Reject me, hateful woman

With just a little force, a sharp knife can pop out. At such a close distance, even if Miss Historia is a so-called genius arcanist, she is confident that when she chants the first magic character Pierce her throat.

However, Historia's next words nearly broke Thearesia's defense.

The girl suddenly came closer, her lips touching Thearesia's ear. The close distance made the latter unhappy.

"You don't have a crush on that Lynn Norton, do you?"

"Miss, you are overthinking this. I am not familiar with that young master."

"Hmph, is that so?"

After this conversation ended, both of them felt inexplicably relieved, but also felt a little inexplicably unhappy.

Historia suddenly realized:

"You are not looking at Nasty Ghost, so you must not be looking at other people, because even though Nasty Ghost is good at playing cards, he is still a little bit more handsome than the others."

Theresia could only nod.

Because she was afraid that if the little princess in front of her continued to think about it, she would be peeping into the boys' dormitory.

"I get it, I get it!"

Historia's eyes glowed:

"You're not looking at the nuisance, nor are you looking at other people. You're watching them play cards, right?"

Boom!

Theresia broke off a piece of the glass in her hand.

I'm watching you play cards!

Isn't your school an arcane academy? How come all the students know how to play cards? !

Wait, Theresia suddenly discovered a blind spot:

"Does Miss Historia also like to play cards? You don't seem to have participated in the card games these past few nights."

"Tsk, it's just a little thing,"

Historia spread her hands angrily:

"I offended that stingy bastard for something, and the condition he gave me for reconciliation was that I could defeat him in a dark duel after the night, but I'm not that kind of person who loses his mind with things at all. I've already lost consecutively. Several nights.”

Night, dark duel?

Theresia knew this stuff.

She has heard of this popular game among students. Simply put, it is a card game with stakes. Since gambling is not allowed in the college, it is usually played in secret and is jokingly called a dark duel by the students.

As an employee, she would leave the rest area of ​​the student dormitory and return to the staff dormitory every night after lights out, and that was the only time when she could not monitor Linn.

It turned out that he had been secretly dueling with the little princess in front of him for several nights. He was not pretending, he really didn't take him seriously!

For several nights in a row, she had been lurking for so long in order to find a flaw, and even her level had been raised by two levels. It turned out that the flaw had always been in front of her?

Theresia took a deep breath and glanced at the badge on her chest that showed she had been promoted from wine warehouse porter to bartender. She felt like dying.

My thinking was wrong from the beginning. Lynn Norton's own course of action may have no flaws, but there are flaws all around him!

"I do... really like playing cards. If Your Highness the Princess doesn't mind, how about letting me teach you a few hands?"

Theresia tentatively said.

"That's not necessary."

Historia's rejection made Theresia feel cold. Unexpectedly, she continued:

"You can just come with me at night. That guy looked down on me at all and allowed me to find foreign aid. I have found several foreign players, but they are no match for him. Don't let me down tonight, in the central garden of the college. "

Playing cards and playing cards, let that idiot card guy prince die tonight!

"After all, as soon as I saw you, you looked like you were good at playing cards!"

Historia smiled, patted Theresia on the shoulder and turned to leave.

alright,

Theresia smiled back.

You die with him!

Chapter 51: Straight hook and salty bait always work, don’t they?

Although she agreed to Historia's guidance in tonight's dark duel, Theresia was very calm and deliberately asked her some details of the previous duel.

She was not so excited that she lost her mind. What's more, when her patience was about to run out, a loophole jumped out and flew directly into her face. Theresa couldn't help but doubt it.

However, what surprised her was that Historia spoke fluently and quickly about every detail of the duel that lasted for several days. Although some parts were stumbling, some parts were spoken fluently and quickly, which made Theresia believe her even more. .

Human memory has its limits, and some content will be selectively deleted. If Historia could explain all the details of the duel clearly, there would be a big problem.

As for Historia deliberately training these elements and then deceiving herself... this possibility cannot be ruled out.

But Theresia chose to trust her instincts.

It is impossible to do everything in the assassination job, and sometimes, the killer must firmly trust his instincts.

Theresia's intuition told her... Historia didn't have that kind of brain. If Linn asked her to make up such a complicated lie to deceive herself, and she couldn't see the flaw, he could only say that she was stupid. , can only admit defeat.

And soon, it was night time, and when the lights were about to go out, Theresia did not return to the staff dormitory area, but walked to an inconspicuous utility room.

When she was working as a handyman, she felt that this place was very hidden, so she temporarily hid some of her equipment here, such as the sleeve arrows hidden in her wrists, the daggers on her thighs, etc. Since she decided to take action tonight, she still wanted to be on the safe side. Bring all these.

Of course, it's also her ultimate trump card.

Theresia touched the small firearm in her sleeve.

A gun is not a special item, what is special is the bullets in it.

The arcane magic item "Final Bullet" has mediocre lethality, but it can destroy the arcane circuit of the person being hit, causing the arcanist to quickly lose resistance.

This is why Theresia is called the Arcanist Killer!

After a lot of effort, Thearesia, who was armed to the teeth, followed Historia's instructions, met her at the door of the dormitory, and came to a small garden.

Thearesia has an impression of this place. This is one of the few places not covered by the "Magic Network" barrier of Eden College. In other words, the use of arcane magic here will not be recorded by the college. The pavilion where she and Falao meet There is a similar effect.

To her surprise, Lynn Norton had already arrived at a small round table in the garden in advance, sitting behind the table with her arms folded, staring at the two of them coldly.

"Norton, you idiot!"

As soon as she saw Linn, Theresia felt that Historia beside her erupted with some kind of aura that she couldn't understand, and she stepped forward step by step.

"Hoo~ You actually didn't retreat in fear after seeing me, but walked towards me?"

Linn smiled disdainfully and looked at Historia with eyes full of ridicule and disdain.

"If you don't come forward, how can I let you lose like a fool!!"

Historia gritted her teeth, and now Theresia had to believe that what she said was the truth.

Because if I didn’t lose for several nights in a row, I wouldn’t be so angry that I would be like this...

"duel!"

The two sides quickly got into a stance and started a card showdown.

The two of them were playing a card battle game called "Arcane King" that was very popular in the Purple Flower Empire. In short, they summoned monster cards to attack each other, and they could also use various magic traps and other cards to assist them. fighting.

According to Historia, the two played a best-of-five game every night, but she basically ended up losing miserably.

Before she was sure whether it was a trap or not, Theresia chose to stand still and watch the battle.

However, what Thearesia didn't expect was that Historia didn't even last 3 minutes in the first game and was already defeated.

It's not that she's a prodigy, to be honest, although Historia is really stupid in operation, she is very lucky. She is a luck player. A typical European dog, she has exactly the cards she needs in each round. In the last round, I forgot to use the type of card that just saved the field this round.

But Lin En opposite him was the Emperor of Europe!

Linn's cards were weird, but he always managed to restrain Theresia.

For example, Theresia tried her best to summon the super high-star ace monster Slime, and when she was about to kill it with one hit, Linn just happened to draw a waste card, a one-star monster slime with zero attack power. , and the only weakness of the Slime is that it cannot actively attack the Slime because it is a strict hen...

In addition, Linn's operation was much better than Historia. Within a few minutes, the first game was almost over.

"Damn it, why on earth are you so lucky!"

Historia punched the stone table angrily.

"It's useless to talk more. Hurry up and accept the punishment."

Lynn sneered.

Historia clicked her tongue, but did not deny the payment. Instead, she turned to look at Theresia aside and said angrily:

"Hey, you've almost read it. It's time to give me some ideas for the next game. I do this every time. I don't know why I lose to him inexplicably."

"Punishment, why should I accept it?"

Theresia frowned.

"Of course,"

Historia said matter-of-factly:

"Aren't you my teammate? We are a team and we must both prosper and lose. Don't worry, after we win, I will transfer you 50 imperial silver coins and treat you to a nice meal."

"Okay, what's the punishment?"

Theresia hesitated for a moment and decided to make some compromises.

"It's nothing, I just put on a miniskirt maid outfit and play the rest of the card game with him."

Historia finished speaking nonchalantly, her pretty face couldn't help but turn red when she saw Theresia's cold gaze on her.

"Oh, don't look at me like that. Didn't you ask yourself clearly? And don't worry, you can wear thin black stockings after losing the second game, and you can wear a cat after the third game. My ears are gone, cat ears, cat ears, as long as I believe that I am a cat, I won’t be the one being humiliated, hahaha!”

"Uuuuuuuh, I don't want to be humiliated by him every night, but Xiao Ai asks me to reconcile with him. What can I do? In the past two nights, I have felt that the maid costume is not bad. It feels like it is getting weird... ..."

Listening to the cries and laughter of Historia who was about to break down, Theresia just sighed deeply.

She suddenly pointed to the card table: "Master Lin En, although Miss Historia is very stupid, it's not very good to win against her by cheating, right?"

"Cheating?!"

Historia blinked and immediately realized something was wrong.

Yes, why do I always draw cards that are restrained by him? There is definitely something wrong!

"You guy, it turns out you are cheating every night...you, you"

Historia considered the words:

"This bad bastard fish!!"

Linn, who was across the table, suddenly frowned: "Don't talk nonsense. When did I cheat?"

"The evidence I have found, please look here."

As she said that, Theresia pointed to the card table, and Historia and Lin's eyes followed.

Theresia couldn't help but curl her lips,

Sure enough, according to her observation, as long as the opponent is accused of cheating in the game, no matter what his personality is, he will immediately take offense.

Straight hook bait is salty, but always useful.

The next moment, a gunshot rang out in the silent night sky.

"boom!"

"Miscellaneous fish!"

As Historia screamed, Linn on the opposite side suddenly shattered and turned into a can-shaped airbag. After the bullet penetrated the airbag, a pink mist sprayed on the two people's faces. After being inhaled into the lungs along the nasal cavity, Theresia's consciousness immediately began to become confused.

She immediately wanted to stop breathing, but the pink gas actively entered her body as if it were alive. After taking the first breath, it was too late to hold her breath.

Before she fell into coma, she heard the voices of a man and a woman:

"Classmate Lin En, is this really okay?"

"Of course it's no problem. Elena also saw it. She shot me first, right? How do you say that..."

"Straight hook bait is salty, but it works."