A series of coincidences

“Since it’s the first race, I’ll just go with the most popular one.”

“I checked and the most popular boat and the first boat have high winning rates.
I’ll just fill in this mark sheet and make a prediction, right?”

Lida hurriedly started to fill out the mark sheet.
First, she bought the most popular one for 100 yen as a form of virtual currency in her brain.
The odds of winning the race are 1.2 times, so if the odds are correct, the price will be 120 yen.
Well, it’s just for fun in a simulation and that’s fine at first.

“The first thing you need to do is to put money in the machine and put the mark sheet through the automatic ticketing machine.
Then, a “boat ticket” is issued.
Well, we can’t buy them, so let’s just assume we did.”

“Wow, I’ve seen other people buy tickets, but I didn’t know it was that easy.
Oh, the race is about to start.”

Five minutes before the race started.

It was time to go back.

We went back to the venue and watched the race.

Soon, a grand fanfare sounded and the race was about to begin.

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“’That was indeed an easy race.
We made a total of ¥40.”

“It’s a prediction, but a win is a win!　Well, I guess it’s time to get serious.”

“Oh, good.
There’s still time until the next race.
Let’s make a serious prediction.”
“Oojirou, leave it to me.
The goddess of victory is always smiling on me.”

“Well, let’s hope for beginner’s luck with Lida.
Okay, I’ll leave it to you, but another single winner? Or do you want to bet on something else?”

I asked and Lida smiled mischievously.

“Big game.
I’m going with the trifecta.”

“”Well, that’s a lot of work.
A single ticket is indeed reckless, so you might want to buy a ‘sink’ or a ‘box’.”

But again, Lida smirked.

“Actually, my grandma’s here too.”

“What? You’re kidding me, you’re my grandma! Lida, when did this happen?”

“Yeah.
Before I moved into Oojirou’s house, I asked my grandma in Japan to help me with some things.
And today, she wanted to see the boat race before she went back to Russia.”

That’s why I saw a person who looked like a foreign grandmother earlier.
I wondered what was going on.
It seems that she was reading the air so as not to disturb us.
I’ll say hi to her later.

So, it seems that Lida had the same coincidence as me.

“Well, I guess we’re free to make our own predictions this time.
I’ll do it on my own.”

“Okay.
I’ll see you later.”

She waved her hand and headed off somewhere.

She was looking up some kind of strategy on her phone.
Where is she going ……? Should I follow her? …… No, I can’t afford to lose.

I’m going to win big and show her how cool I am.