163 – EP.32 Exciting board game -1
The stuffy air chokes me.
A trembling atmosphere and heart-thumping moments.
I swallow saliva to relieve my tension, but the moisture that has entered my body is excreted in a cold sweat.
“Then let’s begin. 3…… 2… ….”
Soon, someone’s countdown begins.
The super power that starts at 3 seconds, everyone breathes briefly and waits for the super power to end.
“…… One!”
When I hear the number I’ve been waiting for so long, I turn over the square card in front of me right away.
Three cats inside a flipped card. I quickly checked the cards of the others.
4 Dogs on the right side, 2 cats on the left side, for a total of 4 dogs and 5 cats.
The time has finally arrived. Hurry up and press the silver bell in the center…….
Kwajik-!
‘…… How can I press that?’
Originally, the silver bell, which was supposed to make a clear sound of ‘Ding-!’, Was spewing out a grotesque sound because it was currently smashed.
The reason why the fine silver paper became a wolf came from the two women sitting on my left and right.
One was a dragon that freely controlled the air, and the other was a poetic clay that leaped through time.
There was no way a small species could withstand the two of them, who were far beyond the human category.
Even if the ability is temporarily sealed, the power of the divine beast is basically very strong. It was also very difficult for me to reach out to the bell.
Because if I’m not careful, my hand might face the same fate as the current servant.
I let out a deep sigh as I looked at the broken bell and my hand.
‘I wasn’t recommending these two to play this game….’
Tia, Alice, and Yata play board games together twice a month.
I always get tired of playing video games, so Yata suggested it in the sense of giving something fresh sometimes.
Everyone accepted the offer because there was no specific reason for refusal, but as you can see, the board game selection was completely ruined.
What we are currently doing is a game that is famous for being simple and fun. It is a game where you play with cards of different types and numbers of animals.
The rules are simple. Players take turns laying cards face down until there are just 5 animals of the same kind.
If there are 5 of them, the first person to strike the bell placed in the center takes all the cards turned over so far.
If you run out of cards, you lose, and the person who has cards until the end becomes the final winner.
It was a light game that was very simple and made me compete, but as the target of my competition became Shinsoo, the genre changed to a horror game.
For the sake of fairness, it was decided not to use the ability, but the result was that the two Shinsoo, who got excited in the middle, couldn’t control their power.
The silver bell is dying, I was on the verge of elimination less than 5 minutes into the game.
“Yuu’s next 5 cards… !”
Tia was licking her tongue as she looked at the remaining cards of mine.
“Boss, would you like to share some of my cards?”
The rabbit, on the other hand, tried to be merciful to me out of sympathy, so I shook my head violently and expressed my refusal.
I just want to get out of this fight between these two gods as soon as possible.
Because if a shrimp got involved in a whale fight, it would only break my back.
“Did you swear quite a bit?”
“hahahaha, what can I do….”
Yata patted me on the shoulder after accepting the madness and escaping from the fierce war.
In Yata’s case, he was not a player, but a moderator and judge of the board game.
She wanted to attract Yata as a player, saying let’s play together, but she herself refused.
Her reasons for refusal are well known, because her board games are meaningless to her with her future poetry.
Through her foreknowledge of the future, Yata can make the game situation overwhelmingly advantageous.
If that happens, you and other players will lose the fun of the game.
In general, Yanghak in the game was like that.
“Besides, my future foreknowledge, unlike other divine beasts, has no on/off function and is always active.”
“Did you read my thoughts?”
Yata can see my future in which I speak my mind straight out of the many possibilities of the future.
So, even though I don’t have the ability to read my mind, I have reacted by reading my thoughts as often as I do now.
“But how can you not be so openly visible?”
I smiled bitterly at Yata’s grinning smile.
There is a great price to pay for strong abilities.
Nevertheless, Yata acted like he was okay and often made fun of me.
In other words, even if it’s hard because of the price, I try to smile and be considerate so that I don’t worry.
Can you really hate a crow like that?
No matter how many times Yata teases me, I will never be able to hate her.
“Really, my husband only thinks of making me happy!”
“Now, wait a minute!”
Suddenly, Yata hugged me from behind and rubbed against me.
Her expression was overflowing with joy, so I’m glad she looks really happy.
It’s just that she is also a Shinsoo, so if she hugs her sincerely like now…….
“Kheuheouk… !”
“Me too! Me too!”
“Wow!”
Now even Tia ran towards me and hugged my empty front as hard as she could.
Receiving affection from companion animals must be a pleasant thing, but why is it so painful?
It’s scary to even imagine how terrible it would be in its original state even though it’s in a state where half of its senses are missing.
“Enough… !”
As a sign of surrender, Tia and Yata’s hands were quickly tapped, and the pressure on their bodies disappeared.
A spine that creaks as soon as it is released. If I had made a mistake and was delayed a little, I might have been crushed.
I feel keenly how much the gods have controlled their strength in front of me.
“hahahaha! Sorry! I was so happy that I hugged her with all my heart without realizing it.”
“Hee hee! Me too!”
“Oh, it’s okay. Both of you, be careful in the future…….”
Holding my waist, I waited for the startled vertebrae to calm down.
I sometimes think about it, but can I really live a peaceful life in my old age?
My biggest goal in life is to live peacefully with my companion animal, but I doubt that I’ve gone too far at the point where my companion animal is a new beast.
A fox is a yandere horse, a crow is an evil cult leader, a dragon is a pure evil hatchling, a wolf is a double-personality older sister, and a rabbit is a gamechanger assassin.
It’s not a pet, but it makes my head dizzy when I think of the fact that the eagle that has been visiting me recently is also an extremely s*xy bird.
It’s surprising that there really isn’t a single normal divine beast in this world.
Grandpa Kirin, stop winning streak…….
“By the way, my dear, I brought you a new game this time. Would you like to try it?”
“New game… ?”
At the mention of a new game, two people who had been playing a board game for a while looked this way at the same time.
Alice flapped her bunny ears like crazy, and Tia had her eyes shining brightly.
“It’s a new concept board game that I made together with a request from a person I know personally. So I’d like to try it together as a test, how about it?”
“What? Then, are you participating in this board game too?”
“Of course. As a developer, it’s strange if you don’t test together, right? Even if I participate in this game, there is no problem.”
“Oh! I don’t know what game it is, but I’m already looking forward to it! Do you two want to do it too?”
I recommend it to rabbits and dragons who are probably of the same mind as me.
Then the two of them came towards me, even throwing away the game they were playing.
“I want to do it! I really want to try it!”
“If the boss can do it, I can’t do it either.”
As a gamer, the opportunity to become a beta tester for a new game is irresistible.
Even Alice, who rarely changes her expression, can’t hide her excitement.
“Everyone wants to do it, but is there a limit on the number of people?”
“No. On the contrary, the more people there are, the more fun the game is, so we’re planning to have b*tch foxes, cors, and even s*x girls participate.”
“Are you okay? Even if we are familiar with games, aren’t we unfamiliar with games?”
“Don’t worry, the rules are surprisingly simple. It’s almost like the game of life.”
“Then I’m glad. So what is the game and what are the rules?”
“I’ll tell you about that while playing the game myself.”
“Good.”
When you don’t know anything, it’s good to learn the rules by doing it yourself.
It’s not for nothing that it’s often called a practice game.
“By the way, where is the newly developed board game?”
“Right here.”
“Oh…… Uh?”
Yata took out a sledgehammer instead of a board game board.
As she was about to ask what sledgehammer it was, Yata swung her hammer at Alice’s head.
Kaang!
As I saw Alice lying on the floor with a clear sound, I could not believe my eyes.
What the hell is this all about?
Perhaps he read my thoughts as well, Yata opened his mouth with a wicked smile on his face.
“You don’t have to worry. It’s a harmless hammer. It just stuns the target unconditionally.”
After the explanation, Yata swung the hammer once more and even stunned Tia.
Then he jumped over the bodies of the two lying on the floor and slowly approached me.
“Ah, no matter how you look at it, it doesn’t seem harmless at all… ?”
“Is it really harmless? I just have a brief headache when I wake up.”
“Don’t we usually call them remains?”
“Let’s go! Don’t be so specific… !”
I tried to turn my back and run away from Yata, who was gradually approaching me with the hammer held high, but…….
Kaang!
Even before that, the shock to my back of the head shook my vision.
After a while, the power in my body relaxed and I was staring at the ground, so my eyes gradually closed.
“Ahahahaha! Then have a nice dream!”
With Yata’s nasty voice coming from behind, my consciousness sank.
***
The once familiar senses come through.
The touch of the cold and hard wooden desk, the slightly damp smell of the classroom, and the loud chatter of students.
Elements that we were used to a long time ago, but now completely forget.
“…… Wake up!”
In my waking consciousness, I realize that someone is shaking my body.
Who is it?
I was curious, but I didn’t want to get up because the touch of the cool desk was cool.
I wanted to stay at one with the desk for a little while longer.
“Wake up!”
“What?!”
I jumped up from my seat at the sound of shouts that flowed directly from my ear canal.
A saliva stem that is connected to the desk for a long time. He tried to hide the fact that he was asleep while drooling, wiping it with his sleeve.
I thought in my head that I had already been caught, but my body moved automatically and reflexively.
“Really, you shouldn’t be sleeping like that from class time to break time!”
“Sup… ! Sorry.”
Similarly, I reflexively apologized to the student who pushed me and looked up.
Then an unexpected person was standing there.
“Ugh… ?”
“What are you so bruised about? Because it’s the next shift class. Hurry up, grab your textbook and go!”
It was Miho who had the appearance of an ordinary schoolgirl without fox ears or a tail.