CHAPTER 180: CHAPTER 27 - FIRST BAD LUCK*

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The ball-shaped dice rolled in front of me, and my hand reached for it.

"It’s been a long time since we played a game that could change someone’s destiny like this. Isn’t that right, M-A-S-T-E-R?"

The Akashic Record Keeper continues to tease me with her transformation into an elegant and captivating mature woman. Her body now resembles a mysterious fortune teller, her face covered by a floral lace veil, and her original octopus form discarded.

"Yeah, it’s been so long, and you’re still working the same job. Maintaining the Akashic Record... isn’t that boring to do every day?" I replied, waiting for the Akashic Record Keeper to finish preparing for the game.

"I don’t feel bored like you. Seeing hope, fate, and destiny changing all the time... It’s not boring. In fact, it’s the right choice for those of you who can’t defeat an entity like me in the Tower of Fate. With your current abilities, can you defeat me, who is basically the Dungeon Boss on this floor of the Tower of Fate, M-A-S-T-E-R?"

A humorous question, uttered by an entity, who looks like a goddess but not in a goddess-ness. The difference is, she lacks the divinity that would qualify her as a goddess, but her powers are equal to, and even surpass, those of a goddess with a large followers.

The Akashic Record Keeper’s question made me smile at her.

"Who knows..."

"We’ve never fought before."

"Want to try fighting me with a dice bet on the number that always appears on number one in this game?"

"I want to win big by watching an Akashic Record Keeper who always rolls her dice and always comes up with the number one."

With these casual words, I tried to ease my tension as I was about to play a game that could change the fate of my Maids.

The threat of good luck and bad luck still looms large over me. If fighting the Akashic Record Keeper could increase my chances of good luck, then I’d gladly fight the Akashic Record Keeper for the chance of good luck.

Through her lace veil, I could see the Akashic Record Keeper’s face contorted and shocked after hearing my words.

"Unfortunately, this floor is only intended to guard the Akashic Record and make changes hope, fate, or destiny as desired by the Akashic Record itself. Fair play is necessary to maintain the integrity of the Akashic Record. Hope, Fate, and Destiny will be easily manipulated by someone far more powerful than me, if the beat-up options permitted," said the Akashic Record Keeper while showing her hand that had been holding an Akashic Record card.

Spaatt...

Spaatt...

Spaatt...

Like a dealer dealing cards, I could see four cards displaying the stats of the Maid Elf I was familiar with. Like video game systems, where each character’s ability stats are visible from the start game to late game, I was shown the stats of my Maid Elf, who could only reach the SSS-class limit.

"As expected of a Master who can raise his Maid’s combat power to the highest level a mortal can achieve. SSS-class, huh? Isn’t that already quite high compared to your previous Maid’s in the Narzik World?" asked the Akashic Record Keeper while also observing the ability statistics of my four Elf Maids.

"SSS-class is indeed quite high, but I’m too greedy to increase their abilities to even higher levels. In that case, I’ll use a dice roll that bets on my Maid’s ability increasing to SSS+ level like in the previous Narzik World with the bet of my Maid’s failure to only reach the highest ability level of SS," I said while placing my Maid Order’s abilities on this heavy bet.

[ Maid Order: Master Weiss, that’s a pretty crazy bet in this game. ]

[ Maid Order: Is it okay for bets to have such severe penalties? ]

"Risking your current Maid Order’s abilities just to raise the limits of all your Maids’ abilities to SSS+ rank. That’s a very bold bet for a Master like you," said the Akashic Record Keeper with a wide smile on her face.

"I’ll confirm this with the Akashic Record first. Raising someone’s ability limit to SSS+ will disrupt the current balance of your world. Don’t be sad if a bet like this is rejected," continued the Akashic Record Keeper while playing with the curls of her long hair.

The Akashic Record Keeper spoke a language I didn’t know and made me look like a lonely person.

"Young man, you are too bold to bet your own abilities on an unknown fate," said someone who was queuing behind me.

"This... is something I usually do when I meet the Akashic Record Keeper. If it weren’t for this, my abilities would be nothing but trash in a World filled with wild monsters," I replied while glancing at the figure of the man who was queuing behind me.

His figure, clad in luxurious armor, looked like a Knight General from a world ravaged by endless war. His exhausted face, lacking any signs of rest, made me realize he was in a hurry and anxious upon entering the Tower of Fate.

The helmet he was holding was covered in fresh-looking blood, as if he had just experienced a relentless battle just to enter this floor.

"I know that feeling. Can you do this game fast?"

"I’m in a hurry to save my Kingdom from the invasion of monsters from another world."

My suspicion that he was in a hurry was correct.

"You don’t need to worry about that. Someone who enters this floor will trigger a time freeze in their home world. You can relax for a moment and study this greedy gamble that I am doing with the Akashic Record Keeper. I am sure... it will be useful for you, who want to changing the destiny that awaits you," I said while glancing at the Akashic Record Keeper who had finished talking to the Akashic Record.

I sat quietly and tried to control my body so as not to get too excited about the decision that had been given by the Akashic Record.

"According to the Akashic Record rules, you can only change the ability limits of my Maids up to SSS++ rank. Anything beyond that limit will be immediately rejected. Do you understand this?" asked the Akashic Record Keeper.

"Only up to SSS++ level? That’s far less than in the Narzik World. How discriminatory..."

"It’s not a matter of discrimination or anything like that, your current world isn’t strong enough to contain a power equal to the divinity of a Goddess. In your new world, there are no Goddesses or Gods to worship either, right?"

"Yes, it’s true that there are no Gods or Goddesses in that world. However, several religions have spread widely."

"But there is no Divinity..."

"Y-Yeah," I could only turn my face away after hearing the Akashic Record Keeper’s words that touched on Divinity.

I leaned back and considered this.

The Maid Order abilities I can currently possess range from SSS, SSS+, and SSS++. That’s if I win this dangerous game with a great deal of luck.

Even if I lose this game, the limit of the abilities that the Maids can have will be at the SS level.

What is at stake has the same weight as what is lost.

"Divinity, huh?"

"That means... the weak humans on Earth still can’t break through the eleventh floor of the Tower of Fate on Earth."

"What are they thinking?"

"How could they ignore the power that could bring Earth into a new era of abilities that would trigger Divinity?"

I grumbled under my breath about this.

Besides the Tower of Fate not being explored properly, they actually ignored the eleventh floor, which would trigger a new era of abilities on Earth.

"This is really annoying if I think about it further..." I continued muttering while considering whether to upgrade my Maid Order abilities or not.

"So what? Do you want to continue or not? You can still meet me to play this game. Don’t hesitate to meet me anytime, M-A-S-T-E-R."

"That’s the thing... I don’t know if it will be lucky or unlucky the second time we meet," I said in a weak tone and adjusted my sitting position to be more serious.

"I’ll consider it again during our second meeting. For now, I want to change the fate of someone who will become my Maid in the future," I said as I took four Maid Elf cards to return to the Akashic Record Keeper.

[ Author Note: Just don’t steal my novel, please... ]

Swaaapp...

Swaaapp...

"Can I assume that we will meet again a second time after Divinity has spread to your new world?" asked the Akashic Record Keeper to confirm my decision.

"Yes, let’s just say so. Next... I want to change my Maid candidate to be from the nine-tailed fox girl race—"

"Oh! Transforming a nine-tailed fox girl into a higher level of fox girl race?" said the Akashic Record Keeper, cutting me off.

"..." Hearing the Akashic Record Keeper’s words that knew my intentions, I quickly felt suspicious of her.

My eyes became sharp as I watched every movement of the Akashic Record Keeper.

"Please don’t misunderstand me, I’ve often had clients who wanted to transform ordinary fox girls into nine-tailed fox girls. Just hearing half a sentence... I could already guess it well, M-A-S-T-E-R."

"..." I fell silent and stared at the Akashic Record Keeper with a sharp gaze.

"It seems like you don’t really trust me, maybe this can make you trust me..."

Baaammm!!

A book suddenly appeared in front of me and showed the historical records of a game that wanted to change the fate of an ordinary fox girl into a nine-tailed fox girl.

Based on historical records, there are as many as seven thousand three hundred and twenty-one games about the change in fate of an ordinary fox girl into a nine-tailed fox girl.

"There are so many who fail and make them become mindless foxes, what a pity..." I muttered after seeing so many failures from the game of fate that had been played.

"It’s a small price to pay to change the fate of a fox girl who wants to become a nine-tailed fox girl. Let’s just say they’re unlucky in the eyes of the Akashic Record."

"No luck, huh? Those are funny words for someone who can control fate itself. Oh, Akashic Record Keeper," after reading the book containing historical records of the same game that had happened repeatedly, I immediately took the ball-shaped dice and prepared to shake them.

"Let’s start with this game that relies on luck. I will sacrifice on fox girl tails who will form a Master-Maid contract with me in the future if I fail. In exchange, I want the Akashic Record to change the future of every fox girl who will form a Master-Maid contract with me in the future by increasing the number of her tails... with their power based on their tails," I continued while looking at the Akashic Record Keeper, who smiled to start this game.

"That means... if you fail, the fox girl’s tail will decrease by one, and if you win, her tails will increase along with her strength, huh?" said the Akashic Record Keeper, understanding the fate I desired in this game.

Nod...

I nodded at this and waited for approval from the Akashic Record.

"That’s interesting. Let’s see how many fox girl tails you can get after forming a Master-Maid contract. To start, I’ll give you one tail to make it fairer. The Akashic Record has agreed to a game that determines how many fox girl tails form your future Master-Maid contract," said the Akashic Record Keeper excitedly.

With the statement from the Akashic Record Keeper, the game of fate that relies on luck and misfortune immediately begins.

Glluukk...

Srrruugg...

The Akashic Record Keeper immediately rolled her ball-shaped dice in front of me and ended up with the number thirty-four on it.

"Thirty-four, not too bad out of a hundred possible numbers. Now it’s your turn... Weiss Guderian," said the Akashic Record Keeper while enjoying the game that was currently taking place.

Glluukkk...

Srruuggg...

I ignored the technique of shaking these spherical dice and relying on my luck for the numbers that would appear on the dice.

The moment the dice stopped rolling and spinning, the number eight appeared and made me break out in a cold sweat.

"Oh my... the number eight that starts the first round of defeat. That means... every fox girl who will form a Master-Maid contract with you will have her tail cut off. Misfortune in the first round... isn’t this so fun, M-A-S-T-E-R?"

I kept calm about this and smiled at the Akashic Record Keeper.

"This is really unexpected..." I said in a calm tone and glanced at someone who was queuing behind me.

"Hey, I’m going to be a little bit... long time in this game. Please wait patiently," I continued, glancing at the male knight standing behind my chair.

"..." Without saying a word, the male knight immediately retreated backward.

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