I Picked Up the Trash Others Threw Away - Chapter 10.2

Chapter 10.2

“Ah, that young master? He said he was going to the casino the nobles frequented to make a quick buck. I guess this kind of money was insignificant for a nobleman like him.”

“You’re not the first woman to come looking for that man, Young Lady! What can you do? You should think that you were abandoned after having some fun with him. Instead of that, how about me? I may look like this, but I’m a pure man who only has eyes for one woman.”

“Get out of my face!”

If Trish wasn’t here, this filthy back alley gambling hall was of no interest.

But did they say he went to the casino to make a lot of money?

‘It looks like the game I told him about is quite nice.’

But will that method work even with nobles who have played with money?

It didn’t matter to me whether Trish won or lost money, but two things bothered me in the fact that I had to walk to the casino that was mainly used by the nobles to meet him.

The first was that no matter the reason, rumors would spread the moment I stepped foot in such a place, and the second was that I had to pay an entrance fee to enter the casino.

How much money did I have to lose little by little for the purpose of investment when I was in a situation where every penny counts?

My head throbbed.

“But I have to go.”

First, I had to prepare a mask or something to hide my identity.

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Although the gambling houses mainly used by the commoners and the casinos used by the nobles were not very far away from each other, the surrounding streetscapes differed greatly.

Trash dumped on the side of the road, people drowned in alcohol, people who lost money, the laughter and angry sounds of noisy people, bottles rolling all over the place… were things that couldn’t be seen in the nobles’ casinos.

Instead of that, there were many carriages with unknown family crests at the entrance.

Escort knights or coachmen were guarding the carriages in order to hide their identities, and there was also a separate parking space for them.

It was late after midnight, but because of the dark night sky, the space was paradoxically brighter and sparkling.

I put on the dress and shoes that Trish had given me and walked around wearing the mask that I had hurriedly bought in a store.

It was clear that I would be treated like a country bumpkin if I didn’t prepare this much.

‘Ugh, I can’t breathe.’

It was difficult to walk because I had tightened the corset so that my body would fit in the dress, but thanks to that, I was able to keep a straight posture.

Thanks to my outfit, the nobles and attendants passing by weren’t suspicious of me.

They seemed to think I was just a rich young lady who came here to have fun for a while.

Then, where could I find Trish?

The larger the casino, the more regulars there were, and the admission fee was accordingly considerable.

Such was the case with the casino Trish had been frequenting in the original novel.

After being caught cheating by the male lead, he couldn’t even enter that casino’s street, and that warning was probably still in place even now. In that case, the casino that appeared in the original was eliminated.

Then there are two places left, so I should get going. All I had to do was go to the entrance and ask if Trish was there or not.

“Welcome, Lady. Is it your first time here?”

The first casino I went to was the most recent one, called ‘Moonlake’.

With its clean environment, special services, and customized events, it quickly became the main casino, popular with young nobles.

“I’m looking for someone. A handsome man in his mid-twenties with blonde hair and blue eyes.”

“I apologize, but we cannot give that information without the customer’s permission. Confidentiality is the rule.”

As expected of a casino where the nobles gambled; it was not easy to get them to find someone.

Usually, it would be at this point that a bribe would be given to the staff, but I didn’t know how much to pay.

One single gold coin like the gambling hall from last time would be absurd.

“Aah, then I can go in and find him myself, right?”

“Unless you’re causing a disturbance, of course you can.”

As I tried to go straight through the entrance, the staff smiled and blocked my way in a gentlemanly manner.

“Lady, I apologize, but this place charges an entrance fee.”

“Even though I’m just going to look for someone and leave?”

“Those are the rules. I apologize.”

I was still wondering how to find Trish in this large space, so I couldn’t believe I had to pay an entrance fee because of a man who might or might not be there.

‘Should I just go to the mansion tomorrow?’

I was thinking with my arms crossed as if I didn’t want to pay, but then someone raised his hand over my shoulder and spoke in a cheerful voice.

“You don’t have to be so strict when the lady is only here to find someone. I’ll pay the lady’s entrance fee.”