Ezekiel looked rather guilty.

The 4th prince Aurelian shook his head.

“Perhaps he really came to take a rest. Let’s not mind him.”

“How can you not mind him? I’m nervous about what he’s scheming in that black heart of his.”

“Indeed, there’s a mountain of things to do, but it seems you still have the leisure to be nervous? Have you finished your research paper?”

At that, the 6th prince Ezekiel paled.

Ezekiel was in his third year. Even if he was a prince, he received no special treatment when it came to homework or grades.

In fact, if he received poor grades, it was immediately reported to the Royal Palace, so there was no leisure for him to pay attention to anything else.

“Ehh. I came to the Academy to play, but what is all this? I shall return first.”

Just like that, the 6th prince disappeared first, and the 4th prince Aurelian, who was left all alone, turned his gaze.

It landed where his fiance Rubia had been.

“Her name was Rubia, was it?”

With his mutterings, his gaze was very different from the indifference he had shown earlier.

Then he murmured with a tone of voice hard to decipher.

“How interesting. I’ll have to keep watch.”

His golden eyes, the Eye of the Beholder, filled with deep thought.

“Hey, you there! Raise!”

“Ah, damn it! 200 cena more!”

A casino was the definition of a chaotic storm of pleasure.

The large, flashily decorated room bustled with people gambling. There were shouts of victory and shrieks of loss coming from here and there.

“My, my lady. Let’s just go back.”

Marie begged me as she grasped onto the edge of my clothes. From her face, it seemed as though we had walked into a tiger’s den.

“There’s nothing to be worried about. Even if I seem like this, I’m rather good at card games.”

“T, that’s not the problem here! Gambling, I mean, gambling! That’s a bad thing!”

Hm, Marie’s words weren’t wrong. Gambling wasn’t a virtuous activity.

So, I gave her a spiel I had prepared earlier.

“Marie, do I look like a bad person to you?”

“…No. However, gambling is still bad.”

Marie said as she lowered her head.

I patted the tangled hair of the girl, who was like a bunny.

“Right, that’s correct. To be honest, what I’m going to do here isn’t simply gambling.”

“So?”

“Should I say I’m trying to be the champion of justice?”

“…What?”

Marie’s eyes grew round.

I raised the corners of my mouth.

“There are bad people in a casino like this one. They are tricksters and scammers, the worst of the worst who take advantage of others’ misfortune.”

“……!”

That’s right.

The reason I came to the casino wasn’t merely to win some games, but to win off of and punish scammers, who were akin to cancer for casinos.

Of course, just because I’m trying to win money doesn’t mean I have to win it from scamming gamblers.

‘However, it’s far more refreshing to win money off of them, given I win money.’

I smiled inwardly.

Winning money off the average gambler made me feel uncomfortable. Especially due to the fact that I, too, was an expert trickster, which made me feel guilty when I used my tricks against them.

On the other hand, when I flipped the tables to scam the scammers, it felt far more rewarding. It felt so rewarding that those who hadn’t done it before would never be able to perceive how refreshing it feels.

I hummed and looked around the casino.

Since it was impossible to gamble in the majority of games with only 200 cena, I started to increase the money through a simple game of dice.

However, Marie’s reactions were rather unexpected.

“Milady! You should place your bet here!”

“Ahh! Milady, that’s not it!”

“Gah! So close!”

That trembling figure of hers of mere moments ago had long disappeared, and she was starting to grow agitated and excited by the bets I placed.

“Didn’t you say that gambling was bad?”

“I’m not sure. Since it seems like we’ll earn money, it’s alright.”

I was a little flustered.

What the… She was just worried we would lose what little money we had left.