Arcanum: Chaos Path

Chapter 404 The Amusing Man Becomes Amusing Himself

"We are gathered here today to celebrate the ascension of our good friends Medici and Azik to the rank of Angel King. I hope they will live happily ever after, and I will love them forever!"

In the villa, which hadn't been lively for a long time, Luo Lin raised his wine glass high, saying strange things that sounded like they should be hung from a street lamp, and couldn't suppress the smile on his lips.

On the table in front of him was a feast of food and wine, and sitting or standing around the table were Rolin's friends and his assistants.

After Azik successfully merged with his other half of his soul and ascended to the angel king, Rolin decided to celebrate.

After all, today is indeed a good day. First, there was Rolin's ascension to the position of a Believer of Joy; then there was Medici's return to the position of Angel King; and finally, Azik's soul fusion and ascension to the position of Angel King. In addition, Rolin and the others hadn't gathered together for a long time, and it would be a pity not to celebrate today since they were all together again.

Hearing Roland's words, Medici rolled his eyes in annoyance. He clinked his glass against Roland's, downed his red wine, and then said bluntly, "You're being a bit too anthropomorphic!"

Although she had never heard of the term 24365 before, that obviously did not prevent Red Angel from understanding it based on its meaning—the so-called 24365 clearly refers to working 24 hours a day and 365 days a year.

“24365?” Compared to Medici, Azik obviously didn’t grasp the meaning of the word seamlessly. After all, he hadn’t heard as many strange things from Rolin as Medici had. But Azik wasn’t stupid. After understanding the meaning of the next sentence and seeing Medici’s reaction, he roughly guessed what it was. He smiled and teased, “Would you hate us if we weren’t 24365, Lucifer?”

As he spoke, Azik also raised his glass and clinked it against Rolin's glass, but unlike Medici, he didn't drink it all in one gulp; he just took a sip.

Compared to Medici, Azik clearly doesn't like drinking alcohol; he prefers beverages like black tea.

"How could that be?" After clinking glasses with the two, Luo Lin also took a sip of his drink, then raised an eyebrow and smiled, saying, "Of course I won't dislike you because you don't work overtime. On the contrary, I would like you even more if you were willing to work overtime."

"After all, who doesn't like a tool?" Medici said sarcastically. As he spoke, he poured himself another glass of wine, this time not red wine, but champagne. At the same time, he held down little Amon, who was eager to mix several kinds of wine together and try to drink it all in one gulp.

"Are you sure you won't get drunk drinking like this? Little Raven, let me remind you, you're just a regular mid-sequence right now." Medici glanced at Little Amon, his tone neither a reminder nor a taunt.

"What does it matter? I've already finished my work for today, so even if I get drunk, it won't interfere with anything!" Little Amon was clearly dissatisfied, still looking eagerly at the glass in front of him. Just now, he had mixed at least five kinds of spirits together.

"But I'm the one who cleans up the mess you make when you're drunk," Medici said, rolling his eyes with a self-assured, motherly air.

“Little Red, you really are a very self-aware male mother now.” “Jack” spoke at this moment, in a teasing tone with a hint of surprise. As he spoke, he quietly replaced the cup in front of Little K, whose attention was drawn to Medici and the others.

"You better behave yourself!" Medici glanced at "Jack," then couldn't help but look at "Lucifer," who was watching them with a smirk. He really couldn't understand what kind of twisted sense of humor Rowling had.

Just then, taking advantage of his inattention, Little Amon bravely downed the glass of mixed liquor in one gulp. Then, his eyebrows furrowed, and he said with an indescribable expression, "It tastes awful. The color looks so nice."

"I think mixing drinks probably requires some professional knowledge to make them taste good." Little Ke looked at Little Amon's distorted expression and his face that quickly turned red, shook his head, picked up the glass in front of him, took a sip, and then froze.

so bitter!

To put it bluntly, at this moment, Xiao Ke felt as if his soul had been numbed by bitterness. He had never tasted anything so bitter in his life, not even the Chinese medicine he drank in his previous life.

Little Ke belatedly looked down and realized that his glass had been switched at some point; it no longer contained alcohol, but some kind of vegetable juice. Almost instantly, Little Ke locked onto his target, looked at "Jack" beside him, and asked helplessly, "What is this?"

"Bitter melon, purple cabbage, carrot, and celery vegetable juice," Rowling, dressed in a Jack-themed vest, said with a smile. "Of course, there are also many other medicinal herbs, the kind that are good for your health. I even added a little Coptis chinensis. Does it taste good?"

Xiao Ke: ...

Little K, unusually expressionless, looked at "Jack" and said, "You can try it yourself."

“No way, it smells awfully bitter.” “Jack” shook his head almost without hesitation.

Xiao Ke: ...

So you know!
It's hard to say whether Xiao Ke ever considered breaking up with his friend at that moment. Anyway, the next second, after Xiao Ke's eyes met those of the eager-looking Xiao Amon next to him, he glanced thoughtfully at the vegetable juice in his glass, then casually put it aside and looked at "Jack" with a disapproving look, saying, "Jack, is there any possibility that I might get angry too?"

"I'm sorry, I was wrong!" Jack admitted his mistake readily, putting his hands together in a very serious manner.

But Xiao Ke knew that the other party was serious about admitting their mistake, but also serious about continuing to do so next time.

At the same time, Little Amon's gaze fell on the bitter vegetables beside Little Ke, which were so bitter they made one's soul leave one's body, and his fingertips twitched slightly.

Three seconds later, the red wine in Jack's glass froze for a moment.

Ten seconds later, "Jack" raised his glass as if to drink, but after bringing the glass to his lips, he paused, smiled, and said, "You guys don't think I didn't notice anything, do you?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Ke and Xiao Ameng exchanged a glance, and the next second, the two of them launched an attack at the same time.

"Jack" had obviously anticipated this, and dodged the two men's "attack" with a smile. However, before he could express his thoughts again, he suddenly stopped.

Medici, standing next to him, raised his glass at that moment, gesturing towards him with a smirk, his words concealing his accomplishment.

Azik, feeling guilty, stood in front of Lucifer and said, "I'm sorry, but perhaps it would be better to leave the children's affairs to the children to handle?"

Rowling: ...

“Okay, you might be right.” “Lucifer” considered for a second how much he could tolerate the vegetable juice, and ultimately decided not to do it.

After all, it's an interesting life experience when pranksters get their comeuppance.

In a sense, Rowling was indeed a qualified entertainer.

(End of this chapter)