The magic cards I made are absolutely flawless!

I never imagined that now, as long as I'm with my friends...

Even when the holiday ends and I return to school, I won't find any day boring.

"How should we spend this afternoon?"

Cornelia said to herself.

Cornelia, is something on your mind?

Mir stared at Cornelia for a moment and realized that her brows and eyes could not hide her feelings at all.

Ever since Cornelia received a letter this morning, she seems to have been a little absent-minded from time to time.

Alice also stared at Cornelia.

"My mother seems to be sick, and I want to go back to see her..."

Cornelia hesitated, but had no choice but to tell the truth.

It seems he didn't want Dekan to worry and affect his upcoming final.

So I didn't plan to tell Dekan today.

"Don't worry, tell Dekan tomorrow, and he'll go with you right away."

Alice patted Cornelia on the back and grinned as she spoke.

As originally planned, after the Hero Festival competition, they would spend some time sightseeing in the Kingdom of Philowen.

As the producer of the idol group and a special guest of this Hero Festival, Dekan has been invited to some events and card-making competitions.

However, both Alice and Mia now know this.

No matter how busy Dekan is, as long as it's related to Cornelia, he'll do anything.

Dekan would drop everything and go with her.

Cornelia nodded, a slight smile playing on her lips.

"It's such a pity I didn't go to the Kingdom of Landil with you guys back then!"

Alice strolled around, sighing as she did so.

When she learned that Mia and Cornelia had been enjoying a relaxing trip in the Kingdom of Landil during their time off from the seventh-tier team exam, she couldn't help but show a regretful expression.

She had never been to such a faraway foreign country, let alone been able to leave her guards behind and play so freely with her friends.

After all, her companions were far superior to any guards.

"That time was quite dangerous."

Mir looked at Alice with a hint of helplessness, poked her cheek, and said.

Looking back now, if it weren't for that blue man, the corrupt bishop Fahim would probably have turned the capital into a living hell.

For a fourth-tier true civilian employee like Alice, a significant amount of combat power needs to be allocated to protect her.

Although this time the capital of Philowen is extremely safe, with strict security checks, security measures and alarm barriers.

However, the barrier protection has a prerequisite: an attack must be launched to trigger the alarm and attract the security forces at lightning speed.

If a reckless attack occurs, it still cannot provide immediate protection.

Actually, there's no need to worry about this situation.

With Captain Derkan in charge of security checks, the Resurrected Cultists are basically unable to enter the capital.

That's how it was originally supposed to be.

However, things have changed a little now.

There is a group of dangerous people.

They didn't hate Dekan at first, so they could easily pass through Captain Dekan's security check and enter the capital.

However, after these past few days, they now hate Dekan immensely.

They are the followers of the Lord of Calamity—the Calamity.

Dekan, who publicly declared war on the Lord of Calamity and successfully "punished the Lord of Calamity," can now be considered the number one mortal enemy in the eyes of the Calamities.

It's hard to imagine what kind of revenge this group would take against Dekan.

There's no need to worry about the twenty-tiered armed idol group; the Calamity Clan dares not make a move.

The Bishop Killer Combo of Dekanjakloix is ​​so powerful that it would take at least one bishop from the Church of Resurrection to deal with it.

So, among all the people in the group.

The only weakness is Alice.

Of course, Dekan had already instructed Mir and Cornelia not to let Alice be alone, and to remain vigilant and protect her in the capital.

Cornelia, who had served as a part-time scout in the early stages of the team, and Mia, who possessed professional scout skills, quickly realized that someone was indeed following them.

We started from Wangdu Square and gradually moved towards the outskirts; we followed them all the way.

However, they couldn't very well abandon Alice and take the initiative.

All you need to do is wait for the opponent to make their move and then strike them down.

Mia and Cornelia exchanged only a glance before reaching a tacit understanding.

They have extensive experience in related business.

"So, what should we do for our last afternoon together?"

Seeing that there was no clear itinerary planned yet, Mier asked.

Cornelia shook her head, seemingly having no idea.

However, Alice seemed to have thought of something, and her eyes lit up as she said:

"I actually still want to try betting; I'm betting on Dekan to win!"

Mia and Cornelia exchanged a glance, both feeling awkward.

They felt that Alice just wanted to win big and then go back to the kingdom to brag about being the God of Gamblers.

She wouldn't care if she lost, and if she won, she'd have something to brag about.

For her, it's all a win no matter what.

Although it is prohibited by the laws of the Kingdom of Philovian.

However, the Kingdom Federation still advocates for adding more entertainment elements.

Therefore, certain behaviors are tacitly approved.

For example, any multinational chamber of commerce, with its branch in the Kingdom of Philowen, can offer cross-border betting services during the Hero Festival.

This means you can place bets remotely in other kingdoms from the capital.

Of course, a service fee will be added.

This results in it being unprofitable in terms of expected value, and it's more for entertainment.

Alice didn't seem to care much about profits or losses; she was simply there for the experience.

So, in order to fulfill Alice's dream of becoming a gambling god.

Mia and Cornelia accompanied Alice to the Inotte Merchant Guild.

This is the same merchant guild with gang-like characteristics that I encountered in the Kingdom of Landil.

Regardless of whether some of their businesses are legitimate or not, at least their integrity is somewhat guaranteed.

of course.

According to Dekan.

It would be better if they didn't act honestly.

That would turn it into an ATM.

Therefore, after returning from the Kingdom of Landil, Mier often wondered what Dekan's true intentions were when he saw that Dekan would choose to cooperate with the Innot Merchant Guild first on certain multinational projects.

……

They soon arrived at the Inotte Chamber of Commerce's branch in the capital of the Kingdom of Philoven.

Before they could even step into the luxurious Chamber of Commerce building, a manager immediately came out to greet the three distinguished guests.

"Welcome to our Chamber of Commerce to our two distinguished guests from the Happy Group and Her Highness Alice."

The manager was exceptionally polite as he ushered the three of them into the Chamber of Commerce.

After briefly explaining their purpose, the manager quickly led the three of them to a VIP passage.

However, as they walked down the corridor, they discovered that a young man was already standing in front of the VIP window.

Clearly, the other party was also a VIP.

"Damn it, is that bastard going to play dirty again in the next game?!"

Before they even got close, they could hear the young man's unwilling voice.

It seems some unlucky guy kept betting on Dekan to lose.

Now, before the final round begins, I'm hesitating about whether to take one last gamble.

Led by the manager, the three of them sat patiently on the sofa and waited, not in a hurry at all.

After all, they already felt quite idle.

Mia rested her chin on her hand, observing the young people in front of them with great interest.

Although she had never met this person before.

However, Mier, who possessed the skills of a disguise artist, quickly realized that the young man was hiding his true appearance.

"The chances of him continuing to use underhanded tricks are slim, but what if he actually pulls something again tomorrow..."

The young man rested his chin on his hand and muttered to himself, seemingly very conflicted.

He was serious about winning the gamble.

Just as he was thinking.