At night, inside a spacious dining hall, everyone sat on soft cushions around the long tables. They were inside their house which was supposedly the Grand Hall of the Bandit Lord who in fact was a Demon Aristocrat.

This dome-like building was as big as the mansion of most lower nobles in the empire. Aside from the broken ceiling at that time when the Demon Aristocrat escaped, it has not been repaired and remodeled yet.

The dining area is also located in the living room, and it is located in the very middle of the house. The ceiling above it is the main roof, so it is quite high from the floor.

Hanging on that ceiling was a broken chandelier.

In front of the living room, there are two stairs located on either side and they are connected to the platform hallway that was circling the second floor.

The platform hallways were supported by brick pillars. And on those pillars, lamps were hanging.

Those lamps are what brightened the interior of the house. And since those pillars surround the entire living room, it can be said that there are lamps around them. Aside from those lamps, there's also a big fireplace. It's located between those two stairs. A blazing fire was currently burning the firewood and was sending warmth to the people around.

Eman still doesn't have time to remodel the entire building. However, he noticed some decorations.

'It must be Aunt Claire who decorated them. It makes the house comfortable to live in somehow,' he thought with a faint smile.

He glanced beside him and saw Eina tending the cat.

After his return to the house from the mining site, Eina saw the cat with him. He told his sister that he found it inside the mining site. Hearing that, she looked at it with gleaming eyes. Looking at his sister's expression at that time, he guessed that she wanted to pet it.

After that, she became so close to it. Even now that they were in front of the table, she was placing it on a cushion beside her. The cat also seemed to like Eina's care. Now the two of them look like an inseparable pair.

"Everyone, don't be embarrassed. Eat all you can. This is a celebration of my nephew's promotion as the new clan leader of their team in the academy," Aunt Claire arrived with trays of food in both hands, and she proudly announced that.

"Wow, that's awesome, sir," a bearded man said as he directed his gaze at Eman who was on the opposite side of the table. "That's amazing, Young Lord!"

"Thank you, thank you. I'm not even sure if it is worth celebrating because our clan isn't the significant one. More or less, we are the bottom feeders," Eman said his thanks with a light smile on his face and then told them that his promotion wasn't a big deal because of the reason he stated.

"Even so, being promoted is a good thing, isn't it?" Aunt Claire glanced at him with a grin.

Eman just smiled wryly. However, since Eman didn't say anything to agree with her, Aunt Claire pouted. Then she glanced at the people around and said, "Right everyone?"

"That's right, Miss Claire is right!" One of the smiths agreed immediately.

Then the others also started agreeing.

"Significant or not, it's not easy to get promoted even in work, so having promoted is a big achievement, I believe!" Added anotherSmith.

"I agree with them."

Then all the people around agreed as well.

Aside from the three people from the smithing shop, they also include the villagers whose true selves are his people from his Lord's Domain.

The women even helped Aunt Claire in preparing the food and in cooking.

He could not forget Aunt Claire's surprise when she realized how good they were at cooking. She even asked him whether they were real cooks. Eman wasn't surprised when he heard it. All his people inside his Lord's Domain turned into talented individuals. They were a force to reckon. Not only in fighting but also in different chores.

Eman shrugged his shoulders, saying he wasn't aware of it to Aunt Claire. "Perhaps they are just talented people," he added.

Aunt Claire didn't seem dubious of him. She agreed by nodding her head and replied by saying, "I think so too. Anyway, isn't it a great thing to have someone like them in your village?"

"Yes, it's a great thing that our first villagers are talented people."

That was the content of their conversation a while ago.

Back to the present,

"Well, I'm actually happy with the promotion," Eman said at the end. Then he looked at Aunt Claire and said, "Thank you, Aunt, for this celebration."

Aunt Claire grinned widely and said, "Alright, everyone. Let's enjoy the night!" She said while raising a cup in the air.

The cup was of course filled with branded liquor.

"""Yeah!!!"""

With that, the celebration that night had begun.

The celebration was smooth. Everyone obviously enjoyed it. Although the feast was not that grand, it could be seen that everyone ate happily, especially because of the delicious food prepared. And when he opened the expensive drinks he bought in the capital, the slight awkward shyness from the start had gone completely.

And then, everyone was fully immersed in the harmonious night, in which Aunt Claire took the role of the storyteller. She told them some of her past, especially when she was still an active soldier in the empire.

While everyone was enjoying themselves, Eman thought that if he were to make everyone taste the expensive drinks from his former world, everyone would surely be surprised by their taste. However, he immediately countered that thought because he would definitely get overwhelming questions that would be difficult to answer without telling lies.

Although he had the title 'The Deceptionist', it didn't mean he wanted to deceive people at all times. Moreover, the 'The Deceptionist' title only grants an additional 10 percent success rate to deceive someone, so it wasn't really that reliable.

Actually, he had it in his mind to sell products made in his previous world here in this world, but so far, he had to rebuild the village first. So that he will not find it difficult to find an excuse if he starts his business in this world.

However, while everyone was having fun he excused himself for a while. He went to the kitchen and secretly bought some items in her Market Section.

The first thing he bought was a pack of potatoes. Then after buying the rest, he begun working on it.

When he came back, everyone was wondering about the snack he brought with him. Even Aunt Claire was no exception.

When Eman placed it in front of them, they stared at it for a couple of seconds before they found the courage to ask.

"What is that, kid? It didn't smell anything," It was Aunt Claire who asked that. She went back to calling him 'Kid', probably because of the liquor. He could also see an icon below her health bar. But it seems the effect wasn't strong enough to cloud her mind or to faint her.

"It's called Potato Fries, Aunt," Eman replied calmly. Well, in fact, in his old world, it was called French Fries.

"Potato?" That was the first time they heard about it.

"Yes, please try it. I hope you'll like it."

After saying that, Aunt Claire and the others took a piece each. However, after biting a little, the crunchiness and saltiness weirdly brought a good feeling to their mouths.

"This…" said Aunt Claire with a shocked face. The others also looked the same as her.

After the first try, they took another try. However, as they did that, the food became tastier and tastier.

Eman smiled and gave a plate of it to her sister who looked curious while looking at the food.

"Here, Eina. Try it too."

"Eh? This is not for adults only, bro?" Eina said that.

'Hm? Ah, no wonder she didn't try to ask for it. It looks like she thought this food is for adults only. Maybe because he told her earlier that those drinks are for adults only, that's why she thought this food is also for adults only,' Eman thought.

"No, this is for all."

"Ah, okay bro."

When Eina ate one of them, she exclaimed.

"Bro! This has the same taste as that snack Little Sky gave me. Wait, what is that called again…. Birps? Hips? Crips?"

"You mean 'Chips'?"

"Oh! Right, that's it. bro!"

'Perhaps Little Sky gave Eina Potato Chips,' Eman believed.

"Eina dear, is that Little Sky the little girl you mentioned to me?" Aunt Claire suddenly came and asked.

"Yes, Aunt."

"I see, I see. Anyway, kid. These snacks are truly tasty. How did you make it? Can you tell me?"

Eman laughed and told Aunt Claire to not worry because sooner or later, he would tell her about it, that was unless they could finally start growing potatoes on the farm.

The others also looked like they enjoyed eating it.

"Wow, this is so tasty. No lies! This snack is unbelievably tasty!"

"Yes, yes. You're right, Jerry!"

"The saltiness is just right, and the crunchiness is perfect! This is the first time I have eaten this kind of snack. How about you, Jerry? Nelson?"

"Me too!"

"Yeah, me as well. Aside from that, I feel like I suddenly became stronger!" The bearded man, whose name was Nelson, suddenly flexed his biceps.

"You feel that too?"

"What? You too?"

Eh?!

Eman looked at them in surprise when he heard what he said. 'Become stronger?' He thought in disbelief.

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