The Trafford Trading Club
Chapter 1773

The Familiars

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Most of the stone slab was buried in the mud... It was filthy, so Boss Luo did not bend down to pick it up. He merely extended his hand.

The soil began to loosen on its own. Then the loosened stone slab slowly floated up... The years of mud clinging to it gradually peeled away, leaving it spotlessly clean.

The Masters probably could not see the Familiars' every move inside the Chessboard... Otherwise, the Castle Master would probably have found it unbelievable. This was not something a Familiar could do.

In any case, the stone slab had fallen into Luo Qiu's hand—a stone slab with an irregular shape.

It should have belonged to a larger, complete stone slab. It was simply unclear why it had broken off from the whole and ended up buried in the soil.

"Master?"

"I found something interesting." Boss Luo said telepathically, "This Chessboard is probably even more interesting than I imagined... Is something wrong?"

"A Familiar is approaching you." Maid Miss's voice also sounded in Luo Qiu's mind. "It's that maid, Miss Tina."

"Understood." Boss Luo nodded, then thought for a moment before saying, "I'm your Familiar now. This is the Master's game. Tell me what to do... and I'll naturally do it. Since this is a game, we should follow its rules."

She had an obvious intention: she slowly moved the card of the Meimei who served as her Familiar toward the position of Boss Luo's card.

Tiff, the elder sister of the Twin Maid who was the Master, had just ended her turn. Her gaze remained fixed ahead, seemingly without any particular intention. But before this, she had made contact with Mr. Vali's gaze.

Would the game really be fair?

Perhaps the rules of the game were equally fair to everyone—as long

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