I Picked Up the Trash Others Threw Away - Chapter 4.2

Chapter 4.2

As a person with experience playing this game, I could speak with certainty.

Blue Marble was a high-risk, high-return game. It was beneficial to buy the land and build buildings in many countries, even if that meant investing a lot of money in the early stages.

And among those countries, if you bought the most expensive one, you could collect twice the tax without having to build a building.

“If you buy this area called ‘Seoul’, you can win.”

There was only one objective.

I showed it to Trish by making a big circle around ‘Seoul’ with the national flag on it, among all the countries drawn on the paper board.

Trish looked alternately between me and the board, then asked with a twinkle in his eyes as if he was interested.

“You’re not playing with me, are you?”

“Wouldn’t it be better to earn money from this rather than using your technique without knowing when you will be caught? I’ll teach you how to win.”

It was a game that the people of this world had never played before anyway.

If so, it was natural for the pioneer to step forward and issue a patent.

It was also easy for Trish to prepare, given that it was a fairly simple board game that could be played with only the game tokens, dice, and the board itself.

No need for anything else, just following along the board I drew.

Fascinated, Trish’s eyes sparkled like jewels, and he finally surrendered to me.

The man who had snatched the paper in my hand nodded.

“Alright. Let’s do it. Getting married.”

‘Nice!’

I taught Trish intensively how to play the Blue Marble game. Although the board was complicated to draw, it was a simple game where you threw the dice and moved accordingly, so it didn’t take long to learn.

I didn’t know what kind of man he was since only his trashy side was shown in the novel, but facing him in person, he seemed to have good judgement and was quite smart.

Even in this back alley, he had made a name for himself and was on a fast track.

‘It’s a situation where he was kicked out of the gambling house the nobles frequented and became the leader of the small fry.’

Even though I offered Trish a contract marriage with the intention of getting out of a bad situation, I didn’t trust this man completely. And it would be the same for him.

The relationship that would be formed by a simple oral contract still lacked credibility and information about each other.

I showed him one card to earn this man’s favor, but I had not received anything from him yet.

As expected, a document was needed in a business relationship.

It was just a piece of paper, but there was quite a difference between having or not having a piece of paper with each other’s names on it.

“Is it worth trying?”

“It’s easy. Although you’ll rely on dice luck, you know how to roll the dice well. It shouldn’t be a problem.”

“Alright. Then let’s move on to the next stage.”

I clapped my hands and pushed the two-page contract towards him.

The content was, of course, that we both agreed to each other’s contract marriage.

Trish picked up the contract with an unwilling expression, but began to check the contents thoroughly.

If there was even one line written that was unfavorable to him, or if there was some part that I hadn’t explained, he was willing to protest.

[Article 1, Paragraph 1: A and B will proceed with a one-year contract marriage to pursue each other’s interests based on trust.

Article 1, Paragraph 2: A and B shall never fall in love with each other. If A or B develops feelings for the other party, the contract will be immediately suspended.

Article 1, Paragraph 3: A and B must be faithful to each other’s obligations during the contract marriage and will not violate the contents of the contract.

Article 1, Paragraph 4…]

Unsurprisingly, Trish frowned before even flipping over the first page of the contract.

“What is Paragraph 2? Are you afraid I would fall in love with you?”

“I included it because it’s an essential part of the contract.”

“It must be an unfavorable condition for the Lady. It will be difficult if we sign it and then you come back later and suggest that it never happened.”

“That’s ridiculous. That’s never going to happen!”

Worrying that the contract would be broken even before it was signed, I quickly took the paper as soon as he finished signing it and at the same time grabbed his hand and asked for a handshake.

“Anyway, we are now on the same boat. I look forward to your cooperation, partner.”

As I smiled broadly, Trish reluctantly shook hands with me with an embarrassed expression.