Reincarnated as a Genius Prodigy of a Prestigious Family - Chapter 174

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Reincarnated as a Legendary Talent Genius of a Noble Family Episode 174

 

116. To Atalia Island (3)

 

Elroy, a member of the cheating gambling syndicate, was excited at the thought of fleecing the sucker who had rolled right into their hands.

 

‘How much is all that worth. Hehehe.’

 

At first glance, he looked young, and his attire was decent enough that he seemed like a wealthy noble family’s son.

 

Silver hair and green eyes. Not unfamiliar, but what did it matter.

 

Of course, fleecing a noble family’s son was quite a dangerous endeavor.

 

‘As long as I don’t get too greedy.’

 

Just as eating the wrong thing could cause problems, Elroy and his syndicate colleagues planned to take a moderate amount and get out.

 

Originally, gambling was something you shouldn’t be greedy about, and cheating gambling even more so.

 

‘Let’s start light.’

 

In that sense, you couldn’t fleece them hard from the start.

 

It was important to make the opponent think ‘this much is nothing.’

 

‘Give him a good hand. Make him call right away.’

 

‘Got it.’

 

Through their hands exchanging signals with a special device, cards were dealt to Dane.

 

The first hand was decent.

 

A reasonable hand with reasonable odds.

 

But-

 

“Well, looks like I won this one.”

 

Elroy showed a hand just one number higher, as if deeply regretful, and swept up the pot.

 

“What’s this, have you been getting good hands this whole time?”

 

“This is too frustrating to play.”

 

Pretending not to know each other, they bantered back and forth, building the atmosphere.

 

In the midst of this, Dane silently placed his bet for the next round.

 

Two silver coins.

 

One more than the previous round.

 

‘I get the picture.’

 

Elroy thought Dane had a strong competitive spirit, hated losing, and was trying to quickly recover his losses somehow.

 

‘He’s so predictable.’

 

He’d been around countless gambling tables and hooked countless suckers.

 

A boy like that was a common type you could see anywhere, nothing special.

 

Had Elroy’s confidence gotten to him?

 

“Oh my, looks like I got it again.”

 

“Ah. This time I won!”

 

“Hehe, this time I got it, didn’t I?”

 

After that, Dane lost money for 10 consecutive rounds.

 

From Dane’s perspective it wasn’t big money, but Elroy’s gang became triumphant.

 

‘What a sucker.’

 

‘We’re definitely taking everything.’

 

‘If we take that to the capital, we could rent out an entire inn, right? Hehe.’

 

It looked like Dane would continue losing money going forward.

 

Of course, Elroy’s gang also knew how to give false hope appropriately.

 

“Oh, you won this time? Is this your first victory?”

 

“Oh my. You won again. Is your luck finally turning around?”

 

They had been losing to him appropriately here and there.

 

In the midst of this, Dane just bet and played cards without any change in expression.

 

While doing so…

 

‘They’re exchanging signals with a special device… switching cards with sleight of hand. The cards themselves are rigged too. Most people would fall for this.’

 

He was analyzing Elroy’s gang’s methods.

 

‘And there’s someone using magic too.’

 

One of them seemed to specialize only in illusion magic, busily rearranging the deck every time a round ended.

 

If you had no knowledge at all, you’d definitely fall for it, and even if you did, they were rearranging so nonchalantly that it wasn’t easy to notice.

 

For reference, Dane knew cheating gambling well.

 

His subordinates had used all sorts of tricks trying to beat Dane.

 

‘Shall I start now?’

 

Having finished his analysis, Dane finally began to show his true skill.

 

Thunk.

 

Dane, who had only been betting silver coins until now, suddenly placed down one gold coin.

 

“Let’s raise the stakes a bit. I’ve lost too much, so I need to win some back now.”

 

Elroy grinned.

 

Finally, he was properly taking the bait.

 

Right, what a naive young master.

 

‘Looks like he’s finally getting frustrated.’

 

A common pattern among suckers with some money.

 

Elroy accepted with a smirk.

 

“Well, if you insist…”

 

“This is getting too intense to play. Gold coins flying around from the start.”

 

“Ugh, I’m passing this round. Too nerve-wracking.”

 

A gang that was perfectly in sync.

 

‘Should I fleece him quickly?’

 

Elroy’s eyes sparkled as he looked at the gold coin on the table, and finally dealt the cards.

 

And after all the cards were dealt and betting was finished, he confidently revealed his hand.

 

“Well, I got lucky and drew pretty high. Let’s see, did you get anything decent?”

 

Just as Elroy was smirking and confident of victory.

 

Thunk.

 

Dane revealed his hand, and Elroy’s eyes widened.

 

“Uh…”

 

This couldn’t be right.

 

Surely… his should be lower than mine?

 

“Mine’s higher.”

 

Why was that fellow’s higher?

 

This made no sense.

 

“The gold coin was worth betting.”

 

Dane said as he pulled the money on the table toward himself.

 

Elroy stared at him blankly.

 

‘Was there a mistake?’

 

That couldn’t be.

 

He’d dealt the cards according to the special signals, and his hand should have been higher than that fellow’s…

 

‘Damn, this can’t be right.’

 

But he couldn’t show it now.

 

“Ha, haha. Amazing, right? Wasn’t that gold coin a lucky gold coin just now?”

 

“Maybe it was.”

 

Could those words really have been right?

 

“I won.”

 

“How unfortunate. Just one off.”

 

“This really must be a lucky gold coin, right?”

 

Dane then achieved 5 consecutive victories.

 

“…”

 

“…”

 

“….”

 

Something was going wrong.

 

In front of Dane now was not only all the money Dane had lost until just moments ago, but several times more than that piled up.

 

The effect of the betting stakes gradually increasing starting with gold coin bets.

 

‘What’s happening? What’s going on?’

 

This couldn’t be right.

 

No matter how he thought about it, it was strange.

 

Since they were exchanging special signals, his hand should definitely be higher….

 

It was when suspicion was growing rapidly.

 

“Let’s raise the stakes a bit more.”

 

Dane took out a fistful of gold coins from his pouch and placed them down.

 

In an instant, not only Elroy’s but the entire gang’s pupils shook.

 

That was it.

 

With that much, they could take even more money than originally expected and leave.

 

‘It’s a bit strange, but….’

 

No eye contact exchange was needed.

 

Click- Chick.

 

Through special signals, opinions of ‘let’s do it’ were exchanged without anyone going first.

 

With that much, it was right to go for it and see.

 

The strange thing wasn’t important.

 

They still had one secret move left.

 

Click, click, click.

 

Magic.

 

Though he might not have achieved much as a mage, there was one fellow who was better at deception magic than anyone.

 

‘Manipulating the cards. Hehe.’

 

Momentarily overlaying an illusion on the cards to make him feel like he was losing.

 

‘Let’s see….’

 

And Elroy soon cheered inwardly.

 

“Well, I won this one. Haha. The gold coins were on my side this time?”

 

He had just swept away all the stakes he had put up after winning.

 

A triumphant smile.

 

‘Right, I knew this would work.’

 

Elroy now raised the stakes in return.

 

“Come on, now we should go a bit harder, right?”

 

Dane showed signs of contemplation.

 

It seemed that way since the pile of gold coins he had confidently bet until just now had disappeared.

 

‘Hehe. Right, no matter what happened, it doesn’t work in front of our mage.’

 

Dane finally nodded with a very troubled expression after much deliberation.

 

“Fine.”

 

And what he put up was all his remaining gold coins.

 

Elroy gulped down his dry saliva.

 

“Good.”

 

As already agreed with the gang beforehand, Elroy opened the game without hesitation.

 

And-

 

‘I need to win for sure.’

 

Elroy drew a hand that was hard to get and opened it.

 

And-

 

He realized.

 

“Too bad.”

 

It was exactly one rank higher than Elroy’s hand.

 

“….”

 

Elroy couldn’t continue speaking with his mouth hanging open.

 

Click, chi-chi-click!

 

Click! Click! Chick!

 

Special signals came flying.

 

Signals asking what happened and that it was dangerous.

 

‘Th-this can’t be!’

 

He definitely dealt low cards.

 

But why?

 

Why did that fellow win?

 

Why… did different cards end up in that fellow’s hands?

 

“Well then, I’ll take these.”

 

Dane took all the money that was piled up, then ostentatiously put it into his subspace pouch.

 

Then he showed his palm and asked.

 

“Now, what will you do?”

 

They couldn’t back down here.

 

Something seemed to have gone wrong, but backing down here would be ridiculous.

 

‘We lured that captain fellow and took everything from him!’

 

Elroy slammed the table.

 

“We have to do more. There are plenty of stakes.”

 

“Is that so?”

 

“Yes.”

 

It was when Elroy was about to take out gold coins from his pouch.

 

‘No wait, this would be better.’

 

The ship’s deed he had won from Captain Calico.

 

If he bet that one thing and won, he could win back not only everything he just lost but also a huge amount.

 

“Right, are you interested in documents instead of cash?”

 

“Documents?”

 

“It’s the deed to a very fine ship. With just this, you can not only own that ship but… if you speak well, you could probably use the captain fellow too? Since he cherishes the ship terribly.”

 

Elroy snickered.

 

“You know how much money he offered to get this ship back. How about it, if you just win, a good ship and captain will be yours.”

 

Dane pondered for a moment at those words.

 

‘Come over, come over.’

 

Elroy pleaded inwardly.

 

Of course, if he refused, there was a backup plan.

 

Chase after him and take everything by force.

 

He was only doing this because settling it at the table and ending it would be cleanest.

 

In the midst of this-

 

“Fine.”

 

Dane nodded, and Elroy cheered.

 

“Really? Then let’s try it.”

 

Dane grinned at those words.

 

As if he had been waiting for Elroy’s proposal.

 

Then Dane suddenly tilted his head and took out another pouch from his chest.

 

“Come to think of it, since the game has gotten this big, I felt a bit disappointed.”

 

Thud.

 

In the pouch he deliberately threw with the opening slightly open, gold coins were visible again.

 

Elroy’s eyes widened.

 

“1,500 Crown gold coins. How about it?”

 

‘What, what kind of fellow is this?’

 

An enormous amount of gold coins.

 

Gulp, dry saliva going down.

 

‘With just that, I could retire.’

 

Indeed, with that amount, he could buy a decent mansion in the capital and spend his golden years in leisure.

 

‘How much money do we have again.’

 

Elroy thought there was nothing more to consider.

 

“Hehe. Are you really that confident?”

 

“Well, rather than confidence, isn’t this kind of opportunity rare?”

 

“That’s true.”

 

No agreement was necessary.

 

Elroy placed down the subspace pouch containing the funds he had accumulated.

 

“1,800 Crown gold coins. How about it?”

 

Instantly, signals flew to his ears. It was frantic opposition. But Elroy was blinded by greed.

 

“Good. I’ll add 300 more.”

 

And finally, Dane accepted.

 

‘This crazy bastard.’

 

‘Has Elroy really lost his mind…’

 

‘It’s big money, but damn it… can’t be helped.’

 

Now that it had come to this, the rest of the gang thought they absolutely had to win.

 

By any means necessary.

 

Of course, even if they couldn’t win…

 

They could just chase after him and take it back.

 

‘Retirement, retirement!’

 

Elroy grinned as he imagined the leisurely life he had always dreamed of.

 

“Well then, shall we deal the cards?”

 

The game finally began.

 

‘The important thing is to make him mistakenly think he’ll definitely win. Right, with our magic added… this hand should be sufficient.’

 

Elroy sent a signal, and the pre-rigged cards were dealt.

 

More precisely, cards rigged with ‘magic’.

 

Right now, to that rich fellow’s eyes, it would look like he was guaranteed to win.

 

It was a method they rarely used, but had to employ for big games.

 

‘Hehe, I can imagine his expression changing when he flips his cards with overconfidence.’

 

After seeing the cards that came to his hand, Elroy grinned.

 

A hand exactly two ranks higher than that fellow’s cards, which would soon change.

 

He had deliberately received only two ranks higher, since winning too overwhelmingly wouldn’t do.

 

‘I’ll definitely win.’

 

Illusion magic.

 

The killing move used by Elroy’s gambling syndicate.

 

With this, they had won tremendous amounts of money in countless games.

 

“Good. The cards have all been dealt… shall we reveal them?”

 

“Sounds good.”

 

Elroy was certain of victory.

 

Illusion magic.

 

It had never failed before.

 

Perhaps that’s why.

 

Too excited, he failed to notice Dane very quickly moving his lips and arranging codes.

 

Of course, even if he had seen it, he wouldn’t have understood.

 

It would have been difficult to predict that the boy before them… could wield magic at a level beyond their imagination.

 

In any case-

 

Thud.

 

The moment he flipped the cards, Elroy realized.

 

“…Huh?”

 

That something had gone wrong.

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