Chapter 1551 – Rankers’ Night
“1!!”
As Adele’s lively voice cut through the living room, tension arose in the room.
“…2”
Maiya sounded timid, but then she smiled triumphantly.
She even smiled provocatively when she saw Paltra, whom she seemed to be very close with these days.
Paltra was as sharp as a woman with a temperament.
“3” “4”
“Ah.”
An angry Paltra spit out 3 and at the same time Reina said 4. Paltra looks at Raina and asks, what are you doing, you little guy? She widened her eyes as if asking.
Reina huffs. She smiled and opened her chest.
“It is your defeat! Queen of the Sand!”
“You lost too, Raina.”
Raina booms at Poise’s words! She had a shocked face.
“Well, that… What…!”
“The rules are very simple. They call out increasingly higher numbers starting from 1, and the last person left who cannot say a number loses, or they shout out numbers at the same time and both lose.”
I think Raina thought that if they shout out at the same time, the person who shouts the fewest number will lose.
“It said this in the book I read!!”
“Really? I guess that’s a transformation rule. It’s none of my business.”
An evil smile appeared on Poise’s lips. Before she knew it, she was holding a beer glass in her hand.
“Adele. Please.”
Poise handed Adele a glass.
“It’s the right place~”
She took her glass as if she had been waiting, her eyes sparkling, she picked up a soju bottle and a beer bottle, opened her bottle, and poured the drink into a large glass mercilessly.
In the meantime, I was left out this time and diligently prepared the food.
Egg rolls. Fried chicken. Red ramen. Tteokbokki. Odeng soup. Malatang, etc.
Raina, who was crying, looked at the red dishes and said, oh, oh…? I was shocked.
“This is spicy?!?!”
“Moderately spicy.”
“I can’t believe Koreans say it’s moderately spicy!!”
Our cute Raina Jean. What kind of dirty Korean was she?
“It’s okay, Raina. I’m a citizen of the world city of Matan, so I’m not Korean.”
“Ugh…”
It seems like he doesn’t feel any trust at all, but he doesn’t seem to dislike it at all.
If he really hated it, I would have prepared another dish for him, but he seems interested in my cooking.
But. In the past, when we watched movies or animations together, I would sometimes grill meat or boil Chapagetti, and it was delicious. Thanks to that memory, I’m looking forward to cooking now.
At that time, Adele spoke in a lively voice.
“It’s done~~”
The bomb made by Adele was placed in front of Paltra and Raina.
“After all, alcohol must be involved in a drinking game~?”
Adele looked very excited and waved her arms.
Paltra snorted and drank it in one go, and Rayna frowned as soon as she took a sip.
“Write…”
“A magic drop of water to Raina~”
As if she had been waiting, Adele took out a small bottle half the size of her palm and poured two drops into Raina’s glass. Those water droplets. It seems like it smells a little familiar.
“Try drinking it again~”
Reina took a sip, despite her disbelief.
Her face is crazy.
She brightened.
“It’s sweet!”
“Right~?”
Adele is smiling evilly.
If you see that Poise, who is watching from the side, has a similar expression, there must be some kind of trap in those water droplets.
“Please also have some snacks.”
At my words, the rankers gathered around the table and sat down.
“It reminds me of the old days~”
“It’s a friendly atmosphere.”
“Then. Let’s check your cooking skills.”
“… Ugh… Oppa. I believe in you! I believe in you!”
“This is spicy, right? I’m looking forward to it?”
The meal has begun.
I was worried because they were rankers who were probably used to high-end tastes, but fortunately, when I heard the small exclamation, it seemed to suit their tastes.
“Wow. This is sweet… But spicy at the end!”
“Oppa! You liar!!”
Even though Reina was crying, she ate it. She kept putting tteokbokki into her mouth. I am a man with a reputation for making delicious and spicy dishes. Because my dad said that.
The dad said. The women said that all they needed was something spicy and something sweet.
I guess that’s right.
Malatang is especially popular.
They seem to be very focused on the marathon that I just enjoy.
“Wow. This is perfect as a snack~”
Adele voluntarily chugged down her drink even before the drinking game started.
However, there is no sign of being drunk at all.
Also. Is it strong against alcohol?
Maiya also struggled with the spiciness and was impressed by my cooking.
“You are perfect at cooking. Use it.”
“It may not be like what you normally eat.”
“No. I just like this.”
Paltra blinked her eyes and spoke with her signature, seductive smile.
“My dear. It suits my taste perfectly.”
Maiya seems to have said what she thought, but Paltra seems to have only said it out of competition. She’s still rolling her eyes at Maiya.
Maiya tsk at Paltra. She clicked her tongue
“Aren’t you saying something you don’t mean? I tend to live in a dungeon, so I always miss delicious food, whether it’s expensive or cheap.”
“Huh? There’s a store, right?”
Maiya snorted at my question.
“What don’t you know? Shops can’t be used in dungeons.”
Did you say that?
“Ha. This bastard. It’s true that even though he’s that strong, he’s never been to a dungeon.”
Although Maiya was a little drunk, she spoke without hesitation.
“You know what? I can’t use the store function because the monster king’s habitat is classified as a dungeon.”
“It’s fascinating. I want to go there sometime.”
“… Well, if you want. We can go to the dungeon together next time.”
“Really?!?!”
Actually, I really want to go to the dungeon.
Isn’t it a romance?
“I think next week will be okay.”
“Uh, uhh… Really? So fast? Do you want to go that bad?”
Maiya smiled shyly, and Adele pointed at Maiya with both index fingers of her hands and giggled teasingly.
“Ah~~ I’ll catch the after~”
“What…! What bullshit!!”
Leaving behind the two people arguing, I quickly brought dessert.
Hwangdo and watermelon filled with thin ice. Shaved ice with crushed ice and sprinkled with syrup, etc.
If it were an ordinary woman, her stomach would have burst and the fat would have stuck to her, but we are strangers who are blessed with skills and a body from God. You can eat as much as you want.
“It’s pretty good.”
“He’s eight years old. He’s a man who knows politics?”
Paltra and Poise were impressed. Surprisingly, Poise seemed to like sweet things very much.
For reference, Raina has already swallowed the ecliptic.
“This is delicious, oppa!!”
“I’m glad you like it.”
After a pleasant meal, the drinking game began in earnest.
The beginning of a drinking game is, of course, a guessing game.
“Originally, the loser drinks alcohol, but wouldn’t it be fun if the only penalty was that? As an experienced host, this is the penalty I decided!”
Adele, who seemed ready to proceed, raised her index finger and put a faint smile on her mouth.
“Bombshell Plus. Why don’t you tell us one valuable piece of information that others might not know?”
The rankers, who would normally have kept each other in check and saved information, readily accepted, perhaps thanks to the magic of alcohol.
“No detoxification skills. No use of Ki, Ryunar, or mana. Of course, spiritual power is also prohibited. You can only hold on to the alcohol with your body.”
It is a valid rule.
Without doing this, alcohol is not a penalty for strangers.
Although it may seem harsh, the stranger’s body is close to a monster. Anyway, I won’t get drunk.
The fact that they look drunk now is close to being drunk in the atmosphere.
Fiery could get you drunk right away. I’ll bring that up a little later.
However, other rankers seemed offended by Adele’s ban remarks.
Maiya said.
“Do you, Adele, want to see me throw up that much?”
“Saturday?”
Maiya nodded her head at my words.
“Adele has a skill that makes the target drunk regardless of their strength. There was a time when she and Kang Geom-il were drinking, and he vomited.”
Geomil hyung?
When she saw Adele, she smiled.
“It’s a meaningless skill for detoxification, but it’s useful in situations like this where it’s taken by agreement~ 1.”
A surprise start.
“2”
“3”
Paltra and Reina.
This time, just barely, the voices did not overlap.
The movements of each other as if they had just gotten drunk. Rankers who look at even the slightest movement of the lips.
Poise covered the area around his mouth with a cloudy venom, and Raina was already wearing an iron mask.
It was forbidden to drink alcohol, but it is possible.
These people. I’m only serious about drinking games!!
“4”
I said quickly.
Of course, I am also sincere.
I already do it. Win.
Next, Poise says 5. Finally, Maiya remains.
She scratched her head.
“Uh… You all know that there is a dungeon in the Three Gods Temple, right?”
I’ve never been there, but I know.
“It seems like you can get the skill by clearing the final boss. But that skill is an offensive skill, and it seems incredibly powerful. That’s why. It’s the power of the god of destruction who destroyed Askatlov’s leg. Like.”
Indeed. This is useful information.
In a world where information is power, information that only Maiya, a dungeon enthusiast, possessed.
If the final battle with Hardesh is just around the corner as Kaits expected, the more means of attack the better.
Next time.
Maiya, who was defeated earlier, started by saying 1. Adele lost.
She also told the information she knew.
“You all know that the war in the demon world has roughly ended after the revelation of the true demon lord, right? There seem to be about 100 surviving demon lords, and among them, ten particularly strong ones have united. But the reason for the alliance is to protect some treasure?”
That’s an interesting story.
As soon as the story ended, Adele immediately shouted 1 to announce the beginning.
“2” “3”
Poise and Paltra’s voices overlapped.
The two people lamented and drank bomb liquor.
“This is strong.”
Just like before, Poise was surprisingly already drunk and stumbled.
Her voice was still intact, so she spoke the information clearly.
“This is an extension of the story Adele told. The surviving 100 Demon Lords are the elite of the elite, but there is one that stands out among them. He is called the ‘Demon Lord of Battle.’ There are rumors that he is snooping around the border between the demon world and the human world. But, be careful when managing division.”
The devil of battle?
The other rankers widened their eyes as if this was their first time hearing this.
Meanwhile, Paltra cleared her throat.
“Is it my turn? The Mystery Department of the headquarters of the Shin Training Clan. Everyone here knows that there is a space connected to the Abyssal Demon Palace. My subordinates’ shikigami are conducting an investigation in the department, and by chance, they are in the Abyss’s Demon Palace. It is said that there are people who saw Kang Geom-il when they entered.”
I think I’ve seen that before.
However, other rankers are talking about how surprising it was.
Then clap clap clap. Adele applauded and attracted attention.
“More than half of the time I received a penalty~ Before I get bored, shall we change the rules again? This time it’s bomb jutsu~~ Hmm… What should I do…”
Adele, who was thinking, snapped her fingers.
“Your shameful memories. Talk about your feelings. How do you feel?”
The rankers, whose minds had been eroded by bomb liquor, readily accepted this time too.
“1!!”
Reina, who was feeling dizzy and laying her head on my lap, suddenly shouted.
I stuck to the silent strategy this time.
I heard that if you keep your mouth shut, your competitors will self-destruct, and you have a higher chance of winning than you think, so I wanted to verify if it was true.
It doesn’t matter if I lose.
Because I have something honest to say.
And our rankers were excellent.
Even though our minds were blank, we kept an eye on each other’s movements and said numbers without overlapping them. In the end, I ended up winning this time.
The rankers whistled in cheers.
“That person was finally caught!!”
Adele playfully pointed at me.
“What are you going to talk about~? The story of your first love that came a while ago?”
“Oh. I’m curious about that.”
Poise also looked interested.
It is now.
When everyone forgets to be serious.
Now.
“I confess…”
To the rankers who were paying attention to what I was saying, I said.
“I never see you as bridesmaids.”
The room became quiet.
I realized that this was an extension of the declaration made by Poise and Raina earlier.
Reina noticed her and tried to raise her upper body, so he patted her head and laid her down again.
“That must be a bad feeling. You really want to be the best, but it seems like the winner has already been decided. Even I would have a hard time understanding it.”
Both Poise and Raina are sincerely aiming to win the race.
My relationship with him has improved, and it is easy to misunderstand that we are called cliques, but we are business partners, not a boss-subordinate relationship.
“To tell you the truth, I’d love for the Kites to win… But I don’t think it would matter if you or I won. That’s right. I don’t think you guys would make a bad world.”
This is also sincere.
Among the rankers I know, there is no evil person.
The guy who was supposed to be Osad, who was a villain, died at the hands of an incorporeal hand.
“So, what I want to say is, let’s use each other as much as we can without worrying about what I think. There is no need to break cooperation. Let’s move toward victory together.”
Move forward to win, but cheer and support each other.
It is a bona fide competitor.
In the past, right before the battle for Rope-chan, when Shin Soo-ryun tried to bury me with trivial information. This is what I thought from the moment I saw the rankers who wanted to join me.
“Lastly, I like you guys quite a bit. I guess. No matter what you choose, I won’t dislike you.”
There was silence.
The first to open her mouth was Maiya, who looked embarrassed and clutched her face.
“You were sober when you said that… No, you were drinking.”
“… It’s a little hot. Hmm…”
Paltra fanned his hand.
Reina looked up at my face, and Poise blinked her eyes and stared at me, then grinned.
“… Okay. There’s no need to break up. Then I can just use the Yeodere faction until I need it, right?”
“Of course. And I’m just saying this now, but in the first place, I hated being called the Yeodere faction.”
It’s embarrassing.
And these people. I felt guilty.
If I wasn’t sorry, I wouldn’t have had to confess like this, I would have just moved under the water.
I feel grateful for that guilt.
“I am always grateful to you all.”
“Oh, no… Stop it now. Isn’t it… Embarrassing?”
“Umm~~”
It’s cute to see Maiya and Paltra shy.
Even though I borrowed the power of alcohol, I was also embarrassed.
“Oppa. Don’t you hate me?”
Instead of answering Raina’s question in the normal tone of voice, instead of speaking in a middle school tone, I stroked her face with my palm.
Raina sighed and received my petting.
I don’t know what happened to Poise and Reina, but they are still my allies. At least I think so.
“Hey~ What is this atmosphere~~ Mr. Dre, drink the punishment!!”
Adele grabbed my hair and put it behind her and forced me to drink her beer.
I drank quietly.
And. This is amazing.
It’s as strong as an explosion coming out of your mouth.
“Ugh…”
While moaning, Adele raised her voice.
“Since Mr. Dre has brought the mood down, let’s end the guessing game and start a new one!!”
The rankers, who found it difficult to bear the tickling atmosphere, raised their voices and responded.
That moment. Adele said with an evil smile.
“For your information, the penalty is bombing and taking off your clothes.”
