Chapter 100: Night Street Horror, in every sense (4)
"How about it, do you like it here, Brady?"
“Well, it’s just amazing!”
Brady looked around and responded excitedly.
"So what are you going to do? Are you going to challenge the arena as a contestant, or are you going to place a bet directly? This is not an academy, so you will be betting directly with gold coins. If you don't have money, Brady, I can lend it to you as a tutor."
Megan Si said as she took out a small bag of gold coins from her space ring.
Just by listening to the clanking sound, Brady knew that it was a considerable amount of money.
(He also has a space ring... Teacher Megans is really rich...)
Although he was somewhat concerned, Brady still happily took the purse and prepared to place his bet.
But thinking of his previous experience of borrowing credits to bet and suffering a disastrous defeat in the duel between Alfred and Lucius, he suddenly felt a little hesitant.
"What's wrong, Brady?"
"No, nothing. I just feel embarrassed if I borrow your money to place a bet and lose..."
Brady responded very awkwardly.
"It's okay. Even if you lose, it doesn't matter. I won't charge you interest. And even if you lose, I won't ask you to pay the money back, Brady."
“I-Is that so…”
"If you really mind, Brady, how about you participate in the competition first? If you succeed in making your first pot of gold, you won't have to borrow money from me."
Seeing that Brady was still very hesitant, Megan took the initiative to propose.
"That's right. I want to sign up to be a contestant. But how should I do it?"
"Pfft, you're so happy, Brady, since you don't even know how to sign up~"
"Ah, that's not..."
Brady felt embarrassed and scratched his red cheek with his hand.
"Come over here with me. I have some connections with the owner of this casino. I can make an exception and let you, Brady, become a temporary special contestant."
Megan took Brady's hand and led him to an inconspicuous room in the corner.
At the door of the room stood three burly bodyguards.
"Let Cornell know."
Unlike her friendly attitude towards Brady, Megan's tone when speaking to the bodyguards was very domineering.
"Eh? Yes, as you say."
"Isn't this Miss Bradley? Excuse me, what brings you here for? If you want to watch some exciting game, I will prepare it for you right away."
A middle-aged man with a fierce look rubbed his hands and said to Megan Si.
Cornell had a somewhat lewd smile on his face and his attitude was extremely fawning, which was very different from the impression his appearance gave people, making Brady feel a little disgusted.
However, the other party seemed to be an acquaintance of Megans, so he didn't say anything.
Brady just listened to the conversation between the two absentmindedly, looking forward to what would happen next.
"Don't bother. I came to you because of this child. He is my student in Illya and wants to participate in the competition today. Please arrange it for me immediately."
"Of course... just."
Cornell looked at Brady, looking troubled.
"Since he is your student, he should still be in the first grade now, right? If this young master participates in the competition and the puppet is completely damaged..."
"You don't have to worry about this. He is my student. There is no way he can lose, right?"
Megan Si asked back, glaring at Cornell with a stern look.
"I'm so sorry, I made a mistake. Please wait a moment, I'll make the arrangements right away!"
Cornell bowed his head and apologized, then hurriedly ordered his men to prepare the venue and the players.
"Teacher Megans, you are really amazing."
Brady looked at the panicked looks of the men and guessed that Megan must have a very high status here.
"Not really. Compared to me, Viscount Ulysses is actually more powerful."
Megan smiled and began to praise Brady's father.
"That Viscount is a hero of the Empire. He single-handedly resisted an army of tens of thousands of monsters. A woman like me cannot compare to him."
"That's true. Father is a hero of the empire after all."
Although Brady was excited, his mood soon became depressed.
He himself knew very well that even though his father was a hero of the empire, it was impossible for him to be respected and feared by others like Megans was.
After all, even though he was a hero, Brady's father Ulysses was just a viscount whose territory was located on the border. He had neither real influence nor connections in the Imperial Palace.
Before school started, when Ulysses was on the busy streets of the capital, he was even kicked out of the casino by bodyguards because of a large amount of credit.
(What? Those idiots don’t understand the greatness of our father.)
Thinking of this, Brady couldn't help but clench his teeth.
Perhaps Megan guessed what Brady was thinking, and she gently held him in her arms.
Megan let Brady rest his head on her chest and gently stroked his head.
"It's painful, right? I can understand your feelings, Brady. After all, Viscount Ulysses has made great achievements, and he must be envied and hated by many powerful nobles."
she comforted.
When Megan Si mentioned the powerful nobles, two people immediately appeared in Brady's mind.
Alfred (PS: Although the high position is a bit subtle now) and Roderick.
They were all born into families with higher titles and more money than Ulysses's, and they always had an arrogant and domineering attitude in school.
"That's why he was unfortunately ostracized and driven to a remote border. But I believe that you, Brady, are better than your father and will definitely become a new generation of hero in the empire in the future."
“That’s true…”
Brady was overjoyed because he got the approval of his crush Megan.
He was so focused on Megan's warm and soft body and her alluring sweet fragrance that he didn't notice that Megan's mouth was curled up at this moment.
That smile full of malice and mockery.
"Miss Bradley, we are ready here."
Cornell approached the two men with great trepidation and reported cautiously.
He saw Megan Si holding Brady and was a little confused about the situation, so he seemed to be hesitating about when would be the most appropriate time for him to speak.
"Is that so? Let's go over there quickly. Brady, it's your turn to perform well from now on."
Brady was brought to the ring.