I Was Summoned To Be Sold as a Son-in-Law chapter 50

50 – Food

“Cough! Damn it…”

I had been making gomtang for about an hour when I suddenly started coughing.

“This isn’t good…”

How on earth did this contagious effect come to fruition?

It had only been less than half a day since I came to this village, but symptoms were already appearing.

I tried to call Baekdori to take out the elixir.

But…

-Gulp! Gulp!

I was reluctant to take out Baekdori because of the people crowding the kitchen entrance and watching.

This guy is definitely a monster.

“Ha…”

I sighed lightly and turned around.

-Sasashak!

As I approached, they flew away from the kitchen door at great speed.

As I left the village chief’s house, I looked back at them.

“Now there’s the final step to make the dish several times more delicious.”

I left the village chief’s door with just those words.

In any case, it was to prevent them from touching it.

So there is nothing like that that makes it delicious.

Gomguk is a food that is simply boiled like that and then served with a little salt added.

I went into a remote alley near the village chief’s house and tried to call Baekdori.

But…

-Ugh…

I felt the touch of cold metal on my neck.

At the same time, the mouth is blocked with the hand.

I am being controlled by someone.

It was clear that he was a skilled assassin or agent, as I could not even detect his presence.

My only weapon, the magic dagger, was placed on my back waist.

Now both arms are down.

The artery in my neck will be severed before I even draw the dagger.

I instinctively felt that the person behind me was of that level of skill.

He removed his hand from my mouth and asked a question.

“Who are you?”

A polite way of speaking compared to what he does.

But this type is actually more scary.

“Tom Riddle.”

I answered stiffly, not even thinking about turning my head.

“……Last warning. Don’t lie.”

His tone of voice was polite, but inside he was lifeless.

Perhaps he must have some skill in deciphering people’s lies.

‘Or it could be a bluff.’

But if his abilities are real, my life will not lie in the next lie.

-Gulp.

I eventually decided to tell only the truth.

“Who are you?”

A strange person who asks questions with the same sound without the slightest change in intonation.

I answered, feeling a little goosebumps.

“Thomas Anderson.”

“…A sorceress from a kidnapped kingdom. You were a famous person. Did you escape on your own?”

“That’s right.”

Judging by his voice, it seemed like he was older than me, but given the situation, he spoke in an informal tone with minimal resistance.

“What are you doing in this town?”

“I was just passing by.”

“……Thank you for your reply.”

With those words, the feeling of his touch on my neck and his presence disappeared simultaneously.

“Huh…”

I let out the breath I had been holding and looked back.

There was no human figure to be found at all.

“There really are all kinds of people in this world…”

I once again felt like I had arrived in another world, and I leaned against the wall for a moment to calm my frightened heart.

Afterwards, he summoned Baekdori, took the elixir, and went back into the village chief’s house.

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“Okay, let’s just use what we’ll get anyway.”

I stood in front of the boiling bear soup and thought about it for about 5 minutes before deciding to pour out the elixir in my hand.

I used 1/3 of the elixir on Baekdori, so I have 2/3 of the elixir left.

If you drink the entire bottle, you will not get sick until you die, and you will never die. Increased mana.

In addition, it is a legendary medicine that increases lifespan by at least 20 years.

Produced in small quantities every year only in the Empire, it was a diplomatic item given one or two bottles each year to allies or subject countries.

This is the elixir that I received in my hands right now, a bottle of which I received from the Tyler family and kept as an heirloom.

Anyway, if its performance is as it is known, it will definitely cure everyone’s infectious diseases even if it is diluted by pouring it into this broth.

Then, it’s better for everyone to get better than to drink alone, right?

Plus, I had another bottle of elixir reserved for me.

Reward from the Kingdom of Fearless for risking your life this time to pretend to be a sorcerer.

It was promised that if I successfully completed the speech, the King would publicly bestow it on me.

At the time of my speech, the Empire said that the elixir had already departed and was being delivered.

‘Well, even if I wasn’t planning on receiving it, I would have used it.’

Without further hesitation, I poured the elixir into the soup.

A commotion is heard from the back, from the entrance to the kitchen.

“Well, I guess that’s the secret finishing seasoning.”

“I guess so. This is my first time smelling something like this.”

I chuckled.

People in this country probably don’t even know about the existence of a potion called elixir.

Even just one healing potion is enough to make me tremble.

I stirred the soup with a ladle to mix the medicine well.

“Huh?”

But something strange happened right before my eyes.

Honestly, the quality of the beef I slaughtered and prepared was not very good.

The blood had not completely drained, and there was a bit of a musty smell.

So, the quality of the soup did not reach the quality of gomguk I expected…

As I added the elixir and stirred, the color of the gomtang that my mother used to carefully prepare began to come out.

I put some of the soup in the tasting bowl next to me and tasted it.

-Slurp.

“!!!”

My eyes widened.

What was said as a joke became reality.

The taste was deep yet clean.

‘This was the ultimate MSG, right?’

I looked at the empty elixir bottle with a shocked expression.

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“Wait in line, line! Bring your bowl!”

Sila, who volunteered to be in charge of serving food, stood in front of the soup bowl and shouted to the villagers while stirring the ladle.

At first, less than 10 people showed up because they seemed distrustful when strangers suddenly distributed food.

Among them, a female warrior wearing light armor and looking like a typical mercenary and a bald male monk approached me.

‘Hmm? ‘Aren’t you from the village?’

Just looking at them, they were two people who exuded the scent of ‘I’m going on an adventure’.

The monk bows to me while counting prayer beads in one hand.

“We are not from this village, but could we possibly be treated to food?”

“Good. You brought the dishes, right?”

I readily accepted. This is because they listened to the village chief’s story and made it larger than the population.

“It’s not for us to eat. Please put a little bit in this bowl.”

‘Is there a sick colleague…’

“You two should eat first and then take care of your colleagues as well.”

I suggested to them with a smile.

At first glance, they seemed like skilled adventurers.

I could feel the magic power of the female warrior as much as that of most nobles, and especially from that male monk, I felt a strange energy that was not even magical power.

However, I could not estimate the extent of that energy with my magical power detection ability.

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They were grateful and took three bowls of gomtang.

Gomtang was also distributed to the small number of villagers who waited in line.

Among the dogs, there were some who immediately sat down on the floor and started eating gomtang.

They put a spoonful in their mouths and then started moving the spoon like crazy.

“Big~”

“Quaea~ Tukye~”

They held the bowl with both hands and emptied the refreshing soup, and a delicious exclamation burst out from them.

Perhaps they were curious about their exclamations, people began to gather one by one.

And soon, the family members who were sick and unable to move gradually received their share, and now they are standing in a long line.

As people ate the soup and became cured and healthy in real time, some people’s eyes began to change.

Hearing the noise they were making among themselves, my heart felt tight for no reason.

‘They won’t ask me to hand over the bundle after saving someone.’

When the food was almost over, I thought about leaving the village.

‘I did enough.’

Seeing the smiles of dying people coming back to life made me feel like the elixir was not a waste.

It was really sad for the people who had already died, but they would be able to have a good funeral and move on again.

‘More than anything, this atmosphere is somehow scary.’

That was the biggest reason.

I was about to slip back,

As the excitement spread, the words hit my ears.

“He is a saint.”

“Yes! The Holy Son has descended!”

“He took pity on our village and came himself and performed a miracle!”

Shouts of emotion erupted from all over, and people began to bow down towards me all at once.

“Uh… Huh?”

I was so dazed that even my backward steps became stiff.

“Yeah, that’s right! Somehow!”

Even Silas, who had just served soup to the last person, joined in and praised me.

“Ah, why are you doing this? What is a saint?”

Now, even the people in the house ran out and bowed down in front of me.

The sight of nearly a hundred people bowing deeply in front of one person was like a worship scene from a pseudo-religion.

‘Isn’t this really dangerous?’

If this world, or rather this country, had doctrines similar to Christianity, and had the intelligence of the Middle Ages.

‘I might be accused of being a heretic and burned at the stake!’

As I was having trouble deciding what to do, I heard someone shouting from behind me.

“What are you doing now? You can’t get up right now!”

A middle-aged woman with a very good appearance appeared accompanied by several knights in heavy armor and shouted.

She looked like a drum and was so ugly that it was barely recognizable as a woman due to the enlargement of her breasts.

She was clearly a noblewoman, and she seemed like a person of high rank.

‘f*cked…’

I imagined myself nailed to a cross on a pile of firewood and burning.