After Starting a Thread as a Reincarnated in an Unknown Otome Game, I Got Caught in a Battlefield of Beauties - Chapter 20: Drinking High-Proof Alcohol is a Bad Idea

Chapter 20: Drinking High-Proof Alcohol is a Bad Idea

“—…So, what happened yesterday…?”

I woke up in my dorm room and, despite my heavy, tired body, forced myself out of bed. I grimaced from a serious headache and muttered to myself.

Being alone when you feel this terrible makes everything seem annoying and awful.

“Gah, my head hurts so bad… it’s all because of the alcohol…”

I tried hard to remember the hazy events of last night. 

After racking my brain, I finally recalled who I had been drinking with.

Yesterday, I drank wine with the King, Princess Lara, and Leticia.

Why did I drink with them? If I knew, I’d tell you.

In this world, nobles are expected to start sipping wine from the age of ten as part of their etiquette. It’s considered a part of noble manners or something like that.

I’ve had wine a few times myself, though only a handful of times. As a poor noble with debts, I only drank wine at mandatory noble parties.

But this time, it backfired.

On one hand, there’s me, an extremely poor noble not used to alcohol because I rarely attended parties, let alone drank wine.

On the other hand, there are the king, who has lived several times longer than me, and the high-ranking nobles like Princess Lara and Leticia, who have attended countless parties and are well-acquainted with alcohol.

I don’t remember why we started drinking, but knowing this group, the outcome was obvious from the start.

—As expected, I got drunk.

While the other three calmly sipped their wine, I was knocked out by a single punch from the high-proof, super-expensive wine.

It seems that such a luxurious wine was too much for my inexperienced taste buds.

From there, my memory gets really hazy… Oh. 

I immediately stopped my brain from trying to remember last night.

At the same time, I felt a cold sweat breaking out all over my body and whispered to myself so softly that no one could hear.

“…Surely not… Right? No matter how drunk I was… I couldn’t have been that stupid…”

I kept repeating it to myself, trying to convince myself. 

But it had the opposite effect, and the more I said it, the more I started to remember. 

My face contorted in embarrassment without even looking in a mirror.

Oh no… This is bad… Is alcohol really this scary? Does it mess with your judgment this much?

Why was I so worried? It all came back to what happened after I got drunk on the wine.

“Wow… there are two Leticias!”

“Alto… Are you drunk? You’ve only had one glass of wine, right?”

“Hmm… is that so? I don’t remember at all! Hahaha!”

“Sigh… I guess I’ll have to give you thorough alcohol training next time…”

I laughed uncontrollably at seeing two Leticias and everything around me blurred. I didn’t know why I was laughing, but I just couldn’t stop.

This must be what high-end wine feels like… it feels amazing! I feel like I could take on anyone right now!

“Oh, by the way, Your Majesty, can I ask you something?”

“Sure, what is it?”

Feeling invincible, I pointed at the king without worrying about manners. Fortunately, he didn’t seem to mind and didn’t reprimand me.

“Your son formed a team with Senondor to bully me, despite being contracted with the Spirit King!”

“Ah, yes, I heard about that earlier. I’ll speak to him sternly—”

“That’s fine, but could you give me permission to beat him up? That guy is trying to steal my Leticia!”

“My Leticia…”

“Oh my… fufu.”

As I asked the king for permission to beat up his son, Leticia, for some reason, blushed deeply. Princess Lara watched her with a gentle smile.

Hmm… is she drunk? 

Maybe Leticia is weaker to alcohol than I thought. 

That’s adorable. 

And Princess Lara is a saint.

As I was getting excited over these unexpected reactions, the king, with a frown, asked me a question.

“Wait a moment… Are you saying Albert challenged you to take Leticia, your fiancée, away from you?”

“Exactly! Both the prince and Senondor like Leticia, but they didn’t like that I swooped in and stole her from under their noses!”

When I said that, the king put his hand to his forehead and let out a deep sigh.

“Ah… that foolish son of mine… Alright, Alto. I promise you that no matter how much you hurt Albert and Senondor, there will be no consequences for you. Feel free to beat them up as much as you like.”

“Yahoo! Thank you so much, Your Majesty! Having connections with the king is the best! Ahahahaha!”

Laughing like an idiot, I poured myself another glass of wine.

“Oh no, I really messed up. And ‘my Leticia’? That’s so creepy! Ahh…”

Remembering everything clearly now, I rolled around on my bed in shame and regret. 

Sure, pointing at the king and saying hurtful things was bad, but the worst part was…

“Why did I ask if I could beat them up when the king was trying to stop the fight in the first place…!? What was I thinking…!?”

To be clear, this was about the confrontation with Albert and Senondor.

In my crazed state last night, I had boasted about beating them up.

And this is me, who, despite having a contract with the Spirit God, is only capable of using a weak body-enhancing skill called the “Cloak of Darkness.”

“Ahh… what am I going to do now…?”

I held my head in my hands, overwhelmed by the sheer stupidity of my actions.

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