Chapter 24 Don’t be in a hurry, let’s play a game of arcane cards first.

“I hope my coming didn’t disturb your studies, Fei.”

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

"No, that's not the case. I'm glad you came to see me, brother."

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

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

Noticing Anne's expression and the book beside the girl, Anvis smiled gently, pretending not to know her little thoughts.

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

Fiona's big lake blue eyes lit up. She liked Anvis's suggestion.

Arcane Cards is a collectible card game with two game modes: turn-based and real-time.

In either case, players need to rely on the effects of their own cards and reduce the opponent's health to zero to win.

Due to the existence of magic, the cards in this world can summon magical projections that correspond to the cards.

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

Normally, the odds between the two were about 60:40, but today was Fiona's birthday after all, so Avis decided to let them off a little.

………

After a magic hour.

At this time, Fiona activated the secret card [Dragon's Covenant], sacrificing all beings on the field and summoning [Ice Dragon Xinxis] with nine health and ten attacks.

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

The girl triumphantly 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, three cards with one life and one damage were almost the same as nothing in front of the dragon.

What's more, when the Frost Dragon appears, it also brings with it four Ice Kobolds with four health and five damage. Even if the three Skeleton Archers focus their fire, they cannot kill even a single monster.

The girl adorably held her fair and rosy little face in her hands, gradually falling into some kind of fantasy.

What if Avis pleads with the smart and lovely Miss Fiona, "I give up, please let me off a little." What should I do?

Although my brother, who has no gentlemanly manners at all, beat me three games in a row! But the gentle and kind Fiona is a qualified lady and will not argue with him——

It's okay to let off some steam for a bit, right?

Well, that's a happy decision.

Looking at the girl who thought she had won and was fantasizing about something, Avis showed a strange smile.

"Well, it's my turn then."

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

The Ice Dragon has nine health points, and its exile time is reduced to one round.

An illusory black hole emerged from mid-air and suddenly swallowed up the mighty frost dragon that was circling and dancing above Fiona's field. Only a frightened and angry dragon roar remained on the field.

"Activate the Secret Card [Cheater] to freeze an unactivated enemy Secret Card this turn."

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

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

A yellow-green mist suddenly enveloped Fiona's venue. A transparent magic shield flashed, but failed to completely block the spreading deadly mist.

When the four Xinsis appeared, the Frost Gnolls that came with them were immediately poisoned. Although the damage was reduced by 2 by the magic shield, the Frost Gnolls, who had only four points of health, still died collectively from the suffocation damage.

"Mystic card [Balanced Scales] is activated, exchanging five life points for five mana points."

A 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 went out. The life points that originally had seven were reduced to a pitiful two.

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

The bodies of the four dog-headed men who had just died suddenly turned into a strange dark green color. Their size gradually expanded and twisted, and then they exploded violently in a burst of pale green light.

Since there were no creatures on the field, the terrible 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 look, and his heart skipped a beat.

Oops, I accidentally forgot to drain the water!

Except for the first game where he let the opponent win, he seemed to have been winning since then...

"My brother bullied me——"

Faced with the silent accusation in the girl's eyes, Avis couldn't help but sweat on his back.

But it was too late to notice it. As his casting round ended, the three skeleton archers immediately drew 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 went out completely.

Seeing the crystal rune representing her own life completely shattered, the girl's eyes suddenly became dull.

The good situation that was finally created was overturned in an instant. Fiona pursed her lips and looked at Avis with aggrieved eyes. Her light golden hair was not as shiny as usual.

Avis quickly spoke up, trying to make amends.

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"That's all for today."

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

Run after winning!? Fortunately, Avis's next move made the petite girl forget the unhappiness of losing streak.

"I have a gift for you."

Facing Fiona's happy gaze, the pale-skinned noble boy smiled gracefully, and with a slight flip of his slender right hand, an elegant gift box appeared out of thin air in his hand.

The box is pure white and square, with a light blue gem inlaid on the top cover. Two simple golden lines run across the lid from both ends of the gem, and there are no signs 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 hand, and gently touched the gem in the center of the box lid.

"Happy birthday, Fei..."

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

With a slight snap, a neat crack appeared on the integrated box body, and it slowly opened in Fiona's hand like a clamshell box.

“Meow——”

There was a layer of silk cushion in the box, and a fluffy little head poked out of the box, meeting the girl's expectant gaze.

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

"Wow! So cute! Thank you, brother—"

"Meow~"

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

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

"She is a four-month-old Carcosa shorthair cat. I have consulted my father and he 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 on his face.

"Do you know, Fei, there is an ancient legend about them——"

Hearing that Avis was going to tell a story, Fiona immediately perked up and sat down next to Avis. Her big lake-blue eyes blinked with excitement, and both the man and the cat stared 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 is not actually from this world! Instead, they came to this world from the endless and distant starry sky, riding on the footsteps of the purple moon."

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

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

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