Everyone is Young Except for Me - Chapter 146

Chapter 146
I gathered strength in my right foot. It was to kick the ass of that damn man who was flirting right in front of my eyes. Then someone placed a hand on my shoulder.

“...?”

It was Drain. He shook his head and told me, “Just wait and see. I think he has an idea.”

“An idea? What...?”

“At least, it looks like he does.”

“Hmmm...”

I had to wait and see. Still, Drain had a careful side and read people quite well. He needed an eye for people while making clothes. If Prometheus wasn’t in his current state, I could’ve just looked using Insight. There seems to be a lot of inconveniences. I folded my arms and decided to see what he was going to do.

“Hahaha. It is nice to see everyone. Can I borrow some money?”

“Oh my, are you going to play, Brother?”

“Huhu, I like it. How many times will you pay me back?”

“I’ll also give it to you. If it is Brother, then I can trust you.”

“Here’s $50,000. I lost everything today. Brother, help me.”

“Yes, yes, thank you, everybody. Hahaha.”

Oh my god. Why the hell did they trust him so much to lend him all this money? Kis quickly collected a lot of money. There were around 10 women and he got a huge $400,000. It was quite a large amount considering that the Temple of the Wind cost $1 million. We could’ve easily bought the admission tickets with this amount of money so it was a bit unfortunate that it didn’t belong to us.

“Come, come, follow me~!”

We followed after Kis. We arrived at the currency exchange in the corner and Kis placed the $400,000 on the counter.

“Uncle, hasn’t it been a while?” 

“Ah, it’s Kis. You are always making money here.”

“Haha. Please exchange all of these with coins.”

“Damn, I had a nightmare today. Take it easy, the staff always gets into trouble when you come.”

“I’m going to make a killing today.”

Quite a few coins were placed on the desk. However, I felt something strange from their conversation. They said Kis always won money. Perhaps this was the professional gambler I had only heard about? I had questions but he swept the coins up and turned toward us and asked, “Is everyone’s luck okay?”

I responded dully, “What are you talking about? Explain it to me.”

“Let’s play a game together.”

“Game?”

Kis’ smiled. Now his eyes were brighter than any other star. “I’m a bit lucky.”

* * *

Clang.

I could hear the sound of coins pouring in. The machine in front of me just swallowed a huge $2,000 coins. I couldn’t believe I was wasting this much money on one attempt. Shit.

-The deposit is complete! I hope the Goddess of Luck is with you!

"Shit. What is this bullshit? I’ve never made a deposit.”

It felt like I was paying a regular deposit because it told me that the deposit was complete. Strangely it didn’t feel bad so it was clearly a successful business strategy. These hateful guys.

Clink.

I lowered the handle and the screen in front of me split into three columns that moved at high speed. I gulped and slowly pressed the three buttons in front of me. It was with considerable eagerness. This time, I was going to succeed. Finally, the screen stopped and the results were revealed.

-Ah~ it’s a loss! The Goddess of Luck wasn’t looking at you!

“This! Damnnnn.”

I covered my head with my arms and let out sounds of anger. I didn’t know how many times this happened. The Goddess of Luck was bullshit. There was no such goddess in this world.

“Sigh. I knew this would be the case.”

The game I was playing now was the slot machine.

For an elderly person like me, I was more familiar with calling it Pachinko. I had bad memories of this game. It was because I caught my second son playing this.

“I can understand why Jeonghyun fell to this.”

Strangely, my pride was stimulated. This little machine made me so angry. Jeonghyun was hot-blooded like me so he was probably very angry. This scratched at my ego. Sigh, I would just take a break.

“Buroder, did you get anything?”

Drain was carrying a basket full of coins and looked quite different from me. I could tell just by looking with my eyes that it was about twice the amount of coins in my basket. Shit. My pride was completely hurt.

“How much did you win?” I asked.

“Huhu, I have a delicate touch and have $80,000 left.”

“Oh~ that’s all you have left?”

“Yes. Huhu. I did a good job.”

Kis had given us $100,000 each. To put it simply, Drain in front of me had lost $20,000. He seemed to have twice the number of coins in my basket so I was sure I had lost $60,000. Ah, this made me even angrier.

“Come, let’s do it one more time. Is there a spot right here? Oh, naisu taming.”

Drain sat next to me and started putting in coins. The minimum amount was 2,000 coins. We could put more but I was afraid of being addicted and didn’t do so. I put in the 2,000 coins at once. Once the money was deposited, I prayed that the Goddess of Luck would be with me. I pulled down the level lightly.

Ching. Sigh, I was nervous. The screen in front of me flowed like a slow video. Sometimes this happened because my vision had become too good with super sensitivity. Of course, it was a good phenomenon for me but why couldn’t I get this right.

“Now. Haaayaahh!”

I snapped my wrist and pressed three buttons in turn. The mechanical sounds started to slow little by little. Hearts, diamonds, clubs, and spades. According to Kis’ description, hearts gave 4 times the deposit, diamonds was 8 times, clubs was 16 times, and spades was 64 times. Of course, a person could only get this multiplication if three of the same shape showed up. There was a creaking sound as it slowed little by little. Before long, the screen stopped.

-Congratulations! The Goddess of Luck has been watching you! It is double the amount!

“Sigh. Damn cow.”

Still, I earned $4,000 coins. Once that image of a damn cow appeared in the first slot, the deposit would be doubled. If there were three cows, you could replay the slot attempt but this wasn’t a good thing. There was no guarantee that a replay would succeed. For me, it was fortunate just to get one cow. The coins that piled up in my basket barely made a sound. It was very shabby. 

I stared at the basket with drooping eyes when there was suddenly a clap next to me! There was a noise.

“Jesusu Chraist!”

The slot machine next to me was ringing loudly. I looked at the screen and saw a familiar image. There were three spades. Crazy. It was increased by 64 times.

"Wuhahaha! Buroder! Did you see? Spades! Hahahaha!”

This was the brightest appearance I had ever seen from Drain. This kid seemed to be completely fascinated. Coins started pouring out. Of course, it was in Drain’s basket not my basket. Since it was 2,000 coins x 64, it was 128,000 coins? I was envious.

“Hahaha! Jesusu!”

Here, one coin meant $1. In other words, Drain had just earned $128,000. It started as a deficit but it had been turned into a surplus. Just then, a familiar voice was heard behind me.

“Hey~ Drain, did you get a big profit? Haha. Congratulations.”

"Thank you! I’m going to buy new fabrics with this. Hohoho ♡”

It was Joseph who was playing a slot machine a bit further away. I saw that the basket he was holding looked quite good. It seemed he had earned a lot. By the way, did Drain forget that he had to enter the black market?

“Drain, save $100,000. It is money we need. Did you forget?”

“Ahh, I forgot this. It was my mistake! I’m sorri!”

Hah. Why on earth was the Goddess of Luck giving this type of ignorant guy 64 times his deposit and I only got double? There might be no god here but I still wanted to complain.

“Joseph, how much did you make?”

“Haha, I was lucky to put in 4,000 coins and the clubs appeared twice so I avoided a deficit.”

If it was clubs then it was 16 times the deposit. This basket had earned quite a lot. I followed the jingling sound and saw that coins were still falling into Drain’s basket. Damn. There was something wrong with my position.

“Huhu. Today is a very lucky day. I have to stop now. Where is the exchange office... oh, there it is. Hoho. I’ll be going.”

Drain got up with the coins and I sat down.

“Yes, let’s try this one. Huhu.”

This position felt good so I thought I would be able to succeed. I put in the coin and pulled the slot machine. It was another failure. Was this Pachinko machine crazy? The Pachinko screen shook from my angry kick. A huge man standing in the distance came over and asked me, “What happened?”

“Who are...”

[Lv. 300 Bodyguard NPC Bear Gris] 

“Hum hum.”

I suddenly become polite without knowing it. His level was a huge 300. I looked at this nasty face and thought that if I made a mess that my back would be broken somehow. No, why did this casino have such terrifying bodyguards?

“Cough. It just ate my money...”

“Yes, I’ll help you.”

“Ah, no need. Haha. This much is nothing.”

“Are you sure you will be okay?”

“Y-Yes. Thank you for your concern.”

“Yes.”

Bear Gris walked away and I let out a breath.

“Pheeeew. I thought I was going to lose my liver.”

“Haha, I didn’t expect Elder to be scared.”

“Dude, you have to distinguish between when to take a step forward and when to stay still.”

It would’ve been troublesome if I had become angry just now. It wouldn’t be easy to fight that guy. The problem was that he wasn’t the only bodyguard.

“Haha. I see. Do you want to try again?”

“Of course.”

I put in a bit more coins this time. No, I thought about it again and it wasn’t a small amount. Damn, when did I put this much in? I had put in my remaining 30,000 coins without thinking. Crazy. Was this the infamous gambling addiction?

“As expected, Elder is really big.”

I exclaimed, “Why didn’t you tell me? This bad guy. I accidentally put it in.”

“Ah, is that so? I thought you did it intentionally.”

Hah. I could only sigh. What could I do? It couldn’t be taken back. The damn Pachinko machine was already saying that the deposit was completed.

“Aish. I don’t know. A man should do it in one shot.”

Clink. The screen moved. I swallowed my saliva and raised my hand to the button. I had to succeed this time. Only then could I avoid a deficit. I risked my pride and my dignity. I felt the world flowing slowly. My heart was trembling as I pressed the first button.

“Ahh! Hahaha! Hey, Joseph, did you see? Hahaha!”

“Oh~ congratulations!”

This meant that doubling the amount was confirmed. I had entered 30,000 coins so I got 60,000 coins. I would be able to get out of my deficit straight away. Yes! That’s it! I pressed the two remaining buttons quickly. The screen slowed down and soon completely stopped. Then I saw the result.

“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!”

Once again, three cows meant a replay. In other words, I had to do it again. However, was it that easy? Shit.