After Being Exiled From the Country, I Became the Fourth Enchanter in the World!

Chapter 96 Bad Game

~The Guild Master’s side~

「Dan-san, do you like gambling?」

As I was desperately trying to resist the temptation of the delicious-looking food lined up next to me, Jink suddenly asked me a strange question.

「I used to do that a lot before I got married.」

My wife takes most of my salary, so I can’t do it now since I’m broke….

「Then, do you want to make a bet with me?」

「Haa?」

What the hell is this guy talking about all of a sudden?

Even Ian and the others are surprised.

「Actually, I am thinking of using the torture drug, which the Nonland family often used, on the Purgatory guys, but… I’m not sure how effective it would be…」

「Are you telling me to become a test subject because I’m useless?」

Judging from the behavior of Ian and the others… it’s highly likely that they suspect that I’m connected to Purgatory.

I lied and said I didn’t know about it since I couldn’t admit the fact that I had been overlooking Purgatory as the guild master, but… that might have led to distrust.

I might be a senior, but Jink is above me in terms of positions since he’s an S-rank adventurer and he’s stronger than me, so I can’t refuse if he forces me to.

I guess have no choice but to accept it….

「I will drink the same amount. It’s a type of torture drug that makes you feel uneasy in proportion to the amount you take… so it’s a game of chicken where you take turns drinking and whoever collapses first or surrenders loses.」

Hey, that’s dangerous!

What are you going to do if you die!?

「… What are you going to do if you drink too much and die? You shouldn’t do this kind of game.」

「Onii-sama, it’s too dangerous! Please stop!」

「It is not a lethal drug, so I think it is okay. But well, there were people who had a mental breakdown after drinking too much….」

Isn’t that bad!?

He even ignored Esther’s objections….

「The three of them have recovery magic buffs, and there are also antidote potions, so it is okay. Ah, I don’t have any resistance, so the conditions are even!」

I don’t think it’s okay at all.

Seriously, what the hell is this guy thinking…?

「Dan-san, if you win, I will give you one platinum coin from my pocket money. …… Also, we will serve you food during the exploration. If you lose, you will be a test subject for the truth serum.」

I see, the truth serum is the main thing, huh?

Even if he loses, he’ll only lose money and food….

A platinum coin and food in the labyrinth are valuable, but… for Jink, it won’t hurt much even if he loses them.

Moreover, this brat… he looks so confident that he doesn’t think he will lose at all…

He’s getting too carried away.

…… He needs to be given a lesson.

Fortunately, I have a chance of winning….

「I’ll accept it if you add the right to beat you whenever I want as the reward. Don’t blame me if you wet yourself while crying in front of your little brother~」

「Haha, I am going to win anyway, so it’s fine. Dan-san, it is you who have to be careful not to wet yourself in front of a girl.」

This damn brat…!

He might be stronger than me, but I won’t lose if it’s a contest of willpower!

I’ll embarrass him in front of his little brother and friends and reform his personality!

「We will take turns drinking one cup of ale with this medicine in it. …… I’ll drink first.」

Jink drinks it without fear.

It’s too late to back out now, so I took a drink too… and then, an indescribable feeling of anxiety attacked me.

「Then, I will have another drink.」

When I drank the second cup, the memories of bad things said to me welled up….

When I drank the third cup, the memories of blunders I committed in the past welled up….

When I look at Jink, he looks a little pale, but he shows no sign of surrendering.

I thought he would try to cheat, but it seems that he’s honestly drinking the same thing.

As I continued to drink, I could hear my wife, friends, and subordinates cursing at me.

At my feet, my comrades and juniors who died due to my blunder grabbed me and tried to drag me to hell.

In front of me, Jink is glaring at me with a painful expression on his face….

When I woke up, for some reason, the four juniors were sitting around me and were on the verge of tears.

「Uh, what happened?」

「Dan-san, I am sorry that I didn’t trust you because of the matter with Purgatory… and challenged you with a terrible game to find out your true feelings.」

Ah, come to think of it… I made a bet with him, didn’t I?

Since I passed out, it means that I lost and he drugged me with a truth serum, right?

Well, I was the one who took the bet, so it can’t be helped…

「Jink… you okay? That drug was quite painful even for me.」

This guy didn’t cheat and drank the same amount as me.

His complexion was quite bad the last time I saw him… even now, his cheeky attitude is gone and he looks as if he blames himself.

「I am okay. I am responsible for everything my slaves did to you, including the harassment. I will take it as my loss and I will receive all three penalties, so… will you accept our apologies.」

He’s not okay at all!

Normally, he wouldn’t say something like that!

Normally, he would use the extracted information to blackmail me!

Ian and the others are also crying while apologizing to me… what the hell is going on!?

What did I tell them with the truth serum!?

At about the same time… a member of the first army of Purgatory who possessed a gift called <Empathy> tried to gather information from the guild master… and then, he suffered a mental breakdown.

This gift can only be used once every 10 days, and it’s limited to the target ‘who has been seriously injured in the past’….

As long as the conditions are met, it’s possible to read the emotions of the target and the related information without risk.

For this reason, he used the rank-up test to seriously injure the guild master, and he had been stealing information for more than five years….

Without knowing that the other party was taking a torture drug, he casually linked himself with the guild master’s mind.

As a result, he received the mental anguish that the guild master suffered during the game of chicken.

On the lower floors of the labyrinth, because of their companion who suddenly cried out, the first army of <Beyond the Purgatory> ended up being chased by monsters while carrying a burden for a while.

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