The Hero’s Brother Is Bound To Be Depressed - Chapter 369



370 – Compass

The card matching game is basically a game where speed determines victory or defeat. Because the basics of the game are checking what the picture on the face-down card is. So RoQ played the game by turning over two cards at almost the same time using both hands. Rather than relying on perfect memory, he used the quick dexterity shown in Yabawi.

Nevertheless, Rocyu was defeated by Kormo. The speed was fast, but failing to match made up the difference in time. In that situation, the person RoQ put forward as his agent was Luna, who had unfavorable conditions in the card matching game.

Luna, who still found it unnatural to use her left hand, had to deal with Kormo with only one hand. He naturally thought that he had no choice but to be pushed back in speed. However, Luna, who spent most of her day using only one hand, was able to turn over cards at a speed similar to Roku using both hands.

Cormo, who lost the second game with Luna as his agent, shuffled the cards without saying a word and continued the next game. He must have thought he had let his guard down, but this time it was clear that he was going to give it his all. But his opponent was Luna.

Luna, who matched the cards faster than Cormo without a single mistake, smiled victoriously at me. Seeing her face filled with pride, I unconsciously stroked her head as if complimenting her. She was confident that she had figured out a lot about Luna, but somehow she noticed something new about her every time. Her onion metaphor is insufficient.

Roque, who lost the bet, checked the hourglass scale and burst into laughter.

“… RoQ didn’t appoint an agent for nothing. You can beat me with just one hand. Hehe, that’s humiliating.”

Kormo’s face was distorted in humiliation, as if he thought Luna had deliberately used only one hand to humiliate him. Cormo, who touched his chin for a moment to control his emotions, sighed and got up from the chair.

“… If this thing goes back, it will break a lot. “You seem to be very sensitive these days.”

Cormo sighed, changed his expression, and offered to shake Luna’s hand.

“Well, it was still a good game.”

Seeing Cormo coolly admitting defeat, Luna stood up and answered by shaking his hand.

“It was a fun game. Thank you for your effort.”

After shaking hands with a bitter expression, Kormo hinted at Roque.

“… Are you thinking of selling it? “I can pay enough money.”

“If that was going to happen, I wouldn’t have bet.”

Cormo, who must have already expected Roque’s rejection, shrugged his shoulders and left the special area. Rocyu, who was watching Kormo leave, smiled kindly and placed his hand on Luna’s shoulder.

“haha. I met some very good friends today. Thanks to you, I was able to win the bet. “I will keep what I promised.”

I was curious about what Cormo was aiming for as I saw Roque beckoning the staff to order whatever they wanted. While sharing the drinks and fruit I had ordered from the staff with Luna and chatting about Rocyu and Ludwig, I asked insinuatingly.

“And what bet did you make?”

At my question, Rocyu burst out laughing, then leaned his upper body towards me and whispered softly.

“I have an old compass that I keep in my family’s warehouse. “I don’t know how he knew, but he wanted that.”

“A compass… ?”

I thought about it, but settings or objects related to the compass did not appear in the novel. In any case, if it is the item the cult is targeting, it is definitely not an ordinary item. Even more so if it was in the warehouse of an immortal.

When I looked at the compass with interest, Roku said with a smile.

“Actually, there was another reason why I had to win the bet. “It was a situation where I couldn’t give you a compass.”

After understanding Roku’s words, I made a bewildered expression. After losing the bet with Kormo and discovering that he could not give the compass, Roku would have died at the hands of an enraged Cormo. That’s why Roku also found an agent to survive. Roku is not an ordinary person to commit fraud against Confsion.

“… “Isn’t that a scam?”

“Uh huh, I was betting my life. Just yesterday, I couldn’t sleep because I was thinking about how to persuade him. And I didn’t do it because I wanted to either.”

“then… ?”

If it was a religious order, there was a possibility that it would have made threats or threats. Mad Jamie was the one who hijacked the portal and killed innocent people just for being with me.

Is the denomination reaching out to have influence in the South as well? Rocyu said to me as I swallowed dry saliva.

“I did it because of alcohol. “When I woke up the next day, I regretted it immensely.”

“… .”

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“Still, how come things didn’t go well when I met you? “This is what makes life fun!”

When I gave Luna a look as if she was a really bad person, Luna slightly averted her gaze. It seems like there is nothing to say about Roku’s appearance. I rubbed my forehead and spoke for confirmation.

“It doesn’t mean that what you promised was a lie, right?”

“Uh-huh, I don’t lie.”

“… “I don’t trust the words of someone who bet with a compass that doesn’t exist.”

Rocyu burst out laughing awkwardly at my words. And he spoke as if making excuses.

“Of course I have the compass. I told you. “I was in a situation where I couldn’t give it.”

“… ?”

When Luna and I looked at each other with puzzled faces, Roku scratched his cheek and said.

“When I was young, I secretly went into the warehouse to play with the compass and accidentally put it in Mercure’s jewelry box.”

“Jewelry box? “Then shouldn’t we just take out the compass again?”

“That would be great. “But I don’t know how to open it.”

I tilted my head at Roku’s confident answer. If your life is at stake, taking out a compass is the right thing to do, even if it means breaking the jewelry box. However, rather than destroying the jewelry box, Roque chose to get a representative. That means.

“You can’t break the jewelry box.”

“No, it will break if you step on it? “It’s made of wood.”

My body stumbled for a moment. I never thought that my prediction would be wrong in such a ridiculous way.

“Then why…” .”

“Why didn’t you destroy the jewelry box?”

Rocyu, who stole my words, smiled and gestured to the staff. The employee who received the signal came over and handed a small box to Roku. It was a box with a rough design that was more appropriate to be called a wooden box rather than a jewelry box.

“You don’t seem to know the name Mercure even after hearing it, so let me explain a little. Some people often think that they would rather destroy something than have it taken away. “The magician named Muchwi was one of those types.”

Roque put the box on the table and explained while pointing to the outside of the box.

“Without a separate key, you have to turn the 12 dials and match the number to open it. Even the order of the dials is set. If you just turn it blindly, it will take 3,000 years without stopping to open it. “The box is designed so that if you try to force it open with magic or force, it will destroy the items inside.”

“… “Are you sure you don’t know how to open a jewelry box?”

“That’s natural. Because it was a box that had been kept open for a long time. Fortunately, no one notices that the compass is missing. “I’m in charge of warehouse management.”

“… .”

Now I completely understand. Rocyu really couldn’t give a compass. There was a compass in the jewelry box, but the jewelry box could not be broken or opened. It seems that he left the jewelry box with an employee with the intention of saving his life by revealing this fact to Cormo after the bet was over and somehow persuading him.

Just in case, I picked up the jewelry box, held it close to my ear, and shook it. The thing that makes a clicking sound seems to have a compass inside. Luna showed her interest, so she handed over her jewelry box and said to Roku.

“Was there something special about the compass?”

“no. It looks like a common compass that can be found anywhere. It’s not like there was anything special. So, even as a child, I played with it without any pressure. “I once asked my father in passing, but he didn’t seem to remember whether something like that was in the warehouse.”

There must be a reason why the denomination is interested in the compass. However, according to RoQ’s explanation, opening the jewelry box was close to impossible. It’s a waste of time to be greedy for something you can’t have. The church won’t be able to get the compass anyway. I gave up completely and started talking about compensation.

“Well, I understand. Now about compensation… .”

Click.

At that sound, Roku and I’s heads turned to Luna at the same time. No, with the compass in Luna’s hand.

“… .”

Luna, who was looking at the compass, felt our gaze and raised her head. She then showed me an open jewelry box and said, as if to make some excuse.

“… “It happened to be open.”

I turned my head to Roku, who was gaping with his mouth open, and asked quietly.

“I heard it’s 3,000 years.”

Rocyu, who had been staring at Luna blankly, turned his head to me and smiled kindly.

“You’re lucky.”