episode_0141

What the hell is this guy? No, it could be a year.

The first person I guessed was… there were too many.

I thought that the most likely reason would be Ilseong, who was worried because the 3rd Platoon and Ray, who had been on this mission together, slept at our house.

My prediction was correct.

“Chris, this is Eslock.”

“Ah, Eslock. Is the 3rd Platoon back now?”

“No. I came back similarly to Chris, but since you said you were going to sleep right away, I am calling you this morning.”

“Hmm. Really?”

In front of me, a delicious steak was slowly cooling.

But since it was a call from the 3rd Platoon, I had no choice but to finish talking.

“I’m fine, everyone eat first.”

He placed the terminal a little further away and invited those near the table to eat first.

Sylvia nodded, as if there was nothing she could do about it.

“General, just a moment.”

Meanwhile, Sheila began cutting the general’s portion of steak for him.

“Wait a minute.”

Since it turned out like this, I decided to change seats for the time being.

From other people’s perspective, it would be difficult to concentrate on their meal if I was talking on the phone right next to them.

“First of all, do you know the details of this request?”

“Yes, Sylvia told me. She said that the target and the client were the same person.”

“Yeah, that’s right. Do you know roughly how much?”

By repeating the question several times, I confirmed the information that the 3rd Platoon, including Eslock, knew.

“I guess you know the general idea. By the way, we somehow managed to escape, but how was it over there? No one got hurt, right?”

“Yes, for now, there are no casualties.”

I suddenly felt like I was asking a stupid question. As a vampire, there’s no way I could still be injured after this much time has passed.

Even for a vampire with a low bloodline, it was already enough time for regeneration to complete.

Moreover, Laia and Psylocke are my people! Eslock and Lillian are not my people, but they received blood from me and became very strong.

“Okay, that’s good because we didn’t suffer any damage. Then do you know how much damage the enemy suffered?”

“Not exactly. But….”

“But?”

“The branch leader and the branch leader have been dealt with firmly. I don’t know how many members of the branch have died, but I think this is a significant loss. ”

“…I see?”

According to Eslock, the two tribes that were in charge of guarding the Privy Councillor this time were the tenth and twelfth tribes.

I knew about it because I had heard about it before. And there was even a third tribe that I encountered while escaping the botanical garden.

“You didn’t encounter the third tribe, did you?”

“Yes, because Christ gave the order to leave before they arrived on the scene.”

“Hmm… Okay, that won’t be a problem. Tell the other platoon members that I did a good job.”

“Yes, I understand.”

After finishing the call, I hurried back to the table.

“Oh my! Thank goodness!”

I put my hand close to the steak just in case, and it still felt warm.

“Ah, I made a mistake by cutting it like the general did.”

“Hey, you have to cut the steak yourself.”

“…?”

“General, there are exceptions, so let’s move on.”

The general, who was stung by my words, looked at me quickly, but I ignored it.

***

“Hmm!”

Oh my! That’s it! That’s it! That’s it!

Gochujang eyes soaked properly on thick steak. Slightly spicy, yet rich and salty, it complements the steak’s shortcomings of being greasy.

“Ray, that cheese over there···.”

“Here.”

Before I could even finish speaking, Ray handed me the cheese.

I thinly sliced the cheese I was given and placed it like a film over the gochujang eyes that were mixed well with the steak.

“It tastes better than I expected.”

Despite Sylvia’s praise, I was addicted to the taste of the spicy eyeballs and steak I cooked myself, and my tongue was tingling.

“I was worried that it might fail, but it seems like it was a great success?”

“Chris, that’s all good, but I wish you wouldn’t shake your fork while talking.”

Before I knew it, I was shaking the fork excitedly.

“Oh, sorry.”

To some, it might seem like I was a daughter being nagged by my mother.

“Ray, Sheila. How does it taste?”

A sudden question directed at two people.

“It’s pretty tasty. I didn’t know General Lee could eat this well.”

Okay, pass.

“Ray, you?”

“I’ve had something similar before.”

…but there is?

“What I ate back then was much spicier than this. I think this moderately spicy is just right for my taste.”

Raydo passed.

Well, I guess the general and Midas go without saying.

“Okay! I can do it anytime, so if you want to eat it again later, just tell me.”

After I finished speaking, what I had to do was clear.

To finish eating this work of art that I created myself.

“By the way, Chris. Who was it that called you earlier?”

“Ah, Eslock. I guess I was sleeping at dawn, so you’re calling now.”

As I was answering Ray, I suddenly remembered something I had forgotten.

“Oh, by the way, I forgot that.”

“What do you mean?”

“Psylocke. Psylocke turned into a sky whale like me.”

Since when was that possible? After all, it was my exclusive patented technology!

“That seems to have been quite effective.”

“Then of course. Who thought of that method?”

At Ray’s words, I picked up a piece of steak with my fork and shook it back and forth.

“Oh, mistake.”

Before Sylvia could say anything, I quickly forked over a piece of steak and put it in my mouth.

Hmm… I told you it’s delicious.

***

As the noisy breakfast was drawing to a close.

Another question began to arise. A being that is not strange even if it exists in this space now.

Our Mangumangu chairman, Lund, was nowhere to be seen.

“Sylvia, where did Lund go? I made something delicious, where did he go?”

“I was going to say that, but I forgot.”

“So? So?”

“You said that you would go and meet the client in person because you successfully completed the request. There hasn’t been any news since then.”

“Hmm. It seems like the information the Privy Councilor holds is more useful than I thought.”

“He asked me to thank Chris several times. Come to think of it, he must have been the most influential among the pro-vampire politicians who cooperated with the second place, so he must have a different hand. ”

As Sylvia continued speaking, my shoulders rose.

“This time, you did Lund a favor.”

“I guess you could say that. If Mr. Lund admits it.”

“Eh, just listening to you say that, it seems like you’re already thankful enough.”

Sylvia didn’t deny what I said either.

I immediately put another piece of steak in my mouth.

‘ah.’

A slight sense of uneasiness I felt while eating this steak covered in gochujang eyes.

Now I think I know what it is.

This… tastes similar to stir-fried pork!

‘If a steak tastes like braised pork, is that a downgrade rather than an upgrade?’

No. If it tastes good, then you can say it’s a jackpot.

“What the heck, everyone ate so quickly.”

The other three people, aside from Sylvia and me. Ray, Sheila, and Jang-Gun finished their meal before us.

“I think you two ate late.”

“That’s true, but I think I ate it faster because it was delicious.”

Sheila focuses on facts, while Ray shows a more flexible way of thinking.

Meanwhile, Jang-Gun-I started to nod off by himself, probably because he was full and sleepy.

“Ah, Sheila.”

At that sight, he called out to Sheila and pointed to the general.

“I’ll take you and put you in your room to sleep.”

I said that I would take good care of the general as Sheila said.

But maybe by now… Midas is filming another mukbang in my room?

“Whew… I ate it all.”

The plate that had once contained a generous amount of steak was now empty.

All that was left at the bottom of the plate were melted gochujang eyes and the meat juices that had now cooled.

“Since Chris cooked, I’ll do the dishes.”

“Oh, really?”

Cooking sometimes isn’t a bad thing!

***

I was already so full that I had a hard time moving.

But I can’t leave it to Assari Sylvia.

Ray and I started cleaning up the table ourselves. We wiped things down, gathered up the plates and utensils, and took them to the kitchen.

“Sylvia, here.”

“I could have done it myself.”

Sylvia’s reaction seemed to be that something was missing.

But isn’t it a good thing since you have less work to do?

Anyway, since there was nothing more to get involved in, I headed to the living room with Ray.

“Ugh.”

“Chris, did you eat too much?”

“No, no. …No, maybe it’s because I drank too much blood.”

Come to think of it, the steak was pretty thick.

Well, it doesn’t matter if I do this or that. It was so delicious that I wanted to eat it again when I had the chance.

I ended up using up all the gochujang eyes I made with great effort… but the ingredients weren’t that hard to get.

Ring ring ring!

The alarm on your terminal rings before you even turn on the TV.

The name that appeared on the terminal screen was David.

“Oh, what’s going on this time?”

Eslock, next is David. He calls before eating, and after eating.

Oh, I’m such a busy woman.

“…Chris? You don’t want to accept it?”

“Oh, no! I have to accept it.”

I lost track of things for a moment. For now, I decided to follow Ray’s advice and call David.

“Yes, this is ranked 10th!”

“You’re in 10th place or something, why are you answering the phone so late?”

“Ah, everyone has their own circumstances. Unlike David, I’m busy!”

“What a surprise.”

No, it’s true, but I don’t believe it.

“Anyway, I got a call from the office.”

“What contact?”

“Wait a minute. I heard he’s the manager of the Grove Avenue supermarket.”

“Oh, so what did they say?”

It seemed like Sebastian had contacted me.

David cleared his throat briefly and then continued.

“First of all, they said they sent the money you were supposed to receive to your account, so please check.”

“Oh, really?”

Now that I think about it, I had been wondering when you would come, but I had forgotten.

It would be a lot of money, so I needed to organize it so that I could use it here and there.

“Is there anything else besides that?”

“That… I’m already waiting for you at the bar on the first floor.”

“Huh? You came all the way here?”

“Yeah. I heard you brought some strange dragons with you.”

“Ohhhh!”

Yong-in?! You said it was difficult last time you spoke.

It seemed like they had secured and brought in the Yong-in people again.

“Ray, can you come down to the first floor with me for a minute?”

“There’s no way it won’t work. But what’s going on?”

“Maybe we can become stronger.”

I said that and then called David again.

“Okay, then tell them I’ll be down right away.”

“Yeah.”

The call ended with David’s short reply.

“Okay, let’s go down quickly!”

“Chris, what’s going on?”

“The slave market manager guy is at the bar right now and he brought some guys.”

“…Yongin?”

“Yeah, I asked you for a favor last time.”

Ray didn’t seem to understand what I meant.

Then I used a method that was more certain than words. I poked Ray with my thin, long tail.

“Ah….”

“How about you get some dragon blood this time?”

Considering how strong the second faction leader was with enough bloodshed… it wasn’t a bad story for both me and Ray.

“If you don’t want it to turn out like this, there’s nothing you can do about it.”

“No, it’s okay. If you can become stronger…then you should become stronger.”

Yeah! That’s it!