Escape From The Tyrant

Starting the Pemberontakan Bag.8

How's it?'

It can't be number one.

Kenin looked at Charlize in confusion. Charlize looked refreshed and confident.

“I won, right?”

'Grandmaster used a few tricks.'

Kenin. But can he reveal his strategy? Complaining about it here. It's like claiming to be manipulating.

That was the reason why he remained silent, only showing the shock of his defeat.

Charlize took all the chips from Kenin by crossing her legs.

"Do you think it's because of luck?"

Charlize shrugged as if she knew nothing.

Kenin bit his mouth.

“Of course... All is luck, basically, right?”

“Ya, I'm lucky.”

Charlize laughs.

“But it's a pity to end a bet like this. What do you think of playing another game? ”

Kenin nodded, deciding not to manipulate him this time.

Duke used his brain. He hated the thought of losing twice in a row. His worries continued.

"Good."

"Big."

“This time again. Can I choose a betting event?”

"certain."

Charlize looked relaxed. Convinced that his composure will soon disappear, the Duke said.

”There are 'hwagi' from the East. The rules of the game are only slightly different from the chess we play, but the way to play chess is almost the same as using a pawn. My tactician is very good at 'hwagi'.”

Kenin raised his chin.

"I bet 'my tactician won' the Grandmaster, of course."

"I'll bet on 'my win'."

Charlize replied calmly.

'hwagi's'.

It was unknown now, but it was a game that dominated the empire just a century later.

Charlize, as Keira, watched many live games. Later, professional competitions such as chess were held to pick winners.

Charlize has a keen insight into the winning strategies of the previous winners and how to cope with the crisis.

But Kenin did not know this fact.

“Good to be strong.”

Shortly thereafter, the tactician came in with a 'hwagi' board'. The tactician is famous. He was considered a strong candidate for the Crown Prince's Grandmaster.

If the 13th prince does not become the Crown Prince. The position of Grandmaster Crown Prince will belong to the tactician, not Charlize.

“It will be an interesting match, won't it?”

The Duke arrogantly said as if he was aware of Charlize's gaze reaching the tactician.

“Game between the Crown Prince's Grandmaster and the person who may have become the Crown Prince's Grandmaster.”

"Is that really so?"

Charlize replied as usual. The tactician politely prepared a respectful look to Charlize, who was sitting on the chair.

“I look forward to your good cooperation, Grandmaster.”

The 'hwagi' board, which he hadn't seen for a long time, was quite luxurious.

Shortly after, the game began.

***

"I caught you again."

'Hwagi' as you can think of by name alone. It was a game that competed with pawns representing flowers, butterflies, and bees.

Once again, Charlize catches a tactician flower pawn with a butterfly pawn. The butterfly spread its wings, covering the flower.

Silver powder butterfly wings sparkle in the sun.

Charlize put away the flower pawn and looked at the tactician. As if he was frustrated, the tactician forgot to control his facial expression and held onto his chin.

“Giliranmu.”

The tactician could not help but be surprised.

A game in which hwagi is not allowed to be manipulated. But it was definitely the first game for Charlize.

The tactician, who improved his skills through many games, was at a disadvantage from the starting line. Not long ago Charlize learned the rules of the game.

However, the sight that lay before his eyes was astonishing. Charlize controls the game.

All the moves that the tactician threw at him were found and destroyed. No matter what he did, he was stabbed and attacked back when he was about to laugh.

Duke, who was watching the match from the side asked nervously.

"Grandmaster, have you ever played hwagi?"

Charlize shook her head.

"No, it's my first time."

For Keira, he was just watching the match, and this was the first time for Charlize. He only knows his strategy. It was not wrong because he had never played it before.

It was a good enough answer for the tactician to sink into shame.

"…I'm lost."

The tactician admitted defeat. The Duke's face was extremely distorted.

However, in his view, the outcome was already decided. Even if he struggled, it would only make him look ugly and deceitful.

He really lost.

Charlize asked softly.

"But you still have some pawns left, right?"

“You can't attack with grass and flowers. Grandmaster doesn't know that this is like a game that's over.”

Kenin said from the side.

As Duke had said, the game was as clear as seeing fire. But after hearing that. Charlize smiled with her head lowered.

"Absolutely. It looks like it.”

Kenin bit his lip.

Charlize looked at Kenin.

“Then let's say it's my win. Should I teach you how to win this situation as a tactician? ”

“How to win…? Is it possible in this hopeless situation?”

The tactician opened his eyes wide in astonishment. Charlize, whose job is to teach the Crown Prince. He nodded his head without hesitation.

“This is to make the opponent pawns fight each other.”

Charlize whispered. His fingers clasped the tactician's turf pawn. And put it in front of Charlize's bee pawn.

“By separating butterflies and bees, it makes them attack each other and destroy.”

The Charlize butterfly pion, which cannot survive unless it is next to the grass pawn, moves. Then the king's gap was clearly revealed.

"You don't have to stain blood directly on your hands from here."

Slim Charlize fingers. Play free on a wide board, appropriately. He made the perfect move to penetrate the future.

"It's about making your opponent fall apart."

Checkmate.

The situation where the king's death was already certain to occur. Soon King Charlize is eaten in vain by a flower pawn tactician.

"Did you see that?"

Charlize said it must have been the first time she played. But Charlize already fully understood that rule. He even found a must-win way that no one would think of.

“Jenius of the century..”.

The tactician muttered to himself recklessly. He closed his mouth right after receiving the Duke's murderous gaze.

But as a tactician, he was simply dumbfounded. Charlize is amazing. The tactician was embarrassed by the time he recalled what Duke had said before the match began.

'Did he just introduce me as the person who might be the Crown Prince's Grandmaster?'

Don't dare. He can't even compare himself to her. How disrespectful that is.

The duke was unable to control his facial expression. This results in losing the bet twice in a row.

Although he first manipulated it, and secondly he installed a tactician. Moreover, it was a bet in Duke's favor.

“This is amazing..”

Kenin bit her lip out of a strange sense of shame. Charlize did not say that she won because of luck this time.

"But, isn't the reason you're here because of betting?"

Kenin provoked, and now he recognized Charlize as a competitor.

Normally, he would not feel such a strong victory over the young noblewoman. But he wanted to win the Grandmaster to death.

“Yeah, you're right. Because the stakes.”

“…”

“Instead, we will make a large-scale bet this time.”

“Large scale...?”

"I heard that there are family heirlooms that have been passed down like legends from generation to generation."

Hearing Charlize's words, Kenin's atmosphere quickly became dangerous.

Charlize sipped the tea quietly as if it was the expected reaction.

“I heard you were looking for a lost heirloom. Luckily, I found the heirloom map and I know the location.”

Charlize looked at Kenin.

“It must be in the middle of the Lion Mountain Range, where the monster started attacking a few years ago.”

"…How do you know that?"

"I am the Grandmaster."

Charlize replied with a dazzling smile. This meant that the intelligence of the Crown Prince's Grandmaster should not be ignored.

Duke was stabbed, so he shut his mouth.

“I'll find the heirloom. That's the last bet I offered.”

“How far... you know?”

“I know what I need to know. I don't know what I shouldn't know.”

Charlize respects Kenin's secret.

Kenin spoke doubtfully.

“I secretly sent hundreds of knights to the Lion Mountains. And I also hired some of the best mercenaries who represented such an incredible diamond. But they all failed. Because the monster is so strong. But, Grandmaster is willing to go through it?”

"Yes, being alone is enough."

Duke was at a loss for words.

Charlize was still a young noblewoman. His fragile body. He wondered if he could hold the sword properly.

Of course, he knew Charlize could hold a sword because she did some research.

However, it was a land that no strong man could conquer. He did not say it with a fresh face.

“Didn't you see that? I won two bets in a row. ”

Charlize looked at the Duke.

“You know that there is never a bet that will hurt Duke. If I lose the bet, I'll give it to you. The guarantee is this.”

Charlize took out a delegation letter from Crown Prince Dylan in her hand.

“If I lose, I'll give it to you soon. I will hand over my taliku and be the flower that follows whatever the Duke commands.”

“…”

A flower?

At this moment, Kenin's expression became strange.

Because he knew how destructive power was in Charlize's words. Courage to hand over the delegation letter as collateral, even Kenin was stunned.

"You bet on yourself?"

What confidence do you have in making such a statement? It's not a sexual feeling. The value of Charlize's abilities and her power of influence was much greater.

Although it was clear that he would lose the bet, Charlize was too calm.

"But if I win the bet."

There is tension in the air.

"Duke must also prepare for the Duke's fate."

"You want me to sacrifice my life for this ridiculous bet?"

“Are you not afraid of anything? If you think it's clear I'll lose?”

If he won, he would become the next strong man by obtaining the Grandmaster.

If he loses, he gets back his family heirloom.

For Kenin, it was a gamble with nothing to lose. The Duke looked at the tactician for a moment.

When he was just about to ask if he could accept it, the tactician nodded first.

“Time limit fifteen days.that's Enough."

The Duke looked at Charlize.

"…good."

'Grandmaster went on a silly adventure.'

Winning two bets. That's certainly worth admiring. But this is different.

Kenin accepted the bet and looked at Charlize. What intention?

"As I planned."

But Charlize. He finally smiled like a butterfly as if he was satisfied.

Charlize was confident that she would never lose this bet.

***

After making a simple preparation, Charlize went straight to the mountains.

[White cave is on the 30th peak. Anyway, Grandmaster. Are you really going to leave? Just think again.].

The tactician guiding her carefully stopped Charlize as if she was worried.

[I can't actively stop you in front of Duke. It's a dangerous thing to risk your life. If you see any traces found in it, you may.].

Of course, Charlize was not listening. The tactician's serious rejection soon became understandable.

Once he reached the entrance of the mountains, he saw the highest level monster he had ever seen.

It was the monster dragon, the mighty monster king. The black scales were barely pierced by some masters. And his mouth was full of poison that brought destruction.

Krrrrrr.

The dragon shouted with a shrill voice.

Charlize was facing the giant dragon. Humans are not enemies to be faced alone.

"Hi."

But.

A refreshing smile hung in his mouth.

Charlize raised her sword.

***