Chapter 355 – That’s How You Get Broke (2)

“So, what are the rules?”

“By throwing three dice. Whoever draws the higher number wins the game. How is it? The more money you bet, the more you win? There are a lot of people here in town who make a living out of this.”

“Uh huh…”

The dwarf still had a worried expression. He timidly threw 20pence. If 100 pennies were gathered, it was 1 silver, so if it was a lot, it was a lot, and if it was small, it was a small amount. The people gathered around began to giggle at the dwarves’ timidity.

“It looks scary because it only has a lot of muscles.”

“Where can you properly miner without betting money like that?”

The dwarf huffed at the sound that got on his nerves, then shoved the money out of his wallet. The stake, which was 50 pennies, went up to 10 silver. People were clapping and cheering. The dwarf’s eyes were shaking.

The first die is rolled. Six people, including the dwarves, were sitting huddled together. Seeing that the Dwarf got stuck in the plate, other Dwarves started coming to watch. The Dwarf, who was examining the situation with his flushed face from drunkenness, asked.

“What is this?”

People kindly explained the rules again. In the meantime, everyone except the Dwarves started rolling the dice. It was a form of putting a dice in a barrel, shaking it, then flipping it over and spitting it out. The five people pulled out numbers from the dice in unison.

1 3 2

2 2 1

1 1 2

3 1 1

1 1 4

“Friend! Hurry back!”

Suddenly, the man who first talked to the dwarf called the dwarf ‘friend’. The Dwarf looked at his surroundings and turned the dice box as hard as he could. I felt the dice that had been spinning in the air come together again in the middle of the barrel. Cautiously, the dwarf turned the barrel over again.

4 5 6

“Gosh!”

“The dwarves are sweeping away everything!”

“Did you stick to this?”

People everywhere groaned. The onlookers were cheering. Dwarves who did not yet understand the rules were puzzled and asked the people around them how this happened. People kindly explained the rules again. The money that had been on the table rushed to the Dwarves. The dwarf’s jaw dropped wide at the pile of money in front of him.

A total of 60 silver. It was too much money to have earned in an instant. It wasn’t just that his mouth was wide open. The other dwarves were also looking at the table alternately with my colleague who had suddenly earned a lot of money. One of the people sitting at the table asked the dwarves.

“Are you going to wear it? Let’s move to a bigger table.”

The dwarves shook their heads. I couldn’t get over it once. Making money is just a coincidence. The first edition could have been exceptionally lucky.

And the second edition began. People smiled and placed bets on the Dwarves. The dwarf bet 10 silver this time as well. People bet 10 silver according to the dwarves, exchanged glances with each other, and rolled the dice. The Dwarf once again closed his eyes and rolled the dice.

“Hey! Carry this!”

“Aren’t the dwarves too good at it?”

“You want me to look after you? Uh?”

The second round was also a victory for the dwarves. The dwarf still couldn’t tell if this was real or not. I couldn’t understand why he was winning. People started to encourage the dwarves around them once again. Don’t you have a lot of money anyway? Wouldn’t it be fine to just bet about 10 silver and then stop there if you lose? The Dwarves were moved by the temptation. Instead, rather than playing at a large table, he moved to a smaller table and started gambling with other people.

“I lost again!”

“I’m going to be very broke today!”

Meanwhile, the Dwarf couldn’t come to his senses. It was because I had hit the jackpot in succession in gambling once I started. He had already earned 3 gold. How many times can the money be multiplied by adding a few more games in this way? Reason slowly began to disappear from the dwarf’s eyes.

“The dwarves are very, very disrespectful of us!”

“Coriander! Master! Fucked up fuck!”

The sound of jackpots coming from the seat next to him also played a part in paralyzing his thoughts. The dwarf rolled his dice nonstop. He rolls once and he rolls again, without rest. Smiles were blooming on the faces of the gamblers who were pouring money into the dwarves.

Next day. The mine door did not open. It was because he said they were doing renovation work for two weeks. Since the mine was not open, bored Dwarves began to gather at the gambling house one by one. Oddly enough, there were many gambling houses in this town. As many as 200 Dwarves went into different gambling rooms and played dice or card games.

The Dwarves who lost the gamble drank, and the Dwarves who won were happy and boasted about their money to other Dwarves. Then there were frequent cases of being caught by the collar. The Dwarves, who had only been picking for a week, were losing money little by little at some point. However, the Dwarves were unable to escape from gambling. People comforted him again, saying that there are days when you win and days when you lose, and he couldn’t forget the pleasure he felt every time he won money.

“It’s 60 silver for a drink.”

“Patience. Why is alcohol so expensive?”

“Because this is a mountain.”

The dwarves threw money out of their wallets even as they got angry at the skyrocketing price of alcohol. More than 10 Dwarves became drunk and moved to the gambling hall at will. He drank and lost money at the gambling house. They were spending money at random, like scooping money out of a bucket.

“Oh, that’s great!”

“As expected, dwarves are good at games. I’m going to stop doing this.”

When I stopped by the gambling house once while spending money, the gamblers were losing astonishingly as if they had put it together. After raising funds like that, the dwarves lost money again in card gambling or other dice gambling places. And they drank to celebrate winning or to mourn the loss. Their wallets were running empty, as if water was leaking from the faucet little by little.

The morning of two weeks. One of the dwarves broke into a cold sweat when he realized his wallet his was empty. My friends go gambling and drinking again, because he couldn’t. The dwarf, who had been stuck in the inn with an ugly step, finally knocked on the door of the gambling house.

The dwarf was greeted by a man with a friendly impression who had called her friend after seeing him. The Dwarf said while breaking out in a cold sweat.

“Chi, friend. Out! Heh heh heh.”

A frown appeared on her man’s face. He asked the dwarf.

“Okay. Friend. Why did you come here if you are a guest, you should straighten your shoulders proudly and enter the front door. Your friends have already gone in and got their share. Come on, let’s go.”

“That, that… My, because I have no money… Heh heh heh…”

The dwarf stroked his beard and laughed awkwardly. The man wrapped his arms around the dwarf’s shoulder before he could say anything behind his back.

“Don’t worry if you don’t have money. What’s good about friends? I’ll lend it to you Don’t worry, play. If you have a little anyway, won’t another 10 gold come in?”

“Yeah, right! Okay!Haha!”

The dwarf laughed awkwardly and agreed with her man’s words to her. As he said, 10 more gold came in in a little while. It was because the deposit payment date promised by the Grand Duke of the North was at that time. The Dwarf borrowed the money without a rumor and entered the main gate of the gambling house confidently. The dwarf did not know. At that time, 34 dwarves were borrowing money from the ‘man’ and pretending to be confident.

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Emilia, who returned to the mine after two weeks, was shocked to see the dwarves standing in front of her chest her. Those there were not proud, impatient, and violent dwarves. They were psychopaths suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder, who had pale faces and knew nothing but money. They snarled and drooled as if the money boxes were living, raw meat.

Said Emilia.

“Okay then, everyone. From tomorrow, the mine will reopen for business. Since you have signed a contract with us as a sole proprietor, you do not have to fill your quota. He must have been tired from waiting for the mine today, so he thought about starting work tomorrow. What do you think?”

The dwarves who were counting her gold hurriedly nodded at Emilia’s friendly question her. They spat out excuses they didn’t know who they were talking to.

“Cancer! Right. I have to start working tomorrow! Today, once that… I need to relieve fatigue.”

“Right! Right! Let’s play until today and start tomorrow!”

After saying that, without saying goodbye to the Grand Duke, they ran to the village in pairs. Emilia said to Nancy, humming her song her.

“Nancy. Gambling is bad. Nancy won’t gamble when she grows up.”

“Meeeee, I get it. Grand Duke.”

“Okay. That’s nice. Nancy.”

The dwarves passing by her man quietly held out their gold. They didn’t want anyone to know they were in debt, so they quietly called her man to pay her back to her. The wallet that used to cost 10 gold was reduced to 5 or 4 gold. But they weren’t worried. Because it can be called again at the gambling house. It’s because you can be called again and play luxuriously like before.

The tavern was lined with high-quality alcohol that could not be tasted in the Dwarven Kingdom, and various services were provided. Snacks were conceived of only the finest delicacies, and when they were drinking, the waiters gave the dwarves a full body massage.

Those who once indulged in the luxury life could not escape it. Even when the next morning came, the Dwarves did not leave the village. There were people who didn’t even notice that the sun had risen, and there were people who thought it was okay to have one more day.

There were also dwarves who forgot that they had to go to the mines to work. Spiders began to spin their webs at the entrance to the mine, which was only open. The dwarves sang while drinking, not even noticing that they were decaying. The gamblers who run the casino sang songs to the Dwarves.

Empty your beer mug!
Ore does not run away!

Empty your beer mug!
Because tomorrow is a holiday!

Empty your beer mug!
They got gold from the mine!

One day, two days, three days. Another two weeks passed like that.

In the large village overlooking the mine, singing was heard today as well.

There were no dwarves who came to the mine.