“Pfft… Since our target was five hundred thousand, of course we had to take some risks. Otherwise, how could we have possibly won that much back? You have to be willing to spend to make money~”
Having achieved his goal, Lynn looked quite pleased and even ruffled the pink-haired girl’s head, right in front of Layla and Sylvia.
Ugh…
Honestly, this—this guy really goes too far. He clearly promised just now that he wouldn’t tease me in front of these two anymore!
“But I’m still very curious—why… it’s so strange. In that final round, you looked confident, but so did he. I get why you’d feel sure of yourself, you were putting on a show of bravado—cough, cough…”
“But on the other hand, I really don’t get it. What was he thinking? Why did he act like he had you in the palm of his hand from the start?”
Keti pinched her chin, completely unable to understand why that uncle had been so excited when he played the final card, acting almost like a superhero—way too over the top.
The key point is, the final outcome was completely different from what he expected, making him look like a clown. But where did he get the confidence that he’d guessed right?
Was it because his archrival kept losing the previous rounds, so he thought she was just too weak? But… her luck was actually really good!
And besides, in that last round, it wasn’t even possible to directly guess what card the other was playing, right? If it was just intuition, then honestly…
That reaction was a bit too ridiculous.
“Mm… That nouveau riche uncle was too clever for his own good, I think that’s all it was. I deliberately set a trap~”
“It was that card that fell to the ground, right?”
Sylvia suddenly chimed in with a question, catching Lynn off guard for a moment before he laughed softly and nodded, then began to explain to the still-bewildered Keti:
“Remember before the last round started, I ‘accidentally’ dropped a card on the floor? That guy saw the face and the dust stuck to the back, so he was sure it was the Human Card. He was just waiting for me to play the Human Card so he could finish me off with the Divine Card…”
“Hiss—No wonder! That guy really did know what card you played in the end? No wonder he was so confident… Uh, but wait! If that’s the case, why did your last card end up being the Demon Card? Ka…”
Keti blinked in utter confusion, then finally took a deep breath, glanced around, and whispered:
“You… You really cheated, didn’t you?”
“Uh… Not really! When he was raising his bet in excitement, I just secretly rubbed some dust from the Human Card onto the Demon Card.”
“I used a little dust-adhesion magic, but… that doesn’t count as cheating, right? It’s not like I switched cards~ Besides, what’s wrong with wiping off some dust? He’s the one who wanted to play tricks, being all clever, isn’t he?”
“In the end… Outwitted by his own cleverness…”
Sylvia summed it up, then eyed Lynn with obvious wariness. This guy… he was definitely more impressive—and dangerous—than he let on.
In fact, from just a while ago, Sylvia had been thinking—Lynn purposely lost a few rounds starting from the third, but what for?
There was no reason to deliberately lose the game, and anyone even halfway observant could see he was just messing around.
Except for Obohard, who was caught up in the game, nobody wouldn’t be suspicious.
It wasn’t until just now, when she heard Lynn say his goal was to win five hundred thousand dinars, and remembered what Layla had said about Obohard’s nouveau riche habits, that Sylvia finally realized what was going on.
So that’s how it is.
Truly… frightening…
That guy, he’d completely played Obohard from the start.
First, he used the rule that the first three rounds must be wagered to win twice and put Obohard on edge, stoking his competitive spirit. Then, in the third round, he let him win all his money back…
That way, Obohard’s tension and wariness would ease, making him greedy for bigger wins.
So, Lynn deliberately lost a few more rounds, boosting the nouveau riche’s confidence and pride, letting him become completely overconfident.
But Obohard had another trait—he knew when to quit while ahead… but if he did that, the plan wouldn’t work, so Lynn couldn’t keep winning.
If he kept winning, that uncle would have left after a few games, or started refusing big bets even in the first three rounds, afraid of losing too much.
So, the best way to get him hooked was to let him win at first, then… in the eighth round, win back almost all his profits in one go!
That way, Obohard would be up, but just barely—not enough to be satisfied.
At that moment, Lynn set another trap, and since Obohard had been winning from round three to seven, he was even more sure of himself.
And that was why, in the final round, when Lynn raised the stakes, Obohard followed without a second thought.
Exactly. From the start, this guy’s goal wasn’t just to win some games. He’d spun a huge web, just waiting for Obohard to walk right in.
No doubt, he’d planned from the very beginning to win five hundred thousand as quickly as possible from that man!
Truly…
Lynn’s methods—hmm… were really something else.
But unfortunately, such a person was her love rival.
Because of this, the elf girl became even more vigilant. No, this won’t do. Tonight, she must break up whatever’s going on between this guy and Keti!
Otherwise, in the future… who knows how her Keti might be played by this bad man!
Just in time—
Layla, beside her, seemed to be thinking the same thing.
After the victory, she immediately pulled out a bottle of the casino’s strongest liquor and poured full glasses for both Keti and Lynn, setting them down before them!
“Come on, congratulations, Mr. Lynn, and, uh… this lady whose name I don’t know yet, ha—seeing you win so much is really exciting! Let’s raise a glass for tonight’s victory!”
“Yeah—! Cheers!”
Keti raised her glass on the spot. Ahem… after listening to her rival’s speech just now, she couldn’t help feeling a rush from outsmarting that nouveau riche uncle—what a thrill~
With that, the silver-haired beauty lifted her glass and… glug, glug, glug—!
Ha~
The drinks in this casino… really are something else. The feeling after drinking them…
Strangely enough, she started to feel tipsy, her head spinning, a little hot…
A little…
Parched and thirsty.