After the red light in the card art lit up, Yūki felt that something had been added to his home.
It was a feeling he could not quite describe.
There was nobody at the desk, nor any movement in the living room, yet a faint call was working its way out of the Deck Box, bewildered and unable to convey even a complete thought.
Yūki looked down at [Lava Golem].
The card slid halfway out on its own, as though it could not wait.
"You only just got registered, and you've already learned to come out on your own. Aren't you adapting a little too fast?"
Yūki drew the card out and laid it flat in his palm.
Yugi Muto's signature remained along the edge of the card, but dark red light flowed around Lava Golem.
The lava in the card art churned a few times, and the originally enormous, vicious figure lowered its head, its eyes staring straight out of the card.
The next second, a ball of red light squeezed out of the card.
The red light landed on the desk, first sprouting two short legs, followed by a round body and two little hands.
Finally, a pair of curved horns emerged from either side of its head, with two sparks still glowing at their tips.
It was palm-sized.
Dark red lava covered its body, and several bright golden cracks ran across its chest. Each step even shook loose a tiny spark.
Once the little creature steadied itself, it raised its head, stared at Yūki for a few seconds, then spread its arms and lunged for his wrist.
"Wah."
Even its voice was soft.
Yūki instinctively reached out to catch it.
The little lava creature nestled against his palm. Though lava appeared to flow over its body, it