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A jackpot that eventually exploded.
I couldn’t tell if it was because of my personality or if it was just Bella’s luck.
The slot machine that hit the jackpot vomited up all the money it had. For that money alone, Bella qualified straight for the advanced section.
That said, now she could take Duke Fred with her.
“count. You mean you can win more money by playing here?”
“yes. But on the other hand, you may lose even more money.”
“Hmm… … .”
Bella thought for a moment.
In the meantime, while looking around the seniors’ area, I spotted Duke Fred in a corner seat. Fortunately, I wasn’t gambling.
He was just sipping free champagne with a sullen look.
No matter how addicted he is to gambling, since his beloved daughter came to visit him, it was only natural that he would react like that. Seeing him sitting like a child waiting to be scolded made me feel a little relieved.
I could easily imagine what Fred would look like from now on being taken away by Bella.
The troubled Bella finally opened her mouth. But the words that came out of her mouth were completely different from what I expected.
“Shall we try a little more?”
“… … Do what you like.”
Since she was also a guest now, there was no reason for me to stop her, but I couldn’t help but feel a little uneasy.
Maybe Bella has opened her eyes to gambling like Duke Fred… . If that happens, it becomes quite difficult.
The symbol of the struggle against the players to the end and later called the Saint of Meikahel, she is addicted to gambling. It’s not even a funny joke.
Bella, oblivious to my troubled mind, was looking around the advanced area.
What game will she choose? As I waited, I noticed something strange about her attitude.
“Kh, hmm… . The atmosphere is very different from the beginner area.”
“is it?”
“Yes. Especially the uniforms of the women who work here… Yes.”
“uniform?”
Ahh… . I finally understood why Bella was at a loss.
In the upper class area, the majority of customers are wealthy people with solid financial resources. Naturally, an atmosphere was created to entertain them.
For this reason, the uniforms of the women who work here are dressed in revealing bunny girls.
Bunny girls wearing high leggings with their thighs exposed were roaming all over the place.
“Where are you looking? low quality.”
Bella puffed out her cheeks and tried to step on my foot.
But I dodged her high-heeled heels with minimal movement.
“ah! Why do you avoid it?”
“Your feet are slow.”
“It’s really nasty… .”
“You don’t know, but many of them were sold by their parents with huge gambling debts.”
“yes?”
Bella looked at me wide-eyed.
“you… . I can’t imagine exploitation under the pretext of debt… .”
“Don’t get me wrong. I never asked them to pay their parents’ debts. It just gave me a chance to work and learn here.”
In fact, these were guidelines set by Arthur Ruelberta, not Tristan.
When the casino business started to take root, a considerable number of nobles and wealthy people went bankrupt. Selling off their property wasn’t enough, and in the end, there were people with a conscience who sold even their young children as slaves.
Arthur, who had a lot of affection, took all the children who had fallen into slavery. Not only did they feed, clothe, and sleep them, but they were also sent to a school owned by the Ruelberta Foundation to educate them and accepted them as members of the casino.
Arthur’s philosophy is that in order to make more money, you have to treat the people who will make it better.
Tristan in the original novel didn’t like Arthur’s policy, but I thought Arthur was right.
So, as soon as I was possessed as Tristan, I spared no money to further improve the welfare of those who worked for the Ruelverta family. It was just a plan to raise Tristan’s reputation, which had fallen to the bottom.
However, the effect also began to show on the faces of the bunny girls who worked at this casino.
A large salary, ample rest, benefits such as free access to hospitals affiliated with the family… . The faces of the employees were in full bloom as they supported all welfares as much as possible.
Oh, of course, I told Bella this story only because I wanted her to be on the alert. That would never happen, but her parents, Fred, were also gamblers.
“Yes… . No matter how you look at it, they don’t look like exploited people… .”
“yes. You misunderstood.”
“… sorry. But do men like clothes like that? That… . It all looks like that… .”
“How does it look to you?”
“Um… .”
Bella looked around at my question, and it was easy to spot the male customers scanning the bunny girls with a sly look.
“… I see you like it Extremely.”
“That’s it.”
“Huh… . So what about the Count?”
“… ?”
“Tell me honestly. Do you want to try it on me too? Such unscrupulous clothes?”
“If so, will you wear it?”
“… low quality.”
It was Bella, looking up at me with contempt, but her cheeks were lightly flushed.
Bella, who grew up as a princess, must have had no tolerance for such revealing outfits.
“That is completely wrong. Disappointed. Bakery. If you are asked this question, the correct answer is to say that you are the prettiest even if you don’t wear that kind of clothes.”
“… Note it.”
“like. Then I’ll ask again. count. Would you like me to wear something like that?”
“You exercise your right to remain silent.”
“Care… . If you keep going out like that-”
“Would you like some champagne?”
At that time, a bunny girl appeared in front of Bella holding a tray with champagne glasses on it.
“Yes? Oh no. I am… .”
“Don’t do that, just have a drink. This is the finest champagne made from grapes grown in the Rockart area last year.”
“I can’t drink… .”
“It is provided free of charge to those who come to this area.”
“oh… . Thank you then.”
“Yes. Have a good time.”
The bunny girl who responded skillfully bowed her head particularly deeply towards me and backed away.
There is a feeling of being buried a little because of the clothes, but they are elites who have completed higher education. The etiquette is so perfect that even I have to watch it and learn it.
But aside from that… .
“Haven’t you been drinking?”
“But just because it’s free doesn’t mean… .”
Bella holds the champagne she received as if it was a waste.
If it was like this, what were you taking care of? .
“… Give it to me.”
“ah… .”
I drank the champagne Bella was holding instead.
The water level was not very high. Even I, who don’t know much about alcohol, could tell that it tasted like a top-notch formula. It was a drink that I had never drunk anywhere, with a luxurious sweetness.
While I was immersed in the afterglow of alcohol for a while, I suddenly met Bella’s eyes.
“Why?”
“Perhaps Count. Does this happen to other women?”
“… ?”
What is this? As I put on a puzzled look on my face, Bella sighed and said,
“Sigh… . In the future, don’t drink someone else’s alcohol instead. It’s okay because I’m close to you, but if it was another woman, I’d probably misunderstand you.”
“Is there any misunderstanding?”
“There is such a thing. The count who doesn’t even notice.”
Bella passed me with her mouth pouting.
I don’t know what I did wrong, but Bella didn’t seem too bad, so I quietly followed her to the game room.
Ironically, the game Bella chose was magic roulette, which Duke Fred was playing.
“welcome. customer. Are you new to this game?”
“Yes.”
“Then I will explain the rules of magic roulette from now on.”
According to the bunny girl dealer’s kind explanation, magic roulette was not much different from real roulette. An intuitive game where you have to guess which number the marbles thrown by the dealer fall into.
Bella, who had been silently listening to the explanation, opened her mouth.
“count. I’m only going to play one round.”
“One round?”
“Yes. I already got the money I need. So, if you lose the rest of the money, it won’t be a loss.”
Bella bet the rest after subtracting the 10 million Kael, which is the entry condition for the advanced area. Even after subtracting 10 million kaels, it was by no means an insignificant amount.
The bunny girl dealer who collected the chips from the people asked for the number one by one. And last order was Bella.
“How many times will your guests bet? Or you can bet on odd and even numbers.”
“I’ll bet on zero.”
“0… What?”
The dealer flinched at the number that came out of Bella’s mouth. I, too, was outwardly unsettled, but I couldn’t help but be quite surprised.
According to the dealer’s explanation a while ago, 0 in magic roulette was the least likely number. The reason is, unlike the cells with other numbers, the cells with 0 are not recessed.
In other words, there was no way to stop at a square with a 0 as long as the marbles did not cross over.
“customer. Why don’t you think about it again? 0 will never come out… .”
“it’s okay. Please bet on zero.”
Borrowing the words of the dealer, he said that square 0 was created by the roulette designer as a joke.
0% chance of winning. Since this casino opened, the marbles have never stopped at zero, so that must be true.
By the way… Why the hell is Bella doing this?
It is a choice that is not like her frugal personality.
Just as I was about to ask her. I felt a soft touch on the back of my hand. Bella reached under the table and took my hand.
“… ?”
“count.”
Bella whispered in a voice only I could hear.
“You did that before. If you and I meet, you can never be happy. It can never go on.”
“… … Yes it was.”
“It’s just like this game. So I’ll bet on the odds that we’ll succeed.”
what is that… ?
Seeing my bewildered expression, Bella smiled.
“Oh, of course, it’s just for fun. It doesn’t matter if you lose everything. If so, isn’t it great?”
yes. As she said, the dividend on the number 0 was just as high. However, it is only a story when the marbles stop at 0.
The dealer was looking at me, but I winked at me saying it was okay to proceed with the game. Looking at Bella’s face, it seemed that no matter what I said, it would be useless.
“then… . let’s begin.”
A marble was thrown onto the spinning roulette wheel.
Seeing that, I told Bella.
“You are reckless. Are you trying your luck?”
“Whoops… . Could it be? Still, a game is a game anyway. You can’t get immersed in it.”
“I don’t think you’re talking about a huge bet on a game… .”
Bella, who was watching the spinning roulette, said.
“I can see why people fall for gambling. It’s trying dozens or thousands of times for just one jackpot. Until the end, when you give your all.”
“The beautification is severe… .”
“Whoops… . Maybe. But if you know you can’t be happy anyway… . If there is only one unattainable happiness for me… .”
At that time, the dealer who was looking at the ticking clock shouted.
“Do you have someone to bet on for the last time? 10 seconds before the betting deadline.”
Bella said, taking something out of her arms.
“Then I want to bet you, Tristan.”
It was a 10 million kael chip.
All that Bella has. Rolled it towards the dealer.
It happened so quickly that I had no time to stop.
again-
Her chips and the marbles on the roulette stopped almost at the same time.
It seemed like a lie.
The results on the roulette made me doubt my eyes.
“No, my God… … .”
“…is that a lie??”
Not only the dealer, but everyone who participated in the game was astonished. The casino was buzzing. It was to the extent that the people around him, aware of the uproar, gathered.
And their reactions were always the same.
“Nonsense… !”
I was no different from their feelings.
Because the unbelievable happened right in front of my eyes.
The marble was placed precariously on top of the number 0.
0% chance it’s broken.
Bella smiled shyly at me, who would have been making a dumbfounded expression if it hadn’t been for ‘patience’.
“Even so… Can’t we be happy?”
Then, her smile was unbelievably beautiful.
Devil’s luck… pun intended. Let’s just hope she wouldn’t follow her father’s footstep. And if anyone curious, there is an illustration of Bella in bunnygirl suit in novelpia.