Chapter 14: Wine
"Wine!?"
All the mercenaries, including Ciss, looked at Curry with wide eyes and a stunned expression, and the funny look on his face made Curry laugh. Looking at the suitcase-style wine box at his feet, Curry sighed:
"Actually, to be more accurate, this would be called 'original sake'. ”
"Raw sake?" Ciss, scratching her red hair with her hand, "What's that?"
"Speaking of which, this thing is still a bit big. Curry stroked his chin with his hand and thought about it carefully, "Let's start with the dwarf and dwarf tribes in the southwest of the continent. ”
"Gnomes, dwarves?"
The mercenaries glanced at each other, then all looked at Curry, waiting for his next step.
"As we all know, the dwarves and dwarves are the birthplace of all known alchemy on the continent, and every dwarf and dwarf is a natural alchemist. And the 'original sake' is a unique product created by the dwarves who love fine wine to the point of fanaticism, using alchemy. To put it simply, the so-called 'original liquor' is actually a super liquor that has been highly concentrated by a certain method, so strong that a sip is equivalent to drinking ten jars!"
"That's amazing!"
Ke Rui's words immediately caused a burst of exclamations from the mercenaries, and when he looked at the unconscious mustache again, his eyes were full of happiness, fortunately it was the third brother who opened the head and not himself, otherwise...... It's not uncommon to drink to death! Sith now finally understands what Ke Rui means by that, the third person is drunk!
"Since the original liquor was introduced by the human race, due to the huge disparity between humans and dwarves, it cannot be drunk directly, so it has been developed by some nimble people to use it as a portable alcohol additive. Because the original wine is too strong, even a drop in the water tank can make the water in the tank instantly turn into a mouth-watering wine, so it quickly became the favorite of those who have traveled far away for a long time, such as mercenaries ......"
Suddenly, Curry, who realized that something was wrong, looked at Sith and the others with strange eyes, and asked a little strangely, "You guys...... Don't know?"
"Also...... You know, it's ......."
Coughed a little embarrassed twice, and Ciss glared at the drunken mustache lying on the ground twice, usually at this time, he should have appeared!
"Hehe, this Mr. Magician is really insightful, that's right, this is an extra bonus for our trip, the real dwarven origin wine!"
Everyone turned their heads, and saw that the old man among the three people who had been unconscious had woken up at some point, and although his face could not hide the weakness, he still looked at the people who were making a mess because of the original wine with a smile, as if he was not angry that he was being looked at his personal belongings without permission.
"Old man Lut, you are our grandfather's life-saver. ”
"Ah...... I'm sorry sir, my subordinates are ignorant......"
Sith felt a little hot on her face, after all, what she did was a bit immoral. But before she could finish speaking, the old man Rute hurriedly waved his hand and said with a serious expression:
"Girl, don't say that, your life was saved by you, what is it to drink this original wine. If the brothers feel lonely, I will use this wine to feast for everyone tonight!
"Really!?"
"I heard you right!"
"Thank you, old man, on behalf of the whole team! Thank you so much!"
Before Sith could say anything, the mercenaries who heard Root's words suddenly went crazy like sharks smelling blood, and their faces were full of excitement and red light, as if they were drunk before they even drank!
Faced with this situation, even Sith could only pat her forehead helplessly, she knew that it would be too inhumane to oppose it now, so she could only agree.
Curry shook his head and smiled, and then glanced out of the corner of his eye, Narut's face seemed to stiffen when he noticed the size of the team, as if it was ......
"It's okay, isn't there too many people?"
Walking to the delivery wagon, Curry's eyes under his cloak swept over the two remaining young men.
"It's fine, it's just a little bit of a surprise that there are so many people. Rout sighed, as if a little helpless, "But the words have already been spoken, and now I can only hope that they can drink less and leave me more." ”
"Well...... This seems to be a bit difficult. ”
Curry and Rout looked at each other and laughed at the same time. It's just that Root's smile is just a bitter smile.
In the following time, Curry used water magic to treat the injuries of the injured three Lut, and those mercenaries excitedly divided a few fast runners to fetch water from the swamp not far from here, preparing "raw materials" for the evening banquet. The mustache who woke up listened to Sith's reprimand honestly, but he was only honest on the surface, but in fact, he didn't know where to fly because of his anticipation for the night, and he didn't pay attention to what Sith said.
When he saw the amount of water retrieved by these mercenaries, Root's expression became very interesting, I don't know whether he was laughing or crying, he was entangled to the extreme, so that Curry and the two young people who woke up looked at it and smiled, but the two young people smiled bitterly, and Curry really thought it was funny.
Sitting back on the back of the old dragon, Curry was ready to take advantage of the time when Sith's attention was finally diverted to read a book quietly, after all, his habits for many years would not change due to changes in the environment, and that was too much to underestimate the super adaptability of the traveling merchant.
At this moment, the two mercenaries passing by him suddenly stopped, looked up at him, and suddenly smiled and asked loudly, "Mr. Curry, do you want to attend tonight's drinking party?"
"Huh?"
Ke Rui leaned over and looked at the two young mercenaries, the slight smile on the corner of his mouth was a little obvious, he lowered his head and then looked at his book, and waved his hand:
"I'm not the mustache, it's better not to go for the sake of my life. ”
"Stupid, Mr. Curry is a magician, he can't drink too much, and he can't lose his mental strength, how can he go to the drinking party! Use your brain......"
"It's always smarter than you......"
"Come on, you ......"
The two mercenaries teased each other, and without pausing, walked briskly towards the front of the group. Curry looked at their backs and shook his head.
"To ask me to participate in such a thing is to destroy my body and insult my soul, and I will not even have nightmares at night. ”
Focusing on three deep breaths, Curry closed his eyes and exhaled his last, just as he was about to continue with what had just been interrupted, when a sound almost broke him down.
"Oh, I didn't think you would say no. Sith walked to Curry's side not far away, looked at him from afar, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "Seeing that you have studied the original wine so well, I thought you liked wine very much." ”
"Just because I like wine doesn't mean I can drink, besides, who says I like wine?" Habitually squinting at Ciss, Ke Rui shuddered in his heart, and simply lay on the back of the old land dragon, "It's just that as a qualified traveling merchant, I must master some common sense...... Besides, I don't seem to be the only one who doesn't plan to participate in the feast, right?"
"Heh, you can't get everyone drunk, someone has to be on duty or something. Sith pulled out the long sword at her waist, and her fingers slowly stroked the blade, "I can't bother my employer to do the work of our mercenaries, and it just so happens that I don't like to drink as a girl, so I have to be the candidate." ”
"Huh. ”
Looking at Sith and the longsword glittering in the sunlight in her hand, Curry turned his head, stretched out his cloak, put it behind his head, and looked at the clouds slowly drifting in the sky, and closed his eyes comfortably.
Perhaps, with such an annoying mercenary, it is not as bad as imagined.
"But I'm not going to be fooled again. ”
......
The evening banquet was held in a grand manner under the expectation of all the mercenaries, although there was no delicacies from the mountains and seas, but at this moment the simple barbecue meat also became the most wonderful appetizer, everyone held the wine jar high, and the warm atmosphere made whether there was a amount of alcohol or not pour wine into their mouths, and even the people accompanying the Carris family were attracted, and got out of the carriage and joined this feast that had not been encountered in a hundred years in the grassland, and the rich aroma of wine wafted, and it could be smelled ten miles away.
"What a wonderful wine. ”
Curry leaned against the old dragon, one leg straight, the other bent, his eyes closed, and the corners of his mouth showed a nonchalant smile. Although he didn't drink alcohol, he seemed to be inadvertently drunk in this strong aroma.
The clouds drifted by, and there was no moon on this night.
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