Chronicles of the Lazy Sovereign Novel - Chapter 79

Chapter 79

The crowd’s attention focused on the place that Dok-bi pointed to.

“Given?”

The spectators began to murmur.

Don’t you think it’s too common?

“But it’s also the most reliable.”

The dice are the kind of game where the skill difference between teachers and novices becomes more obvious, right?

What betting game could someone against Dok-bi? In fact, dice are better. Besides, it ignores the rules of other betting games. dice are much fairer than bets with complicated rules.

After a while, public opinion began to praise the Dok-bi dice election.

“How honorable!”

“That’s Dok-bi for you.”

Observing this reaction, Wei Yan-ho was… half asleep.

“Hey, wake up!”

How can you be sleepy in this situation?!

The crowd shouted at Wei Yan-ho with surprise.

“Mmm…”

Wei Yan-ho forced the opening of his heavy eyelids.

“…Can’t we do this tomorrow?”

What do you say after you’ve come so far?

Gang Cheon-rip declared it absolutely impossible.

“Wow.”

Wei Yan-ho felt like dying.

“This is exhausting.”

What did you do to be exhausted?

“Even so, exhaustion is exhausting.”

“Even so, the impossible is impossible.”

“Tsk.”

Wei Yan-ho sank deep into his chair and nodded.

“If so, I guess I’ll have to finish quickly and leave.”

Wei Yan-ho began to ignite his fighting spirit.

“When do we start?”

Dok-bi clenched and loosened his fist as if he were unbelieving.

This guy seemed to see him as someone he could deal with whenever he wanted.

We can start right now if you want. But do you know the rules?

“No.”

Wei Yan-ho shook his head.

There are countless variants of dice. What method do you prefer?

“I don’t know.”

So what are you trying to do?

Dok-bi was so baffled that he couldn’t keep talking.

I didn’t know anything, but I still wanted to do something.

“Wow.”

Somehow, Dok-bi felt pathetic about having to gamble with a guy like that.

“Keep it simple.”

“Yes?”

“Throw these six dice and whoever gets the highest total wins.”

It’s a very simple method. Isn’t there anything more complicated?

“Could you handle something complicated?”

“I was just asking, out of curiosity.

Dok-bi breathed deeply to calm his fast heart.

His heart had accelerated many times because of the tension because of the matches, but this was the first time that his heart was pounding with anger while standing in front of a game table.

The method is that whoever takes out the largest amount of dice wins! Any objections?

“No.”

We’ll continue the game until a team wins every last nyang. Any objections?

“Yes.”

“What?”

What if a team can’t win it all? Do we have to keep taking risks? I want to finish quickly and go home.

That won’t happen. The bet doubles at the end of each round. So the game will definitely end.

“You should have told me before. What’s with the explanation?

I was gonna say it, you bastard!

Why do you suddenly swear? You hurt the listener’s feelings.

The veins began to swell on Dok-bi’s forehead.

– Dok-bi, calm down.

“Head.”

Dok-bi shook his head vigorously.

Gang Cheon-rip’s strong moderation made him regain half his senses, but he almost completely lost his reason for a moment.

– Ugh, I won’t be mad.

“No, well, you don’t need to apologize particularly.

“Thank you for understanding.”

“Do I not understand?”

“Hmm?”

“I just want to go home.”

“Who, who told you you could leave whenever you wanted?”

“Does this gambling house force people to play while insulting customers?”

“Huh?”

Even so, I am a customer, but I cannot bet while being cursed. My father said that, while customers cannot become kings, they should not become slaves either. But I don’t think even slaves are cursed out of the blue.

“…”

Dok-bi and Gang Cheon-rip ran out of words.

Why did that stutterer suddenly speak so well?

If my father found out I played while they cursed me, he’d try to rip my ears off. I could even try to smash my bed. I’d say I can’t even hear right and that I’m just pathetically pulled.

Wei Yan-ho trembled.

Just thinking about it was awful.

“…Ah, your father?”

Gang Cheon-rip’s face turned slightly pale.

From any point of view, Wei Yan-ho did not look like the son of a high official. But if someone sent such a clumsy son on a journey in silk clothes and even servants, they were definitely not ordinary people.

What would happen if someone got the news that their son was insulted for no reason at a gambling house and even robbed of money before he was thrown out?

‘The House of Golden Flower would be destroyed.’

Of course, the Golden Flower House had the foundation to resist even if high officials tried to destroy it openly.

The connections they had built were not just one or two, and their teacher was someone who could eliminate most of the senior officials overnight.

Still…

‘The fact that the House of Golden Flowers is safe doesn’t mean my neck is safe too.’

Gang Cheon-rip could be destroyed just by attracting unnecessary attention.

Understanding the situation, Gang Cheon-rip touched Dok-bi’s ribs.

‘Why are you doing that?’

‘Excuse yourself.’

‘Me?’

‘Hurry up!’

Under pressure from Gang Cheon-rip, Dok-bi trembled and turned to Wei Yan-ho.

“Hurry up!”

When Gang Cheon-rip opened his mouth to urge him, Dok-bi spoke with a trembling voice.

“Young man, young master!”

“Yes?”

“I… made a mistake… Please forgive the mistake of this presumptuous mouth…”

“Mmm…”

Wei Yan-ho seemed to reflect on Dok-bi’s response before nodding slightly.

“My mother said that we all make mistakes and that having the magnanimity to understand mistakes is also the duty of a gentleman.”

Jin So-ah raised his hand.

“Huh?”

“ Wasn’t that your father?”

“It was Mom.”

“Parents usually say these things, don’t they?”

“Mothers usually say those things and fathers complain, don’t they?”

When Wei Yan-ho asked with a face that showed that he had no idea why Jin So-ah was asking, Jin So-ah ran out of words.

“…Fine.”

“But why do you ask? Both my father and my master are men who have the problem of being too insistent. They should be more magnanimous than women.

“Normally it’s not like that.”

“You’re the same.”

What the hell do you mean by that?

“Your sister.”

“Ah…”

Just as far as personality is concerned, his sister was several times more gentlemanly than he was.

“On second thought, it could be true…”

Jin So-ah fell into confusion.

“However, thank you for accepting my apology.”

No way. But when do we start? If we had started with all this discussion, I would probably be home already sleeping. People are so vague that they still live in gambling houses, right?

Scream.

Dok-bi started grinding his teeth again.

– Dok-bi, calm down.

“Do I look excited?”

“Strategy of incitement, strategy of incitement!”

“…”

You know well that you should never get excited at the table. Don’t despise your opponent like a little boy. Isn’t it you who said that there are no elders, children or women on the table?

“…The words of the master of the hall are correct.”

Dok-bi rebuked himself for getting excited.

Emotion on a table was absolutely forbidden. Failure to comply with such an obvious rule was your mistake.

‘I let my guard down because my opponent was a child.’

Although he had decided not to, Wei Yan-ho seemed so young and inexperienced in gambling that, unknowingly, he had forgotten that it was a gambling table where money and lives flew.

If I had stopped in time, I could have faced it with enthusiasm. The incitement strategy was good, but I did not manage to maintain moderation.

I didn’t do anything, but you got red by yourself.

“Wow.”

Dok-bi turned around and crouched.

‘Let me calm down.’

How do I put it?

Not that his words were annoying.

That face that clearly showed ‘I am angry to death but I am forcing myself to take time to deal with you’ continued to undermine Dok-bi’s reason.

“Uf.”

Dok-bi, who had breathed deeply, suddenly got up and turned around.

The games are over, young master.

“Understood, let’s hurry. Why all the preamble?

Dok-bi did not respond. As it was evident that the more he spoke, the more he became entangled, there was no need to talk and benefit Wei Yan-ho.

“Let’s get started.”

“Just a confirmation before that.”

“…what now?”

“Are the bets set?”

Do you have any more money to bet on?

“No. But your team could earn more if I win everything.

“Je, heh, should we put as a condition that no additional bets are added?”

No, it’s good to bet more, but instead…

“Instead?”

“If the other side wins all the current money, you can choose whether to play the next round or not.”

“Okay.”

Since the election would fall on Dok-bi anyway, Dok-bi had no reason to refuse.

“Then let us begin.”

“Yes.”

Jin So-ah massaged Wei Yan-ho’s shoulders.

“You can do it right, can’t you?”

“Have you ever seen me fail in anything?”

“…”

He had tried to find something to criticize, but on second thought, there was not a single thing in which Wei Yan-ho would have failed once he put to work.

Wasn’t Wei Yan-ho someone who could easily treat patients he’d never seen before?

“I think you’ll do well.”

“Good.”

Wei Yan-ho gave himself airs of greatness as he looked at the game table that was being prepared in front of him.

Now that they had noticed Wei Yan-ho’s laziness, they brought him the game table.

“Would you like to go first?”

– No, you go first.

“While going first is more advantageous.”

“…I’m too lazy, so I’ll go after him.”

Such words were usually part of a psychological war, but Wei Yan-ho clearly seemed genuinely lazy.

“Then I’ll go first.”

Dok-bi lifted his hand and grabbed the cupilete. Then, with one move, he threw the six dice off the ground and began to shake it hard in the air.

Clac, clac, clac, clac, clac!

The sound of the dice shaking was incredibly rhythmic.

“Oh!”

The observers were amazed.

“Really brilliant!”

“It’s dizzying to see.”

‘Heh, heh, heh, heh.’

Dok-bi smiled slightly.

To be considered the best player, it wasn’t enough to bet well. Elite players only knew how to win games, but the best players had to create the game itself. Captivating the environment with brilliant techniques was also a virtue that players had to possess.

‘How about that?’

Dok-bi expected Wei Yan-ho to be surprised and turned his head.

Then he screamed like lightning.

“Don’t sleep!”