Celebration

Walking on the streets towards "The Saint's Cup", James was joined with Francis, Christopher and Warren. James wanted to celebrate the return of Sir Edward, thus had invited the three other knights and Sir Edward to drinks.

Both to separate from peeking eyes as well as to have at least something decent to drink, James decided that "The Saint's Cup" was the best location to do this at. Especially the brown drink he had previously. The spicy yet sweet taste was something that James liked. If he doesn't forget, he would definitely ask what the bottle actually contained.

Arriving at the tavern, James looked around and saw a hooded figure sitting on the same bench where he initially had found him. Walking towards the hooded figure, James introduced both Christopher and Warren to Sir Edward, "Sir, these are Christopher and Warren." James added, "They helped me during a quarrel I previously had."

Looking at the two knights, Sir Edward stuck his hand out and said, "Glad to meet you two. It is nice to know that the younger generation of knights is capable."

"Thank you Sir!" Christopher and Warren said in unison.

With a smile, James looked at the barkeep and said, "Bring us 5 of that delicious drink you have Vicros."

The barkeep looked at James and smiled as he said, "On its way Sir Knight!" after a while, the barkeep brought over 5 drinks in small cups. The drink in it had a brown color. James remembered this and knew that this was the drink he had previously.

Before the barkeep had the chance to leave, James stopped him and said, "Vicos, what is this drink actually?"

"That would be rum Sir Knight, it comes from The Wolfsheart Kingdom." Vicros replied.

"It tastes pretty good. Just bring over the whole bottle." James ordered to Vicros.

With that Vicros hurried over to the bar and took out the bottle to bring over. James compensated him accordingly. With that, the 5 of them had enough drinks to celebrate the return of Sir Edward over at the tavern.

Around 4 drinks in, a loud horn sound could be heard from within the tavern. This was the warning for the arrival of demonic hybrids. Understanding this, both excitement and worry took over the five men group.

They were all excited to increase their merits just before the end of The Months of Demon. However because they all had something to drink, they were all on the verge of being drunk. This would be a problem when fighting a life and death battle.

Looking at the rest, James was not sure what to say. He even had the feeling that he saw them double, which was not a good sign at all. Trying to stand up, James had difficulties saying on his feet. His head was spinning.

Looking over at the barkeep, James shouted out, "Vicros! Bring something that will help us against the drunkenness. Maybe some water?" With that, Vicros disappeared into the backroom before coming back out with five small bottles.

"Here Sir Knight. This is a special potion I bought from the herbalist down the street. He says that it will cure pretty much everything. Especially effective against drunkenness." Vicros said as he handed them a bottle with a yellowish green liquid in it.

Looking at the bottle, James had not much choice but to down the potion. As he did, he could feel his throat burn. Yet the moment the liquid hit his stomach, the dizziness started to fade instantly. With that he looked at the rest who also had drunk their potion and were all ready to leave towards the wall.

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