Chronicles of the Lazy Sovereign Chapter 79

# 79

Taejonbirok Volume 4 Episode 4

Chapter 25 – One Throw of the Sky (4)

The people's gaze was focused on the place Dokbi pointed to.

"dice?"

The crowd began to murmur.

“Dice? Isn’t that too ordinary?”

“But it is also the most certain.”

“Isn’t dice a form of gambling where the skill gap between the expert and the beginner is most evident? That boy wouldn’t be able to deal with Dokbi, would he?”

“What kind of gambling can compete with a poisonous snake? Dice is better. And you don’t know the rules of other gambling. Dice is much fairer than gambling with complicated rules.”

As time passed, public opinion began to shift toward praising the poisonous snake that had chosen the dice.

“That’s fair and square.”

“As expected, it’s Dokbi.”

Wi Yeon-ho was half asleep as he watched that reaction.

“Hey, get up!”

“You’re saying you’re sleepy in this situation!”

The people were surprised and shouted at Wi Yeon-ho.

“Ugh…….”

Wi Yeon-ho forcibly lifted his eyelids that would not open.

“……Can’t we just do it tomorrow?”

“What are you talking about after coming all this way! That’s not possible.”

Kang Cheon-rip declared that it was absolutely impossible.

“Okay.”

Wi Yeon-ho was dying.

“It’s hard.”

“What did you do to be so tired? It hasn’t even been an hour since you got here.”

“Still, it’s still hard.”

“But what can’t be done, can’t be done.”

“Tch.”

Wi Yeon-ho nodded, sinking deep into his chair.

“Well then, I guess I have no choice but to finish this quickly and go.”

Wi Yeon-ho began to burn with fighting spirit.

“When does it start?”

Dokbi clenched and unclenched his fist as if in disbelief.

This guy seemed to think of himself as a pushover who could be dealt with whenever he wanted.

“If you want, we can start right now. But do you know the rules?”

"I don't know."

Wi Yeon-ho shook his head.

“……There are many ways to play dice. Which method do you think is best?”

“I don’t know.”

Then what do you want to do?

Dokbi was speechless at the absurdity.

I don't know why he keeps telling me to do something when he doesn't know anything. And what's with that look of annoyance on his face?

“Okay.”

Dokbi somehow felt ashamed of himself for having to gamble with a boy like this.

“Let’s keep it simple.”

"yes?"

“Roll these six dice and whoever rolls the higher number wins.”

“That’s a very simple method. Is there anything more complicated?”

“Can you do something complicated?”

“I was just asking. I was curious.”

Dokbi took a deep breath to calm his racing heart.

I've had my heart race with the tension of a match many times, but I think this is the first time my heart has raced this hard in front of a gambling table.

“The method is that the one with the higher total on the dice wins! Any objections?”

"no."

“The game continues until one side has won every last nyang. Any objections?”

“Is there one?”

“What is it?”

“What happens if one side doesn’t get everything? Should I keep gambling? I want to finish it quickly and go.”

“That won’t happen. The stakes double after each round. So the game will definitely end.”

“You should have told me that in advance. Why is the explanation like that?”

“I was going to tell you now! Now! I was going to tell you now, you turtle!”

“No, why are you suddenly swearing? Are you making the listener feel bad?”

A vein began to appear on Dokbi's forehead.

“Dokbi, calm down.”

“Kuuuuuu.”

Dokbi shook his head.

I half came to my senses thanks to Kang Cheon-rip's strong dissuasion, but for a moment I almost lost my senses.

“Huh, don’t be angry.”

“No. Well, you don’t have to apologize.”

“Thank you for understanding.”

“You don’t understand?”

“Huh?”

“I just want to go home.”

“Who, who says you can go wherever you want?”

“It seems like in this casino, they force people to gamble while swearing at them?”

"huh?"

“But I’m a guest, so I can’t gamble and get cursed at. My father said that a guest can’t be a king, but he can’t be a servant either. But I don’t think a servant would get cursed at like that for no reason.”

“…….”

Dokbi and Kangcheonrip became mute after eating honey.

Why is that idiot suddenly talking so well? It's like he's a different person.

“If my father found out that I was gambling while getting cursed at, he would try to tear out my ears. He might even try to break the bed. He would say that I was lying there, miserable, unable to hear properly.”

Wi Yeon-ho shivered.

It's a terrible thing to even think about.

“……Ah, you mean father?”

Kang Cheon-rip's face turned slightly pale.

No matter how you look at it, doesn't Wi Yeon-ho look like the son of a high-ranking official? If someone would send such a reckless man on a trip abroad dressed in silk and accompanied by a servant, then he was definitely not an ordinary person.

What if that person hears that his child was kicked out of a gambling house after being sworn at out of the blue and having his money stolen?

'The gold makeup is shattered.'

Of course, the gold jewelry had the strength to withstand even high-ranking officials who blatantly tried to destroy it.

It's not like they've made just one or two lines, and his master is someone who can finish off any high-ranking official's work overnight.

Even so… … .

'Just because the gold jewelry is safe doesn't mean my neck is safe.'

Kang Cheon-rip could have easily been destroyed just for attracting attention.

Kang Cheon-rip, who had grasped the situation, poked Dok-bi in the side.

'Why are you doing that?'

'I'm sorry.'

'Am I the one talking?'

'hurry!'

Dokbi, who was under pressure from Kang Cheon-rip, trembled and turned his head towards Wi Yeon-ho.

"hurry!"

When Kang Cheon-rip opened his mouth to urge him, Dok-bi spoke in a vibrating voice.

“Cow, cow, cow!”

"yes?"

“I made a mistake…. I hope you will forgive me for the mistake this reckless mouth made.”

“Hmm…….”

Wi Yeon-ho seemed to be troubled by Dok-bi's answer, then nodded slightly.

“My mother used to say that everyone makes mistakes and that it is a great man’s job to be tolerant and understand mistakes.”

Jinsoah raised her hand.

"huh?"

“Aren’t you my father?”

“Are you my mother?”

“Don’t fathers usually say things like that?”

“Isn’t it usually the mother who says things like that and the father who nags?”

When Wi Yeon-ho asked with a look of complete incomprehension as to why she was doing that, Jin So-ah was at a loss for an answer.

“……That’s right.”

“But why are you asking? Our fathers and masters, men, are always nagging, and that’s a problem. They need to be more generous like women.”

“That, that’s not normal.”

“You too.”

“Huh? Me? What on earth are you talking about!”

“Your older sister.”

"ah……."

Just looking at his personality, his older sister is several times more like a womanizer than him.

“Now that I think about it, that seems to be true…….”

Jinsoah fell into confusion.

“Anyway, thank you for accepting my apology.”

“Don’t worry. But when do you start? If you started at a time when you can argue like this, you would have already finished and gone home to sleep. People are so lazy that they are still living in the gambling world, aren’t they?”

Splash.

Dokbi began to grind his teeth again.

“Dokbi, calm down.”

“Do I look excited?”

“It’s a battlefield, a battlefield!”

“…….”

“You know very well that you should never get excited at the table. Don’t treat your opponents like little kids. You were the one who said that there are no old people, no children, and no women at the table.”

“……Your Majesty, what you said is correct.”

Dokbi spurred himself on in his excitement.

It was absolutely forbidden to get excited at the gambling table. It was his mistake to fail to keep to something so obvious.

'I let my guard down because the other person was a child.'

He said he wouldn't do that, but since Wi Yeon-ho was so young and inexperienced with gambling, he must have forgotten that this was a gambling table where money and lives were at stake.

“It was too much, too much. If you had stopped a little, I might have been excited and confronted you. The strategy was good, but you failed to maintain moderation.”

“……What are you talking about? I didn’t do anything, but you blushed all by yourself.”

“Ugh.”

Dokbi turned around and crouched down.

'Let's calm down.'

What should I say?

It wasn't that the words were annoying.

That face, which clearly said, ‘I’m so annoyed, but I’m forcing myself to make time for you,’ was constantly breaking Dokbi’s sense of reason.

“Whew.”

Dokbi took a deep breath and sat up from his seat, turning around.

“The jokes are over, Confucius. I will treat you seriously now.”

“Okay. Let’s hurry up. Why is this private message so long?”

Dokbi did not respond. The more he mixed the words, the more obvious it became that he was getting involved, so there was no need to mix the words to benefit Wei Yanhu.

“Let’s get started.”

“Before that, let me confirm one thing.”

“……What now?”

“Are the stakes set?”

“Do you have more money?”

“No. I won everything, but you can still get more money.”

“Haha, then I’ll do it on the condition that you don’t add any more stakes?”

“No. Let’s just add it. Instead…….”

“Instead?”

“If the other side has taken all the money they have, they can choose whether to play the next round or not.”

“It’s okay.”

In that case, since the choice was already up to Dokbi, there was no reason for Dokbi to refuse.

“Then let’s begin.”

"yes."

Jin So-ah rubbed Wi Yeon-ho's shoulder.

“You can do it, right?”

“Have you seen what I can’t do?”

“…….”

I was trying to find fault with something, but when I thought about it, I realized that there was nothing that Wei Yanhu couldn't do.

Isn't Wi Yeon-ho the person who can easily see patients he sees for the first time?

“I believe you will do well.”

“Okay.”

Wi Yeon-ho looked at the gambling table being prepared in front of him with a frown.

Now, they must have noticed Wei Yanho's laziness, because they placed a gambling table in front of him.

“Would you like to go first?”

“No, you go first.”

“Isn’t the line more advantageous?”

“……It’s annoying, so I’ll do it later.”

Normally, such words would be a form of psychological warfare, but Wi Yeon-ho could see that he was really annoyed.

“Then I will let go first.”

Dokbi raised his hand and grabbed the dice case. He then swept up six dice from the floor and began shaking them dazzlingly in the air.

Step step step step step step!

The sound of the dice shaking was incredibly pleasant.

"oh!"

Those who were watching were also amazed.

“It’s really dazzling!”

“It’s dizzying.”

'Hoo hoo hoo hoo.'

Dokbi smiled faintly.

To be called the best gambler, it is not enough to just be good at gambling. While first-class gamblers know everything about winning the game, the best gamblers have to create the game itself. Dazzling others with flashy techniques was also a virtue that gamblers had to possess.

'How is it?'

Dokbi turned his head, expecting to see Wi Yeon-ho in admiration.

Then he shouted like thunder.

“Don’t sleep!”