Chapter 3743: Wishes and Cards

Seeing that Xia De had taken the initiative to show kindness, both ladies, who were surprised by Xia De's identity, expressed their gratitude. They both trusted Xia De for various reasons.

What happened next did not exceed Xia De's expectations. A drunkard who had been drinking by the wall staggered toward them. Xia De stood up to block him, and then the drunkard insulted the two ladies at the table with Xia De.

Amidst the commotion, Baron Gerald Rogers of Atak City, who had come alone, and Prince Samuel Anjou, who had sat at his own table after his guards left, both stood up to mediate.

After the waiter forcibly took the drunkard away, Ms. Erfort, out of gratitude, invited these two gentlemen, who clearly were not ordinary people, to join them.

At this point, all five card players selected for the Seventh Act of the destiny story were in place. When Xia De sat down last, all five people felt the noise in the tavern seem to move away from them at this moment. Although it was not completely quiet, the sound of the tavern had become like background noise that could not be distinguished clearly.

The surrounding light became blurred, making the scene inside the tavern look like a poorly made set on a stage. Only the round table where the five people sat maintained normal lighting conditions. Thus, those who had known in advance that there would be a card game understood that the card game without rules was about to begin.

The five people looked at the others at the table, and at this moment, a figure walked from the blurred tavern background. The white-robed, red-eyed Ms. White came to the table, pulled out the last chair at the table, and sat down.

She looked at the five people at the table in turn, and then asked:

"Since the night is still long, strange friends, we have gathered here because of coincidence, why don't we play a card game together?"

The five people did not speak, as they were all nominally ordinary people and were very cautious in the face of such a bizarre scene.

Finally, Xia De spoke:

"Ma'am, what kind of card game is it? Are we playing multiplayer Roder cards?"

Ms. White shook her head gently:

"For a night like this, Roder cards are a bit too boring. Do you like reading knight adventure novels? Why don't we have an adventure card game? You control different identities and have an adventure on Fatumunster Island tonight.

Since it is a card game, there will naturally be rewards. I will prepare a gift for each of you based on the final result of the card game."

"May I ask what the gifts are?"

Samuel Anjou asked, the Karsinrik Prince was quite composed.

"I can provide each of you with a piece of help, and that help is what you are all longing for at this moment: healing non-fatal injuries, finding a lover's relic, knowing the truth about a father's death, keeping your status from being affected too much, or just wishing for your family to be safe—these can all be achieved."

Xia De, Ms. Erfort, Baron Rogers, Prince Samuel Anjou, and Lady Reinhart had different expressions. None of them had known in advance that this card game had such benefits. The five types of help provided by the white-robed, red-eyed lady clearly corresponded to the five of them.

"Healing non-fatal injuries" was clearly help for Xia De; he indeed wanted to obtain a way to heal Queen Diana. Originally, he had thought about asking the Prophecy Association for help after the card game, but now it seemed that the favor owed by the Association might not be able to be repaid to Xia De for the time being.

"May I ask, can everyone's wish be fulfilled?"

Baron Rogers asked again, and Ms. White shook her head:

"According to your performance in the card game, the better you perform, the closer the realization of your wish will be to your hope."

"Since there are gifts, I don't mind playing this card game."

Thus, Samuel Anjou said, "keeping his status from being affected too much" was his wish, and he considered himself more eager to get this opportunity to fulfill his wish than the other four.

And it was a coincidence that the other four, including Xia De, thought the same.

So, amidst the buzzing noise of the tavern background, Ms. White took out five cards:

"Then let this adventure begin. Before the game starts, please draw a card each; this is the role you represent in the game."

The table was not very large, and everyone could touch the cards when they stood up. The back of the cards was the back of Roder cards, and the size was about the same as Roder cards.

The five people drew a face-down card in turn, and when they saw the contents of their respective cards, everyone was shocked, even Xia De had not expected such a situation to occur.

Although the cards in his hand did indeed contain the character's identity information, which was extremely similar to the text on the snake skin, the problem was that the name at the top of the card he saw was not that of the old Mr. Charatu.

All five people looked up at Ms. White, and the white-robed lady asked:

"Is there a problem?"

Lady Reinhart asked embarrassedly:

"May I ask, were the cards in our hands... distributed incorrectly?"

Ms. White replied:

"This is not distribution, but random selection. You have no corresponding relationship with the cards. This is a rule of the card game; it never said that the cards you are going to use are the ones you are familiar with."

She paused:

"Only by distributing the cards this way can this game be more interesting, right?"

Xia De thought about it carefully; Ms. White had indeed never said that the hand cards the five players finally got were the ones they were familiar with.

But this also created a considerable problem. However, before Xia De could voice the question, Ms. White answered it:

"You can choose not to use your heart to complete this game in order to let the people you are familiar with win; but you can also go all out to actively face this game in order to fulfill your wish."

"The night is deep, and the characters depicted on your cards have also struggled for a long time for the position of the protagonist. Regardless, since you have already sat at the card table, please at least witness the story that follows."

Thus, the five people had no objections and were all pondering what kind of attitude they should use to complete the card game. Xia De was also pretending to think, but he was actually holding back a laugh as he looked at the card in his hand with the name Stella Larsen written on it.

As for what the cards held by the others were like, he didn't know for the time being. Five people, five cards; there was a probability that others had obtained the truly corresponding cards, but regardless of what the others' cards were, Xia De only knew that he had already obtained the card most suitable for himself.

"The initial hand for this card game is three cards. Since you have already obtained the first character card, the remaining two are item cards. Then, please take out any two items from your body."

The five people went to touch their pockets. Xia De took out the rose he had prepared in advance. To prevent others from questioning whether the flowers he took from his pocket were fresh, he took out a handful of withered and dehydrated rose petals.

As for the second item, that was naturally 【Founding Destiny】.

However, because everyone else was busy looking for items on their bodies, no one noticed what Xia De had taken out for the time being.

Finally, Claire's mother took out a ball of yarn and a sewing needle pinned to her clothes, Baron Gerald Rogers took out a commemorative badge and took off his ring, Ms. Erfort took off the earring from her right ear and took out a handkerchief, and Samuel Anjou hesitated before slapping two pistols from his waist onto the table.

Then two brand-new cards were distributed to the players. The first card in Xia De's hand had a card face of three red rose petals, with an explanation written below—

【Rose Petals (3)】

【A part of the rose held by someone, which beautiful girls all want to possess.】

【Use it on the female character you control to greatly increase her combat power; give it to a female character in the story to gain a lot of her favor.】

And the card face of the second card was a hand reaching out from a black background, palm up, with 【Founding Destiny】 floating above the palm as if rotating—

【All Phenomena Impermanent · Destiny】

【Ancient destiny card, originating from destiny, recording destiny.】

【Limited to one use, create impermanent destiny, interfere with the effects of all cards played in this round.】

After the two item cards were obtained, the real objects were not affected, so Xia De put the real All Phenomena Impermanent card away.

And compared to the concise introduction of the item cards, the text on the character cards in the hand was a bit too much. But those letters only gave a rough description of Stella and did not give a very numerical representation like 【Dice Story Collection】.

And the difference between the character cards and the snake skin was that the dice points currently possessed by Stella were clearly given at the bottom of the card, which obviously belonged to "available resources."

Although the other four had not experienced similar things, they also quickly finished reading the explanations of all three cards in their hands. These ordinary people did not hold any relics or divine items, so they would not take out items that could change the rules at this moment.

After the five pairs of eyes looked at Ms. White again, the white-robed lady took out a stack of new cards and placed them face down on her right hand, then took out the snake skin Xia De was very familiar with.

It was just that the area of that snake skin was larger than any snake skin in the past. When Ms. White unfolded it completely, she looked like she was holding a scroll in her hand:

"This is the story of the night, this is the story of the snowy mountains, and this is also the story of destiny. For the brightest star on the stage, the people who sang, performed, and danced with all their might have finally reached the end of the story."

"The story of the Seventh Act begins tonight, and what they have to face is not only competitors but also the terrifying poisonous snakes peeping at their light in the darkness."

"At this moment, the five people at various locations on Fatumunster Island finally understood their ultimate mission. Looking up at the towering snowy mountains in the dark night, they knew that their ultimate mission was at the very top of the mountain."

"Sixth Era, General Calendar 1855, Sixth Day of the Month of Wind, Night. The story of the Seventh Act of Destiny officially begins. Candidates who crave the position of protagonist, perform to your heart's content with the snowy mountains as the stage; the position of protagonist awaits your arrival."