The Ancient Great Fairy

"We're rich! We're rich!" That was Rin Tohsaka's voice from her hiding place. She immediately went to the bookmaker to cash out.

The gleaming Cosmic Coins before her shone as brightly as her gems—no, even more brightly.

Then she quietly returned to the group, acting as though she had never earned that little private stash. Only her partner, Calamity Jane, noticed that she had slipped away.

Barucado had lost, but he readily handed over 50,000 Cosmic Coins and said he would keep training hard and challenge him again next time.

Both Barucado and most of the spectators felt that if he had been more cautious in this fight and conserved more stamina, he could have won in the end.

Little did they know that this was exactly what Yuan Shikai wanted them to see. No matter how Barucado chose to fight, the outcome would always be a narrow defeat. He had to take good care of his generous benefactor's feelings.

A loss was a loss, and the Six-Armed Mercenary Corps was too embarrassed to stay any longer. They left after declaring, "I won't give up so easily." Hopefully, he would bring just as much money next time.

Aboard an express spaceship bound specifically for Galactic Police Headquarters, only Voyager was by his side.

Ciel and Faerie Lancelot still had their own work to do. It was still working hours, after all.

Since the Chaldea Mercenary Corps had been promoted to D-rank, DB had specially set aside some high-difficulty missions for them. Those were all gleaming Cosmic Coins, so they had also chosen to split up for the time being. They would definitely return for Ritsuka Fujimaru's wedding, though, and could meet again then.

Voyager said, "Director, you really are devious. You had your opponent running in circles back there, playing