monster per turn?]
"A single Lovely Labrynth."
[Question 2:What are the types of Spell Cards in Duel Monsters?]
"Spell that only summon Lovely Labrynth."
[Question 3:If my monster with 1200 ATK attacks a opponent monster with 1000 ATK, How much damage would they take?]
"Lovely Labrynth."
And this same answer goes on for twenty questions. Twenty Lovely Labrynths.
Half the class looked so shocked they seemed to forgot how to breathe. Many mouths were open. Eyes were wide stunned. All shocked Pikachu faces all around.
Alexis, Bastion, Syrus, Chumley and a few other also looked stunned… but honestly? They weren't surprised.
I just smirked, resting my chin on my palm. "What can I say? She is my Lovely, after all."
"That's right~!" a familiar, elegant voice chimed from behind me.
Lovely Labrynth materialized beside me with a mischievous grin. The entire class froze. Even though they'd seen her before many times in class before, they still weren't used to it. Especially the boys.
"Ahh~ You love me so much, Darling~? mmm~ Well guess what~? I love you too~!" She leaned over and kissed my cheek.
Instantly, the entire boys in the class lost their damn minds.
"Tch… why can't it be me…" muttered one jealous Obelisk.
"Hey, forget him and come with me instead! I'll treat you right! Be my girlfriend!" begged another.
"Don't you have a girlfriend," said a third.
"Yup, and she just texted me, and... I'm single now."
I chuckled as Lovely basked in the attention, arms crossed smugly as if she were royalty.
Syrus looked over nervously. "Um… Miss Labrynth? Every time you show up, the boys in class go completely feral."
"Hmph!" she huffed proudly. "They can talk all they want about making me 'theirs' but... Sorry to burst their bubbles~ because I belong to my one and only Darling~! Isn't that right~?"
"That's right, my lovely." I nodded then turned backwards looking at the rest of the students. "Now... Like usual if you want, for 10 DP, you can take a selfie of my Lovely."
"That's right, my Lovely," I nodded confidently before standing up and turning to face the rest of the class. "And as always boys, 10 DP for a selfie with the most beautiful card girl in the world. Don't be shy."
Instantly, the male students went full monkey mode while the girls stared in horror and disgust.
[Fu fu fu... They're just healthy teenage boys, after all. So easily manipulated by their own desires… and so easily profit off of it.]
I burst out laughing. "HO HO HO HO!"
[STOP! Before we go on...You might be wondering to yourself, "How the hell is my silver elegant and beautiful mommy waifu, who's not even dueling right now. Is just chilling in the classroom, chatting up with everyone like she's a real person or an celebrity?"Well, lets rewind time a bit.]
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[Two weeks ago – inside my dorm room]
Lovely Labrynth stood by my bed, she has just finished walking me through the ins and outs of my Master Duel system, After about ten minutes of explanation.
"And so~!" she declared. "By using 10 extra materials of the same rarity, you can actually upgrade some old-school cards into their more modern versions! For example~! {Petit Dragon} can actually be upgraded into {Ranryu} using only 10 N materials, instead of crafting it normally with 30~! Super efficient, right?"
Until then she pointed out, "But~! this upgrade feature, only works on cards that originate from this world. Not from gacha or crafting~ So no cheating by crafting {Cockroach Knight} and then turning it into {Maxx C}, got it, Darling~?"
I leaned back on my bed and gave a slow nod. "Alright... So basically a card gets a lil glow-up if it's a native boi."
Lovely winked. "Exactly Darling~! 10 Billion points for you~ Now, that's the last extra feature of your system that I know of~! The rest works just like regular Master Duel with the added benefit of helping you of course~ So, any questions, Darling~?"
Mash: Yes.. And the question I want to ask is... About you.
I quickly got up my bed. "Yeah. I got one… and it's about you."
Her entire body jolted.
"KYAAA~!? A question about me~!?" she squealed. "Oh Darling~ Is it about my height? My face? My charming personality-wait, no, I bet it's about how huge my breast-"
I coughed loudly and cut her off. "Actually… I wanted to ask how you're able to make other people see and hear you in duels. Because in the anime, when Jaden talks to duel spirits like Winged Kuriboh or Jesse with his Crystal Beasts on their duel, no one else can see or hear them. And-"
I glanced over and saw her face visibly depressed.
Feeling guilty, I added, "-I was also gonna ask about your body too! Though… later after this question."
She immediately lit back up like a Christmas tree. "REALLY~!? REALLY~!? Oh, Darling~! You're so bold~! Alright, alright, I'll answer your first question first!"
She cleared her throat with a smug smirk. "It's actually super simple! I just possessed the Duel Disk hologram system~!"
I blinked. "...That's it?"
"That's it~!"
"Well, that was anticlimactic."
She shrugged playfully. "Well you see, Darling~ Duel Spirits are basically just a superior version of an stereotypical ghosts! And by hijacking the Duel Disk hologram system, I can use the hologram as a sorta suit or puppet that I can control in order to make unique move that everyone can see and also use the built-in high-tech speaker to speak out loud so everyone can hear me~! Ta-da~!"
I squinted. "Wait… can other duel spirits do this too?"
Lovely nodded. "They should be able to! I mean, remember that one filler episode with that Jinzo spirit where he actually able to materialized by using electricity? It's not hard actually for us Duel Spirits of course~! Especially with the new features on this version of the Duel Disk~!"
I raised an eyebrow. "What new feature?"
She leaned closer. "Darling~ Do you remember that scene where Jaden summoned four of his Elemental HERO cards at once but isn't in a duel?"
I tilted my head. "I think I remember... It's in the 25 episode of GX where Jaden gave his HERO's cards a pep talk to do their best... Wait, Don't tell me-"
"Exactly~!" she chimed, pleased that I caught on. "That feature that Jaden uses in that scene is called the "Projection Mode." Its original function is actually to look at your own monster in hologram form, so... let's say you got a really cool monster card that you got but don't want to duel anyone to see it in hologram form, well, that's where the projection mode comes in and let you admire your monster before throwing it in to the garbage cards pile. But in our duel spirit case, that feature can actually be used for..."
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[This.]
I thought smugly, watching as the boys lined up like rabid fanboys to take selfies with Lovely Labrynth like she was miss universe (which she is). And of course, before they want to take a picture with my queen, they obediently transfer over 10 DP into my account.
I glanced down at my PDA and my lips curled into a wide grin as my DP number rises.
It might seem great and all which it is, but... there is a bit of a catch. To keep my Lovely hologram present for everyone to see and interact with, I have to wear my Duel Disk at all times, slide her card in, and carry the damn thing everywhere I go. And let me tell you, this thing is heavy. And not only does it start weighing down my left arm after a while, but it's also pretty uncomfortable to wear nonstop.
Still... those downsides are nothing compared to the joy of seeing everyone's reactions whenever she shows up. Totally worth the sore shoulder.
Chumley raised an eyebrow as he glanced over at the line of boys surrounding my smug silver queen. "Uh… Mash? You sure it's okay for your girlfriend to be doing all that?"
I shrugged and thumbed toward her casually. "Why don't you ask her yourself?"
Lovely Labrynth had just finished posing with a blushing Ra student and turned to us. "Oh, don't worry, Chum-chum~" she chimed sweetly. "This was actually my idea! Because everything I do is for my Darling~ After all~!"
A nearby Obelisk immediately jumped in. "H-Hey, Miss Labrynth! Can you call me Chum-chum too, please?!"
"Who the fuck are you?" She tilted her head and dropped her tone cold as ice.
The Obelisk boy shrank like a raisin, quietly sitting back down while questioning every life choice he's ever made.
Meanwhile, up front, Crowler was gripping his pen until it cracks slightly.
"Didn't I explicitly said not to bring that-" I quickly glare at him, "I-I mean her, Out during class time!"
I raised my PDA and checked the time. "Oh please, it should be fine, Professor. It's 11:59, and break time should be in about..."
RRRRRRIIIIINGGGG
I grinned. "Now."
"Tch!" Crowler clicked his tongue and began gathering his things in a huff. "Very well, then. That's break. Everyone, be sure to study properly for your upcoming promotion exams. Good day!"
He stormed out of the classroom like a cartoon villain. I'm pretty sure he stomped hard enough to shake the floor.
A few students, including Chazz, Bastion, Alexis, and their friends leave the class. Others stuck around, still chatting or waiting their turn to take a selfie with Lovely Labrynth like she was a pop idol.
Syrus quietly shuffled over to Jaden that still lay face-down on his desk. "Jaden… wake up. Didn't you say you wanted to buy some Drawbread with me?"
Chumley perked up at the sound of 'food.' "Yeah, let's go already! I'm starving!"
Ah yes… Drawbread.
Duel Academy's weirdest culinary creation. It's basically a sandwich lottery. Pay 5 DP, reach into the basket, and you'll pull out a random sandwich with god-knows-what inside. Sometimes it's something great like pizza or curry sandwich. But sometimes it's something as shitty as durian and onions sandwich. Atleast though, it gave you a random card which is nice
But the goal of this Drawbread stuff, is to actually get the ultra-rare 'Golden Egg Sandwich.' Because only one gets placed in the basket per day, made from an actual golden egg.
The egg comes from a chicken that lay said golden egg once daily. Don't ask me how the fuck she can do that, maybe duel academy feed her gold leaves or somethings? Anyway, the reason why you want to get the golden egg is because it will give you a rare card that costed 300+ DP.
Too bad that doesn't matter to me. I've got my system. But even then, I used to grab Drawbread just for lunch. Unfortunately, I've been getting shellfish Drawbreads like lobster, crab, shrimp, etc, for the past 2 weeks ago.
Which if you think about it is pretty nice, unless if you have a goddamn shellfish allergy! It seems like my shitty allergy also got reincarnated into GX with me, because I've been getting sent to the clinic for 2 weeks straights! And now I would prefer to starve until dinner than to risk myself dying.
Syrus was still trying to wake up Jaden from his deep slumber. But before he could try again, Lovely walked over to him after finishing another photo op.
"Ah-uh... Miss Labrynth…" Syrus blinked nervously.
"No need to be so nervous, Sy-chan~" she said with a wink. "Let me help wake this dork up."
She raised one hand high above her head. It then turned into a fist.
BANG
"WAKEY WAKEY~!"
BANG.
Her fist slammed down on Jaden's head so hard it sent him through the desk and cracked the floor. His body stayed bent over, face kissing the tile,and butt in the air.
Chumley blinked. "…Uhm. I think you just permanently put Jaden to sleep..."
"Just wait~" Lovely replied, twirling her finger.
Sure enough, a second later Jaden woken up, eyes fluttering open. "Huh? Why am I on the floor? And why is there a hole the shape of my head in my desk?"
He glanced around in total confusion.
I smirked and crossed my arms. "You should be thanking my Lovely for waking you up, Shmaden Shmuki."
"Mash…!" Jaden groaned, he's been hearing Mash calling him that for the past week.
Syrus gently tapped Jaden's shoulder. "C'mon, Jay. Let's go grab some Drawbread!"
Chumley raised both fists dramatically. "YES! I was on the brink of starvation!"
Jaden stretched and yawned. "Alright, alright. Let's go! Hey, Mash, you coming too—"
"NO."
Jaden flinched. "Oh… right. The whole 'Draw the Bread That Could Literally Kill Me' thing. So... Instead you're going to be doing that, huh?"
I gave a dark chuckle. "Fu fu fu… Yup. I'll be doing that. And this time, I'm going to go beyond my last week high score of 10…"
My grin stretched wide.
"Get ready, my preys… because I'LL BE COMING FOR YOU!"
"HO HO HO HO~!"
Lovely looked over at me with a flat expression. "Darling… isn't Chazz supposed to be the edgy one? You being all dramatic is kind of…"
"My love…" I said, bluntly. "We need a tension cliffhanger for the next chapter! Because the author of this book is lazy to write even more!"
Jaden blinked. "What on earth are you two even talking about?"
I whipped around. "ENOUGH TALK, SHMADEN! Come, my Lovely! Let us hunt!"
Lovely grinned and followed me. Both of us leaved the classroom with a sinister grin in our face.
Back in the classroom, the trio stood awkwardly in our absence.
Jaden crossed his arms. "Alright! Who's ready to pull some golden eggs?"
Chumley groaned. "More like only YOU getting the golden egg. You've pulled it for 2 weeks in a row!"
Jaden laughed proudly. "Ha ha ha! What can I say? I've got the Heart of the Draw!"
Everyone laughed. Until Syrus slowly turned to Jaden.
"Jaden, The back of your head is bent. I think we should visit the clinic first."
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Hey guys, IG here!
And also like what Mash said, this chapter was supposed to be way longer, but I think its better to split it into 2 chapter for me to be able to upload consistently.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy because I also enjoyed writing it, Chiao!
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