Chapter 57: Kerry of the magic academy

It wasn’t that Fang was dressed badly; he had a clean, sharp set of clothes that accentuated his toned body, a contrast to the show of vanity rampant around the party. Tracy’s contempt didn’t escape Blue’s eyes, who couldn’t help but narrow her eyes at the shallowness of it all.

As people slowly flowed in, Tracy turned her attention towards Blue—lukewarm words spat out as she attempted to secure ‘him.’ Unsurprisingly, this resulted in disgust on the part of Blue, who quickly excused herself to find Fang. Though it clearly looked like Blue was uncomfortable, Tracy passed it off as shyness and trailed behind Blue, devoting her eyes to that face.

Soon enough, the entire hall was crowded. Some friends, some classmates, some strangers, but they all had a common characteristic: wealth. Among them were several students from the magical academy, clad in fashionable clothes. Clearly, the amount of preparation that went into their appearance wasn’t solely to celebrate the party.

To them, it was an opportunity—one to get closer to the girl who had rejected everyone.

Only minutes passed when they caught a glance of the girl, yet she wasn’t alone. Jealousy arose in their hearts as they looked at the scene of Mii and Fang happily talking away.

Her boyfriend is him? A no-name doesn’t deserve to be next to that blooming flower she was. Instead, she deserved to be with someone more outstanding!

A smiling, confident face approached the two figures. “Hello, friend, are you Fang?”

“Yes, and you are…?” Fang felt something was off, as he had never seen this person before.

“My name is Kerry of the magic academy. It’s nice to meet you in person.”

Although he was slightly suspicious, Fang returned the greeting. “It’s nice to meet you too, and this is Blue, my roommate.”

Kerry’s goal wasn’t simply introductions; he briefly gazed at Blue before turning his attention back. Even if Kerry didn’t recognize Blue, she recognized him.

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The son of one of the most prominent families in Minuet City, Kerry was infamous for both his talent and his sins. Effort could have catapulted his reputation forward, but he was rumored to have spent the majority of his time on wine and women, trapping him in mediocrity.

He definitely regarded Mii as his next target, though by the looks of it, it hadn’t gone well.

A false smile continued to brightly shine at Fang. “Why don’t you come and play some games together?”

Right after those words had left his mouth, Tracy added, “Fang, you should go and play. After all, the atmosphere should be active for my birthday, right?”

“That…” It wasn’t as if Fang was blind, yet there wasn’t really much he could do.

He turned towards Mii. “Mii, you can rest for a bit. I’ll be back quickly.”

Seeing that Fang agreed so readily, Blue narrowed her eyes. There weren’t any friendly intentions behind inviting Fang into a game, so she decided to see for herself how it would turn out.

Besides Fang, Blue, and Kerry, several of the male students from the magic academy also joined in the game.

The card game was quite popular throughout the country, known for its element of luck due to the supposedly unknown cards in the hands. But when the cards in each hand were known, it was extremely easy to win. And of course, the target of the losses would be Fang.

As the game started, Fang lost the first game. The second game also ended up in a loss, and then the third, the fourth… it all seemed like a coincidence, and as with all games, there were stakes. Since it was a ‘friendly’ game, a drink per loss for the loser was the condition for this one.

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Shortly within tens of minutes, Fang had drunk several bottles of liquor.

With a smile, Kerry apologetically said, “Fang, it seems like your luck is really not good, but it might get better—you’ll keep playing, right?”

Luck?

A cruel smile sneaked up on Blue’s face. Their goal was to get Fang drunk and make a fool out of him. However, that would never happen. All wishful thinking, she thought, cringing slightly at the recollection of her very own plan.

For some reason, she couldn’t tolerate the other plotting that was going on. She’d like to see Fang drunk, but it would be on her terms, not someone else’s.

Well, as he said, luck can take a turn for the better!

Several rounds of cards had gone by when the loser ended up being Kerry, rather than Fang. It was slightly bewildering, but he couldn’t see anything wrong.

After all, the difference in ability was too large to bridge a reason. However, these losses only happened occasionally, so the game progressed forward.

In the end, Fang had lost the majority of the games, but the other participants ended up drinking more than a few cups themselves. Almost in disbelief, the students refused to accept that the boy in front of them was able to keep his composure with so many drinks.

Countless cards were dealt until suddenly, a student’s complexion turned strange. He quickly rushed off from the table towards the far side of the hall, when without warning, vomit spewed across a table of sweets.

Turbulent anger stormed across Tracy’s face as she screamed at a waiter to clean up the mess as fast as possible.

Covertly, the other students from the magic academy took a look at each other, startled yet relieved that it wasn’t them passed out nauseatingly on the floor.

However, if the drinks continued, there was no guarantee that they wouldn’t be the next. With those thoughts in mind, the remaining players hastily excused themselves from the game.

Kerry’s face turned ugly; he never expected Fang to have such tolerance for alcohol.