Order of the Sommelier (Monster Bar / Shi Jiu Ling / Yao Guai Jiu Guan / 侍酒令)

=Order of the Sommelier= =Episode 21=

(Underage viewers are advised to watch under parental consent.)

I can't believe you brought help.

I recognise

this smell.

Looks like you're the one

who's behind this.

Demon hunter.

Be careful not to hurt Xiaoqi.

Thoughts become obsessions

and obsessions become evil.

You're not trapped here

because you've done wrong,

but your grudge

has turned you into a stone spirit.

What stone spirit?

Nonsense!

You were so emotional

that you don't know

you've already died.

So your spirit remained,

complying with the promise you made in life

and eventually became a stone spirit

and stuck here forever.

You think you can get out of here

by using Xiaoqi's body?

He who tied the bell to the tiger must take it off.

The only ones who can really get you out of here

are the ones who brought you here.

Father.

Mother.

When are you coming

to pick me up?

Dear.

It's getting dark

and they say there are wild boars here.

We're not supposed to

take this shortcut.

Stop worrying so much.

He has a very bad fever.

If we don't go this way,

I'm afraid he'll not make it

when we get to town.

Dear.

Let's go.

Hurry up.

Mother.

Xiaobao.

Mother.

Stay with your father.

I'll pick you some fruit.

Stay awake.

Dear.

Xiaobao.

You stay here.

Don't move.

Father.

Eat this pastry if you are hungry

and here's some water.

Father.

Be nice.

It's okay.

I will be right back.

Wait here.

Be nice.

I found your parents.

Where are they?

Xiaoqi!

Xiaoqi!

My son, are you okay?

Let me see.

I'm glad you are fine.

Why do you only care about him?

Why didn't my father come to see me?

Xiaoqi.

Xiaoqi.

Why do you only have him in mind?

In that case,

I'll turn him into a stone

to keep me company.

Xiaoqi!

Demon hunter.

Please save Xiaoqi.

There's still a way.

If you vanish

with the stone spirit,

the spell will be lifted.

I should have died

30 years ago.

Now

all I ask now is for your help.

However, this stone spirit

is really pitiful.

So if you have a better way,

please spare him a memento.

In that case,

I'll fulfil your wish.

However,

I only kill demons.

I don't hurt people.

No!

Step aside!

Don't hurt my mother.

Yi.

I've wanted to call you mother

for a long time.

I didn't dare believe it.

I had to force myself not to.

Denial

is the only way to hold myself together

through this life.

Companionship is too much of a burden.

I can't bear

the company you give me

in this way.

I can't bear it.

Mother!

Yi.

It's all my fault.

Such companionship

is really meaningless.

Yi.

If there was a next life,

I

would always be with you.

Mother.

Mother!

Xiaoqi.

Xiaoqi.

Save my son.

Save my son.

Save my son.

Move aside.

Well,

you started this.

So you should end it.

Look at the tree in front.

Look.

Watch carefully.

Father.

Mother.

You've turned into a stone spirit.

So you are trapped here.

You don't know

that they haven't gone far.

Your parents' remains

are absorbed by the earth,

which then grew into saplings

and into a big tree.

It drops flowers in summer

and leaves in autumn.

It's been going on for a century.

In fact, their company

is always there.

Go ahead.

Thank you.

Father!

Mother!

Xiaobao, good boy.

Come back with us.

- Let's go. - Let's go.

Xiaoqi.

Xiaoqi.

Why am I here?

You're so playful.

I'll teach you a good lesson when we get back.

Yi.

Yi.

Who is she?

She is

your grandmother.

Grandmother?

Go ahead.

Grandmother.

Good boy.

Mother.

Grandmother.

What you just said

was unbelievably melodramatic.

I was just stating the facts.

You've changed.

In the past,

you would kill

every demon

without a second thought.

Stop talking nonsense. I'm thirsty.

The word "companionship"

carries a lot of weight.

Why?

Do you regret it?

We agreed that I would catch 10,000 evil demons as a boundary

and you would trade me Sober Demon for my alchemy.

Is the bet still on?

It's a losing bet,

but deal.