Whispering Verse

At the end of the first game, Marquis Grassley had 9 gold stars, Earl Tarancon had 8 gold stars, Viscount Fordman had 8 gold stars, Mr. Spears had 9 gold stars, Shade had 11 gold stars, and the referee had 5 gold stars.

At the beginning of the second game, the Marquis controlled the smile on his lips, and Count Tarancon took a deep breath to adjust his mentality.

After everyone got the first hole card, perhaps because they already knew the general rules, they all chose to use two gold stars to bet this time.

But Shade hesitated:

"Now there are 8 coins on the table and 5 coins in Mr. Mark's hand, totaling 13 coins."

He counted 10 stars from his own and threw them out, leaving only one to prevent accidents.

The onlookers immediately started discussing enthusiastically. Marquis Grassley, who organized the card game, frowned and asked:

"Knight, have you drawn the king and queen?"

"Of course not, I will continue to ask for cards."

Shade shrugged:

"I don't have the count's luck."

Although this was a compliment, the Earl of Tarancon shook his lips as he was mentioned, obviously not liking being mentioned.

For the second card, Shade got a Nine of Stars and continued to ask for cards. Among the other four, Viscount Fordman and Mr. Spears chose to suspend trading. The former hesitated for a while and threw out a gold star as a raise.

"He was either 17 or 18. If it was higher, he would choose to add two."

Mr. Spears whispered, but the Viscount laughed and said nothing.

In the third round, Shade got the four flowers and chose to continue asking for cards. Count Tarancon glanced at the cards nervously, and then sighed:

"Luck ran out."

He threw out a Star 13, which was obviously a bust.

"I will continue to ask for cards."

Marquis Grassley said, looking at Shade's expression and wondering why he was so confident.

In the third round, Shade got Moon 4.

"Detective, why don't you stop playing?"

Marquis Grassley asked, Shade nodded:

"Yes, keep asking for cards."

The Marquis looked at his hand:

"Are you so confident? Well, I want cards too. If you have the courage, I also have it."

So both sides got the fourth card, and by chance, it was exactly the same card, Sun 13.

The Marquis was stunned for a moment:

"Damn it."

Reveal the trump card, totaling 25 points.

"Mr. Hamilton, please don't tell me that when you get 13 points, you haven't busted your cards yet."

"No, I busted."

Shade admitted.

"Then I win!"

Viscount Fordman, who had raised the stakes, said loudly, revealing the hole card, and the number was really 17.

"No no no."

Shade said hurriedly:

"But my trump card is the special rules card."

He opened his trump card, held it between his two fingers and showed it to his opponents:

"Flower 7, Origin·Balance. When using this card, if the points exceed 21 points, the points will be returned to zero, all cards in your hand will be discarded, and the cards will be drawn again. Marquis, I dare to continue drawing cards because of this card, you follow me Why is the fourth card coming?"

"What?"

Marquis Grassley no longer cares about being induced by Shade to draw cards:

"Isn't it the founder of Silver Moon?"

His eyes widened, and Earl Tarancon on Shade's left was even more exaggerated, almost pressing his face against Shade's hand.

The crowd around the table fell silent, and then the discussion broke out, almost making other people in the banquet hall think that a riot had occurred.

"Please deal me the cards again."

Shade said.

"Wait, knight, I want to confirm one thing. Is this the founding balance?"

Count Tarancon asked hurriedly.

"Yes."

"Creator Silver Moon is also in your hands?"

Viscount Fordman's eyes widened.

"Of course, the rumors are true."

Shade nodded.

"In other words, if you beat us, you will have three founding series cards in your hand?"

Marquis Grassley finally realized this fact.

Shade shrugged and looked at the cards that came into his hand one after another.

Moon 7, the northern city of Coldwater Port, does not trigger special rules; Star 13, a common card.

Under the crystal lamp above his head, the young foreigner had a smile on his face. The body that has been reshaped by the divine flesh and blood and the soul of a foreigner is so handsome and extraordinary. He didn't realize the charisma his body was gradually acquiring, nor how attractive he was at this moment.

Shade smiled, straightened his tie, then held a card in his left hand and right hand, stood it up and showed it to his opponents:

"Twenty o'clock, sorry, I win again."

At the end of the second game, Shade had 21 gold stars in his hand.

(Little Mia is running)

"So, what's your trick?"

At 9:30 p.m., the indoor dance party on the second floor officially started. Because it was just the beginning, not many people came to dance. The weather is nice today and most people are now enjoying the night view in the courtyard and gardens of the Jodel Palace.

"Am I playing tricks?"

Shade, who was dancing with Miss Carina in his arms, asked in surprise. The first dance music was played by violin and piano, and the rhythm was unusually slow. Shade couldn't dance to this rhythm, so the witch asked Shade to hold her in his arms and rock her slowly.

"The Founder and the Darkness have all gone into your pocket, and you haven't done any tricks yet?"

Miss Carina said with a smile. Looking at her smile from close range, Shade felt dazed for a moment. Even after witnessing a murder in the pool, the charm of the witch cannot be underestimated.

"I won seriously. I got exactly 25 gold stars in three games."

Shade won 4 gold stars in the third game. Even though Viscount Fordman and Mr. Spears had drawn special cards in this game, the First Permanent Secretary of the Parliament even got the special card of Ancient Fairy Tale: Song of the Mermaid. Special rules, by throwing 20-sided dice, after two consecutive lucky throws of 20, your points will be adjusted to 21.

But Shade still won, because before Mr. Spears showed his trump card and announced that he had 21 points, he revealed the King's Secret Substitute.

When you draw this card, you can exchange this card with your opponent's undisclosed hidden card, but you cannot suspend the card in this round.

Point 2 is exchanged with the opponent's hole card point 7, making 21 points become 16 points. In the next card draw, Shade's four cards were suspended at 20 points, and the other four cards were all busted.

The permanent secretary, who was rumored to be graceful and with amazing political skills, covered his face for a long time after the card game before he regained his gentle yet polite smile:

"I will definitely remember this card game for many years. First it was a special card, and then I lost two 20 points. I actually lost both times."

All in all, Shade won in just three hands. Although it was revealed that he had all three Founding Series cards in his hands, getting the Founding Darkness made it all worth it.

"This is all the luck brought by the Wanxiang Impermanence Card."

Shade said softly.

"No, no, Shade, I want to correct your mistake. It's not like no one has owned the Founding Series cards before, but I specifically asked about it. The luck they bring will definitely not be so obvious to you, otherwise the card's Special has been discovered long ago.”

The witch said softly, the perfume on her body smelled very good. While she was talking to Shade, she looked sideways at the sofa on one side of the banquet hall. Several princesses were sitting there, joking with their friends, or waiting reservedly for invitations from some young gentlemen. Lesia would look here occasionally, obviously caring about the two people dancing.

"Don't you feel that the way you won just now was too exaggerated? How would you describe the state you were in just now?"

Miss Carina is actually about the same height as Shade when wearing high heels, and Miss Sylvie Avora is almost the same height.

She exerted a little force on her long-glove-like arms, which meant that Shade would hold her and start spinning around:

"It's like being favored by the God of Luck or the God of Gambling. But I was there at the time, and the 'Right Hand of Steel' was also there, and no one noticed anything unusual about you."

"is that so?"

Shade was a little surprised:

"Maybe this kind of luck is more obvious here."

But fortunately, he really knows the "God of Gambling". When it was last used in 1784, maybe he can try to communicate with that god. Information provided by Priest August shows that this god is not an evil god.

"It's good that you know your abnormality, but it's just that you have better luck in playing cards, so it's not a big deal."

The witch said, putting a little force on Shade's shoulder. Shade immediately understood that she was reminding him to move slower.

The witch's golden eyes looked at him:

"Speaking of which, since I became an adult, I really never thought that I would have the opportunity to dance with a man."

"How does it feel? I must admit, I'm not a very good dancer."

"Oh, Detective, do you think I care about my dancing skills?"

She smiled and moved close to Shade's cheek:

"What I care about is the matter itself. It's really interesting that fate has sent you to me. If you think about it carefully, it seems that Rhodes has sent you to me. That night I went to the Lucky Southern Cross Club. You went there in search of two special cards, in search of the boy playing cards. I even found you because you used thaumaturgy to see the cards."

"It seems so."

Shade nodded and controlled his feet to move according to the beat.

"So did you use your thaumaturgy tonight? The story Tifa brought you a few days ago was very good. I know that your eyes are different from before. I didn't notice any traces of your thaumaturgy tonight. , whether it is thaumaturgy is no longer within the scope of my investigation, and you really painted shallow traces with blood on the back of each card."

"No, I don't cheat at cards."

Shade immediately emphasized, and the red-haired witch immediately laughed. At this moment, she was smiling really happily:

"Well, just think you are really lucky tonight. I will ask Tifa to deliver the Dark Box to you tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. But now, detective, let's have a good dance. .”