"woo woo woo woo……"
Late at night, inside the hotel.
In this moonless night, there is nothing but the dark night rain except the windows without curtains.
The little bread lying on uán kept turning over and over again, maybe because of the rain outside, she didn't sleep well. When a strong wind swept the rainstorm on the windows of her room, finally, the little girl was awakened.
Little Bread got up and looked at the clock on the stage.
Now... it's only two o'clock in the morning.
She shook her somewhat swollen head, and simply got down, put on her clothes, and came to the window.
Jade's pupils stared at the outside world, and could not see anything except the rain that kept falling.
Bread froze for a few seconds. After a while, she shook her head, closed the curtains, and stepped back.
………………………………Go to the toilet.
Bread pulled his hair and gently opened the room.
The aisle outside seemed very dim, and it seemed that the owner of this hotel was very good at saving money, so he didn't turn on the lights at all at midnight. Bread snapped his fingers, and a warm red flame sprang out from his fingertips. Although faint, it seemed full of vitality and light.
Along the aisle, the bread gradually went to the toilet. But when she turned a corner, something appeared on the ground, but she seemed a little surprised.
Those are footprints.
Moreover, it is still wet footprints.
Obviously, someone came back from outside and is now going to the toilet.
But who is it? Who is it in the middle of the night who will go out on such a rainy night and come back?
The bread quietly extinguished the flames on his fingers, and tiptoedly supported the wall to walk forward.
There was a little panic in her heart, but also a little excitement. There are not many opportunities for such a single adventure, usually idiots will follow her closely. Sometimes even if he leaves clearly, Ba Ba will follow him secretly when he doesn't know, and feel very upset.
The sound of splashing water came from the toilet. The white light flashing in the toilet makes everything look very eye-catching.
Bread looked through the hiding place on the wall, but after seeing the figure that appeared in front of the sink...
She exhaled helplessly. Disheartened for the end of this little adventure.
"Bam..."
Little Bread took a step, but the moment she just said that sentence, the situation in front of her gave her a shock.
Idiot... he is washing his face right now.
However, you can see from the sink that rushes, the water... is actually bright red?
The discovery at this moment caused the little nv boy to stop speaking. She continued to curl up behind the wall, looking at the idiot who was washing her hands and face with some trembling. If you look closely, you can see that the black windbreaker he is wearing at the moment is also covered with bits and pieces, not very obvious black spots.
The sound of water is still smashing...
Listening to the sound of water, watching the liquid that gradually changed from red to transparent, the bread felt that something was stuck in his throat, and he could not send it out. She seems to be able to look only like this now...look...
"It's too late, and I'm still up."
The idiot who was washing his hands said abruptly. The sound made the little bread behind couldn't help but walk out of the hiding place with a tremor.
"Baba..."
The bread rubbed his hands and looked at the idiot in front of him with a little timidity. The **** was extremely nervous.
"After going to the toilet, click back to rest."
After washing his hands, the idiot turned around and looked at this little girl. Those cold eyes that made people faint from the bottom of my heart made the bread take a step back.
However, the little girl still gritted her teeth, took out the card and wrote a line, and raised it tremblingly.
"Baba, where have you been?" 》
The idiot looked at this girl coldly, and for a while, there was no sound.
The water in the sink is still being released, and the noisy sound of running water fills the suffocating silence at this moment. The pale light shone on the idiot's face, making his face seem bloodless. At this moment, for the small bread curled up, looking up from the bottom...
This face is really scary.
"It has nothing to do with you."
The idiot did not answer, but took out a handkerchief, wiped his hands, and passed by the bread.
"Click to go back to bed. You still have almost five hours to rest. As soon as daybreak, we are leaving."
After all, the idiot went to his room on his own, while the bread swallowed his saliva, silently, watching him disappear at the end of the corridor, and then completely merged into this quiet darkness...
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The rest period is very short. I almost close my eyes and open them again. In a blink of an eye, the sleep time has disappeared.
Bread held his head and shook it. She climbed up from uán and came to the window.
With a crash, the curtains opened. And the rain outside that has not stopped for three consecutive days, at this moment, still has no meaning to stop.
The bun stared at the rain falling from the gray sky for a while. Afterwards, she shook her head and began to prepare to put on clothes and pack her luggage.
Anyway, I'm leaving today... I don't know how Roger did the investigation. Did Vito really die because of an accident?
……………………Ah, why do you worry about this? Obviously he was leaving, for Ba Ba, things about the Fang Empire seemed important. It is impossible for him to allow himself to stay here again, waiting for the investigation results to come out completely, right? Even Roger, I am afraid he must abide by the agreement and set off together.
Thinking of this, Bread sighed again, regretting the little life that passed away. At this time, there were bursts of knocks from her room. What followed was Xing Li's voice.
"Alright, Little Bread? We're ready to leave after breakfast."
"Huh"
Toast answered, Jiadu put on his clothes, picked up his luggage, and rushed out of the room. She followed Xingli and the two came to the hotel restaurant. I saw that the knights had already begun to dine at this moment. And the idiot was sitting here too, not moving a bite of the food prepared in the cafeteria, stubbornly eating his own compressed cans.
Simple breakfast time is very short. In other words, it was compressed very short by an idiot.
Less than fifteen minutes after the bun came in, the other team members had finished eating. They packed up their luggage, put on rain coats one by one, and were ready to set off.
"Where's Roger."
The idiot counted the number of people and asked.
"This... he doesn't seem to be back yet."
"Yeah. Let's call him."
The idiot nodded, put on the raincoat and was about to go out. But just when he led the team members and Bread and Xingli out of the hotel and came to the street outside...
"They came out, they came out--"
The noisy sound broke the tranquility created by the rain at this moment, causing all the team members to stop and look outside...
In front of this team is a large group of townspeople.
These townspeople were making noise and shouting. Everyone pointed at the idiots, their eyes filled with disgust and fear. The mayor led some knights to maintain order, but it can be seen that they did not want to maintain it well. order. Compared with other townspeople, the disgust and dissatisfaction on their faces is just a little more restrained.
"Don't bother everyone, please be quiet"
The fé fat mayor raised his hands high and said loudly. However, the townspeople didn't care, and they didn't know who it was. Suddenly a stone flew out of the crowd, but the idiot idiot didn't even look at it. Then slightly, the stone turned into powder and fell to the ground.
"Devils, you cursed demons leaving our town, you have brought us disaster and bad luck"
The idiot's shot didn't make the townsfolk feel so difficult. In an instant, lots of rocks, rotten vegetable leaves, eggs and tomatoes were all thrown over. The knights immediately surrounded the small bread and Xing Li. For those stones, they are all blocked. As for other things that don't cause much harm, don't take care of them.
The idiot greeted these "attacks", and within a moment, his body was covered with a lot of tomatoes and egg liquid. He didn't avoid it either, just silently accept it. Afterwards, he raised his head and looked at the mayor with suspicious eyes.
"Everyone of the'Blood Blade' mercenary group, I am sorry to bring you such bad memories. But now, can you please leave our town? To be honest...we are not very welcome here anymore. "
The knights behind were shocked and didn't even know what was going on in front of them. However, the idiot nodded after a long silence. He turned around, waved his hand, let everyone keep up with him, and started to leave.
"Wait, what is going on? The townspeople riot?"
A young voice rushed in from the outside of the crowd abruptly. These furious townspeople were taken aback and looked back. What can be seen is that Roger, who has been staying by the lake to investigate and collect evidence, did not have the admiration and joy in his eyes when he saw this young man they used to admire. On the contrary, disgust and contempt are aggravated.
"Going brings bad luck, mercenaries who bring curses, get out of our town Forgotten Town does not welcome you to get out"
"Yes, get out and leave here forever, never come back"
"What day, what light of the town? It's just the shame of forgetting the town to get out"
The noisy townspeople immediately aimed their finger at Roger, and many stones and tomatoes all flew over. Roger hurriedly avoided a stone, but was inevitably hit by a smelly egg on his head, and the slimy liquid ran into his neck together with the rain.
"What the **** is going on? What is the shame of Forgotten Town? What have we done? It makes you so annoyed?"
Roger wiped the egg whites on his face, facing these people who had originally admired him so much, but now they were so angry that they were very dissatisfied, and immediately began to roar. When the idiot over there heard it, he walked out of the crowd silently and put his shoulder on his shoulder.
Softly) Whatever it is, you are a soldier. It is your duty to obey orders. You don’t need to ask too many things. Now, the time has come, don’t ask anything, don’t say anything, quietly Leaving... we continue to carry out our mission."
Facing the idiot's persuasion, Roger was stunned. He looked at the idiot in an unbelievable way, and seemed to not understand what the idiot was saying. However, the sentence "You are a soldier" finally made him feel a little back. At the moment, he nodded and began to bow his head towards the hotel, preparing to pack his luggage...
"It's this guy who was entangled in bad luck. If it weren't for her, the lord of the knight would never die, nor would the wife of the lord die"
In an instant, the words that broke out from the crowd reached Roger’s ears, but it exploded like it had triggered the fuse. The next moment, the young knight rushed directly into the crowd and grabbed the townspeople who had just spoken. Binoculars opened wide, loudly speaking--
"What did you say? What did you just say?"
Roger's sudden attack made the situation on the scene tense. The knights of Forgotten Town immediately rushed up and surrounded Roger, and everyone was ready to wait.
"You... are you going to kill Roger? Williams mercenaries are going to kill, help--"
The town citizen started yelling. Roger was taken aback. After a while, he immediately put down the town citizen and asked cautiously: "What the **** is...? You said my brother... and sister-in-law... they ...What happened to them?"
"They... passed away."
The mayor next to him said this with a sad and angry expression. After hearing these words, Roger felt as if he was struck by thunder in his head, stunned, and stopped thinking.
The mayor slowly exhaled and said, "Just this morning, people who went to the morning shift at the newspaper found that the two had died in the newspaper. They... said it was cruel. Their bodies were mutilated. ... and it was cut off directly by some kind of sharp weapon."
Including Roger, all the knight members were stunned and speechless.
"The corpses are scattered everywhere... the whole newspaper is like a large cemetery. In addition to the two corpses, many things in the newspaper are also destroyed, and there are marks of sharp blades everywhere. Look. Get up...like a murderous madness."
Roger's mouth was open. He was soaking in the rain that he had forgotten to wipe the egg whites and ketchup on his face. After a while, the big boy plopped and knelt on the mud...
"Mr. Mayor, if this is the case... it is really a very regrettable thing."
In the team, Xing Li separated from the crowd and walked out. The bread that came out with her looked surprised at the standing idiot here, Jade's eyes seemed to perceive something...
"However, if the knight commander and his wife are killed, why do you think you must drive us away? What are we doing badly?"
"Huh, what can't be done badly? Fake enough rubbish"
"It's the first time I have seen disgusting for such a hypocritical person"
"Fuck you demons"
When the crowd around him had enough cursing, the fat mayor stretched out his hands and comforted a little. Then, he turned his head, bowed to Xingli, and said--
"This young lady, although we don’t want to guess like this, we really have no other inferences other than that. The Knight Commander of Premo is a master. In town, no one has ever thought he could win him."
"And this time, I was able to kill the Premo Knight, which means that the assailant is also a master. Everyone thinks about it, and the only person in the town who is likely to have a master in these two days is the mercenary group you belong to. ."
"The important thing is that if you live in our town for two days, you will die every night. This is really unreasonable, so everyone agrees that even if you didn't kill the people, then you must have brought the killer'devil'. Coming. We hope you can leave as much as you can and never come back. Take your demons...leave this town forever."
It's blunt.
For two consecutive days, people died every night, and this happened after the arrival of this mercenary group, which was enough for any owner to issue an order to evict guests.
Xing Li looked at the mayor who was impatient in her eyes. After staring for a while, she seemed to think of something, and turned to look at the bun behind her. Suddenly, he found that Xiao Bread's eyes remained on the idiot over there.
She was watching the idiot, and the idiot's cold and merciless face was reflected in her beautiful golden pupils. After a while, she seemed to understand something. The look in the exploring eyes gradually turned into compassion...
"So that's it, I understand."
Xingli nodded, stretched out her hand, gently pulled the hand of the bread, and smiled--
"Since you don't welcome us, let's go. I hope...after we are gone, your town can restore its former tranquility."
"Well, for your kind words. Not to send it."
The mayor gave way, Xing Li exhaled, stretched out his hand to hold the little bread, and led the knights away slowly. But the idiot went straight to Roger who was kneeling over there, pulled him up, and walked with him.
but……
"I do not go……"
Roger shook off the idiot's hand and stared at the idiot haggardly. Afterwards, he turned his head and looked at the crowd over there.
"No? The devil doesn't want to come, let's drive him away"
There was already a quiet noise in the crowd, but at this moment it was boiling again because of Roger's words. They threw various things at him again, and the insults and anger in their mouths did not stop for a moment.
"Go away, devil, you scumbag, the scum is expelled from the Knights, and you are a fallen guy"
"You are not welcome in Forgotten Town. Starting today, I will never come back again"
"If you come back, we will catch a **** mercenary once. The murderous mercenary will take your'death' and leave here."
"Don't come back here, where there are no robbers and murderers, the farther the house, the better, the mercenaries who kill for money"
Crackling--
All kinds of things, ún and the rain, all poured onto Roger's face and body.
The waterproof cloak on his body has long since been smeared in a bad way, and even the underside of the cloak has been covered with all kinds of filth.
And Roger, at this moment, just stood blankly...
He allowed those things to fly, neither dodging nor blocking. even……
Snapped
A stone slammed heavily on his brain, knocked out a mouth, and pulled out a blood...
The bun behind covered his mouth, and some did not dare to look at Roger. But the idiot beside him slowly walked forward and once again put his shoulders on his shoulders.
Softly) Remember your identity, you are a soldier. Grievance and humiliation are of no use to you. The only thing you need to value is whether you can complete the task. Remember, don’t forget our identity. Now, Let us leave quietly..."
Perhaps it was the shouts of the townspeople that had an effect.
Perhaps it was an idiot that finally entered the young knight's heart at this moment.
He raised his head and looked at the idiot. Finally, he nodded slightly.
The idiot exhaled and covered his back with a windbreaker, so that he would not bear the humiliation anymore. The other knights stepped forward one after another, resisting the stones and rotten vegetable leaves, and escorted their teammates away quietly...
In other words, leave forever.
"Captain...I want to do something...before leaving..."
u sobbed, Roger said slowly.
"………………………………Say."
"I want to go to the newspaper to see... be it... see my brother's back..."
The idiot nodded, this is a normal request. Therefore, he agreed to this request of the young knight.
"Yes. But, we need to treat your wound first. You can see the bones. After the treatment is complete..."
The idiot turned his head and glanced at the little bread over there. Although it is indeed a lot of inconvenience to carry this girl, her powerful healing ability can help a lot after all.
However, at the moment the idiot turned his head, Roger immediately wiped the tears from his face, ran away without saying a word, and rushed into the rain for a moment. The idiot hurriedly wanted to shout and make Luo Jie is back. But the townspeople saw Roger suddenly running past them, and they immediately swarmed up, blocking the way for everyone.
"These demons still refuse to go, let's blow them away"
"Send dozens of people to stare at the scum, Roger, and immediately drive out of our town when he finds it. Our town does not need a murderer."
The crowd immediately roared, and the dissatisfaction with the idiots and others was at this moment when they stepped onto the peak to watch these swarming crowds. Although the idiots can directly pass the crowd to catch up, look at the buns protected by the knights behind them. Still hesitated for a while, did not dispatch.
Maybe Roger was too sad. Since he has promised himself, then, simply give him some free time, so that he can be good, and say goodbye to his brother and sister-in-law...
"All the townspeople of Forgotten Town, listen to me."
In an instant, a deafening sound tore through the sky and spread to every part of the town. Hearing this voice, the idiot's eyes widened immediately. He immediately turned his head and looked at the loudspeakers tied to the street lamps nearby...
"He's in the broadcasting room? He ran to the newspaper's broadcasting room"
The crowd was a sensation again, but for the idiot, at this moment, he seemed to have a foreboding that he had committed an absolute mistake.
"I am Roger. Roger Williams is here now. I want to announce a fact to all the townspeople who doubt me and question me. A fact that all of you... have misunderstood."
This mistake was so big...so that he did not accept that an idiot overestimated the 18-year-old young man's ability to endure the humiliation of others. I also overestimated how important things like "dignity" and "face" are for young people of this age, especially those so-called heaven. And people of this age...the desire to be recognized by others...how urgent, how...
cruel
"I am a knight. But I am not a knight of the Eighth Knights of the Bucks Empire."
A loud voice with a little revenge ìn spread out from the loudspeaker. The voice was proud and said loudly with confidence--
"My true identity is neither a mercenary of the'Bloodblade' mercenary group nor a veteran who has been expelled from the status of a knight. I am the bright knight of the sixth detachment of the 7th Knights of the Bucks Empire. I have never been expelled from the Knights. I have always worked for the reputation of the knight for my glory. The reason why I lie to you is because I have a very important task on my body now. I have high hopes from His Majesty in order to accomplish The espionage work for the upcoming war between the Bucks and Fangs, and the dispatched agent, because of the special status, I have been hiding it until now. I am deeply sorry for this."
In one sigh, Roger said everything.
Hearing this, now it's the villagers' turn to freeze. They opened their mouths and looked at the loudspeaker almost incredulously. And the fat féfé mayor of Forgotten Town, now his head is drooping, with a look of surprise on his face.
Bread, raise your head at the moment. She seemed to have some very bad premonitions about Roger's confession. At this moment, she tightly held Xingli's hand next to her, her palms trembling. And Xing Li seemed to feel the coldness hidden in the unknown, and sweat began to shed on his forehead. After watching the loudspeaker, the two men cast their eyes on the idiot standing in front of them.
This person... now turned his back to Xingli and bread.
The two couldn't see his face and didn't know his current expression.
The rain crackled and fell on his windbreaker, splashing a little water uā.
Just standing behind him...It seems, I can feel the ice cold emerging from behind him...
"Baba...?"
The bun spit, and the vague premonition in her heart was too strong, so strong that she couldn't help covering her heart, desperately suppressing this heart that seemed to pop out of the n cavity at any time, enduring... …
The mayor of Forgotten Town, he turned his head, his somewhat disgusting gaze now seemed full of suspicion. Obviously, he wants an answer now. After all, for a creature like "human", the thirst for knowledge is often never satisfied...
"……………………Huh…………I understand."
The idiot in the rain stretched out his hand and waved in the air.
"Knights, wear all your badges. We are about to begin our mission."
Following the idiot's order, the many knights of the Seventh Knights were silent for a second, and immediately began to search through their luggage to find a badge that symbolized their identity and pin it on the neckline. And this scene, for the townspeople in front of them, was an extremely surprising thing.
More than twenty members of the Seventh Knights?
Think about it, the Knight of Premo, who is the leader of the Knights of Forgotten Town, is only the seventh knight, and now... there are more than twenty people of the same level as Premo?
The knight, for the townsfolk of this small town, is not only a glory, but a symbol. As for the badge that symbolizes status, no one here knows how many times they have seen the fine workmanship... The gold-encrusted frame, no doubt, this symbolizes that it is not a mercenary group that appears in front of you. , But a knight
Idiot, standing right in front of those knights.
He raised his head slightly, his cold face and the chain entwined on his right hand made him look full of majesty. Although, his age is slightly lower among all the knights. But I believe that no one looked at these eyes and could deny the immaturity of leading a team.
Because as long as one pair of these eyes can bring people, there is only fear...
"Bread, Xingli. And Jonathan, Buddy. I am a little worried that Roger, he may be overwhelmed. Moreover, the injury on his head needs to be dealt with."
Bread was taken aback, looking at the back of the idiot in front of him. In the Cavaliers, two other people walked out and stood behind the idiots.
"You go and look after Roger and take him to do some bandaging by the way. Now, go."
"Yes, Captain."
After a little salute, the two team members immediately lifted their luggage and walked along the route Roger had just ran away. But the bread is still looking at the idiot in a daze, and for a while forgot to move.
"Bread... let's go."
Xingli gently pulled her, and this little nv boy, like a puppet with a broken wire, let Xingli pull it, and went to meet Roger...
Very, bread and Xingli disappeared in the thin rain. The idiot waited until they left, turned his head and looked at the mayor here.
"The mayor of Forgotten Town, although this is bad for this town, it is easy to imagine that things... are not so good anymore."
"We tracked an enemy spy all the way to here. It was a cruel, cunning guy. A murderous demon who didn't have any war morals at all, and existed purely for the purpose of killing. From these two days this town has been connected. From the dead, it’s a pity that that guy is already provoking us."
"This...this? Now...what should we do? Sir Knight, what should we...do?"
After revealing the identity of the knight, the mayor and the townspeople in front of them all changed their eyes. What he said also began to become a little bit awkward.
"Don't worry. That's a cunning enemy. According to what we know about him, he will never do three cases in a row in one place. Because he knows that if everything has one or two, there can be no three. So, he should have left now. After leaving this small town, head to the Fang Empire."
Hearing the idiot say this, the mayor finally exhaled and patted his mouth: "This...this is great...that's great..."
"Don't rush to applaud. Because the matter is not over yet. Now that you know our identity, we need you to help me now. As the frontier of the Bucks Empire, we need some people to be our correspondents. In the future, it is very likely that this small town will be our rear supply station for our attack on the Fang Empire. Everyone here is likely to make an outstanding contribution to our future cause."
The idiot's words made the mayor seem a little moved. The townspeople in the back opened their eyes and discussed with each other. They couldn't believe that what was about to be revealed in front of them turned out to be such a beautiful future world.
"We... we actually... have such... power? Sir Knight, what should we do next? The Tusk Empire killed our townspeople and our knight leader. We We must avenge them"
The idiot nodded lightly and said, "Have aspirations. With this ambition, why worry about the Tusk Empire not being broken? Why not worry about the Bucks Empire not being able to unify the whole continent? Everyone, you are the ministers on the huge plate of the Bucks Empire in the future. You must Indispensable."
"But before that, we need to count how many soldiers we have. Mayor, can you tell me how many people there are in the whole town?"
The mayor hesitated a little, and said, "This...maybe there are about three thousand people?"
The idiot shook his head slightly and said, "What I want is not'approximate', but accuracy. I need to count the number of people in this town, and then report it to your majesty to see if you can apply for a payment based on the population. I should know that with a larger population, the more subsidies I can apply for from Your Majesty. These...can you understand?"
After thinking for a while, the mayor seemed to understand something. Immediately, he nodded his head again and again, and the joy in his heart was beyond words.
"This...Knight, what do you think... should it be?"
The idiot held his chin, and after thinking about it for a while... he lowered his head, his dark eyes fixed on the mayor in front of him, and slowly said--
"I think... I might be able to invite everyone in this town to have a meal together. Then, I count the number of people, how about?"
At this moment, the mayor immediately nodded and said with a smile: "This is natural. But how can you invite you to dinner? Of course we should invite this meal, which is a matter of course."
In response, the idiot just nodded slightly. Nothing was said, in other words, the decision was agreed.
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In the evening, in the banquet hall of Forgotten Town.
I'm afraid this town has never been so bustling before.
No, I am afraid that not only this small town, even all the towns in the entire Bucks Empire, I am afraid that the situation like this has never appeared several times.
Such a grand dinner can definitely surprise everyone
Even if the rain outside is so pouring, even the thick white fog seems to have not disappeared. However, such a situation cannot stop the enthusiasm here after all.
"Hey, here's some dinner plate"
"There is no drink here, so let's get some drinks"
"Come, come, come and have a drink to our knight commander."
The cup and plate were wrong, and people cheered. Faced with the food that came up like flowing water, people feasted and seemed to want to forget all the sadness of the past two days.
On the rostrum of this banquet hall, all the knights are sitting on both sides in a row, holding wine glasses in their hands. They looked at the captain sitting next to the mayor, and now their eyes were full of surprise and strangeness, as if they were looking at something very strange.
The mayor held the wine glass in his hand and drank continuously, cheering and beaming. His face looked a little red, and his eyes looked a little dangling.
"Oh, this...really... I didn't expect that all of you are really knights of the Seventh Knights. Look, we are so remote here, and there are rarely so many big people here. It's really... It's... hiccups"
The idiot held the wine glass, raised it, then put it down. His face is gentle, it can be said that what he has given now is a rare good face.
"You praised, Lord Mayor. In fact, many of us here are not that unique, and we are just civilians. Just like you, we are also asking for life and giving our lives for the empire."
The mayor laughed, picked up the wine glass, took another sip, and said, "Yes, yes, but ah, how can we have a knight you are so strong, hiccup, by the way, knight... you ...Why don't you drink it? Come on, drink it, this is...hiccup...a feast specially prepared for you."
The idiot breathed out slowly, and said, "I still can't do it. I need to go on a mission. As a knight, I need to have a clear mind. These wines...you should drink it." RH