The nighttime tavern, Villa Diechee.
　The three of us were drinking at a familiar table in Nami's restaurant, with Elsa and Ena.

'Nugu ...... nugu ............ puha!
Are you sure you're ready to drink at that pace?
"Raise your hand!　This is just the beginning.
Mothballed but ......
Don't worry, I'll be right behind you.

　Beside Elsa, who drinks as she looks up, Ena is drinking at a sensible pace.
　This is a bit of a surprise, since Ena usually has a relatively more uninhibited image.

''Yorasan, nongremafu ka.
Yeah, yeah. I'm drinking. Here.
Can't we just stay?
Yeah, yeah.

　I gave a small nod and turned to Ena, pretending to drink with my mug in my mouth.

'I'm not the type to drink like this, Elsa,'
It's a lot of things.
Stress? Well, you're running a single store, or even a branch office, so stress is bound to set in.
......

Shortly after I was convinced, I realized that Ena was giving me a white stare.

'What, what?'
No. I'm going to have a blast.
'Yeah!　W-why?
I want you to think about your hand on your chest. This one, plus two large ones.

　Ena stopped the shopkeeper as she walked by and ordered boldly.
　I wouldn't be able to compete with her if she followed Elsa's lead and drank like that.

　I twisted my head around desperately, trying to change the subject.

'Oh, by the way. It's been almost three years since we met, right?
'Oh, come to think of it,'
Anoroki's ...... yora-san, is ......

　Elsa said halfway through, feeling like she couldn't turn the rhetoric around, then wandered off, and then plopped down on the table like, gong.

'Elsa?'　Are you okay, Elsa?
Huh?　You're here, Yora-san?
No, no, no, no, no.

　I turned my gaze to Ena and pleaded for relief.
　But not only did Ena not respond to my gaze, she sipped on her newly delivered beer.

'Yo-la ......,'

　Elsa hugged me.
　She hugged me over the table, nudging down the mug from a mug of wine.
　The noise of the mug being knocked over caught the attention of the entire restaurant for a moment, but it's a bar.

　It was just a drunk doing drunkenness (、、、、、、、、、), so it didn't get any more attention than that.

'Uh-huh.'
Oh, come on, Elsa.
'Ramelew!　Uh-huh.

　Elsa is in full drunk mode.
　She hugs me and thrashes me.
　And--

Yora-san: "Yora-san: ...... chuuuu!

　And then he kissed her.

'Hey, hey, Elsa!
Chuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu. Mmm-hmmm.
No, no, I mean, Ena, stop her, please.
Stop?

　Ena put down her mug and looked at us.

'Yes, it's in public,'
Yeah, so...
But I won't.
What?

　Why?　Did Sakura put you up to this?

A drunken kisser is more dangerous than a drunken kisser who interferes.
Ugh, yeah, that's true.
Give it up and be done with it.

Yeah, yeah, it's a shame you don't eat at the table.
I'm sure you have some luck, right?
Gentlemen!

　There was a lot of yapping from the surrounding area, which was really a bar.

　I was at a loss.
　There are plenty of ways to deal with what happened in the dungeon, but I have no idea what to do in these situations.

　I'm hopelessly lacking in experience and knowledge.

Yora-san: ......
'What?　What's wrong with you? You're all riled up.

　Are you sobered up?

You don't like it when it's your birthday?

　Elsa asked with a look on her face as if she was about to start crying.
　She looks up and asks with a louder look in her eyes.
　The look on your face makes me feel a little guilty.

　.......

'It's not true. Elsa is a dear friend, no, a family member. There's no such thing as hate.
So do you like ......?
Yeah, I like it.
"Suki ...... ehehe ......

　Elsa was happy to hear me say I liked her, and she rubbed her cheeks even more.

　I gave up and let her do what she wanted.
　It's happened before, and Elsa doesn't remember it after she's sobered up.
　If that's the case, just let her do it, not jittery.

'Well, you have the look of being misguidedly prepared. Ah, I drank the pills you took to get crushed, and you didn't swallow them.

　Beside me, for some reason, Ena was more grandly dismayed than before.