At the same time as I snapped my fingers, everyone’s vision in this room was covered with noise.
“Ugh?! What! What a trifle!”
As his vision distorted, Carte shouted in pain. My eyesight was still dirty as if it took a little delay for my eyesight, which had been accustomed to the illusion for a long time, to return to normal.
“hang on. You’ll get used to it soon.”
In the midst of that delay, I spoke calmly. My original voice felt welcome. Next to the noise-filled field of vision, Marianne’s startled gaze was blurry.
“This, this voice… … !”
“Marianne! Did you?!”
My vision slowly began to clear. Carte, who was standing up with a frown on her face, and Marianne, who was staring at me in amazement, were reflected.
“It’s just what I have to say.”
I pushed the chair and got up. And he looked directly at Carte.
“You’re right. It’s something you can handle without having to gamble in the first place.”
Carte’s blurred pupils slowly returned to normal and gradually recognized my appearance.
“I just didn’t do it because it wasn’t fun.”
And all illusions are gone.
I, Mikhail, stood in front of Karte with everyone’s attention. Carte and the onlookers around me were looking at me with an expression of incomprehension, and Marianne was on the verge of crying.
“It’s the first time I’ve met you with this look, Carte.”
I greeted Carte, who was looking at me with a completely frozen face.
“Hwa, hwa, prince? Crown Prince… … ? why?”
Carte covered his mouth with his hand as if he couldn’t understand at all and was confused. The already white face was drained of blood, and it was the color of a corpse.
“Well, we are on the verge of losing in a battle where we bet everything on each other. If I keep going like this, the defeated me, my… … The blood of the iron-blooded royal family and the seat of the heir to the imperial family might be stolen, right?”
I shrugged my shoulders and shouted as if declaring to everyone. The stiff air was gradually colored with shock and astonishment, creating a great commotion.
“yes yes? Excuse me, what are you talking about? What about the person who gambled with me earlier?”
“What are you talking about now? Is it right in front of you? grow.”
“No, I was definitely gambling with a blonde girl… … ?”
“Suddenly, you sound like a chump. Didn’t you even sign a contract a while ago?”
I pretended not to, and I held my contract in Carte’s face. Carte narrowed his eyes and looked at the signature line on my contract. And I opened my eyes wide enough to be funny.
“Now, wait. for a moment. Wait wait wait! Why, Prince Mikhail! The contract clearly had the name Edelgard written on it! What happened! uh, uh uh uh?!”
“Pu-fu-huh, ahahahahaha. Ahahahaha… … . Aah, that’s funny.”
Ethel, who was drooping down on the table as if it were finally over, grabbed her stomach and trembled and laughed.
“Wait, how?! No, it’s clear in my contract… … ? Uh, why is the crown prince’s name here too! It is impossible to forge a certification contract!”
“well. Aren’t you mistaken? I wrote my name down from the beginning.”
Of course, right after that, I gave a signal to Ethel and put another name on top of my name as an illusion. Even if it’s an unforgeable authentication contract, it’s as simple as overlaying a welcome on top.
“Oh, this can’t happen. what the hell, what What happened!!”
As if Carte couldn’t understand at all, he shook his head and screamed. Of course, I have no intention or obligation to explain.
“Rather than that, let’s go back to gambling? I have to put an end to it.”
I put my chin on my chin and urged Carte. Carte, who was shocked, gradually regained his composure at my words and sat down.
“this this. Excuse me. Was it even an illusion… … . It’s okay to go ahead with the game. yes. It is.”
Even if the opponent suddenly turned into a prince, nothing changed. It is you who is winning. Thinking that way, he must have regained his composure.
“Let’s clear things up for a moment.”
You don’t even know it’s the worst.
“My life is literally the end if I lose 1. If I lose like this, I will be taken away.”
“Unfortunately, the world of competition is cold.”
“okay. The blood of the imperial family.”
For an instant, silence filled the room.
“Hwa, Hwa, Hwa, Hwa, Hwang, Hwang family, blood?”
Carte repeated my words like a broken cassette.
“this this. I’d like to give it to you, but trying to covet the ‘succession right of the Iron Blooded Imperial Family’ by unleashing a little bit of the blood of the imperial family… … .”
I stopped talking and leaned closer to Carte, who stuttered.
“It would be a great rebellion. Carte.”
“what?”
Carte replied with a single word, forgetting to show respect.
“I want the blood of the imperial family… … . Truly a paradigmatic example of civil war. To the extent that his name remains in textbooks.”
“Now, wait a minute. Why is that? Also, isn’t it about money? Gah, why is there talk of imperial blood and whatnot all of a sudden? All, don’t embarrass me… … ?”
Carte, with a pale complexion, waved his hand, saying it was a terrible joke.
“huh? Didn’t you say that it was money to bet on? Did I gamble with the blood of the imperial family from the start?”
I slammed Carte for saying something stupid.
“Well, when I asked, didn’t you say you had the ability to pay? That is, it is not money.”
“okay. It wasn’t money, but I was willing to pay for the imperial blood that ran through my body. I don’t know if you have the ability to receive it.”
“That, something like that. There’s no way you can get it! Please pay me in plain money!”
“There is no such thing as money. I was betting on that in the first place, but now I’m going to bet on something else. What are you talking about?”
“then!! Wasn’t the crown prince wrong to gamble on something like that in the first place?!”
Carte shouted in a piercing voice. Annoyed, I grabbed Carte’s face tightly.
“You are the one who responded. It was you who greedily coveted the blood of the imperial family and made them write contracts. huh?”
“Ugh, ghast. I didn’t expect you to bet on something like that!!”
Carte shouted with an unsightly face as I pressed the cheek with my hand.
“Something like that? Did you call the blood of the iron-blooded emperor something like that? Did you insult me?”
“That’s not important, no, sorry!! sorry!!”
When I applied strength to my hand as if I would break it, Carte apologized as if screaming.
“okay. I’ll make sure to put up with such a slip of the tongue.”
I removed my hand from Carte’s face and smiled lightly.
It’s okay if you forgive me for such a mistake. Because I have no intention of forgiving those more serious mistakes.
“Come to think of it, Carte. Didn’t I say before that if you take excessive damage, you’ll be in debt? Now I even have a reverse multiplier card, and you seem to have drawn a very good card a while ago, so I might lose a lot.”
“Oh, no. that is, so… … .”
“Since what I am staking is the blood of the imperial family, speaking of rising to the ideal in proportion to it… … Is it the iron-blooded rulership?”
“yes?”
“At that point, you can call it treason beyond civil war. It’s amazing to challenge the iron-blooded order.”
“… … no. What is that, something like that, can’t I do it? I am paying my taxes faithfully.”
Carte said, trembling, to stop joking around.
“But you have to do it, right? because the contract Didn’t you leave a contract with Sangvis certification? The terms of the contract must be properly fulfilled.”
“Oh, no. that. Oh, it’s a contract that I made with back money in the first place. that is… … .”
“Unfortunately, if you win against me, you will become a traitor who covets the emperor’s power.”
I leaned back and sat back in the chair. And he looked at Carte with pitying eyes.
“When the match is over, I see and meet the traitor who exposed his fangs to the Sangvis Order, and in order to protect Sangvis, I will have no choice but to kill you immediately… … . sadly.”
“Zu, immediate action… … ?”
“And in order to get rid of the seeds of rebellion, should we destroy three generations? A lot of blood will flow. It’s nice to see Sangvis national treasury increase after a long time, but it’s also sad.”
“Destroy four, three generations… … ?”
In the sentence of despair, Carte couldn’t do anything but follow my words like an echo as if his head wasn’t working properly.
“That, that. in the first place this. No, from the very beginning. Where is this terrible joke, no. that is… … .”
And desperately trying to think of a way to escape the gap, he covered his head.
“This, this. It’s a scam. It’s a scam! Where is this!”
But in the end, it ended up being nothing more than a ploy that let go of logic, which disappointed me.
“Scam? How is this different from what you did?”
I asked as I crossed my legs on the table.
“How is it different from the fight with Byte, who forcibly lost a winnable game?”
“That, that, that. That, that guy is a commoner! It must be just one of the targets to be exploited in the first place! Isn’t it! Being cheeky… … !!”
Quaang!
I raised my leg and slammed the table hard. Carte was frightened and shut up.
“Even commoners are iron-blooded citizens. Exploitation, that is a very unpleasant expression.”
“That, like that. Something like that, of nobles, of nobles… … .”
“At least Sangvis, I don’t remember giving you the right to exploit commoners.”
At my assertion, Carte couldn’t say anything and opened his mouth like a crucian carp.
“Now, shall we proceed with the game? Marianne.”
I got tired of seeing that stupid face. I took my cards that I had covered and passed them one by one to Marianne.
“I will sell this card. This one, this one too.”
“What, what are you doing… … ?”
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Carte, who was pouting, asked in a trembling voice.
“I am selling cards. I’ll leave one copy of the Slave Gladiator of Reverse Magnification.”
“Hey, hey, on purpose. to lose… … ?”
“Oh my goodness. You can see through my strategy, Carte. Are you very smart? Ah, I’m curious about the whereabouts of the match. What will happen? My heart is pounding, I can’t stand it!”
I pretended to be Carte and sold all but one card. Carte shuddered with humiliation and anger and pushed his card forward.
“That, stop, stop. Me, I abstain. I will abstain… … . With my defeat… … .”
“what are you talking about. You said you couldn’t abstain, right? Don’t you remember?”
I have no intention of letting you run away. At my words, Carte said, “Eugeuuu;”
“Well, then the card, I will change the card too… … .”
Of course, I can’t allow that either.
“It’s not possible.”
However, there was someone who stopped Carte’s actions before me.
“what?”
“… … I am the dealer in this game.”
Grab Carte’s wrist to get the card,
“I won’t allow you to change the set card.”
Marianne declared more firmly than anyone else.