Chapter 99: – The Lord Is With Us (20)

༺ The Lord Is With Us (20) ༻

It was a hazy memory.

In that memory, a man was drinking with a woman. With a glass of wine and jerky in front of them, it was quite the meager spread relative to the fancy tent they were in.

The two drank in silence.

The two didn’t bother to breathe in the cheap wine’s aroma and simply filled and emptied their glasses repeatedly.

It was only when the man’s eyes glazed over from intoxication that the silence was broken.

“…Is it fine for you to drink?”

They had already been drinking for a while, and while it seemed pointless to ask at this point, it was a question that naturally popped up.

The woman nodded with a vague smile.

“Why wouldn’t it be? We’re both human.”

“It’s just my first time seeing you drink.”

“Huhu…”

The woman covered her face with her hands and let out a light chuckle. Her pure, flawless skin had, at some point, become colored with a faint blush.

“……Truthfully, I only recently learned to drink since it was difficult to cope while sober.”

“Do you finally understand Sepia now?”

“You shouldn’t bring up another woman while drinking with a lady.”

He nodded as a bitter smile tugged at the corners of his mouth.

Then, he downed another glass as the woman’s voice entered his ears.

“I used to be proud of my strength. After all, it’s a rare gift to be able to help without hurting anyone.”

“I think so as well.”