Episode 118. Our Hogang
“It’s nothing. You mean to eat this? Okay, give me one.”
Cha Soo-yeon, who seemed to have no intention of hiding her hardened expression, quickly snatched one of the tacos from Go Man-sik’s hand.
“Surprised! I knew what kind of cat it was. Now, each one of you take one. It’s very expensive even if it looks like this.”
Despite his somewhat rude behavior, Man-shik still had a soft expression on his face as if he wasn’t angry at all.
‘I’m not lucky. Why are you laughing so hard?’
Soo-yeon was already aware of Man-shik’s finite nature.
Plus, she likes the way she looks herself.
Perhaps because of this, he seemed unwilling to hide the emotions bubbling inside.
“Then I have one too.”
Following that, Ko Tae-hyeok took his share of tacos with a smirk on his face.
However, Yoo Hye-soo and Park Myung-sik continued to stand still.
“What is it? Why are you doing this? Are you vegetarian?”
“No… That’s not it…”
“…Give me one too.”
With a resigned face, Park Myeong-sik let out a deep sigh and accepted one belatedly.
Yoo Hye-soo barely reached out her hand cautiously after taking a peek at Myeong-sik’s face.
Cha Soo-yeon opened her mouth in a voice mixed with annoyance, probably not wanting to look like that.
“It’s okay to keep an eye on what you’re going to eat anyway.”
Yoo Hye-soo did not respond.
Because we’ve been together for a long time, we’re used to it.
When Cha Soo-yeon is like that, the correct answer is to just ignore her.
“Are you guys too suspicious?”
“Don’t get me wrong, hyung. We know that buff cooking is a mess these days. It’s just… As you well know, we…”
“hahahaha, what a misunderstanding. I just did it. Just kidding, kidding. No need to explain further. I’ve already heard about your situation.”
Go Man-sik already knew that the four people here had a party with the chef who made these tacos.
‘Daesan hyung also has a mischievous side? To ask those who fell out of love with cooking to get the cooking ingredients.’
“Ah… You already know.”
“There’s nothing to be depressed about. Neither am I, and our guild doesn’t care too much about that. It’s not like he committed a big crime.”
When the word crime came out, all four of them flinched greatly at the same time.
“Oh, I’m sorry. I was just mistaken. hehehe. Anyway, as long as you joined our guild, as long as you don’t break the guild rules, it’s okay. We accepted you after considering all of those things, so if there’s a problem, we take responsibility. “
“Yes.”
“So, let’s put away that poop-chewed expression and eat it quickly.”
Well well.
Mansik took a big bite first.
“Umm, keuh… It’s this taste!”
Following him, the other four also carefully brought the tacos they were holding into their mouths.
No matter what the past was like, the delicious scent first stimulated my nose so that I couldn’t think of anything right away.
The unique pungent scent of soy sauce and the slightly sweet scent combine to awaken the senses of the past that you missed so much.
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“…!?”
It’s not like the steam is freshly cooked, but the thrill that flows non-stop from the moment it touches the tip of your tongue.
Not to mention the other three, even Cha Soo-yeon, who was full of annoyance, stood still for a while with her eyes wide open.
How the hell.
How can it taste like this?
Of course I missed it.
It’s been a long time since I felt a nostalgic taste that I hadn’t eaten in over half a year.
However, the umami taste that is close to perfection that cannot be explained by just that alone stimulated every corner of the mouth.
“What is this!? Why is this so delicious?”
Ko Tae-hyuk burst into admiration first.
Then, in an instant, I ate the entire taco.
Park Myung-sik stopped eating and looked at the distant sky with a narrowed face, while Yoo Hye-soo was crying and eating as if she had been moved.
And the other one.
‘This… Is that brother’s dish?’
It was a very confused face.
Go Man-shik, who ate his entire portion in an instant and watched the various reactions of the newcomers with interest, spat out.
“What is it? Is this your first time eating?”
After working with that chef for months?
Guji didn’t say anything behind his back, but Man-shik looked so pathetic at the four people in front of him.
Four idiots who cut open the goose that laid golden eggs appeared at once and joined their guild as newcomers.
‘Daesan hyung, why did you accept these children into the guild?’
The joining of the four was decided unilaterally, with the authority of Gilma at the forefront, even though several executives vehemently opposed it, fearing that they would fall for the cook.
‘I was curious about the reason, so I came all the way here myself, not even a rookie, but… I still don’t know.’
That’s something we’ll have to figure out later.
First of all, you must carry out the mission Gilma ordered.
“From now on, you will hunt High Orcs and collect High Orc meat. Of course, the goal is to collect as many as possible.”
‘Should I stimulate it a bit more?’
“You know, right? We’re planning to train chefs right now. If you don’t want to eat the food made by the chef you pretended to be, you’ll have to work really hard.”
The four people who were still immersed in the aftertaste of the taste slowly moved their gaze.
“In our guild, this buff dish has already become an essential element in attacking the Abyss. If we can’t raise a guild-affiliated chef as soon as possible, will we have to spend most of our guild funds on that chef?”
Ko Tae-hyeok suddenly came to his senses and asked again.
“Hyung-nim. Surely, until we raise that chef, shouldn’t we only hunt high orcs?”
“Well? But one thing is certain. Without that dish you just ate, you wouldn’t even be able to visit the Abyss in a hundred or a thousand days. Of course, you wouldn’t be able to go to your old hometown.”
“Anyway, that’s… The days when we used to go to the Abyss…”
“Taehyuk-ah, don’t you come to your senses? Didn’t you check that your stats went up after eating food because you were drunk? You wouldn’t know if Daesan-hyung or Cheoljoong-hyung joined your party. Do you think Abyss will be able to do it? This is a game now. No. Abyss is not just looking for a tanker and dealer similar to your level.”
“……”
“If you’ve joined our guild, please don’t embarrass Mr. Go and let’s do well, Taehyuk-ah. The same goes for you guys. You all want to go back to your hometown.”
“Yes…”
“Bastard. Don’t be so depressed again. It’s just the senior’s advice.”
“I will work hard.”
Man-shik, who was just laughing without a backbone, suddenly started to look like a different person.
Then I realized it.
Knowing that the guild they entered is the strongest guild in the world and is currently in the Abyss.
“Okay, let’s work when we’re done! Work!”
“Yes!”
“Hey, Soo-yeon? What are you doing there?”
Just as everyone was about to start hunting high orcs in earnest, Soo-yeon Cha stood still while eating tacos.
“You haven’t eaten yet?”
“…I ate it all.”
“Then let’s go quickly. How can a mole hunt without a main dealer?”
“Yes. I’ll go…”
She barely took her first step, but her face was still full of pensiveness.
She chewed her lips for no reason and even bit her fingernails.
And sometimes, she even muttered to herself.
‘No… I…’
Her attitude continued until the first battle began.
‘My choice wasn’t wrong…’
* * *
“Who are you?”
Early in the morning, I visited the hideout of the Demon Slash Guild.
“I promised to make a deal with a man named Kim Chul-joong.”
“Ah! No way, you’re that famous…”
“hahahaha…”
Is this enough to make me a celebrity?
It’s not very pleasant… But it can’t be helped.
I followed the man standing guard in front of the huge mansion and headed to the second floor of the building.
As if he had been waiting for me, the man I saw yesterday personally greeted me.
“Hmm? Did you come alone?”
“Yes. My colleagues are waiting nearby. As you know, I’m running out of time, so I’ll do my best…”
“Well, people are impatient. I don’t take my brother’s money, so I don’t have to be in such a hurry.”
“Ahahahaha… I have some debts that I need to pay off quickly.”
“Hmph.”
After a while, eighteen certificates were placed on the table, emitting a rainbow of colors.
In the days when it was a game, only numbers were exchanged in the transaction window, but in reality, it was implemented as a certificate exchange method.
100 Million is too large to trade with only coins.
“Count.”
“No. If you put it in your inventory, it will show up as a number anyway.”
I immediately put all the certificates into my inventory.
‘Uhhh… It’s easy to make money.’
By the way, our Michael Alchemist refused, saying he didn’t even need 300 million won.
‘Instead, I asked to be a fixed member for a while…’
There was no reason to refuse.
300 Million is no joke.
Above all, our party has good synergy with the Curse Sorcerer.
‘Where is that? He’s not an ordinary alchemist, but he’s the owner of the elixir recipe, but rather, he’s someone we should hold on to. It’s a little bit because he’s a man.’
I was lucky in many ways.
Because I’m a person who needs my luck dish, I’ve even established a relationship where I can even use power in moderation.
If I give Rachel’s share of 300 million, the 1.5 Billion will be entirely mine.
For now, an agreement has been reached with the party members to settle the debt first.
‘I thought it would take a while to pay off the debt, but it’s only been a few days and it looks like I’m already paying it off.’
It feels like a heavy burden has been lifted off my shoulders.
“Thank you.”
‘Thank you so much. Our hogang. hehehehe’
“Yeah, but don’t you think it’s a bit excessive?”
‘What is it? Come now?’
The money has already fallen into my hands.
If you say something like that after giving everything, it means that there is something you want to receive from me rather than simply a matter of money.
I jumped before the old man in front of me said anything else.
“This is a kind of service.”
He took out a large plate from his inventory and set it down.
Brilliant sweet and sour pork with white steam rising on top of a large, luxurious wooden table.
That’s a large size for 5 people.
Although it is not a la carte dish, as long as it is registered as an original recipe in my system, it is a special dish that only I can implement in this world.
More than anything else, it is a dish that Koreans would miss so much.
“The purpose of today’s visit was to trade food, so I think I’ll need that proof. This is a special menu that has never been sold yet.”
Kim Chul-joong’s eyes widened.
She swallowed dry saliva as if her mouth was watering.
“Then I’m really busy. Let’s go. Enjoy your meal.”
See you next time. Our hogang.