Chapter 160: Gambler

Perseus POV

After the incident, I went to investigate the place of where the cardinal is staying while I hide in the shadows observing every little detail that the place have to offer.

Security was neither tighter nor looser, the cardinal is not expecting me to attack him due to the fact that it would be highly suspicious on my end due to the fact that his security are on a look out for me after my warning all those time ago and the fact that I'm already a suspect for the recent incident.

But the yellow rose is somewhere close by, so going after either the cardinal or the kraken first is just as dangerous as the other.

So, as for the kraken enclosure or whatever, well it's somewhere near a beach further away from the city, the security is just a good as the one as the cardinals, but the krakens are the problem. I need to knock the yellow rose lord and guardian out as I then somehow also have to smuggle out the krakens far away from this continent.

Based on the location of where the yellow rose lord and guardian would never go to at the same time, the range is about 200 km. I can get in and out individually through the shadows or run at light speed, but damn live creatures, it'll be just easier to just finish the krakens off instead. I'll keep that as a last option though.

So I got back to the hotel and think of my plans further, Buddy found secret passages and a lot of things on his own, but I need to figure out plans on how to take the yellow rose down while getting the krakens out of the continent to where they can never be captured again and yet the place have to be habitable.

"That's a lot of papers." Maple commented as she checked out all of my written plans

She was allowed to stay here for the next month and is using her opportunity to visit some tourist spots and get some souvenirs since she's never allowed here. SO she'll be staying with us, but she can't contribute to my heist.

"Your family is pretty weird after seeing all of em."

"Coming from you doesn't mean much." Ruka replied "I'm the other normal one apart from Maple."

"I've seen you laugh at a child who was drowning."

"That's a preference for dark humor, you like dark humor too."

"Yeah, but there's a line for things."

"A line?" she gave a questioning and accusing look "Hypocritical coming from a guy who's also aiming for his girlfriend's mother and sisters."

I then ignored everything else going on, I have 4 days to think of a plan, there should be a royal ball held by the king where all nobles are invited to go then and that's when I have the best opportunity.

I'll be honest, the 4 girls company is cool and all, but they're beings who don't necessarily need sleep and so I could barely sleep if any, but I remember the event of last night when I had to wake up in the middle of the night to see them play poker, damn myself for not being a deep sleeper, I was trained to be alert, training with my grandparents, I averaged 5 hours of sleep which is at least better than the author.

|If I'm lucky, I get 6-7, but I average 3-5 hours of sleep, I have times where I averaged 2-3 hours of sleep for a couple days in a row, don't take 2 majors, kids, you'll regret it. Just take one over the other instead of both, I've already applied to drop one a long while ago in case any of you are worried, I have a life to live.|

I then got a great idea remembering the poker game.

Chefs and janitors are the easiest jobs to do and access as an assassin, but infiltration has always been harder and harder due to the fact that such ways having caused too many deaths. But going in as a dealer and poisoning the cards...no one will think of that.

It's also something that can't be connected to me since it's something I've never do. In this world, every event always have some sort of some sort of mini casino booked and take place on the venue of the event, including the upcoming ball.

I somehow have to get some chemical that can put the yellow rose duo to sleep somehow after convincing them to both to gamble, but I need to test this ability of mine first to see if I still got it.

And sure enough...

"How the hell did you get that knife from my pants?" Lilith exclaimed

"Why the hell would you put it at the back and not on your sides at the waist?"

"Because no one would pat down my ass." she grumbled "How'd you do that? I didn't even sense anything."

"Yeah, your hands just hovered over her back and it somehow appeared in your hands, impressive." Maple commented

I then asked them to play card games and my trickster skills came through, the goddesses can't see through my hands at all, no matter what they do, they always lose and I ended up winning every bet whether they shuffle the cards or not.

I got a lot of wealth from Lilith who gambled against me.

"Loki's a trickster, it seems that you still got it." Leilah commented in amusement as Lilith lost a lot of her money trying to play me

She was on a win streak earlier and she lost to me no matter what card game she proposed.

"Don't be sad...you only lost 2 of your houses due to your pride." Ruka tried to hold her laughter in "And a quarter of your fortune."

"Tch, he cheated." Lilith complained

"Isn't that what a casino do? Besides, I've even let you do all the shuffling and arrangements, you lost on your own."

"You think you can taunt a goddess and get away with it?"

"Based on my smug face and what just transpired, yes."

"You're lucky Maple and Ruka along with your fox is here." she muttered