VIP Chapter 129: She Really Couldn’t Hold Her Liquor
Hmm?
Hmm hmm hmm?!
After someone had pinched his face, this was the first time a girl had… seriously… pinched the muscles in his arm like this.
Will had initially thought she was joking, but he didn’t expect…
She had quite a grip. With a sudden squeeze, Will could feel a tingling, electric sensation where her fingertips pinched him.
“Y-yes… I exercise regularly.”
“No wonder…”
She shook her empty wine glass and yelled at the bartender, who seemed to be the owner—
“Another one, please! Yes… still a Chaos Alpha with five drops of mint extract!”
Will felt the owner give Shuna a look of extreme complexity, but he still took her glass and turned to mix her drink.
“Come on, let’s keep talking. The things you haven’t written about in your letters all these years. Oh, right, I guess I haven’t talked about myself much either.”
Shuna didn’t seem to want to continue the topic of “Will, do you want to step into the spotlight?” but…
Will vaguely felt that Shuna’s intention wasn’t simply to pinch his arm muscles as a conversation starter. The more intoxicated someone became, the easier it was to see the thoughts behind their eyes. Beneath her slightly dazed gaze just now…
Not only did she have this thought, but she was particularly eager to put it into practice.
“Mmm… Where should I start? How about this, my first job as a freelance Adventurer!”
“Do you remember? That’s when you asked me about the loopholes in Ice Armor Infusion…”
“Heh heh, I didn’t know much back then.”
…
Will was incredibly happy that night.
Although he was initially a little shocked to discover that S was a woman, he sat in this small tavern, listening to Shuna ramble on, hearing her tell stories from her time as a freelance Adventurer, discussing his own insights into these Dungeons, and talking about the locations and pain points of current Dungeons…
It brought back a long-forgotten memory for Will…
Before he became a game designer, the days he spent playing games with his friends, discussing how to defeat BOSSes, how to equip themselves, and which characters were more suitable after class.
“And then… hmm… After that, it was the time I got the Ice Demon blood for you…”
Shuna seemed to be genuinely drunk now. Her speech became intermittent, and her words were slurred.
Understandable, then…
This woman really couldn’t hold her liquor!
It was Will’s first time seeing someone drink alcohol like water while chatting, especially a strong liquor like Chaos Alpha.
She was too amazing!
Will was filled with admiration.
(In a tone of reverence) As expected of S!
After another glass, she leaned on his arm.
Although the tavern had a small cooling machine and wasn’t as hot as outside in the summer, drinking made her sweat. A few strands of her black hair were damp with sweat, clinging to her forehead.
Also, after holding one position for too long, she would cross her legs, switching them over, and in the dim light, the woven lines of her stockings and the light mingled together.
Combined with her actions and expression, Will couldn’t help but swallow. It was as if she was deliberately trying to provoke him.
“I almost died that time… Mmm… That was really intense, though.”
“Huh? What situation?”
Shuna’s words pulled him back from admiring her appearance.
So, he listened intently as Shuna recounted her fierce battle with her teammates in the Snow Abyss, how she escaped danger, and how crucial the early planning had been.
“Hmm… It was only then that I realized how important… the logistics… that you taught me, Will, truly were…”
Although she was drunk and her words weren’t entirely clear.
But!
Will felt fired up!
It was so cool that Shuna could have participated in such an awesome Dungeon adventure years ago.
Listening to her talk, Will’s spirit lifted, and he wished he could roll up his sleeves and join her.
This was comparable to the Dungeon adventures he read about in books.
Will had an epiphany.
Looking at Shuna, who was both beautiful and had a great figure…
He finally figured out what he had been thinking about since they met—
S being a woman didn’t prevent her from being his good buddy!
Good buddies should clear Dungeons together, and he had to find an opportunity to recruit Shuna to his team!
Wait… speaking of clearing Dungeons together…
It wasn’t until this moment that Will remembered there was something important he wanted to ask her today.
That… fragment of a strengthening stone, which obviously came from the game.
“Right, Shuna, about the fragment you mentioned before…”
“Hoo…”
However, the only response Will received was Shuna’s soft snores.
Had she…
Really gotten drunk?
Her head rested on his arm, her eyes closed as she seemed to drift into a drowsy sleep.
Mmm…
Will carefully leaned closer and poked her cheek with his finger. Surprisingly, Shuna’s face was well-maintained, soft and yielding to the touch.
But…
After poking…
She didn’t seem to wake up.
Her alcohol tolerance didn’t seem as good as he’d imagined.
However… judging by the amount she drank, Will remembered that she’d chug drinks whenever she felt thirsty while talking.
When she started talking nonstop, she began to drink like water, then got drunk and passed out… This scenario, again in the XXX Tavern, reminded Will of the scene in the Original Work where the Protagonist was picked up by the Dungeon Empress and taken to her Dungeon.
No…
Wait?!
If she got drunk…
Where would he take her?!
All the rooms in his rented cottage were occupied.
He wasn’t running a Dungeon, so his home wasn’t big enough.
Moreover… taking a drunk girl home from a tavern…
It truly felt like confirming his perverted nature!
“Mmm… Shuna, wake up…?”
They had talked for a long time, and it was getting late. There weren’t many people left in the tavern, and it felt a bit deserted.
This drinking session seemed to be coming to an end.
Isaac, standing nearby, also felt that something was amiss.
How could she, who claimed to get others drunk, be the one to pass out first?!
Shuna, you’re so weak.
As things stood… perhaps Shuna would have to abandon her plan of taking someone back.
“It’s alright, young man, you…”
However…
Isaac had only spoken half the sentence when Shuna suddenly opened her eyes. As if she had finally overcome her drunkenness, she heavily and laboriously raised her head—
Her eyes even held a resolute glimmer.
Shuna suddenly grabbed Will’s wrist.
Isaac saw what her eyes were saying; she was telling the boss, “Let’s proceed as planned.”
How could they proceed as planned when you were like this?!
“Mmm… I think I really drank too much. Little Will, could you… be a little more gentlemanly…”
Unexpectedly…
Shuna, staggering, grabbed his wrist, and a faint smile played on her lips.
“—And take me home~?”
Isaac exclaimed, impressed.
So that’s what she was planning!
Was this little girl just faking it all along?
And Young Master Will, standing nearby, looked overly pure. Faced with Shuna’s advance, his face immediately turned red.
This wasn’t what Isaac had imagined. He had thought this Will would be some experienced rake.
“Um… No… No problem…”
Will nodded.
It’s just escorting a buddy home… no… no need to be so nervous.
“Mhm, very good~ Then… then follow me!”
But…
Isaac had a bad feeling about this.
He had only seen Shuna staggering like that when people were completely drunk and their minds were unclear.
