Chapter 418: Ch 418 : You just drank alcohol, didn’t you???
"Earlier today, Mr. Draff said it had been a long time since he’d gone hunting and that he wanted to head out, but in the end, Miss Diona still managed to stop him..."
Alan gave a wry smile and continued explaining:
"Miss Diona didn’t trust Mr. Draff. She thought he wasn’t going out to hunt at all, but rather sneaking out to drink. So she asked me to go with him and keep an eye on him, to make sure he wouldn’t secretly drink..."
"Haha! But how could Diona have known that Alan is actually in on it with me!" Draff laughed heartily, then picked up a nearby wine cup and took a satisfied sip.
Su Yuan and Aether couldn’t help but feel a little emotional — just to have a drink, they had to go through all this.
It was like some sort of spy thriller...
"But no matter how you look at it, I feel like something unusual must have happened in Mondstadt for them to suddenly stop selling alcohol..." Aether said to Su Yuan.
"And considering how much Mondstadt’s citizens love their drinks, I’m sure the Knights of Favonius must’ve faced a lot of backlash for such a decision..."
Su Yuan nodded and added, "Still, no matter what, we should head into the city and see for ourselves what’s really going on."
With that, Su Yuan and Aether began to stand up, preparing to say goodbye to Draff and Alan.
"Draff, Alan, you two enjoy your drinks and barbecue. We’re heading back to Mondstadt now!"
But just as Su Yuan and Aether were about to leave, they noticed a petite figure walking toward them from a distance...
Alan was the first to sense something was wrong.
He quickly nudged Draff and said urgently:
"Mr. Draff, quick — hide the alcohol!"
"I think... Miss Diona is coming!!!"
"What?! Diona’s coming???"
Though Draff had already downed quite a bit and was slightly tipsy, he suddenly jolted wide awake as if struck by lightning.
He immediately stashed the wine flasks and cups into a bag and tossed it into a thick patch of nearby bushes...
Before long, Diona arrived in front of the group.
She looked a bit surprised and said:
"Oh! It’s the Traveler and Paimon! You haven’t been back to Mondstadt in such a long time—I didn’t expect to run into you here..."
"Long time no see, Diona. Hope you’ve been well," Aether and Paimon replied with a smile.
"To be honest... not really,"
Diona’s ears and tail drooped as she looked a little downcast and spoke slowly:
"Even though my lifelong goal has always been to destroy Mondstadt’s wine industry..."
"Everyone knows that’s just a joke, really..."
"With my limited ability alone, there’s no way I could actually pull that off..."
"And ever since the Cat’s Tail tavern closed down, I’ve basically been unemployed... I’ve felt pretty empty inside..."
As she spoke, Diona pouted slightly, furrowed her brow, and looked toward Alan and Draff, saying:
"And then there’s my old man, who always makes people worry—his health is already the way it is, and he still wants to drink..."
"Diona, what are you talking about?"
Draff scratched his head awkwardly and said:
"I wasn’t drinking at all! Alan can vouch for me on that..."
"Yeah, yeah! Mr. Draff and I just got back from hunting. We were roasting the game we caught, that’s all," Alan quickly chimed in.
"Mr. Alan," Diona narrowed her eyes sharply, staring directly at him, her gaze intense, "are you absolutely sure that my father Draff didn’t drink anything?"
Feeling Diona’s death stare, Alan instinctively took a deep breath and swallowed hard, as though his very soul were undergoing the strictest interrogation imaginable...
"O-Of course, Miss Diona... Mr. Draff... of course he didn’t... didn’t drink anything..."
Seeing Alan’s reaction, Diona seemed to have her answer...
She closed her eyes and sniffed the air carefully.
"A cat’s nose is actually very sensitive, you know..."
As she said this, she walked over to a nearby bush—and pulled out a bag containing a wine jug and some cups.
At this point, Draff had already buried his face in his hands, wearing a deeply regretful expression.
"It’s over... she found out anyway..."
"I knew she’d try to sniff it out, so my original plan was to jump into Cider Lake for a swim before heading back, just to wash off the smell of alcohol..."
"But I didn’t think she’d leave the city to come look for me—even with Alan watching me..."
"If I’d known this would happen... I’d have hidden way farther away..."
Diona’s face turned cold and dark.
She tossed the bag directly in front of Draff, and spoke slowly, word by word:
"My dearest father, didn’t you say you were going out hunting? How exactly do you explain this?"
Faced with this scene, Draff knew he’d been caught red-handed.
No excuse could possibly save him now...
So, he simply spread his hands and said:
"Diona, I have nothing to explain..."
"I came out here to secretly drink..."
"Whatever punishment you want to give me, I’ll take it. I accept it all..."
However, what happened next shocked everyone present.
"Diona"... suddenly reached out and pierced through Draff’s torso with her bare hand, yanking out his stomach in one swift motion.
"...I said I’d accept any punishment—but I didn’t think you’d actually kill me..."
"My daughter... Di...o...na..."
With a look of utter shock, Draff stared at the figure before him—his own "daughter"—and then slumped over, lifeless.
"Danger!!!" Su Yuan and Aether immediately reacted, grabbing Alan and pulling him far back, keeping their distance from "Diona."
Both Su Yuan and Aether felt a familiar and ominous aura coming from her—
There was no mistaking it.
This was the power of the Eerie.
"Diona"... had already been corrupted and taken over by the Eerie!!!
They watched as "Diona" calmly split open Draff’s stomach.
Stomach acid mixed with blood and alcohol slowly began to spill out...
"As expected... you drank so much..."
"Alcohol is nothing but poison..."
"It ruins families with domestic violence and drives people apart..."
"It makes people lazy and obsessed with drinking..."
"All drunkards are just wasting air by being alive. Every last one of them should die!!!"
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