Chapter Summaries

Draco comforted Becky, then used a winning streak at roulette to draw her into playful conversation and uncover her feelings for the real Draco. Becky admitted she found Draco handsome but said he was taken and that Hermione was her friend.

• Draco reassured Becky that she was pretty, and she praised Hermione’s beauty.
• Draco forgot to bet on one roulette round, then won when he placed a chip on red; Becky agreed to keep watching before betting herself.
• Draco won a larger payout by betting on the first dozen, and Becky praised his luck after warning him against gambling recklessly.
• Draco teased Becky about his looks and got her to admit he was a little easier on the eyes than the real Draco.
• Draco pointed out that Becky seemed to like Draco, and Becky admitted it but said he was married to her friend Hermione.

Draco won another roulette bet, then tricked Becky into wagering that she would serve him if she lost. After she fetched his drink, Draco stopped betting and a nearby gambler asked why he had paused.

• Draco won on number six, and Becky regretted not betting with him because she believed winning streaks could not last more than three rounds.
• Draco invited Becky to bet against him and said the loser would have to serve the winner; Becky agreed and wagered everything.
• Draco placed two thousand chips on a corner bet covering numbers 17, 18, 20, and 21, and the ball landed on 18.
• Becky accepted her loss and went to fetch Draco chilled red wine and a fruit platter while complaining that he acted like the young master Draco.
• Draco stopped betting, and a nearby gambler asked why he was not continuing his lucky streak.

Draco lost two risky roulette bets after gamblers followed him, then made Becky serve him fruit and wine as their wager required. He noticed the wine tasted sour, while Becky tried to hide that she had secretly added lemon juice.

• A gambler followed Draco's red bet despite his warning, and several others copied him, but the wheel landed on black and they lost.
• Draco placed a high-risk corner bet, which the gambler followed again; the wheel landed on 5, wiping out their chips.
• Becky returned with fruit and wine, and Draco made her feed him and hold the glass to his lips.
• Becky secretly enjoyed her prank after adding lemon juice to the wine, but Draco noticed its sour taste and asked her to try it.

Draco teased Becky over the sour wine she had tampered with, then followed her offhand roulette advice by betting four thousand chips on 28, 29, and 30. The ball slowed toward a pocket, but the chapter ended before its result was revealed.

• Draco made Becky taste the lemon-spiked wine, and she grimaced while denying that anything was wrong with it.
• Draco made Becky massage his shoulders as he prepared to bet again.
• Becky casually advised Draco to place a three-number bet, hoping he would lose.
• Draco wagered four thousand chips on 28, 29, and 30, drawing the attention of Becky, the gamblers, and the dealer.
• The roulette ball slowed and wobbled among the numbered pockets before the chapter ended on a soft click.

Draco won 44,000 dollars on a three-number roulette bet, stunning Becky and the gamblers who had not followed him. He then wagered 8,000 dollars on a split bet between 35 and 36, leaving Becky anxiously watching the ball as the round began.

• The roulette ball landed on 29, giving Draco a payout of 44,000 dollars and a total of 48,000 dollars in chips.
• Becky and the gamblers reacted with shock and regret, while Draco calmly asked Becky to keep massaging his shoulders.
• Becky suggested a split bet and challenged Draco to another wager; they agreed that she would let him pinch her cheeks if she lost.
• Draco placed eight 1,000-dollar chips on the line between 35 and 36 as the dealer spun the wheel.
• Becky watched the ball anxiously, torn between wanting Draco to lose and fearing the size of his loss.

Draco won another high-odds roulette bet, prompting the casino manager to investigate and personally process his payout. After the manager confirmed the bets and results were valid, Draco exchanged his chips for larger denominations, totaling $204,700.

• The roulette ball landed on 36, giving Draco another winning split bet at seventeen-to-one odds.
• The croupier called the duty manager because Draco's $144,000 payout exceeded his authority.
• The manager inspected the roulette equipment, betting records, and surveillance footage, then confirmed Draco's bets and winnings were valid.
• The manager personally paid Draco and exchanged his chips for larger denominations totaling $204,700.
• The manager began explaining the casino's safety and compliance procedures to Draco.

After Draco's consecutive roulette wins, the casino imposed strict betting limits on him and anyone following his wagers. Draco accepted the restrictions and left the table with Becky, while a crowd trailed them in hopes of copying his next bet; the man who had advised Draco caught up and asked to speak with him.

• The manager announced low per-round betting caps for Draco and extended the restrictions to guests betting alongside him.
• Draco accepted the rules, and the crowd complained before experienced gamblers persuaded them that the casino's precautions were understandable.
• Draco told Becky they should leave because the new limits made gambling pointless, and she followed him away from the roulette table.
• Spectators trailed Draco and Becky, hoping to copy his bets, while Draco joked that they had fallen for him.
• The man who had advised Draco before his bet hurried after them and asked to speak with him.

Draco gave a roulette gambler a misleading tip, then stopped Becky from following him to place a bet. He took her to the blackjack tables, where she doubted his explanation for winning roulette as they prepared to play.

• A gambler privately asked Draco for a roulette number, and Draco told him to bet on zero.
• The gambler rushed to the roulette table, prompting other onlookers to follow, but Draco held Becky back to avoid casino risk controls.
• Draco teased Becky about their agreement before leading her toward the blackjack tables.
• Becky questioned how Draco had won at roulette, and he claimed he could foresee the ball's trajectory, which she dismissed as a lie.
• Draco privately relied on Ancient Magic perception and airflow-control magic to predict and influence the roulette ball, then suggested they try blackjack.

Draco encouraged Becky to try blackjack and covered her bets, while she struggled to decide whether to hit or stand. After busting in her first round, Becky played again and stood on nineteen as the dealer began drawing cards.

• Becky asked Draco to explain blackjack, and he offered to pay for her bets so she could try playing.
• Draco placed a two-thousand-chip bet for Becky, who hit on sixteen and busted when she drew a seven.
• Draco offered Becky another bet, and she accepted, determined to win the next round.
• Becky received nineteen against the dealer’s ten, hesitated over Draco’s advice to hit, and chose to stand.
• The dealer began resolving the players’ hands and dealt a two of hearts to the player beside Becky.

Becky played blackjack with Draco, first regretting two losses and then winning a round after ignoring his advice. She deliberately contradicted him for revenge before playing one last round seriously, and the chapter ended with Becky asking whether Draco wanted to return to her room with her.

• Becky lost two blackjack rounds after declining Draco's advice and asked to keep playing.
• Becky ignored Draco's advice again, drew to twenty-one, and won a round against the dealer.
• Becky repeatedly chose the opposite of Draco's recommendations, and Draco realized she was using the game to get revenge for his earlier teasing.
• Becky admitted she had deliberately tried to make Draco lose chips, then agreed to play one final round seriously.
• Becky won the final round, stopped playing with Draco's overall winnings and losses even, and invited him to her room.

After Becky left the casino, Draco joined a Texas hold'em table that was waiting for another player. Ginger, the casino's famed Canary, approached him, but Draco coldly asked who she was, leaving the table to explain her status.

• Becky introduced herself to Draco as Collard and invited him to play tennis before leaving the casino.
• Draco chose an underfilled Texas hold'em table and sat down as its fifth player.
• Draco idly handled a high-value chip, drawing attention from the players and onlookers.
• Ginger approached Draco, introduced herself, and asked his name.
• Draco looked at Ginger and asked, "Who are you?"
• The middle-aged man and the middle-aged fat man praised Ginger as the casino's famous beauty and skilled player, while the plump older woman showed her contempt.

Draco rejected Ginger’s advances because her perfume irritated his rhinitis, humiliating her in front of the casino guests. Ginger retreated to rethink her approach as a sixth player joined the table and Texas hold’em was set to begin.

• Ginger flirted with Draco and offered to keep him company at the card table.
• Draco told Ginger her perfume was too strong and asked her to move away because he had rhinitis.
• Ginger retreated to a secluded spot, resented Draco, and resolved to adjust her strategy to win him over.
• A man wearing glasses took the final seat, bringing the Texas hold’em table to six players.
• The dealer prepared to begin the game, and the crowd gathered around the table.

Draco entered a Texas hold’em game with pocket aces and opened with the maximum bet, unnerving the table. After the flop gave him three aces, the hand continued with his opponents uncertain about whether he was bluffing.

• Draco saw that he had pocket aces and studied the other players’ reactions.
• Draco bet the maximum of two thousand, causing the man in glasses and the middle-aged man to fold.
• The young man in streetwear called, convinced Draco was bluffing, while the fat man and older woman hesitated over their hands.
• Draco smiled because he had used a temporary skill to see the young man’s unpaired seven and nine.
• The dealer revealed a flop of the king of hearts, ace of clubs, and ten of spades, giving Draco three aces.

Draco used a bluff to make three players fold, then revealed apparently worthless cards and began another hand with a maximum bet despite holding another weak starting hand. The fat man and middle-aged woman folded, but three others called, leaving Draco to face a more serious challenge.

• Draco made the young man in streetwear, the fat man, and the middle-aged woman fold, then revealed a three of clubs and four of hearts that he had secretly changed from a pair of aces.
• Draco defended bluffing as part of poker, and spectators praised his composure and psychological tactics.
• Draco received a two of clubs and seven of diamonds in the next hand but opened with another two-thousand-chip bet.
• The fat man and middle-aged woman folded, while the middle-aged man called with a pair of jacks.
• The young man in streetwear called with a pair of queens, and the bespectacled man also called.

Draco won a huge pot after revealing a straight flush against the man with glasses’ four kings. The man with glasses left the table, while the remaining players prepared to continue the game.

• Draco kept betting the limit as the flop and turn made the board increasingly dangerous, and the middle-aged man and trendy young man called while the man with glasses stayed in.
• The middle-aged man folded after the queen appeared, and the trendy young man folded his three queens when Draco bet again, leaving Draco and the man with glasses.
• Draco revealed the ten and ace of diamonds for a straight flush, while the man with glasses had two kings for four of a kind.
• The dealer awarded Draco the enormous pot, and the man with glasses left the table with only a few chips.
• The trendy young man mocked the man with glasses, while the middle-aged man, the fat man, and the older woman remained at the table as the game continued.

Draco played a five-person Texas Hold’em hand as the pot grew enormous on a board of four diamonds and two aces. The middle-aged man and the young man folded on the river, leaving Draco, the fat man, and the older woman to face the showdown.

• No one in the crowd accepted the dealer’s invitation, so Draco agreed to continue with the five players already at the table.
• The fat man, the older woman, the middle-aged man, and the young man each called Draco’s 2,000 opening bet, and all five players continued calling as the community cards were dealt.
• The board developed into the ten, jack, ace, and queen of diamonds, along with the ace of spades, while the players kept calling and the pot swelled.
• The fat man recognized that his eight and nine of diamonds made a straight flush and bet 2,000 on the river.
• The older woman called with four aces, and Draco called as well, while the middle-aged man folded his full house and the young man folded his flush.
• The hand reached a showdown among Draco, the fat man, and the older woman, but their cards had not yet been revealed.

Draco revealed a royal flush that beat the fat man's straight flush and took the enormous pot, leaving the other players stunned. After tipping the dealer, Draco was approached by Sam, the casino's manager.

• The fat man revealed a diamond straight flush, but Draco showed the king of diamonds to complete a royal flush and win the pot.
• The fat man collapsed, the older woman and other players reacted in disbelief, and the young man left the table.
• Draco asked whether anyone wanted to keep playing, then asked the dealer to exchange his chips.
• The dealer collected 560 in rake, and Draco gave him 140 as a tip.
• Sam, who said he was in charge of the casino, approached Draco.

Sam invited Draco to the cruise ship casino’s exclusive VIP poker room, where Draco agreed to play and brought Ginger along as his companion. The four players welcomed him to the table as the first game was about to begin.

• Sam invited Draco to play Texas hold’em at the private VIP tables, and Draco collected his exchanged chips before agreeing.
• Ginger apologized to Draco for her earlier appearance, explained why she had acted that way, and asked to accompany him; Draco agreed.
• Sam led Draco and Ginger into the VIP room, where Ginger noticed the companions standing behind the other players and thought she could fit in.
• Sam introduced Draco to the four players at the Texas hold’em table, and they welcomed him to join their game.
• Draco took the empty seat beside the wealthy lady and said he looked forward to playing.

Draco entered a VIP poker game and won the first pot without looking at his hole cards, intimidating every other player into folding. After revealing a terrible hand, he calmly called for the next round.

• Draco took a seat in the VIP game and refused to look at his hole cards, saying he was there for the thrill.
• After the others bet, Draco raised forty-eight thousand, and all four opponents folded before the community cards were dealt.
• Draco had Ginger collect the pot while the other players demanded to see his cards.
• Ginger turned over Draco's two of diamonds and ten of clubs, revealing an awful hand and leaving the players stunned.
• Draco told the dealer to start the next hand, and the dealer dealt fresh hole cards.

Draco continued to unsettle the other gamblers by raising without looking at his cards, winning two hands before the others finally stood their ground in the third. After the turn raised the stakes, Draco tried to call a two-hundred-thousand raise without enough chips, and the middle-aged man insisted he must fold or pay in full.

• Draco raised ninety-three thousand without checking his cards, and the four other players folded before the community cards were dealt.
• Draco again refused to look at his cards, but the four players resolved to challenge him and called his hundred-thousand raise.
• The dealer revealed a king, queen, and nine; the young master and wealthy lady folded, leaving the old gentleman and middle-aged man against Draco.
• After the turn revealed a second nine, the old gentleman called and the middle-aged man raised to two hundred thousand.
• Draco called, but Ginger warned that they lacked enough chips, and the middle-aged man refused to let him pay the rest later.