Other people would pick up a System, a grandpa, or a mystical ring. Then, they would cancel their engagement, slap themselves in the face, level up, and transform trash into geniuses. In the end, they would either fight to destroy the world or start a harem. How enviable … I meant speechless.
As for me, if I picked up some kind of treasure, some kind of inexplicable good luck with women, my first reaction would be that the treasure was definitely a trap, and I needed to be careful. After good luck came double the bad luck, and I needed to be careful. Good luck with women that came knocking on my door was either a dinosaur, a peach blossom calamity, or a trap …
Even worse, based on my many years of experience, I wasn't being paranoid at all. I was simply making predictions based on my own experience.
My many years of experience with being tricked made my first reaction upon seeing this famous three-piece God Equipment set …
"Throw it away, hurry up and throw it away. I just randomly picked up a three-piece God Equipment set. Am I going to be unlucky for the next hundred years?"
"… Hmph, don't compare me to you. My luck has always been excellent."
Harloys proudly adjusted the positions of the three God Equipment sets. She even conjured an extravagant gold-and-white dress and a perfect adult body. She then began to dress herself up in front of a mirror.
"Is it beautiful?"
Harloys started spinning in front of me. The golden gemstones on her necklace emitted dreamy water vapor. The sparkling bubbles in the air reflected golden light. Together with the Gold Elf's perfect appearance and lifestyle, she was just like an elf princess from a fairy tale. She indeed had a pure, noble, and extravagant beauty that moved one's heart.
"She's indeed beautiful. She's the most beautiful I've ever seen."
I wasn't an idiot. It was enough for me to tell the truth. I casually praised Harloys, but I kept feeling like some misfortune was about to befall me.
"Killing intent!?"
As expected, there was killing intent! Who was ambushing me? Oh, it was Eliza. Were you glaring at me? Well, it didn't matter. I was already used to her words.
Why was Eliza smiling? This smile doesn't feel right to me. Could it be that she's really determined to dismember me?
"… Are you suffering from late-stage persecutory delusion? You're always thinking about the worst. "
"No, I'm speaking from experience. If I pick up a wallet with two copper coins in it, I'll definitely lose four copper coins the next day. This is an actual example. Why are you all looking at me so strangely? You don't believe me?"
Heloise shook her head.
"No, we believe you. You really didn't lie. But with your luck, how could you pick up a wallet? "
I nodded proudly. Don't look down on me. Of course, I have picked up money before. I have even picked it up twice!
I still remember that there were two Bardi copper coins in there. That was the first time I'd ever picked up money. The next morning, I even ordered an extra egg pancake in celebration. Unfortunately, the next afternoon, I was robbed again, and I even lost my money. The second time was more than fifty years ago. I picked up a silver coin! A silver coin! I couldn't even believe it! Unfortunately, I lost it that very night … Why are you all looking at me with such sympathy? This was the truth! I'm not bragging. "
[… It's because it's the truth that I pity you.]
"It's not easy for you to live."
Recalling what I'd just said, I squatted on the ground in frustration. I'd self-destructed again.
However, Heloise chuckled.
"I finally understand why your disgusting fighting style of constantly gathering information, gradually calculating and calculating, accumulating advantages, and then forcing your opponent to the brink of despair before crushing them all came about."
"Hmm?"
"No matter how low the chance of failure is, it'll still happen if you're unlucky. Your way of doing things is probably to reduce the element of unknown and luck as much as possible. You're forced to treat a 1% chance of failure as 100%, and you don't expect any luck at all. How pitiful."
"… What did you say? I don't understand. Ah, right, why is your furniture in the Chaos Abyss? "
"Although you're still such a lousy way of changing the topic, I also want to know why my dressing table is here, so I'll let you off the hook …"
Many gazes were directed at Chaos Lord Didina, who had been pretending to be her background all this time. I had originally thought that she would be quite depressed that she had missed out on this God Equipment after having it by her side for so many years. However, she simply smiled as if she didn't care.
"These are all random pieces of furniture that I bought back when I first became the Chaos Lord to fill up my treasury. I don't even remember where I bought them from. It's probably a merchant from another plane, and he came with the furniture. "
There was also some furniture in my treasury. Most of the furniture was elven style. It would seem that they were all super antiques from the Elven Empire's era. Indeed, many antique collectors loved artwork from the Elven Empire's era. These pieces of furniture would probably be quite valuable.
However, no matter if it was in terms of quality or craftsmanship, these pieces of furniture couldn't compare to Heloise's dressing table. After all, items used by royalty were all incredibly rare.
"… No, wait, I remember that the royal palace was burned to the ground. I thought that the Three God Equipment would be forever lost along with the destruction of the royal palace, unless someone stole my dressing table before the destruction. However, someone who would steal my dressing table alone would naturally know its value. Would such a person really sell my dressing table?"
Heloise's intelligence finally returned to normal for once as if she had finally recovered from the joy of obtaining the most valuable treasures. However, the moment that she said this, Didina's expression changed. She suddenly retreated, but a small red dragon suddenly landed on her head. The flames that burned her hair told Didina that any random action would result in her death.
I took a closer look at this treasury. Treasures were piled up like a mountain. There was a pile of old and tattered furniture in the corner. If I had been a reckless invader, perhaps I would have taken all the treasures with me. However, I wouldn't have even bothered to look at this heavy pile of furniture, nor would I have been able to find a relatively valuable dressing table among them.
If I had been an experienced invader, I wouldn't have had much hope for this treasure trove from the very start. Forcing this succubus to reveal the true location of the treasure trove would have been the most likely outcome. I would have ignored all the furniture from the very start.
I had to say, if it wasn't for the fact that Heloise recognized her own items, we would have missed them as well.
If this was all intentional, then this was truly a brilliant arrangement. No matter who the invader was, they would always ignore the furniture.
If all this had been arranged to conceal the existence of this dressing table, then it was highly likely that this succubus knew the importance of this dressing table from the very start.
"Heloise, this should be the royalty's greatest secret, right? You probably wouldn't know much about the value of this dressing table. "
"… Yeah."
Heloise didn't give me a clear answer. However, her beautiful eyes were already locked onto Didina. I had never seen such a serious expression before, which surprised even me. It would seem that Heloise was being serious for once.
As long as that succubus dared to run, Heloise would turn her into a sitting duck even without Little Red interfering from above.
I was becoming more and more interested in this succubus' background. Just as I was about to properly interrogate this succubus, the door to my room suddenly opened, and a small fairy suddenly flew in.
"Your Highness Roland, you have an urgent report! Extremely urgent! Extremely urgent! "
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