“Why… why don’t I win…”

2 hours later.

I spent a lot of money at the casino, now I was sitting on a couch in shock.

The amount spent was 500,000 Kol.

One million Kol, one we had free rein to spend, was divided between me and Aphrodite.

If we converted 500,000 Kol from this world to modern Japan, it would be 600,000 yen.

My heart was flooded with guilt when I realized I spent 600,000 yen in just 2 hours.

“It’s definitely weird… they might be operating remotely somewhere…”

The game in which I suffered a crushing defeat was poker.

Thinking about what happened, it couldn’t have been bad luck.

In fact, at first winning was quite simple, and there were times when the money increased in an interesting way.

However.

The second half of the game was when it got horrible and I bet a lot of money.

“Souta~a… sorry… I lost it~!”

After some time, Aphrodite appears with a face full of tears and a runny nose that stains her face.

It’s probably from the impact of losing in the games.

Aphrodite looks at me and buries her face in my chest.

Hey, hey.

My clothes aren’t tissues.

“D… you too…”

“…hic. I-I’m sorry.”

“It’s okay. I just spent mine. Still, there’s 10 million Kol left in the ball.”

My decision to only spend 1 million Kol on the casino, which was for daily expenses, was the right one.

Aphrodite and I split that money in two and spent it on the casino.

“We will go back to work. Once we get back, we have to apologize to Caro, okay?”

“………”

Maybe that was a bad way to comfort her?

When I told Aphrodite, she buried her face even harder in my chest.

“I’m… sorry, Souta. For spending it…”

“Now. I spent it too. Let’s go together and apologize to Caro…”

“The savings you had on the ball, I spent them all!”

“………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Sorry, what?”

The next moment I tried to withdraw the funds that were supposed to be in the ball—

I had a serious discomfort.

Nothing!

There’s nothing!

There’s none of the savings that were supposed to be there on the ball…

“Could it be that… when you came back to the ball, it was because you were taking money other than your own?”

“…….. Yes.”

“What were you thinking?!”

“I-I was going to lose the 500,000 kol if I didn’t! It’s just… I couldn’t have looked anyone in the face if I didn’t.”

“…………”

“…………”

She’s a… it’s always a bad flag to try to get back the money you lost at the casino, in the same casino.

I can’t do anything but feel sorry for Aphrodite because I’m saddened by her miserable face. There’s an air of bitterness flowing between us.