Chapter 40: Aurora
The crowd was completely confused as to why Professor Odel accepted a draw when he was clearly ahead with a knight and a bishop. He was a war strategist and an undefeated chess grandmaster.
Jin stood up and shouted, "I won," as he glared at the senior student he had bet 20,000 gold coins with.
Kurt protested, "It was a draw!"
Jin Claye tilted his head and replied, "Our bet was that Professor Odel would never win against Gabby and he didn’t win."
That was when Kurt realized he had fallen into a trap. He had been blinded by the thought of winning ten thousand gold coins and didn’t notice the vague wording of the bet.
He couldn’t question why Professor Odel accepted a draw in a winning position, nor could he accuse him of taking a bribe. After all, no one could blame one of the Kingdom’s Top Ten Strongest. Professor Odel had reached the level of a Master tier threat in combat.
Kurt clenched his fists and thought to himself, "Jin Claye, you’re really starting to piss me off. I know you’ll be chosen as one of the academy’s representatives for the upcoming competition. And when that happens... I’ll humiliate you or kill you myself. Just wait."
Kurt appeared calm on the outside, but inside, he was boiling with anger. After all, losing twenty thousand gold coins was no small matter—a sum large enough for a lord to establish his own barony.
He forced a composed tone and said, "I’ll send the payment later."
Jin smiled and replied, "Thank you. I need to pay the kingdom’s taxes, after all."