The dining hall was littered with the collapsed bodies of those who had entered it only a few hours prior. Silence enveloped it as the sound of liquor pouring down the throat of the 6 left standing passed.
Qing Tan was feeling incredibly nauseous. Her mana was no longer listening to her and her body felt like it was shutting down. It was a feeling similar to what she felt when she stared at the painting. It was like her soul was being sucked out.
‘I’m done for…’
She lamented as the 1000th glass of liquor was raised to her lips. She was barely even conscious enough to think anymore, and she could vaguely feel an unknown force trying to take something away from her.
But if that thing was taken, she’d surely die. This much she was aware of.
But there wasn’t anything she could do. That inviolable force pushed the glass of liquor to her mouth and forced it down her throat.
‘Ahh…it was fun while it lasted…at least with this I’ll be…’
Just as she was accepting her death, her thoughts came to a halt. Slowly but surely, she felt her mental faculties returning to her.
‘This is…!’
Unexpectedly, the 1000th glass of liquor wasn’t the same as the ones before. It was cool and refreshing. She had already gotten tired of the previous liquor’s taste after having so much of it.
The mana-infused alcohol poured through her body and infused itself into her very being. With every drop that was absorbed, her state of mind saw a slight improvement.
The waning life auras of the three who were about to succumb had gradually been restored and their vitality was even slightly increasingly
“Ha! Looks like it’s over!” Damien excitedly shouted.
And the sound came from his throat. He didn’t have to send a mental transmission to speak. His arms were now free of control as well, and the restriction keeping him on his seat was removed.
Damien stood up and stretched his body. Walking over to the other side of the table, he strongly patted Qing Tan on her back.
“Damn! That was nerve-wracking! Why’d you have to worry us so much?” He spoke in a cheerful tone.
Qing Tan was still in a daze. After accepting her death, the last thing she expected to happen was for her to be healed and even given some benefits.
Damien’s slaps were hard, and woke her up from that daze. “Hey! Don’t hit so hard! Can’t you show some consideration for a lady?”
“Who is the lady? All I see is my friend who needed a pat on the back!”
“Hmph! So you don’t even see me as a woman? I can’t say I’m not offended.” Qing Tan pouted.
Damien quirked his brow at her unusual behavior. Unlike what she was like normally, she seemed a bit fragile. She was showing a side of her that she had never shown to Feng Qing’er and him even after all this time in the Trial World.
Damien smiled. In this state, he would finally be able to tease Qing Tan!
This girl always had a strong wall around her. Even if she was always acting playful and naughty, she was actually the most guarded person that Damien knew. Naturally, she must’ve had a lot of secrets for her to erect such a wall, but Damien didn’t care about them.
His friend is was his friend. If she wanted to share then she could, but if she didn’t then that was that.
But with her looking so delicate right now, Damien couldn’t resist the urge to tease her. Even if he didn’t care about her secrets, he wanted to get a reaction out of her, which he had never succeeded in doing to date.
Damien strongly put his hand down on the table and leaned forward, his face only a few inches away from Qing Tan’s. At this distance, he could feel her breathing on his face.
Staring straight into her starry black eyes, he spoke in a low voice. “So? What would you do if I decided to see you as a woman?”
Qing Tan stared into his mysterious pupils as well. Her breathing quickened and her face became rosy. She was thanking the heavens that his eyes were so unique, otherwise, she wouldn’t be able to hold herself back from looking at his lips.
“H-hmph! That’s enough of that. If you want to tease someone, go tease Qing’er. She’s the most fun one to tease anyway.”
Qing Tan weakly pushed him away as she spoke.
But Damien was relentless in his pursuit. “But I want to tease you, though?”
He didn’t budge at all, instead moving closer to her. Their noses were already touching.
Qing Tan’s half-closed eyes looked at him limpidly. Her lips parted and closed over and over again as she tried to find something to say.
Qing Tan was a rare beauty to begin with. Her face was perfectly proportioned and her eyes seemed to suck in the soul of anyone who gazed into them for too long. The rosy blush that had covered her face at the moment only served to accentuate that beauty. Even compared to the most beautiful women Damien had seen in his life, Qing Tan was definitely amongst the top.
Damien was pretty numb to beauty after spending so much time around the likes of Rose, Elena, and Ruyue, but seeing that blush on Qing Tan’s face, he couldn’t help but become conscious of her. If he just moved forward a little bit more he could…
“That’s enough!”
At that moment, Feng Qing’er came to the rescue! She grabbed Qing Tan’s arm and pulled her away from the devil’s clutches before anything could happen. After that, she hugged Qing Tan into her bosom like a mother protecting her chick.
“Hmph! You rascal! Don’t think you can do anything to her while I’m around! Besides, don’t you already have a woman?! Greedy bastard!”
“Tch!”
Damien clicked his tongue at his fun being ruined, but inwardly, he was smiling brilliantly.
‘Hahaha! Not only did I get to see Qing’er screaming like a little girl, but I also got to see Qing Tan blushing! What a good day it is!’
Qing Tan, that Qing Tan whose expression never showed her weakness to anyone, the one who would never eat a loss in a game of teasing. He had made her blush! And not just blush, he felt that if he truly decided to make a move at that moment, she wouldn’t have resisted.
‘Another win for this Young Master.’
Damien grinned in satisfaction. But soon after, he circulated his Void Essence and got rid of the residual effects of the 1000 glasses of alcohol he had just drunk.
‘Phew! I was only a bit tipsy just now, but I became damn horny! If Qing’er didn’t interfere, I really might’ve…’
He shuddered slightly. Although he was still proud of himself for getting a reaction out of Qing Tan, he noted that he needed to be more careful about getting drunk in the future.
If he was this horny from just being tipsy, then what would happen if he got drunk?
‘Damn…’ Damien sighed inwardly. ‘I really need to get laid.’