Whispering Poems

Whispering Poems Chapter 68

2021-07-15

Chapter 68 Lord and the Doctor
The special series of cards issued by the Society of Prophets every year will not If there are more than three sets, the number of each set is not fixed, but there will only be a maximum of 54 special rules cards mixed in them, that is, at most one of each card suit number. It is even possible that there are only two special cards in a set of cards, and they are given directly to people who have a special relationship with the association without going through the market.

Therefore, it is difficult to get a card of a special series. If that card has special rules of use, it must have money to get it without luck.

Lavender Baron and Rwanda Baron, although richer than Shade, don't have that much money to buy precious Rhodes. But they were all Rhodes experts, relying on poker skills to win from friends and out-of-town Rhodes hobbyists, and it wasn't the first time this happened today.

The game is played on a best-of-three basis, and Lavender Baron and Rwanda Baron must each end at least once, and the rest of the games can be replaced by their friends.

Because there were only two people involved, each team played with a deck of cards. Lavender Baron's friend, Mr. Candela, who worked at the Tobesque City Prophet's Association, was in charge of shuffling and dealing the cards.

Two cards are dealt for the first time, and both sides decide whether to suspend or continue. In each round, one side wins five times. At the end of the round, one point is counted. The first side to get two points wins and gets the other side's bet.

Betting can participate in the deck, so after both parties issue the Rhodes card identification certificate to prove the authenticity of the card, the game officially begins.

"I've had this deck for 5 years and won me over 100 games!"

Lavender Baron, who was waiting for the shuffling process, leaned on his side. said on the stone table.

"This deck of cards of mine once went into battle with me, and although there is no trace of it now, it has infected my blood."

Baron Rwanda clenched his fists He responded rudely.

Shade activates the ring of life in his soul, uses the spell [Blood Echo] to glance at Rwanda's Baron's deck, then sullenly doesn't show any expression.

The atmosphere under the grape trellis reached its peak at the moment when the two sides "played harsh words", Lavender Baron and Rwanda Baron both chose to play in the first game. The warm atmosphere also attracted banquet participants near the garden vines, but only a few gentlemen chose to watch it after discovering that it was a Lord's game.

Shade is forced to stand at the stone table, but has no interest in this fancy gamble. After he wrote down the rules, he paid attention to the distribution of bloodstains on the Rwandan Baron cards, and then did not continue to watch the game. Even though everyone around was nervous and smiling, he was not affected by this atmosphere.

"What's so fun about playing cards?"

Shade doesn't quite understand what people in this world think, thinking it's cultural differences.

So, just distracted to pay attention to the progress of the game, the main thought is still looking around, wanting to know what the woman in my mind mentioned about the major event that will happen.

Halfway through the first game, when Lavender Baron was sweating with his cards, Shade saw that on the side path not lit by the elegant garden gas lamps and candles, there was another There was a ring warlock squad of the Orthodox Church. They came from the direction of Schluch Lake. They were probably by the lake a long time ago, but Shade didn't notice.

There are only six people in this squash, but Shade knows three of them, having met in front of the explosive silverware store very close to the Silver Parrot Milk Delivery Company.

One was exceptionally strong, with a scholar-like temperament, and another, on the afternoon Shade first came to this world, handed him a church leaflet where he could receive relief food.

"This is the ring warlock of the [War and Peace Church] of the True God [Peace and Loving Father]."

Shade looked away from the entire group to prevent them from being discovered. Although the warlocks also noticed that there were people gathered under the grape trellis, they did not go this way, but went around the courtyard in front of the manor through the unremarkable garden path.

"There are two ring warlock squads here, probably from different churches. What will happen?"

He thought to himself, and then he was attacked by the men around him. The exclamation was startled, it turned out that Baron of Rwanda had drawn the special card of [Ancient Fairy Tale Match Girl].

Of course, both sides who came to the Rhodes game brought dice. Although Baron of Rwanda rolled a 13 for the first time, it meant that he could not use the special rules, but this still made the onlookers abnormal. Excited, the small Baron himself was quite proud.

This is something Shade can't understand, after all, he didn't trigger the rule at all.

Rwanda's Baron continued this "good luck", taking the first five wins over Lavender Baron in the first set. The latter pursed his lips and seemed to be in a very bad mood, but when he got up, he squeezed a smirk to praise the opponent's good card skills. That funny expression made the atmosphere of joy under the grape arbor even more intense.

Although Rwanda Baron won, he chose not to continue the game by himself, but let his friend Mr. Sikh, a mill owner who runs a local flour mill, compete. Similarly, Lavender Baron also invited his friend Sir Solar, a horticultural artist who worked as a garden manager at Cold Spring Palace.

These two are their true friends, and they've been there many times in the past, not hired friends like Shade.

The game started again, and Lavender Baron was very nervous because he had already lost a game. But the horticultural artist was more laid-back, even holding a toothpick in his mouth, fingering his moustache as he explained that he was quitting smoking.

At this time, night has completely fallen, and the three-wheeled moon hangs high above the night sky. The lighting under the grape trellis is mainly provided by the elegant gas lamps in the garden and the candlesticks fixed on the table by everyone.

The Rhodes players under the warm yellow rays of light squinted at their hands, and the men onlookers were also looking forward to every opening.

Only the bored Shade was not attracted by this game. He looked at the purple red grapes hanging on the grape trellis, thinking in his heart, I wonder if the owner of Lake View Manor would mind if the guests take some away privately. This plump fruit.

"speaking of which, can cats eat grapes?"

Shade's thoughts diverged quickly, but his main focus was to observe whether there was anything unusual nearby.

When I looked around, I saw two middle-aged gentlemen in black formal suits passing by the garden path beside the grape trellis with wine glasses. They were talking about the topic of the Divine Doctor, roughly using holy silverware to hit the back of a person's head, and whether it could cure more serious mental illnesses.

Shade saw Dr. Schneider, likewise, Dr. Schneider with a wine glass. During a chat with friends, he accidentally glanced down the grape trellis and caught sight of the youngest detective in the group.

PS: Of course, the protagonist finally sold [Founding·Silver Moon], of course, why did he ask so much in front of him (covering his face), does this still need to be explained, such an important plot prop takes so much pen and ink Descriptive, absolutely impossible to sell.