Chapter 249: The Rigged Royal Straight Flush
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 249: The Rigged Royal Straight Flush
I felt that the three days I spent soothing the Youngest Sister—who had been hiding in her room every time she saw me, all because I’d tickled her sides a little—were a complete waste of time.
Normally, summer vacation is a legally sanctioned period of idleness granted to children, but for someone on their 2nd Playthrough like me, it was just another set of days to be lived diligently.
I had lost my position as Class President due to Im Su-yeon’s cowardly tactics, but since such temporary roles weren't worth worrying about anyway, it was time to get moving.
“Die. What are you all banking on? Show your hands.”
“One pair.”
“Full house for me~”
The aunties(?) were passing the time playing poker. My Mom’s friends met up in small groups occasionally, but it was rare for them to set a specific date and place to play like this.
It had been years since our first meeting, yet it was quite pitiful to see them still without men, living their lives being treated as a young brat’s females or meat toilets.
Of course, I was the one who made them that way, but when they were the ones initiating the sexual harassment and begging for rape while performing naked dogeza, a kind person like me couldn't just look the other way.
Tiria glanced at Mom, Cassia, and Alicia before cautiously opening her hand.
“Royal Straight Flush.”
“Stop cheating, you crazy bitch!”
“Grab her wrists!!!”
Cassia and Alicia reacted violently, pouncing on Tiria. For the record, Tiria had given me a bit of pocket money to manufacture that hand.
She had texted me the cards she needed and asked me to sneak them between her thighs. It wasn't difficult; I just touched Tiria’s thighs and tucked a few cards in.
“Cheating? What did I even do?”
“Uh, uh… I didn’t do anything….”
Tiria shot the question back at Mom, who was holding her down as if she were being wronged. My foolish, airheaded, big-titted meat toilet of an elf Mom, who was being raised as a sow by her young son, avoided answering, looking flustered.
“Alicia, it just means your luck is that bad. Is there anything the eyes of the Intelligence Bureau Chief dispatched to the United Kingdom can’t catch?”
“I-I don’t know about that! I’m a movie actor!”
“Right, right, I’m sure you’re a movie actor. So, did you see it? Did you see me pulling a stunt? This is so unfair, really.”
Tiria argued with Alicia, wearing a face that looked like she truly hadn't done a thing. Alicia frowned and glared at Tiria suspiciously, but since there was no evidence, she couldn't say a word. For the record, although I did sneakily swap the cards, I also played a part in creating that rigged hand by climbing onto the sisters' laps and acting cute to distract them, all for the promise of more pocket money from Tiria.
“Then I’m taking Gracia with me for a month, right?”
The stake placed on the table was the destination for half of the Youngest Sister’s vacation.
“Ugh… I’m sorry, Grasha… Mom is just incompetent… sniff…”
I don’t know what Mom was thinking when she put up half of Gracia’s vacation as a stake, but she sobbed while resting her heavy breasts on the table.
“I was going to take her to the Magic Tower…”
Cassia let out a long sigh as she looked at the one pair sitting in front of her.
“Ugh… the old folks are going to throw a fit. Ugh… I told my mother I’d bring Gracia home…”
“What are you going to do with Gracia at your family home…?”
“Huh? My mother really likes Ame. She said she wanted to see Ame’s daughter at least once.”
I started to get curious about what kind of person that Marchioness was.
“What about me?! What about me!?”
“My mother hates men…”
Alicia avoided my gaze.
“S-Still! If I give birth to lots of granddaughters, my father-in-law will like it too!”
I ignored her since she was making such a pathetic excuse.
“Hey, do it again. Raise the stakes.”
“I can’t hear you, I’m not doing it, and why should I send our Grasha to Imperial land?”
Alicia made a new proposal as if it were unfair, but the loyal patriot Prosecutor firmly refused.
“Anyone listening would think I’m kidnapping her.”
“I’m going to raise her well and use her as a Prosecutor. Do you know how smart Gracia is? With just a little teaching, she’ll become a middle manager who can keep those low-IQ idiots in line.”
Tiria shook her head at Cassia’s complaints as if it were out of the question. I could understand Tiria’s feelings a bit. Seeing how she kept someone as absolute garbage-tier as Rhea Dupre just because she worked well, anyone could empathize.
Anyway, the month of Gracia’s time that Mom had wagered was sold to Tiria. The Youngest Sister, unaware that a month of her life had been sold, was napping on a floating bed tube in the outdoor pool.
“…Three S-Rank magic stones from the recent colony. These have been laundered, so you can use them however you want.”
Alicia pulled three sparkling stones out of subspace.
“The eighth inner core of a Gabelos. It was the Lightning Brigade’s share from the subjugation war.”
Cassia pulled out a pink lump of stone.
“Hey, are you guys serious…? The talk about spies and agents was a joke. Don’t get so serious over this.”
Tiria tried to stop them, looking flustered.
“I got caught taking out a bunch of elixirs. If I don’t take Gracia back and have her act cute for my mother, I’m seriously dead.”
Alicia spoke, her pale skin turning even paler with dread.
“…Since I couldn’t bring Im Su-yeon, I have to at least bring Gracia to save face at the Magic Tower. I don’t plan on making her a disciple immediately, but I’ll be satisfied just by giving her the option to choose later.”
Cassia was also incredibly serious.
“No, if you raise the stakes like this, what am I supposed to bet?”
“Bet that ‘Gracia Usage Ticket’ for a month.”
“Uh… what about me?”
Everyone’s eyes turned toward Mom. Then they saw me, eating the expensive fruit Alicia had bought all by myself.
“…One month, no, two weeks.”
Alicia made a cautious deal.
“One week is enough for me.”
Cassia said firmly.
“Hey, are you going to ignore business ethics like that?!”
“No matter how I think about it, one week seems sufficient…”
Alicia gritted her teeth at the sight of Cassia closing her eyes and letting out a small cough.
“Uh, um… but wagering Yong-hwan is a bit…”
Mom cautiously checked my reaction. Perhaps because she was a well-trained female, she seemed to know better than to dare wager her Master’s treatment.
“Are we strangers, Ame? I’m planning to play with him so he can have a pleasant week of vacation. I’ll teach him ice fishing in the North, and I’ll even hold a banquet at the Northern castle.”
“Really…?”
Mom began to be swayed by Cassia’s persuasion.
“That’s right, that’s right! My mother… she’d probably like someone like Yong-hwan too. Or I’ll take responsibility and visit a few Imperial tourist spots with him! I’m getting bored with being a movie actor anyway, so I can get some inspiration while traveling here and there!”
“Hmm…”
Alicia began her persuasion.
“…You guys seem more proactive about him than Gracia?”
Tiria looked at the two beasts with suspicious eyes.
“You can win too, Tiria. If you win, you get to play with Yong-hwan for a week, right?”
“What use is playing with a brat? Even when I keep him around just to look at, he’s such a troublemaker that he disappears in an instant.”
Tiria might actually be the most reliable guardian. While everyone was busy watching each other and trying to adjust the stakes, a new visitor arrived.
“…What are you all doing?”
Camel Sirian had arrived. The big-titted dairy cow flinched and instinctively stepped back when our eyes met as she hung her thick coat on the rack. However, she approached her friends’ gambling table as if nothing had happened.
“You, go away. We’re in the middle of an important conversation.”
“What’s so important about gambling? And that paper… Eek?! Why did you hit me?!”
Camel, who had tried to touch the Gracia Usage Ticket in front of Tiria, was struck on the back of her hand by the Angel Prosecutor and retreated.
“Don’t touch my future subordinate.”
“What on earth are you talking about?!”
Camel clutched the back of her hand, her face contorted in a deep frown.
“I’ll explain later, so just stay over there. Don’t be a distraction. This is a very important matter right now.”
Alicia waved Camel away dismissively. Camel looked at the gamblers with a pathetic expression, then turned toward the rooms when she saw me as she was approaching the sofa to sit.
No matter how I looked at it, it was a signal for me to help her with the lactation masturbation she hadn't been able to do for months. Since it was obvious the gambling would continue, I first approached the sow and gave her a bundle of shiny star stickers, which I used to express satisfaction by sticking them on her body whenever she provided good service.
“A-Son?”
Of course, Ame Cal Degrain, the top-tier meat toilet who usually had more than four stuck to her lower abdomen, looked at me nervously, her thighs pressed tightly together by instinct.
“One of these is a right to use me for one hour. Let’s see, 12 per row… and 18 rows, so…”
I tore off four rows with my fingernail. Everyone blinked with blank expressions.
“This is Mom’s stake!”
Ame Cal Degrain’s green eyes widened in surprise.
“Everyone, don’t blow it all in one go! Split the stakes with things like elixirs! Win big, Mom!”
“Ah, yes!!! Mom will definitely win those elixirs and give them to you, Son!”
Mom’s enthusiasm caught fire.
With this, the gambling was bound to go on for a very long time, and since the Youngest Sister had followed us while complaining about staying up all night, she was sure to sleep for at least another four hours.
After handling all the possibilities, I followed Camel into the sixth room she had escaped into.