"Oh."
"So this was a game taught by Senior Garen!"
After asking around, Koala finally figured out where this so-called exclusive invention of the Revolutionary Army had come from.
Sabo and the other two did not react too strongly, but Koala's eyes lit up as she muttered to herself:
"Senior Garen really is amazing. He can even grasp such grand ideas from playing poker."
Her words were filled with admiration for Garen.
Yet Sabo and the others did not find Koala's somewhat exaggerated reaction strange at all.
That was mainly because Garen was highly revered within the Revolutionary Army. He had practically become a spiritual mentor respected by all Revolutionary Army soldiers.
For no other reason than the two books Garen had published in the East Blue:
One was Swordmaster: From Beginner to Mastery, and the other was Demacian Justice Theory.
Swordmaster had become a training textbook for Revolutionary Army recruits, while The Doctrine had won the approval of even their leader, Dragon himself. It had become the guiding ideology of their great cause, a beacon leading the Revolutionary Army forward.
And so, without even realizing it, Garen, the author of those books, had become an idol worshipped by Revolutionary Army soldiers.
"Well then."
Amid the silence, Sabo suggested:
"Koala, want to sit down and play a few rounds?"
"Hm? Of course not."
Koala kept work and play quite separate.
She immediately said to Sabo in an unquestionable tone:
"We've already spent plenty of time gambling. Now it's your turn to go shopping with me."
"Oh."
Sabo agreed to Koala's request, though he did not look particularly interested.
"Hmph!"
Koala gave a displeased snort, then quietly cast a meaningful look toward her master, Fish-Man Hatchan.
"Ahem."
Hatchan coughed twice and immediately got the message.
"As for shopping, Ivankov and I