Isekai Nonbiri Nouka-Novel

Chapter 746 – Rich Man’s Game

The martial arts tournament has begun.

What’s happening?

That footwork and measuring the distance with a jab.

When one sees an opening, he’ll step in and throw a straight.

And before the opponent can counterattack, step back and assume a defensive pose.

…..

Aren’t battles used to be focused more on offense?

I feel like I’m watching boxing now.

「It seems like a newly arrived angel taught them this kind of battle style.」

The high elf Ria, who’s standing beside me, told me so.

It became this popular in the short time they got here?

Amazing.

And how about the angel herself?

She didn’t participate, did she?

「It turned out that she was good at paperwork so Frau-san secured her.」

I-is that so?

I bet she would have liked to participate.

「Probably.」

Have her work later.

What’s her name?

「She stubbornly refuses to give her name….she has a neck-long fly away hairstyle and she’s wearing some kind of string-like anklet on her right leg…」

Ah, ahhhh, right.

She’s the angel who came to me when I was playing the rich man’s game with the mountain elves.

She was a cheerful, good-natured, and easy to talk to angel but she never gave her name.

It’s probably her.

「I guess we can only ask Malbit-sama or Ruincia-sama for her name. By the way, what’s the rich man’s game?」

Hnn?

「Rich man’s game desu. What is that?」

Ah, do you remember the green magic ores that Kierbit brought as souvenirs?

Loo made the magic ores into small grains in order for them to be easier to use.

「I heard that it doesn’t only involve the green magic ore but gold and silver as well. Is that the reason why it was called the rich man’s game?」

No, no, that’s not it.

Loo told me that each small piece of the magic ore was worth about a gold coin.

We had a fair amount of it so I scooped up a handful and spilled it.

「Ah, I see. So that’s how you play the rich man’s game.」

No, of course not.

I was scolded by Loo saying I shouldn’t play with her valuables.

「Ah」

The mountain elves saw that and built a hut in the courtyard.

They decorated it with extravagant furniture and fabrics brought back by ancestor-san and the others back in the day.

And they have laid out gold coins on the desk and the floor.

「I was surprised to see that unfamiliar hut….so that’s the rich man’s game?」

Yeah.

The hut has a contraption in it. Gold coins will fall from the ceiling.

「Gold coins?」

Yeah.

When you sit on a chair in the center of the hut, gold coins will fall around you making you feel very rich.

The gold coins that fall around will be automatically gathered under the floor and will be carried to the ceiling to fall again. It will continue forever.

「Ehto…..I don’t know what to say.」

Of course, you don’t.

I sat there too and after about a minute, I felt my heart ache.

The mountain elves too.

Suddenly, an angel showed up in the hut. Wearing a super expensive-looking robe, she gave out a wide grin while enjoying it for one whole hour.

That super imposing figure of hers looked like she was the richest person in the world.

I even instinctively put a cat on her lap and have her hold a wine glass.

「Huh?」

That said, that hut was left as it was as a sign of remorse.

The mechanism of collecting gold coins under the floor and carrying them to the ceiling seems to have various applications though.

「I’ll warn the children to stay away from it. That sounds really bad for their education.」

We have already been scolded by the teachers: Hakuren, Guronde, and the ghost mage.

The hut is still there but the furniture and gold coins inside have already been taken away.

Currently, what lay there are the wooden pieces of furniture I made and what’s falling down are medium copper coins.

「It still sounds like it’s worth a lot…..」

It looks so brown so at least you wouldn’t feel that rich.

And the medium copper coins are there just to check if the gathering system is still working.

By the way, I applied that system to a game table I made. It will drop the medal that you will put in there and it will be accumulated there. It’s very common in game centers.

There are many parts that could be improved like a moving golem inside the table that will push the payout. The mountain elves are already doing their best to improve it.

I’m certain they’ll be able to make a few during winter so I’d like to bring them to Village Five or Shashaato City….

However, there’s no medal there so medium copper coins will be used instead of medal. It will become a complete gambling table.

I don’t want people’s lives to be ruined because of it.

By the way, what’s the official name of that medal-dropping game?

I call it medal game back then.

Also, I’ve never actually played it.

Most of my knowledge about it came from TV……

「Village chief」

As I was thinking about it, Ria called out to me.

Ah, the final match is about to start.

I’ll have to watch it.

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「That game table that uses medium copper coins….I think it’s dangerous」

That’s what Youko told me at the banquet after the tournament.

That’s what she thought of the prototype I had made.

「It was demonstrated to me after dinner last night. I played with it a little and before I knew it, it was already morning. I thought I was under some kind of spell.」

I-is that so?

「I could see the copper coins piling up on the table through the glass. That stimulates anyone’s gambling spirit. I mean….isn’t it supposed to be a medium copper coin game? Why are big copper coins and even silver coins mixed in? My instinct told me that I must pour my medium copper coins to get everything in it.」

That was the mountain elves’ idea.

「I never thought that I had to remind myself that I was only playing with it as a test.」

The medium copper coins that Youko used were prepared by us and she was reminded before she starts that everything will be returned even if she wins.

I have no intention of making gambling popular in the village.

However, if even Youko was affected like that….I should give up on spreading it, right?

「Right, though I don’t fully agree. I think it’s fine to leave some in places where only rich people gather.」

I see.

We can’t have too many of them anyway.

I’ll tell the mountain elves to do things moderately.

「What did you ask them to do?」

They’re improving it.

「I see. When the table is ready….show it to me first.」

You’re that interested?

「I only wish to check it out to make sure they didn’t overdo it. Ah, by the way, Michael played with the table after me.」

Michael-san?

「Yeah. When he saw a lot of copper coins, it must have touched his curiosity.」

Come to think of it, I didn’t see Michael-san during the whole tournament…..

「Come to think of it, I don’t see him at this banquet either」

…..

It couldn’t be….

「No, it’s possible.」

It’s possible?

Youko and I rushed to the place where the game table was set up and rescued Michael-san.

「Wait! Just a little more! Just a little more and that mountain of coins will collapse!」

I should consider installing it in places where rich people gather.

TN: Here’s the sample of how it works and how dangerous it is.