"Our performance this month depends on this event."
That statement seemed to make Numby even angrier.
No, did this stupid hairless monkey think Director Numby was some kind of pig?
How could I bow and scrape before the powerful and wealthy, leaving me unable to keep a happy face?!!
But just then, Topaz pressed her mouth to his pig ear and whispered.
"Calm down, Numby."
"The key issue is that Russell is in a rather difficult position right now. You don't want him caught between the Vidyadhara and the General, do you?"
"We need an opportunity to get him out of this."
At those words, a momentary look of contemplation seemed to appear on Numby's pig face.
Then, amid the horrified expressions of the Dragon Masters, the pig actually stood up. Somehow producing a huge bottle of liquor from nowhere, he tipped it into his pig mouth in one gulp before everyone's eyes.
Under the pull of suction, the liquor surged downward wildly, forming a vortex!!
Then came the second bottle, the third, the fourth...
Nine vortices appeared in succession, and the entire scene was left dumbstruck.
"What a drinker."
Even Russell had no choice but to cup his hands in salute.
This pig...
Really had some skill.
"Want to come to my ecology ship and relax?"
"My ecology ship has lots of little animals too. Some ducks can dance hula, some Akuns can do spinning flips in midair, and Numby can eat three hundred gold coins in one meal."
Topaz struck while the iron was hot.
Russell: "..."
Damn.
Why did that sound so magical?
Were animals across the universe all this talented?
He was tempted, but also hesitant—this seemed like it might affect the plan.
"Prompt Device, if I go over there to have fun, will it affect