"What?"
His harsh tone was mixed with some of the influence of the alcohol, making it a little softer than usual.
"It's nothing important.
Why did you suddenly start helping me lately?"
Axion looked at her thoughtfully instead of answering.
“Why are you so curious?”
His blue eyes, which were usually staring at her coldly, were slightly relaxed.
This unruly appearance of his was strangely charming.
Elijah's heart began to beat harder on its own.
“Can you answer my question first?”
When she asked him again, pressing her breast, Axion pointed to his cup and replied:
“After you empty this first.”
After he finished speaking, Axion raised the cup to his mouth.
But unlike when he was drinking a little while ago, as if in a feud with the drink, he was barely pretending to drink.
Elia was startled.
'It's not like a mosquito is sucking blood!'
Is he making fun of me now?
Perhaps due to the influence of the alcohol, her patience ran out faster than usual.
Finally, Elijah reached out and snatched his glass.
dose- dose-
After downing the drink in one go, she placed the empty cup in front of him with a clink.
“Now the cup is completely empty, isn't it?
Answer me.”
After she finished speaking, she extended her head towards Axion.
Their faces became so close that they were almost touching.
Under normal circumstances, her heart would have pounded, but perhaps due to the influence of the alcohol, she felt strangely defiant.
She looked directly into his eyes and called out to him in a low voice:
“Accion Rubelt.”
Her voice came out mixed with a bit of hoarseness and the effect of drunkenness.
His blue eyes, staring at her, shook violently.
“Why do you keep helping me?”
And at the moment when he tried to avoid her and extended his hand towards the empty cup,
Knock!
Elijah grabbed his wrist.
“Hurry up and answer me.”
Axion looked at her, his face flushed.
And just when he was about to open his mouth to say something,
"Guys!
Come here!
It looks like Vice Leader Erhan and Axion are having a drinking challenge!"
What do they say now?
Suddenly, the unit's members streamed towards them.
"Is this real?
Who wins?"
“A while ago, Vice Commander Erhan forcefully emptied the Axion Cup!
It seems that Vice Commander Erhan is the winner!”
Elia shouted with a startled expression:
“Guys, it's not like that……”
“Right.
So far, Vice Commander Erhan is the winner.”
Axion interrupted her words and said to the unit members
"But no one knows what will happen next.
Pour me into my cup."
'What does this say now?'
“Wow, it's a real drink challenge!”
“It will be fun!”
The unit enthusiastically poured the drink into Axion's empty cup, and he drank it in one go.
When the unit saw this, they applauded enthusiastically.
“Deputy Commander Erhan!
Now your turn!”
Elijah frowned and shouted:
“I said I wouldn't take on a challenge...”
"Drinking challenge?
Sounds fun."
Meanwhile, Theo and Keisha had approached them.
“Mr.
Military Doctor, Mr.
Commander, this...”
“Of course, banquets should be fun like this.”
Keisha said then smiled.
“Then let's make it more fun.”
"What?"
A feeling of anxiety passed through her chest.
Keisha looked at the unit members sitting on either side of the table and announced:
“If Ruppelt wins, I will give a half-day vacation bonus to those on the left side of the table, and if Tringen wins, I will give it to those on the right side of the table.”
Immediately upon hearing those words, the eyes of the unit members widened.
"Wow!
Deputy Commander Erhan!
You should win!"
“Axion!
Axion will definitely win!!!”
Now, the unit members split into two teams, entering into a state of complete excitement.
'There's no way out of this…'
Since this has become the case, there is no escape.
Elia put the cup to her mouth as she received encouragement from the unit members.
•
“They're really crazy.
To empty all those huge jars of wine...”
Theo looked at Elijah and Axion drinking endlessly, and shook his head in surprise.
Not only did Ilia and Axion finish all the wine that had been prepared, but they also drank all the wine that they had specially asked the servants of the Grand Duchy to bring.
“No one drinks this much alcohol.”
In the end, Keisha couldn't help but say it.
“It's a draw...”
The unit members looked at Keisha with trembling eyes after hearing his verdict.
“I will grant a half-day leave bonus to all members of the unit.”
“Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”
The unit members hugged Ilya and Axion who were completely drunk, their faces red.
“Nah, it's finally over… hh!”
Illya muttered in a barely audible voice mixed with hiccups, and looked at Axion in front of her.
His face was also red, and he was clearly very drunk.
“Then the feast is over.
Everyone, go to sleep.”
"HQ!
Understood… HQ!"
She saluted sternly, but the arm she was raising slackened involuntarily.
As she staggered her way to the dorm, something cold touched her cheek.
“Drink this and regain consciousness.”
Yusar handed her a bottle of cold water.
“Thank you...”
Elia drank the water in one go.
The effect of the drunkenness seemed to be easing a little.
"Are you okay?
May I help you?"
She waved her hand gently to Yussar, who offered to help.
"I'm fine about that.
I'll just go for a walk and get some air and then come back."
After she finished speaking, she walked near the annex building.
The effect of the intoxication that I had diluted with cold water began to return again.
'Just to regain consciousness for a bit and then go in and sleep.'
She gently slapped her cheek and then staggered off into the training ground.
Goooooo!
In one of the dark corners of the training ground, a strange voice that could not be considered a human voice was heard.
'Has a monster appeared?'
The effect of the intoxication had completely worn off and her body was sweating.
Just as she was about to run to inform Keisha, something jumped out and stumbled in front of her.
It was Axion and another colleague from the unit.
The other unit mate was vomiting while extremely drunk, while Axion, despite being drunk himself, took care of him.
The unit mate who had vomited started walking back toward the barracks.
He did not walk, but crawled almost on all fours.
Well, after all they'd been drinking, it wasn't strange for him to act like this.
Axion, who was left alone, sat groggy in a corner of the training ground.
I approached him.
"Are you well?"
Axion flinched when he saw her.
His red eyes were strangely charming.
'Why is he so handsome even in such a situation?'
Even in a situation that would have seemed extremely ugly to any other human, Axion was stunningly beautiful.
“Drink this.”
She handed him the remaining bottle of water.
Axion drank the water in one go, as if it were the water of life.
“Did you drink it all?
Then, let’s go in together.”
'I was afraid he would sleep outdoors if I left him like this in this state.'
As Ilya was about to head towards the annex building, he got up, grabbed her wrist and called out to her.
“Bet.”
‘……?’
“You asked me why I keep helping you, right?”
His groggy blue eyes stared at her.
Her face turned red.
Axion opened his mouth.
“It's because of your appearance.”
'What is the connection between my appearance and how it helps me?'
Elia couldn't understand it at all.
"Hey, are you drunk?
What nonsense are you talking about?"
I asked him in amazement.
"This is really confusing.
Hey, what do I look like to say that?"
I asked him, but Axion closed his mouth tightly.
Finally, she clicked her tongue and pulled back the hand he was holding.
“That's enough.
What conversation am I going to have with a drunk person?
I'll go first, you come yourself or you don't...”
“You are so beautiful.”
Elijah's eyes widened.
"What?"
Axion approached her with long strides.
“You are very good-looking.”
As soon as Elia heard those words, her intoxication completely disappeared.
'Is it possible that he found out that I'm a woman?'
She looked at Axion and questioned him sharply.
“What does that mean?
Explain in detail.”
In the darkness, his blue eyes trembled.
He looked calmly at Erhan standing in front of him.
Even in the dark, those long eyelashes and beautiful eyes were clearly visible.
'Is this because of drunkenness?'
‘Unknowingly, he felt an urgent desire to touch that beautiful face.’
Axion carefully extended his hand towards her.
The tip of his finger touched the soft skin of his face.
I shivered.
In response to his unexpected action, Illya quickly pulled her body back.
“What are you doing now...”
Axion whispered to her in a low voice.
“Because you are so beautiful, and whenever I see you, my heart starts to shake strangely, and I find myself unconsciously wanting to help you.”