Chapter 116

Once the cask had been opened, and the first round poured, everyone picked a seat, Rector was about to take a sip out of his cup.

“My lord! Please let one of us drink first, you never know” Minet gasped suddenly when she saw Rector, causing everyone to look at her and then to the cups in their hands, except Rex, who simply smiled.

“Trust me child, I can guarantee if there were any unseemly additives to this beverage, Rex and myself would be the last to be affected, it now makes the story behind the appropriation of this liquor an even more tempting story, if you would enlighten us Rex?” Rector said with a smile, swishing the mead around his cup and then taking a short sip, closing his eyes to seemingly savour the taste.

“Well, it came from Barbun, I don’t think he would be silly enough to do anything to the drink” Rex chuckled, joining Rector in taking a swig of his drink.

“By the sound of how he spoke to you, I think he likes you” Minet added in with a smile, sipping her drink slo