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LongStringOfTextToSimulateLargeRandomDataSet123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
In the first treasure chest, 50 gold coins were at stake, sitting seven spaces ahead from the starting point.
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This round began with the Dealer, so the purple die was already in her hand.
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“I’ll begin.”
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I nodded in response.
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‘The number coming up this time will be 2.’
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With that thought, the die left Hailan’s palm and rolled across the floor.
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[2 has come up.]
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As expected, it was two.
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Now, on her next turn, Hailan only needed to roll a 5.
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If that happened, the 50 gold coins would go straight to her.
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But she probably wouldn’t do that.
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‘You have to give your mark some hope if you want to reel them in.’
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Hailan would surely let me take the first treasure chest’s 50 gold coins.
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She’d probably toss me one of the Shield of Balance items from the second or fourth chest, too.
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That’s how she’d tame my greed and take control of the game.
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But…
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Tap, tap.
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‘Sorry, but the real sucker here is you all.’
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Thinking this to myself, I flicked the die from my hand onto the table.
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As the die spun and stopped—
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“Uhmm?”
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Hailan made a strange sound.
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[6 has come up.]
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She was visibly flustered.
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I couldn’t help but let out a small, inward laugh at her reaction.
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Should a pro really let their emotions show this much?
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‘Of course, it must’ve surprised her.’
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The number that was supposed to come up was 4.
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That was psychologically the perfect number to land on the first treasure chest.
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But instead, a 6 appeared, so she must have been quite shaken.
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“Uhmm? What’s wrong? Are you feeling unwell?”
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I blinked innocently and asked. She coughed awkwardly.
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“No, it’s just the dry air in here.”
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I almost burst out laughing.
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She’s a funny woman.
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Her throat is scratchy, so she goes ‘uhmm’?
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“Right, it’s dry, so your throat gets scratchy and you end up saying weird things, huh.”
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I smiled as I handed her the die.
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“Here, your turn.”
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“…Ahem.”
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She looked away, clearly embarrassed.
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Hailan tossed the die.
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[3 has come up.]
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She nodded, as if she’d figured something out.
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“Then, I’ll move ahead three spaces.”
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With a confident stride, Hailan advanced, stopping two spaces short of the tile with the 50 gold coins.
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That was also the tile just before the one my piece was on.
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‘Good thing there’s no Rule for Capturing Pieces.’
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If there was a rule like in Yutnori, where you could send a piece back to the start if it got caught, I’d have even more to worry about.
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The die returned to my hand.
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“Hm.”
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Feeling its weight in my fist, I looked at the board.
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Right ahead, just one space away, was the first treasure chest with 50 gold coins.
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But I had no intention of taking it yet.
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Tap.
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[4 has come up.]
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My die showed a 4.
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‘That’s probably what she expected, right?’
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So Hailan didn’t react much.
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She must have thought that the earlier 6 was just a fluke.
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She’d be sure of it.
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But it was no coincidence.
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In truth, I could make the die land however I wanted.
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‘I could keep getting the same number if I wanted.’
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Rolling a 6 at the start was intentional.
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Letting a 4 come up now was also within my control, so I allowed the die to follow its pattern.
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Simply knowing the die’s pattern wasn’t enough for this.
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‘You have to be able to manipulate the pattern, too.’
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By interfering with the die’s pattern, I could make any number come up.
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It was simpler than most would think.
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Tap, tap.
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“Ah, too bad. I needed a 1.”
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I pretended to grumble as my piece passed right by the first treasure chest.
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Hailan smiled with her eyes.
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“You can get it next time.”
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“Nah, you’ll probably take it before then.”
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“Haha. Maybe I will.”
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Even though Hailan said she might take the first treasure chest, inside, she was planning to hand it over to me.
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And she would try to do just that.
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‘That’s how you hook a sucker.’
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But things weren’t going as she hoped.
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Because I’d already made my move.
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Rattle.
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[2 has come up.]
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[You opened the first treasure chest.]
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“…Huh?”
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“See? You grabbed it in a flash.”
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The die that left Hailan’s hand showed a 2.
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Her eyes were wide with confusion, as if to say, ‘What’s going on?’
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And it was genuine.
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She was supposed to get a 4, but a 2 came up, so she ended up taking a treasure chest she had no intention of claiming…
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‘How flustered she must be. She can’t exactly insist on going back now, either.’
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The secret was in my hand.
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By knowing the die’s pattern, I could predict the next number.
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And, surprisingly, I could even skip ahead in the pattern.
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Just like this.
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Tap, tap, tap.
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I discreetly rolled the die three times in my palm after receiving it from Hailan.
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It all happened hidden within my fist.
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And then—
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[4 has come up.]
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[You opened the second treasure chest.]
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[You have obtained a Shield of Balance!]
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“…!”
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A stunned silence fell over the room.
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I saw Hailan’s eyes trembling wildly.
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Placing my hand over my chest, I let out a big, relieved sigh.
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“Well, at least I managed to snag one, haha.”
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But behind me, Karls and Tirvaen—who had just been calling me a gambling addict—were now making a fuss.
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“Wow! Did you just win that?”
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“Even a grub is useful for medicine if you need it!”
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…Isn’t it ‘even a grub knows how to wriggle’?
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Irgal was just as excited.
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“H-how did you do that? That didn’t look like luck!”
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“Ugh, stop clinging to me and get away.”
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My stomach lurched again.
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Anyway, just like Irgal said, this wasn’t luck.
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I was manipulating the pattern by ‘secretly rolling the die in my hand.’
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‘As long as the die is thrown onto the table, that’s what counts.
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For example, if a ‘4-5-6’ pattern was coming up and I wanted a 6, I’d secretly roll the die twice in my hand.
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That way, 4 and 5 would be skipped, and I’d land a 6.
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If I had to name it, I’d call it a Fake Throw.
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This was my strategy for the Dice of Death.
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It was a proven method, even in the original Shin B.S.E game.
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‘In the original, there was a Practice Throw feature that opened a separate window.’
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You didn’t have to throw the die on the table right away; there was a separate interface to skip ahead in the pattern.
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Newbies wondered why there was even a practice option for rolling dice.
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But Veterans would use it to their advantage whenever they went up against a Dealer NPC.
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‘Just open Notepad, play through two quick rounds, jot down the pattern, and you’re set.’
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Once you’d figured out the pattern, you could raise your bets and clean out the NPC.
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That was a secret trick used in the black market.
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But—
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‘If you try to win too blatantly, you’ll get in trouble.’
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If Hailan noticed I was cheating, she could reverse the game and drop out.
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‘If she lost too badly, she might even use force to get her money back.’
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In that case, there’d be no avoiding a fight.
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So I was being careful with how I used the die.
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But still—
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‘By the last part of the game, it’ll be obvious.’
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If you tried to clean out the Dealer, there was no way to avoid suspiciously monopolizing the treasure chests.
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Anyway, aside from the first chest, I had no intention of giving Hailan anything.
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‘I’m taking all the rest for myself.’
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Just then, Hailan smiled.
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“You took the second chest, huh? Congratulations.”
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“Haha, lucky me. I had no idea a 4 would come up there.”
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I laughed it off as I handed her the die.
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I didn’t manipulate the pattern this time.
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My goal was to use the pattern as little as possible while taking the Dealer for everything she had.
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The best scenario?
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That would be making it to the fourth treasure chest without her realizing I was using tricks.
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‘As long as the Dealer’s piece is halfway there, she can’t turn back, and I can safely take all the winnings.’
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Once you pass the fourth chest, whether you turn back or just race to the finish, it’s all the same.
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From there, even if you’re caught, you can just take everything and run.
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Resting my chin on my hand, I grinned.
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“Well then, your turn?”
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The critical moment was close.
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Thanks to all my advance planning, the third treasure chest fell to me naturally, and I was able to snatch up 50 gold coins without arousing Hailan’s suspicion.
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But the fourth was different.
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I frowned as I stared at the board.
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‘As expected, this is where the problem comes.’
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Right now, Hailan and I were only one space apart.
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To get the fourth treasure chest, Hailan needed to roll a 5, and I needed a 4.
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The problem was the next number to come up.
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It was Hailan’s turn to roll…
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‘The next number will be 5.’
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I knew that exactly.
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If things went as they were, I’d lose the fourth chest to Hailan.
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And as everyone knew, that chest held a Shield of Balance.
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“Customer? May I have the die?”
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Hailan was grinning behind her mask, eager to take my 180 gold.
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‘What do I do? If I change the pattern now, she’ll definitely get suspicious.’
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While I fiddled with the die, lost in thought for just a moment—
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“Uuuhm!”
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…What?
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Irgal, who’d been quiet until now, suddenly sprang into action.
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He spread his torso wide beside me and—
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“Achoo!”
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Let out a sneeze so thunderous it seemed to shake his soul.
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But that wasn’t the end of it.
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Thud!
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He slammed both fists on the table as he sneezed.
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“Wha—?”
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The table tilted, causing Hailan to wobble, and even I, who was leaning on the edge, got swept up.
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Rattle.
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As I flailed to grab onto something, the die slipped from my hand and tumbled away.
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Falling to the floor, I was totally thrown off.
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‘What kind of lousy acting is this?’
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That sneeze was incredibly awkward.
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Never mind the acting, the timing was just insane.
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‘It’s like he jumped in to save me from a crisis or something.’
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Honestly, it wasn’t even that dire!
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There had to be other ways!
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Sure enough, Irgal whispered to me.
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“Hey, I distracted them—do something, quick!”
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“Hey, nobody asked you to do that!”
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…Fine. Whatever.
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Let’s just leave it at that.
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He’s got his whole fortune on the line, so no wonder he’s desperate.
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‘But now that I think about it, something’s weird.’
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He was playing before I showed up, but he only has 92 gold coins?
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That’s suspicious.
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But something even stranger happened, so my thoughts stopped there.
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As I toppled over with Irgal, my nose ended up pressed against his side.
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Sniff, sniff.
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‘What is this?’
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The scent that brushed past my nose left me utterly bewildered.
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A strange floral fragrance.
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It was coming from Irgal.
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It was an absolutely disgusting thing to admit, but…
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‘It actually smells kind of nice.’
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I was thrown into total confusion.
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What the heck is this guy?
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Or am I the weird one?
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“Customer? Are you alright?”
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I almost shouted, ‘I think I’m losing my mind!’ at Hailan’s question, but barely held myself back.
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I picked up the die and got to my feet, steadying myself on the table.
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…Tap.
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Not missing the chance, I rolled the die once in my hand.
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Just like that, the 5 was skipped.
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[1 has come up.]
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“…!”
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Hailan’s eyes trembled with frustration as she missed out on the fourth treasure chest.
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hold up is igral a girl? lmao