The mage in charge of monitoring whether Brunei was cheating with spells arrived in less than ten minutes, and the crowd of onlookers didn't even feel the slightest impatience.

Strange to say, however, as far as Brunei observed, there were many people in the casino who did not wear gloves, and their clean hands near the Academy City, where Imperial mages were rare, basically proved that they were not mages, but ordinary people without magic emblems, but they never showed the slightest respect for mages from beginning to end.

Brunei suddenly noticed this because of what happened to the mage who had been invited. He was also ungloved, and the pattern that spread from his wrist to his wrist and disappeared under his sleeve proved that he was either a weird with special skills and fetishes like Mr. Gerald, or, at the very least, a second-turn mage.

Brunei subconsciously wanted to salute him, but he ignored Brunei and apologized to Fernando in embarrassment. Judging by his sweaty state and the way he lost his breath when he spoke, the place he was was was probably not a ten-minute walk away—and he was very nervous at the moment.

Fernando didn't show the slightest respect for him as a second-turn mage, and even Scarly, who was now only a mage's apprentice and probably didn't know this mage before, stared at him with a dissatisfied look with her trademark arrogant look, and when he turned back, he also bent down to Brunei and Scully to apologize again and again.

In fact, when he was in College City before, Brunei also faintly felt strange, but when it didn't happen to him directly, he didn't think about it carefully. His Excellency, the Second Turning Master, who deserves to enjoy a high status, whispered in front of a group of ordinary people like this, and even, so respectful to himself, Brunei Si, who was officially aware of this-

[SAN value verification: 54>22, failed.] You realize that outside of the Empire, mages are not all respected, and even those with great power have to bow down to mortals. You haven't figured out what that means, but you're aware of the shocking truth that breaks your common sense. 】

[Lose 1D3 = 2 SAN value, current state, SAN value: 20/40.] 】

Brunei wanted to scold the two strange SAN value judgment conditions of the system in his heart, but he understood that the system was right. He hadn't figured out what he was aware of, but it did mean a lot of things, some things, things that would completely change some of his minds—...... Why ......"

[That's right, little Bruneith.] It's a good question, and one of the most valuable and fascinating questions in the world. It is the fire, the light, and the miracle. Why?—— why?]

"Well, then, Mr. Carlyle—friend, forgive me for calling you so angry, but at the table, you shouldn't have any friends. Fernando gently shook the cup in his right hand again. The golden slurry collided back and forth on the transparent wall of the cup, suddenly jumped up slightly, and gradually regained its calm. Fernando placed the cup on the table, patted it gently, and smiled softly at Brunei: "Then, the preparation is complete." If you don't have anything else to ask for, let's get started, shall we?"

Fernando's words brought Brunei back to his senses, no matter how much the system said some nonsense, now was not the time to indulge in thinking about those erratic things. Right in front of him, a gamble involving 70,000 standard units, and maybe even more, was waiting for him to enter the game. “...... I didn't ask for anything. Miss, you?"

Without even looking at Brunei, Scarly walked to the table with her head held high, and sat down in a chair on the corner of the table. Brunei shrugged and sat down in the middle of the table after Scarly. On the other hand, Fernando kept looking at the two men with that unhurried smile until they were both seated steadily, and then sat casually across from them.

Four tall, but not rude, middle-aged men, dressed in uniform red outfits, lined up in a semicircle behind Brunei, and a tall and sleek hot woman dressed in sleek silk red walked to the side of the table, first bowed to Fernando, as if to say something like "Lord Thrace", then turned to Brunei's side, his eyes swept over Scarly, and he looked at Bruneith for several seconds, the corners of his mouth raised, showing a smile as hot as his body, and also bent down towards him.

“...... Yikes. Brunei suddenly felt a sharp pain in his legs, and he shivered violently, and then he removed himself from the deep ravine that he had never seen before, and with a bitter face at Scarly, who was retracting the shoes with surprisingly heavy soles from under the table, he forced a smile and asked in a low voice, "Miss, what are you—hiss—what are you doing?"

Halfway through speaking, Brunei gasped in pain. Scarly seemed a little embarrassed, stuck out her tongue at Brunei Darussalam, and rolled her eyes again: "Concentrate and don't embarrass me!"

"......" Brunei can now see that the biggest characteristic of Scarry's personality is probably "proud and conceited and will not admit mistakes", so when he still intends to maintain a good relationship, although Brunei seems that Scarly's performance is almost vexatious, he still bows his head to Scarry again: "Yes, I'm very sorry, Miss." ”

Scarly glanced at Brunei, then threw her head to the side again, revealing a look of disdain, and looked at Fernando: "Okay? Thrace, don't be so grinding and chirping. ”

Fernando's smile was a little more kind, and he didn't reply, just nodded, and then, the moment he turned his head to the second-turn mage, the eyes that were originally squinted into a line because of the smile had already opened, and he didn't make any other indication, but the second-turn mage trembled all over, and hurriedly bowed to him several times in a row, and after a while, he said profusely: "Mr. Thrace, I-cough, the small, the small one is ready, you can start at any time." ”

"Can you start at any time?, why didn't you tell me sooner?" Fernand tilted his head slightly, squinting at the second-turn mage. To be honest, Brunei didn't hear anything from his tone, but obviously, as the one listening, this second-turn mage was far more sensitive than Brunei, his whole body trembled like chaff, his eyes were red, and he seemed to be about to cry.

"Thrace!" Scarly slammed the table to draw the attention of the two of them, "Hurry up." Don't do boring things!"

Fernando smiled kindly at Scarly again, and shaded Brunei beside her, "Oh, I'm so sorry, Scarlett. You know, that's just a little hobby. Mr. Krigley, a little kidding you, I know that your work takes a long lead time and is not ready until just now. It's just a joke, you don't think you're going to be surprised, are you?"

The Second Turner, His Excellency Krigali, raised his head as if he had been pardoned and poured back his tears, but he had just opened his mouth, and before he could say anything, he heard Fernando continue: "But, so, I also have a small suggestion. A little earlier next time, no problem, right?"

Fernando ignored Kriegli, who was desperately nodding his head with a panicked face, tilted his head slightly, looked at the hot woman standing at the card table, and showed a bright and charming smile: "Lorraine, I think, we can start, trouble you, dear?"

Then, he looked back at Brunei and Scarlett, "Oh, Scarlett, I hope you don't get me wrong, basically, I'm single-minded with you now. Are you interested, think about it again, I said earlier-"

"Nope. Scarly interrupted him coldly.

Fernando whistled and shrugged with a smile: "Okay. ”

As she spoke, the hot woman Fernando called Lorraine had already taken a beautifully wrapped box from the hand of a child who looked to be only about ten years old, but was wearing the kind of red dress that might be common to the staff here, and opened it softly but without delay, and a stack of cards was taken out of it, and then she played with the stack of cards in a very gorgeous way, as if performing acrobatics.

“...... Uh, system, education test?" The corners of Brunei's mouth twitched.

[Education Assessment: 18<65, Success.] You've heard before, or to be precise, what you've seen and heard during your time in the casino, that they call all the cards of different suits and numbers together as a single deck, and that when the cards are dealt, they all seem to be dealt with a deck. As you can imagine, the order in which the cards are dealt is regular, so in order to ensure that it at least looks fair, there is also a process of disrupting the order of the cards, which is called "shuffling". 】

"So, now it's up to them to come up with a new 'deck' of cards and then 'shuffle'. "Brunei quickly understood the true meaning of the systematic explanation and realized what he had to do," ...... Well, the system, observe the verification. Watch for any unusual moves that could be cheating, and where you can see where the cards are going. ”

【...... Hey, good. Well, the reconnaissance check: 51<60, successful. Each of her actions is aimed at all the cards, at least a certain set of cards, you can't see that she has any very special actions, only see that she shuffles the cards very exquisitely, divided into two stacks, the cards that slip from between the fingers, are very beautiful left and right, no mistakes, it looks very skillful. At the same time, because she moves so fast, you can't keep up with the whereabouts of the cards, even though you see a few cards. 】

"Hmph. Brunei snorted, squinting at Lorraine's gorgeous movements, pensive.

Lorraine's gorgeous shuffle was finally over after five seconds, she looked left and right, and spoke, her voice a little hoarse, revealing a different kind of mature atmosphere: "Lord Thrace, Mr. Carlyle, I, I'm going to start dealing cards." ”

"Thank you. Fernando sat casually and smiled at Lorraine, his eyes narrowing again.

Brunei nodded at Lorraine without saying a word.

"System, observe and verify!

[Hey, hey, what kind of attitude do you have?