"My dear original sister, this is the first time I’ve liked you from the bottom of my heart!"

An unexpected smile appeared on Mirror Image’s face. At the same time, she raised her hand and snapped her fingers, summoning the bartender to switch their glasses for larger ones.

In the blink of an eye, the bartender brought over two oversized glasses. In terms of size, they were almost no different from giant beer mugs.

"My dear original sister, are you satisfied with glasses this big?"

Mirror Image smiled as she lightly shook her glass in Evelyn’s direction.

On the other side, Evelyn seemed as if she had completely let herself go. Taking the initiative to imitate Mirror Image, she placed one long, straight, fair leg on Caelan’s thigh.

"Hic~ No problem. I like them big. The bigger, the better!"

Evelyn burped as she casually clapped her hands twice. At the same time, her head uncontrollably leaned against Caelan’s shoulder.

Feeling the fragrant breath of the young woman beside him, Caelan’s mouth twitched twice.

Wait, Evelyn... she couldn’t be drunk already, could she?

Caelan gently patted Evelyn on the back.

"Evelyn, wake up. Are you drunk?"

Evelyn maintained her posture without moving, but her tone sounded exceptionally clear.

"Lord Caelan, there is no need to worry. I’m doing very well right now, and I am extremely calm."

In truth, although Evelyn felt a little dizzy at the moment, her mind was incredibly clear.

Although what she had just drunk was the first alcohol she had ever tasted in her life, for some reason, when the fiery liquor rolled across the tip of her tongue, she suddenly felt a long-lost peace deep within her heart.

It was as if, in an instant, she had forgotten all her worries. Her entire body and mind relaxed completely.

Her thoughts drifted among the clouds, and many small things she could no longer clearly remember surfaced before her eyes with unusual clarity.

It seems that on some night many years ago, I also wanted to get completely drunk...

It was just that, because of all sorts of concerns, Evelyn had never fulfilled that thought even now.

So, in a certain sense, Mirror Image’s existence had indeed made up for quite a few of her regrets.

On the other side, Caelan could clearly sense that the current Evelyn was in an extremely rare state.

Drunk, yet sober.

It was a superposition between drunkenness and clarity, a feeling of being both tipsy and not quite tipsy.

For people like this, their alcohol tolerance was usually very hard to judge. Some might collapse after one more sip, while others could remain in this state all the way until dawn.

Meanwhile, seeing that even the original had become so unrestrained, Mirror Image simply raised her glass and began drinking in large gulps.

Although she was Mirror Image, in essence, she was no different from Evelyn.

Because of that, Mirror Image’s dizziness was actually even more severe than Evelyn’s.

Her whole body was practically hanging off Caelan like an oversized accessory. At the same time, her delicate hands tugged randomly at her own clothes.

"So hot. It’s really so hot!"

"My dear original sister, do you feel hot?"

At this moment, Evelyn no longer seemed hostile toward Mirror Image either. Instead, she responded directly.

"Hot. Of course it’s hot! I’m almost dying from the heat!"

"No, I have to take off my coat..."

The next moment, Evelyn and Mirror Image each removed their coats, revealing fitted dark camisoles underneath.

With one less layer of clothing in the way, Caelan gained a more direct understanding of Evelyn’s figure.

To put it simply, the current Caelan no longer dared to underestimate Evelyn.

She was a major figure, someone who had to be treated seriously!

"Lord Caelan, why aren’t you drinking yet? We’ve both drunk already. You aren’t trying to cheat, are you?"

Evelyn’s words immediately received Mirror Image’s approval. She suddenly raised her head, her lips less than three centimeters away from Caelan’s neck.

The warm breath she exhaled, mixed with fragrance and the scent of alcohol, continuously stimulated Caelan’s nerves.

"Darling, you have to drink! Otherwise, both my original sister and I will get angry!"

Caelan was completely numb. Subconsciously, he crossed one leg over the other.

"W-wait. Give me a few minutes to slow down!"

It was obvious that Caelan’s answer could not satisfy the two Evelyns.

In the end, with the perfectly reasonable assistance of the two women, Caelan drank a full three large glasses in one go!

At that moment, Caelan only felt the world spin around him, and his mind gradually began to empty.

No. I can’t keep drinking like this. I still have proper business to handle. I have to stay calm and clear-headed.

Caelan raised his hand and patted his own cheek.

At the same time, he had already made a decision in his heart. If he had to keep drinking, then he could only resort to certain cheating methods.

For example, he could use [Simulated Cell] to transform part of himself into a large stomach and temporarily store the alcohol there.

Or he could directly generate a large amount of alcohol-decomposing enzymes and digest the alcohol in the shortest time possible.

Although doing that felt a bit like cheating, reason told him that he really had no other choice.

After all, that petty Captain Merlinster was watching him from the shadows. If he got drunk and ended up doing something strange, then things would truly become a joke.

Just as Caelan was thinking about this, Evelyn, carrying a drunken air, handed him another large glass of chilled grape wine.

"Lord Caelan, you’re a man, yet your alcohol tolerance is this poor?"

"No way. You have to finish this glass!"

After the alcohol kicked in, Evelyn became remarkably unrestrained, forming a huge contrast with her usual demeanor.

At this moment, Caelan even felt a little dazed. He had the feeling that Mirror Image and Evelyn’s original body were overlapping to a certain degree.

Could it be... that Mirror Image was another self?

But he quickly shook his head, because his own Mirror Image was clearly in a completely different situation.

Perhaps the Mirror Images produced by different awakeners were also different?

Caelan’s mind sank into thought. On the surface, however, he put on an appearance of being unable to hold his liquor.

"No, no, no. Today is your stage. Can’t I just admit defeat?"

Seeing Caelan voluntarily concede, a victorious smile appeared on Evelyn’s face. On the other side, after seeing this scene, the corners of Mirror Image’s lips also lifted slightly.

At this moment, Mirror Image’s face was similarly flushed red. The look she gave Caelan was so sticky it was almost drawing threads.

She suddenly raised her arm and openly grabbed Evelyn’s hand.

"My dear sister, hurry and try Caelan’s abs. They feel so bouncy!"

Evelyn’s face was still full of drunkenness. At the same time, her delicate hand openly landed on him and kneaded twice.

"Huh? Why does it feel harder than last time?"