Episode 136. Thanks for getting drunk
After the drinking party, we returned to the accommodation we prepared in Pixel.
It was only a minute away from my hairy brother’s house, so even though I was carrying something heavy on my back, I arrived in an instant.
She tossed the drunken Rachel into her room, then went upstairs to make sure the children she had sent away were asleep.
Fortunately, everyone was soundly asleep.
“Then you should get some rest too. Tomorrow you have to go back into the nightmare.”
“Hey…”
“Why?”
“Isn’t it too early now?”
The time displayed on the system is only ten o’clock.
“Why? Sorry?”
“A little…”
Lemon’s face slightly flushed with alcohol.
Moist eyes are looking at me profoundly.
Seeing that, I also thought that it would be a pity to just fall asleep like this.
It was a long-awaited drinking party today, but I didn’t go out drinking revelry because I had a schedule tomorrow.
For that reason, I wasn’t extremely close to my hairy brother or Rachel, so I ended up enjoying alcohol and refreshments in moderation.
It is understandable that Lemon feels regret.
“Do you like drinking more than you think?”
“Not necessarily. It’s just… The atmosphere is fun.”
“Really?”
“Yeah… I really wanted to try it.”
A lonely gaze looking into the air.
A story from the past that I had heard at first glance came to mind.
She didn’t have anyone close enough to lean on her heart, and she was ostracized by her closest colleagues.
It seemed that he had a vague idea of what he was saying.
“If it’s that good, I’ll do it more often in the future.”
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“With you?”
“Why? Am I dissatisfied?”
“No. Who said what?”
“That’s it.”
Each other’s eyes crossed for a while.
I was the one who turned my head first.
‘It’s because I’m drunk… I’m drunk.’
Personality, anyway, she’s a great beauty.
If I stared into his eyes all the time while drinking, I felt as if I would be sucked in.
“Si, there’s plenty of time. I’ll make another place like this next time. Above all, if we properly block the invasion, there will be a grand festival in every city.”
“Yes.”
“I have to leave early tomorrow, so go to sleep.”
“……”
I turned around and started walking towards my room.
But something stopped behind me.
Lemon’s hand was holding my clothes.
The reason was unknown.
My heart just started beating faster than ever.
“Why? Anything else to say?”
“You said it was too soon…”
“Huh?”
“Do you have any more alcohol?”
“There are. No, there are many.”
“Then, can we just have one more drink?”
Why is he doing this today?
Stars of stars thoughts run through my head.
“I’m not drunk yet.”
“Uh, uh huh? That, maybe that means…”
Puck!
Her fist was right in my stomach.
“Don’t think it’s strange. Last time I drank and went to bed, I slept really well.”
“Ah… Then?”
The past passed by in my head.
The first day I had a drink with my hairy hyung.
“Today, like that time, I want to sleep soundly without thinking about anything. Can’t I?”
“Lee, let’s go outside. I’ll wake the children.”
The sounds of our conversation must have been loud, and the children who had been sleeping were tossing and turning.
I took Lemon through the hallway and entered my room.
“Um, uh… Can you let go of my hand now?”
“Huh? Ah, yes. Sorry. I didn’t mean to.”
The soft touch of the lemon still lingers on the palm of your hand.
As I stared down at my hand, Lemon urged me on.
“What are you doing? Aren’t you taking out the table?”
“Take it out. I have to take it out.”
Why am I doing this now?
Did you drink too much?
It can’t be.
Rather, I drank much less than last time.
Besides, I’m strong enough to drink as much as I’m big, so I usually don’t get drunk.
However, the burning heat seldom goes away.
I could feel the heat around my face without burning my hands.
“But aren’t you too defenseless? No matter how much I say I’m the party leader, I’m thinking of entering a room alone at such an ambitious time like this.”
“He was dragged by himself.”
“That means you want to get drunk…”
Lemon rests one arm on the table he just took out and looks up at me.
It felt like my heart sank for a moment at that profound gaze.
“Don’t worry, I’m not flirting. And I trust you.”
This guy was fine on the outside, but it was clear that he was a little drunk.
It was a tone of voice that I wouldn’t normally use at all, and it was a facial expression and gaze.
“You’ll never betray me.”
What should I say here?
You cowardly bastard.
You hit the iron wall properly.
I felt like I was being threatened, saying, ‘I trust you like this, so you’re not betraying me?’
“Let’s have a drink.”
I took out the leftovers from her cocktail and set it down in front of her and me.
I ate full all day.
Fruit was enough for snacks.
“Why don’t you answer. Are you going to betray me too?”
“No. I won’t.”
“Really?”
“I’m not doing it.”
“Yeah…”
A long, white index finger touched the drop of water on the cocktail glass.
“Thank you.”
Suddenly, I remembered what happened in the oak field today.
I didn’t want to see her face again.
I know that lemons and children are different from them.
Nonetheless, I also want to hear a definite answer.
I hope someone omnipotent will appear and teach me that this will never happen again.
‘Ehh…’
Because of this, I answered Lemon’s repeated questions without showing any dislike.
It’s like talking to myself.
“Don’t worry about that anymore. At least Moumuna and Melissa aren’t like that. Looking at it today, Rachel isn’t the head to betray anyone either.”
“Puff… That’s right. Rachel looked like that. Then what about the alchemist?”
“That alchemist looks a bit suspicious. Today, after all, he turned down the bar and went back to Fallon first.”
“You’re busy, aren’t you?”
“You say that, but you don’t know. You’ve been close together for three days, and suddenly today? You’re very suspicious. Even the hairy hyung is frustrated, he won’t listen when I tell him not to hand it over to the end.”
Michael did not attend the drinking party today.
After the distribution of the spoils, we went back to Fallon first.
It’s very heartbreaking that I got a courtesy bead from my hairy older brother and disappeared.
‘I promised to give you up to five bottles of elixir if you cook the lucky dish properly, but… I doubt it.’
Regarding the skill of the alchemist, I also have raised it as an alt character, so I have a rough understanding of it.
However, I don’t know anything about the elixir.
The same is true for the top ranker alchemists.
‘I don’t know how Michael got that information or recipe, but I can’t blindly trust him.’
It’s nothing else, it’s an elixir that leads to a panacea.
Required materials are all world boss drops, and the only known alchemist currently known is Michael Edison.
But you’re willing to give up five bottles of that?
How can I trust that word?
“Did you get it at the party, even though I doubt it?”
“Because it’s still just a suspicion. First of all, there’s Laura’s guarantee. In the first place, there’s no clue other than that person.”
“Chi. That woman again.”
“Why? Come to think of it, you always do that whenever you talk about Laura?”
“I didn’t know?”
“Like a jealous person.”
Lemon opens his ax eye and glares at me.
The guy who is usually embarrassed by his blushing face is completely different today.
“Because I’m not jealous!”
“I know. Why would you be jealous?”
“It’s not jealousy!”
“You know? Ms. Laura was joking. You’re much younger and her face is prettier, so why is she jealous?”
“Jealousy… No… Huh?”
Lemon’s angry expression hardened in an instant.
“Bar, what did you just say…”
“I know it’s not jealousy.”
“Not that.”
“What? You’re younger and prettier?”
“…Stupid.”
Suddenly, he started avoiding my gaze.
“Gee, are you serious?”
“Of course not.”
It would have been great if I had said this far.
“Honestly, they say that age is a gangster.”
“Chi. And?”
“Huh?”
“Try more.”
“Ah, she’s young, she’s pretty… Um… I can’t make money because Laura has a lot of money… Laura has a lot of connections… And her body is incomparable…”
Bang!
Lemon hit the table hard and jumped up.
“Did you see it!?”
“Huh? What, what?”
“Did you see my body?!”
“Oh, no…”
Suddenly, a splendid effect erupted from Lemon’s body.
That also continued for a while.
It is being replaced with a costume that was not worn, not the basic armor or the costume of a subclass appraiser.
“Le, Lemon. Calm down. You’re drunk.”
“I’m not drunk! Come on! Look! What’s my body like!”
Pale white skin that doesn’t suit a tanker at all.
A voluminous chest and narrow waist that are completely different from the youthful face.
Her flawless skin, not a single blemish visible, was dazzling.
‘But why would you wear that anyway?’
“How is it?”
A random box received after defeating the plague on the Blue Wolf Hill not too long ago.
The bikini that was in it is now barely hanging over her body.
“Don’t look away and look! Come on! How about it!”
“Please, Lemon… I’m a man first…”
I didn’t mean it, but I tried my best not to turn my head.
Because I can’t use being drunk to satisfy my self-interest.
If that’s the case, everything I said earlier would be a lie.
“Please… Save me, Lemon.”
* * *
“Whew… It’s been such a long day today.”
A nest prepared on the outskirts of Felon.
The lights in the lab in the basement just came on.
Michael took some tools from the corner and set them down on a large, empty table.
Then, he took out various items from his inventory and began to arrange them side by side.
Purified water and magic stones, nightmare enhancement stones and witch’s herbs, shining fruits and various elemental essences.
In addition to that, dozens of alchemy materials were listed in order.
‘Today was really lucky.’
An orb named Fear of the Last Supplied appeared on his palm.
“As expected, one is uneasy.”
He carefully placed the marble in his hand into a small pot in front of him.
Next, I poured purified water and activated the skill.
Bubble bubble.
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Dozens of materials were dropped even after the water started to boil.
I had to inhale the finest mana potion non-stop to maintain a skill that lasted for as long as ten extras.
It was an extremely costly operation.
“Whew, that’s good.”
Anyway, the production was successful.
I’m not sure if this can be called production.
Alchemy Hidden Skill: Replication
Exactly two pitch-black marbles that were put into the pot at the beginning were put into the pot.