#89. Make the First Offer.

#89. Make the First Offer.

Gulp, gulp…… Ahh!

Archbishop Lumen gulped down the sweet rice punch he’d chilled in ice water. It was a new item on the hot-spring resort’s menu, supposedly developed by the Grand Duke of the North himself.

Its icy sweetness made his head ache, and the fatigue he’d built up from hard labor began to melt away.

"After a session in the kiln sauna, nothing beats sweet rice punch… Banana milk is old news. That’s for kids, yeah."

Lumen gazed blissfully at the empty container and murmured.

"Archbishop……"

Beside him, Lucian, commander of the Holy Knights, spoke with a troubled expression, dressed in sauna clothes.

"I hear Lady Cecilia is now serving with distinction as chief priest at the hot-spring town clinic. Rather than wait here indefinitely, perhaps you should go there and see her in person……"

"Ahem! Such insolence!"...