Chapter 52 Part3 (2/2)
'If you want to fight, then keep it to yourselves.'. He'd rather they not drag him into this, but it seemed impossible. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo sighed and began boiling some water. He'd gotten quite thirsty from eating popcorn, so he decided to brew some tea that he'd bought on the surface.
”...Are you brewing tea here?”
He thought it'd help the extremely agitated Seira relax. It worked, as expected. He didn't think it would work, but to think it would be this easy. He smiled slightly and poured the boiling water into the teapot.
”You must be thirsty, so please drink a cup before you go on fighting or what not.”
”Fighting? We're not fighting. Besides, I like alcohol more than tea. Something that can wash away all this frustration of mine...”
He knew she'd want alcohol instead of tea. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo took out something he'd been hiding for this moment. It was a new Kerr Century Label wine bottle.
”Mr. s.h.i.+n Woo, is that perhaps...?”
”It's our factory's newest brandy. It's harder to make, so we've only just started making it.”
”Brandy! Kerr Century Label!”
Brandy was a generic term for any distilled fruit wine, but this brandy distilled Kerr Century's red wine and fermented them in oak barrels.
The price of brandy depended on the grapes and the manufacturing process used and was a luxurious drink. On Earth, Cognac, an area in France, was renowned for their brandy. So, it was only natural that Pleine's eyes would sparkle once he said 'brandy'.
Whereas Seira looked speechless.
”...You were making that too? What exactly are you doing underground, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo?”
”Preparing for the future. We'll be unemployed once we're done with our mission as heroes. I have to prepare for my later years, don't I?”
”Preparing for your later years, huh... I anguished over whether I could defeat the Emperor or not, but you were trying to find a job...?”
At first, she didn't expect much, but her eyes widened, as Lee s.h.i.+n Woo's answer exceed any expectations she might've had. Whereas Pleine just gazed at him, wondering when she'd be able to taste the brandy. Pleine knew him well enough to not be surprised about him preparing for his later years.
”On our world, we mixed brandy and tea together. Is it the same here?”
”I'm not good with alcohol...”
”I just like drinking alcohol by itself, so... Ah.”
”Then why don't you try it?”
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo cruelly and boldly added the brandy to the tea, as if he had no intention of listening to them in the first place.
Of course, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo added only a small amount of brandy to Seira's cup, so that she could smell it but not taste it. On the other hand, he dumped so much brandy into Pleine's cup that it was more akin to brandy with the smell of tea.
”You're not being considerate of the drinkers. How aggressive.”
”But isn't it strange that men like that are popular?”
”I suppose that's how it is in my older sister and Dana's romance novels. But in real life, it's the worst.”
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo ignored her grumbling and drank his own tea. He could smell a soft scent of brandy mixed into his tea, which really fit his taste.
While they were good enough on their own, they tasted better by mixing them together. Brandy tea was a good example of this.
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo was satisfied. Pleine, who sipped on her own tea, smiled and said.
”...It's quite good. Is it because of the quality of the brandy?”
”I still like tea as is. But it's not bad. If I had to pick a side, I'd say I like it, but compared to regular tea it's...”
She could've just said she liked it. Pleine just looked at Seira and sighed. As her older sister, she couldn't stop worrying about her.
”Ha. He's too good for you.”
”Hmph. I don't want him.”
”Hey, I'm right here. Don't go giving me to other people all of a sudden.”
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo stopped their delusions and cleared his throat.
”Anyway... Can I ask you something now? It's regarding the chatting channel.”
”The chatting channel?”
[You should talk to me about that.]
He'd asked Pleine, but he heard someone else respond from elsewhere. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo tilted his head and then, the environment changed. He saw a beautiful flower garden in full bloom as if it'd come straight out of a fairytale, along with a white table. He'd seen these things a few times before. It was G.o.d's garden.
[Come over here and sit. Ah, brew me some tea too. With a lot of brandy.]
”You could just make it yourself...”
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo was astounded, yet he pulled out a chair and sat down anyway.
Across from him sat that d.a.m.n G.o.d, appearing before him as both an old woman and a high school girl at the same time.
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