At the castle gate, "When you two come back later, just tell the guards at the gate."

The Shadow Leopard Knight, who was wearing a pitch-black helmet and armor, spoke to the two people opposite him. After he finished speaking, he turned around and walked quickly into the castle, looking like he was busy with something important.

Livia and Will stood side by side, watching the Shadow Panther Knight's back disappear at the castle gate and the gate closed again.

The two turned around, Livia: “Where are we going to shop?”

Having never experienced life in the Middle Ages, Livia was a little confused about her next itinerary plans.

Will shook his head. There was nowhere to play in Kovagr now. Most of it had been reduced to ruins in the sea of ​​fire and was still being rebuilt.

"Go have a couple of drinks and relax."

After thinking for a while, Will sighed and suggested helplessly.

"OK."

There was nowhere good to go right now, so he might as well go for a drink or two to spice things up. By the way, Livia had never tasted medieval wine before. Last time at the Mamba Snake Tavern, he was unlucky enough to have only smelled a hint of alcohol before getting involved.

…

Creak~ Livia pushed open the door of the tavern called 'Old Pitworth'. The tavern didn't seem to have suffered any damage in the previous chaos. He had passed by this tavern when he first came to Kowag, but it was crowded at that time. He went to another Mamba Snake Tavern, which was also the beginning of everything.

When I opened the door, the pub was a bit deserted and no longer as lively as before.

He and Will walked to the counter and sat on a stool made of two large wine barrels and a long wooden board.

"Two glasses of ale."

Looking at the somewhat listless hotel owner opposite, Will spoke.

"Okay, wait a minute."

After shouting to the kitchen behind him, the tavern owner turned around and looked at the two young men dressed as adventurers.

"Don't you two need to order some food?"

“I don’t need it, Livia, do you want some?”

"No."

Livia shook her head and said.

Livia now felt inexplicably numb about the food in this world and had completely given up hope.

Even the food in the castle is so simple, the food in the tavern is probably some kind of shady cuisine.

"The wine is here, enjoy it slowly, both of you."

A middle-aged woman put a tray on the table in front of Livia and the others, then turned and left.

Looking at the wooden wine glass in front of her, Livia raised it gently.

Looking at the turbid light yellow wine with a few bubbles in the glass, Livia found it difficult to drink for a moment.

"What's wrong?"

Will, who was standing by, had already drunk the entire glass of wine in one gulp. He put down the glass and looked at Livia, who was holding the glass in a daze, and asked in confusion.

"nothing."

Livia shook her head and smiled, then raised her head and drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.

The feeling when it entered her mouth was not as bad as Livia had imagined. It had a sour taste and a bit of fruitiness. Overall it was just OK.

But with Livia's current physical condition, he didn't feel anything after drinking the whole glass of wine.

"profit……

Livia?"

A man from the tavern staggered behind Livia and Will, holding a glass of wine. Livia turned around and looked over when she heard someone calling her name.

"Who are you?

Jim?"

Looking at the man in front of her with a red face and smell of alcohol, Livia recognized him after a brief thought.

"Yes, yes...

What a coincidence, you are here too."

Jim, with a flushed face, staggered and leaned on the counter to sit on the chair next to Livia, his right hand holding the wine glass waving around in the air unconsciously.

"What's wrong with you?"

Livia looked at the drunken man next to her with some confusion.

Will asked the tavern owner for another glass of wine, and this time he drank it slowly, looking at this side with interest.

Bang!

Jim suddenly fell on the counter, and the wine glass fell on the counter with a dull thud.

"I……

I, I…” After saying this, the voice was completely unclear, and even Livia’s hearing could only hear a slight sound.

"He's been drinking here for two or three days, and he's been drunk every day."

The hotel owner spoke calmly while cleaning up the spilled wine and the wine glasses that rolled on the counter with an expressionless face.

"Um?"

Livia turned her eyes away from Jim who had passed out drunk and looked at the tavern owner.

"Boss, do you know what happened to him?"

"I heard that he used to be a small captain in the city guard. In the chaos a few days ago, his home was destroyed and his entire family died. He then resigned from the city guard and has been drinking here every day."

The hotel owner paused and said with a sigh.

"It's nothing more than drowning my sorrows in alcohol."

Livia was silent for a moment. When she rescued him before, he didn't seem to be like this. She didn't expect that he would become like this after just a few days.

The family was broken up...

It is indeed enough to destroy a person's will.

"how?"

Will frowned at Livia's expression.

"Do you still want to help him?

I tell you, there are too many people like this in today's world, and you can't control them all."

Livia took a deep breath and said, “I know, but he…

After all, you know me.”

Will drank the rest of the wine in the glass in one gulp, frowned and looked at Livia, "You will get to know a lot of people in the future, do you have to help each of them one by one after you meet them?

I tell you, you will only hurt yourself in the end."

Will warned seriously, the scene before him reminded him of some bad memories. After spending time with her, he probably guessed that Livia was just like himself back then, just starting out and coming into contact with this world.

He didn't want to see Livia, who could barely be considered a friend, fall into the same trap as him.

Livia nodded. He knew all this. After all, he lived in an era of information explosion in his previous life. Although he had not experienced all this, he had seen a lot of it on the Internet. Being too saintly would often only kill oneself.

"Don't worry, I understand."

Seeing this, Will didn't say anything else, but just asked for another glass of wine. He had said everything he could say. Since Livia had already made it clear, he would naturally listen to it. If she didn't, there was nothing more to say.

"Let's drink. Let's drink first. I'll talk to him after he sobers up."

"Boss, give me another drink."

Livia shook her head, adjusted her mood, and said with a smile.

He didn't want to make the atmosphere awkward.

"Boss, why don't you just move two barrels out? This wine is nothing to us. At most, we can just taste it."

Will interjected, taking out some small silver coins from his pocket and slapping them on the counter.

"How can I let you pay? This time I..." "Stop, it's my treat!"

Will glanced at Livia domineeringly and interrupted him.

"Boss, please serve the wine quickly."

He turned around and looked at the tavern owner and urged.

"well."

The tavern owner hurriedly turned around and went to the back to get some wine. As two people could drink so much, he probably guessed that the two people in front of the counter might be the extraordinary people as rumored. But why would they care so much when they could make money?

Seeing this, Livia shook his head helplessly. Since Will was eager to invite him this time, he had no choice.