“Well. When did you come?”
“About an hour ago.”
“Are you not bored?”
“I do not know. I wasn’t very bored.”
Adrinne looked at her guardian knight for a moment. Hoan just nodded as if he had nothing to say, and I examined my body. Judging by the sizzle of mud under his raincoat, he must have fallen out a few times.
“Looks like you had to see it. Would you like to share your impressions?”
“What? It was like someone protesting against the weather.”
“I see.”
I put the wooden sword I was wielding on my side, picked up the bow I had set down on the floor, and put it on my back. It was the [Kutenrabo’s Myeongbow] that I had bought at a shop not long ago.
“Then shall we go?”
“Where?”
I looked into the guardian knight’s eyes and said.
“Frantimo’s gambling house.”
Indeed, the boy’s eyes widened slightly. He thought for a moment whether to open his mouth or not, and then spoke heavily.
“I heard that you are going out for a theatrical performance. I don’t think there’s anything you need for a performance in a place like that.”
First of all, it was fortunate. That Hoan spoke respectfully to me. Because that knight kept a watchful eye on me for a while and let go of his words. Apparently, the declaration that I said before, ‘God dwells in me’, was exerting an influence in some way.
“You mean it’s not a place for the princess to come and go.”
“Yes. Please clarify your purpose first.”
Thanks to the influence I have, I said quietly.
“okay. Visiting for a play performance is just an external pretext. But I still have to go.”
However, Adrin said with a slightly worried expression.
“John.”
“yes.”
“I’ve seen a lot of people ruined by revenge.”
“Suddenly, revenge?”
“… uh? Aren’t you going for revenge?”
I thought about how such a thought could lead, and I laughed at the thought that came to me belatedly. The Espertz family was a family ruined by gambling.
“It is said that the family’s honor was lost through gambling, but I have no intention of regaining it again through gambling.”
“Then why are you trying to go there?”
“That way I can save one of my blood relatives.”
It was something I had thought of beforehand. The only solution is to answer with a slightly twisted truth in order not to see through her lies as a [seeker of the truth].
I thought for a while.
Event name [Frantimo’s Gambling].
The last event you can go through before going through the ruthless difficulty of [Guardian Kirov].
[Frantimo’s Gambling Room] in the original scenario is a trap event. An event that literally drops players who have come for funding into the pit of ruin.
The so-called route itself with no solution and a bad ending.
Of course, I have my own reasons for choosing such an event. Because now I have a skill that was not in the original.
This choice starts with one assumption.
If the update direction of Jung Mi-ri’s ‘Savior from another world’ is to complement all the routes that can occur in the original work.
So, if the clearing status of events that could not be cleared originally was set.
I should have been able to receive the rewards of the event that remained only in the settings.
I already obtained the bow to use at [Jailer Kirov]. All that remains is a deadly arrow that will destroy Kirov’s magic.
The arrow is now in the gambling house. If the story goes my way, I have a trump card to lower the difficulty of the match against Kirov through this event.
“Did you just say that you are John’s blood relative?”
“yes. My brother is being held there.”
Since I told the truth, the [Seekers of Truth] don’t have to worry about it. In the original ‘Savior from Another World’, the head of the Espertz family sent his older brother Japheth Espertz and his younger brother Johann Espertz to the academy at the same time after the family collapsed.
However, Japheth, the older brother, did not go directly to the academy. He changed his enlistment route to a casino here in Frantimo, which is why he disappeared before enlisting.
Adrinne nodded towards Hoan as if it was a sign that she had confirmed the truth.
“You did well to bring the money. Or, do you need money?”
“no. I have money to buy-in.”
“… Then why do you need me?”
“We have to bring out the last gambler out there.”
“Final… Are you a gambler?”
“yes. He is the one who runs the gambling house and is actually restraining my brother’s safety.”
Of course, this is also true. Adrine asked again.
“Then what is my role? I’ve never gambled before… .”
The reason Adrine is needed is because of her beauty. Another face of ‘The Last Gambler’ is Frantimo’s famous human trafficker. He secures the opponent’s recruits by gambling, then sells them into slavery. It was for this reason that his older brother, Jabet Espertz, was imprisoned in a gambling den.
Of course, you can’t say, ‘This is to bring the last gambler who will be seduced by your beauty to the big game’. If you do, you’ll run into Hoan’s opposition.
I nodded lightly and said.
“Good.”
“… What?”
“You said you never gambled. There is a saying in gambling boards that it is beginner’s luck.”
“What is it?”
“It means the first one wins. So you will win.”
“… For that, I don’t even know the rules at all.”
I said as I walked towards the academy exit.
“Then the road won’t be boring.”
“why?”
“Because you will have to listen to an explanation of the gambling rules.”
I walked slowly, worried that Joan and Adrin would not follow. If they do not come, there is a high probability that this event will fall into the unknown and I will have to rely on luck too.
After walking about 10 steps, fortunately, I heard the following sound through the sound of rain.
It was the beginning of the event name [Frantimo’s Gambling].
***
“You bastard Japheth, are you out of your mind?”
The manager of the gambling house struck Japheth on the head. Japheth, who was washing the floor, hit her head on the floor.
“sorry! sorry!”
“You bastard, did you break a beer glass yesterday too?”
“sorry!”
“Fuck. I was a noble cub and I received a debt and didn’t sell it. I mean do it right! It’s opening soon, so wipe the floor clean.”
“The floor from this morning-”
Iljin must be said to be ferocious. The caretaker broke up with her lover today. In response to Japheth’s words, he gave a twisted smile like someone who had caught a pod. He twisted the hair of the lying Japheth and lifted his head.
“Oh oh. Is that so, Bocchan? okay. Didn’t I tell you to wipe it clean enough to lick it anywhere?”
Japheth did not even glar at the manager. It is the result of prolonged exposure to violence. The caretaker led Japheth to the yellow trough in the corner of the gambling house. It was a place where guests urinated.
“Lick it, you bastard.”
“… yes?”
Japheth’s eyes full of resentment amused the manager.
poof poo-
As if playing a percussion instrument, he slapped Japheth repeatedly on the cheek. Her lips were chapped and her eyes were bruised. The caretaker said, unable to control his minutes.
“Why not, you bastard. Could this be dirtier than your tongue? don’t you lick don’t you lick don’t you lick Aren’t you licking?”
Every time the manager said, ‘Don’t you lick it?’, the sound of slapping continued. It was a slap with the strength of a man in his 30s. In the end, Japheth put his lips to the empty urinal and stuck out his tongue. Then the caretaker kicked him with all his might.
“I’m really telling you to do it, you idiot. Isn’t that a nobility, a gura?”
At last Japheth’s tears came to the satisfaction of the caretaker. The moment you owe a debt to this place, nobles, soldiers, and commoners all become equal. There is such a side to making Japheth, who was a nobleman, work. It is a vicarious satisfaction that relieves the stress of those who are dissatisfied with the nobility.
“Clean up your blood before the guests come, you bastard. Don’t spoil the scenery of the store. ruler. Dealer ladies, take a seat at your table and get ready. Check the number of cards. Divide the vine chips in advance. It’s raining, so hang a towel at the entrance!”
Just then, a knock was heard outside the locked door. There are no windows in this gambling hall located in the basement, so you check the time through a signal. The knocking sound means that it is now 6 o’clock. The caretaker put the key in the locked lock inside and turned it.
It is the opening hours of the Frantimo gambling house.
The people who were waiting walked in one by one. The caretaker wiped away the expression he had been making a moment ago and smiled at them all.
“Gentlemen and ladies here! Welcome to the gambling hall of Frantimo, where hell and heaven meet.”
“welcome!”
“welcome!”
Smiles dotted with the spirit of service poured out to the guests. After Frantimo enlisted, the number of handymen increased. He glanced over at the guests who had entered and fell into sentimentality for a moment.
Maybe it should be called a miniature version of a person.
There are men and there are women. At a glance, there are poor people and rich people. There are young children who look like 20 years old, and there are old people who look like 50 years old.
And he fixed his eyes on a woman. It wasn’t because of her beauty. It was because he was reminded of a woman he had been in love with a while ago. If you put it a little awkwardly, it resembles the tear points under the eyes. He thought of it in a sensitive mood or sentimental because of the rain. Maybe she might be his last lover, self-deprecating.
And that thought was overturned five seconds later. I feel like I can start loving again right now.
And it wasn’t just him who felt that way. The basement was exceptionally damp because of the rain.
Among them, there was one person who did not fit in, like a flower that someone had carelessly planted and left.
All the men there may have had a similar shock.
‘What, what is it? Who is that beauty?’
It was the first face I saw. If he had seen such a beauty, there was no way he would not have remembered it.
A woman with her blonde hair hanging behind her back entered the gambling hall with a little hesitation.
It was Adrine.
“I don’t know what to say… It is very different from what I thought.”
“Is that so.”
“I’m… I thought it would be a scarier place.”
Actually it is. The staff here try to create a bright atmosphere, but this place is not like a 21st century hold’em pub. Even while laughing and exchanging cards, daggers or glass bottles may fly around.
A woman at the counter said in a high-pitched voice.
“Buy-in will help you at the counter!”
It means to pay money and buy chips. Johann spoke to Adrine in a low voice.
“Do you remember what I said?”
“Ah yes… .”
Afterwards, Yohan looked around the store and his eyes stayed on one character. The opponent looked at John with an expression of disbelief.
A character that oddly resembles Johan Espertz.
Jabet Esperts.
According to the setting of this game, he was his older brother.