"Char, what's wrong with Alicia?

It's past ten o'clock, why are you still covered in the quilt and don't wake up?

I can't wake up no matter how I wake up, is it because my previous illness hasn't healed yet? ”

Arthur stood at Char's door and said with some concern that since the director of the orphanage closest to him died, he was very afraid of death, so he was always worried about Alicia's body.

Char was sitting at the workbench fiddling with something, placing some liquor he had bought from the imperial capital, some imported rum, and some cane sugar and the like.

"She's fine." Char was busy with what he was doing as he said, "Have you ever heard of a sentence?" ”

"What?" Arthur asked.

"You'll never wake up someone who is pretending to be asleep." Char teased.

"Are you saying Alicia is pretending to be asleep?" Arthur was a little puzzled and said, "Why is she pretending to be asleep?" ”

"There's always a time when people want to sleep a little longer, don't they?" Char said.

Arthur nodded, "And when is she going to get up?" ”

"Wait for her..... Make peace with yourself last night. ”

Char muttered softly, he had finished what he wanted to concoct, he picked up the drink in front of him and took a sip, and then nodded with satisfaction.

With a wave of his hand, all the tools and wine on the table disappeared without a trace.

"Reconciliation?" Arthur was even more puzzled, "Did she do anything last night?" ”

But Char had already walked down the stairs past him, and didn't answer his 100,000 whys.

Sonny was running up from the bottom of the stairs, which seemed a little too high for the lion cub to climb a little hard.

Seeing Char coming down, it looked at Char with longing eyes, expecting him to take him up, but Char ignored it directly.

He picked up his coat hanging on one side of the staircase and said to Alicia inside the curtain under the stairs.

"I'm going to go out for a while."

"Wow~"

The curtain was opened, and Alicia behind the curtain wrapped herself in the quilt, revealing only a pair of eyes, sapphire-like eyes that gave a sense of quiet and calm gorgeousness.

This was the first time Char had looked closely into her eyes.

"How much do you remember from last night?"

Char looked at her with some "doubts", "Didn't we go to the banquet together last night?" ”

"What I'm talking about...."Alicia bit her lip, "How much do you remember what I said last night?" ”

Char frowned slightly, and said with a look of trying to remember.

"It was too loud at the time, and I didn't hear it very clearly, did you say something very important?

Or tell me again. ”

"No, no!" Alicia hurriedly said, "It's not important, it's not important at all!" ”

Char smiled meaningfully, "Is that so....."

He turned, "Then I'll go first." ”

With the click of the door, Alicia, who confirmed that Char had left, pulled the curtain back up.

She curled up her limbs, her whole face buried in the covers, and her ears were red and hot.

"What the hell am I ...... What did you do......"

Cassifer, who was sitting on the fire, saw all this, and it looked at the doorway, and then at the curtain on one side, and it tilted its eyes in confusion.

Humans, what a hard thing to understand.

.....

Char walked out of the gate of Eagle Point Harbor, and he had learned the identity of the old man, or rather, the identity of the old man in this town last night.

He begged on the East Coast, and people had the impression that he was a drunkard who was drunk all day long, and all the money he begged would eventually be used to buy alcohol.

He basically spent his day lying in one place basking in the sun, so Char found him almost immediately.

He lay in the corner of the wall, closed his eyes and took a nap, still the smell of wine in his body, his cheeks were slightly red, and he looked slightly drunk.

"I think I have some ideas that are different from yours." Char said.

The old man slowly opened his eyes, crossed his hands in front of his chest, and looked at him with interest.

"You're right, life really doesn't mean anything." Char Road.

"The history of human existence can be traced back to a long time, maybe only a few hundred thousand years, but the stars in the sky have existed for billions of years, and human beings are just insignificant dust to the universe.

One day we will be forgotten by people, by the world. ”

After a pause, he continued.

However, in this reality, every day that people live is more precious.

In other words, living is the meaning of life.

Because of the finite life, people will pursue the meaning of life, and the process of pursuing is part of the meaning.

I understand what you mean, praise life, accept the capriciousness of life, and face all sorrow with indulgence.

But I think that the beauty of life is definitely not just indulgence, the pleasure of drinking, but also not just drunkenness. ”

Char raised his hand, and a glass appeared in his hand, and the liquid poured out of the glass automatically, and he handed the cup to the old man.

The old man took the wine glass, took a sip of wine, the taste was cool, refreshing, sweet and sour, giving people a clear feeling, his eyes were slightly bright, looking at the wine glass in his hand.

"What is this?"

"A blend, I call it a cocktail." Char said.

This wine is all ordinary wine bought from the imperial capital, and naturally it cannot be compared with the wine brewed by the god of wine, but the innovation and imagination represented behind it are common.

The old man seemed to be very interested in this wine, and he took another sip of the wine, "It has the taste of light rum, the mint makes the whole taste refreshing, and the lime and wine taste collide very brightly."

There was also a taste that I had never tasted before, tiny bubbles popping in my mouth, it was just a stroke of genius and it was funny. ”

"That's called soda." Char raised her eyebrows and said, "My exclusive secret recipe." ”

"Interesting, so funny."

The old man looked at the wine glass with burning eyes, "Different wines can have such an interesting taste when mixed with some things."

You invent a new liquor.

The fusion of sake from different places creates a new and interesting experience, and it is truly a gorgeous and free sake. ”

He looked up at Char.

"You shouldn't just make this kind of cocktail."

"I know a lot of recipes, and this is just one of them, and I'll call it "Mojito". Char said, "It's not the best. ”

When you can't find a job in your major, you'll always be forced to learn some of the rest of the skills, and bartending is one of them.

"I seem to understand what you mean."

The old man drank the rest of the wine from his glass.

"This wine brings me a pleasure other than drunkenness, like the changing seasons and the elusive girl's heart."

The old man looked at him quietly, with a bright eye with a sparkle of wisdom, "Can you teach me?" And the kind of water you mentioned, I'm also very interested, like a spirit jumping in the mouth. ”

Char thought for a moment and said, "I want to open a bar, and I sell this kind of wine, but I still need a bartender..."

"You want to hire me?"

The old man slowly grinned and laughed at himself.

"Hire a beggar who only drinks?"

Char smiled lightly, and his eyes wandered, "I think, please come, my bar should at least not lose money."

And you seem like you have a lot of time, don't you?

I can teach you all the recipes I know and give you unlimited sparkling water. ”

The old man nodded and muttered softly.

"It's really a bargaining chip that people can't refuse......"

After a pause, he said, "I can promise you, but I still have some things to do, but I'll be back before your shop opens."

By the way, you shouldn't have found the source of the wine you sold, right? ”

"Not yet." Char said.

"Then you don't have to go, when I come back, I'll take you to a good place." He said.

Char smiled, "Looking forward to your arrival, Mr. Dionysus. ”

"I don't use that name for a long time." The old man said, "Now, I am just a wanderer who survives in this age, and you may call me, Semele. That's where I came from...."

As he spoke, he struggled to get up from the ground and walked towards the end of the alley, walking with a slight limp, as if he were still at the foot of a slope.

No one would have thought that such a disabled beggar would ever be a powerful god.

Char saw the end of an era in him.

He hadn't planned to invite him to be his bartender, and even the idea of opening a bar had just come to him.

The reason why he made a cocktail to give this being a taste was also influenced by yesterday's Dionysian Festival, and he happened to find a natural soda spring not long ago, so he had itchy hands and wanted to try it.

Compared to giving Alicia and Arthur to drink, it is naturally for people who know how to drink.

Of course, he is mainly here to make friends.

After all, one more friend has one more way, and in this strange world, it never hurts to make some great friends.

When he just said "there is still a bartender missing", in fact, there are some words at the back, which roughly means that when he recruits a suitable person, he can also learn together when teaching this bartender.

But unexpectedly, before he finished speaking, the Bacchus took the words, and Char naturally had to follow his words.

I really didn't expect to succeed.

For an existence of his level, something mundane should already be insignificant, but the pursuit of something more pure, and his cocktail just touched on that.

Char wasn't worried about him leaving halfway, after all, there were no cocktails in this era, and as a drink that had been practiced by the market, it was only a matter of time before it became popular, and it wouldn't be long before it paid off.

And he wasn't there to make money in the first place.

Seeing the old man's back disappear completely in front of his eyes, Char smiled, and then walked the same way to return to his castle.

He walked through a few alleys, through the streets, and suddenly, he stopped.

He let out a soft breath of air, then looked up at the roof of the house on one side.

There, a woman with a huge hat on her head was staring at him, grinning slowly.

"Char, I've found you....."