No One Gets Past This Gatekeeper: The Unwanted Warrior Guards His New Post Volume 2 [Complete] by Kametsu Tomobashi
Author:Kametsu Tomobashi
Language: eng
Format: epub
She ended up taking me to one of the cityâs casinos.
â...I figured as much.â
âThere ainât nothinâ in the world more fun than gambling. No other hobby out there gives ya that massive rush you feel when you hit the jackpot!â She had that addictâs twinkle in her eye. âAll right, now which game to play firstâhm?â
As we had been wandering around the casino, a burst of cheers suddenly erupted.
What theâ?
Turning to look, I saw a large group of spectators gathered around a single table. They were all staring at a rather suave-looking man wearing a feathered cap. He was carrying a number of cards fanned out in his hand, and wore a rather fake-looking smug grin.
âWhat are they doing?â
âThatâs a poker table,â Spinoza explained.
âPoker, huh... Iâve heard of it before. Youâre supposed to take five cards and make combinations out of them, right?â
âOh, youâve heard of it, huh?â
âIn my adventuring days, some of the other adventurers used to play it at the pub all the time. Sometimes I see some of the guards playing in the cafeteria at night, too.â Occasionally they had even offered to let me play as wellâbut I didnât know the rules, so I couldnât join them.
âWhatâs the deal with that one player?â I asked Spinoza. âSeems like heâs attracted a crowd.â
âThey call that guy âFeatherââeverybody at the casino knows about him. Supposedly heâs never lost a game of poker in his life.â
âThatâs pretty amazing. Is he really that lucky?â
âLuck might have somethinâ to do with it, tooâbut the thing that decides a game of poker more than anything else is reading your opponent. Apparently he knows what cards youâre holdinâ just by lookinâ at your face.â
âHuh.â
âWhy donât the two of you try your luck as well?â
Looking at us from his seat, it was none other than Feather himself who made the offer to usâhe must have heard our conversation. He pushed up the brim of his feathered hat, revealing his handsome face. âIf you manage to win against me, you can have every last one of my chips.â
âWhoa! Look at that, Sieg! Heâs got a whole mountain of âem! Thatâs gotta be like a million or so, right...?!â
There was a massive pile of chips stacked up next to Feather; they towered so high, I pretty much had to tilt my head back to see the top.
âThereâs no way we could match a bet of that size, though,â I said. Guards didnât get paid much, after allâif there was one thing I could be fully confident of, it was our relative poverty.
That... actually feels kind of depressing to say.
âOh, thatâs fine. The two of you can just offer up however many chips you happen to have on hand.â
âFor real?! So that means Iâd still get a million if I beat you, even though I only have thirty thousand on me right now?!â
âIt sure does.â
âAw yeah! Youâre on, buddy!â Spinoza declared boldly, lured in by the bait of a million chips.
âAre you sure about this...?â I asked her.
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