· Why Would I Want to Return to That Kind of World?

Outside Elchea's largest tavern.

After parting ways with Lu Qiming, the Blank siblings had come straight here. To them, a crowded tavern was the best place to gather the information they needed—though that was only something they knew from games and manga. As for real life... did you really think two shut-in otaku who never even left the house would have been to a place like this?

Although it was their first time in a tavern, Sora and Shiro still forced themselves to stay calm as they sized up the people coming and going. Everywhere in here, people could be seen playing all kinds of games, wagering stakes both sides deemed equivalent.

But even more people had their attention fixed on the two girls playing a card game in the center of the tavern. Quite a few were even looking with cold, mocking smiles at the girl whose face was full of conflict as she stared fixedly at the cards in her hand.

"I said, could you hurry up?"

At that moment, the purple-haired girl seated opposite her, wearing a veil, lightly lifted the wine cup before her and took a sip. Then she raised her face slightly to look across the table and asked in an unhurried tone.

"You're so annoying. I'm thinking right now. This part should go like this..."

Across from her, the girl named Stephanie Dola looked at the playing cards in her hand in a complete panic. Already at an absolute disadvantage, she had no idea what to do, because if she lost this game, she would lose her status as heir to the throne of the Human Race.

But how could she give up so easily? This was the treasure her grandfather had left her. And Stephanie Dola wanted to—or rather, had to—prove one