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Chapter 176
Chapter 176: Peaceful Daily Life (2)
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Kim Chae-eun had an excited look on her face. She seemed like she wanted to say something, hesitating with her mouth open, when she suddenly banged on the table and shouted,
“Wait a minute!”
“Huh? You’re going out? Where are you going?”
What?
She’s going out now?
All of a sudden?
Rustle-
Clatter-
It was truly in an instant.
She quickly gathered her coat and bag, then opened the door like the wind and headed out.
Thanks to her, I, who had prepared a ‘surprise’ for the first time in a while… Was left standing blankly alone in the middle of the quiet kitchen.
“…You’ll be back soon, right?”
There’s no way she just abandoned me like this… right?
She did say to wait a minute…
She’ll be back soon, right?
I trust Chae-eun, but being left alone in the kitchen like this, I inexplicably started feeling anxious.
“Sigh.”
Scratching my head, I quietly took out the ingredients from the fridge.
Anyway, I still have to diligently cook.
Tap tap
Ingredients were placed on the table one by one.
I had already planned out in my head the steps for what I was going to cook.
“For the meat… Let it marinate for a bit.”
Let the meat marinate for a little.
It had already thawed since I put it in the fridge the day before, but I hadn’t gone through the special marinating process.
It’d be best to let it sit for about 3 hours, but since we didn’t set a specific meal time…
Even so, before cooking now.
Letting it marinate for about 20 minutes would make it tastier to eat.
“Hmm, boil the dried noodles.”
In a large pot, I boiled salted water and spread out the pasta noodles.
The noodles surprisingly cook quickly, so it’s best to immediately prepare the next ingredient after adding them.
Sizzle-
I lightly oiled the frying pan and added the prepared oyster mushrooms, onions, and bacon.
This is a very basic cooking process.
Now is when the power of ‘Rune’ comes into play.
‘Stamina Food.’
My [Cooking] rune that has now reached level 7.
I activate its derivative skill, [Stamina Food].
It’s a skill that seems useless, but quickly recovers the magic and stamina of the Holder – a type of buff skill.
It was similar to [Rest] among the divine-type skills.
“And for the meat here…”
I took out more frying pans and pots and placed them in the cooking area.
One side to prepare pasta sauce, one side to prepare the pasta noodles.
Another side to grill the steak.
Many pots and pans are used at the same time, but thanks to the house being so spaciously large with an expansive kitchen area, there is no hindrance to the process at all.
“…It really is big.”
I’m impressed again by how big my house is.
In fact, when I first fell into this world, I didn’t have the leisure to realize this.
I became a rune Holder as soon as I possessed someone, enrolled in the academy, got entangled with the main characters of the original work…
I also made great internal achievements by clearing the ‘Academy Underground Dungeon’,” and properly stepped into the world of rune Holders.
The world of rune Holders.
Where you can earn big money from clearing a single dungeon, and will spare no expense when it comes to growth.
Having gotten used to that place, I didn’t realize how well-off my household was.
“It’s too big for a 20 year old living alone.”
While cooking, I happened to look around the living room.
A 24 star rating apartment with 2 rooms.
No, it definitely seems bigger than just 24 star rating.
Since I’ve never paid monthly rent, it’s probably a lease.
Considering the minimum lease price starts from 60 billion won in Dongjak-gu…
From when I first came up to Seoul, the parents who looked around and found this place for me…
Proved that they were incredibly rich.
I suddenly recalled the phone conversation I had with my mother before this operation.
“Mom, is there anything you want?”
-Why the sudden polite speech?
“Huh? Ah haha… I’m an adult now too. Trying to get in the habit.”
-It’s nice to hear. Your father will like it.
“Anyway, is there anything you want? Mom, dad, I want to buy presents for you.”
-Oh goodness, stop. What do I lack… I just hope our assets remain well preserved. Lately the price of rice has been plummeting, it’s incredibly concerning.
“The price of rice fell that much?”
-Yeah. It dropped 20% compared to last year. Our revenue for this season alone decreased almost 4 billion, what nonsense.
“……What?”
When I heard that much.
I stopped thinking further.
My parents weren’t simply farming in the countryside.
They were conducting agriculture in the countryside on almost a medium enterprise scale…
There was a reason they sent their only son alone to Seoul like this.
Anyway, thanks to my rich farmer parents, on a day like today.
I could leisurely enjoy cooking in a comfortable, cozy home.
“I should pay them a visit after the semester ends.”
Last semester, saying I was interning for the Judgement of Fire, I didn’t even show my face.
They’re awfully cynical people who don’t show it, but they were probably quite disappointed.
After this semester ends, I have to go down to the countryside no matter what.
Vowing that to myself, I focused again on cooking.
Rustle rustle-
Clatter clatter-
While finishing up the cooking, thinking about other things, Kim Chae-eun, who had gone out, returned.
“Jae-hyun!”
“You’re back?”
It was just when I was finishing up the cooking.
The cream cheese sauce to go in the pasta was nearing the end of cooking, now I just had to grill the meat I marinated.
Taking my hands off the cooking tools strewn about for a moment, I looked back.
In Chae-eun’s hands as she returned… Were bags full of something.
“I bought pudding! Grape flavor.”
“That much…?”
“Hehe. They didn’t sell it at the nearby mart, so I warped with the warp gate to Gangnam and bought it there.”
“Wow….”
At the unbelievable story, I clicked my tongue.
What great passion.
Was my cooking she hadn’t eaten in so long that moving?
Whatever the reason, it seemed Chae-eun went out to buy pudding as a reward for my cooking.
People would laugh if they heard this, but…
To me, it was a very welcome reward.
Smiling, I beckoned her to sit.
“Hurry and sit. The cooking’s done.”
“Yeah!”
11 PM at night.
Compared to dinner, it was a very late hour…
After the intense battle with <Villain> finally ended.
It was a peaceful meal I was having for the first time in a while.
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The next morning.
The academy was still temporarily closed, but I headed out to the academy early morning.
Unlike the other students, as I was a key figure involved in this operation and incident.
There was a lot I had to be investigated about in cooperation with the Association, and I had to help Professor Kim Myeong-hyun with the summary report he was compiling.
In short, I had a lot to do.
On the way to the academy, I occasionally heard other students gossiping about me.
“Is it true a 1st year took them all out by himself?”
“Ah, yeah, that’s right. This guy must not watch the news.”
“I saw it too. But when I watched, they only talked about Judgement of Fire and Dragon Light Sword, nothing else.”
As one student tilted his head as if it was strange, the student who was poking fun flicked his finger.
“No no. They just glossed over it. You don’t know Do Jae-hyun? Nowadays at the academy, if you don’t know Do Jae-hyun you’re a spy. Why, he was even on the big poster board in the student hall last time. Something like student of the month.”
“Who looks for things like that.”
“Anyway, that guy supposedly carried the entire last operation alone. Rumors say he’s an S-grade Holder.”
“What? S-grade Holder?!”
‘I’m not an S-grade Holder….’
At the baseless chattering, I wanted to correct them so a pillar of smoke seemed to rise from my head.
The facts are with the rune and skill full doping effect, I can barely reach A-grade, yet they’re saying S-grade Holder….
Anyway, exaggeration seems to be a passive trait around here.
‘But everyone is in an uproar.’
Although it had already been two days since the operation was completed, the surroundings were still bustling with talk about <Villain>.
Those guys who had committed all kinds of crimes, constantly hiding their identity all this time.
Not only deeply harming the Holder community, but also seriously pestering ordinary citizens.
At the news of that organization being completely annihilated…
Everyone seemed startled yet quite excited at the same time.
And it wasn’t just the students who were excited.
“Holder Do Jae-hyun!! Why have you only come out to the academy now!”
The place I visited first early morning at the academy.
Professor Tak Won-ho’s office.
I briefly reported my return and dropped by to ask about Professor Tak Won-ho’s well-being since he was greatly injured during the raid…
But the one who actually welcomed me was Professor Kang Dong-wook of the special department.
Professor Kang Dong-wook ran to the front of the door with a moved expression and grabbed my hand.
“I was looking everywhere for you for so long. What happened? You asked me about contracting yesterday, then less than a day later contracted with such a powerful monster? Just what is that monster’s level?!”
Professor Kang Dong-wook was spraying questions at me almost rap-like.
I stiffened at that spot, then glanced to the side for a moment.
In the center of the professor’s office was still Professor Tak Won-ho receiving injury treatment.
Countless bandages were wrapped around his arms, shoulders, and chest.
I lightly nodded a greeting at him.
Then Professor Tak Won-ho smiled wryly and shook his head.
It was like…
A nod saying, when Professor Kang Dong-wook like this, no one could stop him.
“Answer me, Holder Do Jae-hyun!!”
The madness in his shrieking voice.
Really. josei
A madman possessed by his research…
No one could stop him indeed.
I held my aching head and told him.
“One… At a time. Ask me slowly.”
It was a truly peaceful morning at the academy.
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