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"Hey, is this a whim?"

Troy's whimsical move attracted the other party's rather playful words, holding the handle of the goblet in one hand, the man who could also be called a "teenager" from the outside raised his eyebrows, which was as heroic as a sword, and said. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"On a whim, I don't quite understand what you mean. It was still a little difficult to delicately make the right amount of wine flow into his mouth, so Troy simply leaned forward, stuck out his tongue and took a sip of the ale, which was almost overflowing, but immediately exclaimed, "Ah...... A different taste?"

It was a novel taste experience again, this time, it seemed to be no different from ordinary ale, except that the temperature was colder and the liquid was wrapped around the boy's tongue like a soft tulle, and the former did not have such a soft touch......

Smacking his lips, Troy pondered how to describe the experience of slicing through his throat without leaving more than just a mellow scent.

"I don't understand, then forget it?" The white-robed man who shook his head lightly in the face of the young man's incomprehensible speech, and then held the wine glass to his lips, was quite proud because of Troy's surprise afterward. Gracefully sliding the wine into his mouth, he also indulged in its soft touch, the corners of his mouth raised, and after a few seconds of silence, he said something he didn't really want to say.

"It looks like you're drinking for the first time, or maybe you just don't understand the 'right' way to credit, well, I guess you don't understand it if you talk too much, I just want to tell you that it's better to drink with your hands. ”

"Really?"

Blinking, not understanding why, Troy decided to do as he was told. The boy instantly removed the magic attached to the goblet, and reached out the moment it fell, catching it steadily.

Swift enough to be caught by the naked eye, Troy unwittingly cast an explosive speed-increasing body enhancement spell that caused the cyan circle to emerge beneath his feet.

"Oh, if your actions weren't out of show-off...... Well, probably not. Haha, you're really funny. ”

Looking at Troy's actions in the slightest, the heartiness in the young laughter of the white-robed man was not much worse than that of Valery, who "did not drink".

-- I don't understand the wonderful "affinity".

With the above in mind, I felt that there was an "affinity" that was somewhat different from the same stranger, and the teenager who still hadn't figured out how to describe that flavor didn't know how to respond to the other party, but he "resolutely" brought the goblet back in front of him.

Then, following Valery's example and the others, Troy swallowed the liquid in one fell swoop.

"Hah-"

Immediately afterward, there was a subconscious cry of joy, and at the same time, a little feeling that clouded clear thoughts was surging up, as if it was what people called "drunkenness".

"Hiccup!"

Of course, the abundance of bubbles in the drink also exerts their effect at this moment, causing the diaphragm to spasm and contract, making a rapid and short sound, and at the same time bringing the infinite aftertaste of the ale back to the mouth.

――Some, it seems?

"It's a pity......" Looking at Troy who was burping after drinking, but with a natural smile on his face, the man opposite also agreed, but when he opened his mouth, it was something that was difficult for the boy to understand, "Wine is such a thing, it shouldn't have been swallowed so quickly." It's a pity that many people use sake as a way to prove themselves and ignore the charm of the drink itself. ”

"Huh...... Hiccup! What's that?"

"That means, it doesn't matter!" The white-robed man who tapped his fingers on the table, not expecting the other party to ask this question, was stunned for a moment, and immediately returned to his comfortable appearance, "The point is that the act of drinking has become a bargaining chip for many people, and what people like is no longer 'wine', but the hypocritical self-esteem brought by 'drinking'!"

As he spoke, he drank the liquid from the goblet as well.

"It's true, the world is going down, it's getting really fast. ”

This seems to be his conclusion.

“...... I don't understand what you're talking about, no, I can understand some, it's just, hiccup!" he didn't seem used to drinking so quickly and heavily, and Troy's hiccups hadn't stopped since then, and that didn't stop him from speaking as plain as ever, but always with a sense of subtlety.

After all, it is rare for someone to really blurt out something in his head without embellishment like a teenager, which is why his remarks without any deep meaning are always speculated.

"I just don't understand why you're here and saying that. ”

Just like this sentence, words that are not malicious at all can make most people in this position feel "hostile".

"Hahaha, in fact, I don't know why I found you, maybe we were more in love before? ”

The man sitting leisurely across from Troy was not an "ordinary person" after all, and chuckled a few times, but the emotion contained in the content sounded casual.

In fact, ordinary people would not suddenly appear here at such a time, and then abruptly invite someone they have never met to drink with them and say a lot of emotions that are more like "moaning without illness".

And Troy doesn't care, but the most important thing for ordinary people is that the man in front of him looks like a child at all. Why would a teenager like this, who is not even too much of a child, say something that is customary for a weathered middle-aged man?

"Ha, wine, even if it is misinterpreted by the world and reduced to a tool for conversation and comparison, the 'harvest' born from the act of 'drinking' will still exist at any time, wine is really a good thing! You see, we who were originally strangers, do we feel a little intimate after a glass of wine?"

"I don't think so. ”

An honest response like this seems to be what Troy does best.

"Hey, I'm admiring you more and more. Squinting his eyes, the white-robed man's admiration for Troy was not difficult to understand, "You know, boy, wine is a good thing, and in the same way, the bar is also a good place to go, it's not just about being able to buy wine, but—"

"Huh?"

After a pause, he waited until Troy had given a one-word response before continuing.

"Ahem, no matter where you are, bars are a great place to meet 'friends' or get 'information', so you should use them a lot? Well, that's right. But if you want to make friends, you have to be more proactive - like me. Oops, it's almost time. ”

Just like when he came, the departure of the white-robed man was unexpected. As soon as he finished speaking, he stood up suddenly, waved his hand and pressed the corner of his robe, and made a gesture that he wanted to leave.

"Friend, that is, you want to be friends with me?"

-- The meaning of this word was also understood not long ago.

"That's probably it?ha, I'm leaving, and if I wander around outside, I'm going to be counted by Kozmo again, wait, wouldn't it be bad if I took the opportunity to bully Wangda again? No, no, no, forget it......

The man who looked out the door and muttered something that Troy didn't understand had a cloudy face, and finally took the step to leave.

"By the way, I almost forgot! Make friends...... Right, if you're a friend, at least let me know what your name is?Ah, I'll give you the wine, and remember to tell me how you feel when we meet next time. As soon as he stepped out and immediately turned his head, no matter how he thought about it, he didn't "forget" the content, and his words were frivolous, but he put a serious expression on Troy that he had never had since they met.

"My name is Troy, then, what about you?"

"Theodor. Well, then we're 'friends'. The man who had completed the name "exchange" with Troy, and seemed to have completed the inexplicable accosting of the conversation, had already come to the door a few steps, and suddenly turned around with the corners of his mouth raised lightly, and left quickly after leaving a sentence.

"You know, Troy, 'hiccups' can also be called 'hiccups'. ”

"What's that?"

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