Actually, at this moment, Meimei, the younger twin maid—in other words, Miss Tina, who was active on the chessboard as a Servant—was not flustered in the slightest.
She suddenly understood. Perhaps this was merely an action Mr. Vali had taken to numb his opponent.
As maids of the castle and servants of Mr. Vali, she and Tiff had participated in the game more than once. They had also seen far too many people enter the game carrying confidence in their arms—the confidence of victory.
"Tina, do you remember the Young Master of the Bohemian Family from twenty years ago?"
"What is Tiff trying to say?"
"Tiff means that twenty years ago, that Young Master of the Bohemian Family always boasted that he was the illegitimate child of the Goddess of Fortune. From the moment he was born, he had possessed incredible luck, right up until he swaggered before Mr. Vali."
"Tina remembers now... Indeed, he was a noble young master with terribly strange luck."
"Yes. That Young Master of the Bohemian Family fought his way through every obstacle and reaped a rich harvest. In the end, he even assembled one of the combinations of Function Cards reputed to be the most powerful. But who would have thought that he would still lose to Mr. Vali?"
"Yes. That Young Master of the Bohemian Family could never have imagined that his luck on the chessboard had actually been orchestrated by Mr. Vali all along... The moment he thought he possessed everything, Mr. Vali knocked him down. Ah, Mr. Vali was truly awful."
"Shh, don't say it aloud."
Tina silently nodded. Afterward, she felt much more relaxed... Perhaps this Servant before her, who held a sword and had sailed smoothly along the road, was merely another Young Master of the Bohemian Family.
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