Chapter-19: Making a girl Traumatize

3rd POV

Erimi, Midari, and Varun are in a room with a mini guillotine machine presented between them. It has several strings connected, each forming a series of lines. The momobami family and the student council members are with them to spectate that event.

Kirari is looking at the machine with an amused smile on her face.

Erimi is a short petite girl with red hair twintails with one red eye and one indigo eye with lipstick on her lips.

"I call it finger-cutting guillotine. " Erimi said proudly while maintaining a smug expression.

"Explain," Varun asked her

"Each player puts a finger in the hole. Then we take turns cutting one of these twenty strings. " Erimi said.

"All it takes is one string....One string enough to make the blade fall.....along with your finger " Erimi announced sadistically with a grin expecting them to be terrified.

"You don't know which string will be the one. Whoever pulls their finger out loses.

It's a game of chicken to see who can leave their finger under the blade longest. Whoever gets cold feet loses the gamble " Erimi said with a nasty smile on her face

"Hehe~ You are free to accept or refuse the challenge," Erimi said smugly.

"Interesting " Kirari said.

"Mister Sharma, Miss Ikishima what's your response? " The Referee asked.

"You have the right to refuse the gamble " Dealer assured them.

"My gambling method is so horrifying that they can't even speak " Erimi declared proudly assuming they are terrified by the idea.

"I was spooked by the idea...I think it's something which I was never prepared for " Varun said honestly.

"Oh? Well, if you are that frightened, I guess I have no choice but t- " Erimi is interrupted.

"LET'S CONTINUE THE GAMBLE " Midari and Varun screamed in synch with an eager expression on their face.

"I have been waiting for something like this so that I can use whatever belief and hope I have on my talent. There would have been no better gamble than this to test my talent. This is so simple and yet so complex. It's really wonderful " Varun said with a maniacal smile on his face, terrifying Erimi.

"Will you okay Varun? " Yumemi asked with eyes full of concern for Varun.

"I will okay? Don't worry just enjoy the gamble " Varun told yumemi.

"The rules are great but this machine will be really something, it will slice you apart as soon as you slip up, no bones about it," Midari said with glee in her eyes while trying to touch the blade of the machine.

Unfortunately, the table bounced when she tried to put her hand on the blade, and as a result, her finger got sliced by the blade a bit.

"Oh! Wow.....I just brushed it and it drew blood " Midari said with amazement.

"Hehe! This thing is razor sharp........ Heh Varun look at this! " Midari tried to get Varun's attention.

"Isn't that good for you Varun?" Yumemi said interrupting Midari. As she tried to divert Varun's attention on her.

Yumemi tried to hold hands with Varun to share a special moment with him.

"Um....Yeah " Varun said.

"Hey! Look at me " Midari tried to get Varun's attention.

Erimi POV

Huh? What's wrong with these two? Could they really not be afraid of my game? And why that idol seems pretty obsessed with that boy? And every student council member seems to obsess about him. Varun sharma.

That's unthinkable. Losing a precious body part is a fundamental fear for every being. And yet they don't care about their body.....They are both very strange and crazy.

"Very well....Let's us begin, then " I told them.

This is a gamble which I can't lose. At most they can draw with me so far.

"Yes," They responded.

"I hereby officially recognize this gamble with your affirmative responses, " The dealer said

"Wait a minute," Yumemi said gathering their attention.

"What's it, " Erimi asked her.

"You are the one who connected the strings so that makes it unfair for everyone here. " Yumemi said.

"Unless you have anything useful to say, shut your mouth.....the string connected to the blade can easily be changed by opening up the box. "

"I have the dealer change the strings. It will be ok for you then, right? "

"Understood! " The dealer said

3rd POV

After the dealer had some argument with Erimi. Varun, Midari, Erimi, and the others have been kept outside to wait.

"She literally threw us outside," Varun said.

"Not being able to take a peek ruins all my fun " Midari tried to talk to Varun.

Yumemi glared at Midari while stood next to Varun trying to divert her gaze at him " Varun can we go somewhere I don't want to stay near this crazy bitch " Yumemi whispered

"Heh. It's usual for you to flaunt your distaste to someone this much......Not that I can blame her " Varun said.

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............After few minutes.

"Preparations are now complete. Please come in, Everyone "The Dealer said

"I am tired of waiting let's get over with it " Midari said as she placed finger in the hole.

"Yamada-san...Did you do a thorough inspection? We won't be able to able to enjoy the game if you don't " Varun said.

"Yes, I did......If the blade falls from that height, amputation will be unavoidable if it hits " The dealer said.

"Please place your chips and insert your fingers in the guillotine " The dealer requested them.

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"Sorry for the wait. Now the finger-cutting guillotine will now begin " The dealer said.

"Let me go first.....Do anyone will mind if I go first, I can't wait anymore for this " Midari said desperately.

"Sure go first," Varun said.

"Our odds are the same no matter who goes first. Ikishima begin " Erimi said with no objections from her

"Thank you....This is too much Varun.....I am happy I get to gamble with you again" Midari replied with happiness in her voice.

"Now which one will be, Our fingers are lining in one little moment. Hehe " Midari said as she cut a string.

"Ooh~ That one wasn't it then " Midari replied after seeing that the blade didn't fall down.

Erimi POV

No one is surrounding? This is so strange. Do they don't fear this machine. Or they don't fear for their lives

Next is Varun Sharma who has cut a string but the blade didn't fall down.

"Oh~ I guess it isn't it " Varun said.

Even though the odds are so low. These people cut their strings without any fuss.

At the very least, these people have the nerve to keep up the bravado. I wonder how much longer they can hold out. I thought as I have begun to laugh at the pitiful state inside of their mind. They must be so horrified. Fools

I will be watching from a position of safety. Because this guillotine, you see is designed to never amputate anything.

There is an iron plate on the platform that stops the blade from falling all the way down. Best of all this isn't cheating. If the blade still falls it doesn't even reach our fingers.

The dealer must have noticed it during the inspection. But since it's not a violation of the rules, she will stay quiet. That bluster about 'Absolute neutrality' seems to be real. The dealers seem to be fair people. But this game isn't.

And as a result, there is no way either of you can win. If they can hold until the blade falls, they might manage a tie.

But can either of them withstand a terror that increases by turn?

"Varun, please! Cut the right one, already " Midari said impatiently.

"Ok" Varun said.

I wonder how long will you last.

"You did remove it for us right " Varun turned towards the dealer.

"I most certainly did, " The dealer said.

"That's great. We can finally enjoy the game to the fullest. There won't be any problems with the machine after all " Varun said.

"What are you saying don't leave me hanging, " Midari said.

Huh? What do they mean?

"Now let's continue, shall we " Varun said

Wait, wait Hold on. What did he say just right now? 'Did you remove it'. The machine has no removable parts. Panic fills within my head as I have imagined my finger getting cut off.

Suddenly a sound of string cutting snapped me back to reality.

"Ah~ Another miss. Too bad " Ikishima said.

"I love it. It's your turn, Mushibami! " Sharma told me.

"It's all your turn go Ahead! Now " Ikishima persisted.

"Let's gamble into madness " They both screamed making me go insane in my mind. I feel like crying.

Sweat began to intensify in my body. And I begin panting......After some turns, I couldn't do it anymore.

And tears formed within my eyes.

3rd POV

Erimi couldn't do it anymore as she started crying in front of them.

"Eh~ *Sob* *Sniff* *Sob* " Erimi said.

"Huh? Why are you crying? You are the one who proposed this gamble and you were the one crying when we asked you to cut the string " Midari said.

Erimi couldn't cut the string anymore. This is not how it is supposed to be according to her.

Only two strings remained. It's Midari's turn and she cut two strings making herself disqualified for the gambling match. And Erimi took her finger out as she couldn't take the anxiety within her head. She too lost against Varun.

"The winner of the match is Varun Sharma who now gets 3 chips total after winning this match as per rules " The dealer announced