The young earl stared at the chessboard in front of him, his right hand holding the chess piece hovering in mid-air, his eyes full of disbelief.

He is quite confident in his chess skills, and has always controlled the direction of the whole game from the beginning, and there are factors that disturb the other party's thinking when he takes the initiative to talk to Loren.

If it was just a game of chess, it was nothing, and what really kept him in was the black chess that was already under the white chess.

With only one step away, the guards on both sides of him and the bishop who rushed to the front could surround the black-haired wizard's Wang Qi!

Just one step away... Wait a minute!

Earl Charn, who suddenly raised his head, widened his eyes, and the black-haired wizard in front of him still had that indifferent expression, playing with his eaten chess pieces in his hands, as if he didn't realize that he had won.

He suddenly felt his lips crack a little, and the air seemed to become very dry: "You... When did you find out?"

"What is the Count talking about, why do I not understand it?"

Loren, who shrugged his shoulders, had a "confused" expression: "Haven't we been playing chess all the time, have we done something else?"

The young earl only felt the corners of his mouth twitch unnaturally... No matter how stupid he is, he knows that this guy is deliberately pretending to be stupid.

The person who is fooled is actually himself!

What a real fool...... The "black-rimmed glasses", who had been sitting next to him without saying a word, suddenly sighed and shook his head, turning his attention to the food and drinks offered in the room.

From the beginning of the moment, her eyes never left the chessboard, and naturally she saw the whole process of the chess game... That is, the whole process of how Loren lured the Count step by step and finally checkmated him.

Loren Torino did not choose to play steadily, using offense as a defense, constantly exchanging pieces, so that the whole game looked extremely miserable.

But if you look closely, it is not difficult to find that in the end, in fact, the person with more chess pieces is the Earl Charn, but almost none of his white pieces can reach the middle game, and they are all eliminated before a third.

It seems that the black king chess is surrounded, but it is just an "illusion" that Loren deliberately leaked, so that his king chess is always in a situation where he is semi-surrounded and will be generals at any time, so that the black knight has the opportunity to kill in front of the white king chess, and the earl is unaware.

Because he was one step away from winning... Unfortunately, there is still one step to go!

In other words, this so-called "tragic" chess game has no suspense from the beginning, and the reason why it has dragged on until now is because the black-haired wizard wants to drag it to this point, that's all.

I fell into this guy's trap so easily... Lena, whose expression was numb, glanced at Count Charn, who was still stunned, and breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that it was correct not to agree to his request for marriage, otherwise I don't know what the fate would be......

"These... It's Miss Lina's IOU of 150,000 silver coins, and the chips of 50,000 silver coins I brought today, congratulations. Sighing heavily, Earl Charn, who was "willing to lose the bet", handed the IOU to the black-haired wizard:

"Please do it yourself... If you don't go bankrupt tonight and lose thousands of debts, they won't let you go easily. ”

"Then let them come. ”

Loren fiddled with the chess pieces and smiled undeniably:

"By the way, could you please give me a word? ”

"Oh... Please speak. ”

"Be sure to warn your lords, just say ......," Loren said, staring at him, looking at each other, word by word:

"I'm lucky, be careful!"

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Perhaps because he had lost the chess game, Earl Charn, who had a somewhat cold expression, withdrew from the attendant who stepped forward and left the box alone, the words of the black-haired wizard before leaving echoed in his mind.

Before he could leave, the smiling president of the Gem Chamber of Commerce, Clermont, was already waiting outside the door, as if he had already guessed that he would leave.

"What a coincidence, Earl Charn, to meet you here. Perhaps because of the smile on his face all the year round, President Clermont's facial features seemed to be about to squeeze together:

"I can meet you and His Highness Brandon's wizarding advisor at one time, it seems that it is really the Holy Cross who is protecting me tonight!"

"You're so gracious, it's my pleasure to meet you. ”

The young Count stood at the top of the stairs and looked down at Clermont under the stairs with a sneer, not hiding the disgust in his eyes:

"And I'm sure it's no coincidence that I'll meet you here!"

Clermont was slightly stunned, obviously a little surprised by Earl Charn's attitude, but there was still a sweet smile on his face, but his eyes became a little subtle:

"So... Is it no coincidence that your visit tonight and your meeting with His Excellency Loren Turin?"

"Humph!"

Earl Charn snorted coldly, his tone extremely arrogant: "Do I have to report to you what I have to do, President Clermont?"

"You don't have to tell me, of course, but it's not just the Charns here... As a co-elected manager, I have to take responsibility for my responsibilities and not let our common interests be compromised, don't you say?"

"The common good, what common good?"

Clermont's face once again showed that incomparably sweet smile, and he looked up at Count Charn, who stood at the top of the staircase, more than thirty years younger than him, flatteringly:

"A young man of such a gifted and noble lineage as the Count must have understood what I, a humble and worthless merchant, were talking about. ”

After saying that, he bowed his head deeply, and was as humble as a courtier treats a monarch.

The young count raised his eyebrows, and the curvature of the corners of his mouth faded away.

"Lord Clermont, you... Threatening me?"

"Absolutely not, I definitely don't have any intention in this regard!How dare the little gem chamber of commerce try to provoke the Charn family?!"

Clermont, who deliberately avoided the topic, directly pulled the topic to the Charn family: "Everyone knows that without Lord Scott Charn's care, this place would have been banned by the Holy Cross Church a long time ago." ”

"It's because of the powerful Charn family that we worthless merchants can barely make ends meet, and get copper plates from this place to feed those guys... Of course, there's also the opportunity to work for an old family like yours. ”

He spoke quickly, but every word was clear and humble, as if he were sincere.

But with each word, the young earl clenched his fists harder until the veins on the back of his hands were exposed.

The old family, the great Charn family, the care of Siscott Charn's grandfather......

It has nothing to do with himself, and he doesn't mention himself in half a word!

This guy, and the people in power in the casino... Like the elders in the family, they only think of themselves as puppets of the Charn family!

As long as you don't offend the Charn family and don't touch the interests and dignity of the entire family, you can humiliate yourself unscrupulously!

Enraged, Earl Charn tried his best to restrain himself from letting his fist hit the smiling face, and now was not the time, not the time......

"I see, this place belongs not only to the Charne, but to all of us—your question is right, Lord Clermont. ”

The young count's face was expressionless, and his voice was extremely calm: "Your Excellency Loren Turin has not left the box, and I have already told him that there is still a lot of fun to be done tonight, and... He seems to be excited. ”

"At least they won't leave until they win back two million for Miss Lena... I'm very sorry, but I've already lost to him for 200,000. ”

After speaking, the earl took the initiative to walk down the stairs and bowed slightly to the smiling Clermont: "My chess skills are too poor, and I was almost completely defeated in front of His Excellency Loren, please also ask for Haihan!"

Clermont smiled and comforted, accepted Earl Charn's apology in a grand manner, and even vowed to avenge him: "Don't worry, we have arranged enough to gamble, tonight... He doesn't want to leave here with half a copper plate!"

"Then I wish this one a victorious start, and I will take my leave first, and goodbye. ”

Just as he was about to turn around and leave, Count Charn, who suddenly remembered something, had a strange smile on his face: "Oh, by the way, he also asked me to remind you." ”

"He said... I'm lucky, so watch out!"