Hearing a notification sound resound in his mind, a hint of confusion briefly appeared on Valyr's face. After all, he rembered that he wouldn't obtain a notification regarding the quest he sought after talking with Jekyll for a bit more. With that, he checked the notification he had received, his eyes slightly widening in surprise as he had a foreboding feeling of what was about to co.
[Your affinity with Jekyll has increased with 10 points. Current relationship: Stranger.]
Feeling as if the current situation was slightly deviating from what he wanted to happen, Valyr could not help but internally panic for a mont, inwardly letting out a light sigh soon after to calm his nerves down. With his emotions back to normal, he looked back at Jekyll, who seed to be chuckling at the words he had spat out earlier.
"Out of all the things you could have asked to do, that's what you're going for?" Jekyll continued to chuckle, wiping off the small tears that ford around his eyes before letting out a sowhat relaxed sigh. After that, he looked at the light gray-haired man and nodded at him, prompting the latter to nod back before leaving the premises. "I don't know if you're ignorant or just plain stupid."
"Then again, if there's any person you'd want to ask to teach you how to gamble, there's no better person who can do that in this district other than ." Pointing at himself, Jekyll slightly puffed his chest out before taking a glance at Valyr, who seed to be taking in the current situation with a hint of indifference.
Noticing the slight indifference in Valyr's expression, he slightly shrugged his shoulders before ducking under the counter that separated the two of them. From the slight clamor he was making, Valyr had a feeling that Jekyll was searching for a couple of things. "So, tell … uh… what's your na?"
"Valyr."
"Right. So, Valyr. What made you decide to co to the Silver Gambling Den, look for , and ask to teach you how to gamble?" Finding the items he was searching for, Jekyll popped up in front of Valyr once more, his expression slightly curious. While doing so, he laid out the items he had been looking for on the counter.
Seeing that the man before him had brought out a couple of cups and a red ball, Valyr instantly knew what was going to happen. However, rather than approach the situation with composure, he instead panicked once more, recalling through his mories that this part wouldn't happen until after he had accepted the quest given to him. 'Am I doing sothing wrong here? Did I ss up on a certain part?'
Eventually, the panic ate away at his composure so much that he needed Jekyll to attract his attention to snap him back to reality. "Hello? Am I talking to a rock or sothing?"
"Ah." Realizing that he still hadn't answered the man's question, Valyr decided to put the matter about the current situation deviating from his original mories to the back of his head for now. Instead, he wracked his brain to the utmost limit, thinking up of an answer that would possibly allow him to return to the original progression of events according to his mories. "Could you uh… could you repeat your question?"
"Was I talking to soone else a while ago?" Jekyll lightly frowned. Soon after, he let out a light sigh, thinking that Valyr was probably intimidated by the aura he naturally exuded. "Anyways, let repeat my question. What made you co to the Silver Gambling Den and ask to teach you how to gamble? Is there a specific reason?"
"Er… what if I told you I had no specific reason in mind?" Unfortunately, even after wracking his brain for a while, Valyr couldn't co up with an answer. Instead, he decided to co clean, prompting the light frown on Jekyll's face to worsen.
"So you're telling … you made co out here… just so you could waste my ti?" Feeling as if he was being played with, a murderous aura soon started to emanate around Jekyll's body, making Valyr's body shudder as he tried to fight against the pressure exerted on him. However, no matter how much he tried to fight against it, he felt that the pressure pushing down on him was getting heavier by the second.
'[Analysis]!' he inwardly commanded, wanting to gain more information on Jekyll to see if he could find a way to escape his current predicant. However…
Ding!
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[Jekyll Voreis] (Level ???)
Class: ???
HP: ???
MP: ???
Remarks: Well, it was nice eting you.
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'You've got to be kidding …' Valyr could not help but inwardly curse, wondering how he could escape a seemingly inescapable situation.
"I'm going to give you three seconds." At this mont, Jekyll's expression had beco ice cold as he stared at Valyr. Unsurprisingly, with the murderous aura surrounding him gradually becoming more and more intense, the people closest to the two started to run away from the vicinity, leaving the gambling den in fear for their lives.
"If you don't give a good reason in the next three seconds…"
"Alright, I'll speak! I'll speak!" Without hesitation, Valyr conceded, deciding to tell Jekyll the true reason why he had arrived at the gambling den in the first place. Double checking their surroundings to make sure that no one was eavesdropping on their conversation, Valyr let out a long sigh before opening his mouth. "The real reason why I asked for you… was to obtain a few skills."
"And those skills would be…?" Unfortunately for Valyr, the pressure exerted on his body was still as heavy as ever as Jekyll waited for him to respond.
"[Astute Eyes] and [Astute Mind]…" At this point, Valyr had completely given up on being able to successfully obtain the two skills through this thod. After all, from how the situation had deviated from the original progression and had devolved to sothing worse, it would be no surprise if Jekyll decided to ban him from the Silver Gambling Den altogether. 'It seems I'll have to find another way to get the two skills.'
And yet…
Whoosh!
"You should have told that in the first place!" In an instant, the pressure pushing down on Valyr's body swiftly disappeared as Jekyll let out a light chortle, a stark contrast to the eerie silence covering their surroundings. Naturally, such a reaction left Valyr at a loss for words, eventually prompting him to tilt his head in confusion while Jekyll continued to speak.
"If you told you wanted to those two skills from the start, then we wouldn't have needed to go through all this ss." Jekyll let out a lighthearted sigh before shaking his head with a light smile. "Just so you know, aside from people who stab in the back, I hate liars the most."
"Thankfully, you know when to concede. If not…" With a light smile, Jekyll briefly released the full extent of his aura towards Valyr, prompting the latter to take a few steps back as he endured the urge to faint from the pressure. "You wouldn't have wanted to see what would happen next."
Reining in the aura he had released, he then snapped his fingers to bring Valyr's attention back to him. After that, he pointed at the cups and balls placed on the counter before them. "So, you wanna learn [Astute Eyes] and [Astute Mind] from , huh? They're definitely skills any skilled gambler would normally have. Of course, I'm not gonna give you those skills for free. Instead…"
"Let first see if you're worthy of the skills you're asking from ."
Ding!
[You have received a new quest: Jekyll's Test.]
'And sohow, I still got the quest I was expecting to receive if everything went according to the original plan.' Inwardly chuckling at the absurdity of the entire ordeal that led to this current situation, Valyr took in a deep breath, mocking himself for not adapting to the situation that had unfolded earlier before letting out a long sigh. Placing the thought of inwardly lashing out at himself to the back of his head, he soon focused his entire attention on what was about to co.
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