The noisy tavern was already full of people at the moment, some of them even sitting on the stones by the tavern and drinking.

Pepper and Mussel Essence hid behind a wall in the distance, crowding out the people who came and went in and out of the tavern.

Although the pepper and mussel essence are far away from the tavern, you can still smell the strong aroma of wine.

"Jiaotu, you wait for me here, I'll go and see first."

Beng Jing looked at Jiaotu and said to her.

"Let's go together."

Jiaotu said.

"No, Jiaotu, it's your first time coming to the area where humans live, and you don't know much about humans, so it's easy to expose our identity as monsters."

Mussel refused.

Because the clam spirit doesn't know if there will be people in the tavern with special abilities, those humans who can recognize youkai and kill them, are the natural enemies of these weak youkai.

Once encountered, it is more than lucky.

"That'...... Well......"

Jiaotu lowered his head and said with some reluctance.

"Well, then you wait for me here, don't walk around."

After the clam spirit finished speaking, he walked in the direction of the tavern, in fact, the clam spirit was a little nervous at this time.

After all, it has only come to human habitation two or three times.

There is still a fear of human beings.

"Hoo ......"

Mussel Spirit took a deep breath, then slowly exhaled and walked into the tavern.

The chaotic, noisy, and strong aroma of wine makes people just smell and get a little drunk.

Mussel Essence took a lot of a look at the tavern.

There were four tables in the tavern, some of which were messily arranged in the hall, and inside the hall was a cashier's table, and behind the table was a compartment, presumably where the wine was stored.

Outside the tavern, there are also a few tables, but there are some long stools that can seat a lot of people.

For this town.

Such a tavern, in fact, is enough, not big, not small, just right, when there are many people, there is no problem to sit a few on the side of the road.

"Don't ......"

There was a soft cry from the tavern, the voice of a woman, with a hint of femininity.

Mussel Jing followed the sound and looked over, on the wine table, a man moved his hands and feet to a woman, his hands moving inside the woman's clothes......

The woman's face was flushed and shy, but she didn't push the man away.

"It's ...... What do you mean, should you help that woman? ”

A trace of doubt arose in the heart of the clam spirit.

"You come for a drink, too."

The man picks up a slicing flask, gently pinches the woman's mouth with his other hand, and slowly pours the wine from the flask into the woman's red-painted mouth.

The woman opened her mouth and drank the wine poured by the man, without resisting.

When the wine is poured urgently, it will flow from the corners of the woman's mouth, down the neck, and slowly flow into the woman's body from the neckline of the clothes.

"Alright, alright, I'll get drunk if I drink it again."

The woman got up from the man's arms and wiped the remaining wine from the corners of her mouth with the back of her white hand.

The woman spoke with a smile on her face.

This smile let Beng Jing know that he didn't need to help this woman, because this woman didn't need her help at all.

"Now it's your turn to drink...... It's a fine wine that a Viking can hardly get. ”

The woman pointed to a bottle of unopened wine on the table, the packaging was also very different from other wines, and it looked like a more high-end one.

"We still drink these bars."

The man said.

"But...... The bottle has been opened......"

The wine, which had not been opened, had indeed been opened by the woman at this moment, and the woman poured the red wine into her equally red mouth.

There is also a trace of it, which flows slowly down the white neck.

"Come on......"

The woman means that the man should lick the wine that runs down her neck, the white neck is very attractive, and in the same way, the wine is also very tempting, bright red and fragrant.

The man has never resisted the temptation of the woman, and buried his head in the woman's arms.

Slowly move up.

Slowly move up......

The woman bows her head, kisses the man, and sends the wine in her mouth into the man's mouth along with her tongue.

"Guest, what kind of wine do you want to drink?"

The man in the tavern walked up to the clam and asked him.

Mussel Jing is really unfamiliar with wine, and as for the name, I don't understand it even more, after all, there are many types of wine.

The name is also very complicated.

"Whatever."

The clam spirit replied, in a calm tone, and did not show panic because he was unfamiliar with human wine.

"Oh......"

The tavern guy glanced at the mussel essence with some confusion, but he didn't care, picked out a bottle of more expensive wine, and poured a bowl of mussel essence.

The alcohol content is still very high, and for ordinary people, one bowl will probably get drunk.

However, most of the people who come to this town and come here to drink are relatively good at drinking.

A bowl of wine, for these people, there is really no problem.

The clam spirit took the wine handed by the man, and then stood in the corner, drinking the wine while continuing to observe the tavern.

The man was still drinking with the woman.

It's just that most of the time, it's the men who are drinking.

Soon, the man had become a little drunk.

The other three tables are mostly chaotic, but they are just drinking, punching, and talking about things they have heard and encountered to help the drink.

"Good...... I'm so dizzy......"

The mussel spirit felt that the ground was still turning, and his head was already a little groggy.

Wine.

For the first time drinking mussel essence.

It's just too strong.

The alcohol content is not something that mussels can bear.

"Not good...... At this point, it seemed impossible to leave the tavern. ”

Mussel Essence realized her situation.

Now I'm drunk, and the more important problem is that the mussel spirit didn't bring any money at all, and if he went out like this, he would definitely be stopped by the guys.

At that time, there will be no way to explain it at all.

The clam spirit secretly looked at the people in the tavern, and the tavern guys, at this time, everyone did not look at the clam spirit.

"Bang ......"

A bowl fell to the ground, and a crisp sound sounded, and everyone's eyes couldn't help but look at it together.

On the ground, fragments of a bowl remained, and spilled wine, as well as a river mussel.

"Strange...... What about the guest? ”

The tavern guy looked at the people in the tavern and suddenly realized that there was one person missing from the tavern, and that was the guest who said "whatever".

"Is it a beggar who drinks alcohol?"

The tavern guy hurriedly ran out and looked around the street, but now the street was full of people.

Even if the guest was on this street, there was nothing he could do to distinguish him from the crowd, and the tavern guy had to give up in frustration.

"Oh, that's bad luck. I thought I had met a rich guest, and I actually said that I could drink anything. That's why I poured him a bowl of more expensive wine, so that I could make more money, but I didn't expect that it was actually a person who cheated on wine and drank, and this bowl of wine was enough to lose myself......"

The tavern guy returned to the tavern in frustration.

Then he crouched on the ground and began to pick up the broken glass shards, the bowl, and the wine, which were to be deducted from his wages.

If anyone gets hurt by stepping on the glass.

Then it will be even more troublesome, and you may be beaten up, or extorted some money to pay for medical expenses.

"Huh...... Seashell...... How can there be shells here? ”

The tavern guy picked up the shell and looked at it carefully, it looked like it was just an ordinary river mussel, and there was nothing special about it.

"Dude, checkout......"

A drunken voice sounded, it was the man who had touched his hands before, and he was already drunk at the moment.

And the woman, still with a smile on her face.

His face was flushed, as before.

"In total, eight thousand five hundred dollars."

The tavern guy calculated the price and said.

"What? You can't be wrong, can you?! ”

The man stood up, but because he was already drunk, he was a little unsteady on his feet and almost fell.

"That's right, look at this wine, and the price list in our store."

The tavern guy pointed to a drawing hanging on the wall of the tavern, which depicted many different kinds of wine, each with the name, origin, taste, and price written in detail......

Indeed, this bottle of wine is more expensive.

Now that he had finished drinking, the man had no choice but to take the money out of his pocket with a displeased face, then glared at the woman viciously and paid for the drink.

There is also some truth to this confusion.

Although there is deception and cunning, there are still some untouchable bottom lines, and deception is only a means.

If you are fooled, you can only blame yourself for falling into the pit.

While the tavern guys went to collect the money, the clam spirit slowly climbed into the sewers of the tavern with the last shred of reason.

"It's finally safe......"

The mussel closed its eyes, dizzy, and then turned into pitch black, its brain stopped thinking, and its body was briefly paralyzed by alcohol.

Humans need about a night's sleep to recover.

However, the mussel essence is not certain.

Maybe it will take longer, after all, compared to humans, the body size of the river mussel is too small, such a small size, drinking a bowl of wine, the proportion of wine in the body fluid, is very terrifying......

The filthy sewers are filled with an unpleasant stench.

A few rats were crawling quickly, looking for something to feed their hunger, and they saw a river mussel.

Fangs gnaw.

But there was no way to bite through the hard shell of the mussel, but it pushed the mussel into a whirlpool, in which the mussel swirled and finally flowed into a stream.

Sunshine, breeze.

The water in the creek was shallow, and a passing fisherman saw the mussel lying quietly in the creek and brought it home.

……

Jiaotu waited for a long time, but he still didn't wait for the mussel essence.

But Beng Jing said that she should not walk around at will, and waited for him here, so Jiaotu waited until dark.

The number of people on the street is slowly decreasing, and the originally lively tavern is slowly deserted.

"What the hell is wrong with the clam spirit? There won't be any danger......"

Jiaotu squatted on the ground, hugging his knees, a little helpless.

In the past, Mussel Jing had been telling her about the dangers of the human world and the horror of human beings.

Jiaotu still doesn't believe it.

Right now...... If the mussel spirit was really killed, then Jiaotu couldn't forgive himself anyway.

"Stupid, if you weren't willful, you have to come here, and the clam spirit won't be missing. Pepper, you're such a fool! ”

Jiaotu patted his head, regretting the decision he had made before.

In fact, the reason why he made that decision was because of Jiaotu's curiosity about the human world, and Jiaotu himself understands this.

Find the cause of the woman's death.

This is just an excuse, and if you don't say that, there is no way to ask the mussels to bring them to the human settlements.

Jiaotu didn't want to stay in the water all the time, with those stupid fish.

They just know how to swim around every day, eat and eat...... There is no thought of anything, no sorrow, no joy.

There are just, physical sensations.

Pain or comfort......

Although Jiaotu is also a fish, Jiaotu can think, look at the white clouds in the sky, and think about meeting a beautiful love at a certain moment.

……

Late at night.

At the entrance of the tavern, there was still a dim lamp.

It's just that at this time, the people in the tavern have all dispersed, and even the door of the tavern has been closed.

"Now...... I think I'll be able to get out. It seems that there is no one anymore, the doors of the tavern are closed, and the clam spirit still hasn't come out, so let's go and have a look. At this time, I can't take care of the requirements of the mussel spirit. ”

Pepper came out from behind the wall, cautiously walked to the front of the tavern, and pushed the door, which was locked from the inside, so Pepper didn't push the door open. make move

Pepper had no choice but to walk around the tavern wall, and finally found a window, through which she looked inside.

A man is lying on his bed asleep.

The sleeping position is casual, with his hands under his pants and a lewd smile on his face.

Saliva was dripping down the quilt, but the man didn't seem to be waking up at all.

Pepper climbed in through the window.

The smell of wine was everywhere, and these fragrances made Jiaotu feel even more uneasy.

The tavern can be seen almost at a glance, and there is no shadow of the clam spirit, some places where people can be hidden, and Jiaotu has also been well found.

Mussel ...... It's really missing......

Pepper almost crawled out of the tavern window crying, and everything that happened during the day slowly came to Pepper's mind.

Originally, it was said that they would go in together.

However, the mussel spirit was afraid that there would be danger inside, so he asked Jiaotu to stay and go to see it by himself.

Pepper agreed.

This is because, accustomed to the mussel essence to protect himself, it has always been like this, as long as there is something dangerous, the mussel essence will let Jiaotu hide.

"Woooooooooo......oo Mussel Spirit, you idiot, why are you so protective of me, now that I can't find you, what am I going to do......"

Shhhh

(End of chapter)