Onmyoji who mingles in the world of anime

As for why she didn't ask Yi, Princess Goldfish knew that Yi's answer would most likely be to play Go.

However, Princess Goldfish really had no interest in Go, though she would never admit that her lack of interest was because she couldn't understand it at all.

"Fun?" The old man stopped what he was doing and thought for a moment. "I recently saw something called board games online. The reviews seem pretty good. Why don't you give it a try?"

"Board games? Are they games played on a table? That's no different from what Yingcao and the others play."

"It seems there are various cards or props on the table, but I'm not really sure. Let's ask Xiaodong when he gets back." After all, Shuweng only knew a little about it from online sources and had never actually seen it, so it wasn't easy for him to explain to Jinyuji.

Of course, he could also give Goldfish Princess an academic introduction, which is available in the encyclopedia, but given the old man's understanding of Goldfish Princess, even if he explained it to her, she wouldn't understand.

"Cards? Playing cards? Or the King's Game?"

“The King’s Game seems to fall into this category as well,” the old man nodded and said.

"This is good. I'll ask Xiaodong when she gets home from school." Goldfish Princess immediately made the decision. As for whether Tsuchimikado Dong would buy it for her... well, she could just use her cuteness to her advantage, and get Kaguya Princess and Yingcao involved. I don't believe Tsuchimikado Dong could resist.

As long as we can win over Tsuchimikado Fuyu, given Koi's obedient nature towards him, there shouldn't be any problems.

Watching the Goldfish Princess leave, looking radiant and confident, the old man smiled kindly. Yi asked curiously, "Xiao Dong just got back today, shouldn't we let him get some rest?"

"It's alright, Xiao Yi is here," the old man said with a smile. "Besides, I'm quite interested in this board game too."

"That's quite rare." Yi also became a little curious. You know, when the Book Master is curious about something new, he will check the other party's information, historical documents and other literature.

However, he rarely puts it into practice. For example, when Yingcao and the others played games, Shuweng only learned about the development history and production process of games, and after reading a lot of the background stories of games, he never went on to actually play them to gain a deeper understanding.

So when Shuweng became interested in board games, Yi was also curious about what kind of magic these board games possessed.

"Actually, I didn't explain it clearly to Princess Goldfish, because all board games can be called board games, such as Go. But if Princess Goldfish knew, she probably wouldn't be interested," the old man said, looking at Yi.

Yi smiled and said, "Whether other people like Go or not is none of my business; I just enjoy playing it. But, is it really okay for you to mess with Goldfish Princess like this?"

"It's not really a trap, since generally speaking, people don't put Go or Shogi in the category of board games."

For example, when people think of playing cards, their first thought is the various ways to play, but they wouldn't think that it also belongs to the category of board games.

"Alright, let's not discuss this anymore. Let's continue playing chess. We can talk about these things when Xiaodong gets back." Yi quickly said, looking at the scholar who was talking so eloquently. If he kept talking like this, would the game even continue?

Meanwhile, Princess Goldfish, who was happily walking back to the courtyard, suddenly stopped. "Wait, although I found something fun, but... Xiaodong won't be back for another two or three hours. I'm still quite bored during this time!"

Chapter 269 Magic: The Gathering? Yu-Gi-Oh!?

"I am back."

"Winter, you're back."

"Eh... Princess Goldfish? Were you waiting for me?"

As soon as Tsuchimikado Fuyu opened the door, he called out as usual, not expecting anyone to respond, since everyone was usually in the courtyard. But Kingyo-hime's sudden call startled him.

"What's wrong with you? They waited for you in the living room, and this is how you react."

"Alright, what's up? If there wasn't anything, you wouldn't have waited for me in the living room, would you?" Tsuchimikado Fuyu walked into the living room, put down his schoolbag, and looked at Kingyo-hime with a helpless expression.

"What? Can't I just wait for you to come home in the living room if there's nothing wrong?"

"Can you?" Tsuchimikado Fuyu looked at Kingyo-hime with doubt. Among all these shikigami, only the three-tailed fox sister would come to the living room to wait for him to come home when she had nothing to do!

The other people were either busy with their own things and didn't have time to wait for him in the living room—whether they were reading, training, or playing games—or they simply wouldn't think of waiting for him to come home.

Princess Goldfish belongs to the second type.

"I... I guess so, but I'm usually too busy!" Princess Goldfish said guiltily. "But even so, I came all this way to wait for you today, aren't you happy?"

"I'm so happy!"

"That's so perfunctory," Princess Goldfish said, pouting.

"Alright, what's the matter?"

"Um... well... I wanted to ask, do you know what board games are?" After hesitating for a long time, Princess Goldfish chose to probe indirectly.

First ask him if he knows. If he does, ask him to explain, then say you don't understand and ask him to buy some.

If he doesn't know, I'll explain it to him and say that everyone is quite interested in board games, so he can buy some and try them out.

This way, I can not only play board games, but also prevent Tsuchimikado Fuyu from feeling like it's just him who wants to play. I'm so clever.

My Goldfish Princess Plan is a success!

Tsuchimikado Fuyu looked at Kingyo-hime with suspicion. Something was wrong, very wrong. If she just wanted to learn about board games, Kingyo-hime wouldn't be so shy; she would have just come over and asked directly and casually...

There is only one possibility for this situation, and that is...

"Hey, do you want to play board games?"

"Of course... no, I... how could I possibly want to play that kind of thing? To be honest, I don't even know what board games are. Don't slander me, or I'll sue you for defamation!"

Seeing Princess Goldfish's huge reaction, Tsuchimikado Fuyu realized that she had indeed learned about board games from somewhere and become interested in them. However, she probably wanted him to buy her board games because she was out of pocket money.

"Hasn't Xiaoyi given you any pocket money yet?" Tsuchimikado Fuyu asked curiously.

Xiaoyi should be getting her allowance by now!

"Xiaoyi and Princess Kaguya haven't returned yet," Princess Goldfish said in a low voice.

"So you want me to buy board games."

Princess Goldfish looked at Tsuchimikado Fuyu with surprise, "How did you know?"

"No, I did have that idea at first... but then I checked online and found that my weekly allowance only allows me to buy two kinds of board games, so..." Seeing that Tsuchimikado Fuyu had guessed pretty much, Princess Goldfish honestly confessed.

"So they wanted me to buy more so that I wouldn't have to spend my own pocket money and could play more board games."

"You...are you a detective? Or can you read minds?" Princess Goldfish looked at Tsuchimikado Fuyu with a shocked expression. How do you know everything?

"It's easy to guess, okay?" Tsuchimikado Fuyu complained, then pondered for a moment before walking into the study. "But board games? I think we have some at home."

"Huh? Do you have any at home?"

"Let me look..." Tsuchimikado Fuyu searched in the cabinet for a long time, took out two metal boxes, put them on the table and said, "Here, Magic: The Gathering and Yu-Gi-Oh!"

Magic: The Gathering and Yu-Gi-Oh! are both trading card games (TCGs), and are among the most representative board games in the genre. Magic: The Gathering is the pioneer of trading card games.

As for what a collectible card game is?

As the name suggests, this type of game is based on collecting cards. Players need to purchase randomly packaged booster packs to collect cards, and then use different cards flexibly according to their own strategies to build decks that conform to the rules and play the game.

However, since everyone's deck is different, the order in which cards are drawn varies from game to game, resulting in endless variations.

Both during preparation and gameplay, players need to constantly use their brains to think. Generally speaking, these cards have some value, and players can trade and exchange their cards.

The reason why Tsuchimikado Fuyu had these two board games was because he only had one friend, Aki Tomoya, in junior high school. They both happened to like watching Yu-Gi-Oh! at the time, so they tried playing them.

As for other board games, they either didn't know much about them or didn't have enough players, so they played these two board games for almost three years.

After Tsuchimikado Fuyu time-traveled, he rarely visited Aki Tomoya's house, so he forgot about those two games. You should know that the "himself" at that time had put in a lot of effort to collect a deck that satisfied him.

"Huh? Is this a board game?" Princess Goldfish looked at the cards in her hand, each with a different character design, and said happily, "Xiaodong, quickly teach me how to play."

"Um... I only have one deck... not enough for battles..." Tsuchimikado Fuyu suddenly lost his previous confidence and said awkwardly.

"Huh?" Princess Goldfish looked at Tsuchimikado Fuyu with a blank expression. I've already taken my pants off, and this is what you're telling me?

Seeing the resentful Goldfish Princess, Tsuchimikado Fuyu quickly said, "Well, although we can't play this, I'll take you to the board game store in a couple of days to buy some. I'll buy whichever one you want to play, how about that?"

"Really?" Princess Goldfish's eyes lit up as she looked at Tsuchimikado Fuyu.

"Really, I'm not kidding you." Tsuchimikado Fuyu nodded and said. With the number of shikigami in the house increasing, he bought some board games so that everyone could play them when they were bored.

That's right, Tsuchimikado Fuyu didn't agree so readily because he wanted to please Princess Goldfish; he just wanted to add some entertainment facilities for everyone.

Anyway, we're not short of money at home now, so buying some board games won't hurt.

"Then why don't we go buy it now?" Princess Goldfish looked at Tsuchimikado Fuyu with longing and said in a cute way.

"I'm too tired today and want to rest early. I also need to ask someone where there are board game specialty stores in Chiba, since board games aren't very popular in Japan and they're not sold in many places."

As for tomorrow, I need to go earn money with Sister Xiaoyi tonight, otherwise we won't have enough money to buy board games!

"Okay," Princess Goldfish said, pouting.

Although I can't play right away, what Tsuchimikado Fuyu said makes sense. I'm not an unreasonable fish, so I'll just have to be patient for two more days!

At the same time, Princess Goldfish was determined to behave better when she went to earn money tomorrow night and try to please Koi. After all, although Tsuchimikado Fuyu had agreed to her request, she still needed to try to get on good terms with Koi, the housekeeper.

Chapter 270 Aki Tomoya's Plan

"Good morning, Fuyu." As soon as Tsuchimikado Fuyu entered the classroom that morning, Aki Tomoya ran over, squeezed past Takanashi Rikka who was standing next to her, and greeted her.

"Good morning." Tsuchimikado Fuyu nodded and pushed away Aki Tomoya's face, which was about to come closer. "Um, Tomoya, just tell me what's wrong. I'll definitely help you if I can."

"Huh? What's wrong?" Aki Tomoya looked at Tsuchimikado Fuyu with a blank expression, then touched his face. Why does Fuyu look down on me like that? Is there something dirty on me?

"No, have you ever heard of men not being allowed to touch each other?"

"...What is that? I've only ever heard of men and women not touching each other, and haven't we always been like this?" Aki Tomoya was even more confused. All he wanted to do was share his grand plan with Fuyu, why was he being treated so badly?

Tsuchimikado Fuyu's lips twitched. Yes, it's normal for guys to put their arms around each other's shoulders, but... it depends on whether there are any fujoshi (female fans of male-male romance) around you!

This classroom isn't as simple as you think. That girl has been watching us from the very beginning. Do you think she likes you?

No, she isn't.

She's just lusting after your body; she wants to ruin our pure friendship!

Who knows what kind of unhealthy BL (Boys' Love) manga she's fantasizing about right now!

Stop hiding, I'm talking to you, Ebina Hina. I know your name. I noticed you as soon as school started. You think I can't see you just because you're hiding behind Yuihama? Your perverted smile and constant drooling are just too obvious!

"Never mind, let me put my bag down first. Just say what you need to say." Tsuchimikado Fuyu walked back to his seat and said helplessly.

"Well, have you noticed that our school library is missing something?" Aki Tomoya asked mysteriously.

"Did you rob the library? Or did you sneak out at night to steal it? But you're not interested in those books anyway."

"What? I mean, have you noticed that the school library's collection isn't very comprehensive?"

“We definitely found it.” Tsuchimikado Fuyu nodded seriously, and Aki Tomoya said happily, “Right? I knew it…”

"Indeed, we are missing some foreign classics, especially Chinese ones."

"Huh? Really? I didn't even notice." Aki Tomoya nodded. Sure enough, the school library was missing quite a few books…

Wait, that's not what I meant to say!

"Um, Dong, think about it again, is there anything else we're missing?"