Level Up Just By Eating - Chapter 103

Chapter 103

After shuffling the cards, the magician said .

「Let’s enter the 2nd round . Which finger would you want to bet, oh young lad?」

「Laura, lend me your ears . 」

「Fue?」

　Laura comes close to me and places her ears close to my mouth .

　I blew softly on the defenseless ears of hers .

「Fueeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee！！」

　Laura’s face turns bright red as she screams and covers her ear .

「What do you think you’re doing Keima! It felt kinda good okay!」

「Ah my bad . Your ears were just so vulnerable . I’ll be serious this time . 」

「I got it……」

(Whisper whisper whisper)

「Fuee……Ooh, Aaah……」

　Laura was subtly worried, but listened to my request .

「I got it! Though I didn’t understand a single thing you just said!」

　Laura used her goddess powers to bring about an envelope with pencil and paper .

　Next I asked Lolona to come close, write something on that paper and fold it neatly into the envelope .

「Alright, I got you now magician . 」

「What did you just do?」

「Let’s start with the most obvious thing――――You cheated, didn’t you?」

「Is she?!?!」

　Laura shouted .

「From the very beginning, the game itself is weird .

　Isn’t this a『Trial of Wisdom』?

　But the rules of the game are to bet your fingers? Isn’t that just gambling? That has nothing to do with wisdom . 」

「You’re right……！」

「That’s why she’s cheating . If we can spot how she cheats and take some countermeasures, we can definitely win this『Trial of Wisdom』 . 」

「Keima you’re amazing! When did you notice?!」

「From the very beginning when she’s explaining the rules . 」

「As expected of Keima-dono . ……」

「I did not notice it at all . ……」

「That is quite the insight you have there young lad……

　If say I really am 『cheating』as you said, I wonder how you’re going to spot it?」

「Of course I can prove it . That’s why I have very high confidence with what’s inside this sealed envelope .

　If the envelope inside isn’t the『Magician’s Card』, well then――」

　I cried out and continued .

「Shall I bet ten of my fingers plus you can do whatever you want with Laura?」

「Isn’t my penalty even worse than yours?!」

「It’ll be fine if I win right?」

「If Keima says that he’ll definitely win, then I can trust in his words……」

「I will definitely win . That’s because I’ve cast a『magic』on this envelope .

　It’s different from that pattern the magician’s using . This is real magic . 」

「So……Which card would you flip over?」

　Probably being agitated by my words . The magician had veins popping out from his face .

「The card that I choose is written inside this sealed envelope . That’s why you can turn over everything first . 」

「…………」

「There’s no problem right? Since I’ve already written my answer on the piece of paper, the outcome wouldn’t change .

　I’m going to tell you what《・・・・・・・・・・・・・》

　And what’s written in the envelope will be 《・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・》」

「But isn’t your paper a little too thick……？」

「Well……it’ll be a problem if what’s written inside is transparent right?」

「Hou……？」

The magician nodded meaningfully and started flipping over the card on the far right .

「As you can see, the card on the right is the right answer . Please open your envelope and show me the answer . 」

「Alright . 」

　I opened the sealed envelope .

　Killing intent .

　Bang！！！

　The magician snatched the sealed envelope from me!!

「What are you doing?!」

「So you cast magic on this envelope .

　I’ve seen through your identity . Your tricks . 」

「Wh……What are you talking about . 」

「The paper in the envelope is probably blank . But once it reacts with magic, it’ll start writing whatever the answer is . So that’s the reason why your paper is unusually thick」

「Tsk……！」

　I grind my teeth .

「But you were too late, I’ve seen through it . The evidence being you were impatient with your speech .

　Then let’s just say that you’ve chosen what’s ‘written’ inside your paper then . 」

「Can’t I redo……？」

「Of course I can’t do that . 」

「Please, let me do it just this once! Can’t you let me redo it just one more time?!」

「No . 」

「Keimaaaa……」

　Laura started crying .

　The magician opened the envelope and read the message .

　Then his eyes widened .

　What was written .

『I shall choose the winning card . 』

　I reached for the magician’s card that the magician flipped over .

「And with that, I’ve chosen the correct card . 」

「Wait a minuteーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー！！！」

「Hm?」

「What the heck is this!! This message, as if I’ll let it pass!」

「That’s right Keima! Isn’t that a little too cowardly?!

　It’s like playing roulette and saying “If it hits 1 i’ll go for 1, if it hits 3 I’ll gof or 3?!”」

「Aren’t you my ally?」

「Fumieeeee～～～～～～～～～～～～～～～」

　I pinched her cheeks .

「But didn’t I beg you?

　Didn’t I beg you to cancel this bet?」

「That’s right! Keima wanted to repent his cowardice and start over!」

「I don’t think that’s what Keima-dono is saying, Laura-dono……」

「What do you mean by that, Lolo-chan?!」

「Keima-dono also understood how reckless the message was .

　But he asked him to cancel it .

　But the magician said to choose the card that’s inside the envelope .

　And the word that’s written inside the envelope is just that . 」

「That’s that . 」

「Then why, is your paper so thick……？

　If it’s just to write that, you don’t have to use such a thick paper……」

「If I don’t do that, then you won’t suspect me then . 」

「Wh-？！」

「I’ve pointed out that you’re cheating . And I even said that I’m absolutely going to win .

　Who the hell wouldn’t think that I won’t cheat as well .

　Hence why I needed to implant the fact that I might be cheating into your brain to trick you . 」

「Gununu……！」

「To be able to think that far ahead, Keima-dono……」

「I really thought you casted some magic on it……！」

「Well, that’s that .

　As I just said, I chose the correct card . 」

　The magician’s card――cleared with a quibble!