Chapter 167: Compensation
The buried pirs were still glowing under the weight of Aldrich''s sins.
But one of the nine pirs seemed taller than others. The symbols were the same, and the engravings were also the same. The only obvious difference between it and the other eight was theck of folded red paper over it.
This sudden change hadn''t gone unnoticed by Aldrich''s eyes. But it wasn''t the time to think more about it.
It was the time to enjoy a drama.
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Processing the bets of both parties
Evaluating the Arguments
Generating Oue
]
Aldrich saw the fairy staring at the rows of notifications with a confident smile of victory and sess.
Theck of crown hadn''t brought down her aura of righteousness, though it made her hairs and the braids stand out in the green and blue surroundings. The bluish-colored anger had receded from her face, and even the transparent wings on her back fluttered ever so slowly to just maintain the height.
All the za felt like waiting with bated breath for the RECORD to sh out the notifications. Aldrich, contrary to the expectant look in the fairy''s eyes, only had one sentence in his mind.
''Be careful of what you wish for.''
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Based on the Arguments presented by both parties, the oue of the Trial of Dreamer Aldrich''s first sin is: Guilty
]
HAHAHA!!!
The sudden burst ofughter that came out of Anjana''s mouth broke the seal of silence over the entire za.
Her arms were stretched outwards, and her neck was craned up towards the sky. Even though herughter was loud, because of her size, it only felt like a tantrum of many birds in heat. Aldrich calmly observed as her tender and pleasing voice soon turned into a mocking one.
"Sinner, how can you still be so calm? Kneel and repent for your Sin. Humph! And it was even the first of many. A small bet doesn''t justify the punishment for you. I will wait for you to stand at the door of Eternal Death after all the trials and"
The fairy was still ranting out when the sudden sh of the notification made her hold back her words.
Aldrich had been waiting for this notification for a long time.
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Both parties have won the bet
The bet of party: Dreamer Aldrich, surpasses the bet of party: Crawler Anjana, in quality
Crawler Anjana is required topensate to match the bet
]
"This"
The fairy''s starlike eyes became wide in shock and disbelief at the turn of events.
"You mentioned reading about me in a document. Did that document mention that Aldrich Guo is not a fool?"
Aldrich''s words were like a ripple in a cidke, undting with the sense of reality in the za. Aldrich''s eyes met that of the fairy through the notification between them. The way her eyes shook in a momentary horror was vividly visible to him. Her voice, now devoid of its previous charm and tenderness, crawled its way to Aldrich''s ears.
"You You bet on the trial''s oue as Guilty?!"
Aldrich brought his hands behind his back and replied to the question filled with incredulity.
"Sins, trials, and your rants aren''t all of them just a facade? I had my doubts about the purpose of these trials from the start, but then I saw the warning rted to bets. Tch! The only question that came to me was why didn''t you mention the bet even once before the ''RECORD''?"
With every word that came out of Aldrich''s mouth, the fairy kept losing her height and now almost hovered at Aldrich''s eye level. Her lips had a strange quiver about them, and Aldrich could even see her milky smooth chin, which had never dropped even once, was lowered at the moment.
"These How dare you question the trials and pirs."
The fairy tried to put thest attempt to ward off Aldrich''s theory, but Aldrich cut her off and chuckled.
"Haha! When did I ever say that these Trials aren''t real? When did I ever question the existence of these pirs? Feelings, emotions, and intentions, are the things I always question first. No matter if it''s a Crawler or Dreamer."
The fairy closed her mouth, and all the hints of shock vanished from her face. Aldrich saw a pale color of extreme seriousnessing onto her cheeks as the fairy''s needle-like voice tried to pierce his ears.
"How did you know?"
Aldrich yfully shook his head and replied.
"9 trials, each about a sin that can not be defended. And even if one was to win the battle of trials, the war would have been lost, anyway. Isn''t that right? You don''t care a tiny bit about the losing or winning trials, all you care about is winning the bets. Again, a Dreamer without his Skills and Items is nothing but an empty shell. And you, the Lady of Righteousness Anjana, was to make sure that your bet always surpasses the quality in Skills or Items. The essence of this pretentious y of trials doesn''t lie in arguments, but the masterfully ced bets. Or am I wrong?"
" not wrong. Daddy always right."
Aldrich ignored Sha raising her fist of triumphs in his mind and stared at the fairy. He couldn''t hear it, but he could see her gritting her teeth hard enough to shatter them. But soon she let out a breath and a thin but sultry smile surfaced on her lips.
"I can''t even remember thest time someone had realized this. Thousands, no! Maybe tens of thousands of years ago there was one who had passed the trials, but he died all the same. So what if you realized it sooner than the others? It won''t change anything. Hmph! I just have topensate for the bet, but you have already lost the first trial."
The fairy had already raised her Viscount ranked hawthorn stick as thepensation. But Aldrich''s white eyes were like white pearls, reflecting the tiny image of the fairy and the world behind her. As the fairy harrumphed, Aldrich had only one question to ask her.
"Lady Anjana, do you know who fears death the most?"
The hawthorn stick vanished from the fairy''s hand. And as the notification materialized between them, Aldrich answered his own question that seemed to have perplexed the fairy.
"Those who have lived the longest dread the death the most, and its very existence."
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Anjana''s Hawthorn Stick is epted
Thebined quality of the bet isn''t enough
Crawler Anjana is advised to add morepensation
]