Chapter-4:Yuriko Nishinotouin

3rd POV

"I presume, you know why I called you here," Varun told her.

"Yes, You said you wanted to talk to me about clearing my house pet status, " The house pet girl said to him.

"Yeah, Aria. " Varun called her name.

"But that isn't my name " The house pet girl protested.

"From now on, that is your name. Whatever your real name might be. I will call you by that " Varun told the glass girl.

"Why are you helping me. Why do you even bother, helping someone like me? " Aria asked him.

"To defeat a certain someone, I am planning to gather a large of housepets to oppose her cause "Varun declared.

"Is that so? " Aria said calmly.

"Gather all the house pets for me, and I will talk with them, that is your job " Varun commanded her.

"Yes master "Aria responded like an obedient slave.

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A new girl Yumeko Jabami has entered the class. Back in the classroom, Mary is reflecting on how she managed to lose her social status to the current position she's in. A student spills their coffee and calls out to Mary to come and clean up the mess. Mary becomes angry at being referred to as a pet and is seen getting up from her desk and roughly grabbing cleaning supplies. As she's cleaning up, another student comes into the classroom and announces that Itsuki is having a gambling match against Yumeko. Excited students begin to run out of the classroom to head to the cafeteria.

"So this girl's name is Yumeko right ?" Varun asked mary.

"Yeah and due to that I became a house pet," Mary said with irritation in her eyes.

"Don't you want to see her match? " Varun asked her.

"Nah! I can't stand her " Mary responded.

"Want me to do something then," Varun said going with his own ideas.

"No Thanks, I don't want your help. I will do it by myself " Mary told him.

Varun on appreciated her independent nature, and he stopped pushing her further.

"Maybe I should make Yumeko Housepet," Varun said.

"Do that please, she is really annoying. But be careful, she is really scheming " Mary said lightheartedly.

"Mary it seems you got really improved yourself as a person after you became housepet 2 times. I am really proud of you " Varun told her with a smile on his face.

"Shut up! You damned pretty boy. I want to choke you with my pencil " Mary gritted her teeth

"So. Can you please show me the way to Yuriko Nishinotouin, I want you to be my humble guide. Pretty please " Varun requested.

"*Sigh* Guess I can't stop you from gambling with the student council, I might as well see you gamble with them. I am coming with you then. She is a third-year student in Hyakkaou Private Academy, a member of the Student Council, and the Head of the Traditional Culture Club. " Mary told Varun.

Mary guided him to the Traditional Culture club, where Yuriko is sitting elegantly and gracefully on a mat. Yuriko has long brown hair that has streaks resting over her chest with bangs parted on both sides and her eye color stays unknown due to the fact that her eyes are consistently depicted as if they are closed.

"Wow, It looks so much traditional. So this is Japanese culture " Varun observed his surroundings.

"Indeed, I presume you are here to gamble with me. Please sit here in order to proceed " Yuriko offered Varun.

Varun sat near a cuisine and asked her to start the gamble.

Yuriko begins to explain the rules of the game; there are ten sword-shaped pieces that are placed into a cup that are then dropped onto a board that have several holes in it labeled from 1 to 30. Players place their chips on a separate board with numbers that they think the swords will fall in. The game is similar to Roulette or dice, where players are forced to guess the number(s) that will likely pop up. However the differentiating component of "Life or Death" is that if a sword is seen facing upward in a number, the player gets "life" meaning that the total number of chips that were bet on that single number gets multiplied by 30. If the sword is facing downward, the player gets "death" which causes them to lose the chips they bet on that number that is then multiplied by 30 as well. Before the game begins, both players must agree on the number of chips that are going to be used for the bet. Once the dealer begins to shake the cup, the players only have 10 seconds to place their bets. If either player places a bet on a single number that doesn't show up then the players gain 0 chips, the differences between their balances are settled and the game is over.

"You should decide on how much to bet, small bets are boring," Yuriko told Varun.

"let's 10 million. 10 chips " Varun told her.

"10 chips is it then " Yuriko agreed.

The dealer tosses the swords in leaving Varun and Yuriko with ten seconds to place their bets; Yuriko quickly places her bets as Varun looks at the board only to then place his bets down once a few seconds remaining. Varun picked up 2, 5, 7 , 12, and 19. A Fibonacci pattern.

Varun has noticed the right hand of the dealer, Kamagusu, and the two "moles" that seem to be on her hand. They are clearly using magnetic forces to move swords. Varun observed Yuriko is playing defensively as she choose the best method not to lose her match. Yuriko is giving her opponent hope, only for it to be crushed, resembling a certain twin-tailed fashionista.

Mary realizes though that if Varun had just bet a number higher he would have won 30 million yen. Mary tells Varun that she should quit the game as she can't sit there and watch. Varun calms her down and tells her that everything is fine and that there's no need for her to worry as this amount of money isn't that big of a deal.

"Shall we proceed? 50 chips " Varun raised the chips.

"My, My it certain has become interesting, " Yuriko said with interest in her tone.

Varun places all 50 chips in the number 7. While Yuriko smartly places everything on various numbers. Yuriko is surprised by Varun's behavior but she composed her cool and deduces that Varun is up to something as Yuriko knows about Varun's gambling success.

The dealer tosses the swords and opens the cup to reveal life on the number 7 and one death on Yuriko's number.

"HOW? " Yuriko slightly lost her composure.

"You aren't the only one who uses magnetic force," Varun said revealing a magnet in his hand.

"This is cheating! " The dealer complained.

"There are no rules stating I can't use magnets either. And it's not like you aren't using the iron to pull of the swords with the piercings on your hands. How hypocritical of you. Whenever I do that its cheating, and when you do it's smart to work. " Varun complained.

Yuriko and the dealer gritted their teeth and they have formed an ugly expressions on their faces.

Yuriko POV

1500 chips gain for him and 30 chips loss for me. I Owe him 1530 Million.This is indeed huge trouble for me.

T-This is it....my club and my status as a student council member is ended, I shouldn't let the president know about this match.

"Yo. Yuriko, I will keep this secret from the president...If and only if " The bastard Varun stated.

How dare he, to humiliate me using my own tricks in my own club, He is indeed dangerous. It was pretty stupid of me to gamble with him. I need to calm myself and persuade him

"I-I n-need more time to pay your m-money. B-But I might be w-willing to listen your conditions " Yuriko said desperately.

"Well, I will talk to you tomorrow about those conditions but for now you are my pass to the student council. So tell Kirari I am incoming there " Varun said while flipping his glasses while standing while Mary followed him.

"That's s-so cool. Are you s-sure you don't want that money " Mary asked him.

"I will take it from her. Once I destroy that student council " Varun told her.

While on his way, Varun passed by Kirari who is just entering into the Traditional club with Ririka and Sayaka.

"Oh my! " Kirari said with intrigued expression seeing Varun visit Yuriko.

"Madam president! Is everything alright?" Sayaka called her.

"No, It's nothing Sayaka. Let's go " Kirari entered the Traditional club.

Who knows, Yuriko evaded her fate just by a margin. Yuriko had sure she never goes against Varun anytime sure.

"All he needs is a single victory to overthrow us. " Yuriko deeply thought inside her mind.

"Yuriko. I saw Sharma entering the Traditional Club. Did anything happen? " Kirari asked her.

"N-No, n-nothing p-president. He c-came j-just f-for t-tea " Yuriko said awakardely.

After some lot of convenience Yuriko kept her place in the student council and Kirari left the issue.

"I might know what happened here...Varun Sharma It's nice to see you again" Kirari said confusing Sayaka further.