CH-109 : A Toast To Victory

 Chapter 109.1

In the end, neither of my parents learnt the truth, however, as my dad said they were worried about me being involved in the war so its probably to be expected.

I'll let a bit of time pass and they should be able to listen calmly the next time. As long as my mom learns the truth since my dad's easy to persuade.

No need to rush it. Let's wait for the right time.

"What are you going to do?" (Sasha)

"First off I'm going to eat the mushroom gratin before it gets cold." (Arnos)

"You know…" (Sasha)

Sasha looks at me in amazement while Misha serves out the mushroom gratin.

"Is this enough?" (Misha)

"Excellent." (Arnos)

I receive a plate from Misha and start eating my mushroom gratin.

"Fumu. Nothing beats this after stopping a war." (Arnos)

Misha looks down and seems lost in thought.

"Don't restrict it like that. I don't want you talking like that event will be an everyday thing." (Sasha)

Misha nods at Sasha's words.

"Hmm? That reminds me, do you have any alcohol?" (Eleonor)

Eleonor looks around the table at us.

"At times like this, you have a victory drink right?" (Eleonor)

"Unfortunately, neither of my parents seem to drink so there's none in the house." (Arnos)

"Wah? How healthy. Well then." (Eleonor)

Eleonor draws a magic formation and pulls 3 bottles out of it.

"Ta-da! A speciality of Gairadeite called Holy Dimira. It's delicious" (Eleonor)

"Hoh? How thoughtful." (Sasha)

Sasha's eyes sparkle with greed.

"Then I'll pour a lot for you Sasha-chan." (Eleonor)

Eleonor fills up Sasha's glass with the Holy Dimira.

"Who's next?" (Eleonor)

Eleonor filled everyone's glass.

"Shall we have a toast?" (Eleonor)

Everyone picks up their glass.

"Lead the toast?" Misha mutters.

"It can only be you." Ray tells me.

"I see." (Arnos)

I raise my glass.

"Thanks to the hard work of everyone here the war between Deiruheido and Azeshion was avoided. There's still some troublesome issues left, but for now, let's forget about all that and get drunk. Its a victory for our demon king forces." (Arnos)

Everyone smiles while watching me.

"Kanpai." (Arnos)

"Kanpai!!!" (Everyone)

I down my glass in one.

It's really delicious. That taste after defending the peace is really special.

"Are you okay drinking all that in one go Arnos-kun? Holy Dimira is really strong." (Eleonor)

"What? For me this is no different to water." (Arnos)

"Wow that's amazing. Want another glass?" (Eleonor)

Eleonor shows me the bottle.

"Of course." (Arnos)

Eleonor fills my glass.

"Hey Arnos, don't get too carried away and end up drunk." Sasha says to me with a red face while trying to pick a fight.

Her tongue doesn't seem to be moving quite how she wants it to.

"Aren't you the one who's drunk?" (Arnos)

"Unfortunately for you I'm the witch of ruin. I won't lose to alcohol." (Sasha)

While talking to me Sasha moves closer to Eleonor.

"Do you have any other alcohol?" (Sasha)

"I've got wine." (Eleonor)

"Wine?" (Sasha)

Eleonor drew the formation again and took out a bottle of wine.

Why's she carrying so much alcohol around with her?

"This is great Arnos! I'll show you how far I can go and not get drunk!" (Sasha)

While loudly declaring that to me she lifts the bottle of wine and bottle of holy Dimira up in both hands.

"This is a secret art of the Necrons. Fusion magic Holy Wine ｢Ka Kuteru｣!" (Sasha)

Sasha pours the wine and Holy Dimira into a glass.

Isn't she totally drunk? No matter how strong the Holy Dimira is, getting this drunk after one glass is shocking.

After using her newly made ｢Ka Kuteru｣ Sasha raises the glass to her mouth.

"Stop that." (Arnos)

I take the glass away from Sasha.

"Haaa why? Are you saying I'll get drunk?" (Sasha)

"Get? No matter how you look at it you are drunk." (Arnos)

"I'm not drunk! Honestly. I even showed you fusion magic." (Sasha)

You wouldn't normally speak like this.

"I'm not drunk!" (Sasha)

"Okay, okay. It's really tasty so can I have some?" (Arnos)

"Nn? Is it? If you want it Arnos I'll give it to you." (Sasha)

While thinking about what to do with this problem I drank the ｢Ka Kuteru｣.

"..."

Terrible. I've never tasted any alcohol this bad, not even 2000 years ago.

These two things must never be mixed.

"I'll show you the Necron secret arts again!" (Sasha)

Sasha starts pouring the Dimira and wine into a glass again.

"What are you doing Sasha?" (Arnos)

"I'm going to get you drunk Arnos." (Sasha)

Sasha finishes her ｢Ka Kuteru｣ and brings the glass to her lips.

"Your words and actions don't match." (Arnos)

I take the glass away from her again.

"Uuu…Arnos won't let me drink…" (Sasha)

Sasha starts to sulk.

"You're a troublesome fellow." (Arnos)

A glass of water is held out to me by Misha.

"Here. Drink this liquor. It's good." (Arnos)

I handed the water to Sasha who took it in both hands and stared at it.

"This liquor looks like water." (Sasha)

Because it is.

"It's delicious." (Arnos)

"Really?" (Sasha)

Sasha drinks about half and c̲o̲c̲k̲s̲ her head.

"…It is water after all…" (Sasha)