LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 40
ED: Cheerycheri
“Can’t you research it a bit faster?”
[Hmm…..]
Sim Dante grumbled in distress at my question. He then continued to speak carefully.
[Actually, the best course of action is for you to come and participate in the experiment. But you probably don’t want to, right?]
“Correct, fuck off.”
[Haha…]
Sim Dante smacked his lips as if he was disappointed. He’s crazy about research anyway.
[Ah, I heard you’re entering the Sæ dungeon soon?]
“…How do you know about that?”[Huhu, there is a way to know everything.]
Going to the Sæ Dungeon was the cooperation request that Park Yoon-sung just told me about today. Since it was requested directly by the Freya Guild, the security must have been extremely thorough and strict, so how could he know about the deal? Sim Dante’s Intel network is really amazing. I answered his question, concealing my amazement.
“Yes, I’ll be there soon. Why?”
[Then can you bring me a few pieces from the rainbow coral reefs? They’re only in the Sæ dungeon!]
“Why would I?”
[I think it might be helpful for the research…]
“Ha…”
This sly bastard. I sighed and asked.
“How many do you need?”
[About… 10?]
“…You want me to bring you 10 pieces out of a million coral reefs?”
[Eyy, you can do that much, can’t you?]
“Sigh…”
I want to hit him. I can’t even punch the guy on the other end of the receiver because I don’t know where he is. This man’s charm just disgusts me. I quelled my anger and calculated the profit. I can’t just let it go without a price.
“Okay, give me some items I can use in the dungeon.”
[Really, Han Yi-jin-ssi never misses an opportunity to seek benefits for himself.]
Sim Dante, who was impressed, said he would send some items soon. Then he asked anxiously if I really thought of him as DoraX? I hung up the phone without answering.
“Kkyu?”
“Yes, my Yong-sik doesn’t have to worry about it. It’s just as a support. A support.”
“Kkyuu!”
Whether he understood my words or not, Yong-sik, who was nodding his head vigorously, ran out and put the bone toy back in his mouth. I think he really likes that toy. He is cute, like a puppy.
I got up from my seat after playing with Yong-sik for a bit. Park Yoon-sung said he would give a dungeon briefing after lunch. I wonder if it’s time to eat now.
Kang Yoo-hyun’s accommodation, no, now a shared accommodation, was really incredible. When I went to the dining room, various delicacies were piled up like mountains. The taste was so good that I even felt like I was in a five-star hotel’s restaurant.
I heard that all the food was transferred directly to the portal for security purposes, but I can’t understand how they could deliver hot food, it seemed freshly cooked as well. I’m looking forward to what the menu will be like today. It was when I was about to open the door while thinking like that when I heard a sound on the other side.
Bump!
“…Huh?”
“Hyaak!”
I flinched as my hand stilled on the doorknob due to the noise outside the door. Yong-sik, who was approaching me, howled and raised his thorns and wings towards the door.
“Yong-sik, shh.”
“Kyu…”
Yong-sik, who was about to jump forward, retreated a little and I put my ear close to the door. I want to hear what’s going on outside.
“…?”
But it was quiet. Feeling curious, I tilted my head and turned the doorknob carefully. I didn’t think anything would happen inside an accommodation guarded by S-class hunters, but there’s nothing wrong with being careful.
Squeak.
“…What? Why are you guys here?”
I opened the door and looked at the visitors in surprise. Eden and Kang Soo-hyun stood there staring at each other. When I opened the door and spoke to them, both of them turned and looked at me.
“Yi Jin-ah!”
“Hyung!”
For some reason, I felt a murderous aura pouring out of them, and my body trembled involuntarily. Eden approached me first.
“That bastard was loitering in front of your room door!”
“Isn’t that the same for you?”
“Ha, you sly bastard.”
“I don’t want to hear that from someone with pink hair.”
“What?”
“…”
What should I say, it’s like… a bully student and model student fighting with each other in a teen drama.
“Ha, don’t fight. You guys.”
I thought that only Eden and Kang Yoo-hyun fought with each other, but overall it seems that Eden’s relationship with both siblings is bad.
Indeed, since Eden is from the Villain Guild, like me, it’s probably natural that he can’t adapt well.
“Yi Jin-ah, but that bastard first…”
“Hmm… Be quiet.”
Eden’s eyebrows drooped as I stared at him.
Somehow, Eden didn’t seem to notice that we lived here. He shouldn’t be as rude as he was in the Loki Guild, when would he come to his senses?
Kang Soo-hyun approached me as I clicked my tongue inwardly.
“Hyung, let’s go eat.”
“Yeah, let’s go.”
I walked forward hugging Yong-sik. The sullen Eden grumbled and followed us.
“Let’s go together!”
“Hurry up. I’m hungry.”
So I headed to the dining room with Eden and Kang Soo-hyun on both sides. These guys aren’t even girls who have to go to the bathroom together, and I don’t know why they keep coming to me every time I eat. What’s wrong with eating alone?
I walked while grumbling inwardly, and Eden who was walking next to me asked in a small voice.
“I heard you met your little brother.”
“…”
I paused for a moment before answering Eden’s strange question.
“Ah… yeah.”
“Good for you.”
“…”
Eden was just calm as if it really was good news. I felt really complicated inside because he looked happy as if it was his own business.
Eden knew that his mother had died, but he let himself get dragged around and didn’t refuse to carry out Jang Tae-san’s orders. It’s probably partly because he was brainwashed to listen to him since he was young, but he also probably wanted to escape from reality.
But Han Yi-jin, who was in the same boat, met his younger brother. Unlike him who lost his mother.
Maybe Eden will think a lot about his mother now. I think my method of waking up the drugged Eden by mentioning his mother directly made him aware of his mother’s death again.
“Are you… uh, all right?”
“Me?”
Eden looked at me with his eyes wide open. He immediately asked with a questioning expression on his face.
“I’m totally fine. Why?”
“Uh…”
As I hesitated, Eden’s lips drew a long arc as if he knew what I meant.
“I’m really fine.”
“…Really?”
“Yes, because you’re by my side.”
“…?”
What’s that got to do with me?
I couldn’t understand it, so I frowned and looked at him, and Eden grinned stupidly.
“Hyung, hyung.”
“Yes?”
I looked at Eden with dubious eyes and turned my head. It was because Kang Soo-hyun was tugging on my other sleeve.
“What is?”
“What’s hyung’s favorite food?”
“Me?”
Out of the blue?
But since we were on our way to the dining room, I think he asked because he was curious. So I started thinking about what my favorite food is.
In fact, most of the memories from my previous life were erased by the system, so I can’t remember details like what food I liked, or what color I liked.
So I have to pick from the foods I have eaten since I possessed Han Yi-jin’s body, and what I think is delicious in name.
“I like Korean food. Spicy pork stir fry or kimchi stew. And it’s even better when it’s spicy with lots of Cheongyang peppers.”
I’m oddly attracted to spicy food. I don’t know if I liked spicy food in my original world or if Han Yi-jin’s body liked spicy food. Or maybe both?
Kang Soo-hyun said with a big smile as I tilted my head.
“Next time, I’ll make it for you. I’m good at cooking.”
“Oh, really?”
“Yes! Because I’ve been living alone for a long time.”
Kang Yoo-hyun was stuck in the gate, and Kang Soo-hyun, who was left alone, has probably lived alone since middle school.
Maybe that’s why it sounded a bit bitter to hear that he was good at cooking. Still, I dare not express such feelings. I am nobody to say that.
“Then make it super spicy.”
“Yes! I’ll make it mala-flavored.”
Oh, I’m totally attracted to the idea.
I unconsciously licked my lips, and Eden suddenly pushed his head forward beside me.
“Yi-jin-ah, me too, me too…! I’m good at making fried eggs!”
“You should just eat what others make for you.”
I don’t know why, but I feel like he’s inferior to a child. Eden’s eyes drooped again after a small scolding. I really want him to come to his senses, please.
Anyway, while we were arguing like that, we arrived at the dining room. Again, all kinds of delicacies welcomed me, so my expectations were not overshadowed.
The theme this time seems to be Chinese food. I piled a mountain of Sichuan-style spicy stir-fried noodles on my plate. It feels so good to just smell the spicy aroma, I could almost feel the spiciness in my mouth just by smelling it.
I looked around quickly, there seemed to be quite a few people missing. This was probably because one person with an extremely strong presence was missing. I asked Kang Soo-hyun, who had plenty of crab fried rice and sweet and sour pork on his plate next to me.
“Where’s Kang Yoo-hyun?”
“Mmm…”
Then Kang Soo-hyun answered, barely swallowing the fried rice that he had pushed in until both his cheeks were puffy.
“My hyung said he had something to talk about with the guildmaster.”
“Okay.”
Can we really eat first?
After worrying for a moment, I scooped up the stir-fried noodles. The taste was stronger, perhaps because it was Sichuan-style food. I let out a satisfied breath.
“Whoo.”
“Yi Jin-ah, you’ll get a stomach ache if you eat like that.”
“Don’t mind me.”
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I am the only one who eats spicy food. Eden chose Jjamppong1, but it didn’t look spicy at all. I didn’t choose Jjamppong because I can tell if it’s spicy or not just by smelling it.
“But you know, you…”
“Yeah?”
“…It’s nothing.”
“…?”
Eden, who was about to say something more, looked at me eating stir-fried noodles strangely, and immediately turned his head.
What is it? Why did he stop talking midway? However, I immediately looked down at my plate again at the feast of spicy flavors that exploded in my mouth.
Come to think of it, Kang Yoo-hyun was a huge glutton in the novel. Since he managed to escape after living for hundreds of years in the gate with barely any food, it was only natural that he would become obsessed with food.
But the novel doesn’t describe it in detail, maybe because of the cool image of the main character. Isn’t it a bit disturbing to say that the main character is gluttonous?
So I got a little curious. The sight of Kang Yoo-hyun eating greedily is almost unimaginable. I continued to munch on my food and looked around, and soon the dining room door opened.
“…”
It was Kang Yoo-hyun who I had been thinking about for a while. He looked around the dining room as if he were looking for someone. Soon, our eyes met.
T/N: Here is the food images that will make you guys drooling 🤤
Spicy Pork Stir Fry Kimchi Stew Jjamppong- Chinese style noodles with vegetables and seafood