"Amazoness Queen can indeed grant resistance to Amazoness monsters, but that is only under the premise that she herself exists on the field. I Normal Summon Elementsaber Molehu."
Wearing purple armor and wielding a scythe, the "spirit swordsman" arrived on Bastion Misawa's field.
"Molehu's effect activates. I discard the Elementsaber Aina from my hand, target Amazoness Queen, and change her to face-down Defense Position. That way, the resistance granted by Amazoness Queen disappears!"
Dark power gathered in Molehu's hands and bound itself around Amazoness Queen.
"Then I flip open my set card, Dramatic Rescue. When a card that targets a monster on the field whose name includes Amazoness is activated, I can activate this. The targeted monster card returns to the hand, and I Special Summon a different monster from my hand."
"Because of Dramatic Rescue's effect, Amazoness Queen returns to my hand, and I Special Summon Amazoness Tiger in Defense Position!"
"To think you wanted our Amazoness clan to show a lack of offensive capability, Misawa-kun, honestly…"
Molehu's dark power struck nothing.
Replacing Amazoness Queen's position was a small tiger.
"Amazoness Tiger… Misawa-kun, could it be that you…?"
Seeing Bastion's confusion, Tania explained, "As long as Amazoness Tiger exists on the field, you cannot attack other Amazoness monsters. Amazoness Pet Liger King and Amazoness Tiger protect each other."
"Even if your monsters' Attack isn't low, don't think you can just break through my field like that But go ahead and show me what you can do You look like quite the clever young man."
"Then watch closely! My Duel! I activate Card Destruction. Both players discard all cards in their hands, then draw the same number from their Decks…"
After both sides drew new hands from their Decks, a triumphant smile appeared on Bastion's face.
"I activate the effects of Elementsaber Aina, Elementsaber Makani, Elementsaber Malo in my Graveyard, along with Elementsaber Nalu that was sent to the Graveyard by Card Destruction, changing their Attributes to LIGHT!"
Within Bastion's Graveyard, four golden-yellow lights lit up simultaneously.
"Changing the Attributes of monsters in your Graveyard? What meaning does that have?"
Tania frowned slightly. As a warrior, she could not help but feel something was off.
"In my Graveyard right now, I have four Elementsabers plus one Elemental Grace Doriado, for a total of exactly five LIGHT monsters. Therefore—Phosphorage the Elemental Lord, Special Summon!"
After the four rays of golden light, a single beam shot straight into the sky, forming the majestic body of the Elemental Lord.
"Phosphorage's effect activates! When this card is Special Summoned, I can activate it. All monsters on my opponent's field are destroyed!"
"What did you say?!"
Phosphorage emitted a dazzling light. In just an instant, all of the monsters on Tania's field turned into drifting particles of light.
"Battle Phase. Phosphorage the Elemental Lord attacks directly!"
Bastion pointed at Tania and declared the attack.
"I flip open my set card, Dimension Wall! The damage from this battle will be taken by my opponent!"
A strange and twisted Dimension Wall lit up. Phosphorage's attack was warped and reflected back at Bastion.
[Bastion, LP: 4000→1000]
"Wah! Now, you don't have any set cards left. Let's end this playful Duel right here. Gold Light and Molehu, attack directly!"
One bolt of lightning and one wave of darkness slashed across Tania, wiping out her LP. The Duel came to an end.
Tania staggered backward. As her legs gave out and she fell, her Amazoness Pet Liger King caught her body, preventing her from hitting the ground.
"I never thought I would actually lose… In that case, I suppose I have no choice but to marry Youmi on the premise of marriage…"
As she was saying this, Youmi had already undone his restraints and slipped behind Bastion.
"So what exactly is it about me that you like so much? Can't I just change it?"
Tania seemed to downright miss Youmi's obvious aversion. Twisting her waist, she explained in a perfectly serious tone, "First of all, that well-built body of yours."
"You can clearly tell you've trained… those defined muscle lines, and that healthy skin tone, it's practically a symbol of strength."
"And then there's the scar over your eye, it's very beautiful, positioned in perfect symmetry to mine. That has to be destiny~"
"Finally, that head of white hair… no matter how you look at it, it's dazzling. Even though I'm not from an Eastern country, I can't help being drawn to it~"
"The image I'm using isn't even something I chose—no, wait, this one actually was my choice…" Youmi tugged at his hair with his left hand.
After a long pause, he continued, "My current appearance isn't my original face. I'm just borrowing my partner's form for certain reasons."
As he said that, Youmi pulled out the card Fallen of Albaz and tossed Albaz out from it.
"Wow Using the exact same appearance as your own Duel Spirit? That kind of act that deepens your bond is a huge bonus in my book"
He had meant to dampen Tania's enthusiasm, but it seemed to have had the opposite effect.
"I occasionally turn into a female spirit too!"
Youmi forced himself through the soul-crushing embarrassment and pulled a photo from his pocket—the one Arias had given him earlier that day, showing him in his Dragonmaid form—and tossed it to Tania.
"If it's like that, then things like continuing the bloodline are absolutely impossible, right? Why don't you consider Misawa here instead?!"
As he spoke, Youmi dragged Bastion in front of him despite his protests, using him as a human shield.
"Hey, Youmi, aren't we friends?!"
"And didn't you just sell me out earlier?!"
"That was for the sake of the bigger picture!"
"And I'm not?!"
Tania looked at the photo in her hand, then back and forth between Youmi and the 'Yuyumi' in the picture, nodding thoughtfully.
"Hmm, that is true… But our tribe has a tradition of killing the male after using him. I wouldn't have the heart to kill you, but this might also be a solution. When needed, you can be the male, and when not, you can help take care of the children—"
"Stop! I'm sorry! If you keep talking, I'm afraid some higher-dimensional force is going to start writing something!"
Youmi hurriedly cut Tania off.
Fallen of Albaz stood beside Youmi with a baffled expression and asked in a low voice, "Boss, is this… another person falling for you?"
"If you don't talk, no one will think you're mute…" Youmi reached out and pinched Fallen of Albaz at the waist, then said, "Anyway… I can't do anything about my looks. Besides my appearance, what else do you like about me? I'll change it!"
Tania thought for a moment before answering, "I like your presence and your personality. You feel like someone who can adapt to the people around you, manage relationships well with anyone, and carry yourself with confidence, always having a handle on things."
"More importantly, you always seem to face difficulties head-on. It's exactly the same as what your brother told me about you~"
Youmi's heart skipped a beat. He hadn't expected this to somehow involve Yuki.
"Yuki? Isn't he busy destroying the world? Since when did he have time to introduce girlfriends for me?!"
"I'm awkward, arrogant, self-important, blindly overconfident, terrible at socializing, and I step on landmines every time I open my mouth!"
"I'm nowhere near as great as Yuki told you. That kid's definitely got some scheme going on, so don't listen to his nonsense! Is there anything else I can change?!"
"You and I are the same kind of existence." A purple glow lit up around Tania as she transformed into Amazoness Pet Liger King, pouncing straight onto Youmi.
"You can deny all those traits if you want, but the one thing you can't lie about is that you're a Card Spirit. I can feel the fluctuations of you as a spirit~"
The moment Tania lunged, Youmi shoved her away, transforming into the Albion the Shrouded Dragon form and lifting her.
He then grabbed Bastion beside him as well, roaring in a dragon's voice, "Then what about Misawa? Weren't you interested in him too? What do you think of him?"
"Youmi, how could you sell me out—"
"What are brothers for if not to be sold? Should I stab you in the ribs instead?"
Youmi shot Bastion an exasperated look.
"Honestly, if possible, I'd love to take both of you. One to take with me and have children, and the other to be raised as a child groom for them. Wouldn't that be perfect~?"
"Snap out of it already!"
With a broken, despairing scream, Youmi turned back into his human form.
After calming himself and letting out a long sigh, he said,
"I'm going to stand at the top of the world. Women would just get in the way!"
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