An outcast dropout, surviving on the frontier and rising to become an S-ranked counter-magician.

Oh, I love this stuff!

The hour of twilight's reign was over and it was night. From then on, the four of us went to the twilight and hunted as usual.

And now, at Roy's suggestion, we were going to eat out. Me and maybe Shelly too, but we don't particularly eat out. The cafeteria in the base is good enough for us, and we don't find any particular pleasure in food. In my case, when I was in the twilight for two years, I didn't enjoy eating, I just ate for the sake of living. Because of this, I'm not interested in food.

To be honest, as long as I have curry, that's all I need. Curry is a mixture of many things, and the taste is consistent everywhere. I wouldn't say that curry is an all-around food, but for me, it's the same thing. However, there are a number of sumptuous meals lined up in front of me like this.

Some of them I'm not sure what they are. It's the kind where you put a lot of cheese in a pot and eat it with bread, sausages, potatoes and other things. Roy and Johan were drinking while eating them.

'I knew it was this one...'

Mr. Roy, I'm going to be a Gochi.

I'd like to say you're on your own but I'm buying for all of us today.

Yes!

We are both very excited and me and Sherry are left a little behind. We're not old enough to drink, so of course we don't consume alcohol. In the Warding City, there is nothing to worry about when it comes to food and beverages. Plants, or "plants," have been set up in each city, and the amount of production there exceeds the demand. A stable supply of food and drink is the norm nowadays.

That's why we can enjoy food as a pastime. But that's only in the last 50 years or so, and apparently there have been a lot of problems with food in the past... but we'll never know that. I really want to thank people for their efforts so far.

'Mr. Roy, is it a good thing?'

I decided to ask him that somehow.

"....well, the juniors are growing up. As a senior, it's only natural to buy them a drink.

'Uriah, that's called tactlessness! Roy likes you and Shelly, you know.

"What?

Me and Sherry are blown away. And that too. I've never had any pretense of that before. Even when we were fighting in the twilight, I was being ordered around in a strong tone of voice....

'Hey, Johan. You, don't say anything unnecessary!

So you don't like it?

I didn't say that... well, this is just a parting gift. You can look forward to the future.

....

Looking at the exchange between the two of them, Johan-san's words seemed to be correct. I felt a sudden weight on my shoulders as I thought that Roy-san also has a lot of clumsy aspects. And there's also the sensation of a finger tapping against your cheek.

''Yulia~, hahaha, there are two Yulia~''

What?

When I looked at her, I saw that Shelly was acting strangely. Her face became red and strangely s*xy. Eh.........this can't be.......

I'm sorry, Yulia-kun. I passed the alcohol around to Shelly-chan~

Hey, Mr. Roy!

Yulia~ Hey, Yulia~ Look at me, Yulia~ Look at me, hey~

Help me, please!　Mr. Roy!　Mr. Johan!

I don't know who the girls are.

Come on, come on, come on, I want to see your manhood, Julia!　Hahaha!

I want to see it too!　Hahahahahahahaha!

....

Hell. Roy doesn't seem to be so bad, but Johan and Shelly are terrible. No, I think Johan-san is rather well within the bounds of common sense. But Sherry has been leaning on me the whole time. The distance between the chairs is almost zero. Plus, she's got her arms intertwined with me, and, well...her breasts are hitting me. I coyly tell her that in her ear.

"...Shelly, you're hitting it.

Hmm?　What?

He squeezes even closer and presses his bountiful it against me.

'Oh, you two youngsters are so nice!　You're so bold, Shelly!

''Heh heh heh heh, it's getting fun!　Give me more!

All right, here you go. It's got like 30% alcohol content.

Mr. Johan, it's not looking good!

And in the absence of my restraint, Sherry poured more liquor down the drain.

''Puhaha........!　Yum!　Hey, Yulia, have a drink too!

No, I'll pass on...

'What!　You can't drink my booze!

'You're losing your temper all of a sudden!　You're too emotionally unstable!

I'm not unstable. I'm stable!

'No, that's a drunken argument...'

'What!　You have a problem with that!

I want to go home...

Later, I came to know the true meaning of dealing with a drunkard...

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Soooooooooo....

I was returning to my quarters with Sherry on my back. By the way, Roy and Johan seemed to be still drinking and had gone to another restaurant. I, on the other hand, am walking slowly with a crushed Sherry on my back. I can hear her faint sleep from her back, as if she is sleeping perfectly soundly.

'Huh... what a day...'

I blurted out. After that, Shelly clung to my arms for the rest of the day and went on a tyrannical rampage. It was a truly heartbreaking experience for me. I'm not even afraid to say it. Hopefully, Shelly has lost this memory completely.

And so I walked on, feeling a definite weight on my back.