Chapter 178 – 178 – I’ll Let Myself Fall for You

“Really, anytime, anytime at all, just come by—no, you’re welcome anytime. No, I insist. Have you married? Oh, that’s fine too, perfect. Yes, anytime, anytime you’d like. You’re welcome to settle down here. My daughter’s quite pretty; living together, hmm, that sounds good. Don’t you think?”

The village chief, thoroughly drunk, repeated what sounded like the same line for the 19th time, and his equally intoxicated neighbor nodded in agreement without hesitation.

With each bob of his head, food crumbs tumbled out of the man’s thick, unkempt beard.

“Yes, yes, of course, absolutely,” the neighbor said, voice slurred and agreeable.

Anyone could tell they were both thoroughly drunk.

The chief seemed to lose his composure completely when tipsy.

Enkrid had once caught a brief glimpse of the chief’s daughter. She couldn’t have been more than fifteen. A child.

While early marriages were a tradition in the west, they weren’t common in the central regions. It was clear this was drunken nonsense.

“Hahaha!”

The chief and his bearded companion, laden with food, staggered away with their arms slung over each other’s shoulders.

Enkrid silently watched them fade into the crowd.