Excluding the time Sonia was nearly scared stiff, this was the first close contact Yide had with Tivia in the form of possession.
Her vibrant red, shoulder-length hair was still a bit damp, draped behind her.
Taller than Sonia, her body was currently wrapped in a bath towel, revealing only her prominent bust.
Perhaps because he was controlling Sonia’s body, his sense of smell had returned.
At such close proximity, Yide could even feel the fresh scent of natural herbs entering his nostrils.
Tivia was also observing Yide.
Even if her appearance hadn’t changed.
Even if her voice hadn’t changed.
But the moment the switch happened, Tivia felt it—the girl who still looked like her best friend on the outside, had a different person inside.
The aura was completely different.
This current state was the “Sonia” she had seen in the dueling arena earlier today.
Even though she still looked as easy to bully as her best friend, Tivia could only sense a feeling of being targeted, of being counter-attacked.
“…Are you the soul residing in that pendant?”
“That pendant’s name is Millennium Puzzle.”
Yide didn’t deny it, simply adding a clarification.
But Tivia didn’t pay attention to that, continuing to press: “So, have you been helping Xiaoya with her duels all this time?”
Yide shook his head again: “To be precise, the Enshir match and these ten matches today were handled by me. Edward’s wasn’t.”
Neither question received a direct affirmation or denial, but Tivia already had the answer in her heart.
The feeling she got from Edward’s match and Enshir’s match was indeed quite different.
This person was telling the truth.
“…Thank you.”
“Thank you for doing so much for Xiaoya.”
Tivia raised her head.
After a long silence, she finally spoke, looking intently at the soul currently possessing her best friend.
“Without you, Xiaoya might have been driven out of the city by now, or truly misled by a dark duelist and gone down a path of no return.”
“Tivia…”
Remaining in her soul state, Sonia, floating to the side, listened to the red-haired girl’s confession and couldn’t help but look at her with emotion.
But Tivia’s next sentence stunned her.
“However, that doesn’t mean I’ll accept you!”
“Huh?”
“Oh?”
Yide looked at the red-haired girl, his eyes also filled with curiosity: “Why?”
“Does that even need to be said? Because you’re even more suspicious than the legendary Dark Duelists!”
Tivia pointed her index finger at Yide: “A ritual that should only summon dueling spirits instead summoned you; isn’t that suspicious enough?”
“What’s more, a soul residing in a pendant or something—this kind of story trope is clearly favored by those manipulative evil gods, right?!”
The red-haired girl eyed him warily: “Xiaoya is quite naive, so I need to protect her!”
“With so many suspicious points piled up, no matter how superb your dueling skills are, I won’t easily trust you!”
You make a good point.
Yide couldn’t help but complain inwardly.
He had dealt with too many abnormal people, so it took him a few seconds to realize that this was a normal person’s reaction.
“Huh, does Tivia mean that Mr. Yide might be an evil god disguised to deceive me?”
This was the not-so-normal reaction.
Even Yide himself felt he was quite suspicious.
In fact, when Loveland first summoned him, she was wary of him for quite some time.
One could say that after being abandoned by the “bad woman,” drawing someone as clumsy yet endearing as Sonia as his second host was one of the luckiest things to happen to him since transmigrating.
“Right, since you can see what’s happening outside through the pendant…”
Tivia’s gaze fixated on Yide: “You saw it just now, didn’t you?”
Yide immediately shook his head: “No.”
But as soon as he said it, he wanted to slap himself.
Tivia instantly became both shy and angry: “You did see it!”
Seeing the situation turn sour, Yide quickly lifted the spiritual possession.
“Sonia, she’s all yours.”
“Huh, huh?”
As Sonia returned to her body, the first thing she saw was Tivia pinning her down on the bed again.
“Stop it, Tivia, it’s me, Xiaoya.”
“Get him out, Xiaoya! I’m going to fight him!”
“(」> <)｣Then you can just keep tickling me, I’m going to protect Mr. Yide.”
Tivia was important to her, and Mr. Yide was also important to her.
She couldn’t let her two “wings” fight!
Ultimately, Tivia still couldn’t do anything to Yide.
As long as Yide hid inside the Millennium Puzzle, even Sonia couldn’t call him out.
But Tivia didn’t completely give up.
“Just you wait, I’ll find a way to break your contract with Xiaoya and gain control of you!”
So, from the next day, Tivia began a routine of leaving early and returning late, spending every day in the Upper City researching information about the Millennium Puzzle.
As for Sonia, of course, she took Yide to the Throne of Heaven Duel Arena every day to play cards.
“Mana Wyrm, attack! Arcane Blast!”
A vibrant voice rang out.
The transparent creature, now larger than a real dragon, charged wildly, directly shattering the opponent’s life barrier.
“Wuwah!”
The man screamed, and his life points immediately dropped into the negative.
The next moment, the winner’s information lit up on the screen above their heads.
Sonia Seth Victory
Current Record: Twenty-two wins, four losses
Seeing this result, the crowd in the stands erupted in cheers.
But at the same time, a few scattered bitter voices were mixed in with the cheers.
“That girl won again.”
“Yeah, it’s six wins and one loss again today. Even if it’s not the ten consecutive wins from the first day, this record is too exaggerated.”
A few people who were both spectators and duelists looked at the center of the arena, sighing.
Three days had passed since the first day of dueling.
Yet, this girl’s record was still terrifying—no, it should be said, even more terrifying.
The ten consecutive wins on the first day, while eye-catching, weren’t impossible to achieve with some strange decks.
But being able to maintain a six-win, one-loss record on the fourth day was a true display of strength.
“Awesome, I won!”
Sonia jumped up and down on the stage.
“I lost, I lost, too strong.”
Sonia’s opponent also sat up from the stage.
Looking at the girl who was bouncing excitedly on the stage after winning, there was a hint of gratitude in his heart.
His strength wasn’t as good as Ragnar’s, but the girl in front of him looked so happy, as if she had overcome a powerful enemy.
She was giving him too much face.
Of course, he didn’t know that the reason for the starkly opposite attitudes was because it wasn’t the same person dueling at all.
Sonia was very happy.
This was her first time winning a D-rank duel without Mr. Yide’s guidance.
She had won before, but several times, it was only after Mr. Yide’s reminders that she realized she had made a wrong “kill.”
Over time, even she began to doubt if she was too useless.
But thankfully, she finally won one!
“Next match, next match.”
Because she was happy, Sonia uncharacteristically didn’t hand over control of her body to Yide today; she wanted to continue dueling.
But then, the man she had just defeated scratched his head.
“Little sister, are you still going to duel?”
“I suggest you go home early these days.”
“After all, the Lower City has been a bit unsettled lately.”