"Hmm~ This wine is good! Brother En-ho, is the wine Brother Sol brew not good?"
"You are right Brother Arwin, the wine is good, more people should try the wine Brother Sol brew!"
"Right! Right! More people should try it!"
Cian and the others all watched Arwin and En-ho’s performance with amused expressions.
"There’s no way they’ll convince anyone to drink that wine, look at their stiff expressions."
Yoon-jae said as he briefly glanced over at the two youths who were blushing embarrassingly.
"It might even have the opposite effect since it looks like they’re being held as hostages."
Ushi added, making Arwin and En-ho who was within earshot sowhat nervous.
However, Sol only smiled and said.
"It’s fine, you two just need to convince at least one person to co over and the rest will be taken care of."
Having been encouraged, Arwin and En-ho continued their performances. Even though they still looked awkward and stiff while acting out their skit, they beca sowhat relaxed due to Sol’s words.
However, even as they perford until their lips went dry, the only thing they got in return were strange stares from the passing crowd of disciples.
"This isn’t working, we’re just making the situation worse."
Arwin said worriedly when he saw the passing disciples’ reactions.
En-ho frowned, but soon a serious expression appeared on his face.
"If we can’t get them to co over like this, then we need to try another approach."
"What else can we do?"
Arwin asked as he looked over at En-ho, however, En-ho didn’t respond and instead downed the wine in his cup. But he wasn’t finished, and he suddenly opened the jar of wine Sol gifted him and took several mouthfuls.
"Wah-What are you doing?"
Arwin said taken aback by En-ho’s sudden actions. The others’ attention was also drawn over because of this.
Gulp
Gulp
Gulp
As En-ho drank the wine by mouthfuls, it didn’t take long for his face to beco flush due to being slightly intoxicated.
After reaching this point, En-ho stopped and poured so of the wine into a cup before putting away the wine jar.
Seeing this, Sol who had his chin resting on his palm seed to have understood En-ho’s plan. He didn’t oppose it and only smiled and watched the results.
After pouring a cup of wine, En-ho turned and stumbled towards the crowd of disciples. This wasn’t an act; he wasn’t using his Aether Energy to get rid of the alcohol in his system, so he was intoxicated to the point of dizziness.
Sohow, En-ho managed to make it to the crowd of disciples, and everyone watched in curiosity as he grabbed a disciple from the crowd.
The disciple looked young as if he had just entered the Academy, and from the looks of his plain clothes, it didn’t seem like he was from a notable background.
Sol had told En-ho and Arwin to pay special attention to disciples like these when trying to attract people over.
"Wha-What are you doing?"
The young disciple said in panic due to a burly En-ho suddenly grabbing him. En-ho hiccupped before he slung his arm over his shoulder to stop him before he could back away.
"Look here, this is wine I want to share with you, why don’t you drink it?"
"Huh?"
The young disciple was confused as En-ho pushed a cup in front of his face. He raised his hand to block the cup as this situation was too sketchy.
"*Hiccup*...Why are you refusing? It’s just wine! With just a sniff you can tell how good it is, can’t you? Don’t tell you’re going to give up free wine?"
En-ho said in displeasure before he forcefully pushed the cup into the young disciple’s hand.
The young disciple was hesitant at first, but he suddenly caught a whiff of the wine, and he was instantly taken aback.
"Where did this wine co from, I’ve bought wine from the Wine Pavilion before, but their wine never had such an enticing sll."
"Don’t mind where I got it, what’s important is that I’m willing to share it with you now!"
The young disciple smiled and said.
"Thank you, Senior Brother, then I won’t hold back anymore."
The young disciple was then about to drink En-ho’s wine, but he seed to have realized sothing. He suddenly looked around and saw that he was at the front of the ship’s deck.
The young disciple’s heart let out a loud thud before he leaned forward and looked behind En-ho to see Sol’s stand. Instantly, his face went pale white.
En-ho hurriedly blocked his view and said with slurred words.
"What are you waiting for? Aren’t you going to drink the wine?"
"No, I-Uhh... Senior Brother, I forgot I have sothing to do so I have to leave."
The young disciple pushed the cup of wine back into En-ho’s hand and wanted to leave right away, but En-ho ignored the cup and said.
"I’m not letting you go before you taste this wine! Are you going to leave hanging like this?"
A wronged expression appeared on the young disciple’s face when he heard that. Then looking at the cup in his hand, a serious expression suddenly ca over his face before he bit the inside of his cheeks causing blood to seep out of the corner of his mouth. In this sorry state he said with an ashen expression.
"Senior Brother, my injuries are acting up!"
The young disciple pushed the cup of wine into En-ho’s hand before turning and rushing off.
"Huh? Wait!"
En-ho held out his hand to try and stop him.
"Senior Brother, I apologize but I really need to hurry back and recuperate!"
With a swift movent, the young disciple managed to dodge En-ho’s grasp.
En-ho held the cup in his hand and watched with a dumbfounded expression as the young disciple ran off.
Sol and the others also reacted with similar dumbfounded expressions.
"What the hell, to think he would fake an injury to get away."
Yoon-jae said as he chuckled in disbelief.
En-ho ca back with the cup in hand a bit dejected his plan didn’t work.
Arwin forced a smile and patted his back comfortingly before the two went back to trying to attract people over.
By so miracle, they managed to attract a few people who hadn’t misunderstood Sol’s stand. Along with those people Arwin and En-ho created a sowhat festive atmosphere in this little corner of the deck.
As Sol thought, with the initial disciples coming over, more started to trickle in. There were disciples now curiously looking in this direction.
However, the number here was still a little over a dozen, not nearly enough for his plan to co to fruition.
Just as Sol was thinking of trying sothing else, a sudden shout echoed out.
"I don’t want to drink your wine, who knows what kind of poison you’ve put inside it!"
Sol and the others looked over to see a female disciple staring coldly at Arwin.
Arwin held a cup of wine in his hand while a few wet stains were on his sleeves as well as on the ground in front of him.
From just an initial glance one could tell that the female disciple must have knocked away the cup in Arwin’s hand after being offered wine.
This scene caused more than a few disciples in the crowd who were passing by to stop and watch. Discussions soon broke out as the disciples inquired what was going on.
"Why are you reacting like this? All I did was offer you a cup of wine, why would I put poison in it?"
Arwin said, visibly angered by this girl’s reaction.
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