Chapter 18: Roulette
Haru thought about going back to the café and using the coupon on that femboy, but he thought about it a lot and decided to pay a woman to suck that penis. However, it was still not the right time for that, he was still embarrassed, and Hina and Mio were keeping an eye on him. Whenever he went out, the two of them followed him or called to find out if he was getting fucked in the ass against his will. It was embarrassing, and even if he did not answer, they would interrogate him afterward, which he did not like.
That was why he decided to test the roulette. He did not know how it worked, he only knew that the roulette would not influence his luck factor. He could win something or not, and besides that, his luck did not influence the roulette, it was completely independent.
The prizes were hidden, what he could see was only: prize 1, prize 2... besides: nothing.
He spun it once and received no prize. The second time, he received five copper coins.
’A consolation prize.’
He spun it seven more times and received no prizes. On the last attempt, he received a coin purse. He looked at its contents and the purse seemed empty. He observed it carefully, and it seemed like a useless prize, since he always left his coins loose in his inventory and that had never been a problem. The coins were always withdrawn whenever he wanted, so using wallets and purses was more of a luxury than something truly useful.
But he was wrong. It took him a while to look at the item’s description. That was not a simple coin purse, it was a purse that created coins, but with a daily limit. Every day, he could withdraw one hundred copper coins, one hundred silver coins, and one hundred gold coins. A true way to break an economic system. The more coins in circulation, the greater the chance of inflation occurring, he knew that. That was why he would use it cautiously, or at least try to act cautiously, since with this purse he might never have to work again. Even though he still needed to pay off his gambling debt, he did not want to work too hard, gambling was fun, not work. However, he did not want to leave the group. At some point, he had grown attached to the two of them, not because of the free masturbation he received every day, but because of the feeling of being accepted and being part of something.
He had never been part of a group. He had always been the outcast, even his own family did not like him, so he ventured into the dungeon in his own way.
He withdrew the coins and put them into his inventory. He started making a few small bets and then made a bet to reset his luck, but that was unintentional.
He used the money and made many safe bets, he became much stronger.
[Kanzaki Haru Level: 11] [Attributes:
STR: 754
DEX: 731
COM: 729
DEF: 730
INT: 731
AGI: 738
LUK: 1.30]
He continued looking at his phone. He just kept watching the ODDs change as a game progressed, he kept watching and no bets were made. He did not want to bet.
Part of the money was used to pay off the debt, now he owed only forty thousand gold coins.
Hina was completely naked, sitting on the couch. She was watching some quiz show, and incredibly, she knew all the correct answers, she was like a human encyclopedia. Her intelligence ability was incredible, which was to be expected, since people with the Mage ability tended to have greater intelligence. The higher a Mage’s intelligence, the greater the amount of mana they could have. However, intelligence went beyond that, such as using mathematical skills, or simply activating some ability, even those that were not combat-related. This involved using points, which were hidden. The only things known were the number of times an ability could be activated and its cooldown. The higher the intelligence, the more times an ability could be activated and the shorter the cooldown.
There were exceptions, such as abilities with a single use during a period or abilities without a defined cooldown. For example, daily abilities, the user could use them at 23:59 and then again at 0:00.
That was why the rules were often not understood, and many believed that there was no single rule, but rather a set of rules that were often unique.
Even the abilities themselves were not understood, but that was not something Haru wanted to learn. At school, he just went there and sat down, he did the bare minimum of homework and took advantage of some events to skip classes. His time at school served absolutely no purpose other than teaching him how to read and write.
Even the high intelligence he had did not seem to have any practical effect, it was more like a decoration.
"Let’s move."
"Just like that, out of nowhere?"
"Yes, now that we have more money, we can live somewhere better, you and me, if you still want to."
"I’m rich and I could have left here at any time, so as for whether I want to live with you, the answer is pretty obvious," she said, laughing.
"Then let’s choose a place."
"But I’ll still sleep with you, I don’t like sleeping alone, and you won’t be able to refuse the offer unless you want to sleep with someone else, but that person will have to sleep with us."
"All right, it’s decided."
She just smiled.
"You’re very smart, you know all the answers."
"Did you go to school?"
"That question caused pain in my chest, I’m not stupid."
"I know, but it’s fun to say that you are. But yes, I learned a lot of things by studying. I want to get into a good university, what about you?"
"I don’t know, I’ve never been good at this kind of thing. I just existed at school and never really studied. I don’t even know where to start."
"Then I’ll help you. We’ll use your money to buy some books, and that way you’ll be a little less stupid," she laughed loudly.
"Deal, but not today, I just want to sleep. I still haven’t completely recovered from the last trip to the dungeon. Are you coming?"
"I’ll come soon. Go to sleep already, so tomorrow you won’t be a burden to the true stars of the group."
Haru did not understand how he had accepted her proposal so easily, but he did not feel bad about it, he liked her initiative. He just did not know if he would be able to put effort into something he had always run away from.
He looked at his phone. The balance in his bank account was very good. He had never thought that at some point he would be able to sleep peacefully without being afraid of having his house seized by the loan shark and dying at his hands. Little by little, he was becoming calmer and more cautious with his bets, which was good, but bad for the system.
[System Warning: Your ability may be reset if you do not bet ten million gold coins within thirty days!]
"What the fuck is this?"