Today we had a party and everyone was invited. It was as much to show off that I was alive and well as it was to celebrate the graduation of my apprentices, even if that was not the intention.

It was a much more popular event than I had anticipated, though the organizers had made the proper arrangements. In hindsight I probably should have seen this coming. By headcount there was slightly more than half of the population of our empire, when teleportation is so easy it seems that people want to get involved with all of the important events. I'm just amazed that so many people were able to clear their schedule with only a two day advanced warning, very few people are able to drop everything at will like I can.

A sizeable chunk of people came just for the food. Not that food is expensive here. Quite the contrary, actually, food is free. Meat and cooked food is considered a minor delicacy though, as pretty much everyone is able to subsist off of the mass grown produce created by our plant manipulators with no problems.

I don't really blame them, the food was amazing. There was literal tons of very tasty meat, with the best of the batch being from an ancient phoenix, a fiery beast that has some incredibly potent regenerative properties. That one was reserved exclusively for me and my  closest companions, especially my apprentices. It was one of those meats that had so much power in it while alive that some of it just oozes into you while you eat it. With how potent it was I don't think my forest can be burnt down anymore. Even if someone did manage to light something on fire, my trees just don’t burn hot enough to light their own wood on fire. And I'm sure it's more regenerative effects are providing some benefit, though I doubt I would notice it in myself at this point. My apprentices might notice an improvement in their healing, however.

With the food came alcohol, so much alcohol. Really good stuff too, at least according to those of us that had experience with the stuff. Azrezel had fun with challenging people to drinking contests, though he was disappointed by the fact that he won every single one easily. I drank a bit, not a lot as I still had to actually do stuff during this party, but definitely enough to get a bit tipsy. Tiddol, on the other hand, got absolutely hammered. Half way through the party she got up on stage, very obviously drunk, and made or a big grand speech. Or at least she tried to. She burped, and then laughed at herself. Then she started telling dirty jokes, getting progressively more obscene untill she was a giggling mess on the floor. It was hilarious.

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My apprentices both drank alcohol for the first time in this life, Askos did have a bit of experience with it in his past life. He was a bit disappointed with the taste, though apparently he's been disappointed by all food and drink since reincarnating. I did notice that species that primarily eat meat don't have a lot of sensitivity in their tongues, which might explain it. Though since he is so disappointed by it, he will probably get a much more sensitive tongue with his first evolution, and I would be very surprised if he failed to evolve even once.

Junior didn't handle her alcohol well, and by the second glass was already trying to seduce a crowd of very interested dragonewt males. Something she would never sober, too much anxiety. I mean it's good that she is getting out of her shell, but this might be a bit too far. Luckily she fainted before there was a big scandal in front of half of our empire. She was very embarrassed when she woke up, and more than a little disappointed.

I also realized that I've been inside their heads for so long that reading them has become second nature to me, even without Lace making a mental bond between us.

Overall I had a lot of fun, though I definitely don't want to do these parties frequently. I don't want to even imagine the backlash of having half of our empire away from work for a day will have. Not that I really could as I genuinely have no idea what could go wrong in a day, but my gut instinct is that it isn't good.

Starting tomorrow I'm going to have to work on my body, I can tell that quite a few people were more than a little disturbed by my movements. Not a lot, but enough that it was noticeable.

Anyway, Good Night Diary.