"AGHHH, GODDAMN IT!" My father yelled, slamming the table in fury and causing all the other customers in the tavern to look at him warily. "You're cheating somehow, aren't you?! How have you beaten us in every round?! We played over 30!"
Guess we know where all that cash beside the hooded man came from now…
"Master X, please calm down…" Nael said awkwardly, but it was clear from the veins on his forehead that he too was angry.
"… She's cheating, right?" I asked Eve, who was beside me. Nael and my father haven't noticed us yet.
"Yes, naturally," Eve replied, as if that was the most obvious thing in the world. "But as the saying goes… it's not cheating if you don't get caught~"
"Fair enough. But I'm not here for poker, I'm here for information," I said, and stepped forward, revealing myself. "Father, Nael. What are you two doing, exactly?"
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