episode_0016

” Uh.. that.. ”

I felt embarrassed.

No, that’s not true. A girl who gets hungry during battle and eats her opponents.

From the perspective of someone observing from the side, wouldn’t it have been more gory?

” Ahaha.. I just wanted to do that. Yeah. Just. ”

I was at a loss as to what to do and just blurted out whatever I could.

The man chuckled when he saw me like that.

” When I see her like that, she’s really similar to my daughter. She’s really an unpredictable child. ”

Sir, what are you talking about? Are you saying that I am similar to your daughter?

” Ouch! Dacheon! Are you hurt again?! ”

Seoyeon, who had dealt with the last crow, looked at the back of my neck and ran towards me, screaming.

You don’t have to make such a fuss. You’ll get better in no time.

” I’m okay. Neither you nor your uncle are hurt anywhere, right? ”

” I’m fine. ”

” I’m okay too. Dacheon-ah. Even if you get better quickly, you shouldn’t push yourself too hard, right? Hmm? There’s blood around your mouth too? ”

” Oh, this is just fried food that was killed when the crow was killed. ”

I lied like that and tried hard to avoid eye contact.

I’m glad Seoyeon didn’t see me eating crow.

You must have had many worries.

” Just stay still. I’ll clean it for you. ”

Seoyeon took a handkerchief out of her pocket and wiped the blood from my face.

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We loaded the dog and crow carcasses onto the cart and returned to the shelter.

The man took some of the meat, saying he would prepare it.

After a long time, they brought the meat cut into individual parts.

” You’re good at preparing meat too. ”

” I once worked as a VJ for a documentary program. There, I got to watch over the shoulder of someone preparing meat. ”

This man is not an ordinary person.

The fact that you can follow along to this level after seeing it a few times is already inhuman.

” This is my first time eating dog meat, so I’m not sure if it’ll be good. ”

No, if you categorize it so neatly and then cast a spell, what are you trying to do?

Oh, you’re being sarcastic?

” Yes. I’m not an expert so I don’t know much, but even if you said you worked in the slaughterhouse somewhere, I think you’d believe it. ”

Of course, each meat has a slightly different appearance, but I’ve categorized them neatly.

I can’t stand the sight of the meat’s bright color.

” Are you having a meat party today? ”

Raw meat is good, but wouldn’t grilled meat be delicious too?

” I think so. Freshness is the key to this kind of meat. Even if it’s been left out for a day and ripped apart by crows, it’ll still be fine when grilled. Thanks to you, I got a lot of this food, so eat as much as you want tonight. ”

” I won’t decline. ”

I was looking forward to the meat party that was about to take place.

As I was returning to my room after talking to the man, I ran into a child from the shelter.

” Oh, hello? ”

” Hi! Where are you going?? ”

” To go back to the room. ”

” Oh, I see. There it is. Did you go out again? ”

The child in the shelter looked at my clothes and said:

There was a little bit of crow’s blood on it.

” Yeah. I had something to get from outside. To get it. ”

” What will you get?? ”

” Huh? Didn’t you hear that from your dad? ”

” But I just woke up. So I don’t know! ”

That’s really impressive.

” We decided to have a meat party tonight. Ask your dad for the details. ”

” Yeah! Got it! ”

As the child was about to leave, an idea suddenly occurred to him.

” Oh, wait a minute. ”

” Huh? ”

” Come to think of it, we didn’t even know each other’s names. I’m Idacheon. I’m 2, no, 8 years old. ”

” I’m Kim Seori! I’m 9 years old! I’m the older sister! Hehe! ”

uh….

” Is that so..? ”

” Yes! Can I call you Unnie? ”

I made a mistake. I should have just said my name, but I said my age instead.

I’m in a position where I can call this child my older sister!

” Uh… Uh… Uh… Uh… Uh… You… ”

” Yes! Dacheon! Please take care of me in the future! ”

It seems like I have a reason to go to Yeoju soon.

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It was already evening and we gathered in the large room to grill some meat.

Kimchi, meat, ssamjang, etc. on rice.

The only thing I can taste right now is meat, but the combination itself is a feast like no other.

” Hey! Eat a lot! I heard the story. My husband said that you have to eat a lot of meat for your arms to grow. Now that I look at it, my arms have grown quite a bit. ”

This time, crow meat played a big role.

In percentage terms, the left arm recovered about 20% and the right arm recovered about 10%.

So today I have to stuff all this meat into my stomach.

” It’s all cooked here. Here, Dacheon, I’ll feed you. ”

Of course, I had to accept it like a baby bird.

Yum yum.

Is this the taste you get when you just grill meat?

It was very different from the taste I felt in the past.

” Did you add anything to the meat? ”

” Yeah. I put a little salt on the meat. That makes it taste better. ”

Salt? Oh… I can’t even taste salt.

So it just tastes like it’s been roasted.

My review surprisingly concluded that it was more delicious when eaten raw.

I think it tastes better when blood flows out.

Wow. I’m totally ruined. I can’t even taste the grilled meat I used to.

” Sister Seoyeon, is it delicious? ”

” Yeah, it’s been a while since I’ve had meat, so it’s really good. It’s my first time eating dog meat though. ”

While Seoyeon was feeding me meat, she was also eating herself.

Judging by the way his expression brightens every time he eats it, it must be really delicious.

Everyone else was enjoying it too. I guess I’m the only one who finds it odd.

” Why? Something is strange?? ”

“Suri, who was eating next to me, said:

I guess my expression looked a little strange.

” No, there’s nothing wrong with it. I was just wondering how much I could eat. ”

Yeah. Since I’m eating it to recover my arm, let’s put the taste aside.

Honestly, I expected it, but there’s nothing I can do about it. I just have to accept it.

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The day after eating as much meat as possible.

My left arm is about 70% recovered and my right arm is about 40% recovered.

At this point, I realized that my current arm was very different from my previous arm.

The appearance is the same, but it seems to be stronger and more durable. In the movie, the exterior looks like a human, but the interior feels like a steel robot.

It was a happy miscalculation. Then, wouldn’t my arm be torn off again?

I looked at my arm and had another thought. Something to do with my instincts and taste for meat, to be precise.

These are the things that happened to me after I got seriously injured.

It’s as if it’s changed to the point where nothing else is needed besides meat.

The reason I have some interest in other foods is because I have memories of those foods.

The same goes for things like kimchi, ssamjang, and garlic that we had yesterday.

But after losing my sense of taste, kimchi was just crunchy, ssamjang just felt foreign, and garlic was just something hard.

I once chewed five cloves of garlic at once to see what effect their spicy properties had on the body.

But it really didn’t matter. Seori was shocked when she saw that.

Even carnivorous animals that only eat meat would react to this spicy flavor, so what about me?

She became a girl, and was fine in strange gases and air quality, her body could regenerate and recover, her physical abilities were high, and she could even chew on corpses without getting a stomachache.

When I introduce myself to someone, they would believe me if I said that I was a new human born in a laboratory created to survive in a destroyed world.

I wonder if this group will be able to get along well? There are so many outside elements.

Ugh… I really hate using my brain. I just wanted to be a rich bum, but how did I end up like this…

Knock knock

Someone knocked on the door.

” It’s me, it’s me! Let’s have a snack! ”

He’s a really lively kid. He’s so energetic that he’s a good match for introverts.

I felt that way more than when I saw it before.

I got up from my seat and tried to open the door.

” Ah.. ”

I don’t have arms.. Use them..

” It’s open, so open it and come in. ”

Squeak

The door opened and there was Frost and a dog.

A dog with its mouth open and blood gushing out.

I quickly turned my gaze and examined Seori’s complexion.

” ?? ”

Seori seemed unaware of anything.

… Common sense tells me that something like that wouldn’t be inside the shelter, and its appearance was familiar.

That’s the dog I killed last time.

The dog looked at me and started to open its mouth wide.

I hugged the frost with my half-grown arms and dragged it into the room.

Then he kicked the door shut.

bang!

A fairly loud noise rang out.

” Huh? Huh? What’s wrong?! ”

“Suri said in a bewildered voice.

” I quickly closed the door because I saw a cockroach the size of a fist earlier. ”

” Eek! I hate cockroaches! ”

He covered it up with a hastily made-up lie.

He hid his slightly trembling arms behind his back.

I still feel terrified when I see that hallucination.

Still, it’s getting better, since it hasn’t caused seizures like last time.

” But what kind of snack did you bring? ”

I asked, changing the subject.

” Ah! This is beef jerky! Mom said it was beef jerky! ”

Oh, a very, very special piece of meat fell into the water.