Chapter 181: Its Drugged? ? (1/2)

Lawrend didn't notice the time as he continued drinking the wine. It was so delicious that he kept drinking more and more.

Amene was resting her head on his shoulder. They both had flushed faces.

”Lawrend, do you want to come to my house? I want to show something to you…” Amene said to him drunkenly.

”What is it?” Lawrend asked her.

”It's my thanks for taking care of my little sister,” Amene replied.

”Huh? You haven't confirmed the well-being of your little sister, right?” Lawrend asked her in confusion.

The logical thing to do was to first confirm the truth before she thank him.

”I can feel it…” Amene placed her hand over her heart before continuing, ”You never lied to me yet. As a demihuman cat, I'm most sensitive to human emotions.”

”That… Are you that confident in your ability?” Lawrend asked her solemnly.

He knew that he never lied. It was just puzzling to him how much trust she can put in her ability.

”I am. After all, I'm a demihuman cat,” Amene replied to him with a sweet smile on her face.

”Sigh,” Lawrend sighed and said to her, ”Alright, I will see this gift of yours.”

”You aren't scared that I'm tricking you?” Amene asked in surprise.

After all, Lawrend was being overly cautious earlier. It doesn't make sense that he's lowering his guard now.

”Why would I still worry? The Tribal Chief would have killed me long ago if he wanted to,” Lawrend matter-of-factly said to her.

”Hah. I don't even need to use my bow to kill you, so you can trust us,” The Tribal Chief said to Lawrend mockingly.

”Yeah…”

Lawrend forced a smile on his face. He never thought that he would hear 'kill you' and 'trust us' in the same sentence.

”Be careful, Lawrend,” Nuon said to him solemnly.

”I'd rather say that to you. You're alone with the Tribal Chief,” Lawrend said to him with a slight smile on his face as he stood up.

”Geh. Now that you reminded me…”

Nuon slowly cranked his head towards the Tribal Chief. He almost forgot that the Tribal Chief is someone of a strong caliber. The Tribal Chief had drunk with them so normally that it slipped pass Nuon's mind.

”Hahahaha! Don't worry. I won't hurt you,” The Tribal Chief said to Nuon with an amiable smile.

”That's even more suspicious,” Nuon replied skeptically.

”Then, do you want to challenge me to a game?” The Tribal Chief asked Nuon solemnly.

”...”

Lawrend watched the two of them speechlessly.

”Follow me,” Amene grabbed Lawrend's hand and pulled him with her outside of the mud house.

…

”Hm? This is the aphrodisiac batch…” The Tribal Chief murmured in realization as he looked down at his groin.

”Aphrodisiac?” Nuon asked him in confusion while he held a piece of a black coin-like object using his fingers.

”It has been 10 years since I made this batch that I forgot that I casually made an aphrodisiac one,” The Tribal Chief replied to him.

”...Huh!? Doesn't that mean that—?!” Nuon exclaimed in shock and disbelief.

He then placed the coin-like object on the board on the table. There were other coin-like objects on the table with black or white colors. They were playing a game of Reversi/Othello. It is a game similar to Go but has a different set of rules. The goal was to fill the board with the most of their respective colors.

”Why isn't it affecting me yet, then?” Nuon asked him.

”You need to drink a lot… It's meant to be a slow-acting one,” The Tribal Chief explained to him awkwardly.