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When the sweet fragrance of wine spread throughout Central Plaza, the adventurers and supporters around them, all heading for the Tower of Babel's Dungeon, unconsciously stopped in their tracks. A faint flush appeared on every face.
Merely catching a trace of the wine's aroma was enough to make some of them feel intoxicated.
Of course, not the staggering kind of drunk, but as Loki had said—drunk at heart.
Unlike the people around her, whose faces showed rapt fascination, Lili's face turned deathly pale the instant she smelled the wine.
Lili had only ever smelled such intoxicating wine from one kind of liquor.
It was the Divine Wine brewed by the Soma Familia's patron deity through a miraculous process, using human hands yet almost possessing the mysterious Development Ability of brewing.
Although the aroma was different, that wondrous power which could intoxicate one's very heart in an instant was exactly the same.
Thus, upon smelling that intoxicating fragrance, Lili did not become entranced like the others. Instead, she slowly began backing away, her pretty face growing paler and paler.
At that moment, Lili no longer had any reason to doubt Noah's words.
Without question, the bottle of wine in Noah's hand was in no way inferior to the Divine Wine brewed by Soma, whether in quality, flavor, or sheer wonder.
"This is wine made by Bacchus, the god of wine from Roman mythology. That is why that Deity is also known as the god of grapes and wine."
As though he had not seen Lili's reaction at all, Noah reached his free hand into the