Ch 163 – A Lucky Encounter

Looking around the area of the Treasure Heaven Casino, she stops far away from the entrance and inspected the people entering and leaving the doors of the casino. From wealthy people wearing fancy suits and luxurious dresses, to the common folks wearing plain shirts and jeans. People from all walks of life entered and left, their faces varied from joy to utter despair, for a stark contrast can be seen between those who won or those who fell into the trap of gambling and suffered under the hands of luck and their own stupidity.

'Ohoho, it seems that the average luck of the people here is quite high today.' Clover's eyes can now be seen having a golden four-leaf clover in the middle. In front of her, the sea of people has a small shining flame around their chests, just at a size bigger than their hearts. Some had larger luck, so large that some even engulfed their body whole in a golden radiance.

'It seems like the source of that radiant luck also affects the others here.' Clover quickly thought before she started to move forward. With her unparalleled luck, she felt boundless confidence and walked up to the guards.

"Oh, miss Clover! You're back again, are you here for another fun time?" One of the guards asked with an amicable smile.

"Hehehe, you know me too well," Clover laughed lightly as she winked at the guard.

Nodding his head, he smiled and opened the door widely. Just like that, she took her first step inside the casino.

Considering her immense luck, Clover of course had gone to the casino multiple times already. At this point, the guards were even familiar with her and that she doesn't need to bring her fake ID to enter the casino.

Murmurs echoed throughout the entire casino as she looks around with curious eyes. Every time she enters the casino, she would usually be greeted by countless glitters of gold as the incorporeal luck of the people was presented to her, but now, a golden tint blocked her vision as the golden radiance swallowed the entire casino and even the area outside the casino.

No matter where she looks, there was a golden tint. But this didn't dampen her ability to inspect the luck of others, as she still saw the golden stars of the people around her. Some were the size of fists, others were the size of their chests, and some had overwhelming luck that it flowed out of their bodies and formed a golden aura around their bodies.

'It seems like the source of this immense luck isn't here.' Clover hummed. Halting her steps, her eyes glanced at a guy in the distance with luck the size of a large elephant.

Smirking, her eyes let out a burst of golden light and the golden four-leaf clover in her eyes let out a mystical energy that grab hold of the incorporeal luck in the distance, dragging it towards her as she snickered: 'Hehehe, casinos really bring me a lot of luck! To think I'd find such a lucky person already.'

In the distance, the man raises his eyebrows in confusion as he felt something leaving his body, like a part of his soul was taken away. It was uncomfortable, but he quickly calmed down and stared at the roulette in front of him.

"Sigh, I almost won," Sadly for him, the roulette gave out an unsatisfactory result.

In her view, she saw the man losing and his radiant luck now many times smaller flickering before it then stabilized and slowly grew back to its previous size.

Nodding her head, she continued to wander around the area and continued to mess with other people's luck. From absorbing them and making her own luck much more grandeur, to transferring others' luck to the more unfortunate folks, and even her own luck was transferred to others and she watched them instantly making it big and their luck flaring further.

Even as a young teenager around the age of 15, she has had her cheat with her since young and it, of course, made her mind keener to the essence of luck after years of practical usage. One thing she learned is that by investing luck to others and having them go through a lucky opportunity to grow the luck, she can take back the luck back which was many times bigger than the one she gave.

That is merely one of the applications she has found about the peculiarity of luck. And with her years of understanding luck, she might be the only person on Earth who has the highest attainment in the study of luck and its incorporeal effects on the world.

As she was walking while thinking deeply, she suddenly felt her leg tripping on something, which made her involuntarily shout: "A-Ah!"

Her mind was quickly interrupted as she suddenly found herself falling quickly to the ground. The solid hard ground was nearing her face faster and faster, and with the speed of her fall, she wouldn't be able to use magic to dampen the damage. And she couldn't do that in the first place as she wasn't a trained mage that can keep calm in such sudden situations.

She could only brace her mind in mere moments for the impact: 'Please don't hurt!'

*Whoosh*

"Eh?" Clover muttered and she opened her eyes; the ground was mere centimeters away from the tip of her nose. She could feel a hand grab the back of her shirt, stopping her from falling to the ground as she breathed out a sigh of relief.

"Are you okay miss?" A tug, and her body was pulled back into a sudden tight hug. What greeted her was a pair of black pearls that shone with brilliance, sharp eyebrows akin to swords, a stare so intense it made her blush madly.

'I-Is this another lucky encounter? W-Wait, doesn't this seem like a scene where the female lead meets the male lead??? Is this finally the moment I'll be meeting my prince charming?!' Quicky, her mind went into the gutter as countless thoughts pervaded her brain.

"Uhm… Miss?" The man asked once more, breaking her out of her trance as she blushed profusely from embarrassment.

"S-Sorry!" She quickly went away from his grasp, her hand grabbing her chest as she felt her rapidly thumping heart beating louder and louder like it was about to explode. Why? It was because she saw the whole appearance of the man in front of her.

A tall figure with long black hair, just like an immortal from a fantasy world. His pair of dark pearly eyes shone with a brilliance that swallows her entire attention. His eyebrows were shaped like swords. His nose was pointy yet dainty. He wore a white robe that covers his entire body, and she can feel that she wasn't looking at a mortal but a celestial from the heavens!

Heart-struck, she stammered and responded: "I-I'm fine."

Nodding his head, the man raised his pressed fist to his open palm towards her and bowed respectfully: "Sorry for making you almost fall down to the ground, Miss."

'He's not only handsome but also elegant and polite! Is he really an immortal from another world?! But… He does seem kinda young…' Clover's mind turned erratic once more. She can't keep her mind clear as she blushed even harder.

"N-No worries, sir…"

"Qian Feng, you can call me Qian Feng," The man raised his head and smiled. Like a flashbang, Clover felt like she was staring directly at the sun.

"Qian Feng…" She hummed before continuing: "You don't need to say sorry, Qian Feng. But I would l-love to chat with you for a bit."

Regaining her calmness, she finally noticed the brilliant light of fortune erupting from Qian Feng at that moment. The incorporeal luck around the man was quite strange, instead of the normal aura-like form of luck that she usually sees, the luck around the man was in the form of swords.

"A chat? Hmm, I guess I do have some time to waste before I continue on with my business. Very well, miss…"

"Clover."

"Very well, miss Clover. I'd be delighted to have a chat with you."

Just like that, the two sat down on a nearby seat and glanced at each other with interest. "Well, what do you like to talk with me, miss Clover?"

Pausing for a moment, Clover took a deep breath and put her trust in her immense luck that brought this immortal-looking man in front of her: "I was just interested in you, Qian Feng. If I guess, you must be from China?"

"Haha," The man laughed after hearing what she said.

"Hmm? Did I say something funny?"

"Well, I get that a lot. But I'm actually from Korea, my mother was Korean while my father was Chinese, and they moved together to Korea," Qian Feng explained lightly.

'Plot twist! He's actually from Korea!' Clover felt more intrigued in her mind as countless theories played inside her mind.

As the two conversed more and more with one another, a few minutes went passed as Clover became entranced not only with Qian Feng's charming beauty, but also with his personality, his demeanor, his immortal-like aura, and a feeling of wanting to attain something divine.

'Though, the more I stare at him, the more he looks younger than what I first thought. Not like I'm any better, I'm literally 15 and I'm in a casino.' Clover thought deeply while smiling on the outside.

"Well, Qian Feng, with the way you are, any girl would be over the moon if they get together with you," Clover smiled and flirted with Qian Feng.

In response, Qian Feng lightly smiled and said: "Thank you for the compliment, Miss Clover. I too, think that any man would be quite the lucky person if they were to be your significant other."

'I-is he hitting on me? I don't know how romance works other than the ones I watched online! Do… Do I just wing it?' Panicking, Clover blushed lightly before continuing.

"Oh really? Then why don't you and I go on a date sometime?" Clover smiled mischievously.

Surprise, Qian Feng paused for a second before letting out a sorry smile: "Sorry, Miss Clover, but I don't date women older than me."

"Older?! I'm only 15-"

Instantly, she paused and saw Qian Feng's eyes raised in confusion before they shone with understanding and he laughed lightly once more: "So you're also quite the daring teenager, Miss Clover. I guess birds of the same feather do flock together. I'm Qian Feng from Seoul High, Class 1-A, it's nice to meet you."

"What?" She asked, her eyes widening in shock from what she suddenly heard.

'Korea, Seoul High. Is he talking about that Seoul High? The one where prestigious young geniuses of Korea gather?! So… Is he also a teenager!' Clover's eyes almost exploded from the sudden secret she just learned.

To think that the guy she was fawning over, this immortal-like man who came from the celestial heavens, might be of the same age as her or perhaps even younger! And to think she would also meet another underage person like her who enters casinos! It's like the strings of fate were intertwined between the two.

'Is… Is this fate!' She blurted in her mind while in reality, less than a second has passed.

"Well… that's a surprise, Qian Feng."

"I too, am quite surprised by this development, Miss Clover. It seems like we both have quite the secrets we hold…" Qian Feng smiled. As he paused, they suddenly heard a burst of loud cheers from the far distance, like an echoing boom of thunder.

"Oh, it seems like I finally have to attend my business, Miss Clover. For now, I must bid my farewell," Qian Feng said, but Clover's full attention was placed on the golden glow in the far distance, the source of the golden luck that she has been trying to find for so long!

Though surrounded by a large crowd, she knew that the source of the immense luck was behind that crowd.

"FUCKKKK! MY MONEYYYYY!" As the crowd dispersed, she first saw a tall man with an athletic figure standing up and punching down on the table, his fist punctured through the table and created a hole through it.

His figure, though a lot smaller, made Clover's eyes widen as she saw the man's flowing red hair akin to a river of blood.

"AHAHAHA! I WON! I WON THE BET! I TOLD YOU QIAN FENG!" Another laughed, his appearance was directly the same as the golden-haired boy from before.

And finally, like fate, she finally saw the source of that immense luck. A man with long black hair, pale skin, with eyes akin to the depths of the abyss that has no end.

Those very pair of mystical eyes stared back at her, a gleaming curiosity and an ominous feeling erupted from them as Clover felt the whole world slowing down. An instinctive feeling emerged from deep within her, a mystical connection between her and the man as one thought came to mind: 'Does… Does he have the same type of power as mine?'

AN: This chapter has 2217 words.

(October 1, 2022 – 311th day of writing)