Chapter 316 (1): You Spoiled Him
Inside Filomina’s office were three women and one man. The sound of slapping continued nonstop.
Since a chosen knight was involved, they were obviously playing cards.
Given her status, a chosen knight’s card buddies had to be another chosen knight, or at least a Holy Maiden at Legendary rank. Being the District High Reverend didn’t qualify Filomina to sit at the card table, but she barely qualified because she was a legendary mage. It made sense for her to play cards with her superior.
As for Kristen...
Darienne had summoned her on purpose. She knew that Filomina and Kristen were master and student, and she knew that both had sacrificed their purity for the church. She also knew that the master and student were riding in the same car, making them igloo sisters[1].
Those aren’t the point. The point was that the master and student didn’t know what they were sharing.
Therefore, Darienne organized a card game not to play cards, but to enjoy Wayne’s plight. As a chosen knight, she was humble, honorable, fair, compassionate, honest, and brave, devoting her whole life to safeguarding the world. With the sacrifice she had made, it wasn’t unreasonable for her to have her successor entertain her, was it?
Darienne didn’t think she had crossed a line!
After losing three games, however, her intention changed. Darienne forgot that she was supposed to be making a clown out of Wayne; she only knew that she would be the clown if she didn’t win one game soon.
Soon, she had lost nine consecutive games. Competitive as she was, she had moved the goalpost from best two out of three to best ten out of nineteen. She had no more room for failure.
She had lost all her chips in the fifth game. In the sixth and seventh games, she shamelessly lost all of Filomina’s and Kristen’s chips. In the eighth game, she lost White Night Creed. It was now the ninth game. If she lost again, she would be spending her night with Wayne.
Darienne gravely looked at her hands. Before she made every play, she had to ponder for a long time, so carefully that anyone who looked at her face would think she was playing a game of life-and-death.