The Guardian's Sword

Looking at the six neatly arranged bullfrogs on the table, Sean's eyelids began to
twitch.

"How's it?" Lisha asked with a smile.

"It's... Quite impressive..." Sean struggled to find the right words, hesitating for a
moment before finally speaking.

"Quick! Try it!" Lisha pushed one barbequed bullfrog toward Sean.

There was nothing else for Sean to say. He could only reluctantly pick up the
barbequed bullfrog and take a bite.

Sean thought the bullfrog must be very unpleasant to taste. However, the
barbequed bullfrog in his mouth tasted amazing, with a particularly delicious
flavor.

The unexpectedly great taste surprised Sean, as the taste was vastly different
from the appearance, leaving him feeling caught off guard. It seemed that
bullfrogs were similar to stinky tofu.

Stinky tofu smelled bad but tasted good. As for barbequed bullfrogs, they looked
disgusting but were delicious

to eat.

Of course, people who often ate bullfrogs would not find them unappetizing. This
was just a difference in dietary habits caused by Sean's background.

"The taste is good, isn't it?"

Lisha's smile grew even wider as she tore off a leg of a bullfrog and put it into her
mouth.

"Yeah, it's really good..." Sean nodded earnestly.

This time, he was not just perfunctory, he genuinely thought the bullfrog tasted
great.

"Do you want something to drink?" The food stall owner asked with a smile.
"Uncle, are you trying to sell us your homemade fruit wine again?” Lisha burst
out laughing.

It seemed that the stall owner frequently tried to sell his homemade fruit wine to
Lisha. Otherwise, Lisha would not have reacted like that.

The owner of the food stall rubbed his nose awkwardly, but then he straightened
up and said proudly, "Believe it or not, my fruit wine is really good. Everyone
who's tasted it says so! It's both sweet and sour, and the alcohol content is high,
comparable to strong liquor."

"It's precisely because the alcohol content is too high that your fruit wine doesn't
sell well, uncle. People who want to drink fruit wine are young girls, so how could
they possibly drink something with such a high alcohol content?"

"And those who want to drink high-alcohol-content beverages are mostly men.
Compared to fruit wine, they prefer brandy or vodka, as well as the liquor from
Dragon Kingdom."

Lisha's words were spot on.

This food stall owner's fruit wine seemed to be the type of in-the-middle drink that
neither young girls nor men liked.

However, Sean was very interested.

To be able to turn fruit wine, which leaned towards being a beverage, into a high
alcohol content liquor, this uncle's craftsmanship must have something special.
"Give me a glass of your fruit wine, Uncle."

Sean decided to call this food stall owner "uncle" along with Lisha.

Upon hearing this, the uncle laughed so much that he could not close his mouth
and quickly poured a full glass of fruit wine for Sean.

Sean picked up the oversized glass and took a sip. The taste was a mixture of
sour, sweet, and alcoholic, and it was very intense, with a complex flavor.

At first, Sean did not know whether to say the fruit wine was good or bad, but
when he put down the oversized glass, he had the impulse to chug it down in one
gulp.

"The fruit used to make this wine is called black wolfberry. It's a fruit that's similar
to grapes, but it's especially sour. It's a specialty of our city-state,” Lisha
explained with a smile.

"I see," Sean replied.