In the middle of the
celebration, after Hrothgar had given me his permission to help him, get rid of
Grendel. Unferth decided to try to ruin everyone's mood and embarrass me in
front of everyone. He told everyone that when I was younger I lost a swimming challenge
against Brecca because I wasn’t stronger than him and I had lost and all I did
was boast about everything. This irritated me greatly, but I didn't let it show
because what he was saying wasn't the complete truth. What I was concerned
about the most was that, perhaps King Hrothgar would change his mind if he
decided to believe Unferth over what I had just told him. I didn't interrupt
Unferth from speaking because that would've been quite rude. However when he
had finished I explained that I had indeed lost the swimming race against
Brecca and had come to the shore after he had but only because I had to fight
off a bunch of sea creatures that kept attacking me while I was on my way to
the shore; Also because Unferth had too much mead to drink and was just running
off his mouth.
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