Chapter 12

I hummed a little while wiping the last batch of dirty glass before placing them on the shelf. After cleaning all the glass and plate, I take a bottle of homemade whiskey from the deeper part of the shelf.

The Faerie Feast not only let me make food but also drinks, including alcoholic drinks. The company is kind enough for me to buy the kit to make my own alcoholic drink for one point. That included a good wood barrel and a Fermentation Box that made the fermentation process faster.

One day outside is equal to one year inside. The box can hold one barrel of alcohol, so I cannot use it to make more than a few bottles of alcohol.

And right now, I want to taste test one of them.

"Hmmm. Good. Need a little bit more time to be perfect, but right now, this is good enough."

I snap from my thoughts when I hear someone knocking on my door. I walk toward the door, open it up and see Lavinia standing in front of my door with a man around his thirties.

"Lavinia?"

"Can we have some of your time?"

"Sure. Come on in."

I open up the door and let them inside my house. I let them sit down on my biggest table and walk toward the kitchen, take some baked goods, then place them on their table.

"What do you want to drink? Coffee? Tea? Or some Juice?"

Before Lavinia could say anything, the man bet her on it and said,

"Do you have any alcohol?"

"Well… I have some homebrew whiskey if you want?"

"Sure."

"And you, Lavinia?"

"Hmmm. Can I have it as well?"

"Of course."

I walk to the counter, take two glasses, a bucket of ice, and the whiskey bottle before placing them on the table. I pour the whiskey and place the ice cube inside the glass.

"So, what can I do for you two?"

"For now, let me introduce you to my mentor and boss. This is Mephisto Pheles, the current chairman of Grauzauberer, one of the biggest magician organizations in the world."

I nodded my head and gave my hand to the man in front of me.

"Nice to meet you. My name is Christopher Hanazawa. However, please call me Chris."

"Nice to meet you too, young Chris."

"So, what can I do for you?"

Mephisto Pheles looked me right in the eyes before saying.

"I came here to see the man that helped Lavinia beat Ace in the fight."

"Ace?"

"The man that sacrifices himself to the void."

"Ahhh, that Chimera-looking creature."

"Yes. I also want to thank you for helping Lavinia in the fight. You don't need to do it, but by doing so, Lavinia did not get into more trouble than she needed to."

"I see. You are welcome, I guess. I'm doing it because it was the right thing."

"Hmmm. Even so, you help her and get yourself injured. We owe you one. If you need Grauzauberer for something, just tell me. From creating barriers to potions, let us know."

"Barrier?"

"Yes. We have a division that is filled with magicians that specialize in Barrier making magic."

"Then can I ask you to send someone to make a barrier around my house?"

"Easy enough."

"Thank you. Please enjoy the food and the drinks."

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|Mephisto Pheles POV|

Lavinia and I walked away from the store after we finished eating and drinking with Chris.

"So, what do you think, boss?"

"Looks like my theory is right."

"Which one? You have five of those for Chris alone."

"The one where he is a self-trained holy energy user. It looks like he only got to awaken his holy power and did not get much training because his parents are dead. He still thinks that he is a mundane human but accepts his role in the moonlight world."

"Ahhh, that theory. I guess I can see the reason why he did not get any barrier around his home and store."

"Right now, he is lucky he can control his holy power really well, but the older he gets, the bigger his holy power will get, and he will be noticed by the moonlight people here."

"So, what should we do? Create a barrier? I think it was a bad idea. His store is rather popular after all. Gremory and her peerage members like hanging out inside his store."

"Then we just make the barrier unnoticeable to them. Carlos has enough time on his hands before his next mission to make the barrier. He is one of our best magicians in this area."

"You know… I have never seen you this… excited for a long time."

"Heh. I guess you are right. It has been a while since something new happened to me. When you are as old as me, you will search for something interesting. Some get their entertainment by tormenting others just. Just look at the previous Satan. As for me? I'm a teacher by nature, and I like teaching. Seeing Chris and his newly awakened power made my teacher's nature erupt. I want to take him as my apprentice, but my pride and the jealousy of others hold me down. He needs to prove himself first before I could take him as my apprentice, and by proving himself, the other will not be jealous of him. Well, they are still jealous of him, but they know that Chris already proved to them that he is worth it."

Not only that, but Christopher is also one of the five Holy Power users ever being born into the world. Other than my teaching nature, I also have my nature as a devil, and I'm a greedy devil. I want him as my student and then teach him all I know about the holy power.

I'm not like a dragon who will fuck anyone and anything that they're deemed worthy of being their possession. I will not fuck him or anything, but I claim him as mine. Christopher is my student, and no one can say otherwise.

"I see. It really has been a while since you became this obsessed with someone. If the history book is telling the truth, the last time you do this is the time when you take Morgan as your student."

"Ahhh, yeah. Little Morgan, it is really a shame she died."

"Anyway, do you really need to ask him for another bottle of Whiskey from Chris? You make me look bad, you know?"

Ahh, yeah. The alcohol Chris made. It was delicious. So delicious, in fact. It was the most fantastic drink I have drank in a while or maybe the best alcohol I ever drank in my entire life.

"Meh. He did not mind giving me another bottle of whiskey."

"After you drank an entire bottle of it."

"Speak of yourself, dear. You drink maybe a quarter of the bottle."

I chuckle a little when I see her red face get even redder.

"It was delicious."

"I know, right? Even though it was a strong drink, it did not burn really bad like other alcohol. It was really smooth, and the taste was also delicious. It is really a shame he did not make a large batch of it. I will buy all of them."

"You already have a warehouse filled with alcohol, and you want more?"

"Yup. That is just who I am, dear."

We continue to bicker with each other before teleporting away after we arrive in an empty alley.