Texas Hold'em
"Faster! Faster! Wuhu!"
Kurama was now atop the Wood Dragon's head, directing Su Yu to accelerate continuously, letting the wind blow in his face.
Nine tails were blown about wildly. Kurama gently squinted his eyes, letting the breeze caress his cheeks. Every gust of wind was refreshing and comfortable, making him feel relaxed and at ease all over.
"Be careful, Kurama, don't get blown away!" Daphne raised her hand and firmly pressed down on the brim of her hat, her knuckles against the top, afraid that the wind would blow the hat away, causing her skirt and clothes to flutter wildly.
"What did you say? I can't hear you...!" As soon as Kurama opened his mouth, a gust of wind rushed in, making a whooshing sound. His cheeks swelled up, and his words were all shattered by the wind in the air.
"Are we finally almost at Nanyu Mountain?" Inside the carriage, Callis, Pansy, Olivia, and the others were playing cards out of boredom. "How many days has it been? I'm so bored..."
"We're already pretty fast, aren't we? We've only been here for twenty-six days." Cho Chang said, burning a card and revealing the fifth community card as he chatted with the others. "Ten of Diamonds, who folded? Who called?"
"I call! 250 Galleon!" Olivia looked at her hole cards: an Ace of Spades, a Ten of Spades, and the community cards were the Jack, Queen, and King of Spades, the Ten of Hearts, and the Ten of Diamonds.
"Let's add 250 Galleon too!" Callis whispered to Blaise. Her hole cards were the King of Clubs and the King of Diamonds—a full house! This hand is in the bag! "Sigh, I really want to go shopping..."
"Then I'll call too..." Fa-jie looked at the 89 of spades in her hand. She and Ka-jie were just there to play along, so winning or losing didn't really matter to them.
"So, what are we planning to eat tonight?" Pansy casually tossed her cards back onto the table; she had folded.
"I don't know. You'd have to ask Daphne's mother upstairs. If she goes on strike, we'll have to eat wild grass with those Deer Shu tonight." Ka-jie Ka casually tossed her trump card back.
"Clang! Clang! Clang! I've revealed my cards! A royal flush! I take it all!" Olivia showed her hole cards and excitedly hugged Theodore. They had won again!
"I'm starting to suspect they're cheating. How come they win every hand?" Callis said helplessly, throwing her cards back into the deck. "I'm done playing... Can we ask the chief to stop for a bit and go play some games?"
Three boys, dressed only in their underwear, were squatting in the corner, nodding vigorously. Oh, God, could you tell they'd lost everything? Oh no, except for their underwear...
The three unlucky guys were George, Fred, and Harry. The card game was originally started by George and Fred out of boredom, and they dragged Harry, Malfoy, and a few other grown men into playing.
But later, a few girls saw that they also wanted to play, so they took the places of Malfoy and the others and started playing with the Weasley twins, Harry and Weasley.
But who could have imagined that the girls would be so lucky? In just one afternoon, they won all of George, Fred, and Harry's belongings.
All the things they had painstakingly saved up along the way had been won away. Now they could only wear their underwear, huddle in a corner, and silently shed tears, vowing never to gamble again, and never to play Muggle games again!
The Wood Dragon slowly came to a stop at the foot of Nanyu Mountain. Kurama licked its wind-blown fur, jumped down from its head, and stretched comfortably.
"That's awesome! Su Yu, can we still do this when we get back?" Kurama pleaded with Su Yu, she loved the feeling of racing.
"How are we supposed to play back home? This Wood Dragon is huge, the Muggle will see it." Su Yu rubbed Kurama's little belly and said apologetically.
"But I just want to play! Do you have any ideas..." Kurama rolled over in Su Yu and gave him a few flirty winks.
This wicked fox is starting to resemble Daji more and more...
Finally, after Kurama's persistent insistence, Su Yu had no choice but to agree to take her for a race back home. Only then did Kurama feel satisfied, and she happily ran back to the carriage to eat snacks.
"Just keep indulging her..." Daphne adjusted the brim of her hat, her bright red lips looking particularly beautiful.
Su Yu couldn't help but give Daphne a light kiss, then pulled her into his arms again.
Despite George, Fred, and Harry's earnest pleas, Callis couldn't bear to see them leave like that, so she generously returned their clothes to them, though each of them wrote Callis an IOU for ten Galleon.
"What?! NO! GOD! NO. GOD, PLEASE, NO! Why are our own clothes so expensive?!"
"You don't have to buy them... as long as you're willing to show up in front of all the students in your underwear, then it's up to you." Callis shrugged, a bet's a bet, Haha.
In the end, Harry and his two companions had no choice but to sign a contract of servitude. They had come to the Secret Realm and made a fortune, but now they were back to square one and even owed a lot of money.
Young Master Malfoy went fishing again with his fishing rod. Su Yu felt that although Malfoy had come to the secret realm, he hadn't learned anything else, but his fishing addiction was getting bigger and bigger.
Goyle and Crabbe were swimming in the stream. They didn't have the same idol-like image as Harry and his friends; they weren't afraid to wear underwear, or even be completely naked.
The two were splashing around where Malfoy was fishing, but Malfoy ignored them and continued fishing on his own. This confirmed to Su Yu that Malfoy was purely addicted...
Fa-jie took out a bottle of red wine, poured a glass for Ka-jie and herself, and then the two of them lay down on the lounge chairs under the parasol, leisurely basking in the sun.
"Shall we set off again tomorrow?" Cho Chang asked Su Yu, coming to his side. "Su Yu, do you think we should go back tomorrow after we've finished worshipping the mountain god and gotten the things?"
Cho Chang is a perfect Ravenclaw girl, a bit conflicted. On one hand, she wants to finish her mission immediately and bring glory to the school, but on the other hand, she wishes she could stay here a little longer; she's truly happy here.
Su Yu noticed Cho Chang's hesitation and gently patted her head. "If you ever want to come back, how about we all come here together for a while? Of course, we can also go to other places; there are many other beautiful sights, aren't there?"
Cho Chang blushed slightly as Su Yu patted her head. She lowered her head and nodded gently, as if saying "Okay."
Cedric, Neville, and the other two have recently become obsessed with making Potions. The three of them are still in the Potions Room in the carriage, discussing something and arguing a little heatedly.