He was shocked by the twenty-one points in his hand, but on the surface, he merely shrugged and tried to keep his expression calm. Aside from Baron Rwanda, the other onlookers had already begun congratulating him.
In the second round, Shade saw that his opponent's first two cards totaled eleven, while the third card directly pushed him over twenty-one. Since the two cards in his own hand totaled sixteen, he gave up on drawing again.
The expression on Baron Rwanda's face had already changed.
In the third round, Shade could not remember exactly what cards his opponent had, but when he saw that his face-up card was the king, he was once again startled and nearly could not resist checking his surroundings.
Since the face-up card was the "king," he did not touch the hole card again. Baron Rwanda, meanwhile, did not have the luck to draw a king and Queen, nor did he have the luck to reach twenty-one. He lost again.
In the fourth round, Shade's face-up card was the Queen.
"Was that you meddling?"
Even he could not help asking the voice in his head.
A Ring Arcanist's 'Another Me' could not interfere with reality.
"But you aren't an ordinary case."
I am special because of you. I cannot interfere with reality directly. And even if I could, why would I interfere in a card game?
The whisper answered in his mind, still as pleasant as ever. Shade also felt that she was not that bored, so he believed her. Baron Rwanda, however, clearly did not believe Shade.
He panted heavily. Amid the excited discussions of those around the table, he stared at the Queen on the tabletop for a long while before demanding that Baron Lavend's deck be inspected again. After the inspection, he had someone