episode_0068

Let’s go back in time a little bit, after Si-Hyeon runs out after just three highballs at the banquet.

Rinne’s shoulders, which had risen in the sky without realizing how high they were, fell again.

“So, among the dishes prepared by the warrior, pork is the best.”

“So, honestly, I think hot dogs are the best!”

“Maybe it’s because we’re humans, so we don’t know the taste. The harmonious taste of bibimbap… .”

‘It’s hard to fit in… .’

The words of the Black Wolf tribe, Linnaeus. A woman who shrinks infinitely without Si-hyeon, whom she seems to have become a little closer to.

Therefore, she delved into the mysteries of the macrocosm until the banquet was over.

In other words, I couldn’t properly participate in the conversation and got bruised.

“Rinne, what was the most delicious thing you ate today?”

“Woo-eup!? That, uh, over there… beef… … .”

-Hesitantly.

“Hey, Arthur. You hate it. Don’t force me to talk when I’m enjoying my meal.”

“Oops!! Sorry!!”

“… … .”

At least Arthur, who has a heart second only to Sihyeon, tried to take care of him…

The question happened to come at a time when Rinne was picking up snacks rather than paying attention.

Her startled eyes frowned unintentionally, and her companions judged that to be ‘don’t talk to her while she’s eating’.

Even though it was belated, I was surprised that the conversation suddenly stopped. If I had said something like ‘I’m sorry’, the interrupted conversation would have resumed…

Again, Rinne is just a disaster without vision.

Since such advanced technology was too much, she ended up killing time by continuing to imitate an invisible person.

Until the banquet was over and the warrior party, excluding her, were heavily intoxicated and were escorted to their lodgings.

* * * * * *

After escaping with the absurd excuse of ‘I need to keep casting crime prevention magic on my benefactor’s quarters’.

Rinne lay down on the bench near Sihyeon’s lodgings.

Afterwards, the sigh of the seeker who finished his long penance echoed in the night sky.

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“Ha… .”

‘I’m drunk. iced coffee.’

Because I endured the austerity of being forced to endure a drinking session that was not suited to my nature. A drink that makes you crave even more.

The mead that I couldn’t even put to my mouth because I was wondering who else would talk to me at the banquet kept lingering before my eyes.

Even while I was lying down, my mouth was watering.

– Chureup.

‘That makchang thing he did… No, I want to eat meat rather than makchang. ‘How delicious would it be if you ripped off the meat off the bone and took a sip of alcohol?’

“… Rinne?”

“… … !!!!!?”

‘Yo, hero!?’

And, a vision that appeared at the same time as the thought flowed towards food.

Rinne was startled for a moment, but…

“Then wait a minute? I’ll make some snacks soon, so let’s go to the dorm and eat them together.”

‘… … ‘I want to get married.’

As if he had read her thoughts, Sihyeon proposed a masterpiece.

… Even though there was a minor incident that caused a misunderstanding due to the characteristic unconscious flirting for a while, anyway.

She watched Sihyeon’s cooking, her ears perking up in joy.

‘First, we have to take out the bear pot. Summons.’

-Toong.

‘… What summon is so simple?! Oh, no, let’s not think too deeply about it. Because originally, sacred magic cannot be explained through magicology.’

The first thing summoned was a pot for boiling meat.

As an archmage, it was a sight that made me want to ask, ‘What kind of summoning magic in the world would so disregard the laws of magic?’

However, Linnaeus wisely chose to keep his mouth shut and watch the cooking instead of arguing.

She was well aware that Sihyeon’s cooking was far beyond what could be explained by magic arts.

-clattering.

“What is that… ?”

“It’s a pork backbone, and I deliberately asked the butcher to leave a little more meat on it.”

“Wow… .”

A pork spine falling into a cauldron summoned from thin air.

For her, who wanted to eat bone meat at the time, it was the best news of all.

As if symbolizing the rising expectations, the animal ears kept moving.

-Eight eight.

‘It smells good…’ .’

The smell of the pork backbone, once blanched and impurities removed, being boiled in a soybean paste-based broth was incredibly delicious.

Sihyeon even tore up the perilla leaves with his hands and added the perilla powder, which he didn’t add until the end, out of fear that the soup would become thick.

The scent alone is enough to make you drunk.

Sihyeon smiled as Rinne was looking at her as if she were fascinated.

-Tiring! You have succeeded in making ‘Gamjatang’!

“I just got some alcohol while I was going to the well to get water, so now all I have to do is drink.”

“Well, now… .”

“It’s nice to eat outside… Because the night breeze is a bit chilly. Let’s go inside and eat, right? At the accommodation. Just the two of us. Kuhuhu.”

“… … … !!!!!”

* * * * * *

Afterwards, Rinne said, ‘Huh? uh?’ In the meantime, I moved to the accommodation where Sihyeon was staying.

A place where the boy’s sweet scent has become a little familiar.

Her eyes widened as she had never held a man’s hand before.

‘Am I at the dorm alone with the boy? Also for a drink? This night? Even though I’m in my pajamas right now?’

Even if Rinne wasn’t particularly delusional, isn’t this a situation in which any woman would think, ‘Could this be?’

However, Si-hyeon did not know that the woman’s heart was boiling and he just prepared the table.

It took no time for the gamjatang (gamjatang) meal to be completed.

-Bubble bubble.

“Linne? It’s all ready, so come and eat.”

“… … !!! Ah, okay.”

A thin and wide pot placed on an induction stone plate. Gamjatang is literally piled high with meat on top.

Only after seeing that did Linnaeus escape from his dark delusion.

As I sat down in a hurry, Sihyeon held out something to me.

“This… ?”

“Wash your hands before eating. This is a dish where you eat the bones directly.”

“Wow, wow… It’s like a woman.”

What was held out was a wet towel that Sihyeon always keeps in preparation for field battles.

However, Rinne didn’t even bother to wipe his hands, but took out a large piece of meat and placed it on the plate in front of him.

It was because the words he had just heard, ‘grab the bone and tear it apart’, made the Black Wolf beastman’s blood boil.

-It’s a disaster.

‘It smells delicious… .’

Pork backbone with such a delicious scent that you’ll instantly forget that you’re alone with the boy you love at night.

The lean meat, simmered in a broth mixed with soybean paste and red pepper paste, started to squirm and fall off the bone just by shaking it slightly.

Also, what is the scent like? The broth, similar to tonkotsu ramen, made with plenty of bones, and the savory flavor of soybean paste is added to give off a truly delicious aroma that you can’t like or dislike.

She couldn’t hold back any longer, lifted the spine and took a mouthful of meat.

The spine is colored with soybean paste and red pepper powder, and soaked in a soup slightly thickened with perilla seed powder.

Her animal ears stretched out.

-Hey guys.

‘What is this, it’s soft…’ !!!’

Sihyeon’s trademark cooking skill, time acceleration.

Thanks to this, the meat, which had become soft as if it had been boiled for several hours, unraveled like a thread in my mouth.

If you boil it for this long, the taste of the lean meat will disperse into the soup and the meat will become tasteless…

Meat attached to the bone shines even more when it is cooked thoroughly.

The meat that tasted the savory flavor coming from the bones at close range actually tasted better than regular meat.

– Mumbling.

‘Besides, it doesn’t even smell like fun. Slightly spicy and very savory… !!!’

Additionally, the seasoning of the meat was exquisite.

The slightly spicy and savory gamjatang soup soaked into the meat with soybean paste, red pepper paste, red pepper powder, and a little bit of Miwon. How could it not be delicious?

Moreover, the thing on top is synonymous with Korean herbs. Sesame.

The combination of gamjatang and perilla leaves showed off its aroma sharply, as if to challenge the heaviness of the overwhelming bone broth.

Rinne didn’t care about the synergistic effect of scent and taste, and just muttered, shouting, ‘Bone meat is the best!’

It didn’t take long for the mouthful of meat to melt in my mouth.

-Mumble, gulp.

‘This is alcohol. It’s definitely alcohol… !!!’

“Now, Rinne. Take a drink.”

“… … … !!!”

And vision. A man who doesn’t enjoy alcohol, but knows the drinker’s habit of feeling hungry for a drink after eating delicious snacks.

The sight of Linnaeus holding out a bottle of mead as soon as he took the drink was truly the image of an ideal stepfather.

‘What is it, honey, I really want to get married.’

-Squeak. gulp.

“… … Hehehe. Good.”

‘It goes so well with alcohol… !!’

With high-quality strong alcohol on the side, it is natural for Rinne to fall into supreme happiness.

She thanked Sihyeon for cooking and pouring drinks for her and held her back again.

However, it was faster to stick out a piece of meat than to bite into the little bit of meat that was still left.

-Swipe.

“While you are eating, I made a simple sauce. Try dipping some of this too.”

‘Gamjatang must come with soy sauce and mustard sauce.’

“When will something like this happen again? .”

A sweet and sour spicy sauce made by mixing soy sauce, vinegar, sugar, and mustard.

As I was looking down at it, Sihyeon gave me some advice.

“And… It has bones, right? Break it in half. Because there are so many people living there.”

“Uh, uh… like this… ?”

-Okay.

“… Wow.”

When I did as instructed, my joints began to brittle and the bone I thought was single split into two.

What shines between them is the meat closest to the bone, which is especially soft and delicious.

Rinne, as if fascinated, dipped a bone in soy sauce and shoved it into his mouth.

-Chuck. Hello.

‘This is even more delicious than before…’ !!!’

And when I sucked on the clove, the meat hanging inside was sucked into my mouth.

Looking at this scene, where there are no bones to clean, you can guess how well Sihyeon cooked the spine.

Plus, the meat is softer and more savory than before. Spicy mustard soy sauce on top.

It was natural for me to feel hungry after my second drink.

– Mumbling. gulp.

“Now, get a drink~.”

-Gulp.

‘I want to get married, really. If I marry a boy like this, all the females in the world will envy me.’

And mead served at just the right time.

In that destructive loop, she fell into an infinite gamjatang spiral.

– Mumbling, mumbling.

“The soup is also delicious… !!”

“Hehe. I thought the addition of perilla leaves would have added a bit to my taste, but I think I could have added a little more.”

-Gulp.

“And, the meat is great… !!”

-Wagu wagu. Gulp.

A bite of gamjatang soup, so delicious that it sticks to your mouth. A bite of lean meat that is not so soft but melts in your mouth. A sip of strong drink.

As if relieving his resentment of not being able to drink at a banquet, Linnaeus devoted himself to barbaric but efficient drinking.

Even as a woman and a strong drinker, the pace was such that she couldn’t help but get drunk quickly.

… And, because of that, she didn’t notice.

‘It’s really good. Well, it’s delicious.’

-Mumble, gulp. Gulp.

“Fuhyo… .”

‘This highball goes really well with syrup and lemon!’

To match the masterpiece, Si-hyeon poured some alcohol into a cup and made a highball.

He was only planning to moisten his lips, but he was captivated by Rinne’s drinking show and started secretly sipping a highball.

Finally, I came to my senses.

Both of them were in ruins.

“Boil my gamjatang every day… .”

“Puhhehe. If you eat it every day, you’ll get sick of it… Hmm.”

“I love you baby… I really love you so much… … Marry me… … .”

“… … .”

-Quickly.

… The good news is that Rinne’s ugly confession while drunk did not reach Sihyeon because he was asleep at the time.

She, who still had some sense of sanity, sighed in disappointment.

“Ha.”

‘What did I just say…? No, let’s get this out of the way first. Put him down… .’

-Ratclatter clatter. Thump.

“Go in, come on… .”

However, we cannot just ignore Si-hyeon, who is so drunk that she is on the verge of falling over the back of her chair.

Rinne, who had roughly cleared the table, hugged him.

After putting him to bed, I went back to the bench and enjoyed a good night’s sleep.

‘Self-defenseless in front of wolves. I won’t touch it though.’

I must have been full and drunk, but it wasn’t like I wasn’t lustful.

The man who treated me kindly said, ‘I believed it! I believed it!! Because I didn’t want to hear the sound.

So she ended a very wholesome and bright drinking party.

No, I was about to finish.

Until, by chance, an annual event that warriors have experienced at least once occurred.

-Soak.

“Have a nice dream, benefactor. Sa, I love you… … .”

“Hmmnyaaa… ?”

-Slap! Huh profit!!

“Sigh!!?”

That moment when he bent down to lay down his first love.

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As soon as Sihyeon’s back touched the ground, he hugged the lump of flesh in front of him.

The movement of finding the body pillow that was one’s best friend on Earth.

Of course, Rinne was not a body pillow, but it was impossible for Sihyeon, who was drunk and asleep, to make such an identification.

Because of this, she collapsed on the bed and was completely stunned by Sihyeon’s hug attack, which tightly bound her with his arms and legs.

-Kkook. … Molkan.

“… … Kaaaaeaaang!!!!!?”

“Hehe. Warm… .”

The night of fierce battle between the reason as an archmage and the instinct of an animal has come to an end.

Her night was unusually long today.

* * * * * *

And the next day.

“A warrior. Why don’t you wake up like this… !!!!?”

“Ri, Rinne!!? Angel!!!!!?”

“You bastard, what are you doing to our savior… !!!”

“Ugh, uh, uh.”

‘—ruined!!!!!!’