Chapter 88 : Gambling House
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Before my eyes there were piles, upon piles, upon piles of coins.
“This must be what people call beginner’s luck…”
“Begin-?”
Sig-san tilted his head to the side in confusion as he asked.
“Umm… When a first timer managed to do something successfully out of luck… I guess?”
Ah… It had been a while since something I said was lost in translation. It’d be troublesome if it happened when I forgot about the meaning of the words I was talking about…
But still.. I started with only 10.000 elk in hand but before I knew it, I already had 2.000.000 elk … And I had been playing roulette only… Ah. I see… So this was how you got addicted to gambling and ended up in debt…
“Well… With this we could enjoy our stay in the inn without any worries. I will use this money to pay for the inn. I’m fully satisfied now. What about everyone else? Are you guys already finished?”
Since a while ago, the staff of the gambling house had been staring at me intensely. I should stop now.
“Ren-chan is really amazing~ I managed to get break-even so I’m stopping now too~”
“As for me, I’ve won a little but I will also stop now since I’ve already received my share of fun.”
“Guess I’m the only one who lost here…. If I keep going I think I will lose even more so I will stop too.”
Since the three of them were already done too, I asked the staff who had been keeping an eye on me to redeem the coins I got and deposit them to my guild card. I didn’t need to spend a lot of money on equipment so almost all of the money I received would end up collecting dust in my savings…
Well you wouldn’t know what would happen in the future in this line of job so it was best to save money as much as you could. Oh. Maybe I should use this money to buy something for Malik-san.
“Hey you! The one with black hair! …. My, you’re really amazing. Won’t you share some of your luck with me?”
As I was walking toward the exit of the gambling house, an old man in his fifties that ticked all of the three holy trinity checklists (fat, short and bald) approached me.. Well, although I said ‘short’, he was still taller than me. He was around 180cm and this man was pretty short if I went by Alsar’s standard. Though, what did he mean by sharing my luck?
“If you can come in here that means you’re already an adult, right? Come on, won’t you give me a little smooch right here?”
“Huh?”
Only adults aged over 18 were allowed to enter the gambling house and since I physically looked like a minor, I had to show my guild card at the entrance before they let me in.
The old man was grinning from ear to ear while pointing at his cheek. I see… So he wanted me to kiss his cheek… Umm… Was there a rule here in which someone who won big in gambling house had to share their luck by kissing other people’s cheek? But… Even if that kind of rule did exist, I still didn’t want to kiss this old man’s cheek.
Somehow his oily cheeks were gleaming against the light… And in the first place, I was not a homosexual. I liked Chris-san, Sig-san and Fer-san not because of their gender…
“Umm… Do I have to do it? I don’t feel like doing it to be honest….”
“No, you don’t have to.”
Ah, what a relief.
Fer-san answered my question without missing a single beat. He was sending a cold gaze toward the old man. Thankfully, I didn’t need to do it though.
“Old man, stop shitting around. Someone like you is not qualified to touch Ren.”
“Ren-chan is so adorable so I understand what you’re feeling but can’t you look at your surrounding before you speak?~”
“Perhaps, you really think you can compete against us?”
Being on the receiving end of those three’s blazing glare, the old man ran away with his tail between his legs. I guess he really hadn’t noticed the three of them standing around me when he called out to me. Though I had to applaud him for not noticing these three very conspicuous men.
Before we left the inn, the three of them had changed their adventuring outfit into their streetwear. I think there was nothing cooler than the three of them in here.
“Now then, shall we go?”
“Will the food be ready by the time we reach the inn?”
“Maybe?~ I didn’t know when we’re planning on returning so the coach provided by the inn had already left us~ Let’s take a stagecoach back to the inn again?~”
I was holding Fer-san’s hand and talking with them as we left the gambling house to walk toward the stagecoach station.
“How about if we take it easy tomorrow? Ren, you must be still on your toes despite already using [Heal] to cure your fatigue, right? Let’s sleep until the afternoon tomorrow then.”
“You’re right. Shall we do that?”
It was my first time doing an escort quest so the tension hadn’t left my body yet. There was also that thing with Francesca-san. When we returned to the inn, I wanted to eat dinner and went into the hot spring and then…. I would just let things flow from there on…
“Ah! Perfect timing! A stagecoach is coming! Ren-chan, let’s hurry up!~”
“Whoa- Yes!”
Chris-san grabbed my other hand and pulled me for a run to the station. I ran to the station with both of my hands occupied by Fer-san and Chris-san respectively when a stagecoach was coming to a stop just in time.
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“Well then, please enjoy your meal. If you’ve finished your meal, you can contact me through that communication device over there and I will come to clean the plates. Please do not worry about the clean up and thoroughly enjoy our inn’s meal.”
“Thank you very much.”
When we returned to the inn, one of the staff asked us if we wanted to eat our dinner soon in which I said yes to. Without wasting any time, the staff came to our room with our meal. After lining up all the meal, the staff left gracefully without making unnecessary noises.
Before my eyes, I could see the meals were still steaming hot. It had been less than half an hour since I got to my room. It was amazing how fast they were able to prepare all of these meals in such a short amount of time… I had already decided I’d enjoy the hot spring after dinner. Of course, I’d use [Clean] beforehand.
“Looks good. Okay now, let’s eat before our food gets cold?”
Sig-san said.
“Yes.”
「「「「Thank you for the food.」」」」
All of us clasped our hands together before we ate.
“This meat has a bite to it and tastes super good.”
“Here, I will share some of mine with you.”
They were using local monster meat and vegetables and grilled them on top of a special bedrock. Sig-san, who was sitting beside me, really enjoyed the meat and ate it with great enthusiasm. Looking at him enjoying himself like that, I slid my plate toward him.
“Ren-chan, don’t just give all of your portion to Sig!~ You need to eat properly too, you know?~”
Chris-san, who was sitting across from me, said that but… No matter what, there was no way I could finish all of it by myself.
“Haah… It’s delicious but I’m already so full with just half of it…”
“Ren-kun, it’s alright. You can just eat as much as you can. You don’t need to overeat. Not everyone has the same capacity after all.”
“Yes.”
The inn prepared the food according to the standard in Alsar so of course there’d be so much leftover from me. Rather than wasting food, it was better to share some of it for Sig-san to eat. Just like what Fer-san said, I’d just eat normally without overdoing myself.
“Fuuuuh… I’m so full~ I think I’m going to take a dip in the hot spring after resting for a little bit~ Ren-chan, you haven’t seen the private hot spring yet because you wanted to surprise yourself, right?~”
“Yes. I can’t wait!”
“It’s our first hot spring with Ren.”
“Huh…? Ah! … Ye-Yes. I see…”
Ahhhhh… Right….. Of course we’re going to go together.. I completely forgot about that!!
“Ren-kun? Your face is so red. Are you alright?’
“Yes. I’m… Just feeling a little bit embarrassed…”
Yes, I had seen their naked bodies before and yes they had seen mine as well but the situation right now was completely different so of course I’d get embarrassed!! When we were doing that kind of thing, I was already light-headed by the time I had my clothes removed and I was rolling along with the mood so I didn’t have any problem with being naked but this time, the situation was different since I’d need to get naked without any romantic ambience going on first. Even without Fer-san mentioning me, I was fully aware my face was flushed red.
“…. You’re just too damn cute!”
“Whoa! Sig-san?! Don’t just hug me out of the blue like this!”
Sig-san, who was lying beside me, suddenly trembled and hugged me. He was hugging me a little bit too tight. I hoped he’d loosen his hold a little..
“Ahh… You’re seriously super cute.”
“That’s right~ Ren-chan. How about if you go in first if you’re feeling embarrassed? The three of us will go in five minutes after you so you can wash yourself first in the meantime~”
“I-I will do just that…”
Chris-san suggested with a big grin on his face. With this, the option of entering the hot spring individually had disappeared from the table.
Okay, I’m a man too. Taking a dip in the hot spring together is not a problem for me!
From the corner of my eyes, I saw Fer-san reaching for the communication device to ask the staff to clean the plates. With a newfound determination in my heart, I grabbed a change of clothes and went to the bathroom even though I had originally thought I’d rest for a little bit before going.
Chapter 88 : Gambling House
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Before my eyes there were piles, upon piles, upon piles of coins.
“This must be what people call beginner’s luck…”
“Begin-?”
Sig-san tilted his head to the side in confusion as he asked.
“Umm… When a first timer managed to do something successfully out of luck… I guess?”
Ah… It had been a while since something I said was lost in translation. It’d be troublesome if it happened when I forgot about the meaning of the words I was talking about…
But still.. I started with only 10.000 elk in hand but before I knew it, I already had 2.000.000 elk … And I had been playing roulette only… Ah. I see… So this was how you got addicted to gambling and ended up in debt…
“Well… With this we could enjoy our stay in the inn without any worries. I will use this money to pay for the inn. I’m fully satisfied now. What about everyone else? Are you guys already finished?”
Since a while ago, the staff of the gambling house had been staring at me intensely. I should stop now.
“Ren-chan is really amazing~ I managed to get break-even so I’m stopping now too~”
“As for me, I’ve won a little but I will also stop now since I’ve already received my share of fun.”
“Guess I’m the only one who lost here…. If I keep going I think I will lose even more so I will stop too.”
Since the three of them were already done too, I asked the staff who had been keeping an eye on me to redeem the coins I got and deposit them to my guild card. I didn’t need to spend a lot of money on equipment so almost all of the money I received would end up collecting dust in my savings…
Well you wouldn’t know what would happen in the future in this line of job so it was best to save money as much as you could. Oh. Maybe I should use this money to buy something for Malik-san.
“Hey you! The one with black hair! …. My, you’re really amazing. Won’t you share some of your luck with me?”
As I was walking toward the exit of the gambling house, an old man in his fifties that ticked all of the three holy trinity checklists (fat, short and bald) approached me.. Well, although I said ‘short’, he was still taller than me. He was around 180cm and this man was pretty short if I went by Alsar’s standard. Though, what did he mean by sharing my luck?
“If you can come in here that means you’re already an adult, right? Come on, won’t you give me a little smooch right here?”
“Huh?”
Only adults aged over 18 were allowed to enter the gambling house and since I physically looked like a minor, I had to show my guild card at the entrance before they let me in.
The old man was grinning from ear to ear while pointing at his cheek. I see… So he wanted me to kiss his cheek… Umm… Was there a rule here in which someone who won big in gambling house had to share their luck by kissing other people’s cheek? But… Even if that kind of rule did exist, I still didn’t want to kiss this old man’s cheek.
Somehow his oily cheeks were gleaming against the light… And in the first place, I was not a homosexual. I liked Chris-san, Sig-san and Fer-san not because of their gender…
“Umm… Do I have to do it? I don’t feel like doing it to be honest….”
“No, you don’t have to.”
Ah, what a relief.
Fer-san answered my question without missing a single beat. He was sending a cold gaze toward the old man. Thankfully, I didn’t need to do it though.
“Old man, stop shitting around. Someone like you is not qualified to touch Ren.”
“Ren-chan is so adorable so I understand what you’re feeling but can’t you look at your surrounding before you speak?~”
“Perhaps, you really think you can compete against us?”
Being on the receiving end of those three’s blazing glare, the old man ran away with his tail between his legs. I guess he really hadn’t noticed the three of them standing around me when he called out to me. Though I had to applaud him for not noticing these three very conspicuous men.
Before we left the inn, the three of them had changed their adventuring outfit into their streetwear. I think there was nothing cooler than the three of them in here.
“Now then, shall we go?”
“Will the food be ready by the time we reach the inn?”
“Maybe?~ I didn’t know when we’re planning on returning so the coach provided by the inn had already left us~ Let’s take a stagecoach back to the inn again?~”
I was holding Fer-san’s hand and talking with them as we left the gambling house to walk toward the stagecoach station.
“How about if we take it easy tomorrow? Ren, you must be still on your toes despite already using [Heal] to cure your fatigue, right? Let’s sleep until the afternoon tomorrow then.”
“You’re right. Shall we do that?”
It was my first time doing an escort quest so the tension hadn’t left my body yet. There was also that thing with Francesca-san. When we returned to the inn, I wanted to eat dinner and went into the hot spring and then…. I would just let things flow from there on…
“Ah! Perfect timing! A stagecoach is coming! Ren-chan, let’s hurry up!~”
“Whoa- Yes!”
Chris-san grabbed my other hand and pulled me for a run to the station. I ran to the station with both of my hands occupied by Fer-san and Chris-san respectively when a stagecoach was coming to a stop just in time.
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“Well then, please enjoy your meal. If you’ve finished your meal, you can contact me through that communication device over there and I will come to clean the plates. Please do not worry about the clean up and thoroughly enjoy our inn’s meal.”
“Thank you very much.”
When we returned to the inn, one of the staff asked us if we wanted to eat our dinner soon in which I said yes to. Without wasting any time, the staff came to our room with our meal. After lining up all the meal, the staff left gracefully without making unnecessary noises.
Before my eyes, I could see the meals were still steaming hot. It had been less than half an hour since I got to my room. It was amazing how fast they were able to prepare all of these meals in such a short amount of time… I had already decided I’d enjoy the hot spring after dinner. Of course, I’d use [Clean] beforehand.
“Looks good. Okay now, let’s eat before our food gets cold?”
Sig-san said.
“Yes.”
「「「「Thank you for the food.」」」」
All of us clasped our hands together before we ate.
“This meat has a bite to it and tastes super good.”
“Here, I will share some of mine with you.”
They were using local monster meat and vegetables and grilled them on top of a special bedrock. Sig-san, who was sitting beside me, really enjoyed the meat and ate it with great enthusiasm. Looking at him enjoying himself like that, I slid my plate toward him.
“Ren-chan, don’t just give all of your portion to Sig!~ You need to eat properly too, you know?~”
Chris-san, who was sitting across from me, said that but… No matter what, there was no way I could finish all of it by myself.
“Haah… It’s delicious but I’m already so full with just half of it…”
“Ren-kun, it’s alright. You can just eat as much as you can. You don’t need to overeat. Not everyone has the same capacity after all.”
“Yes.”
The inn prepared the food according to the standard in Alsar so of course there’d be so much leftover from me. Rather than wasting food, it was better to share some of it for Sig-san to eat. Just like what Fer-san said, I’d just eat normally without overdoing myself.
“Fuuuuh… I’m so full~ I think I’m going to take a dip in the hot spring after resting for a little bit~ Ren-chan, you haven’t seen the private hot spring yet because you wanted to surprise yourself, right?~”
“Yes. I can’t wait!”
“It’s our first hot spring with Ren.”
“Huh…? Ah! … Ye-Yes. I see…”
Ahhhhh… Right….. Of course we’re going to go together.. I completely forgot about that!!
“Ren-kun? Your face is so red. Are you alright?’
“Yes. I’m… Just feeling a little bit embarrassed…”
Yes, I had seen their naked bodies before and yes they had seen mine as well but the situation right now was completely different so of course I’d get embarrassed!! When we were doing that kind of thing, I was already light-headed by the time I had my clothes removed and I was rolling along with the mood so I didn’t have any problem with being naked but this time, the situation was different since I’d need to get naked without any romantic ambience going on first. Even without Fer-san mentioning me, I was fully aware my face was flushed red.
“…. You’re just too damn cute!”
“Whoa! Sig-san?! Don’t just hug me out of the blue like this!”
Sig-san, who was lying beside me, suddenly trembled and hugged me. He was hugging me a little bit too tight. I hoped he’d loosen his hold a little..
“Ahh… You’re seriously super cute.”
“That’s right~ Ren-chan. How about if you go in first if you’re feeling embarrassed? The three of us will go in five minutes after you so you can wash yourself first in the meantime~”
“I-I will do just that…”
Chris-san suggested with a big grin on his face. With this, the option of entering the hot spring individually had disappeared from the table.
Okay, I’m a man too. Taking a dip in the hot spring together is not a problem for me!
From the corner of my eyes, I saw Fer-san reaching for the communication device to ask the staff to clean the plates. With a newfound determination in my heart, I grabbed a change of clothes and went to the bathroom even though I had originally thought I’d rest for a little bit before going.
