Seeing Jenkins' expression, the monster who claimed to be able to give luck added in a sweet voice:
"But you are the bestower, you should be able to understand that there is an upper limit to the luck that everyone can bear. When you get more than the scope of fate, then the bad luck will come in a bigger form. Mortals are always greedy. They think they are Able to keep greed in check, but still over that dangerous line... I only charge a small fee when bad luck strikes me."
"oh?"
It was just a simple interjection, and Jenkins felt that he should issue such a thing at this moment.
In this way, everything is explained clearly. About a year ago, Mrs. Stress or Mr. Stress encountered this thing in front of her from nowhere, and chose to make a deal with it in order to change her fate.
Soaring luck has brought more money to the family, and the Stresses have refrained from trying to acquire more wealth in order not to cross "the line," and that's why they've been living in this kind of place . Affected by her blood relationship, Fini's luck has also changed. It is likely the result of this influence that she frequently met Jenkins in winter and was finally adopted by the church.
But the greed of mortals will eventually destroy them, and bad luck finally came. The first thing that happened is very likely to be the death of the eldest daughter of the Stress family, and even Mr. Stress' unemployment may be one of the omens. But no matter what, the monster in front of him collected the small reward according to the content of the transaction, and the reward was everything this family had.
The fall at the door just now was obviously also caused by Fenny's "bad luck", which can also explain her current depression, while Jenkins and the cat are fine.
He now has some criminal coins in his hands, but he dare not raise this point. The creature in front of him has already made it very clear that according to the rules, it cannot harm Jenkins, but it will not let him go easily. If Jenkins offered to exchange sin coins for a way of life, it could completely refuse the transaction and get all of Jenkins after his death. After all, the water and food here are limited.
"I don't want to trade with you, but I do want to leave."
Although Jenkins relies on the ability of [Observer] and is immune to the ability to manipulate fate, it manipulates the fate of the family, and there are other people in the Williamette family.
"Of course, I'm not a hard-to-talk person."
Saying that, the right hand with six stubby fingers drew a circle in the air, and then a pure black dice appeared out of thin air, floating in the air. It's the same size as the dice you'd find in a casino, except that the dimples that represent points are a chilling blood red.
"How about a bet with me? As long as you beat me three times, you and that girl can leave. But as long as you lose any bet, I will take one of your things at random, anything is possible... we can always Bet until you win and walk away or I take it all from you."
Jenkins is very suspicious now. Before the thing in front of him entered the material world, it used dice games to entrap the entrants in the treacherous world.
"Is there a better way for me now?"
He asked himself, then nodded stiffly: "Yes."
At least, these weird things will obey the rules.
"It's simpler, we compare the size of the upward side."
As it said that, it pointed its fingertips at the dice in the air, and the black dice immediately spun rapidly, and the side that stabilized and went up was six red dots.
"It seems that my luck is not bad."
It showed that disgusting smile at Jenkins again, with the intention of seducing Jenkins to beat him up.
Jenkins stretched out his finger with a cold face, and when he tapped on the dice in the air, very few spirits were sucked in, and then the dice started to spin again, and the final number was 5.
"It seems that your luck is also good, but unfortunately not as good as mine."
It giggled and stretched out its hand to dig into the void. Jenkins immediately felt a slight tear from his soul. It "takes" a gleaming grain of sand out of the air, Jenkins' new boon.
"This is what you lost to me."
As he spoke, he tapped the dice again, and the result was one point.
Jenkins frowned suspiciously, then stretched out his finger, and it turned out that it was three o'clock.
"You won once."
Of course he felt sorry for his things being taken away, but obviously getting out of here was the most important thing. Until now, he couldn't guess what he was doing. He didn't believe it was a fair game at all. What was more obvious was that the thing in front of him that could manipulate luck would spare no effort to win by any means.
The monster pointed its finger at the dice a third time, and the result was one. Jenkins did it again, and the result was four, and he won again.
The two creatures do not communicate any more, and the fourth round begins again, with the monster's score at six.
It smiled maliciously at Jenkins, the corners of its mouth almost reaching behind its ears, which is impossible for human body structure.
"Extreme luck..."
Four consecutive ones or sixes, Jenkins has figured it out. Since it can bestow luck on others, of course it can also bestow luck on itself. The two [1] just now seemed to be teasing Jenkins no matter how you look at it.
But he really has no way to change this. The only way is to bet that the thing on the other side will not take Jenkins' [soul] or [life] before it reaches the threshold of luck.
"My luck has never been very good."
He looked at the dice wordlessly, wanted to stretch out his finger but hesitated, Jenkins didn't want to suffer any more losses.
"Finnie's luck should be extremely low right now, and it's impossible to ask her to help."
Thinking of this, Jenkins reasonably thought of his cat. According to the observation after adopting it, chocolate should be very lucky.
He reached out to pick up Chocolate, then grabbed its right front paw and reached for the dice. Sure enough, the dice were activated again, and the result fell on six.
"Oh~"
The thick and short monster let out such an exclamation, and a few wrinkles appeared on the big face with blue skin.
He looked at Jenkins' cat silently, and then looked at the man inquiringly, as if he had encountered some problem. But it didn't say anything, and reached out to point at the dice again, still six.
The corner of Jenkins' mouth twitched, and he took the cat's right front paw to touch the dice again, which was also a six.
"Meow~"
It looked very proud, and its tail kept rubbing against Jenkins' chin.
… In the sixth round, both sides are six.
… In the seventh round, both sides are six.