Episode 704: Stop Fire, We’re Allies! (3)
After that happened with the bishop-priest.
Ray hadn’t been able to go back to the separate room for several days.
“Ugh. You bastards in the black room!”
I had spoken to the messenger, so I knew how to attack the Demonic Church in the black room, but I didn’t know that I would act so quickly.
Thanks to that, the bishop and priest needed a place to rely on for the time being, and the private room was already saturated because all the nobles around the capital had gathered in an unexpected situation.
No matter how long I waited, a room was not available, so I had to stay at a nearby inn from now on.
“Even if I look like this, I’m a royal guest…”
But when I went in with the iron plate on my face, the rumors around me these days were unusual.
While wandering around the castle, the sound of the attendants talking behind them caught my ears.
“That person.”
“That person?”
“okay! Why did someone try to attack the bishop!”
“Your face is handsome…”
“Hey! Don’t you know that all men are wolves?”
My heart is heavy when I see them laughing hahahoho.
I don’t know where the rumors spread, but it was wrong to go back to my room with this.
“Where are you staying today?”
Well, if I had to, I’d spend a few days at Klein’s mansion.
In many ways, it is not a good situation for someone who was said to have almost attacked the bishop and priest to entrust himself to the mansion of the commander of the knights of the kingdom.
It was not easy to rely on someone, so Ray eventually headed to an inn located in the royal capital.
* * *
Even if it feels good.
At the tavern located downstairs from the inn, Ray ordered drinks and food.
Money was enough.
He must have been talked about behind closed doors in the royal castle, so Ray exclaimed cheerfully to soothe his mood with alcohol.
“hey! Bring the most expensive skewers and grain wine here!”
At his words, the expression on the waiter’s face crumpled at once.
If you were asked to pick one of the cheapest foods on the market, the first place would be skewers.
Even there are not many skewers, but there is usually only one type of skewers sold in taverns.
But I don’t know if you order something expensive, even if it’s alcohol.
Grain wine, made by fermenting grain, was perceived as cheap, so famous taverns did not even handle grain wine.
Both the clothes and the look.
The waitress, whom he thought was undoubtedly a scion of a prestigious aristocratic family, had leaked steam.
“Yes.”
After prolonging his answer, he grumbled and headed to the kitchen.
“The service is not very good.”
Let’s tsk tsk and wait a bit.
The food came earlier than I thought, probably because all I ordered were skewers and grain wine.
“Here it is.”
“Here’s a tip.”
The waitress sighed as if she knew that when she talked and handed her a fairy tale.
“thank you.”
Also, the service here is not good.
Not being able to recognize a big fish like yourself doesn’t seem to have a good eye.
Ray, who had been chewing on the waiter, chewed on the skewer this time.
“Oh oh.”
I didn’t expect much, but I was amazed at the unexpectedly excellent taste.
For the price of only ten fairy tales, the taste is quite excellent.
When you bite into it, not only the gravy bursts out, but even the texture is alive.
The chef seems to be a fairly skilled cook.
I took a sip of the grain wine before the meat completely disappeared in my mouth.
Then, this time, isn’t the bitter scent of grain wine making the oil disappear!
This kind of food and drink in such a cheap pub?
This must have been the chef’s madness.
Otherwise, there is no way you can work in a shabby restaurant with a skill that rivals any other high-end bar!
It was because I was hungry.
Ray hurriedly filled his stomach with skewers and grain wine.
It was to the extent that even the guests around him stared at him with their mouths open.
The moment Ray was in the middle of ordering a few more plates of skewers.
A woman with long black hair entered the tavern.
“Here you are.”
Like a skilled musician playing.
The woman’s beautiful voice resonated throughout the tavern.
When he turned his head to look at the source of the sound, there was a bishop with his black hair brushed behind his ear.
“I’ve been looking for it for a long time.”
“What happen?”
“…I want to talk.”
“I don’t have much to say.”
As I speak with a bunch of skewers still steaming in my mouth, for some reason, I feel indignant.
The bishop sighed and sat down.
As she raised her hand with her sleeves closed, the waitress, whose face was red as she watched her, quickly approached.
“Even if you need blood…”
“Can you give me something to recommend?”
As she spoke, her eyes caught on the grain wine on the table.
Courage that looks cheap no matter who sees it.
However, when I saw him continue to drink it, saying that even that was delicious, I sighed again.
‘Why the hell is a royal guest eating this kind of food…’ If
only an order was given from the royal castle, the servants would move and serve food until their upper legs were broken.
In addition, if you ask to see the liquor table, you will be able to drink even the dwarven grain wine, which is said to be difficult even for nobles to drink, like water.
It means that his position in the current kingdom of Gleiman is about that much.
It’s strange to set the mood on the terrace of a bar that looks cheap like this, saying ‘Today’s sunset is pretty good’ with cheap grain wine in hand!
Somehow, I think today is a day with a lot of sighs.
she said to the waitress.
“Please give me the most expensive drink.”
The rod I had hoped for had arrived.
The clerk lowered his head with a bright face.
“I will prepare it right away!”
“This is a tip.”
He handed over three silver coins, saying that he was doing well, and now the employee’s face turned to tears.
He lowered his head one after another as if kicking a mill, and let’s go away.
Ray, who was looking at him with disapproving eyes, shook his head.
“Sheesh.”
When he gave the same tip, he looked at it with pity on his eyes.
After all, the world is absurd.
Ray poured the grain wine into his mouth.
“Big.”
It’s a clean drink that you won’t get tired of, no matter how many times you drink it.
Is there a good brewery nearby?
The bishop priest carefully lifted the bottle.
“I will follow you.” Since the
glass
is small, it fills up quickly.
The skewers had already been eaten, so there was no proper food on the table, but the sunset outside was a great snack in itself.
She likewise poured a drink into my glass.
“Is it okay for someone called a bishop to drink?”
“How are you? You say you’re dead anyway?”
“That’s true…”
“My school is surprisingly merciful to such things. You don’t have to worry.”
As she spoke, she held out a glass of wine.
As soon as I bumped into him briefly, I closed my eyes tightly and inhaled.
gulp-! gulp-!
“Kuaaa!”
A loud exclamation like that of a neighborhood uncle flowed from her throat.
“how is it? Do you think you drink a little?”
Did he even get drunk from just one drink?
The bishop priest spoke in a slightly excited voice.
Soon, the food and drink she ordered came out.
The grilled whole pork looks so appetizing that it cannot be compared to the skewers ordered earlier.
In addition to that, as soon as the cover was removed, the incense spread strongly in the tavern.
“eat a lot. If you want something, you can ask for it without reservation.”
“Hahaha! After all, money is good!”
Ray, who had a lot of things but couldn’t throw away his miserly tendency, salivated.
What should I eat first?
He sliced up the whole pig with a knife.
Then, the golden-brown surface cracked open, revealing the soft flesh.
Maybe it will get cold.
He hurriedly brought the meat into his mouth.
“Oh oh!”
“Ugh. I’m fine.”
Responses were varied.
Unlike the bishops and priests who cut meat as if it wasn’t bad, Ray first realized that the flavor could be tasted with incense as well.
The flavor of the food was so good that I could taste it with my nose and eyes.
He poured himself a drink this time.
The aftertaste of alcohol melts gently on your lips and throat.
Did you say Ohhwaju?
It definitely feels like five different flowers are shimmering in front of your eyes.
“It tastes like alcohol.”
It’s a drink that tastes different when you drink it and after you drink it.
It was a similar feeling when I drank the old man’s childhood drink in the past.
It is a drink worthy of being called a myeongju.
“Think of today’s treat as a thank you.”
Having said that, the bishop brought the chair a little closer and sat down.
long eyelashes.
Nicely curved nose bridge.
Anyone who sees her long black hair that goes well with her fair skin will not be able to help admit that she is a beauty.
she hinted.
“This is the first time anyone has recognized my ‘inside heart’.”
“It’s a coincidence.”
I laughed at him as I watched him answer succinctly.
“I guess lying isn’t my specialty.”
Somehow, the way she was eating or drinking and admiring her was quite cute.
“Thank you for listening to my request that day.”
‘Thank you for taking care of me by my side.’
Without saying anything behind the scenes.
She nibbled at the food.
Ray, who was not interested in the wanderer’s carelessness, said with food in his mouth.
“What do you do with that much? Oh, by the way, did you hear about the Demonic Church?”
“Someone came from the court. I’ve heard about it…but honestly, I don’t know if it will work out.”
“It’s too bad.”
These are the guys who wielded their fists in the beginning.
Besides, even though they were escorts, they were meant to keep an eye on her anyway, so I didn’t feel sorry for them now.
“Still, I intend to talk to the royal family. If you do well, it might be resolved smoothly, right?”
“Take it easy.”
“Whoops. If something difficult happens, then I will come back to ask for it again.”
The moment the bishop priest was about to take his hand to the cup.
Ray hurriedly threw the utensils on the table at the unusual movement he felt from outside.
swish-!
Damn-!
Debris scattered with the sound of lightning.
“There’s a pesky guy attached.”
A voice full of life.
Ray recognized it as the first move.
Opponents are never easygoing.
He grinned when the precious expensive food and alcohol spilled.
“It’s a little expensive to pay for interrupting my dinner.”
“Wouldn’t food be a luxury for someone who was about to die?”
The man who covered his face with a black hood grinned.
