Chapter 160: Igor and Emma
Cramped, dark, and chaotic.
To Igors right was a large cardboard box filled with more than twenty boxes of tissues, probably purchased during a big sale. On top of the box was a box-type heater and various other household items not currently in use. To his left was a tightly shut door.
This was a storage room, and it had been his dwelling for the past five days.
The obvious feeling of hunger in his stomach indicated that it was around 6 in the evening, and Emma should be back soon to feed him.
Reflecting on his life over the past few days, Igor couldnt help but sigh. Although he had achieved his goal, managing to remain unharmed under the extensive search and pursuit of the Heresy Court, the way he accomplished this was somewhat specialhe had been kept by Emma like a dog for these days.
Literally a dog, Igor tugged at the collar around his neck, feeling an inexplicable sense of irony.
He had finally managed to remove the chip collar from the back of his neck for the sake of freedom, but now, for the same reason, he willingly wore a real collar.
As for why Emma Lekthas, a hunter of the Heresy Court, was willing to shelter him, the story traced back to three years ago, when Igor was working part-time at the Mud Cafe.
Although males with the Charming Baby Bloodline often worked part-time at the Mud Cafe much like Ogres who had regular jobs would paint oil paintings after work Igor rarely did so. Mainly because working as a Mud Worker was too slow in terms of income; scamming was much more satisfying.
When Igor was willing to work part-time at the Mud Cafe, it could only mean one thing: the cafe could facilitate his fraudulent business.
The Gambling Color Apocalypse was exactly such a place. It was a Mud Cafe/Tea Caf dual operation. One might think it was a casino from its name, and in fact, it was. Customers had to purchase initial chips with real money to participate in various gambling activities.
What set it apart from other casinos was what they gambleddomination time.
Customers could freely find a dealer they liked to gamble with, and both parties could use 60-minute chips. If a customer won all 60 minutes from a dealer, it meant they could command the dealer for 60 minutes, and the dealer had to comply with the customers requests. Conversely, if the dealer won the customers 60 minutes, the dealer could command the customer for that amount of time.
Yes, regardless of win or loss, dealers would have fun with the customers, because the customers chips were bought with real money. They wouldnt let the customers go home with a confused face, a shop that didnt respect the customers demands would surely go out of business.
In simple terms, it was a Mud Cafe/Tea Caf that capitalized on gambling, but its business was much better than other themed shops in the same industryreality proved that gambling was always the mechanism that could best stimulate human impulses. Winning customers were elated, and losing customers, after being played by the dealer, would be fired up with a competitive spirit, ready to take on more challenges. The shop had many repeat customers.
The reason Igor worked part-time there was precisely because of the domination time. He would specifically target rich women, actively approach them, seduce them into challenges, and then win their 60 minutes.
Once in the private rooms, under the guise of domination time, Igor could make the rich women swear oaths to him, like be good to me for a lifetime or give me your most precious things.
The women, thinking it was a special fetish of the dealer, would readily agree. Then they would be bound by Igors contract spirit to keep their words. They had to keep their oaths, and couldnt even call the police, because that wouldnt be being good to Igor for a lifetime.
These customers were not only conned out of all their wealth by Igor, but he also refused to mate with them, which was quite unprofessional.
Besides wealthy women, occasionally wealthy men would seek out Igor of their own accord. Igor would graciously accept them all, even making them swear oaths like not to have sexual desires for anyone other than me, thereby helping them thoroughly cure their human weakness of being tricked by beauty.
In this way, Igor swindled money but not affection, greatly promoting the redistribution of social wealth with this part-time job. The efficiency even surpassed his full-time job for a time. However, the phrase smooth sailing never appears in the life of a Trickster. One night, Igor encountered Emma.
To gain control, Igor, who had a high winning rate, quickly won the title of Gambling King in the shop. Therefore, there were those who didnt covet Igors body, but simply wanted to compete with him for gambling skills. Emma was one of them.
When Emma entered the shop, she did not hide her Moonshadow characteristics. Initially, Igor didnt want to provoke this privileged class, but Emma specifically requested him, and others did not want to compete with the Moonshadow. Thus, Igor had no choice but to serve.
Emmas gambling skills were good, but in addition to his own skills, Igor, as a Trickster, had a deep understanding of human nature. This was his secret to winning. When Igor unsurprisingly defeated Emma, he had already decided not to lay a finger on her, simply performing his job at the Mud Cafe as though he was bitten by a dog.
However, Emma was not willing to admit defeat. She insisted on continuing to gamble, even repurchasing chips. Multiple chip purchases were allowed. To encourage customer spending, if a customer bought N times the chips, the Dealer had to provide N times the service time, regardless of whether they won or lost.
Before the second round of gambling, Igor inexplicably asked Emma, If I win, can I make a wish that lasts 120 minutes?
No problem.
The contract was established.
Unlike ordinary contracts, Igor proposed a quantity limit (one) and a time limit (120 minutes). The more restrictions a contract stipulates, the stronger its effect. After all, the other party was of the Moonshadow. Igors typical overbearing contracts that purely exploit others could potentially fail.
But when Emma lost 300 minutes, things started to take a subtle turn. She seemed to have received an urgent message and left the Gambling Color Apocalypse directly. Igor soon found out that Emma was a Blood Mad Hunter.
He immediately realized that he held a potentially valuable wish.
Thereafter, Emma often came to the shop to gamble with Igor, switching between various gambling tools and methods. Emma won occasionally, but generally, Igor dominated. The time limit of this wish, after being accumulated multiple times, amounted to 9000 minutes.
Just as Igor was considering how to maximize the benefits of this wish, the Heresy Court arrested him in the Gambling Color Apocalypse.
So thats why Emma kept gambling with him, and why she never suggested entering the gambling settlement phase.
High-end Blood Mad Hunters often appear as prey in front of Tricksters.
Because it was a sudden arrest, Igor had no time to modify his memories. When the Memory Master searched, oh ho, so youve committed so many fraud cases, enjoy your time in the shattered lake.
Although he was arrested, his contract with Emma was still valid. The Virtual Realm is the longest witness.
So after breaking out of jail, Igor went straight to Emmas house and began his revenge on her, who was wearing pajamas: I command you to help me escape from the Blood Moon Realm.
Although it was a single wish, it could be broken down into three parts:
Providing Igor with a safe place to live and food;
Not revealing any information about Igor;
Helping Igor gather information.
Emma fulfilled all of them.
Therefore, Igor remained in this cramped storage room, waiting every day for Emma to come home to feed him. He couldnt even say that Emma had broken the contractthe most it could be was that she fulfilled his requirements in the most humiliating way possible.
Click.
It was the sound of a key opening the door. Emma was home.
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