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Volume 5 - Ch 1.15
Volume 5 - Ch 1.15
Translator: DarkHeartedAlchemist Editor: Weasalopes
Say what you want, Sherry, but I still think that drinking alcohol as a substitute for water is not okay, especially if it makes you smell like alcohol from quite a distance away, which some people might find off-putting, and if you say that you do not really like alcohol in the first place then maybe you should not be drinking it at all, even if you do have quite a big tolerance to it because you are a Dwarf. At the very least she does not appear to be piss drunk, but maybe just slightly intoxicated if her cheeks, which are flushed with a little bit of red on them are any kind of indicator. And more importantly, she seems to be walking in a perfectly straight line, and it does not appear like she had any difficulty forming coherent sentences as well, and when I added her back into my Party through the Party settings menu, and checked her status, it showed that she was not under the influence of any negative statuses whatsoever, so what she was saying has to be true indeed and she must have a pretty strong head and a good tolerance to alcohol.
Well, whatever. As long as you are not suffering from alcohols negative effects, then I guess there is nothing to worry about.
When the time comes that I will finally be able to drink alcohol myself, then perhaps we could go drinking together. Yeah, that definitely would be nice. We made our way towards the Warp portal on the librarys wall and went home.
Welcome home, master.
When we got back home, Roxanne welcomed me again. I thought that she was going to change from her maid uniform into her regular clothes already, but apparently that was not the case.
Yeah, we are back, Roxanne.
Oh? Have you been drinking before you got back here, by any chance?
Roxanne immediately notice the smell of alcohol that was coming from Sherry. Well, I should not be surprised that she noticed it immediately. After all, as a Wolfkin she has a pretty keen sense of smell that allows her to even smell where the monsters in the Labyrinths are from pretty far away, and that unique ability of hers saved us a lot of trouble and running into potential deathtraps before, so I knew that it could definitely be trusted.
Master did not drink a drop, but I had some instead of water while I was in the library.
You had alcohol instead of water?
Yes, a water-like alcohol instead of water, or at least that is what she told me when I asked her the very same question, and she said that she only had like five glasses of it.
Yes, only five glasses, so as you can see, I am totally fine! Welcome, Miss Roxanne! I hope that your day was as successfully spent as my was!
Y-Yes, of course, welcome back, Sherry. And yes, you can say that I managed to do everything that I have planned for myself today. So, uhm will you be able to help me with the cooking?
Of course I will help you! I knew that we would have to make dinner when we get back, so that is why I made sure to do not drink enough to get myself drunk.
That is what Sherry said, but to be honest, I still find it kind of strange. Even though she is of a race that is supposedly really resistant to alcohol and she also has a strong alcohol tolerance herself in addition to that, if what she drank was distilled at least three times, then I would expect these five cups that she drank to get her at least a little bit drunk.
Sherry, let me just ask you this: how much alcohol would it actually take for you to ger seriously drunk?
Hmm, let me think. Lets see ah, yes, I remember now. Back when I decided to sell myself into slavery, on the last day that I got to spend with my family they decided to have a sort of a goodbye feast for me, and at the end of that feat I think I got a little too drunk then I probably should have, but only a little, nothing so serious that would make me pass out on the spot or anything like that. My family brought out the strongest liquor that we had in the house at that time and there was an entire barrel of it but we actually ended up drinking that barrel dry very quickly so then we proceeded to drink all the other alcohol that we had at home until there was pretty much nothing left of it. So while I cannot exactly estimate how much it was in the end, I do think that it had to be quite a considerable amount.
So a. considerable amount of alcohol was only enough to get her a littledrunk? Also, she said that it was a feast for their whole family, but since she mentioned that she has a younger brother and a younger sister, and since I am pretty sure that they would not allow kids to drink booze, so it must mean that the only people who drank so much alcohol were Sherry, her father and her brother, so if the three of them were the ones who drank the entire supply of alcohol that was in their house and she only got a little drunk off of it.. then I guess that what she said must be true and she does have a pretty strong resistance to alcohol, even for a Dwarf, so I think that unless Sherry herself expresses a desire to drink then there is no need to be forcing her to, and in the event that we might go out drinking with her, it might be a good idea to keep a close eye on her so that our tab would not grow into an inhuman sum that would be a major blow to my wallet.
Since Sherry was not drunk, she assisted Roxanne in preparing dinner as always, and throughout the whole process, I cannot say that I noticed and slip-ups or mishaps with any of the tools on her part, so it really seems like she is not drunk in the slightest. With that confirmation, I decided to stop observing her to determine if all that alcohol that she drank had any influence on her, because it obviously did not, so instead I focused on eating before me, exactly as I should have.
So Roxanne, how was your day? Did you go shopping, or did you spend it all cleaning around the house?
I asked that of Roxanne while we were eating dinner.
Yes, I did. A little bit earlier before you came back home, master.
Oh, so you actually did? Good.
I am glad to hear her say that. It would have been awful if she did not go shopping by the time I have returned home earlier than anticipated, and ended up thwarting her plans of spending her day off in a way that she desired because of it.
And while I was shopping, I bought some new clothes for master.
New clothes? For me?
Yes, and it would make me very glad if you wore them, master.
Well of course I will wear them, but you did not have to go so far for me, you know?
Now it just makes me feel bad. Since it was supposed to be Roxannes day off I wanted her to do or buy something that would be just for her, and instead she ended up buying clothes for me even though I never asked her to do that.
I also bought a hairbrush, so we can use it together, Sherry.
A hairbrush, huh? Well, it makes sense that she would buy something like that. After all, they are both girls and they definitely need to take care of their hair, but since my hair are not that long then I would have no use of it.
We can share it with each other? Really? Thank you so much, Miss Roxanne, you are the best!
Do not mention it. Also, I am sorry for not noticing the need to buy one earlier, so if there is anything else that you would like me to buy then just say the word and I will go and obtain it.
No, no, no, there is no need for you to apologize at all. How much did you pay for it? I will give you the money from the rest of what I have left from masters allowance!