When Esther walked to the table, Matteo turned his head sideways, "Hey, you can come here, it doesn't matter if you stand in front of me anyway." ”

Esther raised an eyebrow at him, but instead of rejecting Matteo's kindness, she squeezed to the edge of the table with the smallest height in the group.

On the left side of the table is a blonde man with his shirt off and his upper body bare. His blue eyes were wide open with nervousness, the corners of his eyes were bloodshot, and his hand holding the cards trembled slightly, and it was obvious that he had fallen into this gamble with all his heart.

"Hurry up, are you going to smoke or not? I told you a long time ago, don't cheat if your heart is not strong enough, the god of luck will no longer favor you. ”

The man on the right side of the table unceremoniously tapped the table with his knuckles, and the cigarette in the corner of his mouth did not interfere with his speech at all.

After he finished knocking on the movement, he also raised his hand to pick up a handful of fine black hair scattered on his forehead, and raised his head proudly at the people watching the gambling game around him, and his dark blue eyes were full of pride.

The man was dressed in a rough black tuxedo, with one leg resting on a chair to prop up his elbows, the other leg resting diagonally on the ground, and his shiny cowhide shoes were constantly shaking, showing an arrogant impatience.

Although he wears a pair of gray-rimmed glasses, he only exudes a sven scum pompousness.

The black-haired man had a rune-style gray suit, a plaid waistcoat and a white shirt hanging from the back of his chair, a cane lying across the floor, and a finely crafted half-height top hat that he had already sat flat.

It is clear that none of this is his thing.

Esther looked at the table, where the black-haired man had more than a hundred gold horns in his hand, and a lot of silver sandwiched in it, while the corner of the other's table was empty.

There are fewer types of poker games played by two people than three or four people, and the appearance and promotion of playing cards are the work of Russell the Great, who retains the rules of suits and numbers, and also leaves a variety of ways to play.

The cards in this game are the simplest to draw the king's eight: a deck of cards takes the king and an eight, the two take turns drawing the cards in their hands, counting pairs of numbers to cover the table, and then drawing each other from each other's hands, and the person who throws all the cards first wins.

Knowing the method of betting made Esther's previous strong curiosity a lot less.

The blonde man had six cards in his hand, while the black-haired man opposite, who was very arrogant, had only three cards left in his hand.

with the number of cards they have

Esther was standing at an angle to the right, so she could only see the blonde man's hand.

When the blonde man tried to draw cards, the black-haired man's gaze was not on the opposite person's hand, but on his face.

Esther noticed the reflection on the black-haired man's glasses, which was sliding slightly, becoming distorted, reflecting a little of his cards.

Esther had a gut feeling that the reflection had been reversed.

She smelled a peculiar smell, a little sour and spicy, which stimulated her appetite. Esther sniffed subconsciously, but with her height, when she was blocked at the innermost side of the crowd, she couldn't see the restaurant across the aisle.

So Esther's eyes fell on the black-haired man.

She remembered the last time she had smelled something like this, when she had met someone extraordinary who was on the same path as Klein.

This man is also a "soothsayer"? I don't know how many sequences it is.

I don't know if Esther's eyes were too deliberate, or if she was too indifferent in this group, the dark-haired man opposite raised his eyes and looked at her.

Then his other hand, which he didn't draw, quickly clicked three times on the table.

Behind the lenses, those blue eyes were insidiously deep and dark.

As the man's fingers clicked three more times, his eyes quickly returned to normal, but he never made eye contact with Esther again.

He also turned on his spiritual vision to observe my situation, he is not as arrogant as he seems, but he is actually quite cautious......

Soon, the blonde man drew a loose card that could be matched, which gave him a long sigh of relief.

But when the black-haired man pulled out the other, his opponent's face was a miserable white.

A pair of aces were thrown on the table, and the black-haired man turned over the cards in his hand, and the clown on the big ace was showing the same pompous smile on his face.

His tone was kind: "You can make a choice now." Do you honestly admit that you are out of the woods, or do you take off your pants and get out of here? ”

Esther patted Mattio on the shoulder and whispered, "Let's go, the results are out, I still need your help." ”

As a result, she didn't expect to be called at, and the black-haired man suddenly turned his head sideways and said loudly, "Hey that little lady!" Don't go, we can also have a few words. I'm a gentleman and won't bully a lady! ”

The smile on his face was only ill-intentioned, and as long as he was a person with eyes, he couldn't see where the gentlemanly demeanor came from.

Esther hooked the corners of her mouth: "No, we don't know each other." ”

She then pressed Matteo's shoulders and squeezed out of the crowd, unhappy at the man's invitation to play. Vika smacked her lips in disbelief, glanced at the blonde man who had lost his soul, and quickly followed Esther and Matteo.

The arrogant black-haired man frowned, and soon smiled again, looking at the opponent across the table: "How about it, you should admit it too, right?" You're a despicable liar. ”

The blonde man stood up silently, gritted his teeth and began to take off his pants.

The onlookers cheered, whistling loudly and clapping their hands vigorously.

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"What are you looking for me?" Matteo was a little surprised when he heard a commotion coming from the direction behind him, "That guy really lost his pants?" ”

Vika also looked back frequently: "It's a very serious thing to admit Lao Qian, and if you don't get pierced, there is no evidence, and it can be said that the other party slandered." Being poked is no different from stripped pants, the kind that doesn't even leave bottoms. ”

"Sounds like you know a lot." Matteo glanced at Vika.

Vika bared her teeth at Esther's usual expression: "It sounds like you're still immature, you can go out and walk more when you have time, and see more." ”

Matteo was expressionless: "I have seen enough, but I don't have any experience in this area, because there are many ways for extraordinary people to cheat." ”

"I'm going to start collecting extraordinary materials too!" Vika tried to punch Mattio hard in the shoulder, but was dodged sideways by a light side.

"I'm glad to see you two get along so well." There was a slight smile in Esther's voice.

Matteo glared at her in amazement, "You call this friendship?" ”

"Who's friendly with him!" Vika was a little slower, but added viciously.

"I need your help divining the effects of an extraordinary item, because I can't do it."

Matteo looked at Esther suspiciously, "You don't know divination?" ”

"Thank you, no, no, no. When I do divination involving the spirit realm, it will be easy to attract anomalies, so it will be more convenient for someone else to do it. After Esther explained, she pointed to Vika next to her, "Wait for me in his room." ”

"Why my room?" Vika subconsciously asked rhetorically.

Esther always felt that Vika had become more and more casual after letting go of her fear and defense: "Because it can open your eyes, and by the way, I want to see how well you know about the occult." ”

Vika wanted to slap herself in the face, what to do with so many words, and suddenly he was targeted.

Matteo raised his thumb and pushed out the source where the two of them didn't do their business and ran downstairs: "I don't have an opinion, it's this guy who can't learn, and offered to treat me to a drink." ”

As soon as a few people reached the third floor, they heard a rush of footsteps coming from downstairs.

Esther's face darkened first, and her disgust shifted from Vika to the staircase, and as expected, she saw the man with gray-rimmed glasses, with a silver coin between his fingers.

After meeting Esther's eyes, the man smiled even more heartily, he took the cigarette that emitted a strong smell, walked quickly through the corridor, and stretched out his hand directly at Esther: "Barnabe, is it an honor to meet you, ma'am?" ”

"What's the matter with you?" Esther didn't touch his outstretched right hand.

Banabe, however, kept holding his hand up in front of Esther, admitting too calmly:

"I'm looking for some news from Nath, and I think you might be able to help me."

Esther was puzzled by the man's inexplicable eagerness: "What do you think?" You don't seem to be that gullible person, and petty mental instincts can deceive you. ”

Seeing Esther casually mention extraordinary words in front of the other two, Banabe no longer scruples: "I'm looking for traces of mermaids." ”

"Then you're late, and you can share a boat with my friend half a month ago."

"Fight a boat?" Banabe chewed on the statement and couldn't understand it, but Esther's words revealed something else, "So you do know where to find mermaids, do you?" ”

Seeing that Banabe's hand was still held there, and there was no intention of taking it back at all, Esther had to shake it twice at will: "Yes, I don't know, you can go." ”

"Don't, don't!"

Banabe just withdrew his hand, thinking that the other party meant to talk in detail, but he heard such bad news.

Banabe took advantage of Vika's insertion of the key, pushed open the door of the guest room, and flicked the cigarette butt directly into the room, and then the next moment, a burst of flames flew out, and he was already standing in the room one step ahead of everyone.

Vika froze at the door, looking at Banabe, who had picked up the cigarette butt in the room and put it back to his mouth without disgust, and at Esther, who was full of disgust outside the door.

Vika's heart was full of embarrassment: "I didn't mean to ......"

Matteo covered his mouth, but it wasn't the right occasion to laugh, and he didn't taunt Vika out loud.

Esther only felt troubled, she couldn't figure out why she was entangled by this person, if Banabe had turned on her vision to look at herself, shouldn't she walk around herself?

"Please, I really just want to ask about the mermaid's whereabouts, doesn't anyone believe the truth these days?" Banabe leaned against the desk in the room, his expression sincere.

Esther walked into Vika's room, "I told you you to leave?" ”

"Of course."

"Okay, in the easternmost part of the Sunia Sea, there are mermaids living in the ruins of the Divine War in that golden ocean, you can go."

Banabe gasped: "God—"

Esther unceremoniously pointed to the door, "You should go, Mr. Banabe." ”