Chapter 24 Don’t Worry, Let’s Play a Round of Arcane Cards First

"I hope my arrival didn't disturb your study, Fei."

After the maid informed, Avis, wearing a slim white dress and a silver magic book hanging around her waist, walked in with a smile.

"No, no, I'm glad you came to see me, brother."

The light-blonde girl shook her head happily, happy to have an excuse to get out of this situation. Annie could only smile helplessly, she didn't dare to interrupt the conversation between the brother and sister.

"Okay, dear Fei, do you want to play a game of arcane cards?"

Noticing Annie's demeanor and the book next to the girl, Avis smiled gently, pretending not to know her little thoughts.

"Of course - Annie, bring our deck and battle table."

Fiona's big lake blue eyes lit up, she liked Avis's suggestion.

Arcane Cards is a collectible card game, and the game mode is divided into two categories: turn-based and real-time.

In either case, players need to rely on the effects of their own hand cards, and the opponent's life value is reduced to zero to win.

Due to the existence of magic, the cards in this world can summon magic projections corresponding to the cards.

Mystic cards are a very popular game among the nobles, and Avis and Fiona are naturally good at it. However, due to their low ranks, the two usually play in turn-based mode.

On weekdays, the odds between the two are about 60-40, but today is Fiona's birthday after all, so Avis decided to let it go a little.

………

One magic hour later.

At this time, Fiona activated the mystic card [Dragon Covenant], sacrificing all the beings on the field and summoning the [Ice Dragon Xinxis] with nine life and ten attack.

The icy dragon descended with an illusory dragon roar, and with an extremely cold roar, it sent the only [Dead Mage] left on Avis's field back to the graveyard, and incidentally reduced his remaining ten life points to seven.

The girl proudly announced the end of the round and planned to take Avis away in the next round.

Although the Undead Mage summoned three [Skeleton Archers] when he died. But three cards with one life and one damage are almost the same as nothing in front of the dragon.

What's more, when the Frost Dragon appears, it also brings four Ice Kobolds with four lives and five damage. Even if the three Skeleton Archers focus their fire, they can't kill even one of the monsters.

The girl held her fair and tender face cutely, and gradually fell into a certain fantasy.

What if Avis begged the smart and cute Miss Fiona, "I admit defeat, let me go a little." What should I do?

Although my brother who has no gentlemanly manners has won three games in a row! But the gentle and kind Fiona is a qualified lady and will not care about him--

It's okay to let me go a little~~for a game, right?

Well, then it's decided happily~

Looking at the girl who thought she had won and didn't know what she was fantasizing about, Avis showed a strange smile.

"Then, it's my turn."

"Activate the spell card [Dimensional Exile], attach the super magic skill [Spell Extreme Effect], and exile the Ice Dragon Xinxis to the void."

The Ice Dragon's life is nine, and the exile time is reduced to one round.

The illusory black hole emerged from mid-air and suddenly swallowed the mighty frost dragon that was circling and dancing above Fiona's field, leaving only a frightened and angry dragon roar on the field.

"Activate the secret card [Cheater] and freeze an unactivated enemy secret card in this round."

A secret card on Anvis's field suddenly turned over, and an illusory bronze chain bound the only remaining secret card on Fiona's field, causing the girl to secretly grind her teeth.

"The spell card [Death Cloud] is activated. All enemy creatures receive five points of poison damage, and an additional suffocation judgment is made for races that need to breathe air."

The yellow-green mist immediately enveloped Fiona's field, and a transparent magic shield flashed for a moment, but it failed to completely block the spreading deadly mist.

The frost kobolds that the four Sinsis brought with them when they appeared were immediately poisoned. Although the magic shield reduced the damage by 2, the frost kobolds with only four points of life still died collectively under the suffocation damage.

"The secret spell card [Balance Scale] is activated, and five points of life are exchanged for five points of mana."

The bronze scale projection appeared above the crystal rune representing Avis, and the end representing the spell sank.

The sky blue fluorescence of the rune suddenly dimmed and almost extinguished. The original seven points of life were only left with a pitiful two points.

"The spell card [Corpse Explosion] is activated, and damage is caused to the entire enemy field according to the number of corpses on the enemy field multiplied by two-thirds of the maximum health of the corpses."

The four dog-headed corpses that had just died suddenly turned into a strange dark green color, gradually expanding and twisting, and then exploded violently in a burst of pale green light.

Since there were no creatures on the field, the terrifying damage was completely applied to Fiona's crystal rune. The rune's originally bright blue light instantly dropped to a precarious level.

But at the same time, Avis suddenly noticed Fiona's tearful eyes, and his heart sank.

Oh no, I accidentally forgot about letting the water!

Except for the first game where he let the water, it seems that he has been winning since then...

'Brother bullied me——'

Facing the silent accusation in the girl's eyes, Avis couldn't help sweating on his back.

But it was too late to notice it at this time. As his spell casting round ended, the three skeleton archers immediately opened their bows and shot arrows.

Three tiny bone arrows were projected and instantly hit Fiona's rune.

The rune suddenly lit up, then made a crisp click and completely extinguished.

Seeing the crystal rune representing her own life completely shattered, the girl's eyes suddenly fell into a sluggish state.

The good situation that was finally arranged was instantly overturned. Fiona pouted her mouth, and her big lake blue eyes looked at Avis aggrievedly, and her light golden hair was not as bright as usual.

Avis hurriedly spoke, trying to make up for it.

"Let's stop here today."

The first sentence instantly raised Fiona's resentment to a higher level.

Run away after winning! ?

But fortunately, Avis's next move made the petite girl put the unhappiness of losing streak behind her again.

"I have a gift for you."

Facing Fiona's happy eyes again, the pale noble boy smiled elegantly, and his slender right hand flipped lightly, and the elegant gift box appeared in his hand out of thin air.

The box was pure white and square, with a light blue gem inlaid on the top cover. Two simple golden lines ran across the box cover from both ends of the gem. There was no trace of splicing on the entire box.

Fiona took the gift box happily, but after looking at it, she didn't know how to open it. Her big watery eyes looked at Avis with confusion.

The latter smiled, grabbed the girl's white and tender little hand, and gently tapped the gem in the center of the box cover.

"Fiona, happy birthday--"

The gem emitted a faint blue fluorescence, and the wonderful and mysterious fluorescent blue pattern, like the sprouts and vines growing from the seeds, gradually spread to the entire box.

With a light snap, the integrated box body cracked a neat gap, and slowly opened in Fiona's hands like a flip box.

"Meow--"

The box was padded with a layer of silk cushions, and a fluffy little head poked out of the box, looking into the girl's expectant eyes.

It was a cute little kitten with a blue-gray back and a snow-white belly. It was restlessly scratching the edge of the box with its two fluffy white paws, and its two round eyes, one blue and one green, looked at her curiously.

"Wow! So cute! Thank you, brother——"

"Meow~"

The little girl cried out in surprise, holding the cute fluffy cat in her hands, and the fluorescent light golden hair and the kitten's white belly set off each other.

The little guy sniffed Fiona's white and tender fingers, licked them gently, and cried out in a baby voice, letting the girl hold him very docilely.

"She is a four-month-old Carcosa shorthair cat. I have asked my father for his opinion, and my father agrees that you can keep her in the castle."

Looking at the warm and beautiful scene in front of him, Avis couldn't help but feel a faint warmth in his heart, and a smile from the heart rose from his face.

"Do you know, Fiona, there is an ancient legend about them--"

Hearing that Avis was going to tell a story, Fiona immediately became excited and sat down next to Avis, her big lake blue eyes blinking excitedly, staring at Avis at the same time.

Even though she was old enough to be independent, the girl still liked to listen to Avis telling her stories.

"Legend has it that their original origin was not actually this world! Instead, they came to this world from the endless and distant starry sky on the footsteps of the purple moon."

Avis gently touched the girl's head, and the latter squinted comfortably, leaning on his shoulder like a kitten.

"It is said that until today, on the dark side of Amis, there are still several mysterious kingdoms that belong only to cats..."

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