23 Chapter 21 | Abandoned Dorm! (1)

"Hm, neat." Reading the previous test scores posted on the board, I found my name at the very top.

I achieved a perfect score on both the written and practical tests, in fact, I was the only person to do so. Second place was Alexis who achieved near perfect on both the written and practical tests, with a 98 and 97.

Interestingly enough, Jaden had basically flunked the written but barely avoided failing with a high practical mark. Bastion, who was my opponent had also achieved a high practical mark even though he had lost, placing him among the top 10.

I wasn't expecting anything different, but apparently, it was a big deal to the other students...

"He achieved a perfect score!?"

"But... isn't he a Ra Yellow?"

"When was the last time someone even achieved a perfect grade?"

"It's only happened once in the last 10 years and that was by Zane Trusedale!"

I didn't really care though, it didn't feel like an achievement. Sure, Bastion's duel was tough, but it felt only natural to get a 100 on the written test, after all in a world where Duel Monsters was basically a way of life, shouldn't everything that was on the test be common knowledge...?

I could understand losing a few marks due to stupid mistakes like spelling and writing, but people had actually managed to fail the test!

Honestly, failing in itself seemed harder than acing the written test.

"Forget it, it's anime logic..." I decided to ignore the fact that people here could make life-size 3D holographic projectors for cards, but not know how to play a field spell.

'Sheou.' I communicated with my duel spirit through our 'link'.

'Yes, Master?' She appeared beside me with a graceful bow as if it were natural.

'Let's go train, I wanna hurry and build the link with all the other maids too.'

'Understood, Master. It appears you are reaching the threshold of the initial stages of our bond.' Sheou adjusted her glasses, her pupils turning into slits as she appeared right through me.

'What does that mean?'

'You'll soon be able to borrow some of my power.'

I froze in place and turned to face her, 'Your power?'

'Yes, however, it is up to the Master to decipher what that entails.' Sheou smiled smugly.

Come on! You can't just cock block me after hinting at something like that!

'Tsk, I don't even want to know about it...' grunting I held back the annoyed expression threatening to form on my face. It didn't help that Sheou just seemed to enjoy it even more.

'Master is adorable when mad.' Sheou just rubbed salt into the wound.

"That's it! I'm switching to a Red-Eyes deck!"

...

Sitting in a lotus position, I meditated while trying to 'feel' my link to Sheou. I had figured out a few things; One, it seemed the link grew stronger every time I dueled with Sheou and played her. Two, it felt like the link was becoming more sturdier and almost physical, instead of just a ethereal feeling. Finally three, I had come to realize how powerful Sheou really was, due to our connection, I could quite literally feel her overwhelming strength and even reach out to it. But I still couldn't grasp much of it, like emptying the ocean with a bucket, it was just too vast.

'Master you've done it!'

Hearing Sheou's shout, I peeked through my eyelid and turned to her confused.

'Did what?' I asked.

'Look at your arms!' She pointed out and I followed her gaze.

'My arms...?'

Seeing my arms, my eyes widened. My entire forearm down had been covered with black scales, the palms of my hand were covered with some more flexible and thinner white scales, my fingertips had been covered by small pointy black claws, and from my elbow, a sharp white horn jutted out.

"Holy sh...!" I subconsciously marvelled, it looked like I was wearing some sort of cool draconic fantasy gauntlets.

Getting up, I suddenly stumbled forward feeling off balance.

Turning behind me, I noticed a small black and white tail with a white, flame-like spade at the tip.

Focusing on it, I tried to flex some of the muscles on my butt and it started to twitch slightly.

"That... feels weird..." Never having had a tail before, I couldn't properly move the tail and only slightly flail it around.

Looking at Sheou, I noticed slight similarities between her tail and hands with my own, though, my tail was much smaller. As I was doing so, my gaze eventually shifted to her horns.

"Don't tell me!" Reaching up to my head, I felt two horns jutting out from the sides of my head.

Seeming to have read my emotions, Sheou pulled out a mirror so I could see my reflection.

"Cool~" I couldn't help but gasp like a kid, seeing my dragonised appearance.

I had two large horns, like Sheou's jutting out of the top of my head, my gold eyes were slitted and looked lizard-like, my arms seemed to have turned into dragon claws, and there was a small tail, p[taking out from behind me.

"Let me be the first to congratulate you on becoming a Dragonbutler, Master!" Sheou joked with a gentle smile, but the look of pride in her eyes as she looked at my draconic features was evident.

I snickered at her words as I continued to check myself out in the mirror. My appearance was much more... wild and edgy now, but it still looked awesome.

"C-can I get wings too?" I asked Sheou hopefully.

"Yes. When our bond grows strong enough, Master may even turn into a dragon!"

"Dragon!" I gasped as I imagined myself fucking with the entire student body by transforming into a dragon and landing in the middle of a duel.

"Also your body has become much more powerful due to the bond, so Master may wish to refrain from using this form without practice," Sheou advised me.

Curiously, I tested out her claim by lightly throwing a punch in the air.

"Woah!" I felt my entire body jerk forward as the force of the punch seemed to have sent my body flying forward with the momentum.

Testing further, I tried a wide range of activities; Jumping vertically, I crashed into the roof and nearly busted a hole through it. Stretching, I found myself easily being able to touch my chest with my knees and doing other difficult stretches without breaking a sweat. Clutching a dumbbell, I easily crushed it and left deep imprints. Even my vision seemed to have been heightened, I could see stuff clearer and in better detail, and I could even focus my vision like a telescope.

"This is great!" It was worth all the trouble I had put in and then some.

"Master, it may feel exhilarating, but I recommend not destroying your entire room in the process." Sheou's cold voice sounded in my ear.

Turning around, I noticed my room in shambles after my little test run and Sheou with her brow twitching as she stood in the middle of it with a smile that didn't reach her eyes.

"C-calm down, Sheou. It's not that bad." I tried to reason with her while leaning awkwardly on my desk, but...

''Creak!'' My desk snapped in half and I fell into it.

"..."

"Ok, maybe I should try this outside..." I admitted without making eye contact.

Reaching the window, I tried opening it but once again, "Shatter-!", the window couldn't handle my dragon-enhanced strength.

"Shit how am I going to explain this to the dean..." The dean of the Ra Yellow dorms, Sartyr, was both the card design teacher and an accomplished chef, he had personally designed each room...

"Shit, I'll deal with that later! For now... Dragon Time!" I jumped out the window and directly planted on the ground, unlike before when I had jumped out the window, my body didn't even tingle from the impact, instead, a small crater had been made into the ground.

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