Chapter 79: Wooden Dice Game (3)
The wooden dice board began to heat up.
“The mul-tteok has run out. Bring some more. No, honey. Just bring all of it.”
Dog Butcher spoke, throwing the empty takju vessel.
Eventually, the hazy yeast wines inside the jar are carried over clinking.
Dog Butcher drank the takju in the vessel consecutively, perhaps because his throat was burning.
Meanwhile, the young courtesan rolled the Wooden Dice dice in her hand.
“I gather them.”
Eventually.
“I throw.”
Two wooden dice roll on the five-colored board.
Roll……
At that moment, everyone’s eyes widened.
Six and six. A total of twelve.
Furthermore, since the numbers on the two dice are the same, she can throw once more.
The best hand in the Wooden Dice Game appeared.
“Oh, she can throw some dice.”
“Who is that girl? She seems too young to be called a courtesan.”
“I heard they brought her because she sings well.”
Noisy murmurs were heard from the surroundings, but the young courtesan concentrated only on the board with an aloof appearance unlike her age.
…Clack! …Clack! …Clack! …Clack! …Clack! …Clack! …Clack! …Clack! …Clack! …Clack! …Clack! …Clack!
The young courtesan’s piece moves forward.
Afterward, by the rule, the young courtesan threw the dice once more.
Roll, roll……
The dice rolled in a strange trajectory and came to a halt.
Six and six. A total of twelve.
The same number as before came out.
“I gather them.”
The young courtesan retrieved the dice.
“I throw.”
She threw once again.
Roll, roll……
Six and six. A total of twelve.
The same result came out again.
The young courtesan moved the piece again and grabbed the dice again.
The piece that kept advancing without rest caught and ate all the courtesans’ pieces and the Hundred-Heads’ pieces in front, and even caught Dog Butcher’s piece that was ahead.
“…….”
“…….”
“…….”
The atmosphere turned strange.
“I gather them.”
Roll, roll……
“I throw.”
Roll, roll……
On the board where the Wooden Dice Game was taking place, only the two words spoken by the young courtesan and the sound of the dice rolling echoed.
The young courtesan’s piece dashes on the board.
The pieces in front of it were all caught and eaten without exception.
Six and six are repeated continuously.
Therefore, the dice also kept rolling without rest.
A Hundred-Head next to her raised his hand to stop the young courtesan’s dash in the middle.
“Th-The dice seem a bit strange. Child. Would you try changing to this one?”
The dice in the young courtesan’s hand changed from a wooden dice to a brass dice.
But the result did not change because of that.
Roll, roll……
Six and six. A total of twelve.
It was still the same result.
After that, they tried changing the brass dice to a bronze dice, a stone dice, a silver dice, a gold dice, etc., but nothing changed.
Before long, the young courtesan’s piece passed all the spaces on the wooden dice board and was closest to the finish line.
“Haha…… that is indeed strange.”
Dog Butcher came down from the highest seat and sat before the young courtesan.
“A dice is originally not something that can roll in that manner.”
Even during that time, the dice kept spitting out six and six.
The young courtesan’s piece had the finish line right before its nose before long.
After a brief silence, the young courtesan looked up at Dog Butcher and spoke.
“……Can I end it like this?”
“Try it if you can.”
Dog Butcher smiled coquettishly.
The young courtesan nodded and threw the dice into the air.
Roll, roll……
The dice rolled strangely.
It rolled over when it shouldn’t, and didn’t roll over when it should, revealing the same number again.
This time too, six and six. A total of twelve.
At that very moment.
…Bang!
Suddenly the board shook.
“Ah, excuse me.”
Dog Butcher struck the stone floor beside him with his palm.
Crack……
The floor split making several cracks, and because of that, the board also tilted slightly.
Dog Butcher muttered, waving his hand over the takju bowl.
“Because there was a bug. My goodness. Why are there flying insects in the middle of winter…… did they swarm to the mul-tteok, you guys?”
“…….”
The young courtesan quietly lowered her head.
Since the board moved, the situation also changed.
From six and six to one and two.
Because the dice flipped due to the impact, it became a bad hand.
Looking at Dog Butcher’s smiling face, the other Hundred-Heads sighed.
“He started again.”
“Chief’s bad habit came out.”
“He tries to win by using any stubbornness in gambling.”
“But to do that to such a kid.”
“Mmm. I also understand a bit. Twelve came out too many times.”
“Right. She is strangely lucky.”
Although it was a foul to flip the hand that was already thrown and change it to another hand…… there was no one brave enough to argue that point with Dog Butcher in this situation.
Dog Butcher gestured with his finger.
“If you win this game, I will grant you any single wish.”
“…….”
“Instead, let’s do it fairly and strictly. I don’t know what kind of technique you are using…… but that is a bit unfair. Isn’t it?”
“…….”
The young courtesan merely nodded without a word.
Since everyone else also lost their words, now only Dog Butcher and the young courtesan were left to enjoy the Wooden Dice Game.
Eventually, it became Dog Butcher’s turn.
Two Wooden Dice dice rose into the air and fell onto the board.
Roll, roll……
Five and six, a total of eleven.
…Clack! …Clack! …Clack! …Clack! …Clack! …Clack! …Clack! …Clack! …Clack! …Clack! …Clack!
Dog Butcher’s piece moved eleven spaces forward.
It became the young courtesan’s turn again.
“I gather them.”
The dice clattered inside the small palm.
“I throw.”
Eventually, two numbers were revealed on the board.
Six and six. A total…….
Clack!
But the dice numbers changed midway.
Because Dog Butcher suddenly clapped his hands next to the board.
It was even a hand movement loaded with internal force.
“Come to think of it, your beauty is indeed pretty. If you grow just a little more, you will be a beauty under heaven. It is a physiognomy that will make many men weep in the future. Mmm. Of course, I have no interest in children, though…….”
“…….”
“Oops- I clapped my hands because I admired too much. What to do, I am sorry.”
Dog Butcher smiled and gestured toward the board with his chin.
Three and five. A total of eight.
Due to the impact when palm met palm, the dice numbers had changed.
A courtesan next to him made a nasal sound and tapped Dog Butcher’s arm.
“Oh my~ Brother, what is this~ It is cheap~”
“Cheap. Honey, how can there be such a thing in gambling? Whether the dice rolled after stopping, or stopped after rolling, anyway the number that came out now is the boss!”
Dog Butcher giggled and leaned back.
The aspect after that was also similar.
When the young courtesan threw the dice to make six and six, Dog Butcher without fail flipped the dice by striking the floor with his fist or sneezing loudly.
Eventually, the young courtesan’s piece and Dog Butcher’s piece came to be close by.
Dog Butcher, who had almost caught up with the young courtesan, threw the dice again.
Roll, roll……
Five and five. A total of ten.
The numbers on the dice were high and also identical.
Since he got to throw once more, it was a good hand.
Dog Butcher threw the dice successively, and this time achieved a fairly decent result with a total of seven.
Now Dog Butcher’s piece overtook the young courtesan’s piece.
Dog Butcher’s piece was only one space behind the finish line, and the young courtesan’s piece was much further behind.
The distance between the two was coincidentally exactly twelve spaces.
“…….”
Since Dog Butcher’s piece had only a single space remaining to the finish line, there were not many ways for the young courtesan to win.
Somehow she had to make the numbers of the two dice identical to throw once more.
If possible, making six and six to catch and eat Dog Butcher’s piece, and then entering the finish line after that was the best result.
“…….”
“…….”
“…….”
Everyone looked at the wooden dice board with tense expressions.
In that atmosphere, the young courtesan spoke.
“I gather them.”
Still a calm expression, a calm voice.
“I throw.”
Two wooden dice roll on the board.
This time too, there was no surprise.
Six and six. A total of twelve.
At that very moment, without fail, Dog Butcher stomped his foot.
…Thump!
The dice that was about to tilt returned to its original state.
The hand that was six and six changed to six and five.
A total of eleven. There is no chance to throw again.
…Clack! …Clack! …Clack! …Clack! …Clack! …Clack! …Clack! …Clack! …Clack! …Clack! …Clack!
The young courtesan’s piece moved eleven spaces forward and stopped.
Coincidentally, it was a place lacking only two spaces from the finish line, a difference of only a single space from Dog Butcher’s piece.
“Hohoho-“
Dog Butcher laughed.
“This was very close. I almost had my piece caught and eaten just one space behind the finish line.”
He leaned his upper body forward and tapped his piece carved from ivory with his finger.
“One space left to the finish line.”
“…….”
“If you throw two dice and the sum of both numbers exceeds one, it is fine. What does this mean? Hmm?”
A dice has only one to six.
Since two of them are thrown, the minimum value of the hand that can come out is two, and the maximum value is twelve.
Therefore, at the point when only one space remained to the finish line, he had no choice but to win.
Dog Butcher won and the young courtesan lost.
……However.
The young courtesan’s expression was still calm.
She quietly raised her head and met Dog Butcher’s smile with a calmly settled gaze.
“You don’t know until you throw.”
“Don’t know what? The sum of two dice can’t be less than one……”
“So.”
The young courtesan cut off Dog Butcher’s words midway.
“I said you don’t know until you throw.”
The speech shortened.
The atmosphere also changed.
Like the pieces stuck close with one space left, the gap between Dog Butcher and the young courtesan also narrowed to a hair’s breadth before long.
“…….”
Dog Butcher’s eyes turned round.
“…….”
“…….”
“…….”
A silence also descended on the surroundings.
Both the courtesans and the water bandits were opening rabbit eyes in surprise at the young courtesan’s words and behavior.
Eventually, Dog Butcher laughed loudly.
“Hohohohohohoho- yes, you are right. Mmm, you are right. You don’t know until you throw the dice. What will come out. Life is indeed like that. Hmm?”
He picked up the dice.
“If the sum of two dice is one or more, I win. Now, let’s see. what kind of hand comes out.”
Two Wooden Dice dice flew high into the air.
The gazes of everyone, including Dog Butcher, went up following the dice.
……However. There was a person looking at a unique place.
The young courtesan.
No, the assassin disguised as a courtesan.
Chui was putting his hand inside his breast.
Looking at Dog Butcher’s neck which was clearly revealed before his eyes.
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