Chapter 896

Winning the game against Mr. Berson meant that Xia De entered the final round of the Lake View Manor Rhodos card competition.

The final round of the competition would be held at the round table under the grape trellis. Xia De and Mr. Berson's game was the fastest, so when he and Tifa, along with the watching crowd, arrived under the grape trellis, the other three opponents had not yet arrived.

It was already ten-thirty in the evening. Xia De rubbed his face, feeling that his mental state was still very good. He put his two hands together on the table. Seeing that the card game would have to wait a while before starting, he turned his head and suggested to Tifa:

"How about taking a walk in the garden after playing cards? Before the first snow of early winter, such comfortable nights are rare."

"Okay."

The maid lady agreed. As for the cat she was holding, it looked at Xia De with a lazy expression, looking exactly like a child who didn't want to crawl out of bed on a Sunday morning.

Soon, the other three opponents who entered the finals arrived here one after another. Because the viewing space was limited, some people even spent money to swap seats with the people in the front row.

The referee of the final game was Mr. Justin of the Prophecy Association, and Xia De's three opponents were Baron Lavender, Xia De's friend, who had good luck today; Viscount Glen, a relative of the Lemaire family on the other side of Schluch Lake, who was not a Tobesk person and had recently come to Tobesk as a guest and was invited to the banquet; and finally the lady mentioned just now, who claimed to be Miss Mary Witt, the daughter of the local Viscount Witt.

She had golden hair close to white, wore a long dress with black on top and red on bottom, and wore a wide-brimmed hat with pink flowers.

Although the appearance was different from the meeting at the banquet in Huntington, this was undoubtedly the six-ring sorcerer "Miss Pawo" of the Truth Society. It was not only because when she sat opposite Xia De, Xia De sensed the other party's ring sorcerer level, but also because of the silver-covered notebook she was holding, which looked like a "miniature version" of that thick silver book no matter how you looked at it.

"From Saturday night, she actually only used three days to reach Tobesk from Huntington? This speed is truly fast."

Xia De thought in his heart, and together with others, submitted the deck for inspection again.

【Will you report her?】

The voice in his ear chuckled, but Xia De had no expression:

"Wait a while before deciding. That cultist holding 【Wrath's Divine Punishment】 might also be here. And this Miss Pawo appeared at the banquet but didn't go to contact Princess Margaret, maybe because of more important things."

【Are they also here for the 'Keeper of Secrets' matter?】

"Don't know for now, let's finish this game of cards first."

The decks of the four people were checked quickly. Mr. Justin of the Prophecy Association acted as the referee, and Mr. Sike, who had just hosted the game for Xia De, acted as the dealer. The dealer and the four card players were evenly distributed around the round table.

The multiplayer card game decided the winner in the form of points. Busting meant no points. Among the card players who did not bust, the winner got 4 points, the second highest got three points, and so on. If the points were the same, they would share the points.

The card game lasted for three rounds. After three rounds, everyone's scores would be added up, and the person with the highest score would be the final winner of this game.

The rules were quite simple, and no one had any questions. Amidst people's urging, with Mr. Justin announcing "The game begins" loudly, everyone's attention was focused on the four decks of cards on the table.

【Life Ritual · Wedding】 was placed in the center of the table, and each person had a kerosene lamp by their side for lighting. Although it was night in the garden, at least the lights here were very bright.

"Miss Witt, this is the first time I have played Rhodos cards with ladies, ladies like you are truly rare."

Baron Lavender said with a smile.

Everyone got their first card. Xia De looked at his Flower 3 and signaled to continue asking for cards. Baron Lavender and Viscount Glen with slender fingers were also the same, while "Miss Witt" asked for cards without looking at them. She responded to Baron Lavender:

"Since childhood, my father taught me how to play Rhodos cards. After coming into contact with card games, I discovered how wonderful math is. Even though I am studying for a degree now, I have not forgotten the game that inspired me."

The Delarion language was quite standard. If it weren't for the fact that "She" could determine the fluctuation of spirit and soul characteristics, Xia De wouldn't be sure that the other party was the "Miss Pawo" of the Truth Society.

Mr. Sike's dealing technique was quite professional. The four cards flew across the table almost without interruption and stopped on everyone's dark cards.

Baron Lavender raised his eyebrows looking at his "Flower 13", considered it, and decided to stop. Viscount Glen got Star 10 and signaled that he would continue to ask for cards, while Xia De got 【Northern City · Cold Water Port City】 Moon 7. Unfortunately, this card required more than half of the deck to be used to trigger the rules. Therefore, although people sighed at Xia De's luck, the card rules could not be used at all.

Xia De's current points were only ten, so he also continued to ask for cards.

"Miss Witt" also continued to ask for cards, so except for Baron Lavender, the other three got the third card.

Viscount Glen also chatted with this lady. Ladies playing cards were indeed rare. Except for ladies not being interested in this, most noble ladies would not sit and play cards with strangers:

"The last time I saw your father was in the spring of this year. I heard that he unfortunately fell from the horse's back and has been recuperating in bed for half a year. I don't know how his health is now?"

"Father is still resting in bed, but he can let the servants help him walk a little."

"Miss Witt" said with a straight face.

After getting the third card, the three people including Xia De all stopped.

The four people looked at each other. Only Baron Lavender, who had two cards, opened the cards first:

"Flower 13 and Moon 4, 17 points. I don't want to bust, busting means 0 points."

"Truly cautious."

Xia De praised. Behind Baron Lavender, the Baron's "deadly rival" Baron Lu Anda snorted, which made Baron Lavender feel even better:

"Mr. Hamilton, what are your points?"

Xia De flipped over his bottom card;

"Flower 3, Moon 7, Moon 10, 20 points."

"Oh, worthy of being Hamilton of Lei Jiede."

People discussed it, and Xia De showed a smile, reaching back and touching the cat held by Tifa:

"Miss Witt, what are your points?"

"What a coincidence, mine is also 20 points."

Saying that, this lady picked up the first dark card and the third card with her left and right hands, which were Sun 2 and Moon 11 respectively. The one on the table was Sun 7.

People clapped to show congratulations, so the three people on the table looked at the last Viscount Glen. This tall, thin gentleman with slender fingers shook his head slightly:

"It seems that my luck is the best tonight, Mr. Hamilton, sorry."

He flipped over his bottom card and put it together with the last two cards: Sun 5, Star 10, and Flower 6.

"Oh, 21 points!"

The heated discussion pushed the atmosphere to a new climax, followed by congratulations to the Viscount for winning against Xia De in the first small game.

Although Xia De's luck was quite good, it was impossible to win every game, so he also expressed congratulations quite gentlemanly.

It was just that when Mr. Justin, the referee, recorded the result of this game on the paper and was about to start the second game, laughter came to Xia De's ears:

【He cheated.】

"Hmm?"

Xia De raised his eyebrows. In order to cover up his expression at this moment, he turned to look at Tifa, and then reached out both hands to touch Little Mia "viciously", causing people to laugh. Traditionally, people believed that cats would bring luck, so Xia De's performance could be interpreted as praying for good luck.

"Who cheated?"

【Glen with 21 points. When you were talking to the six-ring sorceress, he replaced his dark card with a card in his sleeve.】

The cat with a stinky face looked at Xia De, seemingly not wanting to make any response to his boring actions. Xia De turned back to prepare to continue the card game, having no doubt about "She"'s words at all.

The other party used ordinary people's card cheating methods, and it was done blatantly under the gaze of so many people. Obviously, this was not the first time. Xia De didn't expect the other party to be so bold. It was indeed his negligence not to notice it just now, but he had always hated others cheating when playing cards.

At this time, he was already brewing a way to make the other party suffer, but he glanced at "Miss Witt" again and found that the other party was also looking at Viscount Glen:

"She also discovered it."

Xia De thought in his heart, looked at the first card that had been thrown over, and already had a plan in his heart.

In the first game, the heated discussion caused by 21 points winning over two 20 points did not subside until the second game started. Among the four card players on the scene, the only one who didn't know the truth, Baron Lavender, was discussing with Xia De who would draw the first special rule card while taking his cards.

"Miss Witt" looked at her bottom card with a normal expression, and Viscount Glen also joined the conversation between Xia De and the two. In this way, after everyone got the three cards of the second round, Miss Witt and Baron Lavender both indicated that they wanted to stop.

Under the starry sky, the light of the three moons was so bright, and the warm light of the gas lamps under the grape trellis was also so ambiguous and blurry. The atmosphere was just right. At this time, the total points of Xia De's two bright cards were 16, and Viscount Glen's were 13. The tense and exciting competition reached a critical moment again.

"Continue to ask for cards."

Xia De raised his hand to signal.

"Knight, wouldn't this be too risky? Just now Baron Lavender was right, busting means 0 points, at least there are points if the points are smaller."

Viscount Glen frowned and asked. Xia De shook his head very seriously:

"If you don't even dare to take this kind of risk, what kind of Rhodos card player can you count as?"

"Yes, worthy of being the champion of the big city players 1853!"

Someone in the crowd echoed, and Xia De nodded:

"Viscount, do you continue to ask for cards?"

Viscount Glen looked at the table illuminated by the lights:

"Then I will continue to ask for cards too."

The next card of the two was given out in turn, back facing up, but according to the rules, it must be flipped over immediately after getting the card.

Xia De's hand speed was relatively fast. After flipping the card, he showed a smile:

"Look, Viscount Glen, Sun 6."

Explosive exclamations suddenly erupted, and then passed to the periphery of the grape trellis in circles. Although Sun 6 meant that Xia De busted, Sun 6 also meant that this was 【Founding · Death】.

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