Chapter 111 - The Birth Of The School Of Fast Eaters

Chapter 111: The Birth of the School of Fast Eaters

Translator: ChubbyCheeks

PR: MattForgenti

Chronicle’s thoughts were blank, it was as if her head had turned white at that exact moment.

My god!

She was a noble existence. The Eivelis Empire even worshipped her, the Phoenix Lord. She was also a king who could command more than fifty phoenixes. But her body’s fire was used to grill hotbar?! She was overcome with anger.

Just a few days ago, she had seen him plowing the fields day and night to grow the seeds quickly. Then she realized...

Ah, wait. I’m grateful towards this human! He worked hard to save the monsters here! And I’m truly grateful for that.

“I thought you were better than the Food God of the past... but it seems like you’re not.”

The sinner, Minhyuk, took two steps back and bowed his head as if he was admitting his mistakes and waiting for his punishment. At the same time, he quickly tried to stuff the well-grilled hotbar in his mouth.

“I am!”

Screech!

Minhyuk stopped the skewer from moving towards his mouth further.

“I’m very grateful that you have worked hard day and night for these monsters.”

“......?”

He tilted his head in confusion.

What does she mean for the monsters?

Minhyuk couldn’t keep up with her thoughts.

“But I can’t believe that you’re wasting your time grilling food and eating it!”

“I...... that......”

“I’m taking a break because I’m almost done filling the fullness bar......”

He was quite dumbfounded with Chronicle and her outburst.

Her request period was only 2 weeks! In the first place, 2 weeks of time for all of these work were already not enough. It didn’t even make sense to expect him to do all the work in just 2 weeks.

But... but this human is lying to me to avoid the situation?!

“What a disappointment! I thought you were much better than the previous Food God Allen! I can’t believe you’re lying to me just to avoid this situation!”

“But it’s the truth!”

Chronicle snorted.

“The truth?! If it’s not the truth then I won’t be a phoenix from now on. I will be a chicken! A chicken!”

“But it’s the truth......”

“You’re still not repenting even when we’ve talked up to this point. I will check the egg myself.”

The growth of the egg was solely dependent on how much he had fed the monsters in the monster’s paradise. The Phoenix Lord, Chronicle, looked at it angrily. She thought that it would still be better if the fullness was less than 50%.

‘His lies have gone too far.’

She immediately checked the monster egg that was floating in the middle of the monster’s paradise.

(Monster Egg)

Rank: Legend

Race: Pet

Description: The fullness bar is almost full and the egg has evolved into a huge pet-bearing egg.

“......!”

Chronicle blinked her eyes dumbly. Then she kept on looking at Minhyuk and the egg alternately.

“Cluck, cluck?”

Minhyuk timidly hinted about the ‘I will be a chicken’ that Chronicle had told him earlier. Chronicle stubbornly double checked the information. She thought that she was just mistaken and needed to look at it again.

(Monster Egg)

Rank: Legend

Race: Pet

Description: The fullness bar is almost full and the egg has evolved into a huge pet-bearing egg.

Of course, the content of the information did not change.

She turned silent for a moment.

Then, she once again heard Minhyuk’s voice.

“Cluck, cluck, cluck......?”

Chronicle kept her mouth shut and silently looked at her surroundings. She finally realized the situation around her as her eyes wandered around.

The monsters have gone strange. The Twin Headed Ogre was leading the ogres and digging at the cliff.

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

“Grrr. Just a bit more and we can eat delicious food!”

“Grrrgrrr!”

And even the orcs.

“Chwiiiiiik! Chwiiiiik! Just a bit more and we can eat delicious raw meat! Chwiiiik, chwiiiiik!”

All of the monsters in the monster’s paradise were working hard. They looked very tired but Minhyuk could whip them up in shape every time.

‘Sigh...... At this rate, I won’t be able to fill the fullness by 100%, I’m really sorry...... You’re all working hard but I still won’t have time to cook......’

The monsters who have heard this worked hard day and night. They even went as far as not sleeping. They were literally working to eat!

“......I don’t think I look like a chicken.”

Chronicle hummed at Minhyuk while Minhyuk’s eye sparkled brightly.

cadad414: OMG...... I couldn’t tell which was which because you look like a bug...... Sry, sry. But you really look like an insect...... Yeah. It’s a compliment.

gfasfdd84: 2222

OnlyCarlo: 33333333

kvueu2h4: 44444444

Koongie’sDad: 55555555

MamaLucy: The resemblance is uncanny. Hehehehehehe]

Minhyuk smiled slightly at the unity of the commenters.

The picture was showing the scene of silkworms making white cocoons for themselves. The silkworms were as big as an adult male’s head. The silkworm’s thread was not broken once it started to make its cocoon. It seemed like there were about 1,500m of silk thread that spouted out of the silkworm just to make such a seamless cocoon. The cocoon was made to act like an egg shell to protect the silkworm as it went through the process of growth to become a moth. The silkworm’s thread was the raw material needed to make silk clothes and...

“Silkworm ramyeon......”

An idea passed through Minhyuk’s head.

He thought that if he would feed them at least once then he wanted to feed them the most delicious food that he could feed them. Since he had found a hint, he quickly moved to find the silkworm cocoons in the Land of Salovs.

***

Chronicle has not yet filled her stomach, however she still looked around.

The previously thin and bony monsters were now plump and chubby and they were even overflowing with strength and vigor!

Bam!

“Grrrr. This guy fainted!”

“It’s because he’s been digging in the cliffs day and night without a rest...... gulp......”

They were clearly overflowing with strength that they ended up overworking themselves.

‘If I eat too......’

It was something that was virtually impossible but once she looked at the egg, she could feel a very powerful force emitting from it. It was a power that was comparable to herself! But once he fed her, then that monster egg would grow even more powerful. And once he fed her he would also be able to acquire the armor that the Food God had worn himself before.

However, it was truly a difficult task. Chronicle was an extremely picky eater. Even Allen, the previous Food God, had a hard time trying to satisfy her tastes!

But, right now the current Food God is still unskilled and immature. Right?

Just when she was thinking of him, Minhyuk finally came back after going outside for a bit.

He was holding a mysterious round, white and dry thing that looked like it was wrapped with thread. It was as big as his fist. And once she looked at it closely, she could see that it was a pupa.

“Ho?”

Chronicle looked intrigued. It was because they looked like they were caterpillars.

Then, she saw Minhyuk pull the frying pan out of his back and drop all of the caterpillar-like things on it. After placing all of it, he proceeded to boil them down.

Blub, blub, blub!

Then, he added some kelp, garlic, onions and leeks before letting it continue to boil. He seasoned it with salt and waited for the water that he was boiling to go down. After he took out his portion out of the huge frying pan, smiled and handed it over to Chronicle.

The pupae were black and steaming.

And Minhyuk......

“Beondegi, beondegi, beonbeon, degidegi. One beondegi, two beondegi, three beondegi!”

Muttered something completely unintelligible.

***

Minhyuk smiled contentedly at Chronicle after he had made the savory and flavorful pupae.

He looked at Chronicle and wondered if she would say that it was not delicious after tasting it.

Those were literally pupae.

In the past, back when Minhyuk was in elementary and middle school, whenever he joined a sports competition he would see the uncles outside with their trucks and selling their wares. And on their trucks it would say...

‘Beondegi, 1,000 won!’

Then, Minhyuk and his friends would go in front of the truck and would smile at the old man and say ‘Uncle, please give me 1,000 won worth of beondegi!’ after looking at the steaming, hot paper cup filled with pupae.

The uncle would give them a paper cup filled with beondegi together with a toothpick. However, they wouldn’t use any toothpick and would just pour it in their mouths little by little.

This is beondegi!

Minhyuk was able to make a memorable meal by accident!

And the ingredient that he used to make this beondegi was the silkworm’s pupa!

Chronicle tapped hesitantly with his beak on the frying pan that was filled with beondegi.

“Uhmm......”

Then, she opened her beak and bit on one. The savory flavor immediately spread in her mouth as soon as she bit on it. She felt that the more she chewed on it, the deeper and more savory the flavor became.

Her breath stopped for a moment as she looked at Minhyuk in surprise.

“De, delicious.”

“Hohohohoho......!”

Minhyuk also took a piece of beondegi and ate the one that was almost as big as his head.

It’s the taste in my memories!

Chronicle quickly finished all of the beondegi in the frying pan.

Then...

A series of notifications rang loudly...

[You have fed the Phoenix Lord.]

[The Phoenix Lord is really satisfied with the meal. You will receive better rewards.]

***

Food Discussion Corner

Beondegi (번데기) - literally translated as pupa, is a KR street food that’s made with the pupa of a silkworm. It is usually boiled or steamed and served with toothpicks. It’s said that it has a bit of a fishy and nutty flavor and is usually soft and juicy in the inside while its outside is crunchy af. Although it’s now a popular snack, it became prominent during the Korean War since the pupa has an excellent nutritional value and was extremely helpful in giving the people a stable supply of protein.

TL’s corner!!!

A day has come where I encountered a dish that I wouldn’t want to taste. However, this dish is usually a favorite of the older generation. I believe it’s something of an acquired taste, something that they have grown used to and loved.

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