Chapter 496: Rejected Content ① : April Fools Day Extra Chapter (1/2)

I couldn't finish the next chapter in time, so today, I'm posting a story that I've discarded before. This story was left unfinished.

I tried to make this as a One-Chapter False Extra Chapter…… but I couldn't see how to end this……

———-It all started with a single card.

One day, in the late afternoon, I was relaxing in a certain miscellaneous goods store that had no customers as usual, when I suddenly noticed a card on the counter.

[……Alice? What's this card?]

[Oya? Aryaa, I must have left it behind when I was building a ”deck”……]

[Deck?]

[Yes, deck for ”Trinia Battle Cards”. TBC for short…… Well, putting it simply, it's a card game.]

[Heehhh…… I didn't know there were card games in this world.]

Card games huh…… It's a game that many people back on Earth were crazy about. I used to enjoy it a little bit too.

Well, in the end, I stopped playing. It costs too much money after all…… I also didn't have anyone to play with too……

[In TBC, there are three types of cards: Monster, Magic and Trap. You battle with these cards, and the one who brings the opponent's HP down to zero wins. Each monster has its own level, and high-level monsters require a tribute to be summoned. Monster levels range from 1 to 13, where level 5 and above monsters require 1 tribute, level 8 and above monsters require 2 tributes, and level 10 and above monsters require 3 tributes to be summoned. There are also some high-level monsters that can be summoned through Special Summons though.]

[……Wait, why the heck does those rulings sound familiar?]

[One must have a deck of 50 cards. Both players start with 5 cards in hand, and they can both draw one card per turn. Kaito-san may be unfamiliar with it…… but it's a card game that's quite popular in this world, and you can challenge most people you meet eyes with to a battle by saying ”Oi, fight me!”.]

[……That sounds unfamiliar, but I also feel like it sounds familiar.]

That's that trading card game, right? It's that world-famous card game that was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records, right? Don't tell me…… Even that was passed down by someone who had the role of Hero?

(T/N: He's talking about YGO.)

This feels strange…… This is the first time I've ever heard of that card game, but I feel like I can play it without having to listen to the rules in detail.

[The biggest feature of this card game is this! It's the ”blank card” that always comes with every booster pack you buy!]

[……That's something I don't know about…… Does that card have any use at all?]

[It actually contains a piece of magic crystal…… and if one traces the edge of the card twice, they would automatically generate their own personal ”Character Card”. The effects and status are also automatically generated! The higher the quality of one's magic power, the stronger the card tends to  be.]

[……The heck is that. That sounds amazing.]

Alice took out a white card and stroked its edge twice…… The blank card turned into a card with Alice's image on it.

I don't know if I should say that it's to be expected from magic or not, but it certainly transcends common sense.

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[Each person has their own unique cards. Incidentally, I can change the quality of my magic power, so I could also generate cards with different qualities.]

[Fumufumu…… Anyway, what the heck is with this card's effect…… Even I, who don't know the rules, know that this card is a cheat……]

[Well, I'm one of the Six Kings after all…… By the way, here's what it looks like when I make it with the magic power I had as No Face.]

[……This card's way too much of a bogus……]

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[Well, just like mine, the cards of the Six Kings and Supreme Gods are all super powerful, and so, there are a lot of them. That's why, a certain rule has been established.]

[And that is?]