Esper Harem in the Apocalypse Chapter 394 Gamble of Life

Chapter 394 Gamble of Life

"A gamble of life?" Rudy repeated Maria's words and asked, "What's that? We gamble for our life?"

"Yes," she nodded without looking at Rudy.

"Uhh… I have no interest in betting my life, and I am not going to let you bet yours either," Rudy asserted in a solemn voice.

"Oh, no. My bad. I don't an a gamble of life and death. It was more like a gamble where the winners got to owe the loser their entire life. They make every decision of their life," Maria stated.

"That sounds like slavery which is super illegal," Rudy remarked.

"You can call it slavery, and it's not illegal in the underworld. When soone loses the gamble or life or if they have run out of money or the things to bet, they beco a slave until the debt has been repaid.

Sotis, fathers sell their daughters, husbands sell their wives, mothers sell their sons, and they sell themselves too. It is not a rare occurrence in the underworld. I wish I had never known this dark side of gambling," she said in a low voice.

Rudy raised his brow and asked, "And still, you want to do that with ?"

"Because… I want to…" she muttered. "That's the only way."

"Just curious, what would you do if I won?"

"I will beco your slave, and you will owe . You can order anything to do," Maria replied with a shrug.

"And… what if I lose?" he asked with a judging look on her face.

"I will order you to do sothing you otherwise wouldn't do. But I won't order you around…"

"Oh?"

"To be honest…" She looked into Rudy's eyes and said, "It will be a win-win situation for regardless of who won."

"And what would you make do if you won?"

Maria puckered her lips and said, "I would ask you to kiss …"

Rudy couldn't help but chuckle after Maria's innocence.

"Why are you laughing?!" She hissed. "It's not funny! It took so much courage to say it out loud, you know?!"

"I am laughing at how pure you are. You would have the opportunity to make do anything you want, and you would waste it for sothing like a kiss," Rudy scoffed softly.

Maria puffed her cheeks and uttered, "Even that is too much for . What would 'you' ask to do if you won? I doubt you would ask for money since you had countless chances to use my card and spend millions if you wanted money."

"Hmm~" Rudy humd in wonder while smiling at Maria and said, "I don't know what I would ask you to do. But know that it wouldn't be sothing so pure as a kiss. I would ask for much more illicit things."

"...." Maria gulped down nervously and said, "Like…? You would ask to make a baby with you?"

"Ahaha!" Rudy laughed out loud while repeatedly ganging his hand on the handrest on the couch. "I knew you would say it like that, but still… It was so funny and cute!"

Maria furrowed her brows in anger and moved away to the other side of the couch.

Rudy stopped laughing and slowly moved towards Maria. A few seconds later, he got beside Maria and wrapped his arm around her shoulders.

"Go away! I am angry at you."

"Is that so?" He moved his face close to her ears and said, "And here I was thinking of agreeing to play the gamble of death with you."

"Really?!" Maria suddenly lost all her anger and turned to Rudy with a happy smile on her face.

"No, I was joking," he replied with a grin. "You will have to promise that you will never play such gas, no matter your circumstances. If you ever need help, just hit up. I will be there in less than a second," he said solemnly.

"Okay…"

"And if you want to kiss , you can just ask for it, you know?"

"Nice joke. I bet you will make fun of again. Hmph!"

"No, I am not. If you truly want to kiss , then as long as you do that by the count of ten, I won't stop you."

After a brief pause, he began the countdown: "Ten. Nine. Eight. Seven. Six—"

"Wait, wait, wait! It's too sudden. You need to give more ti to ntally prepare myself!"

"Ti doesn't wait for anyone, Miss Maria. You may never get another chance if you don't grasp the opportunity given to you at the right ti."

"...."

"Five. Four. Three. Two—"

"Wait, wait. I am ready. I am ready, so stop counting. It's making more nervous."

Rudy stopped counting and waited for Maria to kiss him.

"Go ahead."

Maria took a deep breath and puckered her lips as she moved her face closer to Rudy. She closed her eyes out of embarrassnt and held Rudy's face in her hands.

"Rudy. Rudy!"

However, just when Maria was about to kiss Rudy, Angelica called out to him and said, "Soone is coming this way!" she said.

Rudy glanced in the direction Angelica was pointing her finger at and saw Rusher was on his way.

'Oh great!' Rudy pulled Maria close to her, and instead of kissing her, he hugged her.

"....!" Maria was shocked, and she thought Rudy was teasing her by playing with her feelings. But when she noticed Rusher standing in front of her, her face turned pale, and she gulped down anxiously.

"Hello… brother…"

Rusher frowned his face and asked, "What's going on here?"

"Uhh…" Maria was unable to speak. She had never been in such a situation and wasn't ntally prepared for that.

Rudy turned to Rusher and said, "She was helping ."

"How was that helping?"

"You see, now I am going to the final match of this tournant, and I am so nervous. Maria was just reassuring that everything will be alright," he asserted in a feminine voice.

"Oh… right. I won't bla you for being nervous. After all, you will fight the all-ti champion of underground gambling."