118 – routine-6
It didn’t take that long for the younger to get a board game.
It seemed to smell like blood for some reason… but you’d better think it was just a whim.
“By the way, is there a board game that can be played with 9 people?”
I’m not familiar with board games, but isn’t it usually for 4 players and at most 6 players?
“Ahem! Of course there is!”
The younger took out a square box.
“Everyone sit around. I’m going to explain the rules.”
As soon as I sat down, Ha-yeon and the heavenly horse came sitting on either side of me.
Three of the kids sat next to each other, with Sahyun at the center, and Liu Ying sat around the kids as if they had gotten close to them while sparring. The explanation of the rules began only after Ha-yeon sat next to Yeon-ha and the Cheon-ma who spoke.
“I’ll explain the background story first. We are knights following King Arthur’s orders!”
“Why should we follow the orders of such a king?”
“It’s a background setting, so just skip it and listen!”
Are you already anxious?
“Anyway, we will go on an expedition according to King Arthur’s order.”
The younger took out a fairly large square tile and put it down on the floor.
There were five large circles on the tile, each labeled 3,4,4,5,5.
– I have a question for you!
“Why is that, Liu Ying?”
– Can’t we just play the mafia game?
“No. Then there’s no reason for me to bring this.”
It’s a total mess…
“We will go on a total of 5 expeditions. The numbers written here indicate how many knights we need to send for each expedition. 3 for the first expedition and 5 for the last expedition.”
“I have a question. How dangerous is an expedition if it can only be solved by sending 5 of us? If I send it alone right now, pretty much everything will be solved.”
“It’s a setting!”
Could this be intentional at this point?
“Whether the expedition will succeed or fail depends on the choices made by the participants in the expedition.”
He pulled out a card that said “Young congratulations failed,” and a card that said “Success.”
The backs of both cards had the same shape.
“The person who participated in the expedition anonymously chooses and submits either a success card or a failure card, and if even one of the cards submitted has a failure, the expedition will return to failure.”
“Shouldn’t we be able to determine the success of the expedition? If everything is successful, it’s over.”
“So, there’s a group of evil that gets in our way.”
The younger took out a few red cards.
“The forces of evil, headed by a man named Mordred, have infiltrated our Knights. They can choose between success and failure.”
“If there are wicked people, shouldn’t they all be killed?”
“There’s no concept of a bad guy getting eliminated in this game. Even if someone finds out he’s a bad guy, that person stays in the game.”
But the wicked can either succeed or fail?
“I have a question. Then, are the ancestors unable to fail?”
“Yes, I can’t.”
“That’s not fun.”
“I will continue to explain. In order to prevent the wicked from going together, we must organize the expedition well, right? We are very democratic, so we will take turns as the expedition leader. If the majority passes, we will leave the expedition.”
“You mean going on an expedition means making success and failure?”
“Yes! That’s it.”
The difficulty level is not that high.
“But as soon as the majority goes down five times in a row, evil wins!”
“Even if you don’t like it, you mean that you have to pass it unconditionally for the 5th time?”
“Yes.”
My younger brother gave me a thumbs up.
“As there are 5 expeditions, it is a 3-out-of-5 game. If you fail 3 times first, evil wins, and if you succeed 3 times first, good wins.”
“It’s simple.”
“Now, just describe the character and you’re done!”
“Is there anything more to explain?”
“There’s only a little bit left, so pay attention!”
The young man pulled out a few cards.
“This is a wizard named Merlin! He starts the game knowing all the bad guys except Mordred.”
“Who is Mordred?”
“He’s evil. Merlin has the advantage of not knowing himself.”
“Isn’t it too advantageous for Merlin to start knowing the bad guys? If you start by clearing all the bad guys right away, you’ll just win right away.”
At my words, the younger man shook his head.
“There is an assassin for that. If the assassin hits Merlin at the point where Sun wins by completing three successful expeditions, he wins the game right away!”
“What! That’s completely unreasonable!”
“So Merlin must keep his identity tightly hidden, right?”
Ha-yeon stuffed honey chestnuts into the head of the sweet-talking younger sister.
“Eh… there are other characters, but if you explain more, it’ll be difficult, so let’s start with this!”
“Isn’t it impossible without a character?”
“It’s just living a life of incompetence.”
The younger started shuffling the character cards.
“I’ll proceed with 3 evil people including Mordred and Assassin, and 6 good people including Merlin. Before everyone draws a card… I’ll add a special rule.”
“What else?”
“It is forbidden to read the facial expression and figure out whether it is true or false! It is forbidden to read what is reflected on the back of the card!
“Ha! What are you looking at us for?
“Okay. Then take it out.”
Everyone drew cards, and I drew the last card.
The card I picked was Mordred. It was written.
“Everyone, please drop me off and follow my instructions.”
As the younger said, I lifted everything
“For now, everyone should turn off their emotions, and only the members of the evil forces should raise their heads and confirm each other’s existence.”
When I slightly raised my head, Ga-yeon and Yeon-ha were raising their heads, so I nodded as a sign of confirmation.
“Please bow your heads to the evil ones, and please raise your left hand quietly except for Mordred. And Malone, please raise your head and confirm who is evil.”
A moment of silence passed.
“I’ll assume you’ve checked everything and proceed with the game. Everyone, please upload it as it was. Everyone, please raise your head.”
When I raised my head, an awkward atmosphere was created.
“I’ll make my brother do the first expedition leader. Aren’t you all dissatisfied?”
“none.”
“Is it okay if I name three people?”
Let’s think about it. If you go with Ga-yeon or Yeon-ha and get 2 failures, don’t you go crazy right away?
“Let’s go together as siblings. Me, Yeonha, and Hayeon, the three of us will go.”
“Then I will vote for or against. One, two, three. If you agree, please raise your right hand. If you disagree, please raise your left hand. One, two three.”
The results were astonishing.
Everyone except the younger voted in favor.
“Huh? Why are they all in favor?”
“I don’t have any information anyway, so isn’t it right to agree? Such a young man, why did you object? Even when you’re going.”
The Heavenly Demon looked at the younger with a suspicious expression.
“No, I was just trying to see some votes. This is all information!”
“First of all, go on an expedition. Then you’ll know who’s going to fail.”
“Are you talking like I’m evil?”
“Oh my, I didn’t mean about Mr. Yeonha, are you stabbed?”
Hey, it’s fierce from the beginning, isn’t it?
I received the card handed out by my younger sister and chose success without thinking.
‘I was thinking of choosing success in the first place, so I chose two evils.’
If the younger fails, you can drive the younger or the younger, and if the younger succeeds, the bluffing is successful.
“It’s wet.”
The result is two successes and one failure.
“Ah… the first expedition failed…”
“Younger, I think I failed because of you, but I can’t stand acting.”
Why is he political in the first place?
“It could be Hayeon unnie or older brother, not me, but why is this only happening to me!”
“Originally, this game wasn’t a driving game? If there is clear evidence that it’s not you, I’ll stop, so prove yourself innocent.”
“Guys, aren’t you saying let’s fight? Calm down.”
“huh!”
Younger is excited! He made a noise and turned his head.
“For now, am I the next expedition leader?”
“Yes.”
“I mean four people…”
The Heavenly Demon pointed to herself and me, Liu Ying and Sahyeon.
“Let’s go together like this.”
“Then the right hand is for those in favor, the left hand is for those against, one two three!”
I raised my right hand. It was also the perfect pick to shake the human Merlin’s head, and I was the only one who was evil.
Everyone who went, including me, agreed. If I had agreed like this, I wouldn’t go because there were 4 people in favor, but Ga-yeon secretly raised her right hand, so in the end it was decided to leave the expedition.
“Did you say Ga-yeon? Kid, why did you agree? You yourself don’t even go.”
“Uh, Sahyun is going!”
“Anyway, it seems that there is an evil lurking in this combination. And Ga-yeon and you are probably also evil.”
It’s so quick to notice.