Chapter 47 – 32-4. Royal Casino.
“Then I will draw.”
“Do whatever you feel like.”
Daos, whose sweet offer was rejected, draws a card from Allen’s hand.
“It’s a pity. If you accepted the offer, you’re sure to have even a small chance of winning…”
“Let’s hit it with our mouths from before, bastard. Talk moderately.”
“You’re cursing. You seem to be regretting the missed opportunity?”
‘Let it go. No matter what I say, the dealer will keep talking.’
Hearts, diamonds, spades, clubs and jokers.
With a total of five cards remaining, the current card situation was as follows.
The current card of Daos, from which Allen’s card was drawn. It was a meaningless shuffle of a total of three cards with Joker, 2 Hearts, and 2 Spades, but perhaps because it was close to the trick, the crowd forgot that they had cursed at Daos before they knew it and were fascinated by his dazzling technique.
‘Human psychology is like a child.’
Of course, with an important game ahead, and this was the final stage, Allen was not even interested in the flamboyant and splendid shuffle of Daos. She was only praying that the faint mana would not disappear before this battle was over.
“You like showmanship too.”
“No more than a flashy fireworks.”
Two men having a meaningless conversation. Then the dealer Daos stopped shuffling, set the three cards face down on the table, and pointed at me with the palm of his hand to draw.
“Pick it out.”
Even the tone of voice that seemed to be looking down at me with an expression full of laughter. Wouldn’t you want to use your energy and win at all costs?
Allen moved his hand slowly between the three cards on the table, examining Daos’ expression.
“What if you see my face? You should focus on the card, young boy.”
Ignoring the guy’s words and touching the card, Daos’s facial expression remained the same, even when he touched another card.
‘I’m not a bastard who would be shaken by something like this.’
As expected, Allen casually drew one of the two cards out of the three cards, excluding the Joker engraved with mana.
“What about the other one?”
“What?”
The moment you pick up the card.
Dealer Daos looked at the two remaining cards on the table with a happy smile, not a fake smile.
“Of the two remaining cards, which one is the joker, youngster?”
A cold sweat broke out and his body became chilly, and at the same time his heart skipped a beat.
“What’s wrong? You look like a stupid dog chasing its own tail.”
Mistake.
If so Is it natural to leisurely draw the remaining cards in a very important match like now, in a gamble at the crossroads of life?
Can I show a seasoned appearance like a veteran in an indomitable situation?
A few of the cards mentioned above can change your life, but can you pull out the cards as calmly as Allen?
Dealer Daos.
He belonged to the Royal Casino and had seen the reactions of many people, so he was a pro at catching unconscious actions, so to speak, observing opponents.
When a person is in an urgent situation, the body naturally responds.
Breath, sweat, heart, eyes, mouth, hands and feet. People know that they move and control their bodies, but this is not the case at all.
When you’re passionate about something, especially in a game where your life is at stake, the unconscious reaction that comes out was very important.
Even the smallest habits. The movement of the eyes and the fine facial muscles. The act of deceiving. It was the key to everyone’s victory.
But, this boy is different.
On the outside, he acts like a foolish young master who doesn’t know much about the world, but it was different.
Even if it’s still immature, if it’s short, it’s 1 year, if it’s long, 3 years.
Gambling fanatic Pamela had enough talent to play with all the Royal Casino dealers if she taught her.
‘Still, I’m still a child.’
Allen’s fatal mistake.
Catch a thief. I was sure that each and every card was like life, but he didn’t hesitate or tremble and brought the card as it was.
Something was messed up So you can take the card without any hesitation.
Of course, now that I know what I did to the black and white joker card, I think it’s time to put an end to it.
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“Ha… I thought I was losing.”
The thief game is over now.
Allen, who hurriedly drank the water, wiped his mouth and let out a rough breath.
“It’s a big fight even though it’s a disadvantageous situation. It’s amazing, brother!”
“That’s great. I thought I lost again this time.”
Hearing Maros and Welton’s mixed words of praise, Allen’s hands were holding a sandwich full of food, and he forced himself to swallow it while drinking coffee to solve the curiosity of her subordinates.
“Puha…! It’s fine as long as you don’t get caught anyway.”
“Yes? Trick…?”
“Yes. No matter how much I learn, do you think I can beat the dealer in just a week?”
“It’s impossible.”
“If you see that he cheated in the first game, then I can use it too, right?”
“Ah, yes… But what kind of trick?”
“The mana has been newly engraved on the back of the card.”
Geum Taeyang and Tteokdae start staring at me with faces that do not understand.
“…Ehh. One kid is muscle, and one kid is a different field, so what’s the point…”
Allen shook his head with a disrespectful sigh and gestured that there was no answer.
“Ah, no! I’m a specialist in alchemy, and brother Welton looks like a martial artist. How do you know magic?”
“Hey, Maros. I can use magic even if I look like this. Don’t treat me in the same way.”
“…All right.”
“Even so, did you have time for that?”
‘This bastard. I thought I was pretty smart because I wanted to pretend to know, but it seems I’m not.’
“Listen carefully. Engraving mana. It’s a very simple way to deceive others. For example, if the magic you showed is a blazing flame, you’d think that you’re a wizard who uses only flames, right?”
“I guess so.”
“In addition, you would think that he is a great wizard who skillfully handles hot flames with colorful flames rising, right?”
“You’d think so.”
“That’s what I showed you. When you burned the card, what magic did you see?”
“It’s fire magic!”
“That’s right. It’s fire magic. Normal people only have one type of mana, but I’m… A great body, so I used mana to confuse him a little.”
First time. So, it happened when the Daos that offered the bet was rejected and it was my turn to draw.
She touched the back of the card and made a nuance and gesture that she was examining the dealer’s face, but the truth was different.
Just a very small number of patterns. On the back of the card, except for the black and white Joker, which is originally stained with the reverberation of mana, the pattern of a spade that only you can see is engraved very small so that no one can see it.
The reason I looked at the guy’s complexion was partly because I didn’t want to draw attention to the card.
Even in the leisurely expression of stubbornly looking at me, his eyes were sharp. That’s why this time, I imitated the stupid aristocratic boy who struggled with nervousness after losing 1 game…
‘It worked pretty well… But I can’t use it until the next game is decided.’
Daos’ deceit was easily detected through the mana I carved.
Change.
In Luanes Fantasia, there are various types of mana.
In the setting in the work, even though all humans have the characteristics of mana, there are many people who have not yet realized it…
Oh, once that happened. Anyway, the nature of Daos’s mana changes.
In other words, if you have enough mana, you can change anything.
If you have the amount of mana of the red dragon Clos Cero, you can forcibly change the arm of a living person with another person’s arm.
If there is a person you don’t like, mana with a fairly unique nature that can forcibly change all nerves and make you an idiot or crippled person for the rest of your life.
‘This bastard has low mana, so it seems that he has no choice but to move the pictures and pictures engraved on the cards. I couldn’t really feel the change trigger except by tapping my hand. You have to be careful though. Conversely, I tricked him by treating him as an idiot, but there’s nothing he can’t do.’
Allen’s eyes were still laughing as he drank the remaining coffee, and even as the crowd turned into a mob, Daos grinned and looked in my direction and our eyes met.
