As Toshiko claimed that she could be killed, I let out a small sigh and slowly closed my eyes before opening them again.
"The reward I got... It was... 10,000 Rubys."
"I guess you know what that means... Give it to me!"
CHAPTER 14
"We had a deal, remember? You give me your next reward and I don't mess with your allies."
"Yes, I remember it very well" I said "but are you sure you want them?"
"What are you looking for?"
"It's Rubys are pretty special. Unlike the normal ones, every night they take 200,000 Rubys from you. It's kind of like possessed Rubys."
"What the hell are you talking about! Do you really think I'm going to believe this?"
Still in a tone, I continued my speech "As the organizer said a surprise is not necessarily positive."
Naoki looked at me with pity.
"Is that why you didn't want to give them to me? You wanted to protect me?"
Toshiko intervened.
"Exactly! We don't want to look like criminals."
She managed to get into my game so easily. I was impressed!
"I understand, but how do I know you're telling the truth? You may very well be telling this kind of story to try to get away with it."
From that point on, it's all about the mind.
"You're not wrong... That's why I'm allowing you to test them to see for yourself. Also, to show you my gratitude, I agree to take them back if you start to really lose Rubys."
"Yume, that's way too dangerous!"
Only Naoki hadn't understood what I was doing.
"For you! It's way too dangerous for you! We have to find a way to end this curse."
I ignored him and continued my discussion with the troublemakers.
"So what do you think? Shall I give them to you?"
"Well..."
His answer is obvious, he's going to refuse, because his number of Rubys doesn't exceed 4 digits. If what I tell him is true he will be dead before he notices.
"I'm willing to believe you on this one if. If what you say is true and you wanted to protect us when we came to assault you then I respect your benevolence"
"Then that means you don't accept. Okay, that's your choice."
"By the way, I didn't introduce myself Taiki Yoshikuni" he said while shaking my hand
"Yume KAWASHIMA. And these are my allies Naoki and Toshiko."
He looked at them and said "You are lucky to have a teammate like him..." Before leaving.
Toshiko was relieved and said "I thought we were going to die again, thanks to Yume".
While we recover from our emotions the window makes its return.
"WHAT? Already" says then Naoki
[A new Event has been set up, meet us in Himeji. Attendance is mandatory
â–ªDisplay route ]
"Look strange, it's not a paycheck this time if"
To be continued...