Kippei Tachibana righteously denied Seiya's request for leave, then patted his shoulder to offer some comfort. Just as Seiya was starting to feel a little bit of shame from his genuine look, Kippei sneakily took out a signature card and whispered, "Actually, I have a favor to ask you, too. If you can, I'd like you to get your sister's autograph for me. I'm a big fan of Yaka-san, and I wanted to ask her at the celebration dinner, but you know, as the captain of the tennis club, I have to maintain my dignity, so..."
Seiya: "Get lost! I can't believe you're that kind of Kippei Tachibana. I was so wrong about you!"
After saying goodbye to An and Kippei, Seiya got into his sister's luxurious car to go home. He knew that the real nightmare was just beginning.
After learning that Seiya had won the regional tournament, their mother, Sachiko Wenren, was also overjoyed. Since their father passed away early, Sachiko and Yaka doted on Seiya, the only male in the family. You might think Yaka's love for her brother was already at a high level, but compared to their mother's, it was only a gold-level indulgence.
The Wenren family was incredibly wealthy. How wealthy? Even the richest man in the world of Prince of Tennis, Keigo Atobe, was barely noticeable compared to them. Sachiko Wenren was a well-known businesswoman and a strong woman who had built the Wenren Group with her late husband. Today, the Wenren Group was a giant in Japan's business world.
The house Seiya was living in was a mansion in An's eyes, but it was just a "dorm" that Sachiko had bought for him to be closer to school. This one-person dorm had everything: an underground gym, a private tennis court, an open-air garden, and more.
Winning the regional tournament made Sachiko happier than earning hundreds of millions of yen. She immediately said she would contact major news outlets to interview her "prodigy." She also thought that the equipment and courts for the middle school tennis tournaments were too old and might affect her son's performance. So, she made a single phone call, and the Tennis Association received a sponsorship of over 100 million yen from the Wenren Group.
"Mom, the regional tournament is the lowest level of competition. This championship isn't a big deal. Can you please stop being so over the top? Sponsoring the Middle School Tennis Association? People might think I won because of a fixed match."
After Seiya's persistent pleas, Sachiko finally stopped her wild plans. But when Seiya went back to his room, the 40-year-old beautiful woman thought, since her son was against her sponsoring the association and talking to the media, she should at least reward Fudomine Junior High for raising him so well. She picked up the phone and called her secretary. "Don't donate money directly. Build them a few new buildings and get them the latest tennis equipment. And tell the principal not to say that it was donated by the Wenren Group."
Seiya was completely unaware of his mother's actions. While she and his sister were watching a recording of his match, he had entered the "Dream of the Heart" again. When he got there, he was surprised to see not only the other Seiya from the Sword Art Online world but also three other people.
No, saying they were all people might not be accurate. Only one of the three new figures, a young boy of about four or five, could be considered human. The other two spherical figures were hard to categorize as human.
"Are they all new? Or are they like us?" Seiya from the Prince of Tennis world asked the other Seiya, who was talking to the three newcomers.
When he got closer, he realized what the two spherical beings were. One was completely pink with long ears and a huge mouth that took up half its body; it was a Koromon from the Digital World. The other was a brownish, furry creature floating in the air with short limbs; it was a Kuriboh from the Yu-Gi-Oh! world, the famous mascot of two generations of the King of Games.
As Seiya had suspected, they were all versions of him, but their way of transmigrating was a bit different. One became a Digimon, and the other became a monster card. When they saw the other versions of themselves as humans in the "Dream of the Heart," they started to cry with a heavy heart. They should have been happy to have gotten a cheat, but when they saw the other Seiyas were all handsome and human, while they were mascots, their hearts sank.
The Seiya from Sword Art Online and the little boy Seiya had been trying to comfort them before the Prince of Tennis Seiya arrived. But when he told them which world he was from, they cried even harder. The Prince of Tennis Seiya was not only handsome but also from a rich family, with a loving mother and sister, and even a beautiful classmate. This was too much. They were all the same person, but the difference was huge.
"Actually, I don't think transmigrating as a Digimon or a monster card is a bad thing. Think about it, who says there are no beautiful girls in the Digital World or the monster world?" the little boy Seiya said. He then cleared his throat and continued, "How many beautiful girls are there in the Prince of Tennis world? And there aren't many in the Sword Art Online world, either. But the Digital World is different. You have Angewomon, LadyDevimon, Lilithmon, and Sakuyamon. Aren't they all beautiful? Angels and devils, demon lords and divine types... can ordinary human girls compare to them?"