CHAPTER 179: CHAPTER 26 - GAMES ON*

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Hope, Fate, and Destiny.

It’s all beyond the control of technology and magic.

However, there’s an entity that has been controlling it all. A figure that remains a mystery in both my past life and my current life as Weiss Guderian.

In the stopped flow of time, I could witness my eyes slowly open and my conscious shifting to an unknown, empty point.

I need to do this because the game that determines one’s destiny is about to begin, and I must meet someone who can control the thread of destiny, as it is the fabric that changes one’s fate.

It wasn’t easy, and I needed to prepare myself to meet a figure who can change a destiny that was already written in the thread of fate.

Even though the thread of destiny has not yet been woven into the fabric of destiny that determines one’s fate, it still requires permission from her to change the thread of destiny that will form the fabric of one’s destiny.

The moment my gaze shifted to the space and time of the entity I was referring to, I was immediately greeted by a friendliness that I had not received for a long time from someone who was able to manipulate the threads of fate.

This space and time that I entered came from Dungeon floors, who was part of the Tower of Fate and there was an entity who can change destiny.

The same entity from when I lived in the Narzik World, and we met again for the second time to play a game that will change someone’s destiny.

[ Maid Order: Welcome back to the space and time of the Akashic Records, Master Weiss. ]

[ Maid Order: I hope... You are lucky at this time and can achieve your goal without any fatal bad luck. ]

I smiled after hearing the words of the Maid Order’s abilities, which made me remember an incident in the past.

An incident where I always get lucky and bad luck at the same time, while playing a game of fate with this entity.

"Well, I hope... like that."

"Lucky without any misfortune, huh? that kinda hard to do," I muttered while smiling and continued walking towards a table that was available in front of me.

This space and time that I entered is one of the floors of the Tower of Fate, which controls the threads of fate and the fabric of one’s destiny into a book known as the Akashic Record.

It’s said that the fates of other worlds and otherworldly lives are recorded in the Akashic Record, making it a highly guarded floor on the Tower of Fate. However, the Tower of Fate Administration has designated this floor of the Akashic Record as a public space, accessible at any time by anyone who knows the location to access the floor.

"By the way, which floor of the Tower of Fate am I on?" I asked my Maid Order ability.

[ Maid Order: According to the information on the Tower of Fate in Narzik’s World... all floors that hold the Akashic Records are on the same floor. ]

[ Maid Order: Whether it is in the Tower of Fate on Earth or in the Narzik World, it is the same floor. ]

[ Maid Order: All the Exclusive floors in the Tower of Fate have the same layout. ]

[ Maid Order: Even though this is the Tower of Fate on Earth, it still leads to the floor of the Akashic Record we visited in Narzik’s World, Master Weiss. ]

"Ah, so that’s how it is. I was about to criticize the floors that felt so empty. The Administrator hasn’t gotten too bored with the same view for thousands of years, has she?" I continued muttering as I continued walking towards a table and chair in front of me.

Tap...

Tap...

As I walked towards the table and chairs, I could see a snail doing something related to game of destiny.

"Hmm?"

"Still being used by a snail?" I muttered again for the umpteenth time after seeing something unusual in front of me.

This game that bets on one’s destiny is a game that is quite easy to play and lives up to its name.

A game to determined by the player’s own hope, fate, or destiny.

Claaaak...

Claaaak...

Right before my eyes, I could see a snail determining its own destiny and rolling a dice that carried its fate.

The principle of this game of fate is very simple and can be played by anyone who dares to play with their own destiny.

All they needs to do is roll a die that is much higher than the Akashic Record Keeper’s after determining the fate the players wish to change.

Hope, Fate, and Destiny...

Of course, they all have different values.

For example, a snail is playing this game of destiny.

From behind the chair, I could see the game of fate unfolding before my eyes.

A snail who tries to change his own destiny, not wanting to be a weak snail who is always oppressed by a mere slime, made me smile after seeing his cleverness in playing the game of destiny.

The destiny its bet on in this game is... that snail will become a snail who can use magic like a human if the snail wins this game of destiny, but if the snail loses, it will make the snail become a giant snail monster who will become the Boss Monster in one of the Tower of Fate’s Dungeons.

This snail is betting of using magic, but the price is high.

Win or lose, the snail will still be able to use magic like a human, but the result will change the snail entire destiny.

I can only hope that this snail will soon finish the game of destiny that still playing, so that I don’t waste my time in a place that feels boring like this.

Kllaaakk...

Kllaaakk...

The dice number that appeared in front of a snail showed a higher number than the Akashic Record Keeper, indicating that the snail had won and changed its destiny as a snail capable of using magic like humans.

On the table that was being used to play the game of destiny, I could see the thread of fate belonging to a snail that was being transformed into a snail that was able to use magic like a human.

Bllaasstt!!

Even as the thread of the snail fate was being rewritten by the Akashic Record, I could feel the surge of the snail powerful magical energy, and it made me smile to congratulated.

"Oh, it seems you’ve managed to change your destiny with a heavy gamble. I congratulate you," I said to a snail who had finished the game of destiny.

Whether this snail understood my words or not, I could see its curved eyes as if it was glancing at me and immediately used its magic to rush away as fast as the wind.

"Why you leaving in a bit of a hurry..." I commented a little after seeing a snail leaving by using wind magic to throw its small body.

Swwooosshh...

My neatly combed hair became messy after being hit by the wind from a snail that ran out quickly.

With an empty table and chairs like this, I can use it to play a game of destiny with someone from the Akashic Record Keeper.

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Srruuutt...

My hand immediately pulled out a chair, and I sat on it, waiting for the arrival of a figure that I had known for a long time.

Swiirrrll...

The chair I was sitting on shook, and the figure I had been waiting for sat in front of me. The figure known as the Akashic Record Keeper that can legally change the destiny of a person recorded in the Akashic Record and must win the game of destiny.

"Oh my, I wonder who’s coming."

"It’s been a long time since I’ve seen you."

"Do you want to change the fate of your Maids... as before?" asked the Akashic Record Keeper, who had known me for a long time.

My reborn self, it seems, didn’t surprise her.

I shook my head and immediately leaned my back against the back of the chair to sit comfortably.

"Yes, but.. in this time I didn’t do anything too excessive... to change my Maid fate, hope, or destiny," I replied while using the analytical ability on the monocle I was wearing.

[ Object cannot be analyzed! ]

I nearly gasped when I realized that such a cheap trick wouldn’t work on her.

Even the analytical magic of Narzik’s World couldn’t provide any information about the entity before me.

The Akashic Record Keeper sat in front of me in the form of a mature woman with large breasts, wearing dress that looked like a wedding dress with a veil covering her face.

"Did you just get married?" I asked, making small talk after failing to use the cheap trick of trying to see her information through a monocle.

"Me? Getting married? What kind of joke is that?"

"Sorry, I saw you wearing a wedding dress like that and thought you had just gotten married."

"Oh, if you think I just got married in human terms. That’s true."

"Huh?" I didn’t understand the context of what she was saying.

"Yes, to be more precise. I was only married for a few seconds to someone who didn’t want to lose to the dark fate he was experiencing. He wanted to change his destiny of wanting to be cured of a deadly ill and impossible disease in his current world’s timeline... then he changed his destiny to not be single at the end of his life. I married him just to see him die peacefully."

Snap!!

The Akashic Record Keeper’s fingers clicked and revealed her true form, which looked like an octopus living in outer space.

"Do you think... with a true form like this, I could marry a mortal?" asked the Akashic Record Keeper, revealing her true form, which resembled an octopus.

"As long as there is a hole and you are female, it can be done for a mortal human," I replied with a bit of ambiguity about this.

"What does it mean?"

"Nothing, please forget my unimportant remarks and focus on the game, that I want to play with you."

"..."

The atmosphere around me suddenly became silent, and the figure of the Akashic Record Keeper in front of me immediately prepared the game of fate that I would play with her.

"You understand the rules about changeable destiny and the stakes involved, right?"

Nod...

I nodded my head to answer her question.

"Then... I’ll give you a choice of dice—"

"Do the same as usual..." before the Akashic Record Keeper could finish her words, I quickly answered her to save time.

"Are you in a hurry?"

"No, I’m just trying not to waste time on someone who is going to change his destiny and waiting in line behind me," I said while looking behind me, and saw a person wearing thick armor standing behind me without revealing his presence.

Thanks to the Maid Order’s ability, I could feel a faint presence of a man standing behind me.

Since the Akashic Record Keeper was accompanying me in the game and acting as the dealer, the figure wearing thick armor behind me had to wait in line.

Crack...

"???"

Seeing his surprised response, I could understand that he had use stealth technique, so that his presence would not be felt by others.

"Well, let’s start as usual. Use the dice that make the numbers one through one hundred," I said to immediately start this game of fate.

"You’re as crazy as ever," said the Akashic Record Keeper as she prepared for the game of fate.

On the floor containing the Akashic Records, three types of dice can be used for games. They’re actually just duplicates of the single dice, the double dice, and a dice that almost looks like a ball because it contains the numbers one through one hundred.

Duugg...

"Do you really want to do this again?" the Akashic Record Keeper asked, confirming something related to my final decision.

"Yeah, just do it like usual... It’ll be much more interesting with these ball-like dice, right?" I replied, like someone crazy enough to change the fate of Princess Amagi and her fox girls pack.

Sluuppp...

Sluuppp...

Hearing my firm decision, I could see that the Akashic Record Keeper’s response was quite pleased. Her form, which resembled a space octopus, transformed into a charming woman, showing off her eight octopus arms.

"Hahaha... I haven’t been this happy in a long time."

"You kept me waiting long enough after disappearing without a word."

"Even after changing the hope, fate, and destiny of your previous Maids... it still wasn’t enough to save your world, huh?"

"What a shame, M-A-S-T-E-R!"

Sluuuppp...

Slluuupppp....

Duuuggg...

A ball-shaped dice rolled toward me.

It was the dice I would use to play the game of fate. Its shape, almost a circle, made me smile with delight at this unpredictable gamble.

Whether it’s luck or bad luck...

I’ll find out later...

Without preparation, I am ready to play this kind of games.

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