episode_0102

Even at this moment, people in the city must be moving busily.

And I too was having a very busy time.

No, actually, until just a little while ago I was very relaxed.

While Sylvia and Ilseong were talking in the inner space, Solas said he would borrow Lund for a moment.

“What?”

Lund seemed to be hearing this for the first time, but he was dragged away by Solas in his wolf form.

“Lund! Buy something delicious when you come!”

If this were the reality I lived in, I would have shouted out “Melona” when I came, but it was a bit disappointing.

“….”

Meanwhile, Midas’ expression didn’t look so good now, unlike before when he had been playing around so well.

“What the heck, why is this guy acting like this all of a sudden?”

“…Do you want to take a dump?”

David, who was observing Midas’ condition, looked at me strangely.

“Why! That could be possible.”

“Do golems poop?”

“I don’t know.”

Gordius and Midas are golden golems, but they are not ordinary golden golems.

It is also an autonomous golem with its own will.

Moreover, unlike the Midas I knew, the Midas here now has the appearance of a cute baby golden retriever.

Common sense that we take for granted may not apply.

“Midas, what’s wrong? Where does it hurt?”

“…heeeeing.”

Midas shuddered as he lifted the boy up and asked.

“I’m hungry!”

“What, you eat something too.”

“I like to eat.”

Midas said, wagging his tail from side to side.

When I saw his mouth watering at the mention of food… I thought, “This is just a golden snail.”

“Johnny, Lina. Is that so?”

Midas asked two bartenders what he would like to eat.

“There are some snacks and nuts.”

“Oh, that sounds good.”

I know that Western bars rarely offer snacks or other things like that.

Dream City is a game made in the West… so Sylvia’s Bar was naturally influenced by it.

Of course, after hearing Johnny’s answer, it seemed like a better situation than that.

“Okay, here.”

Johnny poured something into the bowl Lina had placed.

“Oh, what is all this?”

There were pecans, hazelnuts, and the occasional pistachio.

“Midas, would you like to eat this for now?”

“….”

Midas said nothing.

The guy’s reaction made me think that nuts might be a bit too much for dogs.

But Midas buried his face in the bowl, as if to say that the silence just now had been to gain momentum.

***

“Hahahaha! That guy really eats well.”

Johnny laughed heartily at the sight, while Ray, David, and I watched quietly.

…It’s like you’re eating without even breathing?

“Midas, eat slowly.”

“…Yes!”

After answering me, Midas put his face into the bowl again.

No, didn’t you just say you knew?

“You must have been really hungry?”

“You must be hungry after moving like that.”

David answered Ray’s question, even though Ray’s question was probably directed at me.

“No, no matter how hungry you are, you still eat like a beggar.”

Just in case, I decided to try one of the nuts in the bowl.

widely!

Immediately Midas struck my hand away with his forepaw.

“Huh?”

“….”

Midas glanced at me and began to inhale the nuts again.

“Hey! Don’t do that! Just give me one!”

This time, he blocked my approach by wagging his tail excitedly.

“Hey! Really!”

I responded by slapping Midas’ cute butt.

Yeah, you eat it all!

“Chris, don’t be like that.”

Ray handed me a glass of drink while trying to stop me.

Well, I had something else to drink, so it might be a bit much to take Midas’s.

…but those thoughts quickly disappeared.

“Please give me more!”

After Midas emptied the bowl, he tapped it with his forepaw and asked for more nuts.

“….”

“Johnny, give me a little more.”

Johnny looked at Midas and then at me.

I quickly asked Johnny as Midas approached, knowing that he had the power to make the decision.

Once again, the contents of the bag of nuts filled the bowl.

“Midas, just eat this much today. Okay. ”

“I think I’ve already fed you too much.”

“Hey, but what should I do if I still want to eat more?”

“No. That’s not it.”

While Midas was once again sucking the nuts from the bowl, David pointed out that my policy was not right.

“Kids don’t know what moderation is. This guy is no exception.”

“So?”

“If someone wants more, you can’t give them more. We have to decide what is appropriate.”

“Then this is the right amount of Midas!”

“Sigh….”

David sighed as if he was exhausted.

***

Since then, Ray and I have been watching Midas quickly devouring the nuts.

“Chris. Isn’t he eating too much?”

“Hmm.”

A word from Sheila, who was watching Midas from a distance.

“Still, it’s a golem. Doesn’t it feel a bit like fuel?”

Of course, normal golems are charged with magic power.

Eating human food and converting it into the magical power you need… isn’t impossible, but there was no need to go through such complicated steps.

‘But if not, there’s no way to explain it.’

widely!

Midas emptied his bowl a second time and looked at Johnny again.

“Midas, you.”

no way?!

“Please give me more!”

“Ahhhh! No, stop it now!”

“…Why?!”

Midas asked me as if he couldn’t understand what I was holding onto.

“You ate a lot, right?”

“But I’m still hungry!”

“This guy. Now that I look at it, it’s not a puppy, it’s a toy.”

When I touched Midas’s belly, it definitely felt full, perhaps because of the amount of food that went into it.

Johnny turned his gaze to the bag of nuts, but Ray, David, and I asked Midas to stop.

“Eating too much is not good for the baby.”

“I’m not sure about that, but I ate a lot today.”

I agreed with David, but I didn’t think anything would happen since it was a golem.

That doesn’t mean that the amount of nuts Midas had eaten so far would disappear.

“Heeelp.”

Midas writhed in despair at not being able to eat any more.

“Okay, I’m playing with Sheila and the general again.”

“…Yes!”

As I watched him run away naked, I started to get scared.

A golden eagle that never gets tired and has to eat a lot of food to keep up with the movement.

The creator of Gordius and Midas. What a cruel thing he created!

In many ways, I admire the fearlessness of Midas.

Sylvia and Ilseong came out of the inner space.

“Youngmin, let’s go back to the office.”

“Ah, bro. I’ll be there in a bit.”

Ilseong called Ray right away, but Ray had no intention of heading to the Ildong office right away.

“Don’t worry, Ray, I’ll take good care of you!”

“Okay, I got it.”

Il-sung easily gave up as he spoke, crossing his arms and putting one arm between Ray’s arm and his waist.

“See you later, everyone.”

“Take care!”

After Ilseong said goodbye to us and disappeared, Sylvia also came up to us.

“Now I can get some rest.”

“Welcome, our boss! You’ve worked hard.”

“I guess I can drink any alcohol now.”

Sylvia looked like… an office worker tired from work.

Are you a bit distant from the director of the prestigious problem-solving office?

“Really? Johnny, did you hear Lina? Let’s have a drink of what Sylvia always drinks!”

“…What is that?”

“Hey, don’t you have any clue!”

But what was it? Sylvia wasn’t the type to drink at her own bar very often in the first place.

“Anything is fine with me.”

“Ah.”

Anything. The most difficult magic spell to counter.

But what can I do? Sylvia is not only the office manager but also the owner of this bar we’re in!

Naturally, Johnny and Lina, who had accepted any order, looked troubled.

The three of them put their heads together to come up with the best possible result, asking Lillian, who was standing next to them, for help.

***

I was curious to see what the three people’s thoughts would be.

But then suddenly, Sheila and Janggun came running towards me.

“Chris!”

“What, what’s going on this time?”

“Over there!”

Sheila pointed at Midas with her forepaw.

“….”

Wait, is that a cockroach?

There was a large black bug biting Midas’ mouth.

This damn Dream City. I remembered later that the insect details were incredibly high compared to other parts.

Kwajik!

“Eeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

Without a moment’s hesitation, Midas crushed the black insect that entered his mouth.

“Wow, wow.”

“…Midas! What are you doing?!”

When he shouted loudly, Midas finally answered.

“It’s not tasty.”

No, of course it wouldn’t taste good!

I’ve never seen anyone eat cockroaches, let alone enjoy them.

A crushed cockroach that Midas spit out carelessly on the floor of the bar.

What’s even more terrifying is that it’s not completely dead yet, but is still moving little by little.

….

But that wasn’t the problem.

“AAAHH …

Midas approached us with his tongue slightly sticking out of his mouth, where he had been chewing a cockroach.

When I screamed in shock, the people next to me covered their ears.

Immediately afterwards, I quickly transformed into the form of a baby bat.

It was natural that Ray, who was next to me, would follow me and turn into a baby bat.

Ray, in bat form, quickly came to my side and grabbed my wing with his.

Under normal circumstances, I would have blushed at that bold action.

But now all attention was focused on Midas.

As soon as Midas approached us, we ran away from him. Eslock, who was serving us in the form of a giant mole, Psylocke, who was interested in Midas’s abilities, and even Laia, who made the outrageous remark that I was second in line.

There were no exceptions.

“Heeelp.”

Then the guy seemed to be sad that there was no one to accept him.

After a while, he headed inside the bar and started to harass the bartenders who were moving busily inside.

“Midas, don’t do that. Everyone is busy.”

“Yeah, this guy!”

Johnny heard me and hugged Midas.

“Huh?!”

No matter how I looked at it, I could clearly see what would happen next.

Even though it wasn’t me who was affected, just thinking about it was so unpleasant.

“Okay, go over there.”

Despite Johnny’s words, what was meant to happen happened.

Midas began licking Johnny’s face with the same mouth he had used to eat cockroaches.

“Gasp….”

This time, I didn’t scream right away.

But Johnny’s innocent expression, who doesn’t know anything. And Midas, who doesn’t know what moderation means and keeps wagging his tongue!

“Midas! Stop!”

I felt sorry for Johnny, but I decided not to tell him the truth.

Perhaps if Johnny knew the truth, Midas wouldn’t turn into golden dog meat that day… but it was clear that their relationship would get much worse.

Midas’s actions of becoming a cosmic horror that walks around eating cockroaches were quickly suppressed.

David, unable to stand watching, took Midas to the bathroom.

Perhaps he will take necessary measures, for he is King God David, a parent after all!

“Ugh.”

Sheila shuddered at the sight of Midas, and the general also remained very still for some reason.

It seemed that even the greatest general in the world was no match for Midas.

At that moment.

The doorbell rings as usual.

Along with him, a guest appeared with a red glow coming from his face.

“Uh….”

It’s not like there weren’t any guests wearing masks.

It was the first time a customer came in with his head completely changed into a prosthetic body.

Why did you come to the bar if you can’t even enjoy drinking?

It was clear that they had come to enjoy something other than alcohol.

As expected, he started to approach me and Sylvia.