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The pair walked towards the edge of a forest. Lena had not even noticed that they had gotten so far. The young girl looked away from the forest to find Jason looking at her. When he started to speak, she listened closely. It had been the first time that someone had said something like that to her before. Whenever she spoke up back home, people would either ignore her or mock her ideals. Her father wouldn’t even pay her any attention when she had something to say. He had told her to speak ‘normal’ so that others won’t her. The only person that would give her the slightest encouragement was her mother and brother. So hearing Jason say this, she smiled.

“Thank you very much” she said cheerfully.

It didn’t take the pair long to catch up with the crowd. Lena glanced at Jason and then at her box, suddenly feeling bashful.

“Hey, if I say something silly, just ignore me. I won’t feel bad.” Lena looked past a few people in the crowd. What she saw disappointed her greatly. The Silfer red dorm came into view, but then she saw hologram monsters. Maybe there was a silver lining after all. Seeing a duel on the first day isn’t too bad. Actually, it isn’t bad at all. Lena stood next to Jason and watched the duel. Almost instantly, her eyes turned to the dragon duelist. He had called out such a powerful monster early on it seems. Lena heard Jason question her again, but this time she didn’t face him. She was watching the duel carefully.

“I’d bet on the winged beast duelist” she said with a serious face.

“He uses more of my style of dueling.” Lena thought back to the deck she had brought to the academy. It wasn’t her style to attack head on, since her strongest monster in her deck has only 1700 attack points. Instead, she focuses on counter attacks. The goal of her deck is to increase the attack power of her monsters, and to also increase her life points, giving her a greater chance of winning. Lena watched the duel closely. With each turn, the winged duelist confidence grew.

“I think he’s has a plan. I know for a fact that he’ll pull through” she finished with a satisfied smile.

"Which duelist do you believe is more skilled? I have a feeling that you would pick the dragon duelist." Lena turned to Jason and looked at him.

“Question! Why did you come to duel academy? I have a feeling that you are on a quest too.” Lena eyes showed nothing, but curiosity.