My Servant System

Chapter 1058: Chapter 1057: Big Winnings (1)



"What better way to feel rich than this, right? Oh that was excellent... absolutely sublime~!" Jahi smiled down at all of us, the Demoness relaxing on the bed once more as got the royal treatment she begged us for during the breaks of these last few fights, her pleading causing me to bend after a few different times of her doing so, the added pleading of both Anput and Leone alongside the actions I had taken beforehand making it really easy to acquiesce.

Of course, only when we sent the servant out to place our bets, and at the moment that had been four times, with each one resulting in Anput and I kneeling down before the Demoness and Vampire as we gave them a show of devotion, though I had a feeling our 'runner' was well aware of what was happening every single time she left the room... because she gave us about three to four minutes each time when the first time she left had been a minute and a half or So...

Standing up and walking away from her quietly, I cleaned myself off and watched as the fight we had just bet on concluded, the result causing me to purse my lips as I realized I should have gone with my gut and placed a little more on the solo fighter; either way though...

"I told you the other former guard would handle to the two mercenaries. Those 5-2 odds were worth taking a risk on after the performance we saw earlier. Still... 35 Gold isn't that bad for this match, and if I am doing the math correctly..."

Fixing my clothing and sinking back into the couch, I drummed my fingers on my thigh for a moment as I waited for everyone else to come back to the couch with me, their various states of relief and joy from what just happened filling my heart with warmth even if I didn't outwardly show it.

Tossing herself onto the couch beside me, Jahi stretched and let out a very content sigh as she draped her arm over my shoulders, the Demoness not saying anything as Anput dove onto her lap while Leone sat on her other side, surrounding the blue skinned futanari with beautiful women and further making her feel like royalty.

"So what's the tally so far, Kat? You've been keeping track for us all, right~?"

She pat my cheek and smirked at me as I rolled my eyes, but I still leaned into her side and accepted her embrace as I replied "I have, and currently I've won 58 Gold and 75 Silver, you've won 45 Gold, Leone's won 44 Gold and 25 Silver, and lastly there's Anput..."

We all turned towards the Jackalkin sitting on Jahi's lap, the tan skinned, chiseled and happy futanari grinning from ear to ear even as I sighed and said "With a whopping 10 Gold coins that she has 'won'... congratulations Anput, you've only managed to cement yourself as the person here who is the worst at managing her money."

"Hehe~! I don't need to manage my money at all when I have such a wonderful and beautiful and sexy and very~ skilled woman by my side who is perfectly able to do anything involving money and funds~! How lucky am I~! And all I need to do is forge a couple of things, flex for her, and make sure that she can't walk properly in the morning~!"Nôv(el)B\\jnn

My mate just kept smiling at me as she rocked back and forth on Jahi's lap, ignoring how obviously terrible she was at being smart with her money when it came to gambling, which was a worry I would need to keep in check for the foreseeable future and beyond...

Even if she was able to just 'forge a couple of things' and sell them off extremely quickly for an incredible amount of money whenever she wanted; if anything that made it all the more worrying since that would make falling into a crippling spiral of debt with frightening ease since she could just pay it off as quickly as she could churn out weapons and armor to fund her addiction.

"Still, that's... impressive in its own right to be that bad at betting, Anput. I hope your skill at cards or other casino games is higher than your ability to predict a fight, which I thought you'd be good at..."

"Hey! I AM good at it, but I WANT these other people to prove me wrong! Hmph, they have the potential but not the drive... so irritating. Whatever; all that matters is that this upcoming bout is that match that has the opportunity to double whatever you win, so..."

My mate batted her lashes and turned to stare up at Jahi, putting her feminine wiles to use as she gave her tone a slight seductive twinge and stroked the Demoness' abs, asking "Jahi~? Could I perhaps have a small~ loan~? I can pay you back..."

"Oh..? How so..?"

Rolling my eyes at the two's flirting, I instead considered what Anput said as I waited for the servant to return with both our winnings and the odds for the next fight, which was the arena's special event that was meant to draw in a large amount of funds.

Observing the fighters during their pre match rounds and taking in what I could observe to make decisions that would lead to my win, so when the two gladiators walked out I couldn't help but purse my lips as I took in their arrogant gait and well maintained equipment.

That was something that was difficult to appraise from afar since they could either be extremely skilled warriors who had climbed up the treacherous and towering mountain to stand at the peak they inhabited, or they could be overestimating themselves and undeserving of the hype they have currently... and that was annoying since it made my job harder than it needed to be.

Why couldn't they just have the subtle swagger of a competent warrior or the elegant, graceful movements of an experienced swordsman?!

"So we have a total of around 150 Gold to spend if we want to, which we could be rather ill advised to bet on this final match that we were planning on watching to go above and beyond with the potential winnings depending on the odds of the match..."

Muttering to myself as I thought out loud was nice, but it caught the attention of Jahi as she leaned over and asked "Wouldn't that be really~ ironic considering you just told Anput she was bad at handling her own money?", the Demoness smirking at me as she watched me roll my eyes at her words.

"Hence why I said 'ill advised', so it would indeed be ironic; congratulations on that, my love. No, I won't be so idiotic as to ask everyone to pool their funds together and potentially lose it all; instead, I want to see the adventurer from the east and check them out before hearing the odds that the arena puts out. We might be able to bet big and win big, which would be rather nice~!"

"All that money for..? Are you going to keep saving it up for the future, Kat, or do you have something you want to buy? I mean... you never really seem to want anything..."

Jahi pursed her lips as she focused on me right now, her amethyst eyes filled with hesitant worry as she studied me from the side, her thoughts rather obvious; I was rather... frugal with my own money, never buying anything at all that I didn't need, and this had continued to be a rather odd sore point for Jahi since she always wanted me to be able to buy whatever I wanted and live like the Noblewoman I now am.

Leaning against her, I let out a soft sigh as I said "Jahi, I don't need to buy frilly dresses and lavish jewelry because... I don't want those things, so stop beating yourself up over that and be happy that I find more enjoyment in literally anything else since my hobbies and activities I enjoy don't cost much at all. Honestly the most expensive hobby I have is technically cooking since I could go out and get some really expensive ingredients for that..."

She still frowned at that, only to sigh as she looked down at the lazy, balled up Jackalkin on her lap and then over towards the Vampire Princess who had had every single need met ever since she was a thought in the Empress' head; none of us here had ever wanted for anything, so we had nothing we needed to spend money on because... honestly we could just get what we wanted 'for free' by either using our status or earning it ourselves when we were out

hunting.

"Sorry that your traditional mindset is being shattered there, Jahi~! None of us need to be taken out shopping and given lavish gifts to be content with life; Anput needs a good forge, Leone wants her alchemy set and a library, and I'll be happy with a kitchen and a nice, sharp, clean set of knives that are multipurpose~!"

Now she had to shake her head exasperatedly as she leaned over and gave me a kiss, only to pull away when the door opened and the servant entered the room once more, the tray laden with four coin purses, three of which were of similar size whilst the fourth was a tiny, pitiful amount that made us all glance at Anput, who received it with a grin.