Chapter 2: New Century (Epilogue)
Chapter 741: Earth Goddess’s Divine Trial
Chapter 741: Earth Goddess’s Divine Trial (1)
Groin was dragged away.
Xi Wei looked at Nina, who was still giggling foolishly, and was furious.
“Are you trying to tear down the roof after three days of not being beaten? I actually thought you were the most sensible head maid!”
Xi Wei reached out and tapped Nina’s forehead.
Instead of being scared, Nina hugged Xi Wei’s hand and said with a giggle, “Is it Your Majesty? Am I dreaming? Your Majesty actually came to the tavern to catch me… Hehehe, Your Majesty, let’s drink together! Cheers!”
“Drink what!”
Xi Wei snatched the wine barrel from Nina’s arms and lifted her up with one hand.
At this moment, the tavern owner also came over. Seeing that it was Xi Wei, he was so scared that he lost his composure and knelt before Xi Wei:
“Your Majesty, I, I didn’t deliberately sell wine to the Dwarf Grandmaster and Miss Nina. And I repeatedly warned the Dwarf Grandmaster not to drink too much with Miss Nina, as it’s bad for her health, and Nina is still young, but, but the Dwarf Grandmaster didn’t care at all. He even threatened me with a firearm to bring out the wine…”
“Hmm, I understand this matter.”
Xi Wei nodded slightly at the tavern owner.
This owner was also responsible. He was probably quite frightened by Groin’s actions during this period. He was in a dilemma, surely not sleeping well, with dark circles under his eyes, looking dazed.
“But since Nina was drinking here, a death penalty can be avoided, but a living one cannot be escaped.”
As soon as Xi Wei said this, the tavern owner was stunned. Was he still going to be punished?
“Your Majesty, spare my life!”
“Hmph, from today onwards, all taverns in Winter City will be reformed. Minors are not allowed to drink. Violators will be locked in the dungeons for re-education, and the tavern owners will have their property confiscated and production halted!”
Xi Wei ignored the tavern owner who kept kowtowing and continued:
“Since I found you today, you will take the lead in propaganda work and transform your current tavern into a model tavern. Organize a meeting of all the tavern owners in the city… How about it, can you do it?”
“Your Majesty, is that all?” The tavern owner looked up in astonishment.
For a moment, he couldn’t tell if this was a reward or a punishment.
After a long while, he realized that this action would surely make him an enemy of all the tavern owners in Winter City.
After all, drinking among minors was too common now. Many young people became mercenaries before they were adults, and drinking was a common occurrence for them.
However, it didn’t seem like a big deal to become the target of everyone’s criticism, with the King of Winter behind him, why should he be afraid?
“Exactly!”
Xi Wei carried the giggling Nina out, leaving behind a lingering sentence.
“Get it done immediately, and don’t disappoint me!”
…
Perhaps it was due to her special constitution.
Before they had walked halfway, Nina gradually recovered from her state of slight intoxication.
The road before her was receding rapidly. After a moment of daze, Nina finally realized that she was being carried on someone’s shoulder.
Could it be that she was drunk and someone was going to sell her?
No!
She was a maid of Winter Fort, how could she be sold to another place?
Thinking this, Nina struggled with all her might.
At this time, they had already entered the garden of Winter Fort. Xi Wei waved his attendants away, and seeing that no one was around, he slapped Nina’s butt.
“Ah!”
Nina let out a scream and struggled even harder.
“Pervert! How dare you hit the butt of a Winter Fort maid, you, you have such courage!”
Xi Wei’s mouth twitched.
He continued to slap Nina’s butt over a dozen more times, making Nina let out wails and yelps, and tears gushed out.
“Wuwuwu, I was grabbed and my butt was touched, I’m not pure anymore… Wuwuwu, you’re finished, Your Majesty Winter will avenge me!”
“You’re right.”
Xi Wei placed Nina on a long bench in the garden.
To Nina’s astonished gaze, Xi Wei pinched Nina’s soft cheeks and pulled them apart, saying with a serious expression, “I will indeed avenge you, but before that, we need to discuss the matter of you, Nina, a maid of Winter Fort, running out to drink with the old blacksmith!”
“Your Majesty, it’s actually you!”
“That’s right, it’s me.”
Xi Wei let go, and Nina’s small fleshy face quickly sprang back, like jelly. Then Xi Wei pinched it again and pulled it apart.
“You were so drunk that you couldn’t even recognize me, the King of Winter?”
“Wuwuwu…”
Nina looked at Xi Wei pitifully, her eyes blurry with tears. She grabbed Xi Wei’s mischievous hand with her small hand, her pretty face flushed, perhaps from being pinched or from shame, and mumbled softly, “Master, don’t pinch anymore, they’ll get bigger and bigger, and then they won’t look good…”
“It’s okay, even if they don’t look good, you’re still a maid of Winter Fort. Tell me, when did you start liking to drink? Did that old man Groin corrupt you?”
“No, no!”
Nina lowered her head in a panic, her small hands swirling in front of her chest: “It has nothing to do with Grandpa Groin, this is my problem…”
“Oh? How so?”
“That day, that day I saw that Sister Gabriel’s wine was not finished, and pouring it away directly was a waste. I thought, since it was fruit wine, I wouldn’t get drunk, so I drank that half bottle of wine…”
“And then?”
“Then, then I overestimated my alcohol tolerance and got drunk… And ever since then, it’s as if I’ve awakened something incredible…”
Nina held her pretty face, which had just been pinched by Xi Wei, her elbows resting on her knees, and recalled: “After I got drunk that day, I had a very, very long dream. In my dream, a strong and short woman carrying a wine barrel complained to me, asking me why I only drank at this time, almost suffocating her… After that, she told me to drink more, otherwise I wouldn’t be able to withstand her Divine Power in the future. Then she kicked me out of the dream. From then on, I want to drink whenever I see alcohol…”
“This must have happened quite a while ago, right? Even before I went to Kalun!?”
Xi Wei stroked his chin thoughtfully.
If his guess was correct.
That strong and short woman was the Earth Goddess.
He didn’t expect that.
This deity had already made contact with Nina without him realizing it.
However, judging by Nina’s reaction so far, the Earth Goddess did not seem to have any particular malice towards Nina.
“Yes, Master, this happened two months ago.”
Nina lowered her head and looked at her toes, not daring to meet Xi Wei’s eyes.
“Why didn’t you tell me earlier?”
“I, I didn’t dare to tell you… I was afraid you’d think I was a bad child for liking to drink, because the other maids in Winter Fort don’t drink, and only Miss Gabriel occasionally has a drink.”
The voice of this little maid captain was already on the verge of crying. It could be seen that she cared a lot about her image in Xi Wei’s heart.
