Sophia Jones and Catherine Carter quickly agreed on the stakes for the card ga with just a few words.
Next to them, Seven Brown wore an amused look, eager and excited: "I’ll deal the cards for you!"
This scene is strikingly similar to that gambling match back at the Flood Gang.
The sa four people.
Leonard Churchill as a spectator, Seven Brown dealing the cards, with Sophia Jones and Catherine Carter as the protagonists in the duel.
However, what’s different now is that the four of them have developed close relationships.
They’re allies, partners, and dear friends.
This card ga has shed the fierce competitiveness and gained so recreational fun.
Though they’re not genuinely fighting to win, it’s clear that Catherine Carter truly wants to reclaim a victory.
That embarrassing mont from the past left too lasting an imprint on her, a pure young woman.
Leonard Churchill also found it quite interesting.
A sense of déjà vu overlapped with entirely different mories, as though ti had co full circle, subtly indescribable.
...
Cards rustled crisply in Seven Brown’s hands as they shuffled.
Catherine Carter eyed Sophia Jones, as they sat opposite each other, their eyes revealing a calm that seed indifferent to winning or losing, yet neither believed they would be the loser.
"Shall I start dealing?"
Seven Brown, dressed in a casual vest, sat cross-legged on the couch, and began dealing the cards.
An open and a concealed card each.
Sophia Jones held a Heart 3.
Catherine Carter picked a Spade 5, smiling: "Oh, Leader Quinn, it seems my card is bigger than yours..."
"With two cards, it’s hard to say."
Sophia Jones shrugged it off, smiling as she flipped over her hidden card.
It was a Spade K.
Sophia Jones remarked: "See... 16 points, not small at all."
Which ant the opponent would need a J or higher to win against her.
The probability wasn’t great.
Catherine Carter didn’t seem the least bit anxious, gracefully sliding her fingers over the cards, revealing her hidden card—a Heart J.
Her expression showed a hint of regret, "Ah, it’s a pity, I almost won."
A draw, Seven Brown didn’t see much excitent, asked as she shuffled again: "Shall we go another round?"
Seeing both were silent, she presud consent.
Dealing again.
Second round:
Sophia Jones: Heart 5, Spade 4, 9 points.
Catherine Carter: Spade A, Heart 8, 9 points.
Another draw.
Then the third round, fourth round, fifth round...
Strangely, it was a draw each ti.
Just like back at Flood Gang, it seed so mysterious force was intervening, making it hard to decide a winner.
Seven Brown clicked her tongue in wonder.
anwhile, Leonard Churchill perceived the essence.
The once-believed mysterious force was now clear to him.
This ga of chance was not about skill, only luck.
From the start, this card ga was a rivalry regarding the fortune between Sophia Jones and Catherine Carter.
Both now possessed strong Royal Destiny and had reached the pinnacle tier as card masters, their fortunes not differing much.
A ga driven solely by luck resembled a friendly sparring, making it tough to truly determine the victorious.
Sophia Jones tossed her cards, looked at Catherine Carter, a aningful smile gracing her lips: "Miss Carter, it seems separating our win or loss is difficult. Shall we leave it here?"
This scene mirrored the one at Flood Gang years ago.
Back then, the young lady from the Lionheart Family struggled victoriously, as Sophia Jones also uttered these words.
On that occasion, she used provocation tactics, stirring the fortune.
But this ti, circumstances were different.
Leonard Churchill could see that Sophia Jones did not care about winning or losing.
Her words were rely friendly banter, also to liven the atmosphere.
Of course, she did hold a genuine curiosity to see the other’s technique.
Catherine Carter indeed recalled how those words had left her upset and off balance back then.
Now she was no longer the arrogant and prideful "Silver Mist Rose" from those days.
She mused for a mont, then smiled leisurely: "Of course, let’s continue... It’s not easy to have a chance to play cards with Sister Quinn, I do want to win a round."
The term of address, from "Leader Quinn" to "Sister Quinn," suddenly bridged their relationship much closer, also warr.
Sophia Jones hearing this, chuckled softly.
Seeing how the opponent deftly stirred the montum back, she found it rather brilliant.
....
"Shall I deal the cards now?"
Seven Brown caught onto the subtle shift in atmosphere in the room, playfully dealing cards again.
This round, Sophia Jones was dealt a Spade 8.
Catherine Carter received a Diamond A.
Judging by the cards, Catherine Carter’s chance of losing was already very high.
Sophia Jones’ cheeks brimd with laughter, her eyes sparkling: "Miss Carter’s cards aren’t that significant, shall I reveal mine first?"
She knew to win, the opponent needed to use their real strength.
"No need. Sister Quinn, you just said, small cards don’t necessarily lose."
Catherine Carter shook her head, directly revealed her hidden card, a King of Diamonds, a total of 14 points.
aning, if Sophia Jones drew a card over 6 points, she’d win.
But at that ti, Leonard Churchill noticed the change in their fortunes.
Behind Catherine Carter appeared a bright moon, the visible Divine Power of Moon God.
This was invisible to others, even Sophia Jones could only sense a change in fortune.
Just like before at the Flood Gang, this mysterious level of rivalry quietly unfolded.
It wasn’t cheating but rather the first ti using real strength, competing in fortunes.
Catherine Carter was the [Moon Queen].
This was her true fortune.
Sophia Jones sensed the shift in fortune, similarly a Holy Light illusion surfaced behind her, like a sun, suddenly boosting her fortune upward.
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