Today's Tobesk is destined to be noisy, but according to the schedule, Princess Margaret Anjou and her party will receive hospitality from the king's family today, so Shade has no chance to get close to the princess today.
Therefore, after leaving Tobesk Railway Station, Shade did not go to find Miss Galina, or search for Miss Silvia, but left with a group of people from Dawn Church, and was in the church with Priest Augustus. Had lunch together.
At noon after lunch, he received his early winter gift as a core believer. The autumn tomatoes among the seasonal fruits and vegetables were left by Shad, shared by Shad and Mia on the road in the fog. This cat seems to like this kind of vegetable...or fruit.
Taking advantage of the time at noon, Xia De went to the garbage disposal center in the west of the city and asked if the gems could be reimbursed. Later, at the gate of the garbage disposal center, Xia De stopped a little flower seller and asked her if there was a market selling fresh vegetables nearby:
"Yes, sir, turn right at the corner."
The little girl said timidly, not daring to get close to Xia De, but still curiously looked at the yawning cat carried by Xia De.
"Thanks."
Xia De thanked with a smile, and when he was about to leave, he felt someone tugging on his sleeve, and only then did he realize that the girl followed:
"Sir, do you want to buy flowers?"
The Delarion language with a Tobesk accent was spoken in an immature voice. The girl with a gray face and patched clothes still mustered up the courage to stop Shad.
"It's fine if you buy flowers, and you have to give them away after you buy them. This is a burden for me. However, this is for you."
He carefully placed the heaviest paper bag in his arms at the girl's feet. After smiling at the girl, he happily walked to the street, ready to complete the task of shopping alone.
"Meow~"
The cat on the shoulder wagged its tail and complained that Shad didn't bring him home for a nap.
The girl watched the young gentleman with the cat on his back and the dangling tail disappear into the fog at the street, and then went to look at the paper bag, only to be surprised to find that it was a bag of fresh vegetables. Shade's boss, Director An Luosi, leaned against the door of the shoemaker's shop next to the city's garbage disposal center, watching the scene with a blank expression.
After thinking about it, he touched his pocket, and the director of MI6, Sir Duck Anlos, planned to buy a bouquet of flowers.
After returning home in the afternoon, he put the vegetables he bought in the snowdrift in the basement (note), and let the lazy cat watch over the house, then Xia Decai set off for Huntington again. He had a feeling that that mysterious lake might also be waiting for his visit.
Although he saw the mysterious lake next to Lake Luther yesterday evening, Shad didn't think that lake would appear again in the same place. Therefore, he inquired about the identities of more "Goddess of the Lake" encounters from Professor Drake yesterday, and after searching last night, he decided to visit Mr. John Roland who lived in the city.
Still starting from the White River Valley Vineyard, but the weather in Huntington City today is a bit bad. When Xia De rode into the city, he thought that there might be rain and snow today. But when he changed to the carriage and arrived at the apartment building of Mr. John Roland in the city, although the sky was still gloomy, it still didn't rain.
Mr. John Roland is a local poet who is proficient in Delarion. Although he doesn't make much money writing poems, he still works as a translator in the bookstore. He is 36 years old, living alone and unmarried. According to the information provided by Professor Drake, Mr. Roland met the goddess of the lake in the spring of this year, when he went out of the city to collect information.
But alas, the jagged checkered stone apartment at 7 Bishop Street Human seemed deserted this afternoon. However, under the guidance of his neighbors, Xia De finally found the poet who was playing Rhodes cards with others in the tavern at the intersection of Human Bishop Street and Garden Pedestrian Street.
This poet is not as thin as Xia De imagined, on the contrary, he is taller than Xia De, and he is extremely strong.
He was sitting at a square table against the wall, with his right hand clenched into a fist against his thigh, his left hand holding the hole cards, his rather sharp eyes carefully wandering back and forth between the hole cards and the opponent's expression.
It is worth mentioning that his right hand has only three fingers, missing the outermost thumb and little finger. Gold rings were worn on each of the three remaining fingers. After Xia De approached, he discovered that the three rings seemed to be pure gold, and they were antiques with a certain age:
"Is it so rich?"
The poet is obviously left-handed. He skillfully put the cards on the table with his left hand, and then asked the man in the round hat opposite:
"Continue to ask for the fourth card?"
His tone is quite accented. This method of trying to use language to oppress the opponent is similar to boasting that he has won many rounds or bragging about the legendary experience of his deck before playing cards.
The onlookers also booed for a while, Xia De mixed in, and heard people calling the poet Mr. Roland "Lucky Roland".
In this hand, Mr. Roland defeated his opponent with 20 points and won 20 pfennigs. In the currency of Kasenlik, the main currency is the Kasenrik Krona, and the Finney is a subsidiary currency, and 95 Finneys are equal to 1 Crown. Based on the current exchange rate of 11 to 12 gold pounds to 1 crown, their bet is not small.
Of course, there is another coin called Orr in Kasenlik. "Ore" is a small coin of sterling silver, and under normal circumstances 1 kroner is equal to 7 ore. The currency system consisting of "Krona, Orr, and Finney" is more complicated than that of De La Rion, but this is also related to the chaotic currency system between the unions when the United Kingdom of Kaserik was established.
The man in the round hat loses a hand and wants to come back, but is forced to give up his seat to someone else because he has no money in his pocket.
Xia De didn't open his mouth to join the game, but left from the periphery of the crowd, looking for the bartender in the tavern for information.
Both De La Rion's bartender and Carson Rico's bartender seemed to like trading information. When Xia De took out a few small copper-colored coins, the bartender who was wiping the glass understood Xia De's purpose.
Mr. John Roland is a relatively well-known Rhodes player in the local area. "Lucky Roland" means that he has a very high winning rate and often beats his opponents with unexpected luck. He even beat the "King" with blackjack, which once made the poet a legend among local Rhodes players.
Mr. Roland has two special cards in his hand, and he often goes in and out of the Prophet Association. Some people have questioned him playing cards out of thousands, but no one has given evidence. Although the winning rate is quite high, Mr. Roland is not a gambler, and only occasionally goes to and from the tavern when he has nothing to do. He has always been obsessed with poetry creation, and is proud of his title as a poet.
"Mr. Roland has always been lucky, or has he just started to get lucky recently?"
Holding a glass of ale, Xia De asked the bartender, who was leaning on the counter and watching the people playing cards in the distance:
"Sir, your Kasenlik is really bad... Roland has only been lucky since the beginning of this year. I'm not jealous, but I always think that a person's luck is conserved, so this year probably It's the gentleman's turn of luck."
Although the specific information of the poet Roland appeared in Mr. Drake's information, the former did not say what he had traded with the "Goddess of the Lake". Although the professor with disabled legs sent someone to investigate, but there was no result. Now it seems that John Roland is very likely to be blessed with luck.
"I noticed that two of his fingers are missing. Is this a congenital disease, or something else?"
Xia De asked again, the three people he has met so far who met the goddess of the lake all have physical disabilities.
"I don't remember when his finger problem happened, but he has always been left-handed, so the impact is not too great. This appearance is rather bluffing, after all, seeing that his Rhodes opponent lost **** , People will subconsciously imagine whether he has encountered something in an underground casino."
Talking and laughing, Xia De also leaned on the counter, looking at the poet playing cards from the gap in the crowd:
"Lucky Roland? Yes, I see."
Xia De didn't waste too much time because he was worried that he would encounter the same misfortune as yesterday evening when he found the lake but watched it disappear before his eyes. After bidding farewell to the bartender, he squeezed back into the crowd watching Rhodes Cards. Seeing that someone lost his change in a game, he took the first seat that was vacated.
The men who played Rhodes in the tavern were obviously familiar with each other, so when they saw a stranger joining the game, they curiously asked him about his background:
"I'm a foreigner traveling from De La Rion to Carson Rico, would you mind playing cards with me?"
Shade shook his deck to Mr. Roland who was counting the banknotes:
"We can play big. I'm in Carson Rico and haven't met an opponent worth mentioning yet."
His "big talk" naturally caused ridicule from the onlookers in the tavern, and Mr. Roland, who originally didn't want to play cards with strangers, was also aroused by the foreigner's attitude. He raised his eyebrows and looked at Xia De:
"Mr. Delarion, please make sure that you have reserved travel expenses for yourself."
"Of course, I earn travel expenses by playing Rhodes cards."
Xia De slapped the deck of cards on the wooden table, and pulled it to the left so that the deck unfolded in an arc. This beautiful move can also show that he is not talking big:
"Look, I don't have a special card."
He laughed, and seeing the cautious expression on the poet's face, he knew that Xia De was "professional".
Since Mr. Roland is unwilling to tell others in detail about the details of his encounter with the "Goddess of the Lake", Xia De must find a way to make him have to say it.
Besides, he was also very curious, which one was more powerful, the unknown lucky blessing given by the goddess of the lake, or the blessing given by the old **** [The Noisy Black Hunter].
[There is also the luck brought by the impermanence of all phenomena, and the gift of thousands of souls in Fort Midhill. 】
The voice in the ear reminded softly, and at this time the two sides had already started to exchange and shuffle the cards.
Mr. Rowland, the poet, looks confident in a way that Shade usually doesn't see in his opponents.
However, Xia De did not think that he would be able to defeat the opponent because of the many blessings on him, so he took this game seriously, just like he took any game of his own seriously.
Mr. Roland has two special cards placed in his deck, while Shad's deck has no special cards. After mutual checking and shuffling, the game officially begins. There are usually no particularly complicated rules in the tavern. Mr. Roland and Shade played a total of nine rounds. In each round, 5 points will be awarded for winning, and 2 points will be awarded for a draw. Take a bet of 5 pfennigs. It was a big bet, because if you were unlucky and lost all nine rounds, you would have lost about half a crown, or five or six pounds.
Mr. Roland's luck is probably really strong. After getting the first card of the first round, he just glanced at it, and then turned over the card with a smile on his face:
"Mr. Watson, it seems that my luck is still good today."
He shouted to the bartender to bring him another glass of ale, and the poet placed the "King" in the center of the card table. The people around were talking about it, Xia De stretched his head to take a look, and sighed that good luck is indeed powerful.
"Mr. Roland, you should go to the Big City Players this fall."
Xia De praised, instead of looking at the bottom card, he asked for the second card directly. According to the rules of the Rhodes card, the first hole card cannot be suspended. Mr. Roland's not wanting the second card is actually a violation of the rules. After all, he can still bet that the second card is the king.
"Gather some crowns and go to Tobesk in De La Rion, maybe that Hamilton in Regerde can't beat you."
Shad said.
"No, no, you can't say that."
Mr. Roland was very reserved:
"I probably can only beat him a little bit."
The people watching the excitement around laughed. Xia De got the third card and asked hesitantly:
"Then Mr. Roland, why didn't you go to Tobesk?"
He looked at the cards, and was about to turn over his hole cards and place them on the table. Suddenly, he blinked and stared at the back of his hole cards.
da~ da da~
The moment his finger touched the bottom card, he seemed to hear the sound of the dice falling to the ground and spinning in his ears. It was like [The Twenty-sided Dice of Fate] suddenly turning on its own~www.mtlnovel.com~ Afterwards, Xia De felt it naturally I understand that I will definitely win this round.
"What's happening here?"
He was carefully grasping the moment just now, as if he had seen through the feeling of fate.
[Outlander, when you are intertwined with your opponent's luck, you have a sense of 'luck'. 】
"Lucky?"
He wouldn't be surprised if Xia De could get the "lucky" spirit rune in the next moment. Judging from the six months of experience in this world, Xia De thinks that he has the greatest possibility of getting "lucky" at the poker table.
"I remember that one of Luvia's four core spirit runes is [bad luck]... If you really get the lucky spirit rune, what kind of thaumaturgy can it be associated with?"
Thinking in his heart, he turned his cards over and placed them on the table.