Chapter 16

# 16

Chapter.5 Elder’s Visit

It’s raining.

Heavy rain fell all over Gray City. The rain that had been falling since lunchtime became heavier as time went by. Even though it is still afternoon, the sky is as dark as midnight. Dark clouds completely covered Gray City.

It was difficult weather to expect guests.

No one goes up the hill in this weather. Unless you’re a regular regular.

Who knows, if you really want to eat my cooking, you might come up.

When I woke up Rurin, she said that the bed was damp and she didn’t like the weather, so she got up and came down to the first floor. He sips his beer while looking at the rain, but soon puts his head down on the bar table and just blinks.

“It’s weather I don’t want to do anything. Isn’t that right? Ugh.”

“I know.”

I can’t refute it. The weather is somewhat depressing.

But in a world like this, rain is more important.

You can control the weather with dragon magic, but it is not a good idea to go against the laws of nature unless your life is at stake.

So you can’t stop the rain just because you don’t like being wet. This rain plays a big role in seawater.

In the midst of such heavy rain, an untimely guest arrived. A handsome man with a slightly imposing appearance. The man comes into the restaurant and starts complaining.

“They say I always feel bad when I come to the city of humans.”

A city of humans.

I feel angry, but he looks more handsome than me. Damn, he’s so handsome that he doesn’t even look human.

No, the more I looked at it, the more it felt like it wasn’t human. First of all, the man’s hair is black.

The handsome man had dark black hair flowing.

Of course, it is unreasonable to think of everyone who has black hair as a black dragon.

However, this man was just openly spraying dragon fear, so honestly, it was confirmed to be a dragon without any further thought.

“Uh huh! “Aren’t you an elder?”

Lulin was startled and jumped up from the bar table and ran towards me.

A Black Dragon elder is definitely someone you know. I just didn’t recognize the polymorph state because it was my first time seeing it.

“Isn’t it clear that the name is Medidana?”

Unlike Lulin, it is an ancient dragon that has lived for over 3,000 years. So, he is an elder.

“It is not a name that should be called by humans or anything like that.”

A dragon that says the same thing as the words spoken by Lurin when they first met each other.

Since they are called the strongest race, it is natural to be proud, but maybe they are all the same.

Despite this rain, the Black Dragon elder was not hit by a single drop of rain.

Here, elder refers to the head of each dragon clan.

He has only one purpose for coming here. Of course it’s because of Lulin. I’ve never heard of an ancient dragon over 3,000 years old having fun.

“What’s going on now? “I don’t think anyone can refute my decision to bring Rurin.”

Among the Black Dragon group, there were some who thought Lulin was captured by humans, or me.

But of course they lost to me. So, I can’t openly oppose it.

“You are the greatest of all dragons. Even if you ate the heart of the Dragon Lord, the king of dragons, you are still only a human! “How dare you stand on equal footing with the dragon!”

The rising dragon fear began to surround Medidana’s entire body and revolve around it. It’s an incredible life. An ordinary human being without any abilities would have already died dozens of times.

Of course, it doesn’t work for me.

“Puhahahaha. I just did it. You can’t break a promise like that. “Not like that.”

The elder smiled meaningfully and looked at me again.

“I don’t know what your intention is, but since you’ve come all the way here, I’ll treat you to a surprising drink. “To the point where I realized that I had only been drinking strange alcohol until now.”

“Oh, you human, are you so confident? Isn’t this the imperial palace of some kind of empire? For your information, I once became the emperor of humans. During these restaurant entertainment days, I didn’t even pay attention to it. indeed... ?”

The emperor. You enjoyed a variety of entertainment. Since you are provoking me, I have no choice but to accept the provocation. I don’t know what the ultimate purpose of coming to see me and Rurin is, but it doesn’t seem like good intentions, and if that’s the case, I wanted to dampen their spirits before getting into the main topic. Of course I am confident.

The alcohol in this world is distilled liquor and fermented liquor. Well, it’s the same story whether in this world or the modern times I live in.

Among them, a drink that would satisfy a dragon.

The alcohol of this world has one great weakness. That means there is no ripening. The technology for maturing distilled alcohol was not developed at all.

So, no matter how much he reigned as emperor, he would never have tasted aged liquor. Even dragons can’t use dimension shifting magic.

Although the store sells diluted soju that is cheap and can be enjoyed in large quantities, summoned one box at a time, there is a weapon worth serving separately at special occasions.

Due to the limitations of summoning magic, the quantity is small, so it cannot be sold openly in stores, but it is a summoning item that can be offered in the current situation.

Even for Lurin, who rolled her eyes anxiously.

I said, taking out my favorite drink.

“Lurin, come this way.”

“i get it!”

Rurin runs back to the kitchen. Look at me in that state. Perhaps he felt the same way as me, but there was an intense look in his eyes telling me to do something.

Let’s see.

The alcohol I will serve is aged distilled liquor. Among distilled spirits, single malt whiskey. Since you say out loud that you are confident in your drinking ability, it is unlikely that you will get drunk easily.

A characteristic of distilled spirits is that the longer the maturation period, the deeper the taste.

In the case of wine, a representative fermented beverage, it is clear that the older it is, the better it becomes. It matures to a certain point, but if it goes beyond that point, it becomes corrupted.

But distilled spirits are different. The taste changes as long as it is aged in oak barrels. This is because distilled spirits that are naturally high in alcohol do not spoil over time.

In this world, there is no aging method using oak barrels like this. Because no one tried. They say that the taste of whiskey is determined by the oak barrel.

The brown color of the whiskey is also a product of the whiskey oozing out during maturation in oak barrels. Of course, there is no alcohol like this in this world.

I took out a whiskey called The McKell O. I’m thinking of increasing the maturation year little by little so that it doesn’t make any noise. The first choice was The McKell O whiskey, an 18-year-old whiskey made from sherry oak casks made from Spanish oak.

I poured the whiskey I took out straight and handed it to Medidana.

Then Medidana raised his glass with a look in his eyes, asking if he could satisfy himself, who had lived for 3,000 years as a human subject.

And drink alcohol. The elder’s shocked face is a sight to behold.

In fact, if it is natural, it is natural.

It’s been 18 years.

It is true that once aged for about 18 years, it cannot even be compared with other distilled spirits that have not been aged.

“human... ! “What on earth did you do with alcohol?”

“What are you doing? This is a drink I am proud of. “I can’t offer just any alcohol to the Black Dragon elder.”

“... ... .”

That whiskey glass is also a first-class glass crafted by a dwarf. It serves to double the taste of alcohol. The academic opinion is that the glass in which this type of aged liquor is served also affects its taste.

Of course, only those who can detect even the slightest difference in taste can feel it.

“Such a scent and rich density... . I’ve never eaten it even in the imperial palace, so how could it be... ?”

I ignored the confused dragon and prepared my next drink.

This time, we are offering a 30-year-old whiskey.

Here, 30 years does not mean that 30 years have passed since the whiskey was bottled. This means it was aged in oak barrels for 30 years. A rich oak barrel-aged liquor with a subtle fruity aroma and refreshing taste. This time, I confidently held out the glass in front of Medidana.