I Got a Gallery in the Wild - Chapter 795

Regardless of age or gender, the more drunk people get, the more honest they become with their emotions.

No wonder alcohol is called a magical liquid that boosts one’s courage.

However, as the saying goes that there is a fine line between courage and foolhardiness, sometimes highly dangerous words slip out.

Not to mention cursing the ruler, the king, or the emperor of the nation, and even bringing up words that are hard to utter.

On the surface, it might seem highly frivolous, but it was actually the opposite.

Because they became infinitely serious, they could even talk about sensitive topics.

Title) Ah, fuck, the boss bastard screwed up

I was drinking with the trading guild side and ended up spilling a secret, so I’m trying to clean up the mess now.

I hastily applied for a patent, but I don’t know if it’ll go well, sigh;;

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ㄴ Would I tell you that, you dumbass?

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Of course, there are many situations where people target this to induce slips of the tongue from the other party.

Especially for people closely associated with politics, such situations occur quite frequently.

It wasn’t for nothing that families strictly advised to always drink in moderation.

The problem was that despite receiving such education, there were still many people who made slips of the tongue, let alone caused massive accidents.

Therefore, the best course of action when one realized they were drunk was to leave the place immediately.

"Ash-nim, how much is your alcohol tolerance?"

"Well. I’ve rarely been drunk so far, so I don’t really know. What about you, Hero-nim?"

"Please just comfortably call me Asella. Actually, I haven’t had many opportunities to drink, so I don’t know either."

In that sense, this gathering was quite dangerous for Asella.

One might ask if she hadn’t frequently experienced banquets or social gatherings as the Hero, but that wasn’t the case at all.

Before being chosen as the Hero, she was busy receiving hellish training from Ludwig, and after being chosen, she was a fugitive due to the prophecy.

Even right after everything ended, she had almost no opportunity to encounter alcohol, as she didn’t particularly enjoy drinking and was extremely busy reorganizing the Holy Kingdom.

Even during the Heavenly God Martial Festival, she was busy running around various places in the Demonic Cult, not enjoying social gatherings.

"By the way, Teacher Ludwig said that even if you feel tipsy, circulating your mana will resolve it quickly. Is that true?"

"Yes. That’s right. If you circulate your mana, the alcohol in your body is detoxified, and you can naturally sober up."

"Conversely, if you don’t circulate it, you’ll get drunk just like that."

"Exactly."

That meant one could maintain a sober mind under most circumstances.

Still, drinking while on duty was madness, so she tended to avoid it as much as possible.

"But since a drinking gathering has been prepared with great effort, it would be impolite not to get drunk."

Asella nodded in agreement with Ash’s words.

If you don’t get drunk, it’s not a drinking gathering.

If they hadn’t wanted a drinking gathering, they would have had coffee or tea instead.

Furthermore, it would be strange not to drink when they had visited Mountain of all places.

Thus, at the drinking gathering personally prepared by Mountain, they had the opportunity to taste precious alcohol.

Of course, neither of them had a particularly great interest in alcohol, so they just drank whatever was given to them in moderation.

"This is delicious. Would you like to try some?"

"The color is red, does it taste like strawberry?"

"You’re joking, right?"

"I’m serious, though..."

The two of them shared various conversations while drinking.

Since they weren’t drunk yet, they brought up public matters more than personal stories.

For instance, how the Holy Kingdom’s recent movements were, what the Messiah Empire’s activities were like, and so on.

"How is the Forest of the Four Seasons subjugation team supported by the Messiah Empire doing right now? Ah, is this a difficult topic to talk about?"

"It’s not a difficult topic. Normally, I was planning to participate in that subjugation team too, but a strange thing happened recently, didn’t it?"

"There isn’t just one or two strange things happening in the Forest of the Four Seasons, so I don’t know what you’re referring to."

"I’m talking about the appearance of the Sword Saint Friedrich, who was active 300 years ago."

Asella nodded upon hearing what Ash mentioned.

The incident where Friedrich’s clones fell from the sky right after Grylls escaped from the Evolution Laboratory.

Moreover, those clones displayed numerous martial arts, not just ordinary swordsmanship.

Among those martial arts were some that had been lost and could never be found again, which naturally caused an uproar.

"A close friend of mine told me. If Friedrich ended up like that, I could be in danger too."

"Meaning that just as the gods made clones based on Friedrich’s data, the same could happen to you, Ash-nim."

"Exactly."

Ash nodded, saying she was correct.

Is it because she is indeed the Hero? Her mind works incredibly fast.

A person who understands ten things when told one. That was why she had to be careful.

Since she obviously couldn’t share truly dangerous secrets, she only spoke of parts that didn’t matter if they were known.Follow the newest chapters on no​velping.com.

In any case, the Holy Kingdom and the Forest of the Four Seasons were inseparable, so there was no harm in it.

"Hmm... I think the opposite. Wouldn’t it be strange to take you away, Ash-nim, when Grylls-nim is there?"

"I’ve thought about that too, but I suspect there might be a separate reason. Still, there’s no harm in being careful."

After that, countless stories were exchanged, and at the same time, they had several more drinks.

While Asella gradually felt more tipsy the more she drank, Ash did not.

Indeed, there was a difference in their skin tones as well. Ash still had her pure white skin, whereas Asella’s skin was gradually turning red.

Since both of them had such fair and beautiful skin, it was highly noticeable.

’Does she naturally not get drunk easily?’

Asella harbored such a question, and it was actually correct.

As everyone knew, Ash possessed a constitution where mana was absorbed automatically just by breathing.

Her basic metabolism was extremely high, making her a body that didn’t easily get drunk.

Furthermore, having received various support from Grylls, she had almost no reason to get drunk.

Ash had also known this for a long time, so she frequently poured drinks.

"Whew... It’s a bit hot."

"Shall we drink slowly?"

"No. It’s fine."

As mentioned earlier, regardless of age or gender, once alcohol enters, people become serious.

Usually, when they become serious, sensitive topics like politics or religion are exchanged, but that is only for men.

Women tend to become emotional when alcohol enters, and within those emotions, tenderness is also nestled.

"Ash-nim, you said you have a boyfriend, right?"

"You asked the exact same question earlier."

"I just asked because I was curious."

And Asella realized her own drunken habit for the first time in her life.

Repeating the same question consecutively, or taking a deep interest in someone else’s love life, and so on.

Ash smiled as she watched the drunken habits of Asella, who was much younger than her.

Since she was around the age of a niece in terms of age difference, she looked cute.

"By the way, I’m more curious about the man the Hero—no, Asella—likes. Tell me a little bit about him."

"It’s embarrassing..."

"I can take this story to my grave. I didn’t spread my own rumors either, after all."

In fact, Ash was someone who kept her mouth very shut.

To be precise, even if she heard someone else’s secret, she naturally forgot it as time passed.

Of course, it was also true that she kept truly important secrets to herself until the end, so it wasn’t a lie.

"...."

Asella pondered deeply at Ash’s urging.

She also liked the person that Ash liked.

What a soap-opera-like answer indeed.

If she revealed this straight out, she would be taking a step into an extremely complicated love triangle drama.

Furthermore, it could cause unintended harm to Grylls, which made her deeply worried.

’Besides, not only Ash-nim, but even the Heavenly Demon adores Grylls-nim.’

It was truly a complicated web of women.

However, considering that Grylls’s true identity was a ’god,’ she could accept it and move on.

Even high-status people advocate polygamy, so why wouldn’t a god be able to do so?

The problem was Asella’s feelings toward Grylls.

’Grylls-nim is a god... but before that, he shows too many human aspects.’

Asella recalled her times with Grylls.

Not to mention Christmas, and the times they went on various volunteer activities together in the Demonic Cult.

While he seemed to show an infinitely human side when playing with children, he also displayed divine benevolence at the same time.

Furthermore, seeing him giggling and playing on the Gallery, he wasn’t a god but a single human and a man.

’I heard that he saves photos of women with good bodies every single day...?’

Because of this, Asella couldn’t help but ponder deeply.

If she had simply accepted Grylls as the Chief God, she would have reverently(?) overlooked his complicated relationships with women.

It is an opportunity for a god to spread numerous descendants, so what clergyman would refuse?

But thinking of him as a single human and a man completely flipped the situation.

Because seeing him talk tenderly with other women seemed to twist her stomach.

One could call it ugly jealousy, and indeed, it was ugly jealousy. She readily admitted this.

’What should I do with these feelings...?’

Although Asella had accumulated numerous achievements as the Hero, she was still a young woman.

A person who lived as an ordinary paladin before being chosen as the Hero, only to suddenly shoulder a heavy burden.

"It seems you have a deep worry."

"...Yes."

"Is there perhaps some problem with the man you love?"

"There’s no problem with him. It’s just... my heart is the problem."

Ash listened quietly to Asella’s answer.

Honestly speaking, she herself wasn’t in a position to meddle in other people’s love lives.

Although they were close enough to have kissed, wasn’t there still a part of her that felt anxious?New chapters come out on nоvelping.com first.

She was just listening quietly because nothing was more entertaining than someone else’s love life.

"Your heart is the problem... What part of it is the problem?"

"I need to accept what needs to be accepted, but it’s not easy to accept that part."

"Hearing you say that makes it sound difficult. Is it perhaps related to your mindset as the Hero?"

"...Yes."

"Oh my."

Ash showed a reaction as if she roughly understood what the problem was.

Conveniently, there was a friend in the Central Plains who had a similar worry to Asella.

Furthermore, since they were of similar age, it was a truly bizarre coincidence.

’The Heavenly Demon, that person, was also wavering.’

Yoo So-wol also couldn’t move forward, separate from admitting her love for Grylls.

It was to the point where even Ash advised her that if she was going to act so frustratingly, she shouldn’t even try.

’At least Yoo So-wol might be better off than Asella.’

Yoo So-wol was someone who had lived most of her life as the sky—that is, the Heavenly Demon.

A person who had learned imperial studies and related martial arts from the past, taking steps one by one.

She had slowly prepared to become the ruler of a nation, but Asella was not.

Having active as an ordinary clergyman, she had suddenly obtained the heavy position of the Hero.

Since their starting points were so vastly different, it would be difficult for her to make up her mind.

"Then how about approaching him as a single woman, not as the Hero?"

"As a single woman... you mean?"

"Yes. Did you perhaps go on something like a date with that man?"

"I did... sort of. But mostly it was doing things that I liked together, so..."

Of course, Grylls also genuinely enjoyed the volunteer activities.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have personally dressed up as Rudolph on Christmas.

Since it was difficult to say this out loud, she had no choice but to answer vaguely.

"Or there is a good method. Sharing nice photos with each other."

"Nice... photos?"

"Yes. For example..."

Ash said so as she scanned Asella up and down.

Was it because of her image as the Hero? Or was her taste just like that?

It was a somewhat stuffy outfit for the viewer.

Ash didn’t have a great interest in fashion either, but wasn’t she sending photos to Grylls?

’She’s covered up, but she has a great body and a cute face...’

Just what kind of man was he to pretend not to notice Asella’s favor?

She wondered, ’Did she perhaps get caught up with a bad man?’

In her heart, she wanted to corrupt (...) that innocent Hero and tell her to send ’photos.’

But since she didn’t know what kind of man he was, she had to be careful.

If he was a truly bad man, he could use it as a pretext to make various threats.

Asella would have no choice but to swallow her grief and do as the man wished.

It was a development that seemed like it would appear in some wild novel, but amazingly, it was something that had actually happened on the Gallery.

"Like sending a photo of Asella-nim smiling happily?"

"Did you do that, Ash-nim?"

"Yes. I cherish and keep the photos we took together."

"...I see."

"...?"

Uh-oh. Did she do something wrong?

Ash showed confusion as Asella’s atmosphere became unusual.

She intuitively felt that she had stepped on a landmine, but she was confused about what it was.

"Um... Ash-nim."

"Ah, yes, yes. Go ahead."

"You might not be able to relate... but I’m telling you this because it’s you, Ash-nim."

"What do you mean?"

And it didn’t take long for her to realize the identity of that landmine.

"As a single clergyman, is it acceptable to harbor romantic feelings toward a god?"

"...Eh?"

"Whether it is respect toward a god, or romantic feelings as a single woman... I don’t know which one to choose."

"...."

Ash realized once again that she had stepped squarely on a landmine.

Also.

’...She’s really having the exact same worry as that Yoo So-wol person? How did things turn out like this?’

She wondered how she had ended up acting as a bridge in the middle.