I naturally joined the drinking party and started drinking a glass or two. Originally, I didnât like drinking, nor had I ever been to a drinking party. But today, I felt I knew a little bit about why people were drinking like that and having a drinking party.
It was the first time in my life that I drank so much alcohol. I tried to restrain myself because I didnât know exactly how much Theresa could drink, but I was still fine no matter how much I drank.
âLook, Iâm not drunk.â
âYes, yes.â
âReally⊠Iâm not drunk. Why am I so fine? I guess Iâm a good drinkerâŠ?â
âItâs already the 49th time you said you werenât drunk. If you said it one more time, it would be the 50th time.â
âI mean⊠thatâs strange. Iâm not drunk at all.â
âYes. Youâve said it for the 50th time.â
Ding!
[The Constellation âBet Your Life on Mingmingâ has sponsored 1,000 coins.]
[Sheâs not as good as Mingiming, but sheâs cute ă ă . I should do some sponsoring too.]
Ding!
[The Constellation âBorn From Theresaâs Heartâ has sponsored 1,000 coins.]
[If youâre a newcomer, shut up and just get used to it.]
âAnnoying.â
As I was shaking my head because of the Constellations who kept making noise about sponsorship, I felt something was getting messy around me. As the sun set down, each family came to pick up their young ladies.
âOh my gosh, Lady! Why did you drink so much when you couldnât even drink?â
Some young ladies sent out the drunk young ladies one by one with normal faces and ordered the servants to clean up the club room. The drinking party ended like that.
âThatâs too badâŠâ
Letâs just have one more drink. Iâm not drunk at all yet.
I felt a familiar loneliness. Being left alone because no one was looking for me was something I have always experienced since childhood.
âŠI have to go back to the dormitory. Patricia caught up with me as I got up and was about to leave the club room.
âI will take you there, Lady Theresa!â
âItâs okay⊠I can go alone.â
âYes? Even when youâre staggering like this?â
âIâm walking straight⊠Iâm alrightâŠâ
âBut youâre walking sideways right now.â
At that time, a voice that shouldnât have been heard here resonated heavily in my ears.
âTheresa Squire.â
I checked the person who said it with half-open eyes as I couldnât feel my strength. ââŠFather.â
As soon as he appeared, Raul looked around the club room, where the atmosphere was frozen, and faced me. He clicked his tongue and said with a distorted expression. âFollow me.â
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I was sure I had walked straight.
Was the road here so bumpy? When constructing the terrain, I was sure that I laid them out in a straight line.
It wasnât just the road that was strange. The strangest of all was that Raul was here. Raul didnât come to Valhalla. That was the setup. But why did he come? He also came to me. And I had no idea.
The moment I tilted my head, Raul, who was leading the way, stopped walking, and he looked back at me fiercely.
âWhat are you laughing at?â
It seemed like I was laughing like an idiot without even realizing it. However, I felt good. My heart tickled.
Raul scolded me with a more bewildered look. âDid you laugh at this situation?â
âFather, youâre my father now, rightâŠ?â
Iâm Theresa, and Raul is my father now, right?
âIf youâre drunk, just follow me quietly.â
I extended my hand toward him, despite his very displeased tone. âBecause youâre my father⊠Can we walk hand in handâŠ?â
I also wanted to walk hand in hand with my dad to the houseâŠ
I was confused as to whether I had uttered the words out of loud or swallowed them inside. Strangely, neither the road nor Raul stayed still, so I was distracted. Still, I patiently reached for Raul, who kept moving back and forth.
My sincere words and actions, which wouldnât have been easily done normally, came out without hesitation with the help of alcohol. Raul sighed deeply and turned his back without holding my hand.
Holding hands together⊠Itâs my wish.
While I was muttering quietly, Raul suddenly knelt down on the road. âI will give you a piggyback ride. Because it will take you a long time to get to the dormitory.â
ââŠHehe.â
How did he know that my wish was to be piggybacked by my dad?
When I carelessly rode on his back, Raul stood up without difficulty. Even though he was middle-aged, he was as strong as his youthful and strong appearance. Well, Theresa was also good at using her strength.
I laughed and said, âTheresa⊠looks like Father.â
âYouâre talking nonsense. When I was young, I was never like you.â
âNo⊠itâs the sameâŠâ
âGo to sleep.â
Somehow Raulâs voice seemed much softer than before. It seemed my laughter permeated into him. Maybe thatâs why I had the courage to tell him the secret I had been buried in my heart all my life.
âFather⊠did you know?â
I had to say something important, but just in time, drowsiness poured in, and my eyes closed. The arms that firmly supported me, the warm warmth, and the body that seemed to sway gently at every step were all like lullabies.
âI always⊠envious of other kids⊠when their parents came to pick them upâŠâ
ââŠâ
âIâve⊠never did that beforeâŠâ
ââŠâ
âNo one is looking for me⊠But today Father cameâŠâ
One of the numerous thorns embedded deep in my chest slowly pulled out. The lonely memories would have been buried deep in the black subconscious had it not been for something like today.
âThatâs why⊠I feel like Iâve become⊠a less pitiful person for todayâŠâ
Ding!
[Achieving 1,000,000 coins in the shortest period of time!]
[New Constellation is entering.]
[New Constellation is entering.]
[New Constellation is entering.]
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[Channel Rating Silver â¶Â Gold.]
9. Magical Creature
âUghâŠâ
My eyes were wide open from a sudden headache. There was an uproar in my head. This was definitely a hangover. No matter how much Theresa was a heavy drinker, she couldnât stand it when all kinds of alcohol were mixed and poured.
âUgh⊠If I drink again, I wonât be human.â
Iâve seen countless humans who said this thoughtlessly and no longer became human, but I really meant my words.
In addition, my head was dizzier because the Constellations poured out their sponsorship enough to cover my entire field of view.
Ding!
[The Constellation âBroadcast Genius Theresaâ has sponsored 10,000 coins.]
[If you touch Theresa, you will die.]
Ding!
[The Constellation âBet Your Life on Theresaâ has sponsored 10,000 coins.]
[I didnât know back then⊠To think my love changed just from one dayâŠ]
ââŠWhat?â
Hang on. Is there something strange about the sponsorship?
I rubbed my eyes in case I saw something wrong and checked the sponsorship again. However, the sponsored amount still appeared to be 10,000 coins instead of 1,000 coins.
Feeling some kind of premonition, I removed the sponsorship widow and found the system window, which was both a cause and effect.
[Achieving 1,000,000 coins in the shortest period of time!]
[Channel Rating Silver â¶Â Gold.]
âI achieved the shortest time again?â
Even the channelâs rating went up. I think I can collect 1 billion coins at this rate, right?
Wish coupon. It would have been a lie if I said I didnât want the item that would grant anything you wished for.
My dry saliva passed. It started to feel real that all the BJs managed by Ozworld bought the Wish coupon, something that would happen to me in the near future. However, there was a problem.
âI didnât do anything except drink yesterday. So why did this happen?â
I had no idea why this outcome happened.
Ding!
[The Constellation âHaha Busâ has sponsored 10,000 coins.]
[This BJ is the most thrilling!]
âŠI can see youâre just treating me like a fool.
âBroadcast setting.â
âŒ
[Broadcast Setting]
Channel Name: BJ Villainess
Channel Rating: Gold
Channel Ranking: 99th
Sponsorship: 1,397,500 coins
âČ
The Constellations who were watching my broadcast sent new sponsorship as if cheering me.
Ding!
[The Constellation âPerformance Obsessionâ has sponsored 10,000 coins.]
[This broadcast is brighter than my future.]
Ding!
[The Constellation âStock Geniusâ has sponsored 10,000 coins.]
[Kyaa, look at this broadcast skyrocketing to major leagues as soon as it starts; it is even unmatched to the blue-chip stock.]
Looking at the reaction, it seemed that the promotion of the channel and entry into the top 100 was quite encouraging.
âHow high is the 99th place?â
Ding!
[The Constellation âExplanation Bugâ has sponsored 10,000 coins.]
[High; Even if the gold channel has never entered the top 100, so itâs the first time to enter the top 100 as soon as your channel becomes gold;]
Ding!
[The Constellation âExplanation Bugâ has sponsored 10,000 coins.]
[Ah, come to think of it, most of the gold channels managed by Ozworld seem to have set a record of entering the top 100? As expected from Ozworld.]
Even if they said that, I didnât know how many channels there were and how they coexisted, so I couldnât get a sense of it. I just felt bad because I felt like I was proving that Ozworld was amazing.