Chapter 164: Thrilling

Perseus POV

"See, told you that I got nothing on me." the staff on the scene were beyond perplexed at how I'm winning at a game of chance despite it being rigged to go against me each and every time.

'The yellow rose weakness lies in their state of mind, they can control many powerful living beings at once if they wish, but the more they have, the more it's required of them to be in a state of a calm and focused mind.

'So their weakness would be if you can take their focus away from their mind control and sensory of the beings they have under them if you take their focus away and put it onto somewhere else while you distract them, that would be the most ideal way of sneaking the animals away from their range.

'In a fight, I would shout unexpected slurs or obscenities to surprise them, and at that moment when they are not calm, it's when the animals are no longer properly processing their orders and go limp."

All the other information that Trevor wrote about the yellow rose was on how to distract them or the best ways to beat them in a fight, and all of them were basically to make sure they don't have a calm state of mind and I am the perfect man for the job.

They are now focused on trying to figure me out and no matter how alert they try to be, they are just now perplexed and amazed at what I'm doing. I then took a break to cash in most of my money before I get kicked out without a chance to cash all of this in.

The staff is checking my every movement and yet nothing came up as I only retain 10 million in chips and went on to bet again, I can see the host of the ball along with some nobles who are responsible for this on-site casino trying to talk of ways to get rid of me because my winnings are going to eclipse the profit they're making from other nobles.

"Is it the fox?" Drake asked as I take a leisurely drink at a nearby bar

Pike and Drake are not leaving me alone and I got about 2 and a half hours to go, the start is easy, but doing similar things in the latter half is going to be a bit redundant and repetitive.

My team has to move the krakens slowly with a goddess at the helm taking the leadership role there.

"I know that fox." Drake said "The others might forget, but me who has to interact with a lot of animals and people, I remember Trevor having a pet by his side at all times. And the reported time of you having that fox came a bit after you were at the temple as well, were the reports of you finding a diary there a lie?"

Oh, they heard that I got the diary, I only told Zach and a few people that, eh, I expected this to happen so that it would throw everyone off the trail from connecting Buddy to that desert temple.

"Yeah, there's no way that the fox isn't connected to your winnings." Pike added, "You'd have no reason to bring him along when you can just leave him at the pen where he'll be taken care of."

"What's wrong with me bringing my cute little fox? I go anywhere with him, I mean look at his cute face, don't you just want to pet him and play with him all day long."

The 2 followed me everywhere, they were making sure I don't do anything suspicious, after winning a couple more bets and making hundreds of millions, I cash in and leave the tent. I went to the site of the ball and stand in a corner alone doing nothing.

And yet eyes were set on me, they are wondering why I'm here and doing what I'm doing, there were some high ranking nobles who heard about the recent incident and my possible connection to it, so now the rumor about me being here is that I'm trying to make contact with any participant that I'm trying to kill later.

So most are avoiding me, but it wasn't long till I can hear the announcement of the rest of the representatives from the western continent has arrived and they are also perplexed about why I'm here.

The yellow rose duo then went to greet them and their talking and making connections will at least take away about 30 min of my time. Edward let Reiner and Rowan take over and approached me once he saw me.

"Why are you here?" he asked

"What's wrong with me being here? I'm 16 now, gotta enjoy life a bit more instead of just staying home and lazing around."

"Why is the fox laying on top of your shoulder?"

"So I can have him close to me at all times, besides he likes to rub his face against mine as a sign of affection. You're reading too much into this, it's not like me to walk into an enemy's territory and cause trouble."

"Exactly, it's not like you to do it and yet, you're the type who has a goal in his mind every time he does something, whether short term or long term, it's a goal nonetheless," he replied as he took a drink that was given to him by a staff member "I've known you long enough to know that you aren't a simple guy."

"I am a single guy, I like books, adventuring, and beautiful women. That's as simple as a guy as you get."

"You're the lord of the black rose, which is the strongest rose, that makes you one of the most powerful beings on the planet. And as for the adventuring part, you didn't register as an adventurer because you think that they are not true adventurers and compare them with mercenaries."

As he was saying all this, I can see 3 of the 'heroes' approach my direction as well. If I was to cause a fight here and can't escape through the shadows, I would die, too many powerful people are at one spot and it's kind of thrilling.