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Riana took me to the largest room in the mansion. The room was dimly lit, with one weak light emitting a soft yellow glow. She hadn’t just invited me—everyone else was already seated around the table and sofas in that room. I was the last one to arrive.
On the table, there was an ice bucket surrounded by various unknown bottles.
“… Wow.”
“The servants would freak out if they saw us drinking, so we had to wait until we got to the lodging.”
I mean, I had rushed over as soon as I heard there was alcohol, and drinking with friends on a trip was a common scenario, but it felt like a strange and mixed up thing in this different world.
How much of the real world was mixed into this fantasy setting?
There was wine as well as high-proof spirits that were slightly different from soju. I was unsure if minors were allowed to drink. Harriet looked a bit nervous, and so did Heinrich and Adelia.
“Have you tried drinking before?”
I nodded in response to Riana’s question. “Um, yeah… Not much though.”
Ellen was just sitting quietly, and Riana seemed to have had her fair share of sneaking drinks before.
And here she was, trying to get her classmates to drink as well.
‘Was she the troublemaker type at home?’
The more I got to know her, the more interesting she became.
“If you don’t want to drink, you don’t have to. No one’s forcing you.”
Riana skillfully opened a bottle and poured a small amount into each of our glasses, adding ice to each of them.
“But, but… won’t we get in trouble for this?” Harriet said in a worried voice.
“I’ve never had a drink before…” Adelia added.
Harriet and Adelia looked a bit nervous, a hint of fear in their eyes.
“Who’s going to scold me about this?” said Riana. “You just have to go for it.”
She was basically saying that she could be forgiven for anything.
Ellen stared quietly at the golden liquid in her glass. I remembered Ellen mentioning in the Dark Land that we should try drinking together some time, because she was curious about the experience.
It seemed like...
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