Chapter 96
Chapter 96 . The Future Different From The Past, Part II
Translator: Khan
Editor Group: Liber Reverie
‘If it’s a game of 100% luck…’
As she was looking through the hall, she saw a card roulette game . It was a game in which the cards were arranged in a row, and only one card was taken to pay all the amount to the same cardholder .
With this game, it was possible to win as much money as possible by turning over the hourglass . Aria left Annie, who was soaked in the wine, took her hourglass and moved to the place where they played a card roulette game .
The card roulette game could not be manipulated because it was a way for an employee to mix the cards and a player to pick one out . So because of the people who didn’t trust the employees, it was quite crowded .
“Which seat would you like to take?”
“I’ll finish it at once . ”
When she showed the staff a chip worth a hundred gold, he guided Aria to a seat a little off the center . A hundred gold was a huge amount that ordinary people could not dream of, but it was not that big at a casino .
Several tables were placed in front of the card-mixing staff . When she sat down in one of them, she could see some good-looking people around her . She felt like they were going to participate in the game together . There were about ten or so people .
‘There are about ten participants in one round…’
It wasn’t bad . The minimum amount would be a hundred gold, and it meant that she could get a thousand gold in just one game .
When the staff lined up the cards, another employee waiting next to Aria asked her . “Do you want to choose a card?”
“No, I’ll start with the next round . ”
‘I have to check which card will be picked up . In addition, I have to check if there is no winner . ’ Aria watched the game go on for a while, putting the hourglass on the table .
The staff checked the time with his pocket watch . It took less than five minutes for the staff to line up the cards and the participants to select their desired card and check it out . The time was on point .
As most rounds did, even if it was a game of luck, there was no winner . Watching the staff re-mixing the card of Heart Queen, she turned over the hourglass .
“Do you want to choose a card?”
“Yes . ”
She then pushed the chips worth a hundred gold toward the front of the table and said,
“I’ll bet all the chips on the card of Heart Queen . ”
Aria smiled leisurely, holding the Heart Queen handed by the staff . The participants looked out for the hands of the staff, who turned over the pre-picked card, with hopeful eyes . The result was fixed . Aria was the only one who kept a smile in the table full of sighs .
“Oh, my God! Isn’t this her first time?”
“She was lucky . But there’s no way for her to win the next round, too . ”
The applause and whistles poured on her, who pocketed as much as ten times the amount of money in just one game . She shook her head at the employee’s question of whether she would bet again, leaving without regret . The magic of the hourglass was only once a day . It was time to go back .
“Will you take care of my companion?”
How much wine Annie drank? She laid on the sofa like a wet sheaf . It looked so ugly that Aria thought to leave her for a while . But she couldn’t, and as she asked a staff to carry her, someone put Annie around his shoulders .
“What would you like to do with the chips?”
“Leave them as they are . Take the calculation out of the chips . ”
‘I’m going to come back tomorrow anyway . ’
Going back to the cafe, she transferred to the carriage of the count, which had been waiting for her to return and went back to the mansion . For the unconscious Annie, Aria explained that Annie had been unconscious like that after eating so much chocolate that contained alcohol because there was little way for a minor to drink, and Aria could easily cheat them .
The next day, Annie appeared with a hangover holding her head, and Aria told her that she would go out again, and as if she hadn’t done so, Annie dressed herself more colorful than yesterday .
“If you do that again today, I’ll really leave you behind . ”
“… I was sorry yesterday, miss . I didn’t know I was that weak to alcohol . I’ll be right next to you today . ”
Indeed, Annie followed Aria all the time, apparently reflecting on herself yesterday . Of course, there was a white wine of Pinonua in her hand . With the intention of controlling it, she never emptied her glass like yesterday .
“Which seat would you like to take?”
The same employee as yesterday asked Aria . Aria said, showing the chips worth of a thousand gold .
“I’ll finish it at once . ”
Then, unlike yesterday, he guided her to a seat in the middle . The number of participants was about ten, similar to yesterday’s, but there were so many onlookers that she could not even count . Whether she was surprised by the crowd, Annie asked, shrugging her shoulders .
“Miss . Miss, why are there so many people here? How many chips did you show them?”
“A thousand gold . ”
“A, a thousand gold?”
Annie shouted . Her face was red because all the eyes of the crowd were directed to her, and she asked Aria again .
“Did you say “A thousand gold”? A thousand gold?! You mean a thousand gold at a time?!”
“Annie, you don’t have to stress that much . A thousand gold is right . ”
“Well, if you win, how much do you earn…?”
“It’s multiplied by the number of participants . ”
“There are about ten people, so… If you win, you get 10,000 gold?!”
It was equivalent to the amount spent in half a year at the family of Count Roscent . The amount included spending by the count and the countess, Aria and Mielle, Cain’s allowance, and finally food and other administrative expenses, including the salaries of the servants and maids . Considering the wealth of the family of Count Roscent, it must have been quite a large sum .
Annie said, wiping a cold sweat from her palm on the hem of her skirt, “Miss, by all means, win . Win! Be sure!”
Annie seemed overexcited even if it wasn’t hers . “Cheer up!”
It was a game of winning and losing according to luck . What could Aria do with cheering herself up? Even Aria knew that; she said that she got it with a smile because Annie was cute when she was talking about nonsense . It all originated from the relaxed mind of Aria who knew she would win .
Aria turned over the hourglass when she saw an employee mixing Clover 4 into other cards . Then she said, betting all the chips on it, as she had done yesterday,
“I’ll put all the chips on the Clover 4 . ”
And Aria, who, like yesterday, got 10,000 gold in less than five minutes, played just one game and left the casino without regret .
It was instantaneous that rumors about a mysterious woman, who had earned 10,000 gold from 100 gold with a game of two rounds, in just two days spread all over the casino .
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“… Oh, my God, 10,000 gold! Miss, have you decided what you’re going to do with it?”
Ten thousand gold would be a huge sum for most people but not for Aria . Leaving Annie in the midst of a fuss behind, Aria hurried to get ready to go out with Jessie’s help .
‘It’s far from enough to hoard . ’
Of all occasions, this was especially true because they were luxury items such as pepper and sugar that the route were blocked . The basic unit cost was expensive, and it took quite a lot of money to buy more than half of what was released on the market .
‘Even if I buy sugar, I need at least 50,000 gold . 50,000 gold will be far short . ’
A thousand gold was the best for the game in the hall . The above was done in a private room . It was not desirable to play games in a private room since she had been winning consecutive games, and the maximum she could get by using the hourglass was only a thousand gold per day .
‘It’s going to take longer than I thought . I’m tired, too . ’
After using the hourglass, she slept all day long to relieve her fatigue . Recently, she had been forced to wake up, covering her face with a towel soaked in cold water . So she felt weak and tired, and she fell asleep at any time . It happened only in two days; it was too much to last five days .
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