Chapter 197: Drinking, Tsubaki's Sudden Attack!
Soon, Ethan took out bottle after bottle of wine.
Aside from those, he also carefully took out a wine jar. What was inside was no ordinary wine, but divine wine brewed by Soma, the God of Wine.
Although it could not compare to true divine wine and was only an inferior product Soma made with materials from the lower world, it was already the highest-grade wine he could create while unable to use divine power.
However, for children of the lower world, divine wine was like a drug. The Soma Familia had already fallen victim to it.
Most adventurers in the Soma Familia admired the divine wine rather than Soma himself. After tasting the pleasure it brought, their minds were controlled by it.
In all of Orario, there were humans who could resist divine wine, but their number was absolutely small.
Sniff, sniff.
"Hm? Is this divine wine?"
Hephaestus, who loved drinking, recognized it at once.
"As expected of Goddess Hephaestus. It is indeed divine wine. I prepared it specially for this trip."
To be precise, he had prepared it for Artemis.
As the saying went, drunken passion led to messy nights. And if he wanted goddesses to get drunk, the best method was to let them drink divine wine, something far from ordinary.
Ethan had spent a huge price to get this jar of divine wine. But now, he could only let all the goddesses enjoy it.
"So this is divine wine? I'm really curious what it tastes like."
"Tsubaki!"
Hearing Tsubaki say something so dangerous, Hephaestus quickly scolded her.
This was the captain of her Familia. If divine wine ruined her, Hephaestus would lose far too much. Even if she tore Soma apart afterward, it would already be too late.
"Yeah, yeah, I know. I won't touch it."
Seeing Hephaestus so nervous, Tsubaki also knew she had been a little impulsive.
Divine wine was not something ordinary people could afford to drink. After drinking it, resisting its temptation and keeping one's heart steady was something only a handful of people in Orario could do.
Soon, dish after dish was brought to the table. Not long after, Artemis also returned.
She had brought back a deer too. It was her hunting trophy this time, and it looked quite good.
"Divine wine?"
The moment she came back, Artemis saw the divine wine placed on the table.
"You're back? How was it?"
"It felt pretty good. I haven't hunted in a long time, so it was a little refreshing."
"As long as you had fun."
Then, looking at the deer, Ethan felt that if they marinated it, having a whole roasted deer tonight would be quite nice.
Plate after plate of delicious food was served. Haruhime still had room to improve in battle, but when it came to cooking, she was definitely among the best. In the future, she would surely become a great chef.
"All right, everyone. You must be hungry, so let's eat."
"Great! Let's eat!"
Before anyone else could speak, Paimon could not hold back. She flew onto the table, grabbed a plate of food, and started stuffing herself.
Calling Paimon a glutton was not wrong at all. Her obsession with good food was practically carved into her bones.
"So good! So tasty!"
Paimon's mouth was covered in oil as she ate. Ethan was too lazy to stop her. After all, stopping her would be useless.
As for the other women, they also began eating. Compared to Paimon, everyone else was much more elegant.
"Today, we should thank Ethan for inviting us and bringing us here for a vacation. Cheers!"
At this moment, Hestia spoke and raised her wine glass.
Ethan was speechless. What did she mean by thanking him for inviting them? He had not invited her from the start. She was the one who insisted on coming.
"As long as everyone is happy."
However, he could not say those words out loud, so he only smiled and said something polite.
No one cared much. The scenery was beautiful, the food was delicious, and there was good wine. Everyone was very satisfied.
Artemis especially was happy to come out with Ethan this time. Although quite a few extra people had joined, she was still very pleased.
After all, back in Orario, Freya would often take Ethan away right in front of her.
Freya had also mocked her more than once. If Artemis were not a virgin goddess, she would have given herself to Ethan long ago.
But because she was Artemis, her first time could not be handed over casually.
"Mm, as expected of divine wine."
After taking a sip of the divine wine, Hephaestus looked very satisfied. The pleasure brought by divine wine was something even gods enjoyed.
Hestia also ate very happily, though she did not drink the divine wine.
Time passed little by little. Everyone was very satisfied with this lunch, and everyone drank to their heart's content. Tsubaki especially drank happily, with wine continuously supplied until she had her fill.
Smack.
"Ethan, tell me. Why haven't you come looking for me lately?"
"Uh, Tsubaki, you make it sound like I abandoned you after playing around. What do you mean I haven't come looking for you? I've had things to do. I've been busy."
"Busy with what? Ever since you returned from the Large Tree Sea secret realm, I know you've been with Ais every day."
"That was part of the cooperation conditions between the Loki Familia and Freya Familia. I couldn't refuse. And now that I finally have time, didn't I invite everyone out to have fun?"
"Cut it out. When did you invite us this time? Wasn't it because Hephaestus-sama and Hestia-sama insisted on coming and dragged me along too?"
"Uh…"
Hearing Tsubaki's words, Ethan could not help looking to the side. Good grief. So they really had done it on purpose.
Boing.
At that moment, Tsubaki wrapped an arm around Ethan. Because of their position, one of Tsubaki's soft curves directly covered half of Ethan's face.
It had to be said that although she was a Half Dwarf, Tsubaki was still a great beauty with very high charm.
Her fiery figure was especially eye-catching. Even without deliberately exposing herself, she still made a man's heart race. Now, Ethan was personally experiencing that.
"Ah, this is torture."
With such a charming woman beside him, saying he felt nothing would be a lie. After all, not everyone was a saint who could truly keep women out of his heart.
"I've always heard people say that things between men and women are the most wonderful. Today, I have to try it myself."
"Huh? Tsubaki, calm down."
At first, Ethan had only been going along casually, but the next second, he reacted and wanted to refuse.
However, Tsubaki had already pounced on him.
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