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"I've heard that your class also votes," Felisty found Avi at the end of class, "I don't know what a history teacher at a military academy has in mind, but I'd suggest you keep a low profile." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

Avi didn't quite understand what the other party meant, "I've always been very low-key." ”

The red-haired girl nodded expressionlessly, "That's good, let me tell you, the matter about the White Orphanage is not over yet, the director Archibald has left Mallote under the protection of some high-ranking officials of the kingdom, you and Fan should pay more attention recently, because the incident of the White Orphanage is not as simple as it seems, and it may involve something that even King Byron feels a headache or even can't do anything about." ”

Felisti's words made Avi break out in a cold sweat, and her expression became a little solemn, not like she was scaring Avi at all. But Avi has been unknowingly involved in something, and he wants to stay with Stitch and not want to lose his degree from Kestrel Academy, so now he can only be vigilant.

While sleeping at night, Stitch secretly pushed open Avi's door and climbed into Avi's bed, "Avi!

Avi looked at the other party's expectant eyes, and suddenly realized that something bad was about to happen.

"Actually, I know there's a very hidden underground casino in Mallot, and I'm not afraid to tell you that I'm a master gambler. Stitch began to brag about his gambling skills, saying that he had never lost a bet with his subordinates and that he was frustrated that he could not find an opponent. As soon as Avi heard it, he knew that the people who boasted about the horses had deliberately lost to Stitch, and it was not because of Stitch's gambling skills.

"You don't want me to take you to that underground casino, do you?" Avi remembered that his mother had told him that gambling was something he should never do, and that most of those who were destitute had the status of gamblers, "besides, your identity is the noble Lord of the Oguna Empire, go to that kind of place..."

Stitch immediately pouted and frowned, "What do you mean by that, do you believe in my gambling skills or look down on my age?"

"Of course I didn't mean that... It's just that it's really not safe in that kind of place..."

"I'll tell you, Commander Evan took me to most of Mallot's places before, but he didn't take me to the casinos in the kingdom's capital, so I wondered, in fact, I've been itching... If you protect me to go to the underground casino, I'll give you two hundred gold coins, and if you win, you'll lose, and if you lose, it's mine, how about it?!"

If it was Fan, the big nose would have agreed immediately. Avi didn't covet the two hundred gold coins, and he wasn't short of money to spend in Mallotte anyway, "Okay, but we should call Shangfan, and the two of us will protect you together." ”

"Yes, give him another two hundred gold coins!oh! yes," Stitch grabbed Avi's pajamas, "Thousand, thousand, no, you can tell Sango about our visit to the casino! If she knew, she would have written to my father... You're going to be in trouble, too!" Stitch warned in the most serious tone. Avi nodded immediately, although the speechless and deaf girl rarely asked about herself and Fan, she was always "taking care" of Stitch, guarding her as if she were her own brother.

One afternoon over the weekend, Stitch left under the pretense that he was going back to Kestrel Academy for special instruction from the faculty, while Avi and Van left the house in the evening to meet up with Stitch at "Hot and Sour Blackberry".

"Coral isn't suspicious, is he?"

"Of course not! Your love of learning makes her very satisfied!" Big-nosed Fan took a large bag of gold coins handed over by Stitch, but fortunately the money was managed by Stitch himself, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to make the trip, "Anyway... Actually, I'm a master of playing dice!"

Fan glanced at Avi, he thought for a while and continued: "I have also been to that underground casino, it is indeed the largest underground casino in Mallote City, and the environment is also very good, so there is no need to worry about bullies." As if he knew that Avi would be surprised, Fan patted Avi as he spoke, as if to tell Avi that there were many things that Avi didn't know.

"I'm good at playing poker!" said Stitch proudly.

"Then let's go and win!" the three of them then went to the tavern in the slums. Fan told Avi when he left the house that the people in the "cat nest" would not recognize them, and that they would only have to venture into the underground casino.

The entrance to the underground casino is the opposite of the entrance to the "cat's nest", which is at the back of the tavern and looks more like the entrance to a hidden place. There are also quite a few people standing around this entrance, they are not mercenaries but they are wearing weapons, presumably the people arranged by the casino to watch the scene here.

As soon as the three of them walked into the underground casino, a thin man walked over with a smile, "A few distinguished guests, is it the first time to come... Oh, this guest has been here before, hehe!"

"yes, you really can't forget it. Fan coped with it casually.

"It's all because our guests are like our parents!

Stitch understood the rules of the casino, and he immediately pulled out a gold coin and said, "Take me to the table with the biggest bets." ”

The thin man quietly accepted the gold coin, bent down slightly and said, "This distinguished guest must be visiting our casino for the first time, why don't I take you to the ordinary table first..."

Stitch threw out five gold coins, "I see! That's enough, right?"

At this time, the thin man nodded hurriedly, and without saying a word, he led the three of them to the casino on the second floor of the basement, the number of people in the lower casino was much smaller than that on the upper floor, and some rich people in luxurious clothes also appeared here. Fan said that he could just play in the upper echelons, while Avi didn't know anything about gambling, and Stitch asked him to stand next to him and watch.

After watching it for half an hour, Avi still couldn't understand how the cards were played, and he didn't think this gambling game was interesting. But just as Avi was about to doze off, Joan's voice suddenly came from a distance.

"Please, let me give me a little more credit?

The thin man waved his hand, so that a big man stood in front of Joan and himself, and Avi didn't hear the conversation between the two again, he only saw Joan's disappointed side face and lonely back. Avi then recalled the scene of entering the "cat's nest" that night, and Joan seemed to be gambling in this underground casino, and at that time, Joan's expression was similar to what he had just seen, looking like a loser.

That night, Avi watched as Stitch won five hundred gold coins by rummaging the cards, a fraction of the amount for gamblers on the second basement floor, and no one cared. Even the skinny man who ran the casino was happy that Stitch had won the first time he came, and wanted him to come again.

Fan lost a hundred gold coins, but Stitch didn't care about that little money, and he even divided the remaining hundred gold coins between Avi and Fan.

The next afternoon, after leaving the academy, Avi was going to buy some bread to go home, and when he passed by a bakery, he found Joan in the bakery. A middle-aged man who looks like Joan is dealing with a guest, but Joan keeps his head down, and no one who doesn't know him can't see his face clearly.

"I want five loaves of bread. Avi pulled out a silver coin, and Joan sat down in the shop, and Avi noticed that the other man seemed to be playing with some dice.

"Yoan, I'm too busy! Come over and help take care of the guests here!" the middle-aged man's voice was loud, and all the customers looked at the young man hiding in the shop.

"I'm doing something else!"

"What could be more important than selling bread!? we need to work to make money..."

"Don't say it!" Joan walked out with a frown, and very quickly picked up three loaves of bread while taking away Avi's silver coin.

"It takes two silver coins to buy five loaves of bread..."Joan raised his head slightly, his eyes immediately flickered as soon as he made contact with Avi, and after receiving another silver coin from Avi, he did not make up for the two breads, but walked quickly to the back of the bread shop.

"There are other customers over here!" the middle-aged man called out to Joan's back, but Joan paid no attention to the man who appeared to be his father.

"This kid... Why are you always so distracted..."The middle-aged man sighed and had to deal with the guests alone.

When I went to morning class the next day, Joan immediately turned his face as soon as he saw Avi, and he seemed to have become a kitten who had been caught in the underbelly, and he actually avoided Avi's gaze.

"Lend me a little money, not much, just ten gold coins, you can always take it out, right?" During the recess, Joan whispered money from a follower, but the attendant, like Joan, was a civilian from a very ordinary background, so he couldn't take out ten gold coins at all.

Avi, who noticed that something was wrong with Joan, heard the conversation about borrowing money, and by this time Avi was able to conclude that Joan was in dire need of money now, and that he might have incurred a lot of gambling debts because of gambling money.

"It's twenty gold coins, you can use it first. Avi stepped forward as Joan showed a look of loss, patted him on the shoulder, and said.

Joan was stunned as he looked at the twenty gold coins in Avi's hand.

"Get out of here!" Joan directly waved his hand away and pushed Avi away, and the followers who hadn't gone far immediately looked back at the two, "There is no need for the lackeys to be pretentious!"

For Avi, twenty gold coins were just part of the reward Stitch had given him, but he could see that the twenty gold coins would help Joan immediately. Avi had thought about resolving this unnecessary conflict when John misunderstood himself as a noble lackey, but he never found the right opportunity to reconcile with John - the feeling of being hostile to another commoner was more uncomfortable than the knight's squire belittling him.

Avi still wants to insist on helping Joan, but Joan has gone away without looking back.