Chapter 296: Drinking
"I went around the towers a little bit, but I didn't find anything useful......
The tower that Su Wen said is naturally the Tower of Oblivion. These towers, which are lined with ancient battlefields, have always been regarded as inaccessible and dangerous areas, and are also full of countless fantasies about treasures and legends.
Hasa listened silently, and this almost nonsense-sounding word came out of Su Wen's mouth, but Hasa thought it was true.
But as a member of the "ordinary humans", Hasa couldn't help but be curious, and asked Su Wen about the scene on the Tower of Oblivion.
Su Wen also talked to Hasa one by one in the order of sweeping. Although the tone was flat and the narrative was not very exciting, Hazah was still shocked.
Fortunately, the number of drinkers at this time is gradually increasing, and the bartenders and waiters at work have no time to pay attention to the conversation between these two men who don't seem to be very rich.
Customers who are likely to tip will definitely not sit at the bar. Those people will ask for a clean corner, meet three or five friends or call a few young female companions, order a table of expensive wine and food, and talk about the wind and business.
But it will never be a travel story of these two men.
Although this tavern is built in the north of the town, whether it is decoration or consumption, it is not oriented to the student level. Usually the faculty leaders of some colleges or the senior management of surrounding enterprises and organizations come here. Maybe it's because of the quality of its decoration that Hazah chose this place among the many taverns, right?
Although there are not many silver coins for Hasa, the way to obtain them is simple enough, and it is not so distressing to use.
With platinum-level combat power, the reward he gets from hunting a monster at random is enough for him to spend a while.
Although Su Wen couldn't see it, the elderly bartender who went to work later saw at a glance that Hasa's belt and shoes were high-end luxury goods that were worth a lot of money. Although the overcoat on his body is a bargain worn by ordinary adventurers, this does not prevent the bartender from observing people.
Working in such a relatively high-level place, without a little eyesight, you can't get along.
"I really want to go with you to see it......" Hazah snorted down a glass of spirits, the pungency of the alcohol stimulated Hazah, making him sigh comfortably.
"It's dangerous, though. ”
About Amar and the system behind her, Su Wen didn't tell Hasa.
Su Wen called the bartender, asked for a few glasses of different varieties of wine and a few empty glasses, and after the wine was served, Su Wen made the wine in a certain proportion and made two glasses of mixed wine.
"Try it, I learned it from a book, and it should taste good. ”
Hazah snorted again, and was amazed: "You are indeed a connoisseur." ”
Even an experienced bartender has never seen Su Wen's way of blending. Out of professional habits, he really wanted to taste the wine made by Su Wen, but because of his professionalism, he still restrained the impulse in his heart.
Su Wengang wanted to say something, but suddenly felt a familiar aura, and when he turned his head slightly, he found that a group of people wearing the usual clothes of college teachers appeared at the door.
This kind of regular dress is not the uniform prescribed by the academy, but because of the cold weather, the winter coat issued by the academy is embroidered with the college emblem. Su Wen could see at a glance that it was the teachers of the Calamus Academy.
Even if you don't look at the emblem, just from the words and deeds of these teachers, you can see that they are from Calamus Academy.
As an art school, the teachers of Calamus Academy are on par with artists who pursue beauty in their behavior and dress. Whether it's their hairstyle, or the makeup on their faces, or their well-trimmed beards, they are all signs of their pursuit of beauty.
And among them, Su Wen saw a familiar figure.
Mia, who has just been suspended in the Calamus Academy, is also among them.
Mia's expression was calm and calm, and she perfectly played the role of a "new teaching assistant", and with her accumulated experience, it was quite easy to deal with such an occasion.
Hasa remembered that Su Wen seemed to have said that he was a teacher at the Imperial Academy, could it be that he had met an acquaintance?
"Your colleague?"
"Sort of. Su Wen nodded and said, "But I don't know most of them." ”
Most of them don't know each other? In other words, some of them do?
However, Hasa did not ask about this.
Mia blended in with the crowd and glanced around the tavern, but probably because she was focused on the people next to her, she didn't notice Su Wen sitting in front of the bar.
Under the guidance of the waiter, these people sat next to the big booth opposite Su Wen.
A fashionably dressed middle-aged man, probably a leader, called a waiter, skillfully showed his membership card, and then casually flipped through the recipe and ordered for wine.
"That little girl is the one who traveled with me through the ancient battlefield. ”
"Huh??" Hasa was surprised, when did you say that someone was with you? This question caused Hasa to ask more questions, such as, who is this girl, why did she travel with you through the ancient battlefield, and why she was among the people, so why didn't you go and say hello and so on.
However, because of the man's character, Hazah still held back his curiosity.
"I'm going to stay here for a while, for the sake of convenience, so let her take a position in the academy first, today, it's probably a small party for their office to welcome her, right?"
"That's ......" Ha Sa nodded, but for Su Wen's understatement of "let her hang up her position", Ha Sa's understanding of Su Wen's ability deepened a point.
"But don't think about it, she and I have the same relationship with you. Su Wen turned his head and glanced at Hasa, under the catalysis of alcohol, this man was obviously imagining in some ambiguous aspects, so Su Wen explained in order to clarify himself.
"Yes...... yes" Hazah nodded hurriedly and put away his brain.
The topic we talked about just now was naturally interrupted by this group of teachers who suddenly appeared, and the two of them were silent for a while, both observing this group of teachers.
Hasa looked at it for a while, and said to Su Wen: "Why do I think that there are few good people in this group of people?"
"That's what Calamus is like, it's more conspicuous in appearance, and it's more maverick in behavior. Su Wen said: "After all, it's about art." ”
But Hasa shook his head and said, "It's not about this, you look at their eyes, isn't it ......?"
"What is it?"
"Forget it, nothing...... We drink ours. Hazah looked at it twice, and then gave up abruptly.
There were eight teachers at that table, including Mia, three men and five women. The middle-aged man sitting in the middle and ordering food should be the role of the office director, and the other two men are also young teachers who have been in the job for a while. The four women, except for Mia, also revealed the exquisite clothes they were wearing after taking off their cold-proof teachers' clothes.
The eldest of the four women looked to be no more than thirty years old, and the youngest, Su Wen seemed to have a little impression that it should be a certain teaching assistant who joined him in a batch, and of course he couldn't remember the name.
Their chat was not loud, but Su Wen and Hasa could clearly hear what they were chatting.
The theme of their party is really to welcome Mia's entry, and the content of the chat is also to introduce some things about Mia's work to Mia, and also ask Mia about her background.
Mia also made up a decent backstory in advance, and answered their questions freely.
Most of the stories were familiar to Su Wen, and after thinking about it, she realized that Mia had put the deeds of his brother who went to school at Jingsen Institute of Industry and Agriculture on her, but she just changed her ideal from farming to singing.
The middle-aged director is also worthy of being from the Calamus Academy, and in terms of professional knowledge of singing, he can also chat with Mia for a few words. Mia, who is a half-hung monk, is naturally inferior to scholars who have studied for many years in terms of knowledge reserves, so when the middle-aged director was gushing, Mia also reacted accordingly with face.
Am I a bit fake?
Mia thought like this, after all, the social skills honed in a small place like Markway could play the same role if they were transferred to the Imperial Academy, Mia was not sure.
However, her idea was obviously overthinking.
A female teacher sitting next to her looked at her with a look of adoration that was even more admiring than Mia, and her face was not blushing and her heart was not beating and she was saying words of praise.
Su Wen and Hasa glanced at each other, and both of them saw the emotion of amazement in each other's eyes.
This sycophant is too obvious, right?
However, this kind of behavior seems quite natural at their table.
What's more, the other teachers present did not show sarcasm or contempt for this behavior, and even echoed the female teacher and praised the middle-aged man. In addition to touting, I didn't forget to omit another female teacher.
"Those people...... Is it really a teacher at Imperial College?"
"......" Su Wen didn't know what to say for a while, and after a while, he explained quietly: "A person's teaching level and knowledge reserve actually have nothing to do with his character...... Perhaps, in their opinion, that kind of behavior is normal, right? Maybe it's the acting skills of the occasion, well, the acting. ”
You see, the director didn't get fluttering, but showed a hint of displeasure. As if he had discovered something, Su Wen touched Hasa with his elbow and asked him to look over.
Sure enough, the middle-aged director took a sip of the water cup and didn't answer.
At this time, a female teacher who had been silent just now spoke, but what she said was another topic, and the content was naturally inseparable from work.
"Isn't this still a sycophant!"
Hazah listened for a long time, and then came to a conclusion.
"It's a sycophant, but if you look at the sycophants of this teacher, it's very spiritual, she said that the student's grades have improved, and he has won awards, whose credit is it? It's not the director's! It's just a vague statement. ”
Sure enough, the guy laughed. ”
The few teachers who didn't speak just now also echoed one after another. It's just that this time the echo is more natural than last time. It's as if the last echo was just an acting act to maintain the atmosphere.
Even Mia, in a tone that is neither arrogant nor humble, echoed with everyone.
The only exception is the teaching assistant who joined Su Wen at the same time. After most of the semester, she doesn't seem to have learned how to play her role in this kind of party, and now she is like a shy girl.
"Clear stream!"
"Probably. Su Wen was noncommittal, because he remembered that this shy girl was also one of the teaching assistants who was hostile to him at the beginning.
There is more than one side to the people.
The two men, like aunts on the street, commented on the teacher at the opposite table, which was completely inconsistent with their painting style. You know, next to Hasa, there is also his big sword "Mountain Wind"!
"Ah, I'm starting to drink. ”
"Can they drink so much wine?"
"Wow, wow, wow, it's started! You can see no, these people are purposefully pouring alcohol on a couple of female teachers. ”
"Tut, it's actually this kind of plot. ”
Hasa followed the progress of their plot and kept complaining. Probably after being in the underground prison of the Black Rope Society for too long, I find these things quite interesting.
The first female teacher who was very pompous was almost buried in the male director, and seemed to be flattering the director through wine. However, the male director showed a displeased expression and gently pushed her away.
"These two people are definitely related! I bet on a glass of wine, it's the story of a man who gets it and then abandons it!"
"What if it's a woman's one-sided?" Su Wen asked.
"Impossible! Look at the man's eye movements, obviously familiar with this woman. ”
But he's targeting three other women. ”
"It's actually this kind of old pervert plot, it's interesting!"
Hasa was probably a little drunk, and Su Wen clearly felt that his mood was becoming happy.
"Aren't you worried about that girl?"
Su Wen shook his head very calmly, and said, "Mia is very smart, although the amount of alcohol is not very good, but she has been avoiding alcohol, not to mention, maybe even you are not her opponent, how can you encounter danger in this group of people?"
"Better than me??" Hasa looked incredulous, a little unwilling.
If there is a real fight, what is the chance of Mia's ancient voice? Su Wen didn't know, but he was still quite optimistic about Mia.
"The way you are now, I'm afraid Quintu can defeat you. ”
"Hey, just that kid?"
Despite saying this, Hazah shook his head, trying to clear himself up. Drunk and disorderly, it's about the sex of character.
"Director...... I can't drink anymore......" The TA girl waved her hand and pushed away the cup that the director had raised. Judging by the flush on her face and the misty look in her eyes, it seemed like she had reached her limit.
"The director is here! Just this cup, exercise and exercise!"
"That's right, the director has drunk a lot more than you! Not to mention that your glass is not full!"
“......”
The gossiping persuasion next to her has become a mess in the ears of this teaching assistant girl, and under the stimulation of alcohol and the environment, the bottom line she insists on has also begun to waver.
"This reminds me of my hometown......"
"There are so many perverts in your hometown who borrow alcohol to find trouble?"
“...... No, I'm talking about the ...... of persuasion of wine," Su Wen explained: "In my hometown, a lot of business is negotiated at the dinner table, and wine has become a very important prop. You also know that drinking too much is harmful to the body, but the business over there seems to be a culture and a kind of etiquette to drink too much and hurt yourself. It's simply ...... Forget it. ”
The teaching assistant girl really couldn't resist the persuasion of everyone, for the sake of her career development, she was heartbroken, forget it, drink it......
"Director, I'll help her drink this cup. ”
Mia raised her glass and leaned in front of the teaching assistant girl with a smile.
"Teacher Mia, you're wrong...... the man on the side quickly stood up, trying to find a reason to pull Mia away.
"Out of the way, out of the way. The director also stood up with a smile, and his eyes shifted from the teaching assistant girl to Mia's face: "Young people, it's a good thing to help each other!"
There was a strange greed in the middle-aged director's smiling eyes.