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Athena’s mansion boasts a magnificent atmosphere.

There was a luxurious kitchen there that was the envy of any place.

A variety of cooking utensils, cleanly maintained dishes, and even very expensive food ingredients.

It boasted a fancy and neat atmosphere that would make anyone who dreams of cooking want to work here.

Until just now.

Kwaaang!-

With a loud noise, the door shattered into pieces beyond recognition.

“Eww!”

“What…what is it!”

While the cooks were left behind to clean up, the kitchen door suddenly blew open.

Let’s look at where the blown door was originally.

“Hero?”

She came into the kitchen with a gloomy air.

Everyone’s bodies began to tremble under an inexplicable sense of pressure.

Her eyes were infinitely calm, but within them spread a faint sense of fear that her body instinctively rejected.

“Where’s the chef?”

In this atmosphere, there was no one here who had the courage to speak to her.

In the end, no one could answer –

Boom- Kwaang-

“Whoaak!”

“Save the people!!!”

As if a bomb had been fired, golden mana scattered everywhere and began to break down various parts of the kitchen.

Then a person came running.

That man was the chef here. His name was Borsch.

He was resting nearby, leaving the cleanup to his subordinates. He came running as soon as he heard a loud noise.

“Ah…Athena!! What is this..!”

Athena’s eyes flashed for a moment, then she quickly walked towards Borsh and grabbed him by the neck.

“Ke…kekeke!”

“You…did that..?”

“Ugh… ugh what… what the…”

“You dare say that Hera’s cooking is tasteless?”

How dare you. Someone like you. Cooking Hera.

The moment the chef’s breath was about to suffocate from her burning, soft anger, Athena released his neck.

“Coolook!! Huh, gasp..!”

He looked down at him coldly as he breathed heavily, trying to catch his breath.

“I’ll give you 3 seconds. Answer me. If you don’t want your neck to fly off.”

“That’s…that’s what happened!! I just received orders!!”

Kwaang- A large hole opened in the wall next to Borsh.

If Borsch’s head had been turned just a little to the side, his head would have separated from his body and left the ground.

“Uh..uh..”

“I know. That makes me even more annoyed and upset.”

Bam-

The sound of Athena’s teeth grinding echoed through the kitchen.

People hid as if dead mice, holding their breath in the face of her murderous aura.

“Yeah. I have some responsibility too. I’ll give you a chance.”

She kicked the chef’s knee once and continued speaking.

“Food made by Hera. Where is it?”

“Uh….Huh?”

“Food made by Hera. Surely she wouldn’t throw it away, right?”

Cadduk-

Her teeth ground creepily once more.

Borsch felt an instinctive threat that he should not keep her waiting here any longer.

“This..is here!! It has such a unique taste that I kept it in a freezer magic tool..!”

Borsh runs without looking back and brings food.

He carried the chicken, carefully wrapping it in his hands so that it wouldn’t fall, as if it were his lifeline.

When Borsch offered Athena the bowl of chicken, she immediately snatched it from his hands.

Then I put a piece of cold chicken into my mouth.

I chewed slowly with my eyes closed and savored the taste.

This dish is spicy and has the texture of chicken.

It was exactly the taste he had told Hera he liked.

It was even delicious. A mysterious taste that I had never tasted before.

It seemed that Hera had quite a talent for cooking.

Thinking of Hera, who was making this dish step by step while thinking of herself, a pain arose somewhere in her heart.

He carefully placed the bowl on the table and gave orders to those around him in a cold voice.

“This food. Bring it hot so that it doesn’t lose its original flavor.”

“If. If even a little bit of the taste of what I just ate disappears…”

“Everyone here. It won’t be a good sight.”

The kitchen light that had been turned off came back on.

The cooks and chefs in the kitchen moved without a moment’s hesitation and began to revive the cold chicken using every method at their disposal.

* * *

“Ugh…..sob..”

A dark room without even a single ray of light.

Since I regained my lost consciousness, I have been shedding tears without stopping for a single moment.

“Height!..Headache!!..Sob..”

He committed suicide by hitting his own head hard with his fist.

Because if I didn’t do this, I couldn’t possibly forgive myself.

Just don’t do anything.

Athena must be waiting for you by now.

I was making her wait by offering to cook for her on my behalf.

But I didn’t want to give her tasteless food, so in the end I had no choice but to run away.

You must be angry.

Maybe it was time to give up on myself.

Even though he said he would love me for the rest of his life, people’s hearts can change at any time.

It wouldn’t be strange if I ever lost interest in this pitiful sight of myself.

“Idiot..!Idiot..!”

Puck-puck

As he continued to run his hands down his head, something warm began to flow down from one side.

But since I couldn’t see even an inch ahead of me, I couldn’t see what it was.

How much time has passed like that?

dripping-

-Hera. It’s me.

During the visit, I heard the voice of the person whose face I most wanted to see.

“Don’t…come in…”

But, making my pleas seem meaningless, she opened the door and came in.

When she turned on the light, the dazzling light stung my eyes.

“Ugh.”

“Hera!!!!”

During the brief moment my eyes adjusted to the light, I heard her screaming.

When I opened my eyes again, she had come towards me and was wearing an expression I had never seen before.

Her eyes were shaking violently, and her face looked as if she was greatly surprised.

I held out my hand and blocked her from my sight.

“Don’t look..”

please.

Don’t look at my pitiful appearance.

But she lightly subdued my hand, and then immediately placed her hand on my head.

“It’s so painful Hera!!!!”

I guess the warm something that flowed down my head earlier was my blood.

Golden mana flowed out from her hands and enveloped my head. I felt the warm air seeping in and the wound on my head healing.

When I turned my head in the direction where the blood was flowing, I saw the comforter sheets stained bright red with my blood.

“What were you doing until it got to this point!!”

Athena, uncharacteristically, got angry at me with a shrill scream.

“……”

But I couldn’t give her any answer.

I thought it might not be a bad idea to just collapse from anemia and avoid this situation.

Then I won’t have to suffer like this for a while…

As my head filled with negative thoughts, Athena hugged me tightly.

“Don’t ever do something like this again.”

Athena, who has been worried about me until this moment.

I even ran away from my promise with her, but she hugged me warmly.

Tears flowed again and he buried his face in her shoulder.

“Sigh..sob..s..sorry..”

She comforted me by gently patting my back.

“What are you sorry about, Hera.”

“I tried to cook for you, but it didn’t taste good. Ugh..”

“…….”

Her body trembled as she hugged me.

I could feel her body cooling down as our skin touched.

Let’s look up at her cautiously at the changed atmosphere.

“…Athena..?”

Her expression showed great anger.

Her brows were furrowed, and a grinding sound could be heard coming from her teeth.

Are you mad at me?

Her expression made me tremble even more.

“Mi..I’m sorry..Athena..don’t be mad..”

The reason I didn’t want to see her.

I’m afraid that he’ll leave me after seeing me like this.

I, who did not want to be abandoned by Athena, could not help but feel infinitely small before her anger.

But Athena hugged me even tighter.

“…..It’s not because of you.”

Her words reassure me.

Tears flowed down my cheeks for no reason.

After pouring out my sorrow in her arms for so long, I was barely able to control my emotions.

Athena wiped away all my tears with her own hands and said:

“Hera. Have you eaten?”

I shook my head quietly.

She smiled faintly at me and came back carrying a large bowl that she had placed by the door.

“I haven’t eaten either. Should we eat this together?”

“This..this is..”

What she brought was.

It was chicken that I made after suffering for hours.

“This…this…no!…this doesn’t taste good…better…”

But she ignored me and took a big bite of the piece.

‘Ah…no…’

His own cooking that everyone said was tasteless.

I didn’t want to feed that to Athena.

I thought the chef had thrown it away in the first place, so why is this food coming out of her hands?

I couldn’t look at her face, so I lowered my head and mumbled.

“It won’t taste good..”

I was afraid to hear her answer.

But the words that came out of her mouth were-

“It’s delicious.”

“…Huh?”

“This is the most delicious food I’ve ever had.”

Is it delicious..?

There was no way that could happen.

Food that everyone in the kitchen said was tasteless.

This is a dish that even highly skilled chefs have given harsh criticism to.

Athena’s words were probably just intended to comfort her.

“..You don’t have to lie…”

But she looked at me with a serious expression.

“Hera. This isn’t a lie. It’s really delicious”

Athena said that and took out a piece and put it back in her mouth.

“…Huh?”

“You eat too. Isn’t this food we were going to eat together?”

Athena cut the chicken into bite-size pieces and put them in my mouth.

As I carefully opened my lips, I could taste the spicy seasoning on my tongue.

It tasted just like the seasoned chicken I enjoyed in Korea.

“Is it really… delicious..?”

“Yeah. It’s something I want to eat every day.”

“……”

It was really delicious. She was eating the chicken without stopping.

I was just staring at Athena for a long time.

‘……thank god.’

I thought to myself.

Because Athena likes it.

So that what I did wasn’t in vain…

As I watched her eating deliciously, I began to feel an inexplicable emotion.

I felt the warmth coming from her being transmitted to me.

Thump-thump

My heart started to beat faster and faster.

My heart was filled with great emotion.

Thank you.

I felt so grateful to her.

I was so grateful to her for always coming to me and comforting me even though I was so lacking, and I wanted to do something for her.

Something she might like.

‘If I kiss you… will you like it..?”

Until now, I’ve only been receiving, but now I feel like I want to give first.

As I slowly looked at her face, I saw her lips painted with the red sauce I had made.

I carefully set the bowl aside and approached her.

“..Hera?”

I lunge at her mouth as she looks at me with a slightly bewildered expression.

-side

We shared a light kiss.

The first kiss I ever gave her.

Athena was also looking at me, blinking her eyes in surprise.

Knock- knock-

I kept lightly touching my lips to hers, as if a bird was knocking its beak against hers.

As the seasoning she had applied to my lips through repeated kisses was transferred to my lips, I licked my lips with my tongue and ate all of the seasoning.

Athena, who had been blankly staring at me like that, ran towards me with fire in her eyes.

She grabbed my shoulders with both hands so hard it hurt.

“Ouch!”

She was looking at me, breathing heavily, as if she was enduring something.

“Why…Why are you like that..”

Her rapid breathing and burning eyes seemed as if she was angry somewhere.

uh..?

Why are you angry?

Did the kiss make you feel bad..?

“Hera..what are you doing?”

“Uh…huh?”

Her voice growled low and quietly.

Her threatening tone made my head spin quickly.

I wondered what could possibly make her angry.

I slowly thought back on what I had done to her.

I could immediately find the reason.

Oh, I see.

The reason was so simple.

Rather, it was strange that I didn’t notice.

‘…..I’m so selfish.’

I was inconsiderate.

From her perspective, it must have been quite upsetting.

I looked at her and smiled

Finally, he gave her a kiss on the lips.

“Sorry…Athena.”

“Hera..you..”

“…You can eat it.”

“….what?”

“Don’t hold back…you can eat it.”

At my words, something in her eyes suddenly snapped.

She started to slowly approach me, breathing heavily.

“Hera. Hera. Hera. Hera. Hera. Hera”

As she ran towards me like a beast that had lost its mind, I-

“Okay. Ah~ Okay.”

He picked up a piece of chicken covered in seasoning and offered it to her.

Throb-

At my words, her body froze for a moment.

She looked at me with an anxious expression for a moment, then spoke carefully.

“…….What is this..?”

“Chicken. You were mad because I cleaned it up.”

Athena too.

If it’s that delicious, why don’t you tell me?

As expected, the power of the God of Chicken was truly amazing.