episode_0066

“Grill the meat, Geum Taeyang.”

“Me? Grill it?”

“Yeah.”

“Why?”

“If you want kimchi, you gotta work for it.”

“I already did.”

Well, he had a point.

Just making Sophia’s custom equipment alone was more than enough work.

At this point, he deserved at least some convenience-store kimchi.

But.

What if I gave him a different kind of kimchi?

“A different kimchi?”

“The Holy Grail of Sacrifice is a magical artifact that summons items by reading the user’s memories.”

“So, it can summon even nostalgic kimchi.”

“Th-then?…”

“You’re saying you can summon homemade kimchi too?!”

“Ooooh!!!”

“Now you’ll grill the meat, right?”

“Ah, hyung-nim! Just tell me how you want it done!”

“Pork belly is best when grilled well-done.”

“Understood! I’ll grill it perfectly and serve it to you!”

Geum Taeyang quickly prepared the grill and placed the meat on it one by one.

Sizzle!

“I’ll make sure it’s delicious!”

“Good.”

“So, about the kimchi…”

“Touch the Holy Grail of Sacrifice and imagine your homemade kimchi.”

“Yes!”

Whoosh!

From the Holy Grail of Sacrifice, a brown plastic container holding two heads of kimchi appeared.

The kind that goes in a kimchi fridge.

“How is it?”

“Is this really the same kimchi?”

“Junseong-ah…”

“Yeah?”

“Thank you so much… It tastes exactly like the kimchi my late grandmother made five years ago…”

After taking a bite, Geum Taeyang grabbed my hand, tears in his eyes.

Hmm…

Seeing him this moved makes me want to give him one more as a service.

“Service?”

“Was your grandmother’s doenjang jjigae good?”

“You’re gonna summon doenjang jjigae too?!”

“I can.”

The only downside is that summoning a full dish costs slightly more than just ingredients,

but it’s not that expensive.

So?

Why did I bother making doenjang jjigae from scratch before?

‘Because the ingredients from this world are ridiculously good.’

Rather than summoning a regular doenjang jjigae,

it’s tastier to summon just the doenjang and tofu, then cook it myself with local ingredients.

My cooking skills are average,

but monster meat + vegetables blessed by the Goddess of Abundance make for an insane combo.

Even a half-hearted attempt turns into god-tier doenjang jjigae.

But.

No matter how delicious, there’s one flavor that can’t be matched.

The taste of nostalgia.

That’s the ultimate flavor—one even divine ingredients can’t replicate.

…Or so I thought.

“What do you think, Geum Taeyang?”

“Hyung-nim! How could this humble brother refuse your generosity?!”

“Good. Little brother, I’ll gift you nostalgic doenjang jjigae, so grill the meat well.”

“Your will is my command!”

Watching Geum Taeyang even bow, I summoned the doenjang jjigae for him.

“Kuuuuh!!!”

“Thank you!!! Hyung-nim!!! I’m truly grateful!!!”

Geum Taeyang was deeply moved after tasting the stew.

Hmm…

Was it that good?

“……”

It was tasty,

but I couldn’t help feeling it’d be even better with ingredients from this world.

Nostalgia’s flavor, huh.

For someone without those memories, it was just decent.

…Thinking that,

I walked over to Sophia, who was reading the transformation bracelet manual.

“Sophia.”

“My lord?”

“The manual might not be enough, so I’ll explain it myself.”

I went through every detail carefully.

As a bonus, I also taught her the most efficient combat style.

“Think that’s enough?”

“Yes!”

“Can you win?”

“I’ll do my best!”

Burning with determination, Sophia activated the transformation bracelet.

“Transform!”

Whoosh!

Flames erupted from her body as she transformed.

From loli Sophia in saintly robes,

she became busty Sophia in a skin-tight red battle suit.

Though in 100% Blood Stone mode,

there was no risk of rampage due to her lifeforce.

In fact, anything less than 100% couldn’t handle that suit.

It was a monstrous suit that drained massive amounts of HP just by being worn.

A normal person would turn into a mummy instantly.

But.

For Sophia, it was perfect.

“Wooow…”

“Even with Blood Stone fully unleashed… I don’t feel any pain!… This suit is amazing!”

Sophia in 100% Blood Stone mode had too much HP, so the drain was actually beneficial.

The more HP it absorbed, the stronger the suit’s performance.

Enhanced physical abilities.

Enhanced firepower.

“My chest feels stronger too!”

Her chest…

Uh…

Anyway, it was stronger.

“My lord?”

“How do I look now?”

Transformed Sophia snuggled into my arms, beginning to tempt me.

How did she look?

To be brutally honest…

I wanted to drag her to bed and go agabang-pangpang right then.

The skin-tight suit left nothing to the imagination.

Massive chest.

Slender waist.

Firm hips.

Her body was so unreal, I didn’t know where to look.

“My lord, you’re excited?”

“!!!!!!”

Sophia giggled, lightly stroking my lower half.

Clad in the tight red suit,

her hair and eyes now crimson—Red Sophia.

Berserker Mode.

A mode that existed even in Prophecy RPG.

A frenzied state where all lifeforce was burned to annihilate enemies with overwhelming power.

‘At this point, isn’t this just an R-19 mode?’

…The moment I thought that.

“Sophia. Unni!”

Elris marched over, furious.

Ah.

Right.

She’d been looking forward to fighting a strong opponent after so long.

She was mad because we were fooling around instead.

“We should do this together!”

Elris also clung to me, gently caressing my lower half.

Huh?

Is this how it’s supposed to go?

“Master!”

Lia hugged me from behind.

Mwah!

She softly kissed my cheek.

“Hehe.”

Ahh…

So this is what a harem feels like.

The triumphant smile of a winner surrounded by gorgeous beauties.

…Except,

I was desperately holding back.

‘Endure it, Junseong.’

‘You must endure until you reunite with Marianne.’

I could manage this much,

but if my pants came off, there’d be no turning back.

So.

With everything still intact, I spoke.

“Prep’s done. Everyone, move to your positions and get ready.”

“Aww…”

“Finish quickly so you can eat too.”

“Fiiine…”

Elris walked away reluctantly.

“I’ll win and come back.”

Sophia, brimming with fighting spirit, took her place.

Fwoosh!

Lia sat on a chair and erected a barrier.

“This way, we won’t get hurt.”

Ping! Ping!

A sturdy barrier.

One imbued with Lia’s trait.

It could block any attack,

and its transparent, glass-like form wouldn’t obstruct the view of the fight.

Nice.

“Hyung-nim! The first batch of meat is ready!”

“Good.”

The meat was done.

Time to eat and watch.

Sophia stretched lightly, eyeing Elris.

“Give it your all, okay?”

“Same to you.”

“No complaints even if I die, right?”

“That’s my line?”

“I’m fine with it.”

“Me too.”

Even if I die, Lia-nim’s power can revive me.

So.

No harm in going all out.

“Here I go.”

“Bring it.”

Boom!

The first move was a charge.

Kicking off the ground hard, she dashed forward,

clenched her fist, and swung wildly.

Clang!

Elris-nim quickly formed an ice shield to block, but—

CRASH!!!

The fist, amplified by the suit’s power, shattered the shield effortlessly.

This is insane.

“Wow…”

“To break my ice shield so easily… That’s incredible strength…”

Even Elris-nim was impressed.

Strength—pass.

I now knew even a basic punch packed overwhelming force.

But.

I wasn’t stopping here.

Swish! Swish! Whirl! Swish!

Punch, punch, kick, punch, kick.

Her enhanced physique unleashed a relentless assault.

Boom! Boom! CRASH!!!

Each strike devastated the surroundings.

“Amateurish.”

Elris-nim dodged with ease,

then—Slice!

—cleanly bisected my body.

But.

This much was nothing.

“Huh?…”

The wound closed instantly,

and there was no pain.

“Doesn’t hurt?”

“Nope.”

“How’s that possible?”

“My lord taught me a useful technique.”

Pain Removal.

The human body has countless meridians,

through which sensations like softness, hardness, heat, cold, and pain are transmitted.

If you sever the meridians carrying pain,

the body stops feeling it.

I don’t get the原理 (원리),

but I was told to just cut them for now.

So I did.

Now, I don’t feel any pain.

“Th-that’s a thing?!”

“Yep.”

“Kain!”

“Why didn’t I get taught that?!”

“Because it’s usually a bad technique.”

“Bad? How?”

“Yes.”

If you feel no pain, you’ll keep fighting even with fatal wounds.

What happens then?

Injuries worsen,

you lose too much blood,

and collapse.

Then die.

If you’d felt pain, you’d have retreated for treatment,

but without it, you miss the chance.

…In that sense,

losing pain is more dangerous.

Pain is the body’s alarm—warning you of potential death.

Disabling the alarm

leads to disaster.

So.

Except for Sophia, no one should use Pain Removal.

“Sophia unni’s different?”

“Very.”

Current Sophia is near-immortal.

Heart exploding?

Head cut off?

Body torn apart?

Her regeneration is so absurd, none of it matters.

She was like this in Prophecy RPG too.

Now, she’s even stronger.

So.

Pain is pointless for her.

An alarm to flee from fatal wounds?

Unnecessary.

For Sophia, “fatal” means wounds that heal in under a second.

No need for alarms over scratches.

…Hearing this,

Elris looked dumbfounded.

“How am I supposed to beat someone like that?”

“It’s not impossible.”

“?”

“100% Sophia is near-immortal, but not truly unkillable.”

“Keep killing her until she stays down?”

“She’s still human.”

“Stamina and willpower have limits.”

“So just outlast her?”

“You think I’ll just stand there and take it?”

Sophia activated the bracelet again.

Until now, it was just the suit.

A skin-tight red suit—nothing more.

But this was a mecha suit.

Its true power lay in its armaments.

So.

The real fight starts now.

(AI-generated default suit Sophia.)