Furina looked at Kaeya suspiciously and asked, "Is that really true? But why do you all look so pained after drinking it every time?"
"Hiccup~"
Kaeya hiccuped, took another sip of wine, and finally replied, "You know about massages, right?"
"Massages? Of course I do." Furina didn't understand the connection between the two.
Kaeya, tipsy, said, "It's like a massage. Even though it might be a bit sore when they knead those muscles, you actually feel very comfortable, right?"
Diluc, standing nearby, couldn't help but glance at Kaeya, thinking, 'How can you come up with such a twisted logic?'
"But..." Furina still hesitated.
It was then that Diluc also reminded him, "If I were you, I would never believe a drunkard."
Kaeya, afraid of losing a drinking buddy, quickly said, "You absolutely must not listen to him! If wine was really that unpalatable, how could he make so much money from it?"
Furina's eyes immediately lit up: "That's right! Diluc is the Wine King in Mondstadt. If wine wasn't good, it definitely wouldn't be so popular!"
She felt as if she had suddenly grasped the true meaning of the matter, and there was no longer any hesitation.
"Come, cheers!"
Venti immediately brought his cup over and clinked glasses with Furina and Hu Tao.
Furina and Hu Tao exchanged glances; the mood was set.
If they didn't drink now, they would be letting themselves down.
"Cheers!"
The two clinked glasses, then downed their drinks in one gulp.
"Hot, so hot!"
After drinking, Furina frantically stuck out her tongue and scratched her neck.
Sure enough, this feeling was just as Bennett had shown earlier—very spicy!
"Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey! What is this stuff? It's so bitter, completely different from the wine Hall Master drank before!"
Hu Tao had previously tasted some fruit wines and osmanthus wines in Liyue, which was why she thought of trying Blue Star's alcohol.
But she hadn't expected these two things to be completely different categories; drinking it felt like fire constantly drilling into her body.
Seeing the two so uncomfortable, Venti quickly started to coax them.
"Oh, it's always like this the first time you drink! Can you feel a warm current in your body, and a slight sweetness in your mouth?"
Furina smacked her lips and murmured, "It seems, it seems like I do feel that."
Venti struck while the iron was hot and continued, "That's right! That means you've already tasted the flavor. Keep drinking, and you'll experience the joy of drinking!"
One can only say, may the Anemo God trick you.
Hu Tao and Furina exchanged glances again, then took another big gulp...
Xavier didn't know what was happening at the table; he was currently accompanying Diona to research bartending.
The bartender in the bar was explaining the characteristics and corresponding flavors of the base spirits to Diona.
Diona, as expected of a bartender who became a master at such a young age, quickly understood the essentials.
"Alright, alright, I get it!"
Diona was a bit impatient; she had already figured out this kind of thing long ago, did she really need someone else to introduce it to her?
The bartender stood to the side with a professional smile, but it was clear his eyes were filled with disdain and contempt.
Although the system had "corrected" the bug that prevented Diona from entering bars.
The bartender, however, couldn't fathom how this person in front of him could possibly mix drinks.
One must know that this bar was one of the top-ranked bars in Jiangcheng, and the bartenders who could work here were certainly not ordinary people.
He himself had won bartending competition medals and had never misjudged anyone.
This little girl in front of him would have trouble just getting onto the bartending stage, let alone mixing drinks.
However, what he hadn't expected was that Diona not only knew how to mix drinks but was also incredibly proficient.
She directly climbed onto the bartending stool, then picked up the base spirits.
Diona's hands, though small, were incredibly agile and swift.
In just a few blinks of an eye, she had mixed various base spirits into the glass, then began to shake it.
It wasn't until the bartender reacted that he felt something was off.
Because the alcohol Diona added was not any cocktail recipe currently on the market.
In other words, this was something the little girl had created herself, but in another sense, it was just random mixing.
He once again showed a look of disdain.
"Tsk, if this drink tastes good, I'll eat the glass..."
Diona didn't hear it, but Xavier did.
At this moment, Diona was shaking the drink and cursing angrily through gritted teeth.
"I hate it so much, it's truly detestable!"
"Why is this place full of drunkards? It's bad enough they're all tipsy, but they're so loud too!"
"I must mix the most awful-tasting drink on Blue Star, then bring it back to Mondstadt, so those drunkards will never dare to drink again!"
Diona thought this to herself, but it didn't slow down her work in the slightest.
After about a minute, Diona put down her hand and poured the drink into the glass.
Diona almost commanded Xavier, "Xavier, quickly help me taste this drink!"
"But Diona, I actually don't really drink..." This made Xavier a bit awkward.
Diona snorted, crossing her arms over her chest and saying, "I don't care, you must taste it and see how this drink tastes!"
Xavier had a long face, truly not knowing how to refuse Diona.
At this moment, the bartender next to them spoke up: "Little girl, I'm not trying to discourage you, but there's no need to taste this drink. It can't possibly taste good. It will only be incredibly sour and astringent, with no layers at all."
Diona glanced at the bartender and said, "Impossible. I didn't just mix this drink randomly. It's just a test attempt."
It turned out that Diona didn't intend to make the drink taste bad from the start; instead, she planned to understand the bartending methods of Blue Star first, and then conduct her research.
"Heh heh, little girl..."
The bartender was about to mock her again, but at that moment, a tipsy customer walked over.
"Drink~"
This drink looks pretty good, both blue and green, it should be very thirst-quenching.
"No..."
The bartender was about to explain, but the customer directly grabbed the glass and poured it into his mouth.
The bartender sighed, with an expression that said, "You're on your own."
And after drinking, the customer was indeed stunned for a moment.
According to the bartender's judgment, based on that subtle expression, it was definitely a precursor to vomiting.
Sure enough, everything was as he had predicted; this little girl couldn't possibly mix drinks.
However, what he hadn't expected was that after the customer recovered, tears actually fell from his eyes.
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