Chapter 74 – Street Gambling
There is only one hidden piece in the entertainment city of Limno.
Even that is not something I would use.
Even Limno, who had to ride the carriage all day due to the lack of a gate, would never have come to find it.
I’ve come this far, but it’s just something that I’m sorry to leave.
Thinking that this might be the last time he and Eclair go alone, he hurries his steps and follows the path he saw in the game.
‘Even though the streets are busy, they’re too busy.’
If there is a difference enough to confuse with Akarite, a 15-year-old user. It was the difference in the nature of Limno, who was free from the restraints of the setting in the world without the censorship beam.
Passing by the act of soliciting customers to their store somehow.
Enter an alley lined with tented shops, like a night market in a tourist destination.
I blended in with the crowd passing in the opposite direction and went inside, lightly dodging the pickpocket attempts.
‘Such bastards should have their palms broken…’
Take a deep breath and suppress the rising anger.
It’s annoying when people scream that their wrists are smashed in a crowded space.
It is judged that it is beneficial to refrain from actions that can attract the attention of people with good eyesight or keen senses.
Jerk- jerk-
It was a few steps to the hidden peace destination.
The moment I turned my head past an entertainment district where I was not interested in anything, I stopped in front of a store.
‘Uh···?’
Would a starving sparrow pass by the mill?
This should go
Entering the building like a sailor enchanted by the siren’s song, the customers were naturally all human.
An excellent shop that unites humans in Limno, overflowing with heterogeneous races. The true hidden peace was here.
[ Cat Headband ]
[ Skin adhesive cat tail ]
[ Rabbit Headband ]
[Skin adhesive rabbit tail]
…
…
In the human-first empire, things that would be criticized simply for sale are openly sold.
Whatever your heart tells you to do wherever the heart goes.
I took one basket and put all the items one by one without duplicate products.
“Thank you! Sell a lot!”
It may not be heard by the busy employees who are hit by the crowd of customers, but I left a sincere greeting.
A tail that sticks to the skin instead of a plug type is crazy… Isn’t it just a beast?
The insertion type also has its own flaws, but there was no more masterpiece than this in the beginning without resistance.
‘This is a hidden piece, and this is a work of art and invention for humans.’
I haven’t even used it, but I’m already feeling a deep satisfaction.
The right consumption felt in the thick inventory and the rising labor desire.
It was a jaw-dropping price to say that it was an accessory that had no special effect, befitting Limno, who said that the value of money would die.
Money doesn’t mean much to me.
“Hmm~”
I moved back to my destination without hiding the hum that came out against reason.
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In order to enjoy gambling in Limno, you don’t have to go to the casino unconditionally.
There are no guards or janitors, and there are places to gamble if you don’t mind, even those with crooks crawling on the floor.
Street gambling.
It focuses on quick matches, from blackjack to thin rock sipping, and the stakes are low compared to normal gambling halls.
Drooling-
I took out a chair in the alley and sat across from the gambler.
There is no common wind catcher here, and no long words are needed.
As soon as he pulled the wet wooden chair and sat down at the table, the old man took out three cups and put a marble under the center cup.
“What’s the stake?”
“One gold coin.”
Ding-!
The corner of the old man’s mouth flinched at the gold coin thrown on the table.
“If you find it, it doubles.”
The old man, who had put his hand over the cup, began mixing the cups without saying a word.
Papabak-
It was incredible hand movements for an old man with age spots.
‘Because the dwarves are using their dexterity here…’
Befitting a Dwarf who said that he would always be above average in work with his hands, his gambling skills were not to be looked at lightly.
If ordinary people saw it, it was so fast that it would look like multiple hands beyond afterimages.
Widely-!
“Choose.”
Yes, it is fast at the level of ordinary people, but it is absolutely not at the level that escapes my eyes.
‘I’m sure my vision reads the center, but my intuition says it’s on the right…’
Knowing what kind of tricks they used, they decided to raise the board.
“Middle.”
Click.
After confirming that the cup was empty, the old dwarf took the gold coins on the table.
“It’s too bad.”
Clink-!
The glittering gold coin was placed back on the table.
“One more round.”
…
…
The Dwarf started to break out in a cold sweat when he started taking more than 10 gold coins.
It is a very important factor for gamblers to soothe and appease the opponent’s anger by spreading criticism.
In street gambling, where there is no means to dissuade customers other than one’s own body, the importance of review is directly related to life.
The dwarf tried to make me win at least once so that there would be no problems after taking the 5 gold coins.
There were times when I didn’t cheat and slowed down drastically to follow the snow.
At that time, I repeatedly chose an empty cup on purpose.
As the mana shed softly pretending to be offended, the dwarf’s complexion faded and became paler.
“Then… The next one will be the last. I have an appointment and I have to go.”
Iron-!
A bag full of gold coins landed on the table.
“Turn it.”
*****
For Eclair’s preference for quiet, Limno did not suit him at all.
It is a place where I came to work without thinking of enjoying it, but only unpleasantness filled my heart when I faced the endless noise and the eyes of the gamblers who seemed helpless as if they were about to die.
‘If we continue to investigate the collaborators, time may be running out…’
Decisions and judgments were needed right away.
It’s only been a few hours since I arrived in Limno, but there is no harvest of information that can be judged as a connection and collaborator of Cutler Duar.
There is no time and no way to approach the operation book or funding line of a shop suspected of being a promising candidate.
In addition, their existence is ‘wouldn’t there be’ even in the imperial family? Degree of suspicion.
Let’s throw it away.
‘You mustn’t commit the mistake of not catching even one while trying to catch two rabbits.’
As long as the existence of a collaborator cannot be clearly defined.
Éclair ruled by forgetting their existence and concentrating on Cutler Dure and his Templars.
When Roman returns to his quarters, he explains once again what has changed and he just needs to move.
“After···.”
As I set the road to one side, I feel that my mind, which was cramped, is slightly opened.
As I relaxed my neck muscles and turned it round and round, I saw the firmly closed door of the accommodation.
‘It’s a bit late…’
Like the golden honey tavern, no matter where you go, you can’t see anyone involved in running the shop.
She only visited shops that could be considered sunny among Limno.
He couldn’t refute Roman’s words that, as an adventurer, looking around would be more efficient without being suspicious.
If only Roh had refused this job and he had come alone, how would he have proceeded with the work…
‘It’s really fortunate that there is a person who is strong in improvisation.’
Took-
When I try to take out the folded papers in my pocket, something gets caught in my hand.
It was the chocolate he gave to himself, who ate only bread and soup at the tavern, to eat if he was hungry.
‘…Roman. You still don’t know anything about me. There is a long way to go.’
He didn’t tell him, so it’s natural that he didn’t know.
Unlike Chloe, he doesn’t like sweets himself. He has no interest in desserts and does not know the names of famous products.
As always, he was confident even when giving chocolate.
Do you think of him boasting that it would suit your taste?
‘Still, there are times when you need to eat something sweet to use your brain…’
Eclair, thinking that eating sugar was also an act of necessity, put the unwrapped chocolate into her mouth.
Misread-
“Well?”
Eclair thought of chocolate that was so sweet that it made her tongue tingle.
Contrary to what was expected, the noble bitterness followed by a faint sweetness stimulated the taste buds.
‘Is this also Roman’s taste?’
You can eat any number of these chocolates.
– Haaa!!
I almost chewed my tongue at the obscene sounds that came without warning from the room next to him.
‘…It’s an accommodation, so I can’t help it.’
Since it is an old facility, it is natural that the soundproofing is weak, so you cannot blame them.
Since it was a situation that belonged to the expected category, I ignored the moaning through the wall and spent time summarizing the documents.
– Aang! Hem! Go··! Goes··! Please hold the tail!!
‘… Are you going?’
It was a word that made me doubt my ears.
Eclair and Chloe have completed basic sex education.
For nobles, education is a matter of course, and they should not be ignorant of sexual knowledge that is not tiring in public.
I thought that I knew the procedures of love affairs thoroughly because I memorized and mastered them in order.
He had no place for the word ‘go’ in all the education and information he had learned.
‘No, it’s not…’
If it’s a slang or term related to sexual intercourse, what did he do wrong in the carriage…?
Roman seemed to have passed without thinking.
What if that really has something to do with ‘it’? I felt like my face was about to burst from the heat of ignorance.
Sharak- Sharak-
I somehow folded the unfolded papers into my pocket.
The cold wind from the outdoors was desperate for the heat on his face.
‘Let’s go outside and wait.’
