newbobooks Chapter 199 Tic-Tac-Toe General
Chapter 199 Tic-Tac-Toe General
Chapter 199 Tic-Tac-Toe General
The magical items from the Piaozaburo family are indeed masterpieces in terms of craftsmanship, but when it comes to their specific effects, they can only be described as somewhat subtle.
According to Piaosaburo himself, he did not like making mass-produced magical items that ordinary magical item craftsmen could also make.
"If we're going to do it, let's make some more powerful or unique high-quality magical items!"
Broly didn't know whether the magical items were high-quality or not, but his family's poverty was probably related to the head of the household's insistence on making "high-quality" magical items.
"We can hardly offer a high purchase price for your products because you use some extremely costly and detailed magic patterns to achieve some aspects that have no practical effect."
The magical items had been examined, but the negotiation stage had begun. Darkness, who had a talent for this, replaced Wiz, who used to buy magical items she liked without hesitation, and instead began bargaining with the Piao Saburo couple across from her.
Broly wasn't interested in the bargaining process, so he grabbed his lantern, which had the [Focus Light] spell inscription, and ran into the yard (which was actually the fenced area made of branches outside the wooden house) to play tic-tac-toe with Xiaomi.
"Each time, write one of your own characters in the grid. It can be O, X, or other characters. The first person to connect three characters in a line wins."
Bro used a twig to draw a tic-tac-toe pattern on the ground to explain the rules of the game to Xiaomi.
He learned this game from the children playing in the streets and alleys of Axel.
It's probably something left behind by a reincarnated person who came to this world in the past.
However, after Broly learned it, he rarely had the opportunity to play with others.
After beating down a street kid who tried to cheat after losing a game, along with his parents, and noticing the way some other children were looking at him, he felt a strange sense of fear...
"Okay, Xiaomi understands!"
Xiao Mi nodded, somewhat excited. There were no children her age in the village, so she had never had playmates before and had never had the opportunity to play this kind of two-player game.
"How childish~"
Houst watched as the two little devils took a stick and started having sex on the ground.
Half an hour later, in the afterglow of the setting sun, a demon appeared among the figures of OOXX.
"Damn it, I lost again! This game is so hard!"
"Hoster, you're an idiot, my turn, my turn!"
Broly, like an invincible tic-tac-toe general, faces the constant challenges from the little girl and her familiar.
. . .
As night fell, Huihui clutched her stomach and went home. She had been invited to Ruancuan's house to celebrate her younger brother's birthday, but instead, she ended up eating cake until she was stuffed at that brother-obsessed guy's house.
Being full is a rare treat for their family. Thinking that she could give her meal to her younger sister tonight, Huihui's steps became lighter.
"Xiaomi, I'm back! Look what your sister brought you!"
As soon as she approached the door, Huihui held up a box containing a small piece of cake and called out.
"Hey, it's my sister back!"
Hearing the sound, Xiaomi snapped out of her tug-of-war with Houst about who would play tic-tac-toe with Broly.
Thinking about the food she had been treated to at a restaurant that evening and the food she had packed to take home, Xiaomi couldn't wait to tell her sister the good news.
"Hostel, quickly take me to greet my sister."
"Hey, can't you go greet them yourself?"
Houster wanted to run away, but Xiaomi stopped him, so he could only hold the girl in his hand and walk towards the front door of the house.
"Sister, I'm here!"
The door wasn't opened by my cute little sister; instead, her voice came from the side.
Are you playing in the yard?
As Huihui spoke, she turned from the front door to the side of the wooden house and saw her younger sister being carried by a tall demon.
*Smack!*
The cake box in her hand fell to the ground, and Huihui felt quite unwell.
"You demon over there, let go of my sister!"
Faced with this situation, Huihui did not run away. Instead, she quickly went to the fence, pulled up the tree branch stuck in the ground, held it in her hand, and pointed it at Houster who was walking over. She made a threatening gesture and roared at the demon.
This is the law of survival in the forest: when encountering a wild beast, never turn and run away. Instead, grab any weapons that may be nearby and confront the beast face to face.
Oh crap, this trick might work on wild beasts, but will it work on demons? The demon that grabbed her sister is obviously no ordinary creature. If her sister weren't in his hands, Huihui would have turned and run away the moment she saw that demon.
Holding the wooden stick towards the direction of the demon, Huihui could see that the wooden stick standing in front of her was trembling incessantly.
[Don't be afraid, it's just a mere demon. You're destined to become a great mage who masters the most powerful explosive magic...]
Huihui tried hard to suppress her inner fear, but she was actually boosting her morale.
Besides, Mom and Dad will be home around this time. Once they're back, dealing with a mere demon will be no problem at all.
Although she is a member of the Crimson Demon Clan, before learning magic, Huihui was no different from any other girl her age.
Just as Huihui mustered the courage to face her fear, Houster put down the millet in his hand.
"Hey, don't get me wrong, this is your sister who asked me to bring her here."
As he explained this, Houst raised his hand to indicate his harmlessness.
"Ah, my poor sister, have you been bewitched by the devil? Do you want to help him use yourself as bait to capture your sister?"
Huihui cautiously watched her younger sister run over before saying these words.
"Sister, what nonsense are you talking about? Houst is my familiar."
"Ha, you think I'd believe your nonsense?"
Huihui said this to Houster.
"My sister is only five years old. Even I don't have a familiar, let alone a five-year-old like her who has such a big and handsome demon as her familiar."
"Oh, thank you for the compliment, but what your sister said is true."
Houst scratched his face, feeling a little embarrassed.
[Hmph, you foolish demon, this is my scheme, Huihui's plan. I'll use flattering words to fool you and buy you time...]
"Hey, sister, didn't you say that Kuro is your half-familiar?"
Xiaomi asked out of curiosity.
"Idiot, that was just an excuse I made up so I could bring Xiao Hei into the academy to mooch lunch off the other guys!"
"Anything is fine, Xiaomi. If there's nothing else for me, I'll head back."
"You can play first, but it'll be my turn later."
The board for Tic-Tac-Toe has expanded since we started playing, but due to differences in skill and player intelligence, neither Xiaomi nor Houster has been able to beat Broly.
After the conversation ended, Houst walked to the backyard on his own. Only after the demon left did Huihui finally relax. She looked at her younger sister with a strange expression and asked, "Xiao Mi, what exactly happened?"
"What happened?"
"That demon..."
"I already said, He is Xiaomi's familiar!"
"But before I left this morning, Xiaomi, you didn't seem to have any familiars, did you?"
"Host became Xiaomi's familiar around noon."
(End of this chapter)