"Hoo~ Hoo"
Vampire Queen's fair face turned bright red, panting heavily as if she had just fought a three-hundred-round battle. Her not-so-small chest was tightly wrapped in a "slightly small" maid outfit, rising and falling with her breaths.
Sweat covered her fair face, drop by drop like crystal-clear morning dew. She gave a somewhat flattering smile and asked softly, "Master, do you think my work... is acceptable?"
Youyu's expression remained unchanged: "Aren't you a vampire? How can you be panting so much just from doing some cleaning?"
Quine blushed, looking slightly embarrassed: "Well... it's because I'm working hard for Lord Youyu..."
Youyu gave her a sidelong glance.
Ha, a woman, such calculations, trying to affect my card drawing speed.
How could he not see through Quine's little tricks?
Luckily, our Youyu is the Duel King. Just like how Sword Saints in fantasy worlds can maintain a solid heart, allowing them to focus completely on their Sword Dao, Youyu claims that his card game focus is just as solid, rendering such petty tricks ineffective against him.
Youyu has always had high charisma and had long since accustomed to the idea of people being attracted to him.
"Lord Youyu, I've finished the cleaning."
Quine tugged at her snow-white dress, her pure white thighs tightly closed, portraying the image of a dutiful and understanding little maid.
Goodness, Youyu claims that every time he went to the association to see her dressed in a cool, bold outfit drinking with a group of muscle-bound men dressed even cooler, he'd almost been fooled by her innocent appearance.
Youyu waved his hand to dismiss her casually: "First go make me a glass of juice."
"Okay, Lord Youyu."
Quine lifted her skirt and scampered off.
The facilities and supplies in the manor given by President Haima are quite complete, and juicers are readily available. Before long, Quine returned with a freshly squeezed glass of watermelon juice.
Youyu browsed the forum as he took the glass and sipped. While drinking, he suddenly heard Quine's cautious voice beside him: "Lord Youyu, do you need me to prepare your bath water?"
"Ha?"
Youyu glanced at her sideways, finding the vampire again wearing an innocent face, looking pitiful.
"No need." Youyu waved his hand, "If you've got nothing, just stay in your room. You can arrange your own time when there are no tasks; there's no need to run around me."
"But... that's my job." Quine blinked, "I lost to you in the Darkness Game, remember, Lord Youyu?
According to the game rules, I lost to you. Serving diligently is my duty..."
To be honest, when they first met, she didn't quite regard Youyu seriously.
Back then, Youyu seemed to her like a "pretty competent" young duelist. The deepest impression he left wasn't his skill, but his good looks.
Even though the vampire always prided herself on seeing many people, she had almost never seen someone so attractive!
When she lost to Youyu and the wager, honestly, she wasn't pleased.
The rules she set before that Dark Duel began were aimed at wanting the opponent's body. As it turned out, she lost; although according to the rules, she had to submit to Youyu, Youyu himself seemed not to have taken the stake seriously at all.
If Quine hadn't actively mentioned it after that duel, and avoided Youyu to build presence again, the wager could've been as good as nonexistent.
But she didn't.
She oddly insisted on presenting herself.
Since Youyu won the Duel City championship and became known as the "Duel King," gaining supreme status in both worlds, Quine hasn't remained as upset as she initially was after being defeated.
Instead, she felt... a bit lucky?
Losing to the Duel King wasn't shameful!
Not to mention, she felt it was one of her lifetime—oh no, ghost life—one of the biggest opportunities she'd encountered!
Would regular people get such an opportunity to blatantly fangirl around the Duel King?
And such a good-looking Duel King at that!
If she managed to present herself successfully, then she'd really gain without losing!
If... if someday in the future, with her sincerity and persistence, Lord Youyu permitted her to share his bed?
... Okay, it seems this goal might need long-term planning.
At least from Youyu's attitude, it's unlikely to happen anytime soon.
But she won't give up striving to achieve this goal.
People need dreams and pursuits.
Even vampires do.
Looking at Youyu drinking his juice, Quine hesitated for a long time before speaking up.
"Uh... Lord Youyu. After your bath, do you need a massage?"
Youyu choked immediately.
Seriously...
Youyu shot her a glare, noticing Quine with innocent big eyes, acting as if she hadn't said the prior words.
Youyu frowned: "Still full of energy without an outlet? Want to exercise your body again?"
Quine's delicate body shivered, immediately feeling terrified.
At that moment, the vampire remembered the fear of being dominated by laps...
"Then... then if Lord Youyu doesn't need me, I'll head back to my room first..." Quine exited the room with an awkward smile as she said.
The thing about vampires, of course, is they shouldn't show cowardice.
It's called a tactical retreat!
Vampires can't rush recklessly. Timing and finding weaknesses is the correct posture!
In the art of pursuit, persistence is key.
This is an academic pursuit and has its intricacies.
Watching Quine finally return obediently to her room, Youyu rubbed his temples, feeling slightly headache-y.
Having an attractive maid waiting on him is generally quite good.
Just that this maid is a bit too proactive, always thinking of presenting herself.
If it weren't for his higher rank, broad experience, and strong determination, who knows, he might have fallen for her tricks.
...
These days, President Haima has been busy handling various company affairs, seemingly so busy he didn't even have time to drink water, so he hasn't asked Youyu anything for a while.
Even without needing any insider channels, just from newspapers and news you could tell the current state of the Kaiba Company.
Like the recent major move, where the Kaiba Group acquired the majority of European Lloyd Consortium's departments focused on Duel Monsters.
After this month, the Lloyd Consortium basically ceased to exist. They could easily hang a "KC" sign atop their company headquarters to announce the change of ownership.
With that, Zigfried Lloyd left the stage in defeat. The once-aristocrat made his final struggle, but still couldn't stage a comeback against the giant of Kaiba Company, ultimately being pushed to an even more irrecoverable state, exiting the historical stage.
Also, rumors have it that the Kaiba Group is developing a new generation of Duel Discs.
It's said that some internal news revealed the new Duel Disc being developed by the Kaiba Group has epoch-making significance, destined to completely replace existing models, bringing Duelists an unimaginable fresh experience.
Of course, no one may understand the project's progress better than Youyu.
As after his battle with Paradox, Youyu handed over the collected Duel Disc to President Haima, asking him to base its design on the Future Duel Disc's structure.
Before long, the new generation of Duel Discs should be crafted. Youyu had no doubt that when that time comes, Kaiba Company would definitely amaze everyone again.
In the meantime, there's something Youyu needs to handle these days.
Just earlier today, he accessed the KC Cup participant info from the Kaiba Group to find out the home address of the runner-up, student Yuki Judai.