As she spoke, Goli picked up that jade bottle again, as if she were a dead pig unafraid of boiling water, and tilted it high above her mouth.
Startled, Genasa hurriedly called out for Aishikalu to stop her.
“Don’t let her drink it! That’s Yukutela Wine brewed by elves—anyone who drinks it will get drunk.”
Yukutela Wine was one of the most prized specialties of the Elven race.
Just gathering the raw ingredients took decades, and even then, you needed the World Tree’s help to brew enough for one big vat.
It could be said that no matter who drank too much, they’d end up drunk. Judging from Goli’s appearance, she was only a sip away from tipsiness.
“What are you all doing, why are you trying to snatch it from me? I wouldn’t share this with you, not a drop… hic~ If you want to drink, just say something nice to me. As your teacher, I…”
“Who the hell wants to snatch your wine? Stop drinking! Really—hand it over!”
Genasa tried to grab the bottle from her hands, but she clutched it so tightly it didn’t budge an inch.
Seeing this, Goli, her face flushed and completely drunk, wasn’t angry at Genasa’s attempt to take the wine. Instead, she slung an arm around his neck, pinched his chin with one hand, and poured the wine into his mouth.
“Aiya, you do want to drink after all! It’s not like I won’t give you any—come on, open up, no need to be polite with your teacher.”
“Hey, hey, hey! What are you doing?! Hey! Help! Gulp gulp gulp…”
Caught off guard, Genasa was forced to swallow a mouthful. At first, he tasted the fragrance of fruits and flowers, quickly growing intoxicated.
But then, a fiery sensation burned through his mouth and throat.
“Not good, this will end badly! Aishi, little sister, hurry… ahh, I’m blacking out…”
Even breathing fire was never this stimulating. With the alcohol rushing to his head, Genasa’s consciousness instantly scattered, his eyes going fuzzy.
If Goli hadn’t been holding onto him, he would’ve collapsed to the floor.
“So? Your teacher has pretty good taste, huh~”
“Good… good… hic~”
After muttering together for a while, the two drunkards somehow ended up holding hands—paw in hand.
Did they start bouncing around, dancing? Was Genasa even singing?
“On the other side of the mountains, beneath the sea, there’s a group of goblins! They kill and burn! They rob old ladies—one, two, three, four, they don’t let any escape!”
BEEP——
Beside them, the helpless Aishi and the dazed, adorable Kalu stood watching in silence.
After a long pause, Kalu lifted her paw and pointed at them.
“Can I go play with them too?”
“You’d better not. They’re lost in the Longsheng Mud Pit.”
“Huh? What does that mean?” Aishi didn’t answer, just silently watched the drunken antics.
“Wumeng Mountains, mountain upon mountain, stretching beyond the mountains!”
After watching for a long time and confirming they were just singing and dancing without causing any serious trouble—
“Looks like there’s nothing major. Let’s wait for them to sober up. We should get some rest.”
Not wanting to watch drunkards dance any longer, Aishi turned and headed to her room.
But Kalu, full of curiosity about the scene, squatted far away, listening to Genasa’s song.
“Yola mo de ya sang, don’t let him go, don’t ask your buddy~”
BEEP——
No one knew how much time passed before Genasa woke up in his own room, looking thoroughly content.
“Ah~ I haven’t slept so well in ages.”
He yawned heavily, stretched, and smacked his lips, a question mark popping up in his mind.
“Strange, what was I doing before? Why can’t I remember?”
Elven wine could indeed make you blackout, but its positive effects were also surprisingly good.
At this moment, Genasa only felt warmth all over, a comfort that lingered on and on.
As for whatever he couldn’t remember, he decided to let it go, and walked out of his room.
As soon as he opened the door, he heard Kalu singing:
“Grandpa’s buddy in the chicken coop~ I’m going to stab my brother with a knife~ Hit by~ heavenly thunder~”
Huh??? Which brother is she going to stab? It can’t be me, right?
With his head full of question marks, he walked over just in time to see Kalu finish singing and turn to Goli:
“That’s how he sang it. I didn’t really understand.”
“Is… that so? Did anything else happen? Tell me more.”
Goli frowned, asking Kalu about what happened after they got drunk.
Obviously, she’d blacked out too.
Seeing Genasa arrive, she froze, then forced a calm smile:
“Ah, the big baby is awake. Do you want to eat, bathe, or…”
“Don’t think I forgot how you got drunk reading novels and didn’t protect us.” →_→
“Ahem! Well, this… ah, it was part of your training, that’s it! Besides, I leveled you up before you left. If you couldn’t win even after that… fine, I was wrong…”
Giving up on arguing, Goli lowered her head and pouted, twisting her index fingers together anxiously.
She knew she was in the wrong. It was their first time out, and there was danger everywhere—things could have easily gone wrong.
After silently watching her for a while, Genasa dropped the subject and turned to Kalu.
“What were you singing just now? Which brother are you stabbing with a knife?”
Has she met any other brothers? Probably not, so that just leaves me.
Kalu beamed and snuggled up to Genasa’s neck, her big eyes blinking as her ever-present smile grew even brighter.
“I was singing the song you sang after you got drunk. I didn’t understand it, but… Genasa, if you don’t like knives, I can use a sword instead.”
Genasa quickly clamped her mouth shut.
“Better not stab at all.” (ㅍ_ㅍ)
Why does this cute little mouth always blurt out such terrifying things? And what on earth did I sing? Did I really sing about stabbing someone with a knife? This melody does sound familiar… but I can’t recall it at the moment.
Just as he was thinking, he suddenly realized something.
“Did you just watch us the whole time while we were drunk?”
“Mm-hmm, that’s right.”
“Oh~ Then tell me, what were we like at that time?”
Kalu squinted and tilted her head, trying to recall.
“I remember… after you finished singing, you suddenly started crying. Shifu shouted like this, ahem: Waaah! Why don’t I have a partner yet! I want a sweet romance too! And then you said, ‘Then go find one! If you just yell, a bunch of rich and handsome guys will line up for you.’ Then Shifu said, ‘None of those cowards are my type! Do you know what kind I want? I want the kind of…'”
“Hey, hey! Don’t say it! That’s private dragon business!”
Before she could finish, Goli clamped her mouth shut, then awkwardly stood and cleared her throat.
“Ahem, let’s not talk about that anymore. Tell me about what happened on your trip this time.”
“You were just listening to Kalu telling stories about us being drunk…”
“Enough nonsense!”
Exasperated, Genasa recounted in detail everything that had happened after the three of them left the mountain.
Goli extracted the most important detail.
“You snatched the Soul Devouring Orb from that lich? And put him away too?”
“Yeah, what about it?”
“What do you mean, ‘what about it’? Hand it over! Both of you too!”
Suddenly alarmed, she held her hand out to the three of them, obviously demanding the items they’d taken from the lich.
Aishi and Kalu obediently complied, but Genasa, trying to pass it off, pulled out a necromancer’s book and turned away, whistling.
A few items were instantly destroyed in Goli’s hands, not even a speck of ash left. She continued to extend her hand toward Genasa.
“Don’t make me hit you while I’m still in a good mood.”
Utterly reluctant, Genasa had no choice but to hand over the Dragon King Pearl.
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