Luck Is Enough When Gambling(3)

Pensia.

He was a demon executive of the unarmed combat warrior class.

A warrior of the unarmed combat class, rare in this world. There wasn’t any particularly special reason why Pensia became an unarmed combat warrior.

Although Pensia had talent with various weapons even if he lacked talent in magic, the reason he became an unarmed combat warrior was simply due to his stubbornness – he wanted to fight enemies using only the power of his own body, without relying on weapons.

However, just being stubborn doesn’t make your body turn into steel, so to fight against blades with bare hands, an equivalent price and effort were necessary.

Fortunately, as Pensia had inherited a strong bloodline of the Demon God, he wasn’t inferior in talent to most others, and based on this, he grew by training dozens of times more than others, something he could pride himself on.

For ten years, a hundred years, for a truly long time, he invested all his time in training except for the minimum sleep and meals.

As a result, what Pensia gained was a body trained to the point of not losing to blades if he used magic and demon energy, and the strength to crush rocks with a single punch.

He killed the riffraff rolling around at the bottom with a single punch, and even when fighting against demon armies, he continued fighting without ever retreating, killing them all even in one-against-many situations.

He proved his worth of existence, the time he had invested until now. And thus, he tenaciously rose to the position of demon executive.

Because of this, if Ar was known as the strongest executive loved by the Demon King, Pensia was famous for his perseverance to the point of being called the mad dog executive when it came to fighting.

Unlike the other four executives who were born with monstrous talents, Pensia’s talent was neither above nor below genius, making him even more worthy of respect.

And with such surrounding reactions, Pensia too thought he had proven his efforts and continued his life as an executive, but now.

At this moment, Pensia was feeling a deep sense of skepticism about his position as a demon executive that he had worked hard to achieve.

What he saw were thin arms and legs, and the skin color of humans.

“To think I’d end up in this state for a mission…”

Where trained muscles once resided, now stretched out the slender, white arms of a human girl, and smooth legs without a single hair extended along the lines of the pants.

And if you raised your gaze to the face, although wearing a mask, Pensia’s characteristic red eyes shone through the gaps of the mask, with long black hair hanging behind.

To explain in one word what these indicate was simple.

Gender reversal due to magic.

Pensia looked down at his body changed by the Demon King and let out a long sigh.

“If I had known there would be such conditions attached to the order, I should have refused.”

Even though he couldn’t have refused anyway since it was the Demon King’s order, Pensia muttered this just to express his feelings.

The reason for Pensia’s gender reversal. The reason was none other than the Demon King changing their gender to eliminate the risk of being discovered as demons while infiltrating among humans.

There had already been a case of being discovered after infiltrating the Phara Kingdom with just disguises, so Idea’s delicate magic temporarily changed Pensia’s gender.

It was said to be a transformation magic that even great mages couldn’t easily detect, so unless they bled their characteristic sweet-smelling purple blood of demons, the risk of being discovered would be close to zero.

However, Pensia felt self-loathing at becoming a woman, more than anything else.

“Even if I can use my original strength…”

Even though his body had become this delicate, Pensia could still use his original male strength.

Since his height and limb length hadn’t decreased, there was no need to relearn his sense of balance.

But what did that matter? In the end, it didn’t change the fact that he had become a woman.

If there was anything to be thankful for, perhaps it was that he wasn’t the only one who had turned into a woman; Ar, who had come along for the mission, had also been turned into a woman.

Thinking this, Pensia blankly stared at Ar, who, unlike his black hair, had flowing white hair and was wearing a dress and butterfly mask.

“…”

“Hm? Pensia, is there a problem?”

“No, it’s nothing.”

As he stared intently, Ar’s casual speech came back in a delicate girl’s voice.

Unlike himself, Ar didn’t seem to feel any shame at all just because it was the Demon King’s order, and Pensia turned his head dejectedly as he answered.

It seemed that the only one whose self-esteem was being severely damaged by this order was himself.

Therefore, Pensia led Ar, who was looking around while taking the lead, with a voice mixed with a sigh.

“Let’s go to the casino quickly…”

To successfully complete the mission, they first needed to gather money.

Even though he had turned into a woman, Pensia was still a faithful executive until now.

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The two were able to reach the casino without walking for too long from the street where they were standing.

Although there was some delay when Ar occasionally strayed into alleyways, they arrived at the casino in less than 20 minutes.

And as Pensia and Ar entered the casino, they let out exclamations of admiration with their mouths slightly open at its vast size.

“It’s quite spacious…”

“It’s really just needlessly flashy, but I have to admit it’s impressive.”

The casino, where all sorts of gambling games were located, was literally gleaming with gold and was very glamorous with magic lights inserted here and there.

A sight that naturally evoked exclamations of admiration.

Moreover, the inside of the casino, which they thought would be unexpectedly empty due to it being daytime, was surprisingly full of people.

Of course, it would be nothing compared to the casino at midnight, but at least hundreds of people were walking around inside the casino, enough to hear murmuring sounds here and there.

However, the time they were lost in admiration at this sight was not very long.

After all, they were currently carrying out the Demon King’s orders, so Pensia stopped admiring and examined each of the games spread out in the casino.

“We need to make money here… quite a difficult mission.”

“I agree with that. But since it’s the Demon King’s order, we have no choice but to complete it somehow.”

“You’re still the same as ever, Ar. More importantly, which game would be suitable for us to play here…”

Gambling games. This was unfamiliar to both Pensia and Ar, who had come to carry out the mission.

No, it would undoubtedly be unfamiliar not just to the two of them, but to most of the demon army.

After all, where would they have time to play games when most spend their time on training and self-improvement? Of course, they occasionally played games when they had free time, but they didn’t have much time to play often.

Fortunately, they knew what the visible games were from rumors they had heard, but Pensia couldn’t immediately step towards them.

They needed to make money right away, but all the visible games seemed difficult to handle.

“It’ll be tough if we just rely on luck…”

Although gambling is said to be a battle of luck, from Pensia’s position of needing to make money right away, it was extremely troublesome.

They needed to quickly complete the Demon King’s order to be able to leave this kingdom, so they didn’t want to waste time.

The amount of money the Demon King told them to earn wasn’t a huge amount, but it wasn’t small enough to earn in an instant either, so Pensia kept rolling his eyes.

“So if possible, I wish there was a game where we could use tricks… Ah, there is.”

But after wandering for a while unable to find a game, Pensia finally spotted a game that caught his eye and called Ar.

“Ar, there’s a suitable game right there.”

“Hm? Oh, poker.”

Poker.

As it was such a popular game even among demons, both Pensia and Ar knew this game completely.

After all, the game demons usually played when they had free time was mostly poker, and because of this, soldiers often got addicted to the game, and it was common to see cases where they were punished for skipping duties to play poker.

And as they had played it many times, both were skilled at using hand techniques, so it didn’t take long for them to make up their minds and move their feet.

Two occupied seats and three empty seats. They sat down in two of them.

“We’ll join too.”

“We have plenty of gold coins.”

As they were women with considerable beauty, they drew gazes from around, but in this gambling den where masks were mandatory, it was impolite to stare intently at others’ faces.

Therefore, the gazes soon disappeared, and as the game began, Pensia and Ar grabbed the cards coming towards them.

With their physical abilities, cheating at a speed invisible to the eye among these ordinary humans was easier than blowing their noses.

Thus, the moment the two sat down, cheating at gambling had already begun.

And as the cheating began, new figures revealed themselves in the gambling den.

Figures who seemed to be deeply related to the two in many ways.