Chapter 33 – 13. Daily Life. Alcohol (2)
“Come again!”
A busy street near the central square of Kela Camp.
After receiving a polite greeting from the staff, Bibi and Chloe left the clothing store where I purchased my clothes.
My hands are heavy with paper bags containing clothes I bought at the store.
Also, she is wearing clothes she bought at the store.
It was a typical outfit of long-sleeved long pants and a thin cardigan, but even so, I was excited because it was my first time wearing expensive clothes.
The two people I chose seemed satisfied. I am very satisfied.
After walking down the street with such a good feeling, we sat down at an outdoor teahouse in the central square and took a breather.
The order was one piece of cake and two cups of coffee. I am water.
We chatted casually while waiting for the menu to come out.
“Wow. “My hands are still shaking.”
“Why are my hands shaking?”
“You must have spent this much money on clothes before.”
“It’s not that expensive. “If you look at the price, it’s probably cheaper than the uniforms we used to wear?”
“Over there, the supply bosses sell money at a low price, then write it at a high price in the ledgers and leave it behind.”
“That’s true.”
After leaving the embassy and joining Chloe, we found a suitable clothing store to buy my clothes as planned.
I chose a cheap clothing store, following the habits of my past life, when I had no time to buy clothes, and my current life, when I only wore military uniforms and uniforms or comfortable clothes.
But Chloe was very reluctant.
Why do you buy biji rice cake when you have a lot of money?
Vivi also seemed like she should have bought nice clothes.
Well, I also want the two of you to wear and eat better things, so of course you two will too.
Also, I was recently told by Eric not to be burdened with receiving financial support, and the two of them are gorgeous, but I’m the only one who looks shabby. Yes.
So, I made up my mind and went in to find a high-end clothing store that seemed to have a decent atmosphere.
From the entrance, I was guided by a very friendly female staff member and spent a while trying on different clothes.
I purchased 4 sets of clothes that I liked and clothes that Vivina and Chloe responded well to.
One set of suits to wear at a formal event, such as a pharmacy seminar in two weeks, and three sets of clothes to wear on a daily basis.
And among them is the navy blue, casual couple cardigan that Bibina and I are wearing right now.
No, there are a total of 3 pieces, so it should be called a triple cardigan.
I didn’t wear it right away because it didn’t match my current outfit, but I also bought it for Chloe.
When I asked for three of each size, he said, ‘Oh, it’s not 2 to 1. It’s 3. I was quite embarrassed by the female employee who couldn’t hide the look in her eyes that said, “You’re amazing.”
Well, it was like that at the clothing store.
Back to the teahouse.
We continued to kill time while drinking coffee and cake brought by the server.
“… Sister.”
“Uh, huh…?!”
“No, just. From a while ago, she looked at me happily, like a grandmother feeding good food to her grandchild. “I’m a little embarrassed.”
“… Hehe.”
“Do I look good on you?”
“Huh! Yes!!”
Vivina, wearing a couple cardigan, nods her head several times.
When she said, “You look good in a cardigan, too,” Her bright smile couldn’t have been more adorable.
And the breasts that keep taking my pure affection to a harsh place.
Wearing a tight, thin neck polo that would already make her breasts stand out, and a cardigan draped diagonally across her puffy breasts, I couldn’t help but stare.
And that blatant gaze could not help but be caught by Chloe, whose job it was to obtain information from people.
“The gaze is too explicit. This pervert.”
Chloe’s toes tapping my shin with the now familiar sound of ‘pervert’.
I answered, touching my nose in embarrassment.
“I guess there’s nothing I can do about this.”
“Ugh. Really… You shouldn’t unbutton your buttons for no reason!”
“…?!”
It took me a few dozen minutes to peel that insignificant nogari.
After leaving the teahouse, we slowly walked back home.
…
…
I guess I walked like that for about 10 minutes.
A street somewhere between the central square and the mansion.
I stopped at a small bar.
To be exact, a bottle shop that sells alcohol by the bottle.
I thought as I looked at the expensive-looking champagne inside the glass window that made me stop walking.
‘… Are you really determined to be extravagant?’
A past life where there was no leisure.
My current life was so busy that I couldn’t even wake up.
Because of two difficult lives in a row, frugality and cost-effectiveness were almost ingrained habits for me.
So, even if they give you money for free, you feel burdened, and even though you are told not to be burdened, you still look for cheap clothes stores.
If someone who has eaten meat compares eating well to spending money, I am almost a vegetarian.
But now there is absolutely no need for that.
It’s an environment where you can afford to take your time, but it’s foolish to keep trying to be frugal like you used to be.
There is no need to be wasteful, but a certain amount of extravagance is okay.
So.
I don’t think alcohol will be very exciting because my appetite has died anyway.
Still, it would be okay to splurge a little for the sake of ‘sipping a glass of home-made on the rocks on the sofa’, which has been secretly romanticized so many times in all kinds of media in my past life. Yes.
“What’s the matter. Perry…?”
After I paused for a while, Bibina, who was holding her hand, asked.
Chloe, who was walking one step ahead of her, also tilted her head.
I asked those two.
“Sister. Chloe. “Don’t you want to drink tonight?”
“”…””
“…?”
The two don’t answer.
No.
He went beyond simply not responding and froze.
And a few seconds later.
“…ㅇ, uh, uhuh, uhuhuh?”
“??”
I was so confused as if I had seen a ghost and really didn’t know what to do.
So much so that passers-by looked at them and asked, ‘What are they…?’
And again a few seconds later.
“Y-yeah… Yeah!!! Let’s eat! Huh!!! “Yes, yes, yes!!!”
Bibi I nodded my head in the loudest voice I’ve ever heard, as if to say, ‘Why are you even going to drink alcohol?!’
“P-Perry… Did you get caught in a chariot, something…?”
Chloe was genuinely worried, stuttering as if she had suddenly become Vivina.
Instead of being surprised when I told him that I had come to another world, I thought it was funny that strong women who had mistakenly thought, ‘He must be lying because he has something to hide’, reacted so loudly, so I smiled and walked into the bottle shop. 〈 Br〉
It’s also cute that they come in hastily. True.
* * *
The living room on the second floor of the mansion. Sofa and table in front of the extinguished fireplace.
Roast beef and grilled lobster bought at the grocery store. We sat in front of the dinner and drinks table lined with cheese and nuts and filled each other’s glasses.
“Ah. Right. Ice.”
“Oh, that’s right.”
Me and Chloe have whiskey on the rocks.
“Do you want me to make it for you…?”
“Please. Sister.”
“Sister. Me too.”
Vivi made ice from her palm and poured it into her sisters’ glasses. I poured the sweet wine into her glasses.
“Okay, everyone.”
“Ta-da.”
“Ta-da, ta-da…!”
Under Chloe’s leadership, we lightly clinked our glasses and began leisurely sipping our drinks and snacks.
“I think this is my first time drinking it properly, other than when I took a sip when I was feeling salty with a group at a banquet.”
I said after taking a sip of the drink on the rocks.
Then Chloe, who had also taken a sip on the rocks, asked.
“So what do you think?”
“Maybe it’s because it’s expensive, but it’s fragrant. The taste is worth drinking in moderation. “And you?”
“I like it. It was a bit harsh at first. It’s perfect because the ice melts.”
After taking another sip of her drink on the rocks, Chloe picked up an almond and licked it.
I guess he really liked the taste of the drink. The excited expression on his face was like that of a squirrel eating food.
“How is your sister? Is it worth eating?”
And Bibina.
“… Well, it’s like something sweet or bitter… It’s not that it doesn’t taste good… Is this… Is it going to be that expensive…? The taste I want…”
Contrary to Chloe, she made a strange expression as if she wasn’t sure.
Just looking at the price, even though wine was more expensive than whiskey, if you react like this, you wouldn’t even like ordinary alcohol.
It seems like the taste buds just have nothing to do with the alcohol itself.
“Now that I think about it, I’ve rarely seen my sister drinking before. Even when I had to lead the toast at a banquet, I just pretended to drink and threw it all away.”
“I’m afraid I’ll lose it if I drink it… Oh, I didn’t drink it… But this is…”
“A taste that won’t go away even if you drink it?”
Bibina nods.
Still, when I asked, “Then should I just give you a drink?” I saw him shake his head and sip again, so I guess he didn’t like it at all. Thank goodness.
So the three of us slowly finish one drink, two drinks, two mouthfuls.
“Hey. Chloe. Don’t follow it alone. “I’ll follow you.”
“Huh. “Pour about half of it.”
“Aren’t you drinking too fast?”
“I already had two drinks, and I’m on my third drink… I’m fine. Delicious. It smells good too. “I didn’t know, but I’m drunk.”
“Hey. “I’m declaring that I’m going to blow it up today.”
“Well, it’s my house anyway. “If you stretch out, throw it on the bed.”
“It won’t end just by throwing it, so drink gently.”
“Pervert.”
“I said I wouldn’t finish it, but you’re a pervert because you start thinking dirty things.”
“You who did that are even more pervert. And the sister who said she didn’t like drinking but secretly drank it down as soon as she heard that she didn’t finish is the most pervert!”
“?!”
“No, sister. If you drink it all at once…”
“Hehe… He…”
“Looking at your red cheeks, I guess you really don’t drink alcohol. Eat snacks. Snacks. Now, cheese. Ah.”
“Ah~.”
A drinking party with a relaxed and soft atmosphere is ripening.
Even if I drank 7 shots by myself, I didn’t feel drunk. That’s when I realized, ‘Alcohol is also poisonous and regular recovery is activated.’
“Periing…!”
Chloe, whose eyes were drooping from intoxication, suddenly clung to me and hugged me.
Then, her tongue twitched, and she spoke in a slightly sulky voice.
“Me too… My baby… Touch me…”
