Life is written (6)

Life is bitter, and alcohol is sweet.

Seriously, it’s really sweet.

“Keuh.”

As soon as I drank the liquor that Dionysus made and brought, old memories immediately came to mind.

‘I never thought liqueur would come out like this.’

Before becoming Zeus, I just drank ordinary beer or soju day and night.

I didn’t often drink expensive alcohol because I mainly used the money I earned from part-time jobs for tuition, dates, and meeting people.

Of course, there were times when I went crazy with my friends at a club and ordered a bottle to gulp down, or ordered several bottles from a large supermarket to make cocktails, went to my place, and emptied them on the spot.

I drank various kinds of alcohol, but I had never drunk expensive alcohol.

So, I only knew about the alcohol served in pubs or bars, and I didn’t know anything in detail.

A man who drank more fruit soju than expensive wine.

The only fruit wine he ever drank was bokbunja-ju (raspberry wine).

For me, who had only tasted factory-made alcohol, this liqueur, which made me feel like this is truly high-class and elegant alcohol, is the best alcohol there is.

Dionysus and wine?

Now he should be called the god of fruit wine and liqueur.

‘It’s really sweet.’

This is what alcohol is.

The memories of the past that I had forgotten while living as Zeus for a long time, the tastes of a modern person stored in my soul, began to come back to me.

‘This was it.’

I had forgotten the memories of modern times for a long time.

Even the taste of alcohol was now a distant memory.

He made me remember it, so I had no choice but to sincerely thank Dionysus.

This is, a memory.

This is, alcohol.

“…Keuh.”

The taste of the liqueur created by Dionysus was a taste that reminded me of my past self.

The feeling of making my throat tingle, the feeling of making my stomach burn, the feeling of my whole body suddenly burning up, were definitely alcohol.

“Dionysus, what will you name this?”

“Please name it, Your Greatness, Zeus-nim.”

“Then I will call this, all kinds of drinks like this, ‘alcohol’.”

Alcohol.

Something that cannot be left out of life.

No matter how much the Olympian gods enjoy feasts with nectar and ambrosia every day, it will feel different if there is alcohol.

‘How good is alcohol.’

First of all, drinking alcohol makes you feel good.

Even if it’s a physiological action that raises the blood alcohol concentration in the body, it was definitely a good thing that people became happier in that situation.

‘This is a great invention.’

If you can forget the bad situation you are in for a while with alcohol, then it is right to say that the purpose of alcohol has been sufficiently achieved.

‘I’m personally satisfied too.’

Alcohol also has a great effect in the sense that it brings back faint memories of the past.

But.

“Dionysus-yeo. Have you ever thought about the side effects of alcohol?”

“…I don’t know well.”

“This makes people feel good, clouds their judgment, and causes various accidents, just like Honey Jelly did.”

“……..”

Dionysus still doesn’t know much about the dangers of alcohol.

“Is this…really dangerous? Ah, of course, it’s not that there’s no possibility. I saw Honey Jelly being used in places other than its intended purpose. But….”

“Alcohol is a dangerous substance, Dionysus.”

As someone who was born in an era where all sorts of accidents happened due to alcohol and grew up watching it from a young age, I couldn’t help but worry about the side effects.

“If this spreads, there will surely be idiots who die.”

“…Yes?”

“After drinking alcohol and losing their reason, there may be those who come to the temple and shake their hips at the statue of a goddess.”

“No, what kind of crazy…?”

Dionysus seemed greatly shocked.

“How can a human shake his hips at a goddess…?”

“That’s what alcohol makes possible.”

That’s what alcohol is originally.

“Then, this shouldn’t be distributed to humans….”

“No, no. You can think of it as a very good thing to weed out those crazy people, can’t you?”

“……..”

“You haven’t experienced it yourself, but if alcohol spreads, humans will surely do things beyond common sense, beyond imagination. Maybe they’ll drink alcohol and curse the god of alcohol.”

These are really absurd actions, but humans often do things outside of common sense after drinking alcohol.

“So, I’ll tell you in advance. Even if you spread alcohol, you should never worry about the accidents caused by alcohol that happen to humans.”

“If it’s something that happened from the thing I created….”

“It’s not your responsibility. Drinking alcohol is that human’s choice, and the things that happen as a result are entirely the problem that human has to endure.”

What humans do is just human error.

It is clearly foolish for Dionysus to worry about that, and there is no need for Dionysus to step in and solve all the problems.

Just like a person working at a liquor company is not responsible for all drunk driving, drinking alcohol is ultimately your own choice.

“Dionysus. Think comfortably. Or you can make alcohol something like ambrosia and nectar that only the gods can drink.”

A special drink that is not shared with humans, only the gods can drink.

But that’s not what Dionysus wants.

“How about it? Will you do that?”

“…No.”

Dionysus shook his head firmly.

“Alcohol is made to give to humans. If you allow me, I want to teach humans how to make alcohol directly.”

“What about the responsibility for that?”

“I taught them how to catch fish, but I’m not responsible for those who died from eating the fish without properly preparing it and getting a stomachache.”

“Good!”

That’s a good mindset.

“Many people may resent you in the future. But how should you think about that?”

“Those who judge with common sense and reason will be ashamed of their mistakes, and those who curse me after causing an accident due to alcohol are just ‘jjotgan’.”

“Perfect. Now you seem to truly understand humans.”

Humans are just humans.

There are good people, but there are also bad people and crazy people.

“Alcohol is a very good drink that reveals human nature. Let me show you that. Dionysus, how much alcohol has been made now?”

“……I brought one immediately after making it.”

“Then let’s go down with me and make about 100 bottles.”

“Ah, Father-kkeseo…?”

“Yes.”

I need to learn how to make alcohol so I can secretly have a drink in Olympus, and I can’t let Dionysus make 100 bottles all by himself.

“Shouldn’t we hold a festival to commemorate the birth of alcohol?”

* * *

Somewhere in the Kingdom of Thebes, a quiet little village.

That place was filled with joy and happiness.

“Zeus-nim has given us a gift! He will lead us to Elysium!”

“Great Zeus-siniyeo…! Thank you, keueut…!”

In front of the villagers, in the square, a huge wild boar was roasting over a torch.

A boar as big as a house attacked the village and people were about to die, but lightning struck from the sky and the boar died instantly.

-Humans.

-Ah, no…! The great Zeus-sin-kkeseo…?!

-I happened to see it while passing by. All I need is one leg of this strange boar, so you can take care of the rest and enjoy it.

-Aah…!!

-As a bonus, I have a gift for you. Eat, drink, and enjoy the joy of surviving to your heart’s content.

-Thank you…! Great Zeus-nim…!!

-Ah, don’t feed it to the children.

-…Indeed!!

The joy of survival!

If things had gone wrong, everyone could have been swept away and killed by the huge strange boar, but they were barely able to survive with the help of the great Zeus-sin.

How can everyone not enjoy this joy?!

“Light the fire! Bring everything you have at home today!”

“Uooo!!”

“Try this! Keuh, this is really awesome?!”

“Honey, would you like a drink?”

“Okay. …This, we really shouldn’t feed it to the kids?”

“Hey, kids, go away! You guys eat meat!”

The atmosphere of the festival is ripening.

Before long.

“Mom, I’m going to go to sleep….”

“…Okay, go ahead. Sleep well. Then honey, I’ll go wash up for a bit.”

“……Keuh, as expected! Put the kid to sleep right away and come wash up!”

Murmuring.

“…Isn’t that human crazy? Did a married man just tell her to wash up and come?”

“Something, something is strange…. How many bottles did that human drink? Wow, he drank a lot.”

“I know. Honey, you should drink some too.”

“…You don’t mean.”

One by one.

Something, everyone is losing their minds, drawn to the scent of alcohol.

“Heuaaam…. Father, I’m going in to sleep….”

“Okay. Sleep well.”

All the children fell into a deep sleep, and at that time when the adults were looking at each other and sipping alcohol.

Haljjak.

With a sound heard from somewhere, everyone lost their minds.

* * *

“You can’t have a festival without alcohol and meat. It’s a good thing. Let’s experiment there once.”

After saving the village that was about to be attacked by the boar, I decided to send them a lot of alcohol and see the state of the village.

What kind of scene will unfold?

I grilled and ate a piece of boar meat I got from them, rinsed my mouth with liqueur, and watched their festival.

‘As expected.’

Drinking and dancing.

The humans, who were in a good mood after drinking alcohol, began to sing based on the joy of survival.

Praise to Zeus.

Joy of survival.

Hope for the future.

‘When I see things like that, I can’t let go of hope for humans.’

Sometimes they’re really jjotgat, but humans are so lovable.

It’s truly a being of love and hate.

“They’re going to eat and drink until late at night, so slowly…huh?”

Something.

“……No, these humans?”

They were eating, drinking, and rejoicing, but did they all get too drunk on alcohol?

After the children got tired and fell asleep late at night, and after putting everyone to sleep.

Quietly, when only the adults were left, everyone’s eyes changed.

“Dionysus, don’t look.”

“Yes? Why, I want to see too….”

That place was.

It was a festival site.

A sex party.

And that was….

It was reminiscent of a wild sex party on a college campus that would appear in Western porn, and I was so appalled that I got goosebumps on my back.

“What is this-“

Ah.

This was Greece.