The Inner City of Kejie, in a tavern next to the Shaman's Temple.

There weren't too many goblins in the tavern (as most of the city's inhabitants had gone to mingle with the warriors, shamans, cavalry, and orcs who had just returned from the war), and in the rather empty tavern, an adult goblin warrior in leather armor was sitting in a remote corner of the tavern drinking with an older goblin shaman.

The old man sitting on the chair at the wooden table picked up the wine glass on the table and drank the wine in the glass, and the adult goblin sitting next to the old man also took a big gulp of the wine glass when he saw this.

“...... So you almost died in that war, right?" Black Frame said solemnly, looking at the adult goblin sitting beside him.

"It's Ah ......," I lowered my head and said in a very low voice when I heard what Elder Black Frame said.

After hearing what I said in a depressed mood, Kuroku exhaled indifferently and put his left hand firmly on my shoulder, as if he was about to say something to me.

"I heard that the warrior team you led met the 'Einsatzgruppen' of the elves in the [Verdant Woodland], and the leader of the Einsatzgruppen was none other than the elven prince 'Hoyle'......"

"In the Verdant Glades you fought a battle with the elves in great disparity, even though you were defeated... You almost died at the hands of Hoyle, too...... But... Tut, you're doing a great job, whether it's your performance in battle, or what you should do as a warrior leader, you're doing a great job!"

The black frame said firmly to me as he put the other hand on my shoulder, and patted me again with his left hand.

"Elder Black Frame...... "Hearing what Elder Black Frame said to me steadily, there was an inexplicable warm current in my heart, which made my heart suddenly become clearer.

"But... You're a little too reckless, listening to your own life is all that matters. Don't forget that you promised me~" Black Frame raised his left hand on my shoulder slightly, and said with a snap of his fingers on my brow.

"I know. I rubbed my brow at the black-framed elder and said apologetically.

"Haha~ It's good that you know. Here, have another drink. Black Frame said as he picked up the flask and refilled my empty glass.

In this way, I drank a lot of wine in the tavern with Elder Blackframe and talked a lot about what happened during the war, and when I talked about being saved by the Forest Elves, Elder Blackframe seemed to be captivated by my words.

"You said that the person who saved you from dying was the spirit of the forest?" asked Kuroku, who touched his beard at his chin with his right hand.

"Yes, it was the Elves of the Forest who saved me. I nodded in the affirmative.

"I don't understand, why did the Spirit of Tutson save you, why did she save you for no reason?There must be some reason for this, right......" Hearing my affirmative words, the black frame subconsciously asked rhetorically.

The moment I heard the black-framed elder ask a rhetorical question, I sternly turned my head to see if there were any goblins around the tavern who were paying attention to us, and when I saw that there were no goblins looking at us, I whispered in the ear of the black-framed elder.

"Because I am one of the chosen things, that is why the forest spirit will save me. ”

"I see......" Black Frame didn't say anything, but raised his glass and drank the wine from it.

Looking at the black frame elder next to me who was still drinking wine with relish, I suddenly smiled bitterly, and the black frame who was still drinking wine couldn't help but be stunned when he noticed my smile.

"Do you seem to have something on your mind, do you have something to ask me?" asked me in the tone of an elder as he put the glass back on the table.

"That's... Elder Black Frame, is my mother okay?" I asked with a slight apprehension and looked at my Black Frame with a calm face.

Winya (Mom) ...... She must be angry now, because I put my life in danger again by not listening to what she said to me......

"You are really considerate of others~ Tut, your mother is in good health, you don't have to worry. The black box nodded at me and said to me a little relaxed.

(Great...... ）

After hearing what Elder Black Frame said, the original uneasy mood in my heart relaxed a little.

"I said, Tut, why don't you go and see her? If you're really worried about her, you should visit her, after all... Alas, it's too pitiful to hear a young girl's cry in the middle of the night, right, Tut?" said the black frame as I looked at me with a sense of responsibility as my face gradually became tangled.

*

Want to see her?

Of course you have to go!

But... If I see her, I'm going to be scolded by her, right?

...... There's no way around that, just apologize at that point!

*

"What's wrong?" asked the black frame sitting in the chair after noticing me silently bowing my head.

"Elder Blackframe, should I go? Honestly... I don't dare to see her......" I said to the black frame in a low voice, my head lowered even more.

"It's up to you to decide. Suddenly, the black frame slapped his left hand on my shoulder again and said to me in a cheerful tone.

"I ...... I want to see her!" I plucked up the courage to say in a firm tone after hearing what Elder Black Frame said.

Hearing my speech, the black frame smiled knowingly, and his left hand, which was on my shoulder, slapped it a few more times before reaching out.

"Very well, let's meet her in the afternoon, and now have a few more pots with me!!" said the black frame happily to me.

"Hmm!" I smiled, sipping down the near-overflowing wine from my glass.

"Haha! Boss has another pot of 'Wick'!"

Blackframe shouted to the tavernkeeper at the table where he was standing, and the tavernkeeper heard Blackframe's voice and hurriedly brought a pot of red wine from a glass flask to the table in front of me and Blackframe.

(1) "Wick": A unique sake brewed by the Goblin family, which is made by fermenting various dried fruits. The taste is spicy, the entrance is rushed, and the aftermath is sweet. Liquor.

"Come on, slow down. The owner said politely.

"Okay, thank you. The black frame thanked the boss very casually, and the boss walked back to the wine table when he saw this.

"Have a drink. Black Frame said as he picked up the flask and poured the red liquor into my empty glass.

When the glass was full, I lifted the rim of the glass to my lips and tilted it slightly into my mouth.

"Hmm?!coughcough!!!

The moment the red wine entered my mouth and swallowed my throat, I coughed violently as if reflexively, this red wine was completely different from the wine I had just drunk... It's intense!

(This wine is so strong!)

"You didn't get used to it at first, did you? This wine is not drunk like this, you have to taste it like this. ”

When Black Frame noticed my discomfort, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and he smiled indifferently, and told me how to drink the best wine like "Wick".

After hearing the Elder Black Frame tell me the proper way to drink, I poured the remaining liquor from the glass into my mouth and took small sips, and when the red liquor flowed into my mouth again, a sensation that had previously caused me discomfort spread through my mouth.

(Spicy, rushing, but as time passed in my mouth, the wine became inexplicably sweeter...) It's delicious!)

This is the first time in this world that I like to drink, and I know that in my last life, when I worked in a company, I was a person who had no interest in drinking and smoking......

As I and the black-framed elder drank a glass of wine, the wine in the glass flask was drunk without us noticing.

"How about another pot?" asked the black box politely to me.

"Good!" I agreed to Elder Blackframe's invitation without hesitation.

"Boss, another pot of Wick!!"

The black frame looked at the boss standing at the wine table, beckoned to him, and said politely, Seeing this, the boss standing at the wine table quickly sent a full pot of "Wick" to the wine table in front of us.

"Drink!" Black Frame gestured to me, holding up his glass.

............

Noon.

"Elder Black Frame, can I ask you a question?" I asked tentatively, looking at the somewhat drunk Elder Black Frame sitting next to me.

"What's the problem?" asked the half-drunk black frame, turning his head to look at me.

(The guy...... ）

Who the hell was the young goblin looking at me with a hostile look? My brow furrowed at the thought of a trivial incident that had happened in the morning, and it was the young goblin's eyes that made me feel concerned.

It wasn't disguised by magic or objects, and there was no doubt that his eyes must be the same 'spirit pupils' as mine!

"Actually, this is an incident that happened in the morning, when I first returned to Kejie City I met a young goblin. His eyes were the same as mine...... "I told the half-drunk Elder of the Black Frame next to me about the features and countenance of the young goblin I remembered from my morning.

I hope he can tell me something useful, I waited with a not-so-optimistic attitude as the Black Frame Elder would say to me next.

After about a short while, the black frame looked at me with a puzzled face and seemed to remember something, only to see him sigh and take the wine glass and drink the wine in the glass.

"The goblin, the young goblin with the same eyes as you, he's just like you, you all have ...... on you."