Chapter 44 – 32-1. Royal Casino.
“Ah, brother, are you here!”
“Uh. Did anything happen?”
“Yes. But who is next to you?”
When Welton, who has cleaned up the messy classroom, is about to return to the dormitory with permission.
Allen said she suddenly thought she had a good idea. She was about to leave the classroom, took Welton out of her academy, and she came to Maros’s mansion in the gold sun.
“Ah, my friend. This is my faithful subordinate, Maros.”
“Ah… Yes, nice to meet you. My name is Welton Arsuna, the third son of the Arsuna family.”
“Nice to meet you. My name is Maros. It’s an honor to meet Allen’s best friend.”
Right now, Wellton couldn’t understand what was going on in this situation.
He didn’t know if he was suddenly introducing himself to some kind of gangster in the neighborhood, and when he tried to say that he was a friend, something was very suspicious.
“Maros. Leave the distribution work to this guy from now on.”
“Go, thank you, brother! And we look forward to seeing Welton in the future as well!”
At the word distribution, Maros, the golden sun, bowed down and nodded in gratitude.
“Yu… Tong? What is that?”
“Didn’t I tell you? Our Maros are very skilled alchemists. So we decided to distribute the medicine.”
“I’m a talented alchemist, so why bother with me? If that’s the case, through a combination…”
“It’s weak.”
“…It must be a drug related to beauty. That’s enough…”
“No. I’m talking about drugs that make you horny.”
Silence. She said that it could not be that weak medicine, thinking that she could mistake it for a drug related to beauty, but she was speechless at Allen’s reply.
“Allen-hyung? Your friend doesn’t seem to know about distribution at all…?”
“Yeah. Because I told you today. Since you’re the son of the duke’s family anyway, aren’t there a bit risky trading routes or a lot of customers? And they say you’ve been nominated as the next head of the family, but if you have a reliable colleague…”
“Ah, no! To be the head of a household with credit accumulated through crime! It’s not possible!”
“Hey, Wellton. In the world… Honesty doesn’t mean success. Maros is also from the slums, but with such excellent alchemy skills, he’s overflowing with big mansions and pretty girls, right? It’s not like he’s going to get hurt by making the distribution business small.”
Allen tapped her on the shoulder. However…
“My pride can’t tolerate it…!”
“Pride…? Strange. Pride…? Did I hear that wrong? After school today. What did Welton Arsna swear to me?”
“I-I know that! But the drugs are too dangerous! If you step on their tails, the trust of the Arsuna family…! The honor will be lost!”
Honor is pride for nobles. It was the same concept as the status of the family.
Not to mention, the king’s trust and the numerous noble families want to somehow gain ties with the Arsuna family.
If, by any chance, the fact of distributing aphrodisiacs is discovered, the trust of the king will not be the same as before, and other nobles will also be stigmatized as a family that distributes illegal drugs.
It didn’t matter though. It’s not from my family, anyway, because I know a distribution method that won’t go unnoticed.
“At that point, you don’t have to worry, brother Welton.”
“Is there any way?”
“No matter how, if you tell me only a few pervert nobles, I’ll take care of the rest.”
“Oh? You look confident.”
“Yes. I am confident.”
“Maros. Wellton. After today’s work, when we have time, let’s discuss this issue properly.”
“Once I knew…”
“All right.”
For some reason, looking at Maros’ dignified appearance, it was unreliable.
“Brother Allen. Didn’t you tell me to investigate the back of Daos last time?”
“Yeah. Did you find out anything?”
“No… Nothing special. Meeting someone wasn’t particularly unusual. Sorry to disappoint you.”
“Really? Well, I’m going to go get that bastard tonight. It’s okay.”
I did what she said, but I couldn’t get rid of the unpleasant feeling like a thorn in her throat.
Allen looked at Maros’ spell to make sure he wasn’t lying, but he just told the truth.
“Then are you leaving today?”
“That’s right. I’ve been waiting so damn long for this day.”
“What are you talking about without me?”
“Hmm… Yes. Welton, let’s go too. Maros.”
“Yes, I will prepare.”
When the story was over, Welton, who had interrupted, looked at me and Maros in confusion.
****
As we entered the Royal Casino under a dark shadow, we were amazed. No, to be precise, the Welton guy disguised as a bodyguard was looking around like a countryman.
“Hey, look around moderately.
“Ha, but it’s the first time I’ve been to a place like this… Oh, I’ve only heard of that…”
‘You bastard… Looks like you’re really new to the casino…? If the Duke of Arsna handed over the position of head of household to Welton like in the story… After that, he would have eaten it like soup. There’s nothing easier than fooling an ignorant bastard.’
Even if she said that, she didn’t want to leave Welton alone, who had become her slave anyway.
‘This is why I didn’t want to be a feeding bug slave. Still, I have the title of the ducal family, so I’ll take care of it.’
Forcibly dragging Welton, who was looking around like that, we entered the most dangerous of the Royal Casinos, the den of gambling madmen, and was looking for Daos.
“Oh, there you are, brother Allen.”
As if Maros had discovered it, Daos was shuffling cards and playing a game with his guests.
“Okay, then the next game…”
“Nice to meet you, Daos.”
“What’s the famous boy doing here? Did Pamela-sama bring you here again?”
“No. Today, Pamela senior didn’t bring me, I came myself.”
“Didn’t I tell you when we first met? This place is…”
“Ha, the chewy tongue is long. Let’s stick.”
Daos was taken aback by the sudden change in his tone from a calm one, but he soon hid his expression and smiled slightly.
“You weren’t upset because of my advice that day, right? It was like that…”
“Get rid of the rubbish. Where is the mere dealer answering?
“It seems that the famous young master is not afraid of anything. Not to mention his vulgar tone. This is why…”
“Why are you talking round and round like this? You don’t like me? I don’t like you either. So let’s play a game.”
“…Okay. You know the rules of this casino, right? 2 wins out of 3. Each player chooses one game and the remaining games are played randomly. The winner takes everything, the loser loses everything.”
“No, I’m not doing this.”
“You’re bold. Okay. Then let’s decide the game. But I ask you one thing… No, I have a question.”
“What?”
A casino dealer looking at my face with a sigh.
“Do you think you can beat me?”
“You’re so full of yourself. Why? Do you think I can’t beat you?”
“Yes. I’m just admiring the petty young boy’s courage.”
Daos gradually provokes Allen with a soft voice.
However, Allen decided to let it go. If the other person looks down on you, that’s an advantage for you.
“Noisy! Let’s play a game quickly…!”
