“I'm back.”
He returned home.
He greeted them as usual.
Jaden took off his shoes, quickly bypassed the kitchen, and headed towards his room.
Having been in Japan for five years, Jaden had adapted to life in this country.
And towards his two new parents.
Jaden tried to maintain a subtle 'parent-child' relationship with them.
Although, psychologically, it was still a bit difficult to treat Jaden Yuki's parents as family...
“Jaden~ Are you back?”
Mrs. Yuki smiled brightly from the kitchen, peering out.
Sharing the same genes as Jaden.
Mrs. Yuki also had brown hair.
But since she wasn't a duelist, her hairstyle seemed much more ordinary.
Her rectangular glasses further accentuated her intellectual side.
She looked no different from the typical Japanese women you'd see.
“Yeah, I'm back... Is something wrong?”
Jaden stopped and smiled at Mrs. Yuki.
“Well...” She seemed to have something she wanted to tell Jaden.
But seeing the smile on Jaden's face, Mrs. Yuki fell silent for a moment, simply waving her hand with a smile.
“Nothing, go have fun, Jaden.”
“Okay.”
Jaden dashed upstairs.
Looking at Jaden's back.
The smile on Mrs. Yuki's face turned into a look of helplessness.
Not long after.
Mr. Yuki also finished work for the day and returned home.
“Honey, I'm home.” He placed his briefcase at the door.
Seeing his wife walk out to greet him, Mr. Yuki keenly noticed that she seemed troubled.
“What's wrong? You seem a little down.”
“Ah...” Mrs. Yuki's hand, which was loosening Mr. Yuki's tie, paused.
Mrs. Yuki chuckled bitterly, “Dear, don't you think our Jaden is a bit too mature for his age?”
“Other kids his age would still be clinging to their parents, throwing tantrums, and calling for their moms and dads.”
“But it feels like our Jaden has never been like that...”
Indeed.
Over the past five years, their child's uniqueness had drawn Mrs. Yuki's attention.
Although.
Jaden was undeniably excellent.
But for a mother, whether her child is excellent or not is secondary.
Not having the vivacity of a normal child, it didn't feel like a good thing...
“Is it because we've been too busy lately and neglected Jaden's feelings...”
Mr. Yuki looked towards the stairs.
As office workers, they had spent an awful lot of time at work.
Even on days off, the couple rarely paid attention to Jaden.
Perhaps, for this very reason.
Jaden seemed more mature than a typical child?
“So, how about we go visit the Kaiba Corporation this weekend?”
Mr. Yuki smiled, pulling out three invitation tickets from his briefcase.
“Huh? These are...?” Mrs. Yuki was surprised.
“They're the gifts you get when you buy a card pack on Jaden's birthday.”
“Kaiba Corporation invites kids under ten years old to visit their Duel Monster products.”
“Jaden is so talented at dueling, he'd definitely like this, right?”
......
......
“Achoo!”
In the room.
Jaden sat at his desk, couldn't help but sneeze.
He rubbed his nose and looked at the drawing board in front of him.
On the drawing board, was his drawing of the “Elemental HERO – Neos.”
According to the story, the birth of the “Neo-Spacian” series was brought about by Jaden using his drawing skills.
As a well-known series in later events, Jaden also started trying to design his own version of Neos.
Come on, designing my own Neos, that's so cool.
However...
My drawing skills.
Are a little childish.
“Well, whatever.”
“I wasn't good at drawing before anyway.”
Throwing the drawing board aside, Jaden turned his chair, opening the system interface.
The 500 Duel Points he got today were his capital to buy good cards.
“Let me see, what good cards are in the system store...”
Opening the store.
All the cards in the Yu-Gi-Oh! series were displayed before Jaden in a dense mass.
Their prices ranged from 10 points to 1000 points, a stark difference.
“Elemental HERO support cards... So expensive.”
“Other HERO series are ridiculously expensive too.”
“Cards like “D.D. Warrior Lady” are even in the four digits.”
“On the other hand, some trap cards are cheap... What the heck, is this looking down on me, a ‘dark’ soul?”
“Huh?”
Suddenly, Jaden discovered.
His system store didn't have any “Neo-Spacian” series cards.
Jaden originally planned to skip the story of Neos' birth and just buy Neos from the store.
But they don't exist...?
That's a problem.
I can't really use my drawing to show off in the universe, can I?