Whispering Poems

Whispering Poems Chapter 157

2021-07-08

Chapter 157 Poker Game
Because of the strange attitude of the three gentlemen, not only Old Duke Lucas himself, and even the other guests invited this time, couldn't wait to know what they saw just now.

"Okay then, the game begins."

Mr. Mark fiddled with the white shirt and the bow tie of the black formal collar, and announced loudly.

Two middle age persons from the Society of Prophets acted as dealers beside Mr. Mark. There is a superstition in this era, people think that women will bring bad luck to the Rhodes, so there are no sexy ladies here to deal with the cards.

Shade got his first card and got a little nervous. In fact, he doesn't know how to play Rhodes at all. In the past few days, between reading books and playing with cats, he also learned some Rhodes skills, but he can't compare with those veterans.

Therefore, the phrase "the luck of the founding series cards" mentioned by Miss Anat is probably Shade's hope of winning.

Although I have said before, I don't care about winning or losing this game. But he was really sitting here, being watched by so many people, especially Miss Beas, who was dressed as a maid for unknown reasons, which made him feel the pressure inexplicably.

"Play it casually and ask for as few cards as possible. After all, this is a game where luck is the main factor."

He comforted himself in his heart that this time the opponent's deck was no longer in touch. Bloody, this is a very fair game.

"It's nothing if you lose. Go and apologize to Miss Jialina. Impossible will lose every time she helps her."

My mood returned to normal, so I looked down at the first page. A hole card for 13.

“Hmm”

He motioned to continue to give him the next card, and the second card was given straight up, the Sun 8.

"Hmm"

He rubbed his hands, thought for a moment, and asked in the heart:

"Are there any unfathomable mystery people again? , is interfering with my luck?"

[I didn't notice. ]

"Then why. It's just 21:00?"

[Why can't it be regarded as your luck? ]

asked in a murmured voice, Shade nods, indicating that there is no need to play another card.

"Is youngster so cautious?"

The old duke on the opposite side said with a smile, but also didn't ask for a third card. Then the two opened the cards, Shade was 13+8=21, and the Duke was 8+8=16. The latter was not disappointed, but continued to say with a smile:
"It turns out that youngster was cautious for a reason."

The guests watching the game were chatting and discussing, while Shade saw Bea Taking advantage of everyone's attention in the game, Miss Si quietly slipped out the door, not knowing where she went.

"No chance to tell her that there is a high ring warlock on this floor. But last time Miss Galina knew about Miss Bayas, it should be fine."

Shade won the first place. The first round of the first round, and the second round, he did not continue the luck just now, the first two numbers added up to 17. The prudent detective did not choose to continue, and the Duke took two 2s in a row, only to stop until the fourth card:

"That sucks."

Duke Lucas Regrettably opened the hole card, 6+2+2+12=22. Shade's luck doesn't need to be particularly good, as long as it's better than his opponent.

In the third round of the first game, after Shade got the bottom card, he was a little absent-minded to find that Miss Bayas had come back. She was still dressed as a maid, and when she saw Shade's eyes "peeping" at her from behind the Rhodes card, she made a greeting gesture.

And when Shade reacted, he had already got three cards and hurriedly stopped. The total sum of the three cards is now 18.

At this time, people burst into a small exclamation. It turned out that the game was going on until now, and someone finally drew the first special rule card. Even though the old Duke Lucas was still behind, he still showed a triumphant expression as if he had already won.

"Detective, it seems that my luck is better."

[Gun·Luger Revolver], suit Sun 10, after drawing this card, if the current hand is If the card is odd, including this card, and the suits of all cards in the hand are different, you can adjust the number of the card from 10 and 11.

Duke Lucas did not continue to bid, and the other card in his hand was a suit of 1. Very solemnly, he used his fingers to open the hole card, and then slammed it onto the table, Moon 3, which was used in accordance with special rules.

"Oh! My God~ how lucky!"

Exclamations broke out again from the crowd, and the voices of heated discussions and congratulations were endless. This is not deliberately pandering to the old duke, the people present really thought it was quite an amazing thing.

"It seems that the Duke has less points than me no matter what. I won the first third round and won the first round, right?"

Shade He whispered to the dealer near him, no matter how the number of the Rhodes card was adjusted, he should have won by 18 points. But people's reaction now makes him wonder if there are any special rules that cause him to lose.

"The first game is over, Mr. Shade Hamilton wins!"

In the excited discussion, Mr. Mark announced loudly. Shade didn't show any smug expression, and the old Duke Lucas in the red army uniform on the opposite side was red light, as if he had just won a battle: "Look, detective, this match is really good. Funny, you won the first game and I hit the rules card, which is really funny!"

"I really don't fit in with this group of people."

Shade thought to himself, and the old duke continued to praise:

"It looks like Galina has found a great Rhodes player, Detective, it won't be so easy."

Although the first round of the game has a total of In total, it only lasted for a short fifteen minutes, but everyone still took a slight rest for five minutes before continuing the second round.

During this time, Shade used the excuse of not drinking and wanted some grape juice, and chatted with Miss Beas, who was dressed as a maid. But the latter blinked and didn't say anything unnecessary, as if he didn't want to involve Shade in his own business.

This made Shade relaxed, which was exactly what he wanted.

The luck of Duke Lucas finally came back in the second round at first, and he actually drew the queen directly on the third card of the first round of the second round. And Shade, who was holding 15 points in his hand, tried to continue to ask for cards, and his points directly exceeded 21 points, and then the old duke laughed and said that luck is indeed conserved.

The second round, instead, allowed Shade to draw the queen of his deck. The Duke of course continued to ask for cards like Shade just now, expecting blackjack or a king. But unfortunately, he drew a card with a special pattern, Star 13, which unfortunately directly exploded.

This kind of game where one person wins a round is much more exciting than the first game just now. The Duke's interest came up, and he arranged for his servants to find a poet who could play the lute, and sang poetry to the side while the two played cards.

In the third round of the second game, Shade, who was a little relaxed after winning a game, made a bet of luck. Although he still didn't draw a special card, he made up 20 when he stopped. point. The old duke has drawn a special rule Rhodes card again, this time it is [Ancient Hero Knight Tim], which is also a card that needs to be rolled to take effect.

But this time the Duke had no such luck, neither successfully using the special rules nor winning the detective's 20.

"It seems that I have a good luck today."

Shade, who won the first and second rounds, thought in the heart as he grew a mouthful. Win again and win.

[Maybe you can make money playing cards, that sounds pretty good. ]

"I won't gamble unless I'm really desperate, it's a matter of principle."

Shade reiterated, then heard the woman's sweet chuckle. After accepting that the other party exists at the same time as him, and not thinking about whether the other party is really him, Shade has become more and more accustomed to the voice of the woman who often whispers in his ear and heart. It was as if he didn't like cats very much at first, but gradually he got used to Mia being a member of the family.

One of the costs of being in contact with mysterious and becoming a ring warlock is that you will be followed by a murmur in your ears. Sleeping, eating, socializing, and even in private situations are the price, and there is no power that does not need to be paid. But every time he hears the soft laughter in his ear, Shade thinks it's not a price, it's a gift to himself.

At this time, the fourth round of the second game officially started. Shade's first hole card was an 8, and the Duke looked down at the card and showed his hole card directly:
" King."

The strong old man like a lion couldn't help laughing, his deep voice could almost vibrate the glass:
"I haven't been so happy for a long time, this time Galina is really I found a good player. I'm not bad. I was able to draw the king and queen in one round. The last time I had this luck, my son was about the same age as you. Detective, my hole card is King, unless you draw blackjack, I'm going to win two rounds of the second round."

The people on the sidelines were excitedly talking to each other about the game, which could happen almost every round. Some rare things, which greatly increase the visibility of the game.

People were already wondering if the young detective had the luck, and Shade was curious.

"Continue to deal."

He gestured, but wasn't nervous. Even if he lost this round, the second game was only two to two, so he was not in a hurry.

He turned his head slightly and looked towards the black-haired maid who had been standing behind him since the start of the match. The maid looked at him, and her beautiful eyes directly expressed the meaning of "Is something wrong?" Shade shook his head, but found that he could see some physical features that made him blush when he looked up. The maid Tifa was probably him in this world. Of all the women I know, the one with the best body.

Looking towards the card table again, I saw that my second card was actually 12 for the Sun, and 8 points just now, totaling 20.

"Oh~"

Even he couldn't help sighing, while Duke Lucas was already smiling:

"Detective, Lose the round, or try another card?"

"Continue to deal."

Shade said.

The Duke tapped lightly on the table with his fingers:

"Youngster is like this, it's good to have some luck."

But Shade feels that this is not the case. To brag about himself is purely because the old duke wants to win more thoroughly.

The third card was dealt, and the people on the side near Shade couldn't help but stretched their heads slightly to look at the card, expecting to see the young detective get any one of the four suits, a point 1. , with an amazing reversal to win the game.

Shade glanced at the cards and raised his eyebrows:
"Perhaps the idea that the founding cards increase luck isn't just superstition."

He didn't That lucky draw draws a point 1 in any of the four suits, but instead draws a point 3.

The third card is Sun 3, the card face is [Founding·Silver Moon], and the number can be adjusted from 1 to 5.

Plop~
Turning his head to look, the hair grey-white Viscount Ford finally collapsed with a smile on his face while clutching his heart.

PS: Check it out, do you like the description of the Rhodes card game, or do you think it is meaningless, you can skip it and write about winning or losing?