Chapter 31 - Food Fighter Becomes A Cook

Chapter 31: Food Fighter Becomes a Cook

Translator: ChubbyCheeks

QC: MattForgenti

"...Then do this too?"

Brock pointed at the sack of onions next to him.

There were at least 20kg of unpeeled onions in one sack. But as soon as Minhyuk touched the sack all of the onion skin just disappeared.

"I'm done. Does this mean that I could be a cook now?! Wow!"

Minhyuk was already notified about the completion of the quest. After some time, Len came out from inside the carriage. He came out with an uproar.

"Just peel it if you're going to peel it, quit yapping around!"

"......Captain Len, this guy. He really finished peeling the garlic. Ah, the onions too."

Len frowned at his words.

The cloves of garlic were really peeled. There wasn't even a speck of blemish on it.

'Does he have some kind of special ability?'

Even people with their job as a cook or a chef would rarely have a skill that can help them with processing ingredients, though?

"Hoo...... I understand."

Minhyuk smiled cheerfully when he saw Len nodding his head.

"What should I do first?"

***

Team Leader Park Minggyu looked very tired as he went to work early in the morning.

He came in while holding a pack of red ginseng [1] in his hand. He was sucking on it to give him enough energy to work through the day. When he looked up, he saw Lee Minhwa, the new employee under his team.

"Good morning."

"Ah, Team Leader. You're here."

She looked as if she was waiting for him to arrive.

Team Leader Park, with his clean and crisp suit, sat down on a chair as he looked towards her curiously.

"Why, what's happening?"

"User Minhyuk has been in contact with the secret NPC."

"The secret NPC?"

His forehead creased in doubt.

A secret NPC.

They were strong people who were hiding their strength or were retired, reclusive masters that looked like normal people. They would always give users quests with amazing rewards.

"He became a cook for the Bordy Subjugation Force."

Team Leader Park's eyes widened in surprise.

"I remember that the military kitchen's list of volunteers were already full, right?"

"User Minhyuk's favorability with the soldier in charge of personnel management has increased."

"This guy is really a free spirit...... Why does the secret NPC have to be the cooking NPC? That user, does he think that he was born to eat?"

"Well, eating good food deliciously is definitely a good thing."

She grinned.

"Hmm, yeah. But isn't the quest that's related to the secret NPC Len being tracked and pursued by someone else?"

"Yes, that's correct. The 'Twilight Chef' is looking for him. He has already reached Isbin Village."

Team Leader Park tapped on his chin as he thought deeply.

Lee Minhwa smiled slightly.

"We've been paying too much attention to User Minhyuk these past few days. Anyway, there's probably no possibility of User Minhyuk receiving that quest......"

"No chance of getting it at all..."

Team Leader Park thought about it some more.

If you think about it normally, then that would be right.

The NPC, Len, would ask the Twilight Chef to get the essence of the Lv50 Orc Tribe Leader.

The quests were divided into shared and non-shared quests.

Shared quests were quests that anybody could receive. It depends on the NPC but in this case, the NPC could still give the quests to others even if someone already received it and already had progress on it.

However, the non-shared quests were different. If someone was already working on the linked quest, the NPC would not be able to give out the quest to another user or any information about the quest whatsoever.

The Gods of Athenae will notify the protector Len about it.

However, Team Leader Park still shook his head in denial.NewW novels updates at novelhall.com

"Len will teach User Minhyuk basic cooking and will allow him to acquire cooking skills."

"Is that so?"

"However, as soon as the Food Fighter learns how to cook, a different power will open for him again."

"Yes."

The Food Fighter's cooking was different. It was different from the ordinary users. But it would only show if the user with that class learned how to cook.

Every game needed users to find things to add different flavors to the user's experience.

The Food Fighter would have his stats increase happily in the beginning and when he learned how to cook then he would have another nice surprise coming his way.

"We don't know if it's possible for User Minhyuk to receive cooking skills yet."

"......Yes?"

"Kwahahahaha! This friend knows what he's saying! Look at him, Rand. You really picked a good cook this time!"

[Venetto's favorability has increased.]

"This rascal, he's very good!"

All of the soldiers loved Minhyuk very much. He has a fresh face and the gift of gab, besides he was always working hard.

He was inherently different from the other users who only stiffly moved when the goblins made a surprise attack!

[Rand's favorability has increased.]

[Arden's favorability has increased.]

My favorability is continuously increasing today!

The soldier named Venetto grabbed his shoulders. Minhyuk's eyes brightened as he looked at him.

"Boy, I saw you earlier. It seems like you love eating. Would you like to try this beef jerky?"

"Oooooooooh! Thank you very much. Venetto-nim you're like King God, Emperor, General, Admiral and Majesty all together!"

"Huh? What are you saying?"

"You're the best of the best!"

"Hahahahaha, I've never seen someone who was so happy just because they received something to eat. Foreigners usually hate it."

"Oh my gosh, how could they do that! There's nothing better than eating!"

Minhyuk received the jerky that he was handing over. Venetto saw him make an expression that he couldn't understand.

At the same time, Minhyuk thought about things...

Look at this. I became friends with the soldiers and they gave me delicious food!

"I want to introduce my daughter to you, do you know how pretty my daughter is, huh?! Look at this. This is my daughter's portrait. It was painted by an artist!"

Then, the soldier Venetto showed the picture of him and his daughter.

'W, what's this...! It looks like an orc that's wearing makeup!'

For the first time, ever since he started his life as a flatterer, Minhyuk faced a huge challenge.

How can I phrase this so Venetto will not feel bad?!

If he felt bad, then Minhyuk would probably lose his beef jerky.

'T, that can't happen!'

Cold sweat started to fall from Minhyuk's forehead.

"This friend, why aren't you speaking? Is she not beautiful?"

Even a newly born hedgehog is prettier than her!

"S, she's very pretty."

"I know, right? But why are you sweating so much? You should speak more specifically about her beauty."

"I was quite surprised with how free and wild her eyes and nose are...... No, I was very, very shocked."

"Wild and free?"

"Yes. He...... Wild and free, it's beautiful everywhere you look?"

"Kwahahahahaha! Friend, I'll set you up once the subjugation quest is over!"

'Ho, how terrible of a thing to say...!'

Minhyuk hurriedly got out of his seat. At that moment, Len arrived in front of him.

"Boy, let me see."

"Yes?"

Minhyuk and Len went straight to the kitchen.

He was notified about the increase in his favorability between Brock and Len while he was doing miscellaneous chores.

Then, Len placed a chopping board in front of Minhyuk.

"Grab the knife."

"Yes?"

"I'm supposed to teach you how to cook."

Minhyuk was elated to hear his words.

[You can now learn cooking skills from Len.]

[You have gained 4 reputation points.]

[Accepting his proposal will trigger a skill quest.]

Minhyuk's lips twitched for a while before curling up in joy.

He could finally learn how to cook. In addition, he would also learn cooking skills. What did that mean?

'I could eat more delicious things!'

***

Footnotes

[1] 홍삼액 it's red ginseng tea, as far as I know. Apparently, there really is a brand with this name.

[2] Pyeong: a Korean unit of measurement (척관법), it's approximately 3.3058 sq. m or 35.583 sq. ft. Korea used their own unit of measurement that was based on the Chinese and Japanese system measurement. Now it's considered as the traditional measurement system since they have switched to using the metric system. Korea has criminalized the use of Korean units in commercial contexts since 2007 but it is still used informally especially the pyeong which is usually used in residential/commercial floorspace.

TL's corner!!!

LMAO. His first ever challenge as a flatterer. I mean was she really that ugly for her to be compared to an orc. Man... having features that are wild and free are pretty impressive, I guess. ᄏᄏᄏ

QC’s corner!

Hey, it’s Matt. CC’s let me have a spot, so I thought I’d say hi. This story’s been a blast to edit so far. I have to resist drooling sometimes reading this. I want to go to a Korean BBQ now.

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