"Whoa! We've been drinking seven bottles. How come we're not that drunk yet!?"
Rei angrily said.
"Hah! This is not our real bodies, ya know?"
Laurence answered.
"Oh yeah. This kind of being drunk in-game. It's more realistic. It feels really true that we're getting drunk! Ugh! I miss Mafuyu!"
"Hey, stop thinking about your girlfriend for a second."
"No! I can't!"
"Waiter!"
Rai called.
"Yes sir?"
"Do you have some kind of map?"
"A map? For what is it?"
"I just wanted to familiarize myself more with the place. Do you have one?"
"Map of the city or the kingdom?"
"The continent's. Do you have one?"
"Oh. That is pretty scarce. But we do have one. You must please return it in one piece. Things like that are rare so it'll be hard and expensive to buy one."
"Yeah. Thank you. I'll return it without a scratch."
"Yes. Please wait for a moment."
The waiter took a moment and left.
"Big bro! Really!? Gathering information during a fun drink?"
"Of course. It just happened that we did not come across a store with maps on them so we did not buy one earlier."
"But! You should have said so that we need a map earlier!"
"I just don't want to ruin the fun of you people."
"It's alright. Gathering information is crucial, after all. We do not know anything that's taking place in the real world. We'll sue to devs for sure about this."
Niel spoke up.
"Yeah. They're forcing us to play the game to such extent."
Laurence added.
Four women suddenly approached them. They all seemed to be wealthy.
"Good evening."
"Oh?"
"Can we share a seat with you? It seems you all are feeling sad."
"Uh…"
"Don't turn down lovely ladies. Have a seat with us."
Asser said.
"Certainly."
As they give off beautiful smiles and gently lifts their dresses as they do a curtsy.
The women approached them except Rai who gives off an unpleasing aura so the women did not choose to approach him.
"Uh. Please go to my brother instead. I have a girlfriend."
"Eh? But."
"I don't want to be around with women like this. My girlfriend is quite scary."
"Oh… Alright then!"
The girl then moves to Rai on the round seat made with cotton for a relaxing seat.
"Uh… I am Luise Geara Raile Calcem. Nice to meet you."
"Rai. I don't you here. Just saying."
"Oh…"
The waiter came back with a scroll which he gives to Rai.
"Here, sir. I'll be returning to get it later."
"Mm. Thank you."
Rai opens the map and saw a large sketch of different kingdoms and spots on the continent.
"Oh. It's quite big."
"Um… For what do you need the map exactly?"
"Nothing much. Just familiarizing myself with it."
And he gets back to inspecting the map
"Okay…"
"Big bro! At least talk to her!"
"Shut up."
"Ugh! You're always like that."
Rai continued to look at the map to further analyze it.
"Hmm…"
"Um… We're over here. This is the Kingdom. The Empire we're currently at war with is that on the south. As you can see. There are over eight countries."
"Hm… I see. You had at least some use."
"Cruel… But I don't think we nobles must be like this in talking to each other. We should have at least some courtesy for each other."
"Well. I don't have that."
And he simply continues to reading the map.
While they are not talking to each other. The other girls are having a nice chat with the other three.
She then moves back to Rei since Rai is not talking to her.
"Hi. I am–"
"It's alright. I already know your name. I am Rei."
He said as he's holding out his hand to stop her speech.
"Yeah… Can we have a chat instead?"
"Fine…"
"You seem quite drunk."
"Yeah. We all are."
"But he's different."
"Yeah. My brother is just like that. Nevermind him if he's being like that to you."
"Okay…"
"Uh… Why did you approach to have a chat with us?"
"Nothing much. Actually. You all just seem lonely. And we don't have people to chat within this place. We're just with our uncle after all. Then we saw you. So... We at least wanted to have a chat with you."
"So? Where is your uncle? Then… Are you sisters?"
"Ah. No, no. We're all cousins."
"Ahhh… I see."
"So. Is Rei your whole name? I am pretty sure you have one as you are also a nobility, right?"
"Wait, where is your uncle first?"
"Over there. He's Viscount Calcem. He's having a talk with a friend of his. They are also drinking. So I am pretty sure we will be here for a long time."
"Oh… Then. My last name is… Big bro!"
He replied as he called Rei.
"What is it?"
"Uhh… What was our last name again?"
"Yeah. You all seem to be related. May you tell me, please?"
"So? Shall we use that name?"
"What?"
"You know."
"Oh… Yeah! That's our family name! Invictus!"
"Oh! What a beautiful name."
"We're using the Invictus!?"
Asser spoke.
"Yeah."
"Really, Rei?"
"So what? It's our family name after all. At least in-game."
"Using our guild name, huh?"
As he looked up and wonder.
"Umm… Sir Asser? May I know what you two mean?"
The woman beside him who's named. Eliza Thiere Raile Calcem.
"Oh. That's nothing. Let's just continue talking."
Nobilities in the same family apparently share the same middle and last name regardless of their parents.
"So? Your name is…"
"Well. Rei Invictus."
"But that's too short. That's just a commoner's name."
"Really? But we prefer that. We hate having long names. Right, brother?"
"Yeah. Whatever."
Rai replied while still reading the map.
The waiter then returned.
"Sir…"
"Oh. Thanks for this. I'll give you a tip then. Twenty gold coins. Is that alright?"
"T, tip?"
"Yeah. I'll be rewarding you handsomely for good service."
"But… Twenty gold coins are too much. At least a few copper coins are enough."
"It's alright. Take this."
Rai hands over a bag of coins and the map altogether.
Well. Twenty gold coins could be earned by a level one player tens of times many more. But giving too much money could give us unwanted attention. I still have to know the exact amount of money here.
"May you tell me how long this money could last as a favor them?"
"Well… I could quit my job for over one and a half years with this and my family could be fed really well for that time."
"I see. Thank you then."
"Thank you very much! Nobody had received anything like this since the opening of the tavern."
The waiter thanked while bowing down extremely low
"It's alright. Go ahead."
"Yes. Once again, thank you very much."
And the waiter left.
More and more time had passed. Though the girls never drank. The five had more than enough.
"Wow… This is so good. We're drunk just like the real world."
Rei said.
"Haha. Right."
Though they could remove their drunkenness by simply activating the poison resistance. They did not do so as they are having a good time.
They now are leaving which the girls aided them when they got permission from their uncle.
"Hey, Asser! That's the wrong direction!"
Niel shouted as their friend is walking in the opposite direction.
"We're going somewhere, idiot!"
"Leave him be. It's not like we're getting laid every time."
Laurence said.
"Haha. Right."
Rei mused.
"That function was actually removed since the beta of the game because of some laws. So I guess they implemented it here."
"Yeah, Right. Being laid by NPCs."
Laurence replied.
Though they are extremely drunk. They don't really stumble around. The girls only aided them so they will be able to properly navigate and be their eyes due to extreme drunkenness. Though Rai did not need one. He could perfectly act as if he's not drunk after all.
They reached their inn and the girls had put them beside their designated beds.
"M, may we go now?"
Luise asked.
"Yeah. Thank you for aiding them."
Rai replied to her.
"Yes. We'll be going. Eliza will be back tomorrow too. She told us about that thing beforehand. Sorry about that."
"It's alright. Go on then."
"Thank you for this wonderful moment."
"…"
As Rai closed the door, got on his bed, and slept.
"This is all real."