Chapter 228: Leaving
"She didn’t even drink ale for heaven’s sake, how is she drunk?" Confused, Orson asked Elian to confirm how the hell she got drunk in front of them. They already told the alehouse keeper to serve her something extremely light, so her unexplainable situation wasn’t clear to either of them.
Taking her drink in his grasp, Elian sniffed it quickly. Puzzled for some seconds, he took another sniff before setting down her glass drink of strawberry on the table. He closed his eyes like a fool who just realized something late, and then he opened them back.
"Strawberry Daiquiri contains really light liquor, but I guess she can’t even handle that." He shifted his attention to Inna who was humming a melodious tune with her head thrown back on the chair.
"And she wanted to drink ale." Orson was tempted to use this opportunity to give her all the scoldings, but he refrained from it, afraid she might remember them when she wakes up.
It was already late in the night at the Alehouse, and Elian rose to his feet. He walked towards where Inna sat, crouching on his knees in front of her.
"Get on my back." He instructed Inna in his blunt tone, and when her dizzy eyes focused on his back, they lit up at the thought of Elian carrying her on his back.
"Okay!" In an instant, Inna’s hands went around his neck, and she put her legs around him. When she was settled, Elian lifted her properly with his hands going under her covered thighs to steady her, and Inna’s hands remained secured around his neck.
"Let’s go." Elian said to Orson who’s mouth hung open. "If you’re carrying Inna, who’s going to carry the rest of the loads?"
"Obviously it’s gonna be you, we should take full responsibility for our actions."
"You’re carrying Inna! How’s that part of taking responsibility??! You’re a vampire!" Orson argued, feeling cheated in some way, and Elian didn’t bother to hide how easily he fooled Orson.
"Get the bags, except you plan on sleeping here." Saying this, he walked away with Inna, exiting the Alehouse, and Orson who couldn’t shed a tear, had no other choice but to give in to their demands and carry all the four heavy traveling bags on his shoulder.