Marvel's Hogwarts Wizard

Chapter 279 Carmen's Mahjong in the Basement (First Update)

Thursday, June 2012, 11.

Today is Halloween, and Elsa's middle school dismissed students early, before 3 p.m.

Although Halloween is not a holiday that allows students to have time off, it is so famous that most schools will still kindly dismiss students early so they can go home to celebrate.

Therefore, Elsa was also the first to return to the villa.

Ms. Belle has some things to do at school today and will probably be back a little late. Dad, Has, usually doesn't get home from get off work until around 7 or 8 pm.

Her beloved brother Jerry had come back last night to cook them a feast to celebrate Halloween, so he wouldn't be coming back tonight.

Back at the villa, Elsa turned on the TV as usual, picked up a large bag of snacks her brother had given her, and started eating.

When my older brother was at home, we actually restricted his snacking because he said that many snacks were unhealthy, and eating too many would be bad for his health and affect his development.

I don't know why, but now every time her brother comes back, he brings her a big bag of snacks and doesn't restrict her from eating them anymore.

He also told her to finish it within a week, and to throw it away if she couldn't finish it.

Every time I eat the snacks my brother gives me, I always feel like I'm not full.

The TV was on, and it was showing "Cinderella 3: A Time-Traveling Adventure." Elsa's eyes lit up, but after hesitating for a while, she pressed the remote control and switched to a dance variety show that was very popular recently.

In class today, she overheard some classmates talking about this variety show. It's a good opportunity to watch it, otherwise she won't know what to say next time this topic comes up.

However, not long after she started looking, she suddenly heard a strange sound coming from the first floor.

"Could there be a thief!"

Elsa rushed to Haas's room, picked up the Optimus Prime Judgment Sword from his cabinet, and carefully went downstairs.

At this moment, Jerry, who was floating in mid-air and invisible, couldn't help but sigh inwardly. Although his sister wasn't as immature as before, her temper hadn't changed at all; she was still quite fierce.

You know, if a thief really broke into the villa, wouldn't you, with your small frame, be delivering groceries downstairs?

However, it was precisely because he understood Elsa's temperament that he felt she needed more protection.

Both Haas and Ms. Belle are adults and can make their own judgments when faced with danger; they won't act impulsively. Plus, they have house-elves who can Apparate them away from danger at any time, and a little guns for protection, so there shouldn't be any major problems.

Elsa was still young and not very bright, and he was afraid that when danger came, the house-elf wouldn't have time to Apparate before she threw herself into danger.

As for Elsa, after obtaining his Carmen card, will she do something bad due to her immature mind?

Jerry is confident about this.

He understood Elsa; although she was a bit wild, she was kind-hearted and had a strong sense of justice.

Moreover, with Qinglong watching over things, this kind of problem won't occur.

Elsa cautiously went downstairs and searched for a while, but found no thief. Instead, she followed the sound to the library in the basement of the villa.

The library in the basement of the villa was there before they moved in. It has more than a dozen bookshelves filled with at least several hundred books, which were said to have been left by the previous owner.

Because the villa was large enough and the basement was not usually used, Has and Belle did not hire anyone to clean out the Chinese books in the library after they moved in.

What's glowing?

As soon as Elsa stepped into the basement library, she was immediately blinded by a blinding light.

Upon closer inspection, the glowing object turned out to be a book.

"The Carmen"

Somewhat curious, he reached into the bookshelf and pulled out the strange, glowing book.

The book cover features a blue dragon bound by chains, with the name "Carmen" written in English on it, sharing the same surname as her brother.

"Clatter!"

Just as Elsa was wondering why a book was glowing and whether it had fluorescent powder on it, the book's clasp suddenly popped open, startling her.

Open the book, and inside is a card slot containing twenty small squares about the size of a thumb.

"What is this?"

Elsa picked up one of the cubes at random. The front of the cube was cyan, and the cover showed a woman with her eyes closed. Above the woman's head was a dragon head pattern, and inside the pattern was a Chinese character that she did not recognize. The words "THE WINDY" were written in English on the soles of the woman's feet.

"wind?"

Elsa read it aloud.

As her voice faded, a sudden gust of wind appeared out of nowhere in the underground library, blowing all the nearby books off the shelves, startling her so much that she couldn't help but scream.

"seal up!"

Just then, an old voice suddenly rang out from the book in her hands, and the strong wind subsided.

Before Elsa could figure out what was happening, a small blue dragon flew up from the book in her hand and slowly opened its eyes to look at her:

"Little girl, each Carmen Mahjong tile possesses powerful magic, so you can't use them carelessly, or you'll be in trouble. Also, thank you for waking me up!"

I am the guardian beast of Carmen Mahjong, the Azure Dragon among the Four Symbols!

"Carmen Mahjong? Sealed Beast Azure Dragon?"

Elsa blinked, completely stunned.

Meanwhile, Jerry was floating in mid-air, looking at the scene below, trying hard to control himself from laughing.

Clow Reed used fifty-four kinds of magic to create fifty-four Clow Cards, exactly the same number as a deck of cards.

He planned to use 108 kinds of magic to create 108 playing cards, but then he thought about it and realized that there didn't seem to be any playing cards with 108 cards, since it wasn't like playing Dou Dizhu with two decks of cards.

So, he had a sudden inspiration and temporarily changed the playing cards to mahjong, since mahjong has exactly 108 tiles.

It's just a medium anyway; playing cards and mahjong tiles are both fine and won't affect the power of the magic.

Of course, part of the reason is his perverse sense of humor.

After all, the way he's handing over the completed twenty mahjong tiles and the guardian beast Azure Dragon to Elsa is one of his brotherly mischievous pleasures.

However, in just three days, he has only managed to make twenty mahjong tiles.

Of the fifty-four magic cards in Clow Reed's collection, he studied twenty-one of them. Except for the "Time" card, he had thoroughly studied the other twenty cards, so he quickly copied and created them.

Since there are templates for Clow Reed's fifty-four cards, it wouldn't be too difficult for him to replicate them as long as he could thoroughly understand the magical principles behind them.

The real challenge lies in creating those remaining fifty-four new tiles—oh, new mahjong—on his own.

However, with these twenty mahjong tiles and the guardian beast Azure Dragon, we should be able to handle most situations.

I can't wait to see what my sister's expression will be when she finds out she's going to become a magician!

(End of this chapter)