Chapter 45 – 32-2. Royal Casino.
“It’s no use regretting it?”
“It’s okay. Start quickly.”
As she leaned against the round table, Allen, who spoke in annoyance, almost mirroring the words that Daos decided the game, gestured with her chin resting on her chin.
It was an old round table that didn’t match the atmosphere of the splendid Royal Casino at all, but there were traces of cutlery engraved here and there, forming dark red marks from blood seeping into it.
“I’ll give you one last chance. You can drop the game now.”
With a high-class shuffle that steals the attention of the gathered audience, Daos’ eye smile tells Allen to give up the game with a sarcastic tone.
But Allen didn’t give up.
On the contrary, I would be happy if the other side took care of it and provoked it.
“Ha, bastard… Really… Are you testing your patience?”
“Oops. Excitement distracts from concentration… After you say that, even if you regret it later, you won’t be forgiven. And for the sake of the poor boy, let’s play blackjack this time.”
“Do whatever you feel like!”
“The rules are simple.”
Blackjack.
A very simple game to play with trump cards. I’ve played it with friends a few times before, and it was a very easy game that even beginners could easily play.
The rules were simple. A card can be 1 or 11 depending on the situation. J, Q, K cards are unconditionally 10. And the remaining 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 cards are the indicated numbers, and by combining several cards in this way, the number of 21 or close to 21 cards is a game in which the person with
‘I thought it would be a simple game, but I was surprised by the many strategies…’
Allen crammed the rules and strategies of all the card games into his head.
If not, Pamela will have to repeat the rules of the game and numerous strategies that she has memorized with the words, from the beginning.
“The rules of the game… I think you know, so I’ll tell you the overall battle method from now on. First of all, if all 10 limited chips in each game are gone, we’ll lose.”
“Do whatever you feel like.”
“Oh… It seems you don’t like something? I’ll take a look at it… Isn’t it? Are you trying to undermine the young master’s prestige by doing this?”
‘A bastard… What do you mean when you say that you’re considerate?’
“You take turns playing the dealer role. Then you bet before you start.”
Allen bet one… No, three out of 10 chips.
“You’re bold, aren’t you, by any chance, thinking that you’re going to win?”
“Start.”
Daos hands out the shuffled cards to Allen and opens a card…
“Is it really luck? A talented person like me can’t be serious with a child, right?”
‘A’ from the beginning… Should I get insurance? Or should I compete.’
Allen looked at the hand of cards he received and the number of cases came to mind.
‘Shall we take a bet?’
The cards on Allen’s table are none other than Clovers J and Hearts K. In blackjack close to 21, the number 20 is quite a threatening hand.
When he made a gesture of shaking the table with his hand, Daos opened the covered hand with a meaningful smile and drew cards until it reached 17 or higher.
“Oops. I lost the first game. Apparently, the goddess of luck won’t be me, but the boy.”
A of hearts, 8 of clubs, 4 of diamonds. 6 of spades.
A hand of cards totaling 19 points. A hand that would have been blackjack if only one number was written down among the 8, 4, and 6 hands.
Allen couldn’t erase the fact that he had barely won, but she didn’t show it. No, rather, she brought another chip into her hands with an excited expression and fierce action in order to deceive Daos.
“Hehe! This is luck from the first round!”
“Well, it’s called beginner’s luck. I’m the player this time.”
Even though he lost his chip, his relaxed expression and attitude. The way he spoke like he was looking at a child made him angry again.
“Ohhh? Doesn’t Jin talk a lot?”
“We’ll have to wait and see. Let’s start soon.”
‘Well, since he’s a skilled dealer, he’s probably taking his time even in this situation.’
On the outside, he vented his anger to the fullest, but on the inside, he was very cool on the inside, exploring his every move so as not to be missed or caught.
“I’ll bet five chips.”
“You’re amazing. If you lose…”
“I’ll think about it then.”
‘If I win this match, he’ll only have two chips left.’
Bluffing. It looks like he’s going to shake me up with all kinds of bravado… I don’t like that kind of thing… You bastard.
“…”
“That’s a big deal. You only have one chip left?”
‘Shiba… How did this happen? For sure…’
The first game was obviously my win of 20 total with Clovers J and Hearts K. I have 13 chips and 7 dealers.
The second game is 3 hearts, 5 clubs, 9 clubs, and 1 diamond A for a total of 18 points. Win by a single margin, as in the previous game. 18 chip holdings, 2 dealer cubs.
I only hit two rounds, but it was overwhelming. I was definitely winning overwhelmingly… But something was fishy.
After the third game, as if luck was following him again, spade A and club J played blackjack with me.
Since then, Allen’s hard-earned chips gradually went down, and within that time, only one chip was left.
‘It’s strange… I can’t feel mana even though I can detect it with mana… I can’t feel mana in a crowd. What did you do?’
“Mister Allen. I’ve never cheated since I was born.”
Allen’s eyebrows furrowed at the sight of him suddenly praising him in a nonsensical way.
“Unfortunately, I always turn the tables in difficult situations, adversity. I have such luck. Of course, I have lost many times.
Only one chip left. However, Allen won by betting the chips in his hand.
‘It’s no different from being caught like this.’
Allen, who won the first and second rounds, thought he had the chance to win, so he didn’t really care. He was wrong to be convinced that he would win rather easily.
‘Obviously something happened from the third edition. Because of that, I was too careful… Mr…’
It was only now that I remembered what Pamela had been advising me to do.
‘Don’t bet on a match just because you’re holding the winning flag~ No matter how hungry you are and you can’t judge, you have to be careful, right? A beast of prey doesn’t give out its food easily, right?’
‘Pamela Sensei… I miss you. I should learn harder…’
“Are you willing to admit defeat here?”
“Yes. Admit defeat.”
Anyway, the flow of the game was flowing to Daos, not me.
Sometimes Pamela said that flow is important. Maybe this means
“You lost the game, but you’re pretty confident.”
“Anytime, anywhere, you have to be confident so you don’t look down on yourself.”
“Even so, it makes me laugh a little when someone who lost the game said that. Anyway, let’s move on to the next game. Of course, the next game might end.”
