Chapter 30: Gameplay Under the Table
"Tristan, what the hell is wrong with you,"
Eikou grabbed Tristan by the collar, complaining angrily.
"Everyone here is cheating right in front of you, so why are you only catching me?!"
Daring to stab a brother who trusted you in the back, Tristan, playing like this isn't loyal at all!
"Sorry, if I don't catch you, then there will be no one left to catch…"
Tristan said with a serious face.
"Are you crazy, aren't we on the same side? Isn't our wish to have Boar-chan wear cute clothes? Then you should prioritize catching the girls who are cheating to restrain them."
"That's true…"
Tristan nodded, looking troubled.
"But just now I suddenly had a new wish, that is [to let the French Queen over there use Third Spirit Origin, the big version]."
"??"
This bastard, betraying good brothers just for such a shallow reason?!
"Idiot, what use is it for her to switch to the Spirit Origin of a mature woman, she isn't interested in you anyway."
Eikou said mercilessly, "At most she'll just think you're a guy who's into married woman, like [with just you and you want to hit on me? Go watch porn for the rest of your life, loser], that's all there is to it!"
Tristan narrowed his eyes, his gaze sharp: "But that's also part of the play."
"?"
This statement was even sicker than expected.
Eikou was rendered completely speechless by him.
Fine then, it's my fault for being blind and treating this piece of trash as an ally.
[You have become the new Guard Bug, and are forbidden to cheat.]
[Game continues.]
[...]
[That said, you quickly discover that the group of girls has almost finished playing all their cards.]
[Especially Marie Alter, who unexpectedly has only two cards left.]
[Perhaps because Tristan indulged her, she secretly cheated and threw away all the cards in her hand.]
[Just when you still thought you could turn the situation around…]
[Unexpectedly, Marie Alter activated an Effect Card, causing you to draw one of her cards. From then on, she became the first player to play all her cards.]
[Marie Alter becomes the winner of the first round.]
No!!!!
Has the most terrifying thing finally still happened.
"Alright, it's time for the Punishment Game now…"
A dangerous golden glint suddenly appeared in the beautiful sky-blue eyes of the French Queen.
That was the sign that she was about to turn dark and evil, an Alter, preparing to mess with someone.
"Then…"
Marie Alter's beautiful gaze turned toward Eikou, making him immediately shiver.
She smiled lightly, then turned her head to look at Tristan standing beside him.
"Then let this Red-Haired Knight take the punishment."
Marie Alter said with a smile, "Jeanne, help me take the stuff out."
Bang.
Jeanne d'Arc obediently followed the order, taking out from the bag beside her a whole crate of pure vodka, Water of Life.
"...?"
At first, when he was called out by the French Queen, Tristan still looked rather pleased.
But when the other party took out a whole crate of Water of Life, the expression on his face instantly became exactly like a pervert hiding in a married woman's wardrobe sniffing underwear and then getting caught red-handed by her husband on the spot.
Eikou and Gawain also simultaneously sucked in a breath of icy air down their spines.
A whole crate, this is fucking a death sentence, the kind that even using Skills won't save you!
"Please drink it all."
Marie Alter smiled gently.
"All… all of it?"
Tristan couldn't believe his ears.
"Umu."
"..."
[The Punishment Game must be carried out, so Tristan tries to forcibly drink the entire crate of Water of Life.]
[After that, as expected, after only drinking half of it, he lost consciousness.]
Crash.
[Although you feel that his current condition is rather pitiful, you also feel that he totally deserves it.]
[Tristan, OUT.]
"Really pitiful, Tristan… so even you have a day like this…"
Eikou pretended to sigh emotionally.
"Now you've used your life to learn the lesson, right, the prettier the woman, the more vicious she is…"
"Alright, one person has been eliminated, let's start the next round."
Jeanne d'Arc said somewhat impatiently.
Eikou secretly thought, what the hell does "one person eliminated" mean, could this be some kind of Battle Royale game?
He felt that he had already grasped the attack rhythm of these two crazy women.
The close friends Jeanne d'Arc and Marie Alter had absolutely no intention of taking him down in one go, but instead planned to gradually eliminate the acquaintances and allies around him step by step, until there was no one left who could help him.
In the end, the two of them would form a pincer attack from both sides, forcing him into the middle.
Truly a vicious and well-thought-out plan!
Should he find an excuse to slip away right now?
Eikou clenched his teeth.
No, I still haven't gotten to see Artoria in that super cute bunny outfit yet. If my calculations aren't wrong, the next target to be bullied should be Gawain, and only after that will it be Boar-chan.
In other words, I still have at least two chances!
Wealth and status must be paid for with risk, and Eikou decided to continue into the next round.
[You begin drawing cards, four Cheater, one Guard Bug.]
[You choose...]
[1, the card closest to you; 2, the card in the middle; 3, the card farthest from you.]
Eikou still chose one.
[You draw Cheater.]
[The Guard Bug for this round is Artoria Caster.]
"Ohh, I'm the Guard Bug again, then none of you better even think about cheating!"
Artoria aggressively played her first card, then immediately widened her eyes.
Noble Phantasm: Boar-chan's Staring Gaze!
In the blink of an eye, Eikou had already tossed a card from his hand under the table.
Not discovered, cheating successful.
Eikou chuckled softly in his heart.
His Agility A wasn't just for show—so long as that nuisance Tristan wasn't here, it was very hard for anyone to catch him cheating.
Judging purely by stats, with both Luck and Agility at rank A, Eikou was practically unmatched.
Right at this moment, Eikou suddenly felt a warm sensation transmitted from under the table, at the position of his legs.
At first he didn't pay much attention, thinking someone had accidentally brushed against his foot.
And as time passed, that restless foot showed absolutely no intention of leaving; on the contrary, it gently slipped off its shoe. That beautiful foot casually glided around his ankle, and with an extremely suggestive posture lightly lifted his pant leg, teasing him while he was at a loss.
The smooth sensation through the stocking, radiating comfortable warmth, touching his skin, made it hard to pull away.
Eikou was so shocked that he couldn't utter a single word.
He raised his head and looked toward Marie Alter sitting opposite him.
"Fufufu~…"
He saw her smiling at him, her soft pink tongue lightly licking her lips, revealing a mature and seductive charm completely mismatched with that youthful face.
Eikou froze.
No way, at a time like this she's still pulling these kinds of "improper" tricks?!
At that moment, another beautiful leg wrapped in black stockings also quietly stretched over. At first it was a bit hesitant, but very quickly it became bold, lightly brushing across the skin of his foot, and even daringly lifting the other pant leg.
That looked like… Jeanne d'Arc's foot?!
"..."
Being teased by two pairs of beautiful feet at the same time, Eikou suddenly found it impossible to sit still.
What kind of gameplay is this supposed to be, are you people even still playing a Board Game or not?!
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