Chapter 873


    I ate as much as possible


    “Oh, so you have a taste for it!”


    “Haha! I can drink even more!”


    “Phillip, I don’t know it...”


    “It’s fine, Nicholas. I’m just pretending, and am not actually drinking that much.”


    “Hah... If you say so. But if you cause any trouble to Mr. Takumi or the others, I will let Sebastian know.”


    “Gah! We-well, I will keep it moderate.”


    The old men were giving Phillip more wine to drink.


    And while I was a little worried, I had to deal with all the food that the old women were trying to make me eat, so I just left him to Nicholas.


    Even now, they were bringing more meat and vegetable dishes to the table.


    I wasn’t a competitive eater, but the time may have come for me to test my own limits...


    “Phillip, you should rest too.”


    Phillip protested while getting up from his chair. But he was so unstable that he quickly sat back down.


    While I wouldn’t say that he had drunk too much, it would still be best for him to rest for now.


    “I would have liked to see more of the village, but it seems that a short break is in order.”


    “Yes. You wouldn’t want to press yourself too hard. I have to go and meet the children soon... But I could do that some other time?”


    “No, it’s fine. It’s not as if we require any looking after. We will be fine soon enough. Still, the children?”


    “It is almost time for them to be finished with their studies. The old men and women take care of them while the others are working.”


    According to Ms. Delia, after the parents went out to work, the children were gathered together so that they could study. That was how they learned to read and write. It had been the same for Ms. Delia when she was young.


    They would take a break for lunch and then study again. After that, they would all play in the plaza.


    While not every day, Ms. Delia tried to go there and play with them when she could.