Have a Meal Before You Go

I'm thinking of buying some eggs this time.

If we use monsters' meat as food, what about their eggs?

Of course it is used as a food ingredient. The flavor is generally sparse with the egg of the bird. Nowadays, it's hard to see chickens or eggs, so monster eggs have become a great substitute.

Marketplace.

In front of Seodaemun, there was a large traditional market. Seodaemun was less devastated by monsters in Seoul.

The market generally sells groceries, such as food ingredients, stalls, and other necessities, where Yulho stood, selling the eggs of monsters.

Monster eggs appear on the shelf. They look exactly the same. But it's definitely a different kind of monster.

Can you tell if a monster's egg is real or not?

Of course it is possible.

However, it will be possible even if it has special artifacts such as Steel.

“The Detect Eye. ”

Speaking quietly, Steel's eyes were covered with a membrane as transparent as a lens. Originally, the owner of this artifact was Eun Dragon Canas, the owner of the Northern Mountains of the Empire.

Why is it with Cheolho now?

It was taken from me when I went after the Demon King.

I wouldn't have lost if I had been patient, but he didn't. Every time I told them to provide artifacts, all dragons had the same reaction. It was a situation that had to be solved with a fist if it was nonsense. Back then.

Anyway, at that time, if there was anyone in the world who couldn't communicate at all, I wanted to describe him as a dragon.

Come back.

This Detect Eye is very convenient because it allows you to see the nature of things. The power of its existence, its propensity for power.

In short, when you look at a person, you can see the amount and disposition of his energy.

Whether you're lying or telling the truth! So he tried not to use it on people. You'll only regret it when you see it.

Chulho glances over the eggs of the monster on the market in that state.

‘Velto, Velto, Ataho, Trikelops.......’

You can clearly see what lies within the egg.

Oh, it hatches, doesn't it?

A monster's egg essentially hatches when it's right with its own flesh and blood frequency. Eggs rolling in the marketplace are like incapable of hatching.

Chulho selected eggs based on Velto's egg. Five eggs, the size of two fists together.

I was just about to turn around.

Hmm?

Corner of the shelf. There's one egg that doesn't catch anything. Cheolho asked the shop owner who was yawning.

“What kind of egg is that? ”

The owner glances at the egg and shrugs.

“I'm not sure. The Awakening Society only knows that the egg has been inspected. As you know, monsters have eggs, but they're similar, so they can't tell the difference. So the price is not even, right? ”

The Detect Kid informed me of this message.

- The truth.

The host is telling the truth.

“I see.”

Chulho tilts his head and thinks for a moment, then nods. It's because of curiosity.

“Give me that, too. ”

* * *

Chulho silently broke a Velto egg.

Velto egg had a much thicker and harder shell than ostrich egg, but it simply smashed it like an egg shell.

A heavy gust of white and yellow pours out. It's roughly five eggs.

Chihuahua-!

There, I poured the milk of the 'Cow Hall’. It will be easy to replace the wet milk in the cowhole.

Cheers!

Steaming sand dunes and a pleasant smell irritated my nose.

When monsters were used as ingredients, many people expressed objections. However, as the monsters appeared, all the weak livestock disappeared from their prey, and even fresh vegetables were hard to come by.

Without teeth, it is gum. That's why the monster ingredients that I recruited as mustard mustard-seaters tasted better than I expected.

Well, even though artificial cultivation is now an adequate supply of ingredients, monster meat was still quite popular. It didn't really taste that bad. Cheaper than most. It was the monsters that came from all over the place.

Tsk, tsk!

The yolks, whites, and milk of the cowhole coalesce in clumps into a soft, scrumbled egg. Salt liver salted and pepper brushed.

That should do it, Velto Scrumbled Eggs.

Chulho grinned and forked his scrambled eggs into his mouth.

Velto's egg has a much darker and more pungent flavor than an egg. I used Cow Hall's milk there, so I felt like putting cheese in my mouth.

The scrambled egg in your mouth slowly rolls over the back of your neck, stimulating your tongue. I really liked the soft and damp texture that was unique to it.

Chulho lets out a single breath through his nose. I smiled while enjoying the savory aftertaste.

Delicious.

Chulho had enjoyed the taste while his eyes were closed for a while.

When I was a kid, I just thought eating a lot of good stuff was awesome.

But not anymore.

I don't want to eat as much as I used to, I just want to enjoy the taste.

When I was on the battlefield, I didn't have time to eat. I thought a delicious meal was just a luxury. However, after passing by, only tasty things remained.

Food and fragrance are said to be good mediators for remembering the place.

Cheolho shared this food with his colleagues on the battlefield. Closing my eyes reminds me of that moment. The faces I want to see are now embedded in my head, one after the other.

“Did you become a grandfather in the fire? ”

Cheolho sits on a cushioned chair, looking out the window with his feet on the table.

Secluded.

Quiet.

Setting up a restaurant in a place like this is probably some kind of doctor who doesn't want guests. However, Cheolho waited for a guest.

I was excited. What kind of people come to a restaurant like this?

By the way.

That egg I bought today.

What the hell are you?

If there is only one type of child that the Detect child cannot detect, there is only one case that Chulho knows.

A dragon's coffer is an artifact created naturally by its power from the time a dragon is born.

Bogu can see the predisposition of dragons. For example, if a dragon of flame is born, Bogu becomes a flame-based artifact.

So the dragon's armor exerts a powerful power on all other beings, but it does not exert power on its kind.

- So this is the only part that Chulho knows.

Is that a dragon egg?

“....... ”

Chulho stares at the egg for a moment and smiles deeply. In my life, will the day come when I get dragon eggs from the marketplace?

Suddenly I was curious.

What does a dragon egg taste like?

Shall we try it? Chulho, who was thinking like this, laughed at the funeral ceremony again.

As I got older, my laughter grew.

And take out a pack of cigarettes from your pocket.

In this era, the price of cigarettes is comparable to a lump of gold of the same weight.

However, Cheolho has enough money to stack cigarettes as much as Mount Everest. I can't remember when my daily sense of money was paralyzed.

“A thousand dollars.”

I was tired of the price of cigarettes with camels on them.

It's not cigarettes these days, it's cigarettes from 30 years ago. It tastes better than cigarettes nowadays, so it was a rare pack of cigarettes for a thousand dollars.

Cock-

A fire broke out from the paperback lighter, lighting a cigarette.

Cheolho casually spits out the smoke for a long time.

‘But I can't miss the taste. ’

A relaxing lunch was passing by.

.

Booze.

30 years ago, Chulho was a great smoker and a lover.

It was routine to play all night without exercising. He was a common surplus.

Thirty years later, Chulho was still a smoker and an alcoholic.

You may have met the two conditions of short-lived life, but, unfortunately, Chulho is now a body that will never die from such trivial things.

So, after the monsters appeared, I was desperate that the local pearls were no longer made.

Great things were no longer found, including Korean fermented soy sauce, and Ahn Dongsoju.

I drink because, just soju.

* * *

Soju is a strange drink.

Even if it's not made of rotten material, it can attract people. Sweet and bitter, such flavors remained in Soju.

Drinking soju brings back memories.

I remember Seodaemun Street like it was yesterday. I think of the people who go to work, the kids who go to school, the couples who look happy.

Now I remember my dead parents, my old friends, and my comrades and subordinates who will live in this world.

Cheolho followed the water cup to the bottom.

And then I look up at the sky with the moon shining, the only thing that hasn't changed since I lived on Earth 30 years ago is that moon.

When drinking soju, I prefer a simple soju.

Fresh raw vegetables, or a light chew. Sometimes hot and spicy soup is good. But now I was going to have a simple drink.

Chulho chewed a long piece of meat that looked like jerky.

They put Velto meat in soy sauce, baked slightly, then dried in the sun. You can call it jerky, but it tastes pretty good.

I drank a sip of wine, and now I'm getting dizzy.

Chulho could get rid of this hangover at any time. If you pour soju until your stomach bursts, you can get rid of hangover in just 1 second.

But I didn't do it on purpose.

Drunken sensation makes my body sluggish, and I wanted to enjoy it.

I closed my eyes slightly and enjoyed the piercing spirit of my whole body.

Thrust Thrust Thrust -

Along with the sound of the worm crying, I fell asleep.

Bang!

But then.

“Hmm?"

In-young appears in front of the shop. Looking out the window, it was a man.

Chulho stood up and knuckled his fingers. A full-bodied hangover flashes through my fingers, then vanishes with the scent of alcohol.

My mind is clear now.

To give you a sense of the principle, we use Mana to drain alcohol from the whole body, but it requires extreme Mana control. It was nothing for Chulho, but an Awakening member of the Wizard family would pee if he saw it.

Anyway.

The important thing is, a customer showed up in front of the store.

Bloop!

A guest opened the door and walked in.

He has a smaller head than Chulho. Hair is a vivid red monopoly….. rarely seen. He was a good-looking boy, but he couldn't take his t-shirt off.

‘I can't keep up with the kids' fashion sense these days. ’

Cheolho coughed twice at his slightly embarrassed fashion.

“Welcome. ”

“Restaurant.”

The man said: Are you half-witting?

Cheolho grins and nods.

The opposing Pokémon opens the door and steps inside, not feeling very interested in Cheolho.

“I'm here to get my stuff. ”