[Later]
Right now the four of them were in the main street, towards the palace, the group was a biiiiit strange…
Sora was holding a leash for a dog...
Shiro was wearing panties with a poker face… OVER HER HEAD.
Steph was the dog Sora was holding, and was holding her skirt, covering her privates since the panties were missing…
And Xiao Qiangwei was eating some dango away from the group while looking around, trying his best to not be considered as part of that group.
Suddenly, Sora, Shiro and Steph stopped, and Xiao Qiangwei stopped as well before sitting somewhere where he could hear and see them.
Steph: S-S-Sora! A, a-another match, another!!
Sora: I, I pass… Say, are you really alright?
Steph: I don't mind!! If temporary defeats like this are the price for bringing you down, it's far too cheap!!
Xiao Qiangwei smiled and muttered.
Xiao Qiangwei: Aaaaand she's broken down…
Sora: ...Is, is that so. Then with the same conditions, what's the game?
Steph pointed towards some pigeons on the roof of a house.
Steph: We'll guess how many seconds it takes for that bird over there to fly away, and the closest is the winner… And we'll only play once!!
Then everyone else turned towards them, and Sora answered.
Sora: Alright. Same wager as before. Asciente.
Steph was caught off guard from his readiness, and said.
Steph Yes, what? Eh, um, Asciente… Th-then… 30 seconds!
Sora just picked a rock and said before throwing it to the pigeons.
Sora: Then… 3 seconds for me.
Steph: ...Huh?!
The rock flew in the sky for a moment, before almost hitting the pigeons, who got scared and flew away, while Xiao Qiangwei laughed at the stupidity of the game, Shiro declared to Steph
Shiro: ...Right… It's Nii's… Victory.
Steph: W-W-Wait just a moment!!! Isn't that cheating!?
Sora: I don't believe any rule had been set which disallowed provoking the bird into flight, right?
Steph: Wha-
Sora: If you don't properly set the rules of the game, things like this will happen… There is no such thing as luck in this world.
Steph: ...Eh?
Then, interrupting a "Probably inspirational quote" of Sora, Shiro said.
Shiro: ...Nii, and Wei?
Sora immediately flinched when he thought about Xiao Qiangwei abominable luck, and gritted his teeth before glancing at Xiao Qiangwei, who was eating a dango and waved a hand to them.
Sora: He… He's a special case…
Steph: ...What do you mean? What is wrong with him?
Sora: *Sigh* Well, let's give you an example to explain better… Think about a game of chances, you need to press a button, and 10 pictures will come out.
Steph nodded, trying to imagine it, then Sora talked again.
Sora: There is this particular picture that you can get only in 1 over a 100000.
Steph: W-Wait… in 10 slots he will be able to get at least one of that particular picture?
Sora: No…
Steph: Huh?
Sora: ...He will be able to get it 10 times, every single time he tries.
Steph: Wha-
Sora: No matter what he does, if there is a game with a random factor on it, like a coin toss, poker, the game you proposed before, dices, and other things, he will be able to gain the best results possible with 100% of chances.
Steph: ...How?!
Sora: I don't have any idea, but we tried to cheat at poker once with him, and picked a royal flush, he did the same.
Everytime he would start poker, he will always start with a royal straight flush, there is no 1 in 6'150'000 chances for him, it will always be 100%...
If you ask me if there is something that really scares me, I would first say that I am scared to get separated from Shiro, and then at the second place there is his luck.
Steph was amazed from the information and unconsciously glanced at Xiao Qiangwei, then she started to shiver at the thought of his luck.
Suddenly, Xiao Qiangwei's eyes widened and looked up, and a shadow covered the entire area.
Then Sora, Shiro and Steph looked up, and their eyes widened.
Sora: Wha... What the hell is that…?
Xiao Qiangwei used his Immortal Senses to see whatever that thing was… And fell in the ground with a shocked face and almost spit blood.
He received a backlash due to trying to sense what was that thing, it was too strong to be safely sensed, since it was a backlash it didn't count as violence for the 1st Pledge.
The thing that covered the sky was something similar to a giant island with a gargantuan tree over it, like Laputa, then Xiao Qiangwei heard Steph talking.
Steph: Ah, this is your first time seeing it isn't it. That, is Avant Heim… One of the Phantasma species.
Xiao Qiangwei: ...Phantasma… That shit is a goddamn ocean of Qi!
It seems that no one listened to his remark, but he just sighed and stood up before gulping his own blood from the backlash, then he looked at his dangos which were dirty in the ground now, he sighed another time and threw them in a nearby trash can before turning to the rest of the group.
Sora: ...Getting those Flugel on our side would be great and all, but we don't have any way to contact them, huh.
Xiao Qiangwei: What Flugel?
Sora: Oh, so you are back now?
Xiao Qiangwei: I'm sorry if I don't want to be associated with a group carrying a girl like a damn dog, I have my own standards…
He answered with a sarcastic tone at the first sentence.
Steph: Oh, the Flugels live inside Avant Heim.
Xiao Qiangwei: 'So that's why it has so much magical power inside… probably their presence coupled with the Phantasma itself made that ocean of Qi, and since no one uses it, it just accumulated there… If I cultivated there I could surely reach the True Immortal Realm in 4 months…'
So… What were you guys talking about?
Steph: It seems that Sora and Shiro lacks informations about other races, and the Flugels are known to have the greatest knowledge in all the 16 races.
Xiao Qiangwei: Ohhhhh….
Sora: Yeah, but we don't have any method to contact them now…
Steph: If you have business with the Flugel, there's one nearby, you know?
Sora/Xiao Qiangwei/Shiro: What?
Steph: Rather, I guess… It's better to say there's one staying here?
Sora: No, wait, wait, wait. In all the libraries of the country, I never once read something about that!
Steph: Well, the Flugel had already lifted any such noticeable books from Elchea after all.
Xiao Qiangwei: ...Wait a bloody second… We don't have any really informative book… Does it mean…?
Steph: ...Five years ago, one of the Flugel came to the nation's largest library, the "Great National Library of Elchea", and ended up winning all the books in there...
Sora: I see… You idiots bet knowledge and practically put it on a silver platter, are your heads screwed on right!? Rather, who made the bet in the first place?!
Sora was pissed off from Imanity's stupidity while Xiao Qiangwei facepalmed, and then Steph answered with a flustered expression.
Steph: T-The one who gambled was my grandfather, he thought it's be a g-good idea…
Sora: What had been the bet!?
Steph: Uh, umumumum, i-if he won, that Flugel would become our ally… Or so I heard…
That idea was not bad… If it wasn't for…
Sora: So he went ahead and lost, depriving us of basically all our knowledge?!?!?!
Sora shrieked at Steph while tearing at his head
Xiao Qiangwei: You dumb retard! I swear that the moment I will find this king's soul, I will tear it apart!! *Inhales* *Exhales* ...Hey Steph… According to ourbooks, the Flugels traditionally only play one game.
Steph nodded, still a bit fearful about his threat to the previous king, and he sighed.
Xiao Qiangwei: Fuck this, I think I already know where it is… I'll go to challenge it myself…
Then Xiao Qiangwei walked away from the group, and Sora calmed down before saying to a stunned Steph.
Sora: What are we waiting for, let's go too…
Then he dragged Steph while Shiro followed them, still with Steph's panties on her head.
[Later]
Right now the four of them were in the main street, towards the palace, the group was a biiiiit strange…
Sora was holding a leash for a dog...
Shiro was wearing panties with a poker face… OVER HER HEAD.
Steph was the dog Sora was holding, and was holding her skirt, covering her privates since the panties were missing…
And Xiao Qiangwei was eating some dango away from the group while looking around, trying his best to not be considered as part of that group.
Suddenly, Sora, Shiro and Steph stopped, and Xiao Qiangwei stopped as well before sitting somewhere where he could hear and see them.
Steph: S-S-Sora! A, a-another match, another!!
Sora: I, I pass… Say, are you really alright?
Steph: I don't mind!! If temporary defeats like this are the price for bringing you down, it's far too cheap!!
Xiao Qiangwei smiled and muttered.
Xiao Qiangwei: Aaaaand she's broken down…
Sora: ...Is, is that so. Then with the same conditions, what's the game?
Steph pointed towards some pigeons on the roof of a house.
Steph: We'll guess how many seconds it takes for that bird over there to fly away, and the closest is the winner… And we'll only play once!!
Then everyone else turned towards them, and Sora answered.
Sora: Alright. Same wager as before. Asciente.
Steph was caught off guard from his readiness, and said.
Steph Yes, what? Eh, um, Asciente… Th-then… 30 seconds!
Sora just picked a rock and said before throwing it to the pigeons.
Sora: Then… 3 seconds for me.
Steph: ...Huh?!
The rock flew in the sky for a moment, before almost hitting the pigeons, who got scared and flew away, while Xiao Qiangwei laughed at the stupidity of the game, Shiro declared to Steph
Shiro: ...Right… It's Nii's… Victory.
Steph: W-W-Wait just a moment!!! Isn't that cheating!?
Sora: I don't believe any rule had been set which disallowed provoking the bird into flight, right?
Steph: Wha-
Sora: If you don't properly set the rules of the game, things like this will happen… There is no such thing as luck in this world.
Steph: ...Eh?
Then, interrupting a "Probably inspirational quote" of Sora, Shiro said.
Shiro: ...Nii, and Wei?
Sora immediately flinched when he thought about Xiao Qiangwei abominable luck, and gritted his teeth before glancing at Xiao Qiangwei, who was eating a dango and waved a hand to them.
Sora: He… He's a special case…
Steph: ...What do you mean? What is wrong with him?
Sora: *Sigh* Well, let's give you an example to explain better… Think about a game of chances, you need to press a button, and 10 pictures will come out.
Steph nodded, trying to imagine it, then Sora talked again.
Sora: There is this particular picture that you can get only in 1 over a 100000.
Steph: W-Wait… in 10 slots he will be able to get at least one of that particular picture?
Sora: No…
Steph: Huh?
Sora: ...He will be able to get it 10 times, every single time he tries.
Steph: Wha-
Sora: No matter what he does, if there is a game with a random factor on it, like a coin toss, poker, the game you proposed before, dices, and other things, he will be able to gain the best results possible with 100% of chances.
Steph: ...How?!
Sora: I don't have any idea, but we tried to cheat at poker once with him, and picked a royal flush, he did the same.
Everytime he would start poker, he will always start with a royal straight flush, there is no 1 in 6'150'000 chances for him, it will always be 100%...
If you ask me if there is something that really scares me, I would first say that I am scared to get separated from Shiro, and then at the second place there is his luck.
Steph was amazed from the information and unconsciously glanced at Xiao Qiangwei, then she started to shiver at the thought of his luck.
Suddenly, Xiao Qiangwei's eyes widened and looked up, and a shadow covered the entire area.
Then Sora, Shiro and Steph looked up, and their eyes widened.
Sora: Wha... What the hell is that…?
Xiao Qiangwei used his Immortal Senses to see whatever that thing was… And fell in the ground with a shocked face and almost spit blood.
He received a backlash due to trying to sense what was that thing, it was too strong to be safely sensed, since it was a backlash it didn't count as violence for the 1st Pledge.
The thing that covered the sky was something similar to a giant island with a gargantuan tree over it, like Laputa, then Xiao Qiangwei heard Steph talking.
Steph: Ah, this is your first time seeing it isn't it. That, is Avant Heim… One of the Phantasma species.
Xiao Qiangwei: ...Phantasma… That shit is a goddamn ocean of Qi!
It seems that no one listened to his remark, but he just sighed and stood up before gulping his own blood from the backlash, then he looked at his dangos which were dirty in the ground now, he sighed another time and threw them in a nearby trash can before turning to the rest of the group.
Sora: ...Getting those Flugel on our side would be great and all, but we don't have any way to contact them, huh.
Xiao Qiangwei: What Flugel?
Sora: Oh, so you are back now?
Xiao Qiangwei: I'm sorry if I don't want to be associated with a group carrying a girl like a damn dog, I have my own standards…
He answered with a sarcastic tone at the first sentence.
Steph: Oh, the Flugels live inside Avant Heim.
Xiao Qiangwei: 'So that's why it has so much magical power inside… probably their presence coupled with the Phantasma itself made that ocean of Qi, and since no one uses it, it just accumulated there… If I cultivated there I could surely reach the True Immortal Realm in 4 months…'
So… What were you guys talking about?
Steph: It seems that Sora and Shiro lacks informations about other races, and the Flugels are known to have the greatest knowledge in all the 16 races.
Xiao Qiangwei: Ohhhhh….
Sora: Yeah, but we don't have any method to contact them now…
Steph: If you have business with the Flugel, there's one nearby, you know?
Sora/Xiao Qiangwei/Shiro: What?
Steph: Rather, I guess… It's better to say there's one staying here?
Sora: No, wait, wait, wait. In all the libraries of the country, I never once read something about that!
Steph: Well, the Flugel had already lifted any such noticeable books from Elchea after all.
Xiao Qiangwei: ...Wait a bloody second… We don't have any really informative book… Does it mean…?
Steph: ...Five years ago, one of the Flugel came to the nation's largest library, the "Great National Library of Elchea", and ended up winning all the books in there...
Sora: I see… You idiots bet knowledge and practically put it on a silver platter, are your heads screwed on right!? Rather, who made the bet in the first place?!
Sora was pissed off from Imanity's stupidity while Xiao Qiangwei facepalmed, and then Steph answered with a flustered expression.
Steph: T-The one who gambled was my grandfather, he thought it's be a g-good idea…
Sora: What had been the bet!?
Steph: Uh, umumumum, i-if he won, that Flugel would become our ally… Or so I heard…
That idea was not bad… If it wasn't for…
Sora: So he went ahead and lost, depriving us of basically all our knowledge?!?!?!
Sora shrieked at Steph while tearing at his head
Xiao Qiangwei: You dumb retard! I swear that the moment I will find this king's soul, I will tear it apart!! *Inhales* *Exhales* ...Hey Steph… According to ourbooks, the Flugels traditionally only play one game.
Steph nodded, still a bit fearful about his threat to the previous king, and he sighed.
Xiao Qiangwei: Fuck this, I think I already know where it is… I'll go to challenge it myself…
Then Xiao Qiangwei walked away from the group, and Sora calmed down before saying to a stunned Steph.
Sora: What are we waiting for, let's go too…
Then he dragged Steph while Shiro followed them, still with Steph's panties on her head.
