“You, you’re really a bad bastard…….”
A sobbing voice soaked in drunkenness leaked out.
It was still a time when the sun was high in the sky, but the person sitting across from me had long since melted into a limp mess due to the high-proof alcohol. Moreover, this place was an indoor space with just the two of us.
If the other party had been a lovely woman, it would have been an utterly perfect situation.
I had to swallow a sigh in lamentation.
It was because I was already acquainted with the man who was making a spectacle of himself in front of me.
Lupin Rinella.
He was my precious comrade, and the younger brother of the woman I might even become engaged to. If it were Elsie senior, at least her drunken sobbing would be cute.
That said, I couldn’t just kick out my future brother-in-law without reason.
I was listening to Lupin’s lamentations with one ear and letting them flow out the other. My own glass was also brimming with strong liquor, but I had already reached a level where I could drive away any drunkenness at will.
As proof, not even a trace of alcohol scent could be felt in my breath.
The only one drunk in this place was Lupin alone.
And one-sided drunken ramblings were the kind that provoked irritation.
I felt like getting up and leaving right away, but there were circumstances that prevented me from doing…