Grand Foreigner (Chapters 1- 200)

Chapter 47

Ainz took a few more steps before he was able to step out of the shadows cast by a huge column and looked into the night sky. Apparently, their journey and conversation took longer than Ainz originally thought. The first stars have already begun to appear in the evening sky, still faded under the rays of the evening sun.

"Senpai," - Mashu who is lying in the arms of Ainz tried to pull herself together, to stand on her feet, but after one unstable step she still allowed herself to lean again against Ainz, - "Where-hic are we?"

"Outside," the magician answered briefly, after which he looked at Mashu. Apparently, she really did not know her own limitations with alcohol.

'When was the last time I had to babysit drunk colleagues?' - Ainz sighed. He rarely went to parties, even when his boss decided to arrange something like a corporate party, Ainz usually just apologized and disappeared from work, trying to return to Yggdrasil. And yet, maybe several times in his life he had to deal with people who got into alcohol, and then seriously overestimated their abilities in this regard - 'It brings back memories...'

"Senpai," Mashu blinked a couple of times before focusing her already slightly wobbly gaze on the man. Strange, the wine was watered down, so Ainz was sure that the alcohol content was low - and yet Mashu managed to get drunk even in this way. It seems that she really was a lightweight drinker, - "Why are we-hic outside?"

"Just to get a little fresh air," Ainz smiled at Mashu, after which he took a couple more steps, stepping on the threshold of the palace. Fortunately, the guard was absent this time around - whether they had a change of guards or the guards simply realized that in the current situation they were practically useless - Ainz was not worried. On the other hand, Ainz was worried that there wasn't any decent bench or other place where Ainz could sit down with Mashu.

"Senpai..." - as if Mashu had just understood an important detail, - "You... You-hic are... hug... hug-hic-ging me?"

Ainz really just supported Mashu at the moment with one hand, allowing the drunk girl to lean on the magician.

"I'm supporting you so that you don't fall," Ainz tried to explain to the girl, but apparently his words didn't reach into the girl's ears.

"Sen-hic-pai..." - however, Mashu was not angry with such a turn of events. On the contrary, noticing this detail, the girl threw her hand in an awkward gesture into Ainz's shoulder, clutching at that. Although it might seem that the girl tried to hug the magician herself in response, this was done more likely to stay on her feet.

"Every-hic-thing is good ..." - the girl's face immediately broke into a smile, a blush began to appear on Mashu's cheeks - although this was not from the romance of the situation, but rather from the alcohol she drank earlier.

'Do not give Mashu alcohol' - Ainz said to himself this important detail, after which he took a few more steps, reaching the huge staircase that connected the city streets to the palace and, for lack of a more decent options, sat down on the top step, forcing Mashu to sit next to him, legs dangling to the bottom step. After that, Ainz tried to remove his hand, which was no longer necessary to keep the girl in a straight position - but he could not do this, as soon as Mashu felt the magician's intentions, she, having wrung her unhappy face, grabbed the magician's hand with her other hand and pulled it back with force. Moreover, Ainz was quite sure that Mashu had put in a little more power for this than was necessary. Simply put, Ainz was quite sure that if he himself were not a Servant, then Mashu could well have broken his arm - well, or at least dislocated it from his shoulder.

'Servants and their strength' - Ainz sighed to himself, after which he looked at Mashu, who, having achieved her goal, only blurred into a drunken smile, after which she looked away from the magician, staring off into the distance.