Chapter 91: Chapter 91 Troublemaker
After blowing my budget at the Magic Accessory Store, we embarked on another torturous shopping trip.
Of course, it was only torturous for Sandora and me…
But compared to just now, when she barely wanted to walk, Sandora’s mood had obviously improved a lot, showing a slight interest in shopping—was I now the only one in pain?
What’s worse, could Sandora be developing this dreadful hobby too?
Somehow, the thought of a future day, accompanying the Xyrin Empress shopping in an alien arms market appeared in my mind, along with the image of Pandora frantically purchasing weaponry in this terrifying vision…
“Sandora, why don’t I hear you complaining anymore?”
I tried to call back the ally who once firmly stood by my side.
“Sometimes shopping can bring some surprising finds.”
Sandora flashed her trademark brilliant smile at me, her crystal earrings swaying slightly, revealing her extremely happy state of mind.
Could it be that I dug this hole myself?
“I’ve realized that aside from war, there really can be many other joys in life—I used to think I could never live like an ordinary person.”
Sandora’s tone carried a mix of three parts melancholy and seven parts joy, making me feel quite emotional for a moment.
Sandora wasn’t born a person who only knew war, but her country and role compelled her to be a cold conqueror. Almost caught in endless warfare, she nearly forgot that she was actually a girl until now. By my side, she could finally reveal her true self. Perhaps, that unsmiling, arrogant Empress she showed to others was just Sandora’s disguise?
“Now that the Empire has become this, I doubt you’d be able to start a large-scale war anytime soon. Just stay quietly by my side for a while—although it seems, there’s not much peace around me now.”
It seemed like even the sudden mysterious dissipation of the Xyrin Empire wasn’t entirely without benefits—this thought, known to Pandora, would probably make the poor kid sulk for days.
“It’s much better than before, it can just be a common recreation,” Sandora said with a smile, what to me was an unimaginable Otherworld adventure probably seemed to her just a game for relaxing, “By the way, this pair of earrings is the first piece of jewelry I’ve ever owned. If it were the old me, I might have destroyed such useless things immediately—Chen Jun, do you think they look good on me?”
Sandora touched her earlobes, smiling at me.
“Of course, very beautiful.”
I sincerely praised her. Sandora was always a pretty girl, but her constant oppressive spiritual force field and distant attitude prevented others from seeing this. However, as one of the few fortunate to be spared those treatments, I knew Sandora’s real self quite well.
Beautiful, dignified, yet occasionally transforming into a giggly girl-next-door in unbelievable ways, that was the real Sandora.
“Ah Jun, what are you guys talking about? You seem to be having a lot of fun…”
Qianqian’s voice suddenly rose by my ear, sounding quite calm…
Only a fool would believe that was calm!
With incredible efficiency facing away from Qianqian, I let my facial features move rapidly, adjusting to an impeccable expression, then turned around under Sandora’s stifled laughter, speaking seriously, “Actually, I was just discussing some important topics concerning war and peace with Sandora…”
“Sure you were!” Qianqian gave me an unimpressed look, then turned her gaze toward Sandora.
Sandora, who normally made others fear her, actually showed a nervous expression under Qianqian’s seemingly harmless gaze.
But Qianqian said nothing, just quietly observed Sandora for a while, then showed a helpless smile and came up to hug my arm.
Sandora looked utterly bewildered.
It must be said, even for the quite shrewd ruler Sandora, she sometimes could be slow to react.
“You’re not really angry, are you?”
I whispered to Qianqian.
“I might be—if the three of us were ordinary people,” Qianqian uttered somewhat helplessly in my ear, “but you need to tone it down, you’ve been all chatty with Sandora along the way!”
I could only nod in acknowledgment of my fault, then draped my arm over Qianqian’s shoulder.
Lin Xue’s voice suddenly came from ahead, I looked up and saw her waving at me and then pointing to the side.
“Let’s go have some fun over there!”
Following the direction of Lin Xue’s pointing finger, I saw a very luxurious and tall building.
It took me a while to remember what the flashing letters at the entrance of the building meant.
Although I always kept my distance from gambling, seeing Lin Xue’s excitement clearly on the rise, and considering that it was just an entertainment activity in the Otherworld, I nodded and led everyone into the luxurious casino.
In this world, although gambling was not encouraged, it was not strictly forbidden either; after all, in such chaotic and turbulent times, people rarely had leisure activities to relax. Even the Auduo Empire, which followed the Holy Light Path, had such large-scale casinos openly operating—of course, the devout clergy of the Light God Sect would never participate in such activities, and the casinos were mostly filled with adventurers who had extra cash and might not have lives to spend it tomorrow.
Although the gambling methods here were completely different from those on Earth, they were not much different in essence; the gambling tools used were similar to the dice and playing cards on Earth—of course, their material and appearance were still quite different.
At a gambling table for playing cards, Lin Xue was excitedly gathering her won chips; in front of her, there was a small mountain of various chips, a result which could embarrass any old gambler enough to renounce the mortal world and enter a monastery.
Since magic existed in this world, the casino naturally had devices meant to monitor magical cheating. However, clearly, superpowers that involved no flow of magical elements could not be classified as magic…
Looking at those few who had just lost their last chips and were looking devastated, I couldn’t help but feel a bit of sympathy.
Betting against a Prophet, did you really think you had a chance to win?
Also, Lin Xue, do you really feel right about treating that money as if you had won it in fair gambling, you wild girl who hasn’t even fully grasped the rules!
Watching Lin Xue win big, Qianqian suddenly also got in the mood; she pushed Lin Xue, who was just giggling stupidly with her brain overwhelmed by numbers, aside, and then sat down at the gambling table.
“Change players, change players!” Qianqian giggled as she spoke.
The croupier began to shuffle the cards.
In the suddenly quiet casino, we speechlessly watched Qianqian seriously rearrange the croupier’s cards one by one, sighing at the shamelessness of such behavior…
Moreover, it was unexpected that the cold version of Qianqian after her personality switch would do something , really full of points for complaints.
After yet another group of unlucky gamblers lost everything but their underwear, my sister finally took her turn under Lin Xue’s encouragement.
Now, almost half of the casino’s crowd had gathered around our table, everyone had heard about the sudden appearance of a beautiful girl gambling god here.
The result was without suspense, who could possibly win under the conditions of dizziness, cold hands and feet, stomach and intestine cramps, plus being dealt a terrible hand each time, against a cunning and heavily scheming Female Devil using every unscrupulous trick?
“I just feel…” As she was gathering her chips, my sister suddenly stopped what she was doing, then frowned slightly, and muttered to herself, “It seems like someone is speaking ill of me behind my back…”
Astonishing woman’s intuition!
After my sister’s turn at the table, Sandora finally couldn’t hold back and stepped in.
“Cough cough… Sandora, making your opponent directly concede every time might not be very nice…”
After the opponent conceded voluntarily for the third time, I couldn’t help but convey to Sandora through spiritual connection.
I felt like we were probably bullying people too much.
At this moment, the spectators gathered around us suddenly became agitated, and someone shouted, “Master Tosca is here!” Then the crowd around us, including those gamblers who had just lost all their possessions and looked unwilling and even sinister, scattered all at once.
A young man dressed in opulent clothes, who was fairly handsome but too creamy, walked in surrounded by more than a dozen guards.
“Who is causing trouble here?”
The young man shouted loudly as he came in, then, directed by a servant by his side, turned his gaze toward us.