Mage Manual-Chapter 265 - 229 Its Not Necessarily Me
Chapter 265: Chapter 229: It’s Not Necessarily Me!
Chapter 265 -229: It’s Not Necessarily Me!
Since everyone had guessed that only Igula would choose “no,” even Igula himself bet on 5 people, everyone guessed right, so this question was directly invalidated.
“You…” Igula ground his teeth in anger.
Harvey spread his hands, “Can’t help it, Igula, I am bound by the Contract, and I can only answer honestly. It’s not that I don’t want to protect you, but my conscience simply won’t allow it, even if in my eyes, only a slim short skirt and solemn black tights are worthy of your corpse.”
“Miss, I think someone lied!” Ash raised his hand, “How could anyone choose ‘no’? Even Igula himself wouldn’t choose ‘no’; he must have cheated!”
“How do you know it was Igula who chose ‘no’?” Hanna shook her head, “You’re not allowed to seek the truth.”
Liss frowned tightly as she looked at the six coins on the table.
Next, Igula was still in charge of moderating, and he drew a slip of paper from the black box, his face showing obvious surprise.
“Question.”
“Would you give up everything for the one you love?”
Ash shot his hand up, “Objection!”
“I haven’t even made an objection to that previous question, and you’re objecting to what?!” Igula cursed.
“It’s because the ones I love aren’t in this world, this question is too hypothetical for me, I don’t even know my own heart.” Ash said, obviously very proud of his single status: “Change it to something that’s a bit more single-friendly, please!”
Hanna suddenly said, “The fact that your loved ones are not in this world doesn’t mean you don’t have loved ones.”
“But if they’re not here, how can I give anything?”
“Then just make them exist,” Hanna smiled, “Those who are dead, bring them to life; those who have left, bring them to your side. Those who don’t exist, just make them exist. The Divine Lord’s wish can realize all your thoughts.”
Ash was stunned, suddenly having a bizarre thought: “Let’s say, I fell in love with a virtual character in a video game and I hope she could appear in reality to be with me—”
Hanna shrugged her shoulders: “I think that wish would be much simpler than bringing someone back from the dead.”
Ash blinked, he really hadn’t thought that a wish could be used in such a way. Summoning the Sword Maiden and the Witch to his side, and then together they start a shameless fantasy adventure? Embarking on an adventure life of thrice in the morning, four times at night?
However, the thought circled in Ash’s mind only to disappear quickly, using a wish to find a wife was extremely embarrassing, and if he dared to do so, the first thing the Sword Maiden would do upon arrival might be to chop him up so he’d need to rely on the Reverse Sun Technique Spirit for rescue—spending a Divine Lord’s wish to find a woman? Even if it was to find me, you can’t waste it like that! I’ve never seen such a foolish horn as you!
But Hanna’s words did remind Ash.
His loved ones from his past life of course did not exist.
But in this world, did he really have no one he loved…?
The answer session ended, and it was the guessing phase again, Ash thought carefully, first of all, Banjee and Hanna were at least normal people from a civilized society, there should be at least one “yes”;
Then Harvey’s reason for escaping prison and seeking revenge on Fernand was because his loved one died, so he should choose “yes”;
As for Igula, it wasn’t that Ash was measuring the Swindler with a victim’s mindset, but ‘Igula giving up everything for someone else’ was as unimaginable as Freyja practicing abstinence.
And as for little Liss, at her age, she was at the stage of ‘mine, mine, all mine’, perhaps this world had caring little cotton jackets, but recalling Liss’s scheming demeanor the night before, she was more likely a cotton jacket with a black heart.
Thus Ash bet 2 silver coins, Igula and Harvey likewise bet 2 coins, Banjee bet 3 coins, and most shockingly, Hanna and Liss: they bet 4 coins!
Ash thought to himself whether they were giving up or conceding—how could we six people possibly have so many self-sacrificing, love-struck brains?
However, when the handkerchief was lifted, Ash was dumbfounded.
4 “yeses,” 2 “nos”!
Ash had undoubtedly chosen “no,” meaning that aside from himself, a self-pitying single dog, among the other five people, there were actually four who were from the kind-hearted camp of love-struck brains!?
“Very interesting numbers,” Igula raised his eyebrows, “In that first question just now, there happened to be 2 selfish individuals from the evil camp; in this question, there appeared 4 selfless individuals from the kind-hearted camp, which is the total number of all of us.”
“Could it be that the ones who chose ‘no’ in this question are the potential traitors who chose ‘yes’ before?”
“Don’t try to probe others for their answers,” Hanna reminded again. “Guessing is what makes this game interesting.”
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If Ash hadn’t chosen ‘no’ himself, he might have agreed with Igula’s assumption. But he was just an ordinary person who wasn’t willing to give up everything for a loved one nor resort to any means for the Divine Lord’s wishes!
Do all you Mages have some serious illness? When you love, you love so recklessly, and when you do evil, you kill everything. Are you all crazed beauties?
“Dad, you’d give up everything for me, right?”
Liss shook Ash’s arm, trying to act cutely. Ash thought the kid was icy just a moment ago; how’d she become so sticky suddenly? Human younglings were truly incomprehensible creatures. He replied nonchalantly, “Of course… of course not.”
“Dad, you won’t even indulge a child. I feel sad for your future wife.”
“Not to mention you boldly assume you’ll have a mother in the future, aren’t there girls in this world who don’t need to be coddled?”
“Dad, that confident look of yours is so cool!”
“Ah? Hahaha indeed, you’ve got good taste.”
“See, Dad, even a big man like you needs sweet talk, and you still ask if others need it?”
“Last question.” Igula drew a slip of paper from the black box and said calmly, “If you weren’t bound by any contracts, could you cooperate sincerely with the other five?”
Such a pointless question, the Swindler thought.
Without contract constraints, who would dare to cooperate sincerely with others? Not to mention that they were all foreign prison escapees, others couldn’t trust them, and they were full of suspicions among themselves. Hanna and Banjee were also seasoned kidnapping pros; among the six of them, there was hardly a single lawful character. Their meeting was like a trash bin hit by a dung bucket; even if they weren’t all of the same ilk, they were certainly worthy adversaries at least.
They could cooperate, but they had to be ready to betray, watching their allies’ every move. If everything went smoothly, fine, but if anything happened, they’d have to betray others before being betrayed themselves.
Igula once had five partners; two died in a filthy ditch, and three were imprisoned in Feimeng City’s Blood Moon Prison. If Igula hadn’t been good at disguises and betrayed them in advance to divert attention, he would have been implicated long ago.
A significant reason why Igula chose to set up shop in Kaimon City was that there were too many acquaintances in Feimeng’s Prison. Those three former partners were probably rubbing their hands together, waiting for him to join them in prison. Thus, Igula simply fled to Kaimon City to start anew; even if he got caught, he could start over in prison—without any partners to sacrifice, Igula was indeed sloppily caught.
Hanna and Banjee couldn’t trust them, and they couldn’t trust each other either, so everyone would choose ‘no’… no, that’s not right; there was still the unstable factor of Liss.
But in Igula’s view, Liss was clearly a very sensible little girl. And being ‘sensible’ meant the antonym of ‘naive’.
The answering phase ended, and it was time for the betting round.
“Zero,” Igula stated succinctly.
Harvey, Hanna, and Banjee also bet zero. Just when Igula thought this question would be nullified again, Liss pulled out a silver coin—
She bet one coin.
Everyone stared at her in unison, and the little girl lifted her head proudly, flashing a smile brighter than the sunlight at everyone.
Even if he knew it might be an act of currying favor, even Igula was moved by the little girl’s innocence.
Liss bet one coin, and there was only one possibility—she had answered ‘yes.’ With her wit, she must have guessed that everyone else answered ‘no,’ so the only person who answered ‘yes’ would be her alone.
As an amnesiac orphan girl, she still could trust others. Such unfeigned sincerity was somewhat blinding to a Swindler used to dirtiness fit for growing mushrooms.
The others seemed to share similar thoughts to Igula’s; the Necromancer voluntarily snuffed out his cat grass smoke, Purple Moth’s eyes brightened, and the Housekeeper boy’s gaze became gentle.
As for Ash—
He bet two coins.
Everyone was dumbfounded.
Then, looking under the handkerchief, there were four ‘no’s and two ‘yes’s.
Now, everyone stared blankly at Ash, including Liss.
Ash felt awkward being stared at, “What’s the big deal, it’s not necessarily me who answered ‘yes’!”
