Chapter 92: Aisha and the Soul Room
The mind room of the Millennium Puzzle accurately reflects the holder's inner heart.
And in You Ling's mind room, besides the most basic bed, chair, and table, initially, there were only items related to competitive card games that he loved in his previous life.
Then gradually, due to getting used to the transmigration life with Aisha, the cards in the mind room also began to include content related to Duel Monster cards.
Sometimes, some strange items from the other world would also appear.
All this originated from You Ling's own subconscious, which even he himself couldn't fully control.
For example, books Aisha had read in the library, if You Ling was also interested, would appear in the mind room.
Or that very uniquely other-worldly, magi-crystal core driven, other-world game handheld. It was also Aisha's most cherished treasure.
Usually, Aisha would only very cherishly take it out to play for a while before bed.
And after seeing it, You Ling also became very interested in the structure of the magic-driven game console; the very next day, an identical item appeared in his mind room.
It was precisely these few incidents that allowed You Ling to figure out the basic 「rules」 within the mind room.
Items that could attract You Ling's interest, and that Aisha had truly touched, would be placed into the Millennium Puzzle's mind room.
Fortunately, from You Ling's observation, the area of the mind room was large enough, or rather, the area of the mind room was infinitely large without boundaries.
So even if too many miscellaneous items were placed through this 「rule」, the mind room wouldn't be filled up.
Of course, all of the above only pertained to 「items」.
When living 「people」 appeared in the Millennium Puzzle's mind room, even You Ling was startled.
"Aisha? Why are you here?"
The girl standing before You Ling was undoubtedly the appearance of the host Aisha Carlos.
Aisha: "[・_・?] What's wrong, Mr. You Ling? What do you mean 'why am I here?'"
However, the one answering You Ling's question was the Aisha currently controlling the body.
"Ah, it's nothing, it's nothing."
If Aisha hadn't come into the Millennium Puzzle's mind room, then this Aisha Carlos standing before him could only be...
"Dark Aisha?"
You Ling lowered his voice, trying his best not to let his thoughts spread out, to avoid being heard by the Aisha currently controlling the body.
Dark Aisha silently nodded without making a sound.
"As expected."
Just as You Ling thought.
Perhaps because Aisha herself became aware of the existence of the dark side within her heart and accepted her existence. This caused the darkness, which had always been hidden in the deepest part of her heart, to surface to the soul's exterior.
As for why Dark Aisha could appear in the Millennium Puzzle's mind room.
According to You Ling's speculation, an explanation at the consciousness level alone couldn't fully account for it.
The Millennium Puzzle was, after all, a Millennium Item . The factor that could influence something existing inside a Millennium Item could only be another Millennium Item.
The Millennium Key .
As a Millennium Item capable of opening the gate of the heart. You Ling judged this was the most fundamental reason Dark Aisha could appear here.
First, it granted Dark Aisha a tangible body that could manifest independently, then it opened the door of the mind room, allowing the accepted dark side to enter.
"You Ling?" Dark Aisha's inquiry was also very brief.
"Mm, it's me."
"First time meeting you. You and I, we're not very familiar yet."
That's right, after all, Dark Aisha was born from Aisha Carlos herself, from the fear of being abandoned by everyone after expulsion.
In that developmental path, You Ling certainly didn't exist.
You Ling couldn't help but feel awkward.
He never thought he would have to face a completely unfamiliar Aisha.
And this Aisha's personality, perhaps due to her own experiences, had become somewhat twisted and introverted. A completely different person from the usually silly and cheerful Aisha.
Most importantly, You Ling had never entertained 「guests」 in his own mind room before.
He had no clue what specifically he should do.
"How about, take a seat first?"
You Ling very politely pushed the only chair in the mind room over.
"No need."
Dark Aisha shook her head in refusal, then simply scanned You Ling's mind room.
"Too messy, I don't want to sit. Must tidy up first."
"Ti-tidy up?"
Because the space in the mind room was infinitely large, You Ling would just casually place items after using them.
Anyway, as long as he could find them, it seemed disorderly but was actually orderly.
But precisely because of such casual placement, compared to Aisha's dormitory room which she meticulously tidied every day, it was definitely much messier.
Only then did You Ling remember that Aisha had a slight obsessive-compulsive disorder regarding room cleanliness.
Unexpectedly, this point was exactly the same even for Dark Aisha.
"Alright, you tidy up then."
Sitting down on the chair himself, You Ling casually crossed his legs, watching the silent and introverted Dark Aisha absorb herself in carefully organizing and arranging the cards on the floor by different types and effects, then neatly placing them on the table.
"Eeeh? This feeling, could it be... a kuudere (- lit. no mouth type / quiet type) maid?"
At the same time, in the ruin chamber, Aisha, after observing and confirming that the exit had been completely blocked by collapsed ruins, could only turn her gaze for escape towards the large hole in the ceiling leading to the surface.
"Have to find a way to fly up. The flying monsters in my deck..."
Monsters that basically always appear by flying during duel summons.
After Aisha searched her entire memory, could she only summon Yoyo again?
"--?"
Summoned outside of a duel, the tofu block with a question mark above its head looked at Aisha with a bewildered expression.
"Please, help pull me up."
"--!"
The question mark above its head suddenly turned into an exclamation mark; it was clear Yoyo understood Aisha's request.
Immediately following, Yoyo floated behind Aisha, its short little hands firmly grasping Aisha's shoulders, vigorously flapping the pair of seemingly powerless mini-wings on its back.
"-_-..."
It seemed, with Yoyo's strength, it wasn't enough to pull Aisha up to fly.
"It shouldn't be that I'm too heavy. Since one Yoyo isn't enough, continuous summoning. Yoyo! Yoyo!"
Summoning all the Yoyos from the deck, this time, with the combined effort of three Yoyos, Aisha finally, unsteadily, passed through the ceiling cave from the underground space and returned to Fusion Academy's plaza.
However, before officially landing, Aisha, being dragged by three Yoyos, her guilty eyes met Teacher Aileen's, who had long been waiting here.
"As expected, it's you, student Aisha Yuna Carlos. Come to my office later to explain the situation."
"0v0 Okay, Teacher Aileen."