Chapter 30: churros red bean shaved ice
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churros red bean shaved ice
The moment I hear about visiting the dragon lair, my tail starts moving quickly on its own.
I’m hugging my tail that’s causing such a commotion it’s making the sofa shake slightly, while scolding it with “ang-nyang-nyang”.
Perseus watches me and smiles softly.
“It’s natural for a hatchling’s tail to move on its own. There’s no need to try to control it too much.”
Still, I’m fidgeting because it doesn’t seem polite in front of the dining table.
Perseus looks at me and puts a small piece of meat on my plate while saying.
“So I hope you’ll eat something delicious without stressing too much.”
Is Perseus an angel?
As I stare at the meat placed in front of me with wide eyes.
Perseus looks at me with a fatherly smile.
“Eat a lot. If it’s not enough, just say so.”
“Yes…!”
“That’s right.”
From descriptions alone, he seemed like a war-crazed, cold-blooded killer.
But meeting Perseus in person, he felt somewhat like a grandfather.
Thinking it’s strange because of the big discrepancy, I’m stuffing my cheeks full of meat when Perseus continues with his questions.
“By the way, how would you like to build your lair? Do you have any designs or directions in mind?”
I couldn’t help but fall into contemplation at such a question.
There are various reasons, but the biggest reason was that the concept of a lair itself was an extremely abstract space to begin with.
‘It’s not a home, but it’s as cozy as one, a place that makes you happy just by thinking about it.’
This is difficult to express precisely what it is, so my head is spinning.
As I’m wracking my brain, Perseus looks at me and smiles softly.
“If nothing comes to mind, rather than trying to create a perfect lair from the start, it might be better to make it in a form that grows little by little.”
“… Growth, you say?”
At my question, he nods and puts a piece of meat on my plate.
As I’m thinking that he’s like an incredibly kind grandfather no matter how I look at it, I bow my head slightly.
He gently strokes my head and continues speaking.
“It means exactly what it sounds like. Ha-eun, it’s a growth-type lair that grows along with you as you grow.”
I understood up to the part about being able to grow together.
But as I blink my eyes, not knowing in what way or how I should grow,
He bites his lip lightly to hold back a laugh, then speaks to me while trying his best to suppress his amusement.
“It would be better to finish this conversation after we’ve finished eating.”
“……”
“Even if you lower your tail dejectedly, what’s not allowed is not allowed. Let’s eat first.”
Although it was disappointing not to hear it right away, he said he’d tell me after we finished eating.
I tried to eat as quickly as possible to hear the rest of the story, but.
“Eat this, Ha-eun. It’s Chae-a’s favorite. Chae-a is happy when Ha-eun is full.”
Because Chae-a kept piling various foods on my plate, my bowl showed no signs of emptying.
I tried to tell Chae-a it was okay, but.
‘It’s delicious…’
It was too delicious to refuse, so I had no choice but to eat everything Chae-a gave me like a baby bird.
Ha-eun ate until her stomach was full.
Chae-a seemed proud of me, patting my head and smiling brightly.
“Ha-eun is so good!”
I felt a bit shy being praised for eating well, so I fidgeted awkwardly.
Han A-rin, who was next to us, chuckled and said to us.
“What are you little ones doing?”
“Chae-a is not a little one! She’s a big sister!”
“Alright, alright. What is our big sister Chae-a going to do without eating?”
“I have to feed Ha-eun! Because Ha-eun is my precious little sister…!”
Hearing this, Han A-rin wiped the sauce from Chae-a’s mouth with a handkerchief and said.
“Ha-eun must be happy, having such a reliable big sister?”
… I wanted to say that I was more of an adult.
But in this situation, saying that would only seem like throwing a tantrum, so I tried my best to hold back my pouting lips.
‘Wait a minute.’
Shouldn’t I naturally not say anything, rather than trying to hold back?
I was startled to realize that I was naturally thinking such childish thoughts.
‘… I need to pull myself together.’
I slapped both my cheeks to regain my senses.
Chae-a, who was next to me, was startled and hugged me.
Seeing this, I realized that Chae-a had misunderstood something, so I quickly shook my head, but.
“…… Guge aira.”
That’s not it.
Perhaps due to the fantastic collaboration of a mouth full of food and a tongue twisted from surprise.
Words I couldn’t even understand myself suddenly burst out.
I quickly chewed the food to get rid of that way of speaking, but even though I tried to chew faster, the food wouldn’t go down well, maybe because my throat was too small.
I waved my hands in confusion.
But seeing my gesture, Han A-rin and Perseus showed even more sadness.
Then they started talking to each other with very sad eyes.
“… So this is what you meant.”
“Yes, that’s right. This is why I keep Seo-rin and Ha-eun together.”
“If I had known it was this serious, I would have given it more time.”
“I think that would be better. Especially in Ha-eun’s case…”
Han A-rin whispered in a low voice, covering her mouth with her hand so I couldn’t hear.
“Because she has experienced her original home collapsing due to terrorism. She extremely dislikes changes in her environment.”
“… I’m very angry.”
They seemed to be trying their best to make sure I couldn’t hear their conversation.
But because they were so close, I could naturally hear their talk.
As I listened to their conversation while still chewing the food left in my mouth, Chae-a rubbed her face against my chest and said.
“Ha-eun shouldn’t be sick… Chae-a is sad.”
“It’s okay. I’m not sick at all.”
“Really!?”
“Yeah.”
After being comforted for a moment, Chae-a gets up with a giggle.
I’m patting Chae-a’s head because she’s so cute, when Perseus speaks to me with a rather serious expression.
“After we finish eating, we plan to have dessert. It’s patbingsu made with milk, with rice cakes added. Of course, we’ll add plenty of condensed milk and churros.”
I chuckle a bit at his serious expression while listing the ingredients for patbingsu.
Then I shake my head, compose my expression, and answer as nonchalantly as possible.
“Sounds good.”
I’m feeling quite proud of my seemingly good response when.
Suddenly, Perseus looks at me and says seriously.
“No, sugar might not be good for babies, so maybe we should skip the condensed milk.”
Startled by his words, I open my eyes wide, but he waves his hand with a smirk.
“I’m joking. Dragons and spirits don’t get sick no matter how many sweets they eat anyway.”
Isn’t that really amazing?
As I’m getting excited at the thought of secretly eating chocolate in the evening.
Han A-rin pokes my cheek repeatedly and says.
“Still, you can’t eat snacks secretly at dawn, okay? Promise with your sister.”
As I’m shrinking from Han A-rin’s forceful attempt to make a promise.
Perseus, seemingly deciding that’s enough, snaps his fingers and calls for the butler again.
“Butler. Please bring the dessert.”
“I understand.”
What appeared with those brief words was a giant churros patbingsu that I had never seen before in my life.
And it was made not with ice, but with frozen milk ground into shaved ice…!
I could only stare blankly at its impressive appearance.
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The patbingsu filled with churros was amazing.
It was extremely sweet, incredibly savory, and melted softly in the mouth!
Chae-a ate it and praised it as ‘tasting like eating clouds’, it was that delicious.
“Chae-a is happy.”
I giggled as I watched Chae-a’s stomach grow enormously beside me.
As she was still young, I found it somewhat cute how her belly would swell up after eating.
While I was watching this, Perseus looked at me and spoke.
“Then, as promised, let me tell you about growth-type Rares.”
Hearing those words, I straightened my back and assumed a posture of attentive listening.
Seeing my behavior, Perseus smiled slightly, then took out a small blue crystal from his chest.
“All Rares have their own characteristics and unique features, so they have nothing in common with each other. But there is one thing that all Rares have in common.”
He continued speaking as he placed the blue crystal in my hand.
“It’s that there is an entity that manages the Rare.”
Is he talking about something like a maid or butler?
I was looking at the butler standing next to me with sparkling eyes.
He poked my cheek and continued speaking.
“It’s similar to the butler you’re looking at now, but for Rares, it would be good to think of them as more versatile.”
“Wow…”
“Starting from miscellaneous functions like cleaning and ventilation, to managing belongings, taxes, and handling legal procedures…”
There were so many things it could do that I zoned out halfway through.
While I was recalling how amazing the red bean shaved ice I had earlier was, Perseus patted my head and smiled.
“You’ll know the details when you place the crystal in the desired location, so let’s make it then.”
“Yes…!”
I’ll learn the details gradually.
As I was thinking that, I carefully caressed the crystal in my pocket.
I can feel the crystal pulsing in response to my touch, as if it has a heartbeat.
Thinking it’s somewhat like a heart, I decided to be even more careful with it.
Perseus looked at me and calmly spoke.
“Then, let me show you around my Rare.”
At those words, I was about to nod quickly.
But feeling that Seo-rin might be very disappointed if we just left like this, I carefully made one request.
“Can we go together with Seo-rin…?”
“Of course we can.”
“Thank you!”
Thinking it’s fortunate that Seo-rin won’t be sad, I said I would go get Seo-rin, and as Chae-a and I were about to go out holding hands tightly,
Han A-rin said, “You should go with your big sister, right?” and picked us up.
I insisted that Chae-a and I could go by ourselves, looking at our dangling bodies.
But Han A-rin turned her head as if she wouldn’t listen and carried us out in her arms.
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