Seductive Drinking Party (1)
Seductive Drinking Party (1)
Various delicacies were placed on the table, arranged appetizingly in pretty bowls.
Among them, rare foods that even the continent's wealthy could not easily obtain were scattered here and there.
Truly a feast fit for the noble mouths of a hero and a goddess.
The walls of the dining room were decorated with several expensive-looking artworks, and a chandelier hung from the ceiling.
It was to the point where Hugo couldn't tell if the soup he was scooping with his spoon was going into his mouth or his nose.
"The food is really delicious."
Between bites, Hugo raised the corners of his mouth as naturally as possible and made such flattering remarks.
Having spent most of his life catering to others, words that would please listeners came out habitually.
"I'm glad. I was a bit worried it might not suit your taste."
"Th-there's no way! This is the first time I've had such rare and delicious food!"
Hugo replied, then looked at Ion sitting across from him and noisily chewed the food in front of him, smacking his lips.
It was an act to prove the truth of his words, but to others, it was a rude manner that would naturally draw a frown.
However, Hugo, who knew nothing about upper-class dining etiquette, did not stop eating ravenously.
"Seeing you eat so well makes me happy, huhut."
Thanatos, sitting elegantly beside Ion and cutting her steak gracefully, gave a refreshing eye-smile.
Seeing her face, which did not fade in beauty even during the meal, Hugo unconsciously blushed.
As the dinner, filled with moderate conversation, came to an end, the next course naturally turned into a drinking party.
When hard-to-find high-quality snacks and wine worth more than a house were placed on the table, Hugo couldn't hide his wide-eyed surprise.
"Hmm, the aroma seems even better today?"
Thanatos brought the tip of her nose to the opened wine cork and sensually licked her lips.
Ion, who had filled his own glass with wine, directly poured wine into Thanatos's and Hugo's glasses.
With three glasses filled with red wine, those gathered at the table lightly toasted and continued their chat.
"Sorry to interrupt, but I need to use the restroom for a moment."
Around the time they had emptied half the wine bottle while exchanging trivial conversation, Ion suddenly said that and stood up.
Ion, who wore an unnatural smile, oddly did not look very well.
"Is something wrong?"
"It's nothing. Just a bit of a stomachache..."
Ion replied to Hugo's worried question and immediately left the dining room.
Just before leaving, he said not to worry about him and to feel at ease, but that was easier said than done.
Before Hugo could even state his own situation and ask for help, Ion had disappeared.
Hugo secretly shuffled his feet and glanced at Thanatos, who was sitting at the head of the table.
'It's like sitting on a bed of thorns...'
Suddenly left alone with the Goddess of Death, Hugo sipped his wine nervously.
Even if he tried not to be conscious of it, that was impossible.
He felt very uncomfortable in this situation, facing her across the same table.
Hugo knew that Thanatos did not particularly like him.
And he vividly remembered the incident that had caused that.
"The meal today was especially delicious. Maybe it's because you're here~?"
Strangely, even after Ion left, Thanatos kept speaking to Hugo.
Since she had always treated Hugo like a transparent person, this was a truly puzzling change in attitude.
"Hugo, what circle are you at now, again?"
"Me, you mean? Sadly, I'm only at about 3rd circle..."
"Wow, really? When I saw you last time, you were definitely at 2nd circle. Did you raise your rank already? That's amazing, isn't it?"
"Do you really think so?"
Hugo scratched his head at Thanatos's praise and smiled shyly.
Whether 2nd circle or 3rd circle, it was like comparing insignificant acorns.
But since the continent's greatest archmage did not spare her admiration, Hugo felt quite good.
After that, Thanatos kept asking Hugo various questions and constantly praised him.
With Thanatos, the pinnacle and idol of all mages, commending his achievements, Hugo even began to delude himself that he was truly an amazing person.
"Hugo is truly a remarkable mage~."
"You flatter me. Someone like me is as common as dirt in this Crezel..."
"Is that really so? That's not how I see it."
Thanatos, holding the base of her wine glass in her palm, shook the glass and shot a lethal gaze at Hugo.
At the same time, she lightly lifted her bosom, striking a pose that emphasized her ripe figure.
'W-why is she acting like this...?'
A seductive demeanor as if she were trying to charm him.
Hugo tried to hold onto his reason and endure, but he couldn't stop his eyes from drifting to certain body parts of hers.
'As expected of a goddess...'
She, at a distance that seemed reachable with an outstretched hand, was truly a demonic embodiment that enchanted men.
Her crimson eyes held the same color as the red wine quietly swirling in the glass.
Her voluptuous breasts, as if concentrated with her talent as a mage.
Her smooth legs, crossed nonchalantly.
A physique that had no aspect inferior as a woman.
Even if someone who didn't know her saw her, they could not dare dispute the fact that she was a goddess descended from heaven—such beauty.
Truly heavenly beauty.
He was terribly envious of his hometown friend who had as many as four such beautiful goddesses as wives.
"But anyway, Ion is late, isn't he."
Hugo, belatedly realizing he had been gazing at the goddess's body too irreverently, let out an awkward cough.
"He'll come back when it's time, I suppose."
Thanatos, as if uninterested, leaned her arms on the table and leisurely drank her wine.
Even though her husband, who had gone to the restroom, had been missing for quite a while, his wife seemed completely unconcerned.
'Could it be that their marriage isn't very good?'
Hugo suddenly became suspicious.
"Since waiting like this is boring, how about we play a little game until my husband comes back?"
"A game?"
At Thanatos's sudden suggestion, Hugo tilted his head in an easily readable manner.
"Oh? You don't want to?"
"A-ah, no! Of course not...!"
When Thanatos blinked her pretty eyes and asked that, Hugo immediately shook his head frantically.
As the great Goddess of Death wanted to do something, he had no right to refuse.
"Glad to hear it. Then wait a moment."
Thanatos, who had been generously smiling at Hugo, put down her wine glass and suddenly pushed her chair back, standing up from her seat.
Then she immediately moved her legs, now showing her bare feet, toward a small drawer near the table.
Upon reaching the drawer, Thanatos immediately opened it and began searching for something.
"Hmm, that's strange. I'm sure I put it in here..."
The item she was looking for didn't seem easily visible, so Thanatos bent over even more.
She rummaged through the drawer, trailing off in a troubled tone, but Hugo was in a similarly troubled situation.
Because Thanatos's posture while searching for the item was far too alluring.
'W-why not call a servant? Why do it yourself...'
The attractive hip line covered by her thin black cheongsam was boldly flaunting its presence.
As Thanatos's rounded buttocks stuck out toward the table, the wine in Hugo's hand sloshed violently.
"I'm sure it's here, but it's really strange~."
Seeming anxious over the item that wouldn't reveal itself, Thanatos began shifting her body.
Then her carelessly extended buttocks swayed gently from time to time.
Whether she knew the butterfly effect her soft movements were causing or not.
Thanatos was still deep in her search.
Hugo could barely take his eyes off the luxurious sight that even a fortune couldn't buy.
Whether it was his imagination or not, he even had the illusion that Thanatos's buttocks kept rising higher.
If she bent her waist any further, it seemed she would reveal a crucial area beyond her skirt that should never be shown to any man other than Ion.
"Found it!"
Just as Hugo gulped unconsciously while staring at the goddess's provocative pose, Thanatos's cry of finally finding what she wanted rang through the dining room.
Startled by her voice, Hugo came to his senses and hastily averted his gaze from Thanatos's hips.
Just as Hugo was barely adjusting his trousers, which were hidden under the table.
Thanatos, with a broad smile on her face, returned to the table with light steps.
In her hand was a small key, its exact purpose unknown.
"Well then, shall we start the game?"
Thanatos ignored her original seat and casually sat down right next to Hugo, as if it were only natural.