Chapter 219 – #2-22 the Magical Girl Is Gambling!(2)
“This rat…!”
“Shukjji… If you make such a stern expression, won’t we misunderstand you too?”
Armon laughed slyly and whispered something to the courier behind him. Then the waitress hurriedly left the room.
“I should have told you. All I want is a game. It’s a gamble. If you want something, you can get it from me.”
“But instead, the chips are us?”
Dan-ae answered as if he were shooting.
“Tsukjji, the story is fast. That’s right. But I will give you what you want in chips.”
After a while, the door opened carefully, and the waitress who had left the room earlier returned. There was something in his hand.
“It’s a “Permit.” Since there are two of you, I specially prepared two copies.”
Placed on a tray with a soft floor, were two cards.
This is the license…
I glanced around.
All of them are about the same size as an adult male with a little bit of sturdiness. At first glance, it seems weaker than normal monsters with modified bodies in many ways.
But don’t be fooled by appearances. Among the elite monsters in Qual’s mansion, most of them were of this type. Above all, the special ability each person has is dangerous.
〈 saving mode 〉 in its current state, but it can’t be dealt with.
‘Still…’
Carefully handling the 〈 super-dimensional tool 〉, I made eye contact with the edge.
Dan-ae nodded her head as if it was okay and gave her a sign of agreement.
‘I’ll be able to do anything if I transform properly.’
Fortunately, the batteries of 〈 Extradimensional Tool 〉 are fully charged. 30 minutes can keep the transformation. It is possible to run away in case of an emergency.
“Good.”
I nodded my head broadly and accepted Armon’s proposal.
* * *
Armon is the manager of the casino, but he doesn’t have a natural talent for gambling.
Basically he is a trader.
How to run a casino, what elements are needed to make a casino prosperous, what elements will attract people’s attention, and what decisions will bring greater profits to them – he basically lives thinking only of those things. .
Seeing that you sleep 24 hours a day and only think about it except for rest times, someone might think that the purpose and means have changed.
It’s not about making the casino prosperous to live a good life, but a life lived to make the casino prosperous.
But how each person enjoys life is different.
Armon says that’s just a casino.
For him, the fun is the casino.
For him, the meaning of life is also a casino.
――And if it was something that brought profits to such a casino, Armon would madly love it, whether it was animate or inanimate.
‘Ah, it’s beautiful. Ah, interesting!’
Armon, while maintaining a gentle expression as much as possible, looked closely at the two magical girls, Kei and Danae, in front of him with eyes shining with ugly light.
There was a body with a beautiful golden ratio that seemed to have been sculpted by God himself, an appearance that drew attention to people of all ages regardless of gender, and above all, an interesting element that was not inferior to the appearance.
Danae is cunning wisdom and deceit.
Kei has crazy luck befitting a pure soul.
‘Ah, how many interesting materials like this.’
Want.
Want.
I want to have it so so so so so so so so so so so so so so. I want to have it like crazy.
I want to make it my own, roll it in my hand and harass it, I want to make it into a slave and drag it around, and I want to have fun while keeping it by my side for a long time.
What would that soft and tender flesh taste like? What expression do you make when you’re crying? I want to see the angry expression too. At the same time, I also want to see him obediently prostrate himself in front of him and earnestly fawn. Wow, that’s great I can even imagine not only this star, but the whole galaxy coming to see these two women.
‘Ah… I want to have them soon… Both…!’
… At Armon’s hot gaze, Kay felt an inexplicable chill in her and her shoulders trembled.
* * *
“Then, the game will suit you, with the Earth cards.”
“…We are from 【Water City】.”
“Oh, excuse me, Miss Kay. Both of you are wearing the usual magical girl outfits, so I was mistaken. …So, aren’t you sure, Magical Girl?”
Dan-ae, who was sitting next to her, clicked her tongue with a chuckle at that slick tone.
“Huh. Pretend you don’t know when you know everything. He’s a funny guy, isn’t he, Kei?”
Armon laughed huhuhu with eyes that couldn’t understand.
In his hand, I heard the familiar trump card. However, it is too thick for a set of 52 sheets. As a rule of thumb, about 100 copies.
“I put the two sets together for the fun of the game. If you don’t like it, I’ll just use one set.”
When we said it was fine, the waiter next to us started shuffling as Armon ordered. It is the waitress who brought the permit.
The cards are shuffled with the sound of chak, chak, chak, and in the middle, Parararararak cards show tricks, pleasing the eyes.
“Take. The rules are similar to Earth’s Seven Poker, but slightly modified. Seven cards are dealt each, and three of them are dealt face-down.”
Unlike poker, these hidden cards are not visible even to the player himself.
“However, only the player holding the card can choose one of the three cards and turn it over.”
The remaining two chapters are still unknown.
You decide whether to place a bet or not.
“Squeeze, squeak. The bet is unconditionally all-in or give-up. If even one person declares a give-up, the cards are shuffled and dealt again, slap. Oh, and if even one wins, I’ll give you both of these permits. Rest assured, you don’t have to win twice.”
“What if I go all in?”
“All you have to do is turn over a card and choose five of the seven cards in front of you to form a combination. The stronger combination wins. Squeak squeak. Isn’t it difficult?”
“Hey. What do you do if you pretend to be different because the rules are different?”
“It is here.”
As Armon beckoned, the waitress held out a piece of blank paper.
He put his hand on it, and the letters were printed one by one.
After a while, a neat reference table appeared as if it had been printed.
“I will use this rulebook as a standard, take. That way, nothing will change.”
“…Great. Would it be okay if we didn’t have to make a contract or something?”
“Shoo… We are people who do business on credit. Trust me, I won’t lose and act badly.”
Then, can we begin?” He asks.
The rules are a little, no, a lot different, but basically a poker-based game.
I also played poker with my friends on Earth. It’s a completely different matter to be familiar with and to win, but…
I lowered my eyes and asked one last time.
“Even if we lose, I won’t be willing to follow you.”
“At that time, I’ll just force you to follow me, so don’t worry.”
Does she have the confidence that she won’t be defeated even by a magical girl?
“If there is no problem with the rules, we will start soon.”
When Danae and I agreed side by side, the cards were placed in front of us with Armon’s satisfied smile.
One, two, three, four…
Cards begin to line up on the table.
In order to prevent possible corruption, Dan-ae and I decided to take turns pointing out who would receive the card.
After a while, a total of seven cards were placed in front of each of them.
Armon stretched out his hand first, touching the mouse’s beard.
“Then I will check the card first—”
“Give up.”
The hand reaching for the card stopped.
Dan-ae declared a give-up.
Dan-ae looked at Armon with suspicious eyes.
“It’s a give-up. Let’s move on to the next game quickly.”
“…Take. All right.”
I flipped all the cards over before putting them away.
Armon was two-pair, Danae was one-pair, and I had no match.
The game continued.
The card hand was rotated several times, and each time Danae or Armon declared a give-up.
Giving up didn’t always mean that the hand was at a disadvantage, and even after doing a give-up, there were times when a hand that could win came out. Even so, Dan-ae didn’t look regretful at all.
Can they see something in their eyes? In the first place, Danae seemed to be staring at Armon’s face longer than the deck of cards.
‘I’m very nervous.’
“Squeeze, squeak. It’s a give-up.”
Armon’s declaration this time. The hand was changed again.
The dealer standing next to him has not changed his expression even though he has been changing hands over ten times. If you look closely, it’s the same dealer who was playing roulette a while ago.
I wonder how many times this is going to happen, around the time I get nervous and tired of it.
“It’s all-in.”
“I’m all-in too.”
Finally, the two declared all-in and looked at me.
Hey, what is it, are you done now?
I had been staring blankly at the battle between the two, but I suddenly came to my senses and looked at their cards.
First of all, if you look at the unfolded hand, excluding the hidden cards, the edge is a pair of 7. Armon’s triple of six.
First of all, looking at the revealed cards, Armong is bigger. If Danae bet on the match, it must mean that there is a chance of winning, right?
‘My card is…’
I finally realized it, but the color is all black. All spades there. Just in case, I turned over one page as permitted, but this one was a clover.
‘Even if only one of the remaining two cards is a spade, it’s a flush.’
The numbers are good, so if you do well, a straight flush is worth aiming for.
Can I bet on the game? Or should I hold out a little longer until I’m sure?
Receiving Dan-ae’s sharp and Armon’s leisurely gaze, I touched the upside-down card.
…Somehow, the back of my back feels sore.
A strange feeling that I felt while playing roulette a while ago.
‘Well then, what should I do?’
All-in or give-up?
Looking at the two of them and the card alternately with careful eyes, I slowly opened my mouth.
