That afternoon.
After learning that Reinhardt had been promoted to Earth Knight, Albert came over specifically to celebrate. Along with Raphael, who accompanied him, the three shared a rare bottle of fruit wine, a specialty of Ilibya World.
This particular fruit wine, called White Light Illusion Dream, supposedly cost as much as five hundred Radiant Gold Coins a bottle. It was an exclusive supply for the upper class; even the wealthiest local merchants couldn't buy it.
Albert and Raphael had spent three years together—or rather, Albert had spent three years monitoring him.
Though the Radiant Angel still held some reservations, his opinion of Raphael had changed considerably. He even held Raphael's life's work, the Angel Holy Scripture—a tome compiled over ten years of painstaking effort—in the highest regard.
