Gen went toward his room and then began to move some of his furniture into his new room. He took some time doing this and saw Raja and Lina bringing several pieces of furniture from the room at the end of the hall.
After moving everything he wanted, Gen stretched and said, "That's it! I think that's good for now."
He then heard his stomach rumbling and thought, "I think it's time for me to eat my breakfast. Actually, it's past time. I'm starving."
He then left his new room, went towards his old room, and then picked up a bag from the kitchen. He looked at its contents and then said, "Looks like it's all here."
He then went towards the larger kitchen, where he and Raja found the wine from the time of the empire.
When he arrived, he saw that there was no one there yet and said, "I'm first, by the looks of it. Well, I'm not going to wait for them. I'm starving."
Gen walked over to a large countertop and began to take everything he had bought out of his bag. After he finished, he picked up a few things and went towards the huge rectangular table in the middle of the kitchen.
He then prepared himself a sandwich and went to get something to drink, but then thought, 'Damn. I forgot to leave the drinks in the conservatory. Now they're all warm.'
He then got up from where he was and began to put the drinks in the huge conservatory that they had seen the first time they had been there. After a while, he finished putting them in and then started to move toward the table to finish eating.
He was about to sit down at the table when he heard Lina say, " You're here already? I thought I was pretty fast."
Gen then said, "I haven't been here long. The food is on that counter. As for the drinks, I forgot to leave them in the conservatory, so they're all warm, but if you want to drink them anyway, the conservatory is over there."
And Lina said, "That's okay, I don't mind not having a drink right now, and another thing, do you have somewhere I can put the wine Raja gave me yesterday?"
She then showed him the bottle, and Gen said, "I think it's better if you keep it. If Raja accidentally finds it, we probably won't even get a chance to drink it."
"Don't worry, he won't be able to drink the wine."
"He won't? Why not?"
"Let him come over here, and I'll show you."
"Okay.", Lina sat down across from Gen at the table and made herself a sandwich.
Some time passed, and Gen had finished eating, and then Raja came into the kitchen and said, "You guys are here already? I thought I would be first."
And Gen said, "Lina and I have been here for a while. You're very late. I've already finished eating."
"Did you leave something for me?"
"Of course. After all, this food has to last for two days of travel."
"That's right."
Raja sat down next to Gen at the table, made himself a sandwich, and then asked, "Gen, where are the drinks?"
And Gen said, "I forgot to leave them in the conservatory."
"Damn, Gen. You have to pay more attention."
"Hey. If I hadn't bought this food, we all would have had to go almost two whole days without eating."
"And who do you think is to blame, Gen? It's not me, nor Lina, who has an essence that knows how things around here work."
"... I'm sorry. I wasn't expecting the digger to leave just from fueling it."
"No problem, Gen. Everyone makes mistakes, but it's still your fault, haha."
Lina then said, "Raja, if you want, you can have my wine."
Gen and Raja then looked at her, and Raja said, "What?! Are you serious?"
And Gen said, "Where did that come from, Lina?"
Lina then said, "I'm serious. If you want, you can have some of it, after all, you're the one who gave it to me."
And Raja said, "Wow, I wasn't expecting that. Thank you, Lina, I'll have some."
Lina then put the bottle in his hand and said, "Make yourself at home."
"Well, since you're saying so, I won't stand on ceremony. Gen, is there an opener around here?"
Lina then said, "Here. I have one on me."
And Raja said, "Thanks."
Raja then tried to fit the opener into the bottle, but after a while, he said, "That's weird. I can't get through the cork at all."
And Gen said, "Could it be that it has hardened too much during the hundreds of years it has been stored."
"Hmm, that's a possibility. Lina, do you mind if I break the bottle?"
And Lina said, "No, feel free to try."
"Good, that makes it easier."
Raja then took a knife from the table and tried to cut the glass little by little, but after a minute of trying without stopping, he said, "Wow. The glass won't cut at all. Looks like I'll have to break it. That's a shame."
And Gen said, "Are you sure you don't mind, Lina?"
Lina then said, "Yeah, you're welcome to try."
And Raja said, "Ok. I won't hold back then."
He picked up the bottle, lifted it as high as he could, and then came down with it quickly, slamming the tip of it on the table, which made a noise, 'crack', and then he said, "There, it's done.", and then put the bottle down on the table.
Gen and Lina then looked at the bottle, and Gen said, "I think you got it wrong, Raja."
And Raja said, "What do you mean?"
Lina then said, "Look at the bottle."
Raja then looked at the bottle and said, "What? How come it's in one piece? I heard it break."
And Gen said, "I heard it too. That's weird."
Lina then said, "It's simple. Look at the table."
They both looked at the table, where the bottle had hit, and saw that a piece of it was missing, and then Gen said, "It broke the table?!"
And Raja said, "How is that possible?! What was this bottle made of?!"
Lina then said, "It's not the bottle that's the problem."
And Gen said, "It's not? Then what's the problem?"
"Tiran made the bottle like that to make sure we wouldn't open it until we were with his son."
"What? How do you know that Lina?"
"Well, it's hard not to know. After all, he left a message on the bottle."
"Really? Where is it?"
"Look at the back of the bottle, near the bottom."
Raja then started looking and said, "I found it. Let me see. Hm! Hm! 'Hey guys, what's up? This is Tiran. You may be wondering why you can't open the bottle, and the answer is that I sealed it using one of my essences, and the only people who can open it are my relatives or one of my students. So don't even waste your time. Oh, and before I forget, have you no shame? What about the agreement we made? How could you try to break it? T-T', that's it."
Gen then said, "Agreement? You haven't kept your end of the bargain! You expect me to do what? Go around the world chasing stamps?"
Raja then said, "Easy there, Gen. No need to yell at me, I was just reading his message."
And Gen said, "Oh, I'm sorry, Raja. I just yelled in the heat of the moment."
"Okay, but what do we do now?"
"What do you mean?"
Lina then said, "How do we open the wine?"
And Gen said, "Maybe Lan knows something."
Raja then said, "No, she doesn't. After you guys left, I asked her about some things, and she told me about certain things that come into the restaurant that can only be opened when specific people come to the restaurant. She said that she once tried to open one, and no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't. I imagine that the essence used in the wine is the same as the one she mentioned."
Gen then said, "Damn. Looks like as a last resort we'll have to visit all the restaurants one by one to fill the ... oh, that's right! Yesterday, I rushed out and forgot to ask Lan for another album. Damn it!"
And Lina said, "Relax, can't you just ask her for another one when we get back?"
"But won't she make us go Emperor mode again in exchange for the stamp?"
"Of course not, Gen. Lan wouldn't do that. At least that's what I think."
Raja then said, "Don't worry about it. Before I left there, I explained the situation to Lan, and she gave me another album."
And Gen said, "Really? She didn't ask for anything in return?"
"No. She said it's a restaurant protocol to always believe that the owner forgot to do something, so it didn't cost anything."
Lina then said, "For it to have become a protocol, you can imagine how many times Tiran must have done something like that."
And Gen said, "True, hahaha. Well, since I'm done eating, I'll go see if there's any furniture left that I might like in the room at the end of the hall."
Lina then said, "I don't think so, but good luck."
And Raja said, "I say the same, haha."
Gen then said, "Why is that?"
And Raja said, "You better see for yourself."
"Okay."
Gen then left the kitchen and went towards the room with the furniture.