When I looked out the window, the sun had long since risen. Apparently, we had overdone it and partied all night.
During the battle with the boss, we stayed awake all night, which was quite a normal thing, but to spend the whole night in a party... it's been a while.
After drinking a golden liquid with a pleasant aroma from the glass in my right hand, a rich and complex flavour spreads delicately throughout my mouth. It tasted similar to an aged sake, if not better. As this wine has an abundance of flavors, every sip would taste unique for different individuals. Personally, it tasted like sweet nectar and I would say it ranks in the top 5 alcohol that I ever had.
This drink was from 1 of the 2 types of liquor that was acquired when clearing the Psalms, received for the execution of [History], the [Demonic Spirits [Inexhaustible Demonic Hop]].
As amazing as it is however, it's still inferior to the combination of dragon meat and the[Demon Liquor: [Drop of Neverending Evening Cherry Blossoms]]. When ingested, it brings about a warm sensation that spreads top down as the liquid smoothly flows down the throat and into the belly, after-which the warmness spreads evenly throughout the body down to the fingers and toes. Even I would be temporarily drunk, not to mention others. Paired with the dragon meat, it's simply divine as the flavors complimented each other.
After-which, a tingling sensation could be felt and it persisted for quite awhile before it went away. Again, you can't help but to think how could liquor be that good.
I was only a little annoyed that the container is small. Well, this discontent is quite trivial because the bottle has a wonderful property. Once it's empty, and a set time has elapsed, the content of the bottle returns back to the original amount of demon liquor. So such complaints should be hidden. I put back the bottle but I was still left with the feeling of wanting to drink more. It's quite a shame but it can't be helped.
Well, I would feel like I was in paradise even with the liquor alone, but this time, in the banquet, we prepared 3 kinds of meat to pair with this special wine.
The first one was grilled Dainamazu. This type of monster was caught in the [Age of the Gods Dungeons][Demigod]Rank[Aquarium Forlia]. I wondered about that dungeon monster, it was like a giant catfish. That's the first thought that I had. The most important feature was that it was so large, it was thick with stored fat. There was a sense of satisfaction as if I was eating meat rather than fish. The odor that it gave off as it was being grilled was almost odorless, but the taste was full of protein. It is bland but very thick, and the flavor becomes very good after adding a thick sauce. The fish then tastes like grilled meat. Sake is a must to accompany it. Anyone would be enticed to eat it all if you eat a single bite.
The second is the boned rib corner of dragon meat. The soft dragon meat of the Flame Dragon Empress was used as an alternative to the boned rib of pork. The texture was as if it was melting on the tip of your tongue. It features a slightly sweet sauce which was a little thick. It is a dish that can make you shed tears of gratitude. Also separately, accompanying the meat was the labyrinth alcohol. There were also two prepared vegetables to go along with the meat and alcohol. The "Green-gold color Ryoku Bok Choy" or the "Tianbao Spinach" together, its appeal is further improved. The texture of the vegetables gave you a crisp feeling. All combined the texture became one of stew as they all melted on the tongue. Harmonious taste of harmony, it would be no sure getting tired to eat much.
The third was dragon meat steak. Unlike the boned rib of the Empress, the steak that was used was the somewhat harder dragon meat from the Crimson Dragon Emperor. By carefully cooking it, it has become softer to the extent you could cut it easily without feeling resistance by using forks and knives made out of Mithril. The surface of the dragon meat steak was burned to a brown color, but it was exquisitely cooked so that it still had some redness inside. The crunchiness of the grilled steak with the tenderness of the boned rib corner is simply delicious. It overflows in the mouth with the juices of the meat like it is gravy that it makes hard to resist. Once you tried a little, your hands will be unable to stop until there is nothing left in front of your eyes.
As such these three types of meat have been arranged all over the banquet table in front of everyone. This array of food is a tremendous variety, each one is very appealing to eat, I can not choose one without thinking carefully and if you eat a bite then you will want to eat until there is none left. People who have never eaten any of these before got lost in all these delicacies.
Very difficult problem. There's no answer, it's answer is that it is a problem.
Well, to truly enjoy each of the 3 types of meats at the end of the banquet, you've to be worried after all. The refreshing taste of the grilled catfish, the sweet melt-in-the-mouth boiled rib corner of dragon meat, and finally, a rich and fulfilling meat steak. If you eat a small knob of each of the attractive exhibits, your eyes get bigger than your stomach and your appetite increases by leaps and bounds. The food and liquor made us greedy and we gorged ourselves on everything.
There was nothing else important to do so the group decided to pamper themselves and enjoy the food and drink full glasses of[Demon Liquor [Demon's Drunken Slaughter - Inexhaustible]]while enjoying the afterglow, I turned around. And saw the members in the banquet, the butlers and maids who were hired in the mansion, and hundreds of people together, such as the Tomboy Princess and the First Queen was participating too. The result was completely different than last night.
First Kanami-chan, Minokichi-kun, Asue-chan, the group resistant to alcohol, they had been eating and drinking or talking to me, we have been up all night. As a result of the night banquet, next to the table, laid a mountain of empty barrels that used to contain liquor.
According to my approximate estimates, the number of empty barrels already exceeded more than 50, staking up to be like a wooden mountain. Wine barrels are usually made of special wood, durable wood for special requirements, because they looked almost the same.
Because of this, the barrel mountain was stable, and even if one of the barrels was taken away from it, I didn't think it would collapse.
Although we consumed nearly the entire mountain of barrels, Minokichi-kun and Asue-chan still sat right next to me, drinking wine straight from the labyrinth barrels, and there was no doubt that we could still easily continue. I wonder how much they will get. Well for starters it would be necessary to remove the accumulated barrel-mountain pile into the item box.
Minokichi and Asue heroically poured a drink, Kanami-chan behaved differently. She elegantly enjoyed a drink out of the labyrinth liquor, as if tasting the wine from the silver wine glass. Her movements and gestures exuded elegance, this spectacle is worthy to be printed on a picture. A great masterpiece.
She has become a member of one of the races that stand at the top of the Vampire race, and now her body exudes the constant aura of a [Ruler] even from a casual gesture, and that's not because of [Charm], but due to her beauty. If there was a person who could resist it, he would have gained my respect.
Just right behind her, as if trying to hide it from others, the entire tower of empty wine bottles was placed regularly, despite the fact that each of them was of the highest quality, and cost a king's ransom. We can thus assume that even if the outside seems dignified and elegant, the person inside is as greedy as before.
All this, she drank alone. Now she's drinking the [Shanburu Dunessa], a little sweet wine that is acquired from lower level bosses of the underground [Demigod Rank] [Age of the Gods] dungeon.
Because of the difficulty of obtaining it, the price for a single bottle easily exceeds several gold plates. A large amount of such an expensive commodity, even for the nobility, now rested in her stomach. She very well liked it, for it was difficult to obtain expensive wines, thus it will be necessary to plan the next dungeon conquest to gain more of it.
Trying to drink sake from many other places, in itself is not bad. Yet, as we drank, Burasato was not here. She carried Supesei, like a princess in her arms, into her room. Of course, it was late at night, but it took several hours, and she never came back. We waited in vain, with so many drinks left. Maybe she fell asleep in between. I wonder what happened...
Of course, she could, from fatigue change her mind and go to bed, as her room was nice and it was very close to the bedroom of Supesei. Yesterday, the day after they conquered the labyrinth, they probably felt tired. That time when she was carrying Supesei, I happened to notice on her face, a seductive smile. It is also conceivable that something is happening.
The probability of this is quite high. She clearly had the eyes of the hunter. Or the eyes of a predator, staring at the weakened prey. Well, whatever it was, I personally will not climb into their problems. We're comrades after all, and one family.
Personal tastes are different, we need to respect them, while maintaining the freedom of each. No one should engage on their business until they asked for help. Personally, I will not meddle in this issue. My clone is there, but the details are not known because that side should not be touched.
As for Redhead, she was tired after the party so I took her to my room, and now she is fast asleep hugging Opushii. Auro, Argento, and Oniwaka also went to rest in their rooms. At this time, they may already be awake, but the training ground still lay quiet, so they are probably still in their rooms.
Seiji-kun who slept on a large sofa with a blissful face, a little away from us, had the same drunken stupor as Supesei. On both sides of him were Aifu and Kugime who were also sleeping. With them slept a few more random demon girls. They were ladies in love with him, in other words, members of his harem.
Seiji was popular before, so this is not surprising. Honest and good, nice looking and has a high status in some sense, we can say that falling in love with him was quite natural.
Moreover, when receiving fatal injuries during a training, seeing Seiji-kun carefully treating their wounds will trigger a "suspension bridge effect", it is quite natural to fall in love with him in that situation.
It is a kind of levity, he does not hesitate, saying very constraining phrases. In the eyes of the girls that is worth a lot. The trembling girl's heart, Seiji] catches naturally, without any calculation.
After falling in love with the natural gigolo Seiji, the demon girls will likely bring us more problems. But also at the head of this list were Kugime and Aifu, who were getting close to him and had overpowering skills. Because of that fact if all this becomes something extreme, I will intervene. The demon girls, in internal consultation, took their hands-off him in iron rule, so currently there is no strife.
The fact that Seiji was basking in that situation made the unpopular party members jealous, but Seiji] still maintained peace and order. Well, in this direction, it is better to not dig deeper. After all it is a troublesome matter. It's Seiji, so he will overcome it.
Next the Tomboy Princess, Boy Knight, First Queen, and Dark Hero stay over for the night. Though I had prepared them private rooms they slept on luxurious sofas along the walls in the same way as Seiji-kun. Even though a sofa bed is slightly inferior to dedicated bedding, because the furniture is top class, it is easy and comfortable to sleep through the night.
The sleepy people who got on this sofa, a young couple, the Boy Knight and the Tomboy Princess are now blue. Apparently in their sleep they suffered from nightmares. Perhaps the reason for this was because the fact that they slept in their clothes, but it's most likely the effect of being drunk. They're still children, so initially I just treated them to fruit juice from the labyrinth. But apparently fascinated by the atmosphere of the holiday, or leaning on someone or some provocation, they are now as drunk as a lord. Maybe it's because they breathed in the smell of alcohol that permeated the entire ballroom. The latter reason is most likely.
Fortunately, this time was especially served the popular drink and dragon meat. Dragon meat is fine alone with nothing to complain about, but with the drink, it becomes simply unbeatable. Such a delicious thing I just can't help but want to make it even tastier.
In addition, we, a race of [Demons] originally liked alcohol very much and are good at drinking loads of it. Many of us drink it like water. But if the amount of alcohol in the drink is too small, or if it doesn't pass certain thresholds, we just can't get drunk. Before we can get drunk, most of the alcohol just degrades in the body.
One example is, my [Absorption] ability, the cases where I got drunk at least a little was pretty low. This is one of these days. Fortunately, in today's drinking, the amount of alcohol was fairly high, so we partook in carefree drinking. One of them was Minokichi-kun, who devastated the barrels one by one.
Thanks to his efforts, the amount of liquor consumed at this banquet was enough to swim in it. As for me, I was drunk. However it was an easy matter to throw back another drink or two, especially in a drunken state. Nonetheless because of the amount of liquor consumed at the banquet the room was stifled with fumes that caused a choking smell. From only this smell, those who are weak against alcohol could easily get drunk. The smell did not get weaker, but rather accumulated, it filled easily in the great hall. The smell of sake, it feels like it soaked in the body.
Among those affected by alcohol, it was not only Boy Knight, Tomboy Princess, but also the Solitude team under the tutelage of Punk Commander.
All of the younger group, almost immediately went to their rooms, but the group head, Punk Commander and some younger ones did not escape this fate and became drowsy. Greedy because of eating, the younger ones and their commander were drunk and they did not even drink, they probably did not have time to escape. Surrounded by older members, perhaps they even watered them, but at their age, it is not contrary to the laws of the kingdom, so I will not be punished.
Well, whatever it was. Drunken Princess Tomboy and the company felt unwell. What a business... Thinking of alleviating a little the suffering of the normal punks collapsed here and there, I started using [All Creation], and got rid of the vomit.
By controlling fluids and gravity, I squeezed the vomit into a small ball. Freezing it, I sent the ball into the bin. A very simple action and useful, and I did not even have to get my hands dirty. It seemed a bit strange to use such a powerful skill for cleaning vomit, but it was clearly faster. It is painfully convenient.
Like Tomboy Princess and company, the First Queen and Dark Hero are on the other sofa and are thoroughly drunk, but their stomachs did not empty, so I pretended I saw nothing. Saliva flowing from their mouth, and sliding on their clothing, it's nothing yet. Sloppiness is in each of them, because of their vulnerable species, they became defenseless.
The First Queen pressed the knife and fork I used at the banquet close to her heart like some sort of treasure. Using a handkerchief, I wiped the drool flowing out of her mouth, and as I was doing this I heard "ehehe" and on her face appeared a depraved smile. It was hard to look at. As if under the influence of dangerous magical drugs. It was difficult to do something.
Typically, following in the shadow of the elegant First Queen, was the Dark Hero, who now looks worse than the Tomboy Princess. The same is true around her maids. At that point, they would just go on stage, but not only is the hostess drunk, but her servants are as well.
Therefore, I personally did not see anything. Touching them is dangerous. Because, it is possible that their spirit will receive fatal moral damage...
At the same time, a lot of our friends fell asleep on the floor and tables. The ratio was approximately 7 to 3, that is to say, on the floor there were more. But the floor of the great hall was covered with a magnificent carpet, and it is likely that to sleep on it was nicer than on an average bed. This carpet, stained with food and drink, vomit, saliva and mud, will be difficult to clean.
Well, it's nothing to worry about, those who have smeared it will be the ones who clean it even if using force is necessary. Well, in this way, the dawn of the feast was over.
With the end of the holiday, those still conscious, did the cleaning. I removed the mountains of empty wine barrels and bottles, sending them into the item box.
But, in order to remove the heavy tables, I had to push aside the sleeping members, and while they were sleeping with happy faces, but in order to help me with the cleaning I needed to wake them up. I awoke them by pouring water on their faces by using [All Creation]. After this they immediately woke up. It is certainly a harsh treatment, but compared to the conventional training, it is still very soft, so there should not be a problem.
But among some of the sleeping members were the maids and butlers, in their case, I acted softer. The maids and butlers were engaged in service, but apparently they became intoxicated by the smell of wine as well. They fell asleep when they became too drunk. As expected, for normal people today's drinking was probably too strong. Well, not that someone has gotten acute alcohol intoxication. So it should be fine.
Awakened and being fellow professionals, the maids and butlers significantly helped with the cleaning and completed in a short time because we were quite quick. I wholeheartedly think that for the cost, the need to hire professionals for such a time like this is very great.
Before returning to the great forest, we had to send the Tomboy Princess, Boy Knight, the First Queen and the Dark Hero back to the palace. Last night, a messenger was sent, so not to cause a panic it would be better to send them back as quickly as possible. I woke them up and gave them the remains of the food in a lunch box, afterwards I sent them home through a group of Skeleton Spiders.
It was a bit strange, to give the leftovers to the royal family as a meal, but all the leftovers were of dragon meat. Though a bit cooled, it was still quite tasty and good enough that you would be willing to sell your soul for it.
Moreover, it is likely that the problem here would be that declared nobles would want to take over this meat, but I think that in that scenario, neither the Tomboy Princess or the First Queen, will let them take it.
Well, if they are too annoying, they will probably disappear. That certainly can happen, but it's better to avoid it. Not for us, but for them themselves. After finishing the clean-up of all the messy things and troubles, we began to prepare for the departure to the great forest.
As usual, in the morning there should be training, but after yesterday a lot of us were suffering of a hangover, so today is a day off. At this time, the group who was returning to the Great Forest was collecting their belongings and putting them in their luggage. We will depart from the Royal Capital after 3 o'clock in the afternoon, due to the fact that many people went to buy souvenirs.
Initially, I wanted to leave Female Samurai in the capital's shops, but I already decided to take her with me, so she hastily gathered her belongings. Using [Summon Archfiend], I made up for the missing store personnel.
I called upon several demon merchants known as [Trade Lord], a race of demons very good at trading. It seems that after becoming a [Living God] I fulfilled a certain condition. This allowed me to summon demons via [Summon Archfiend] that possessed a high degree of intelligence. That allowed them to potentially become excellent employees, which only encourages the use of [Summon Archfiend]. This demons were the best option in this regard because in the next few years the business will expand, entering the top of the merchant trade. Up until now, I just needed qualified personnel, so things would not be out of place, so any additional help is much appreciated.
Because, to begin with, for the sake of the experiment, I decided to leave one of them in the capital's shop. If all turns out well, I'll replace all the members of the store with the new demons and send them to the branches.
Freed workers serve for the benefit of Parabellum. After all the general chamber of commerce is going to extend steadily.
While I was doing this, and other routine business, it was finally time to go. When we finished with the preparations, we were aboard on [Skeleton Centipedes] and [Skeleton Spiders], and we happily went towards our base in the Great Forest.
Just before you leave the capital, you have to travel a small distance of the city, primary the Noble Street and Castle Street. Therefore without wasting time, it was decided during the travel to do some advertising.
Compared to the morning, in the afternoon there was a crowd in the streets, but this time outside the streets were unusually crowded. It was the best time for advertising.
After lunch, music suddenly spread in the streets near the entrance of the capital. Easy and fun, we made them tremble with anticipation. Before us, leaning out of the windows, the faces of locals, fascinating pictures appeared. Members, using a variety of magic and magical items, created on the streets of the parade a roaring flame lion and a water army.
Some looked at this magnificent sight from the streets, and those who came closer, our members showed some magical items sold in our store. Causing the residents to enjoy the event even while being puzzled.
Enjoying the carnival broke the monotony of an ordinary day and it well-publicized our shop. With preparations completed, I created dragons of light and darkness in the sky using [All Creation]. Sitting in a carriage of [Skeleton Centipede], we enjoyed the spectacle.
This advertising was similar to a parade or circus or even a theme park. In this world, this is not a very common technique. The effect of it was much better than expected. But most of all the biggest attraction that got the resident's attention was Minokichi with Kumajirou and Kurosaburou.
If you ask what he was doing, it was juggling. Of course not just simple juggling. Minokichi juggled Kumajirou and Kurosaburou. Kumajirou weighed just under 10 tons, but thanks to the incredible power of Minokichi-kun, he easily lifted him and even Kurosaburou with just one hand.
He juggled, with their bodies curled up in balls of wool. Kumajirou's biceps which turned into a hand-riding wolf rounded like a ball, the sight of a huge object dancing lightly accompanied a tremendous intimidation, but something was left out. It felt rather charming. This overwhelming show of force from the outside suddenly looked pretty cute.
On all sides could be heard cheering and flying coins. Thus, we were able to triple our advertising, at the same time earning some money. In addition, we were showing our great fighting force, thereby getting rid of fools who were willing to interfere with us. So we were able to achieve another purpose, in truth it turned out to be killing two birds with one stone.
While thinking this I thought that maybe we will repeat this in the future. Of course prior to doing this, I got permission from the Tomboy Princess and the First Queen. As expected, to arrange this without permission, it is easy to imagine what panic could rise. Although it is possible to pass forcibly, because an unnecessary dispute will happen, if so it would be cumbersome. It would not be wise to create an enemy.
After a while, we came to the gate, where we waited for a short inspection, but we had a pass so it was over pretty quickly and we left the capital of the kingdom. Picking up Kumakichi, Minokichi-kun's bear, waiting outside he now showed us juggling with 3 pets. The figure is a masterpiece. He looked pleased. Thus killing time until all the members came out, we continued our way to the top of the high mountains. Columns of stretching unusual vehicles, we moved faster than horses, but to others we looked quite strange. Well, we are used to it. As planned, we went by the shortest route to the Labyrinth City «Purgatory».
We arrived pretty quickly, but did not go inside, instead we decided to stop nearby. Joining us from there were a few employees of the branch in higher positions, but it was not the lower members, because they were had work. Because charges have not taken a lot of time, and quickly left the neighborhood of the labyrinth city «Purgatory», heading to a slightly distant, less popular mountain range.
After a while, we arrived at the scene, Kugime-chan checked that no one was around, and I even used a wide range of perception abilities to examine around us for safety, I called Tatsushirou the [Great Ancient Dragon]. A few seconds later, his huge body could already be seen. His body bent the trees under him, but this cannot be helped. Now it will be necessary to bring everything in order here using [All Creation] (ability synthesized from various elements).
While I was patting the playful dragon, I changed [Skeleton Centipede], fixing it on his back. I made sure that it would not interfere with his wings, so that problems during the flight will not occur. Thus, a large number of members will be able to comfortably travel by air.
However, we have too many members, so to carry all of them and drop them off at the great forest was simply impossible. Given that we had the huge Minokichi, as well as pets Kumajirou, Kurosaburou and Kumakichi. Kurosaburou still did not weigh much, but then there was the incredibly huge Kumajirou and even heavier Kumakichi, a [Great Armored Bear]. As expected, the breaks fall from being overloaded. Of course, I can fly in the sky, and to reduce the number of victims to an imaginary, but it will look rather silly.
For the members on Skeleton Spiders, I used [Summon: True Dragons], to call black dragons. Of course compared with the power of Tatsushirou, they are not equal, but thanks to my influence, the black dragons were very strong, besides, I could call quite a lot of them. So in less than a few minutes, we left the forest for the sky. Many of the members that first took to the air were shocked but quickly got used to the feeling. Among us there were those who, like Kanami-chan and I could fly, but most of them did not know how.
Although raised in the air like Tatsushirou, the black dragons were experiencing this feeling for the first time, from different sides you heard them cheering. It is their first experience, so they should be. Enjoying the general reaction, I suddenly noticed among our luggage, two strange barrels. Lightly tapping on it I heard some movement inside. Based on this, I could not throw them away, so I begin by making a small hole in the barrels, using [Venom] created a soporific poison, vaporizing it with [All Creation] and drove inside. After this I heard from inside the loud snoring. That's because, well, okay, it is also not quite a bad chance. Thus, the mission of the terrible sky, ended in an instant, and in the evening we arrived at the base in the great forest.