207 – Midnight Tag
“I like anything, so I want to eat the food my brother made, yap-! Cooking exclusively for Derke…… !”
Derke looked up at me and answered.
With her bright green eyes shining.
His face was quite different from when we first met at the congratulatory speech.
Deerke’s eyes looking at me were filled with infinite trust and anticipation. Well, there’s no way he handed over the Dragon Heart to me without doing that.
‘We were wary of each other at first… ….’
When I think of my first meeting with Derke, I have a new feeling. If it wasn’t for Derke, I wouldn’t have even dreamed of communicating with other girls.
“… Cooking on a night like this?”
“Yes…… !”
By the way, it was quite unexpected.
I wanted to ask for something meaningful…….
Do you want me to make something to eat?
Besides, the real wish was Derke, who hadn’t even mentioned it yet. Maybe he wants to enjoy a date with me under the pretext of a wish.
“Yeah, it’s too much at a time like this, yap…… ?”
The guy who gets sullen when I take a break.
Eyes like emeralds face the floor.
The wet pigtails look like puppy ears.
“Foot… ….”
“Why are you laughing? … ?!”
Looking at Derke’s cute appearance, I can’t refuse the request. They trust me and like me so much, but I can’t let go of that expectation.
“If you want to eat, there is nothing you can’t do! It was an unexpected request, so I was just surprised. So there is nothing to be sad about.”
ㅡSseudam ssdam… ….
I comforted Derke and stroked his head. It’s like having a real puppy.
“hahahaha… ? That, like that, yap?”
“So, are you hungry?”
“Ugh… ! Tired of meeting with the professor all day today! The meat that came out in the evening smelled so bad that I couldn’t even eat it properly. ….”
ㅡ Kororok… !
As soon as Derke finishes his words, a cute sound comes from his stomach. He was expressing hunger with his whole body.
“That’s right… ….”
Well, it might not have been to the taste of the kids.
The unique smell of lamb must have been annoying.
In particular, isn’t Derke’s nose more sensitive than others?
Besides, looking back, I didn’t fill my stomach properly like that. There was definitely a limit to continuing to eat with miscellaneous nae.
“Ugh! It wasn’t that the taste wasn’t bad, but the smell was irresistible! Except for Derke, everyone had meat left over, yap… !”
ㅡPork… !
Derke digs into my arms again.
Rubbing his face while sniffing.
Resting his head on my hand, which had stopped, on his own.
It seems like he is urging me to stroke him again.
“I was just hungry. Shall we secretly go to the break room then? No one wants to stop by the break room at night anyway.”
Although I was tired in many ways,
Stroking like this is healing.
Derke has always been a source of strength for me.
What is the Dragon of Death? Isn’t it the Dragon of Blessing that energizes you every time?
“Yes… ! Death Yong helping Derke too!”
“You must be hungry, but you don’t have to. Anyway, good. Let’s go and prepare the dessert we’re going to make tomorrow, well.”
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ㅡDalkak… !
The door to the newly built rest room closes softly.
Probably because most of them were replaced with new ones,
I could barely hear the hinges engage.
Nonetheless, I closed the door to the break room as carefully as possible so as not to make any noise.
‘I can’t see anything because it’s dark. Would you have brought a lantern with you? I can’t even turn on the light…….’
Even though I’ve worked late during vacation, it’s the first time I’ve been to the break room at such a late hour.
Of course, the rest room in the middle of the night was out of sight. Even so, I couldn’t turn on the light in the break room.
No matter how much it is with Derke,
This is clearly leaving the workplace and going out without permission.
Since it was against the school rules, I had no choice but to be careful.
And if you were unlucky enough to be discovered by prisoners on night patrol or professors on duty, you would be punished.
“Ah, if you can’t see well, Derke will help you… !”
“Huh?”
As I stammered forward, the quick-witted Derke intervened.
ㅡ Whirik, swish… ! Execution-☆
Derke staggers in the dark.
The surroundings are dark, and only the silhouettes sway.
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Just like before, we will show movements similar to the choreography.
Perhaps it is beckoning into the air to summon a specter.
「Nyoroong… ?”
Unsurprisingly, the ghosts appear like cumulus clouds.
“Everyone goes to the kitchen and lights up yap-!”
ㅡ Hwaaa… !
With Derke’s command, a soft light is lit inside the break room. Round orbs glow and float in the air.
Atmosphere as if lit by lanterns.
The brightness was also appropriate if it wasn’t excessive.
As if turning on a mood light, the view is bright.
“Oh? Is something like this even possible?”
The specters are emitting light from their bodies.
A slightly dismal grayish light.
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Just enough illumination to be able to distinguish objects.
But I don’t think there will be any difficulty in cooking at this level.
“If you get used to it, oppa will be able to do it, too! Anyway, is this good enough for you?”
“Yes, thank you. Would you like to sit down and wait?”
“Eh? I want to help Derke too…….”
“It’s okay. I’m going to make something easy to eat. I’ll call you if you need help.”
“Okay, yap-!”
Derke nodded at my words and grabbed a spot nearby.
After confirming this, I headed straight to the kitchen.
Although the brightness was a little dim,
Over time, you get used to it.
By the way, what should I make for Derke?
I rummaged through the kitchen, wondering what would be good. It was a sudden request, so I didn’t think of anything.
‘I’ve roughly decided what to treat the girls tomorrow, but what’s good for a late-night snack?’
When it comes to late-night snacks, there’s nothing like ramen,
It’s unreasonable to pick noodles at this late hour.
Since it was a world without ramen soup, the broth had to be brewed separately.
You can make it simply,
Easy to eat, no burden,
It’s a food that can fill your stomach in a hearty way…….
“… Besides, Derke likes sweet things, right?”
When I tried to make it, it was quite difficult.
Good ideas don’t come easily.
All I can see right now is the batter left after frying the sweet and sour pork and mixing the remaining oil and meat.
ㅡBrush… ! Back, back… !
I thought I couldn’t do this, so I went down to the corrosion warehouse and rummaged through the materials.
「Nyorolong… ….」
Behind me, a ghost of Derke was shining a soft light.
ㅡWhoah…….
Because it is a place where the freezing magic is applied, pure white breath gushes out.
“Is it too much to fry at night? What should I make……. Hmm?”
While I was looking around the ingredients while wrapping my hair like that, the familiar shape of the material entered my eyes. It was definitely something I had dealt with before.
“Hey, can you shine a little on that side?”
「Nyo Lung… ?”
The specter with a fierce expression checks my fingers and lights up a shelf located deep below. There, cylindrical materials were piled up like a coil.
Thinner than sundae, but elongated. That’s right…….
“Huh? This is clear…….”
Yes.
What caught my eye was the sausage.
That wasn’t just sausage either.
It was the same item I used when I made Budaejjigae the other day.
Perhaps Johnson put it in when he ordered the corrosion of the break room. Now, the Dwarves’ demonic powers were reaching even in the corrosion of the resting room.
‘You mean a man with a certain taste? Was Budae Jjigae so delicious?’
Upon checking out the Johnsonville Sausage, I initially tried to put it down lightly.
But then, a ray of silhouette passed through my mind.
Easy to eat,
It is not too difficult to make,
Even sweet snacks came to mind.
“Right, there was that, right? I can make this in no time!”
I was finally able to select a menu just for Derke.
It was about to get cold, but it went well.
I need to hurry up and grab my things.
Derke must be waiting patiently.
ㅡBrush, rustle… !
After that, I gathered a few more necessary ingredients.
I made an apology gift for Tina and prepared all the ingredients for the girls tomorrow.
ㅡTurb, tumble… !
I was able to get out of the corrosive warehouse after a long time, only after putting the ingredients in a basket.
“Derke? Did you wait long? Sorry. I’ll make it soon.”
… ….
“Hmm? Derke…… ?”
I called Derke several times while laying out the ingredients I brought from the kitchen.
… ….
No reply came.
It was so quiet that there was no echo.
If it was normal, Derke would have welcomed me saying that he had waited a long time.
“Derke~? Don’t play around and come out! Are you making something delicious?”
After that, I called Derke again, but the result was the same.
I couldn’t see anything on the table side. Even the ghosts floating near the kitchen were nowhere to be seen.
‘Did you fall asleep? It’s too quiet to go through that?’
I looked carefully at the table just in case, but I couldn’t find anything.
This guy, Delke, has suddenly disappeared somewhere…… ?