Without a further a do vulgan quickly raised the atmosphere of the town and announced the beginning of the celebration with his cheerful sound music started to play too I also nodded towards the female hobgoblins and told them to start eating if they wanted to.
Seeing me give them permission the girls also didn't skip a beat and quickly sat down onto the chairs and started eating without a pause unreserved of themselves a bit rude maybe,but at least they had some manners that I had taught them previously.
Hoboku seemed to be the most patient of them all her demeanor and movement was graceful giving her an air of royalty she ate in a moderate pace compared to the others not like she usually acts when at home.
The other dark elves didn't necessarily join the girls and just sat on the other half of the tables still a bit nervous with the presence of the girls,but I was sure that they would get along.
-Come friend lets drink !
Vulgan said leading me towards another table that was set in the middle of other tables just between the female hobgoblins and the dark elves,the table in itself was grand and looked very good with a lot of different kinds of food set on top of it,there were even a few different kinds of meat dishes and strange blue beverage that I couldn't make out.
When we approached I could see that the table already had a few people sitting on it mainly what seemed to be vulgans wife who seemed surprised about calarel holding my hand while approaching them.
-Mom !...look sorron came !
I smiled wryly not sure what to say really,it seems like calar really ran her mouth about me...
-I...I see dear...
The mother replied slowly grabbing onto her precious daughter,vulgan also proceeded to introduce me towards his wife Shalila aelasar she seems to be this villages sole priestess and vulgan also told me that they met when they were adventurers it seemed to be a very romantic life they had before coming back to this village who knows maybe they still do.
I bowed my head and greeted shalila with kind words,polite words and gesture seemed to have surprised her once again,but she didn't say anything about it and just replied normal with her own polite gestures,it was understandable why she may have thought me as a uncivilized man from the forest seeing my clothing and the people who came with me made me look like some sort of cavemen which wasn't true.
-Sit friend,sit and talk we may want to get to know each other a bit more closer what do you think ?
-Of course...
I nodded my head and took his offer sitting down onto the big table and looking over the weird situation that was around me...
One side was noisy and full of movement while the other was silent and reserved no one was crossing anyones side,but both were still watching each other,the cheerful music coupled with this scene didn't fit very well,but what could you really do about it ? I am glad that they aren't fighting at least.
-Hmm...I can see where your worries are,but don't mind it everything will go right we just need to wait maybe drink a couple cups and drown our worries in them,how about it.
I smiled and nodded my head towards vulgan.
-Yes,your right it'l work out
With that said I also started to talk with vulgan a bit more cheerfully we didn't talk about anything important vulgan mainly told me about his stories as a adventurer which I found interesting I could have asked him about other more useful things,but seeing the occasion right now it didn't fit the theme.
Vulgan also gave me a cup of that cold blue beverage it didn't have any smell whatsoever and he later told me that it was alcohol made from different kinds of herbs and combined with fruits one of the herbs that was used in this alcohol was "varmin" the herb in precise was the cause of the color and the odorless state the alcohol was in the main property of the herb served to keep the substance cool at all times which was neat.
I'l be honest...this was my first time drinking alcohol and my expression may have shown it too when vulgan saw me staring at the cup of cold blue liquor with a passive expression on my face.
-Its best to not think about the taste,but just swallow it whole it makes you feel better from the inside you like it,I am sure...
He said encouraging me...which also made me smile for no reason.
-There is a first time for everything isn't there ?
I muttered quickly downing the cup while shutting my eyes tight,I didn't get to feel the taste and instead felt the burning hot sensation of the liquor go down my pipe and directly warm my insides there was a small aftertaste of the liquor very strong and a bitter,but over all it was good...not the taste,but the feeling I got from the drink was good...it made me smile from the inside and delight me a bit more...
Seeing my expression vulgan laughed and poured me another cup we atmosphere was getting back on track as both of us started drinking happily I felt a bit more alive drinking and was getting slightly tipsy,but not very drunk vulgan on the other hand didn't seem to be much affected by the stuff,but drank to his hearts content in which I accompanied him of course..
After half an hour I looked back at the situation and discovered that it still wasn't changing it made me frown for a bit seeing this the girls were obviously already done eating so they decided to just sit and wait the other dark elves weren't even eating that much and just talking with each other in a aloof manner.
Vulgan also frowned seeing how the celebration wasn't going on how he planned it to go,but that moment an idea popped inside of my head..
-I be back in a few seconds...
I told vulgan in which he didn't object and let me do my thing with a wondering expression on his face,he obviously seemed curious on what I wanted to do and didn't stop me from doing it.
At the time I was a bit drunk not gonna lie I didn't have all of my judgement right inside of my head and when I started to approach the musicians that were making the cheerfully music things started to go in a pretty different direction then before.
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-Can I ?
I asked the dark elf musician he was holding something like a accousting guitar in his hand and playing music with it hearing my question he quickly looked at the chief to see if it was okay to do so,in the end he seemed to have agreed letting me hold the instrument in my hands.
-Can you play it ?
He asked...not really expecting me to answer.
-Yes,and you three try to follow my tune I do the rest...
My answer was backed with a sound of confidence to it the other 3 musicians holding different instruments seemed surprised,but nodded nonetheless waiting for me to start to play.
The female hobgoblins hadn't once lost me in their sight hoboku was the one who watched me the most and seeing me go over and doing something mysterious had her a bit conflicted about herself,but she waited to see what I was about to do trusting me,the dark elves were evenly as curious and after a few seconds a hum came from the guitar like instrument I was holding.
-So it really works like that...
I muttered stroking the guitar once again calling another sets of tunes combining it with a few more other tunes creating a rhythm and then a song...
Seeing me use the instrument so skillfully and natural made the dark elves a bit shocked even the female hobgoblins looked very amazed with the way I was handling it and also slightly captivated by the tunes I was making through the guitar,the musicians were shocked,but quickly remembered what they were supposed to do and started to accompany my tune with their own a bit different,but still complimenting my hard and mild tone with their own soft one.
Previously in my world.I had tried my hands on a lot of things playing guitar was one of them it wasn't anything that I liked,but I was good at it even though I lost interest in it very fast,I never thought that this skill would help me in this kind of situation really the musicians very obviously very astound with my skills and then again they probably didn't expect me to sing at the same too.
-Eyes in the sky,raising far into the night.I raise my hand to the fire,but its no use because you can't stop it from shining through...
The song wasn't popular in my world,but it was the only song I knew the notes from my speech was also different when I sung it turned into english just as I wanted it to be,making it goblin or dark elf didn't seem to make sense to me so I sang it the way I remembered it to be meant and with the strange music the people started to get even more captivated towards the unknown words they were hearing through the music I was creating small wiggles here and there could be seen getting along with the rhythm of my song the female hobgoblins especially smiled feeling very excited and happy about my tune,but still no one was standing up.
Thinking that it still wasn't enough I started to move myself into the crowd of people my sudden movement made the musicians a bit perplexed,but they didn't stop me nor did they stop making their own tunes and just watched me as I started to go through the tables one by one inviting people to stand up and dance I never stopped singing through all of this just pulling a few men and woman and letting them dance together and what not most of the times when I stared at a woman though for some reason they immediately would start blushing or try to avoid my eyes for some reason I didn't try to be intimidating so I wasn't sure what was going on either way I didn't mind it and just walked through the crowd with the guitar playing singing and inviting the people.
It worked in the end and it worked pretty well a lot of them started smiling and dancing along my tunes my mystical words and I didn't stop there finally coming along the female hobgoblins and also inviting them to dance which they probably didn't have a clue on how to do,but they didn't need to they only needed to follow the music and it would work out.
Still they were a bit nervous they never had done such a thing so it was understandable they weren't really nervous because they thought that they were bad dancers no they didn't care what other people thought they only cared about me and to ease them up a little bit more I gave them an example myself with another person of course.
-Hoboku if you would ?
I asked giving hoboku my hand for her to stand up she seemed surprised,but didn't refuse and took my hand a bit nervous with that I pulled her from the chair leading her towards the an open area I started dancing with her randomly while following the music that they musicians were making...
Seeing my moves hoboku tried to replicate them,but failed embarrassingly it seemed like she wanted to stop,but after seeing me smile because of her attempt to dance made her a bit more motivated as she tried to make more funnier and natural moves on her own with that she also started to understand what it meant to dance to listen to music.
The others were observing quite attentively hobura even stood up and tried to dance on her own which was also funny,but also fun ending up with everyone dancing to the music smiling and laughing together.
~Congratulations you have learned the skill
~Congratulations you have learned the skill
~Congratulations you have learned the skill
The skills weren't unexpected and I pretty much ignored them getting myself lost on the fun between the female hobgoblins dancing and laughing at their random moves to dance the day had pretty much gone like this without a further notice.
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