Chapter 4254: Side Story 6: Drinking Game

Side Story 6: Drinking Game

(This story takes place after the pre-war banquet in Chapter 2447.)

Clang~

In the bright "Radiant Messenger" banquet hall, Emilia, Angelina, and Iluna clinked their glasses under the crystal chandelier. The last pre-war banquet had ended, but they still didn't think about resting.

"Since we are playing that game of 'I have never... done something,' and others have to take a sip of wine if they have done it, then we must be honest!"

The little princess placed her right hand, wearing lace long gloves, on the table, scanned the maids cleaning up in the banquet hall, and looked at her two friends, saying first:

"Then I'll go first: I have never snuck into the kitchen late at night for a midnight snack!"

Royal princesses need to strictly control their figure, so she had indeed never done such a thing.

The elf girl with pointed ears and Iluna sat together, both opposite Angelina, so she had to pick up her wine glass and take a sip:

"I'm a student living on campus, how could I have never done such a thing?"

The gorgeous green evening dress was only prepared temporarily, so it didn't have much of an elven style, but wearing this dress made the oldest of the three look the youngest.

Iluna, wearing a golden dress, thought for a while:

"I did this when I was training in the Holy See too, okay."

She also took a sip and looked at the maids around, confirming again that no one cared about them, and said with bright eyes and great interest:

"I'll go second: I have never actively tried to lose weight."

The elf and the princess both leaned forward to look at her figure, and the red-haired little princess asked in disbelief:

"How did you do it?"

Iluna said with a smile:

"Because I have always paid attention to exercise, and I am usually very busy."

The red-haired princess and the elf girl both took a sip of wine, and the latter's emerald eyes looked at her two good friends:

"I must think of something you have both done... I have never..."

She lowered her voice slightly and said very embarrassedly:

"Had a wet dream."

"How did you do it?"

This time it was Iluna's turn to be surprised, and only then did she realize what she had said, so she blushed and picked up her wine glass to take a sip.

Angelina, on the side, also took a sip of wine, pretending to be sympathetic as she said to Emilia:

"It seems you really haven't grown up yet."

The elf girl wouldn't tell them that this was because her college dormitory was close to the family's sacred tree, and most of her dreams were only about that tree. As for dreams of running with Xia De under the moonlight... those didn't count as wet dreams.

"First round over! Emilia, you have grasped the trick of the game."

The little princess praised again:

"This game is to share privacy and tease each other among friends, so it's my turn again."

She thought Emilia was no longer a "threat," so she decided to use the game to test the relationship between Iluna and Xia De:

"I have never lived in Xia De's house for a long time."

Iluna didn't raise her glass, but Emilia picked up her glass:

"Oh, before I came to Moon Bay, I lived at Xia De's for several days."

She frowned and took another sip of wine. The little princess was shocked in her heart, discovering she had forgotten this.

And Iluna hadn't realized the true intention of this game yet, and still said happily:

"It's my turn again. I have never... I have never ridden more than two types of mounts alone. I have only ridden horses and skeleton horses; these are two types of mounts."

Angelina naturally wouldn't raise her glass, but the elf girl, who was frowning, raised her glass again:

"I feel like I'm being targeted by you."

"Besides little Liana, what else have you ridden at college? A chocobo?"

Iluna asked curiously, and Emilia "painfully" swallowed another sip of wine:

"If we're talking about recently, before leaving Tobesk for Moon Bay, Xia De turned into a very beautiful dragon and let me ride him once."

As the words fell, she felt the atmosphere was a bit wrong, but the maids were still cleaning the banquet hall and didn't eavesdrop on their conversation. The red-haired seventeen-year-old princess and the brown-haired eighteen-year-old Chosen One also pretended not to care:

"That's truly amazing. It's your turn again, Emilia."

Both of them had become very vigilant against this seemingly innocent elf, so Emilia, who felt a bit dizzy, said:

"I have never kissed Xia De."

She wasn't allowed to drink at college, so she was a bit drunk at this moment. But she was a Fifth-Ring sorcerer, and her body's resistance to alcohol was very strong, so she was only slightly tipsy.

"Oh, I've done this."

Angelina pretended to complain, but she was actually happy in her heart and immediately went to pick up her wine glass, and then she was very surprised to see Iluna also pick up her wine glass, looking at her with the same surprise:

"Kissing, huh? Iluna and I have had it several times. This kind of thing is very normal."

Both of them took a sip of wine, and then understood that everyone at this table was not simple. Emilia looked at them with bright eyes, thinking that since they had the courage, maybe she could choose to try after the upcoming big battle.

"It's my turn again. Oh, Emilia, I'll pour you some wine; you're drinking too fast."

The little princess said while picking up the wine bottle:

"The essence of this game is to force companions to admit their own ugly deeds, so be careful with my words~ I have never dated Xia De alone in the middle of the night."

The only few dates were before midnight, so she was embarrassed to say "stayed overnight at Xia De's," so she could only use this slightly euphemistic method to express it.

Iluna recalled it, and sure enough, she didn't raise her glass.

But Emilia asked:

"Running into the college to call me out of the dormitory, then going to find little Liana with me, and letting little Liana accompany us for a walk, does that count as a date?"

This referred to the night of the Battle of Randall Valley, when Xia De asked her to help point out the escape route that connected "St. Byron's" and "Randall Valley."

Emilia didn't wait for them to answer, and picked up her wine glass and took a sip:

"Angelina, I won't escape punishment. Then let's continue. I also thought of a good question."

The little princess looked at Iluna, and the latter felt that she suddenly knew many things she hadn't been clear about before. However, she felt that she had already received Luweiya's approval, so there was no need to compare with her two "immature" friends, so she said:

"Why is it always about Xia De? Let me say something else... I have never rubbed my feet or fallen because of wearing high heels."

She rarely had occasions to wear high heels, and her sense of balance was very good.

Emilia didn't move this time, but Angelina picked up her wine glass:

"The Cavendish girls all accept 'high-heel training.' I admit my feet weren't suitable for such shoes at first."

She told a little story about herself when she was young, and everyone laughed together.

So Emilia, with a flushed face and still unable to break down all the alcohol, said:

"It's my turn again, then I have never... masturbated under the covers!"

"Ah!"

Angelina immediately covered her mouth and looked left and right to make sure no one was eavesdropping:

"Emilia, a lady can't say such things."

The elf with pointed ears looked at her friends with some drunkenness:

"Isn't it to expose each other's ugly deeds? Oh, everyone must be honest, do you want to drink?"

Angelina looked at Iluna, and Iluna looked at Angelina, both seeing the other's meaning in each other's eyes.

Although they were ashamed to admit such things, neither of them was willing to lie for it:

"Emilia, I guess elven girls and human girls are really very different."

Both human girls picked up their wine glasses, and then both decided to give this elf, who was older than their combined ages, some "lessons."

"It's my turn again!"

The little princess thought carefully, but for a moment, she found she couldn't think of anything that would make Emilia look ugly; the young elf was truly too simple.

So she looked at Iluna for help. Iluna's ears moved a few times, and Angelina understood:

"Since I was twelve, I have never not worn earrings at formal banquet occasions."

She found that both she and Iluna had earrings, but only Emilia didn't, and her ears didn't even show signs of piercing.

So the troubled Emilia had to pick up her wine glass:

"Yes, Angelina, you caught me. I also thought about wearing earrings before, but my ears are more sensitive than ordinary elves. I almost fainted from the pain when I tried piercing them last time."

She told her friends about the past from more than ten years ago, and Angelina and Iluna comforted her, saying that formal banquets didn't require earrings either.

And after talking for a while, their relationship became even closer.

Iluna saw that the little princess had misunderstood her meaning just now, so she said the sentence she had prepared:

"It's my turn again! I don't know who has done such a thing—I have never eavesdropped on someone else's intimate conversation at night when visiting someone else's house."

Iluna knew that the elf girl had lived at Xia De's house for a few days, and even knew that Luweiya had stayed there at the time, so Iluna was very curious if Emilia had heard any "strange" sounds.

Sure enough, the elf girl picked up her wine glass and explained embarrassedly:

"There was one time Xia De and Luweiya didn't use a silence spell at first, and I listened for at least ten minutes... I wasn't eavesdropping on purpose."

Then she was surprised to find Angelina also picking up her wine glass with a blushing face.

The red-haired little princess was also blushing, then explained with forced composure:

"When Sister brought me to stay at Xia De's house, there were a few times she forgot about the silence spell."

And she strongly suspected that her sister did it on purpose.

In short, sharing each other's privacy well brought the three girls closer and greatly deepened their friendship.

Emilia, Angelina, and Iluna played several more rounds, some to tease friends on purpose, some to test something while pretending not to care.

But no one was angry because of this game; instead, it allowed everyone to understand each other. Iluna and Angelina learned about Emilia's college life troubles and the frustration of not being able to leave college at will; Angelina and Emilia learned about Iluna's huge work pressure and the responsibilities she bore; Emilia and Iluna learned about Angelina's dissatisfaction and longing for her sister.

And the reason this game ended wasn't because it was too late, but because one of the three was truly drunk.

That was naturally not Iluna; an Eighth-Ring sorceress wouldn't be drunk by this kind of alcohol. Nor was it Emilia; the elven body quickly adapted to the alcohol and thus sobered up.

So the drunk one was Angelina, who was only at the First Ring, and the drunk little princess didn't act crazy, but suddenly started crying:

"I'm really so uncomfortable~"

The two friends thought she was uncomfortable from being drunk, but didn't expect her to pull them away from the banquet hall and into the cabin corridor:

"Follow me!"

Then Angelina led Iluna and Emilia and broke into Lixia's room on the ship.

Because there were no outsiders on the ship, and Miss Ilise could monitor the traces on the ship, the door wasn't locked, and Lixia wasn't here at the moment, probably having gone to talk to Margaret.

So the drunk Angelina drilled in, then opened Lixia's wardrobe, knelt in it, and cried while hugging the dresses her sister hung in the wardrobe:

"Oh, Sister, why can't you share some with me? Am I not your favorite sister?"

Iluna and Emilia were confused, and then they saw a crown actually placed in the wardrobe:

"What is this?"

The elf with pointed ears asked curiously. Angelina, crying from drunkenness, threw the crown out of the wardrobe casually:

"This is Father's crown, used by Sister and... when playing games. Oh, Lixia Sister, my dear sister, do you know how much I envy you? Since you have so much, why can't you share some with me?"

She continued to say drunken nonsense that no one could understand, probably mistaking those dresses for Lixia.

"Is it genuine?"

"Looks like it's genuine."

Iluna, on the side, evaluated, letting Emilia put it on the table, saying uneasily:

"It's very bad for us to break into Lixia's room like this. Let's leave here first and let Tifa help clean up."

But Angelina, who was caught in a sad mood, didn't care about this, still crying and making a scene while hugging her sister's clothes.

Thus, the helpless Iluna had to drag Angelina out of the room with Emilia. And this led to Angelina returning to the corridor holding a large pile of clothes.

"What are you doing?"

The three girls had just returned to the corridor when they heard someone ask. Turning their heads, Lixia and Margaret actually appeared at the corner of the corridor.

Iluna and Emilia were immediately embarrassed and didn't know what to say, but Lixia understood the situation immediately. She wasn't angry, just said to Margaret:

"That's why I said, little Angelina is still immature."

"Young girls are all like this; I also secretly wore my sister's high heels when I was young."

The blonde princess from the Southern Kingdom said with a smile.

"Caused you trouble."

Lixia said to Iluna and Emilia again, walked to Angelina, who was leaning against the wall holding a large pile of clothes, and flicked her forehead lightly.

A spell was cast, and Angelina, who had been drunk, immediately sobered up.

And when she saw her sister clearly and remembered what she had just done... she hoped it was a dream at this moment.

"I'll let Tifa come and clean up. Remember to thank Tifa."

Lixia said with a smile:

"Angelina, I punish you to wear these clothes stained with your alcohol until twelve o'clock before you can take them off. Look at you, how much did you drink? I remember that sisters and sisters, and sisters and sisters, all inherited Father's talent for drinking."

Angelina stood there blushing; she could see that Lixia wasn't really angry, but she still felt very embarrassed.

And after Lixia and Margaret left, she silently changed into the clothes she had been holding.

But there was definitely more than one set of clothes. At this time, Iluna and Emilia also walked over, one putting on Lixia's black velvet cloak, the other putting on Lixia's sun hat, and then pounced on the little princess together:

"Angelina, are you ticklish?"

"Sorry, I know I was wrong!"

The two chased and one fled, and they started playing again until Xia De returned from outside after finishing the "summoning of the demon" after midnight and saw them (Chapter 2448), and the three changed out of the clothes.

However, after this incident, at least the friendship between Iluna, Emilia, and Angelina became deeper, which was something worth celebrating before this big battle. ===== CHAPTER 4255 =====