“…Squire!”
As the thought occurred to him, ‘Could there be Theresa Squire around?’, his hand steadily paid 3 coins.
God damn it. 10 coins was too little. I should have purchased at least 50 coins to enjoy the game properly!
He immediately ran to the ticket box and bought 50 coins.
At this level, I can easily challenge up to [12×12], right?
“…Wait.”
Faraday came to his senses in the queue.
“Did I already spend 540,000 guerlains?”
Perhaps because the game money wasn’t real money, he had no qualms about using it. His sense of money has become dull. Moreover, the game didn’t end after just one play. This means that people who are obsessed with rankings spend a lot of money.
Concert tickets are almost always one-time purchases. Since it’s not a concert by a professional performer, everyone is satisfied with watching it once. How is this place compared to that?
Gulp. Faraday muttered unconsciously with a blank expression. “Crazy.”
The person who planned this event was clearly a genius.
* * *
“Game masters, it’s time to shift.”
I led the influx of new outsiders, then switched with another lady and went into the lounge. Only then was I able to take off the hood and butterfly mask that was hiding my appearance.
“Phew.”
I thought it wouldn’t be bad, but it’s popular?
At that moment, the ladies, who were taking a break just like me, came rushing over with a very flushed face. Everyone looked very excited.
“Lady Theresa! What should we do? I think we’ll really come in first place!”
“You should call her game master, not Lady Theresa! We’re all game masters until tomorrow, right?”
Chatter! Chatter! The ladies really liked the cool-looking title of Game Master.
“Do you think this is a success?”
When I asked, the ladies answered.
“It’s not just a success. It’s a huge success!”
The ladies chattered with excitement. “At first, I thought it was strange that we had to make our own ticket boxes and game money, but now I feel it was a really good decision to do so.”
“I agree! Did you hear that our social club used the lowest budget? I can’t believe the simplest way to reduce costs was to do the work ourselves. It’s an amazing realization.”
“How did Lady Theresa come up with this idea?”
It’s an idea that anyone can think of unless they are a child of nobles.
Through this event, Clybe members realized the sacredness of labor.
“But it wasn’t hard to make the cards because there were so many people!”
“It was fun to work late and eat together.”
Clybe is a social club that boasts the largest number of members in Valhalla. There was a lot of work to do, such as magically copying the butterfly picture drawn on the game money or crafting the items needed for the game. Still, since there were many people working on it, it wasn’t particularly difficult. Moreover, everyone was very active and sincere.
“This is why tactics are scary.”
Even many of the cards used in the card-flipping game had Clyde’s image on them. I suggested just an ordinary figure card, but in the end, the ladies who held the Clyde exhibition in the lobby the other day didn’t back down even an inch.
“The Clyde card game is the identity of Clybe.”
Clybe’s distorted artists made their dreams come true, and the finished cards were very colorful and beautiful.
They must have felt limited in the middle, so they mixed things up like ordinary figure cards or object picture cards.
Ding!
[The Constellation ‘Gamber’ has sponsored 100,000 coins.]
[Let’s go play the card-flipping game.]
I headed to the card flipping game booth at the Constellations’ request. At that time, Giuseppe was playing [12×12].
“Oh, he’s good.”
Giuseppe’s results came out quickly.
[3rd place Giuseppe Squire]
“What?! Why am I in third place?”
He didn’t accept the result and went on a rampage. I called out Giuseppe’s name before he put out his coins.
“Giuseppe.”
Giuseppe opened his eyes sharply and glanced at me. He asked more bluntly, perhaps because it hurt his pride to be discovered that he was engrossed in the game.
“What? Is it your break time already?”
“Yes. What about our parents?”
Giuseppe pointed back with a half-hearted gesture. “There.”
When I checked the direction he pointed, I saw Raul and Roseanne playing a ring-throwing game together. They’re having fun dating.
I asked Giuseppe, who was already paying his coins, another question. “Did you see Libby?”
“Uh. I heard it was a tree?”
“Tree? What are you talking about?”
“Her role of a one-act play is a tree. It’s ridiculous. To get that kind of role in the play when you’re a princess.”
“Aha…”
In my head, an image appeared of Libby holding a branch and smiling with leaves gluing on her body. Somehow, I think it’s very Libby.
“I’m going to see Libby. What about you?”
“You go alone. There is a more important thing than such a lame one-act play.”
Giuseppe wasn’t going home until he reached first place in the rankings. Then he asked me with an expression that suddenly occurred to him. “But you don’t play games?”
“I’m just going to play one round.”
Because there was also a request from the Constellations.
I went to [4×4] and paid coins. The large hourglass that could measure time turns over. Tak, tak, tak, tak, tak! All 16 cards were turned over in an instant.
“Kyaa! Lady Theresa is first place!”
The game master in charge of [4×4] shouted, loving the fact that I became the first place. Then Giuseppe came running with his eyes wide open.
“What?!”
“Is that true?!?”
A man with a sharp beard also approached me with his eyes wide open.
As expected, Giuseppe didn’t accept the result.
“You knew where all the cards were, right?!”
“They shuffle the cards anew every time, so how could I know that? I memorized it in an instant and turned it over under the same conditions.”
“Then try [12×12] right now!”
That’s troublesome. The only card I can turn over at this speed is [4×4].
I spoke with a more sly expression to confuse Giuseppe. “No. I’m going to see Libby now.”
As expected, Giuseppe jumped up and down with a very angry look. “Are you saying that looking at a tree is more important than records? She doesn’t do anything other than shake the leaves in the corner of the stage occasionally!”
“…”
Hey, isn’t he out of character? Where on earth did the siscon younger sibling who cared for Libby go?
Ding!
[The Constellation ‘Mad Mania’ has sponsored 100,000 coins.
[Speechless ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ.]
Ding!
[The Constellation ‘Absolutely Protect Squire’ has sponsored 100,000 coins.]
[((((Libby, don’t listen.))))]
“Cough.” At that time, the man with beard marks cleared his throat and revealed his presence.
When I looked at him curiously, the man opened his mouth awkwardly. “My name is Willis Faraday. I’m a wizard who belongs to the Wizard Association.”
“Aha. Then?”
“Cough. That, how did you do it?”
“?”
“Flipping the cards… I’m embarrassed to say that even though I used 30 coins, my highest ranking was only second place. Now I’m in third place.”
I gave a tip. “You just have to turn over the cards as quickly as possible according to the image in your head.”
“Ah…”
Ding!
[The Constellation ‘Selfish Gene’ has sponsored 100,000 coins.]
[Just focus on studying Korean, English, Math. [1] ]
Faraday turned around, pretending nothing happened.
“By the way, congratulations on your return from the dungeon. I came to say hello, but I was rude.”
I immediately realized the purpose of Faraday’s approach. It’s obvious that the Wizard Association sent him.
“I see. Thank you.”
“Actually, after reading your dungeon report, I had a few questions, so I came to see Princess even at the risk of being rude. Can you spare me a moment?”
His manner was very polite. But regardless of that, I didn’t want to get involved with the Wizard Association.
While I was thinking for a moment, Raul suddenly approached. “What right does a member of the Wizard Association have to talk to my daughter?”
Faraday smiled with a bewildered look. “Greetings to Duke Squire.”
“There’s no need to say a greeting. Was it not enough for me to personally punish ten association members last time? That’s why you dared approach my daughter.”
“N-no. It’s not like that.”
Raul opened his eyes wide. “Don’t think we can face each other with smiles just because of a decent apology letter from President Milo. Even if I die, I will never forget you trying to use Theresa as a test subject.”
Ding!
[The Constellation ‘Life Is Battlefield’ has sponsored 100,000 coins.]
[Manly Dad ㄷㄷ.]
“What do you mean, Honey?” Roseanne asked with a stiff face as if it was news she had just heard.
“Test subject? Did I hear that correctly?”
“What? Test subject?”
Giuseppe, who had gone to play a game, seemed to have overheard our conversation and came towards us with a fierce spirit.
“Hey, who’s experimenting on you? What kind of b*stard is it?”
His rude tone and behavior were literally a mini Raul.
Ding!
[The Constellation ‘Correct Words, Beautiful Words.’ has sponsored 100,000 coins.]
[Our chatty… is growing up to be like his dad.]
Keugh. Things are getting bigger…
1. 국영수 is translated as Korean, English, and Math. They are the most important subjects to study from 7th grade in Korea.
“…Squire!”
As the thought occurred to him, ‘Could there be Theresa Squire around?’, his hand steadily paid 3 coins.
God damn it. 10 coins was too little. I should have purchased at least 50 coins to enjoy the game properly!
He immediately ran to the ticket box and bought 50 coins.
At this level, I can easily challenge up to [12×12], right?
“…Wait.”
Faraday came to his senses in the queue.
“Did I already spend 540,000 guerlains?”
Perhaps because the game money wasn’t real money, he had no qualms about using it. His sense of money has become dull. Moreover, the game didn’t end after just one play. This means that people who are obsessed with rankings spend a lot of money.
Concert tickets are almost always one-time purchases. Since it’s not a concert by a professional performer, everyone is satisfied with watching it once. How is this place compared to that?
Gulp. Faraday muttered unconsciously with a blank expression. “Crazy.”
The person who planned this event was clearly a genius.
* * *
“Game masters, it’s time to shift.”
I led the influx of new outsiders, then switched with another lady and went into the lounge. Only then was I able to take off the hood and butterfly mask that was hiding my appearance.
“Phew.”
I thought it wouldn’t be bad, but it’s popular?
At that moment, the ladies, who were taking a break just like me, came rushing over with a very flushed face. Everyone looked very excited.
“Lady Theresa! What should we do? I think we’ll really come in first place!”
“You should call her game master, not Lady Theresa! We’re all game masters until tomorrow, right?”
Chatter! Chatter! The ladies really liked the cool-looking title of Game Master.
“Do you think this is a success?”
When I asked, the ladies answered.
“It’s not just a success. It’s a huge success!”
The ladies chattered with excitement. “At first, I thought it was strange that we had to make our own ticket boxes and game money, but now I feel it was a really good decision to do so.”
“I agree! Did you hear that our social club used the lowest budget? I can’t believe the simplest way to reduce costs was to do the work ourselves. It’s an amazing realization.”
“How did Lady Theresa come up with this idea?”
It’s an idea that anyone can think of unless they are a child of nobles.
Through this event, Clybe members realized the sacredness of labor.
“But it wasn’t hard to make the cards because there were so many people!”
“It was fun to work late and eat together.”
Clybe is a social club that boasts the largest number of members in Valhalla. There was a lot of work to do, such as magically copying the butterfly picture drawn on the game money or crafting the items needed for the game. Still, since there were many people working on it, it wasn’t particularly difficult. Moreover, everyone was very active and sincere.
“This is why tactics are scary.”
Even many of the cards used in the card-flipping game had Clyde’s image on them. I suggested just an ordinary figure card, but in the end, the ladies who held the Clyde exhibition in the lobby the other day didn’t back down even an inch.
“The Clyde card game is the identity of Clybe.”
Clybe’s distorted artists made their dreams come true, and the finished cards were very colorful and beautiful.
They must have felt limited in the middle, so they mixed things up like ordinary figure cards or object picture cards.
Ding!
[The Constellation ‘Gamber’ has sponsored 100,000 coins.]
[Let’s go play the card-flipping game.]
I headed to the card flipping game booth at the Constellations’ request. At that time, Giuseppe was playing [12×12].
“Oh, he’s good.”
Giuseppe’s results came out quickly.
[3rd place Giuseppe Squire]
“What?! Why am I in third place?”
He didn’t accept the result and went on a rampage. I called out Giuseppe’s name before he put out his coins.
“Giuseppe.”
Giuseppe opened his eyes sharply and glanced at me. He asked more bluntly, perhaps because it hurt his pride to be discovered that he was engrossed in the game.
“What? Is it your break time already?”
“Yes. What about our parents?”
Giuseppe pointed back with a half-hearted gesture. “There.”
When I checked the direction he pointed, I saw Raul and Roseanne playing a ring-throwing game together. They’re having fun dating.
I asked Giuseppe, who was already paying his coins, another question. “Did you see Libby?”
“Uh. I heard it was a tree?”
“Tree? What are you talking about?”
“Her role of a one-act play is a tree. It’s ridiculous. To get that kind of role in the play when you’re a princess.”
“Aha…”
In my head, an image appeared of Libby holding a branch and smiling with leaves gluing on her body. Somehow, I think it’s very Libby.
“I’m going to see Libby. What about you?”
“You go alone. There is a more important thing than such a lame one-act play.”
Giuseppe wasn’t going home until he reached first place in the rankings. Then he asked me with an expression that suddenly occurred to him. “But you don’t play games?”
“I’m just going to play one round.”
Because there was also a request from the Constellations.
I went to [4×4] and paid coins. The large hourglass that could measure time turns over. Tak, tak, tak, tak, tak! All 16 cards were turned over in an instant.
“Kyaa! Lady Theresa is first place!”
The game master in charge of [4×4] shouted, loving the fact that I became the first place. Then Giuseppe came running with his eyes wide open.
“What?!”
“Is that true?!?”
A man with a sharp beard also approached me with his eyes wide open.
As expected, Giuseppe didn’t accept the result.
“You knew where all the cards were, right?!”
“They shuffle the cards anew every time, so how could I know that? I memorized it in an instant and turned it over under the same conditions.”
“Then try [12×12] right now!”
That’s troublesome. The only card I can turn over at this speed is [4×4].
I spoke with a more sly expression to confuse Giuseppe. “No. I’m going to see Libby now.”
As expected, Giuseppe jumped up and down with a very angry look. “Are you saying that looking at a tree is more important than records? She doesn’t do anything other than shake the leaves in the corner of the stage occasionally!”
“…”
Hey, isn’t he out of character? Where on earth did the siscon younger sibling who cared for Libby go?
Ding!
[The Constellation ‘Mad Mania’ has sponsored 100,000 coins.
[Speechless ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ.]
Ding!
[The Constellation ‘Absolutely Protect Squire’ has sponsored 100,000 coins.]
[((((Libby, don’t listen.))))]
“Cough.” At that time, the man with beard marks cleared his throat and revealed his presence.
When I looked at him curiously, the man opened his mouth awkwardly. “My name is Willis Faraday. I’m a wizard who belongs to the Wizard Association.”
“Aha. Then?”
“Cough. That, how did you do it?”
“?”
“Flipping the cards… I’m embarrassed to say that even though I used 30 coins, my highest ranking was only second place. Now I’m in third place.”
I gave a tip. “You just have to turn over the cards as quickly as possible according to the image in your head.”
“Ah…”
Ding!
[The Constellation ‘Selfish Gene’ has sponsored 100,000 coins.]
[Just focus on studying Korean, English, Math. [1] ]
Faraday turned around, pretending nothing happened.
“By the way, congratulations on your return from the dungeon. I came to say hello, but I was rude.”
I immediately realized the purpose of Faraday’s approach. It’s obvious that the Wizard Association sent him.
“I see. Thank you.”
“Actually, after reading your dungeon report, I had a few questions, so I came to see Princess even at the risk of being rude. Can you spare me a moment?”
His manner was very polite. But regardless of that, I didn’t want to get involved with the Wizard Association.
While I was thinking for a moment, Raul suddenly approached. “What right does a member of the Wizard Association have to talk to my daughter?”
Faraday smiled with a bewildered look. “Greetings to Duke Squire.”
“There’s no need to say a greeting. Was it not enough for me to personally punish ten association members last time? That’s why you dared approach my daughter.”
“N-no. It’s not like that.”
Raul opened his eyes wide. “Don’t think we can face each other with smiles just because of a decent apology letter from President Milo. Even if I die, I will never forget you trying to use Theresa as a test subject.”
Ding!
[The Constellation ‘Life Is Battlefield’ has sponsored 100,000 coins.]
[Manly Dad ㄷㄷ.]
“What do you mean, Honey?” Roseanne asked with a stiff face as if it was news she had just heard.
“Test subject? Did I hear that correctly?”
“What? Test subject?”
Giuseppe, who had gone to play a game, seemed to have overheard our conversation and came towards us with a fierce spirit.
“Hey, who’s experimenting on you? What kind of b*stard is it?”
His rude tone and behavior were literally a mini Raul.
Ding!
[The Constellation ‘Correct Words, Beautiful Words.’ has sponsored 100,000 coins.]
[Our chatty… is growing up to be like his dad.]
Keugh. Things are getting bigger…
1. 국영수 is translated as Korean, English, and Math. They are the most important subjects to study from 7th grade in Korea.