Sirin closed her eyes, as though she had become immersed in an endless, beautiful illusion.
"W-Wait... This... this wine..."
At that moment, Kikyo suddenly remembered where this wine had come from. Her expression changed, and she shot to her feet with a loud cry.
She directly pulled Sirin out of the illusion.
"W-What is it?"
Her wonderful illusion had been interrupted, and Sirin felt slightly displeased. But seeing that it was Kikyo, she discarded that displeasure and looked at her in confusion.
"This wine... it... it's..."
Kikyo suddenly began stammering, her face flushed red! She simply could not explain what it was.
Out of embarrassment, Kikyo, who usually seemed saintly, was now staring at Kaede with a murderous glare.
Kaede was so frightened that she hurriedly hid behind Sirin, afraid that Kikyo would deal with her.
"Is there something wrong with this wine? I don't feel that there's anything wrong with it! Though... it really is an exceptionally rare spirit wine. If you can't bear to part with it, Kikyo... then..."
Sirin could confirm that there was absolutely nothing wrong with the wine. It was even top-tier spirit wine, the kind that could not be bought no matter how much money one had.
Ordinary people could not possibly possess such wine. If cultivators or demons obtained it, they would definitely enjoy it immediately, so it could not be bought regardless of the price.
No wonder Kaede had said it was one-of-a-kind wine. Though that had been somewhat exaggerated, it truly was extraordinarily rare spirit wine. If... Kikyo could not bear to part with it, Sirin would not say anything.
Thinking about it now, this wine... might have been something Kikyo had obtained by chance, only for Kaede to "steal" it out. That explanation made sense.
"It's not a matter