“Samira can’t hold back anymore…”
Levi nodded slightly and went up to the third floor with the other girls in the room.
Reaching the third floor, Samira was already waiting at the top of the stairs.
All the girls lifted their skirts and bowed slightly to greet her.
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Levi also bowed, his watery eyes revealing an undefended innocence.
Samira didn’t spare him a second glance, instead saying with a beaming smile:
“I’m in a good mood today, let’s play a game.”
“A game?
What kind of game…”
The girls, already curious about Samira’s purpose, began to whisper among themselves.
Samira clapped her hands, and two thugs came over carrying a box of Cave-balls.
This ball game, invented by Emperor Roselle, was popular among the noble circles of the Northern and Southern Continents, and even some middle-class people were eager to follow the trend.
“The so-called Cave-ball is actually golf from my past life.
Senior Roselle really is…”
Levi had no intention of complaining about Roselle and began to think about Samira’s intentions.
Samira continued:
“The game is simple.
Each of you will take three balls and enter an individual room.
Within five minutes, hide the balls.
Then, everyone will gather back here.
I will go to your rooms to find the balls.
If I find one ball, you’ll be fined one pound.
If I find two balls, you’ll get twenty lashes.
If I find three balls…”
As Samira spoke, she revealed a cruel smile:
“Well, what will happen to her?
You’re more than welcome to find out.”
All the girls swallowed hard.
They were well aware of Samira’s methods; no one wanted to test the consequences of having three balls found.
“Alright, don’t be afraid, my Kingfishers,” Samira said with another smile.
“If anyone can hide all three balls so that I can’t find even one, then I will grant her freedom.”
Hearing this, almost all the girls showed expressions of longing, though a few were dismissive, believing they had no other way to survive besides being bar girls and thus didn’t value freedom as much.
Samira pulled out a pocket watch, opened the cover, and checked the time.
“Alright, everyone take three balls and pick a room.
Remember, you can only choose the row of small rooms on the left side facing away from the stairs.
Five minutes on the clock, start!”
All the girls scrambled forward, pushing and shoving to take three Cave-balls from the box before rushing to the rooms.
Levi also took three balls and chose a room.
These balls were nearly the size of his palm; he could only hold two in one hand, making them quite cumbersome to carry.
He had already guessed Samira’s intention: Samira would do whatever it took to find the three balls he hid, then use that as a pretext to give him a horrific punishment.
Whether it was imprisonment or execution remained unknown.
Regardless, she just needed him to disappear from public view before quietly offering him as a sacrifice to the evil god worshipped by the Hyena Gang.
Even Samira didn’t dare let the news of her worshipping an evil god spread.
The police wouldn’t care about the loss of human life, but involvement with an evil god would surely attract Official Beyonders.
Therefore, every detail of the sacrifice was her top secret; she wouldn’t reveal even a hint of it to Lorrain.
“Of course, your security isn’t that great; Lorrain already knows everything.”
Levi complained inwardly as he entered the room.
Looking at the extremely minimalist layout, he became even more certain of his guess: there was absolutely nowhere to hide anything!
Since he had planned to be a sacrifice anyway, Levi simply gave up and hid the balls haphazardly before quietly waiting for the time to end.
Five minutes later, Levi and the other girls returned to the top of the stairs and stood in a row.
He found it a bit strange that most of the girls had expressions of great pain and were walking unsteadily, as if they were enduring something.
Samira pointed casually at a girl whose face was contorted in pain and said:
“Let’s start with you.”
Two thugs immediately entered her room.
After a search, they brought out one Cave-ball.
“Madam, we found one.”
Samira took the Cave-ball, toyed with it in her hand, and said with a smile:
“How unlucky, dear.
It seems you’ll have to pay a fine.”
The girl reluctantly pulled out a one-pound note and handed it to Samira.
Although her nightly turnover was several pounds, only a small portion remained in her hands after the commission.
Saving up one pound would take at least a week.
Samira looked at the second girl, who was also in visible pain, hunching her back slightly with beads of sweat on her forehead.
In the end, the thugs also found one Cave-ball in her room.
The girl reluctantly paid the fine, and it was the next person’s turn…
At that moment, the thugs found two Cave-balls in the room of a girl who didn’t look as pained.
Her face instantly turned deathly pale, and she pleaded loudly:
“Madam, I…
I’m willing to pay a two-pound fine!
Please, spare me!”
Samira shook her head and spoke with feigned regret:
“What a pity.
The rules I set cannot be changed.”
Two thugs immediately stepped forward and roughly pinned her to the ground.
Another thug grabbed a whip and lashed her fiercely.
“Ah…
Madam!
If I’m broken, I won’t be able to receive guests!
Madam!”
Amidst the sonic boom of the whip, the girl let out shrill screams while pleading bitterly, using her value as a money-maker to beg for Samira’s mercy.
Samira just smiled nonchalantly:
“It doesn’t matter.
Some guests like it when the flesh is torn open.
You might even earn more.”
“Aah—!”
The girl’s screams echoed one after another.
The other girls lowered their heads, trembling, feeling a sense of shared sorrow.
Her today might be their tomorrow.
After the twenty lashes were finished, Samira looked at another girl.
This girl was the one who had spoken up for Mark and wanted to have her way with Levi.
She was a veteran girl at the Kingfisher Bar named Daphne.
Her expression was extremely pained, and her body was even trembling slightly.
Her legs were pressed tightly together, as if to prevent a Devil from escaping her body.
“Daphne, I have high hopes for you.”
Samira smiled slightly and waved for the two thugs to enter the room and search.
Few minutes later, the two thugs came out and shook their heads:
“Madam, we didn’t find even one.”
Daphne showed a relieved smile and looked at Samira with some hope.
“Madam Red” Samira wore a meaningful expression.
She slowly walked up to Daphne, patted her shoulder, and smiled:
“As expected of a veteran Kingfisher, Daphne, you did very well.”
“Thank you, Mad—”
Before Daphne could finish her thanks, Samira suddenly lunged and kicked Daphne hard in the abdomen.
Daphne’s expression immediately turned to one of extreme agony as she was sent flying with a scream.