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The Returner’s Three Meals Chapter 3

The Returner’s Three Meals Chapter 3

When Yooseong’s soul is lost in a message that is suddenly heard.

“Oh, hey man! in your body… … !”

The owner, who was savoring the meat, spit and pointed at Yooseong.
Yoosung also noticed what had happened to his body.

‘Another light… … ?’

Just as before returning, an intense golden light came out.
[Gift, ‘Aestheticism’ has been obtained.]
[You have acquired two gifts for the first time.]
[Legendary achievement, ‘Double Gift’ has been achieved.]
Achieved the Legendary achievement.
Legendary achievements aren’t even the name of a dog.
I wondered if I could get it this easily.

‘Two hearts? What I’ve heard… … Ugh!’

Yoosung’s face turned white.

‘It is a privilege that Jang Do-jin of the indestructible had.’

The perks given when you achieve achievements work independently of gifts.

Among the explorers, there were those with outstanding gifts and privileges, and among them there was an explorer named Jang Do-jin, who rose to legend with one strong body.
One of his perks was that he had two hearts.

‘Is the effect doubled all resistances?’

In a word, Meteor’s evil spirit was a gift to grow poison resistance.
On the other hand, ingots had the perk of doubling poison, fire, cold, and all resistances.

‘Only it looked better than my gift on the subject of perks. that i… … .’

The privilege of two hearts did not go to several people.
Perhaps it is a situation in which a meteor has intercepted the perks of this life’s indestructibility.

‘More than anything else. What is aestheticism?’

taste (耽味). crave the taste

As it is a gift that was inspired by eating pork belly, it must be a gift related to eating.

‘It’s the first gift I’ve ever heard.’

The types of gifts are endless.
Sometimes several people have the same gift, but sometimes they don’t.

And aestheticism is a gift that even the most experienced meteors have never heard of.
In an era where there are only energy bars in the first place, there is no way to get a gift related to taste.

‘I’ll have to explore.’

Gifts with body enhancements or special abilities tend to have intuitive effects.
However, such an ambiguous gift can only be analyzed by experimenting with the body.

It may be a vague gift, like evil, but I had a foreboding that it wouldn’t be the case.

At that moment, the old owner shouted at Yooseong, who was dazed in thought.

“It burns meat!”
“Ahh! Damn it!”

It’s a mistake.
While grilling that precious pork belly, I was so lost and almost burned the meat.

Yooseong quickly turned the meat over.
Fortunately, it was browned and overcooked, but the meat was not burnt.

“It’s still okay. The original thinly sliced pork belly is also delicious cooked to perfection.”
“That is reasonable. But how do you know in the first place? Cataclysm long before you were born.”
“… … Don’t worry about it, I just eat quickly.”

Yooseong intercepted his question by stuffing meat into the owner’s mouth.

And he himself put the overcooked pork belly in his mouth.

wow.

The thinly sliced pork belly was shredded like a cookie.
The crispy pork belly has this savory taste.
There is a way to preserve the juices by slicing them thickly, but pork belly that is cooked to perfection like this is also a delicacy.

The moment when Yooseong’s expression was once again filled with emotion.
Gift ‘Aestheticism’ has been activated.
[Exciting taste!]
[By embodying the taste of the forgotten past, injuries are healed and muscle strength is slightly increased.]
With the sudden message, a warm energy spread through Yooseong’s whole body.
The wounds on his forehead and fists that had been wounded while smashing a prickly tree were quickly healed.
and a permanent increase in strength.

Yooseong’s mouth was wide open.

“No, that’s absurd.”
“What is nonsense other than eating?”

Yoosung took another piece of pork belly and ate it.
still delicious
Sesame oil soy sauce and a bowl of rice make me yearn for it.
[Exciting taste!]
[Muscle strength increases slightly.]
It changed from a small amount to a trace amount, but it is clear.
The ability to simply eat pork belly has increased.
It was also accomplished by pioneering an unknown space. He ate an excellent elixir. He didn’t even kill a great monster.

It is only the effect of gift aestheticism.

‘This is crazy.’

Yooseong’s chopsticks became insanely fast.
The speed of putting every single plate of pork belly in his mouth seemed like a skillful swordsman’s skill.

“Hey, you idiot! What if I ate it all by myself?”
“Uh uh, uh.”

As Yooseong shoved the meat into his mouth like a crab’s eye, the old owner grabbed him by the collar and shook him.
However, Yooseong was expecting a massive increase in ability in the future.

“Spit it, spit it out!”
“Oh my gosh, it’s delicious.”

But the message was no longer heard.
There was no increase in strength.
Yoosung shook his head to see if he had realized anything.

“Um, I think I know a bit.”
“What do you think you know, you bastard? There is already less than half of the meat left!”

Aestheticism is also a gift related to taste.

It seems to be Yu’s talent, which raises stats by eating delicious food that shakes the heart.
If you eat the same food multiple times, the effect seems to be diminished, but this alone is the best gift.
It is a growth-type gift whose limits are unknown.

Yoosung finally made up his mind.

“I, again, no. I need to clear it.”
“What!”
“Abyss, down to the lowest level.”
“It must have been left in the freezer for a long time, so the meat was a little rotten… … . Is your head okay?”
“sincerely!”
“If you want to go and die like that, spit out the meat you ate and go.”

No matter what the master said or said, Yooseong hardened his heart.

Abyss has countless ingredients.
Most of them are poisonous, and if they are poisonous, even the Awakeners of the Enhancement System will spit out a fountain of blood and die in many cases.

However, there are some things that are surprisingly tasty even though they are poisonous.
Bad food that makes it edible.
And aestheticism that can be strengthened just by making food.
If you combine the future knowledge gained through regression with that, you will be able to significantly shorten the attack time.

The things that made the world in this way may leave humanity alone after clearing the Abyss.
But it is certain that at least the world will become prosperous again.
For Yooseong, that was enough.

“Even if I die! I will get pork belly again.”
“Then die!”

If the door of the general store had not been opened, the owner might have really rushed at Yooseong.

Druck.

As the sliding door opened, tension flowed across their faces.
It is not a good time to show people grilling and eating pork belly.
However, realizing the identity of the person who entered, they were relieved.
It was the granddaughter of the old owner who came in.

“Oh, Yoosung oppa, it’s been a while!”
“Jia, it’s been a long time.”

It’s been a really long time, it’s been decades.

She holds a bag in one hand and an unopened energy bar in the other.

It was Shin Ji-ah, the only granddaughter of Shin Shin-ho, the owner of the general store.

She was surprised to see Yooseong and Grandpa grilling pork belly.

“Grandpa, what is that?”

When I came back from school, Yooseong and Grandpa were grilling meat.
If you are 19 years old, you are the generation that grew up eating only energy bars for the rest of your life.
It was natural that he didn’t know about pork belly.

“Jia, sit down. This is pork belly, but you were going to bake it on graduation day. Yooseong stole this guy recklessly… … . I ate it all by myself… … .”
“How do you know when he says that? Come see Jia.”

Shin Ji-ah did not show any objection, and sat down next to Yoo-seong.

“It’s called pork belly. Amazing food.”
“Wow, meat? Something like that was in our house… … . It was the first time I knew.”

At her age, the older generation is the generation accustomed to food.
Although unfamiliar, it won’t be too much of a repulsion yet.

Yooseong put all the remaining meat on the fire.
And he found an energy bar in Shin Jia’s hand.

“Did you not eat lunch?”
“Yeah, after the entrance exam, it ends early. They gave it to me at school.”

It was stamped with a ration mark issued by the state.

“Give me.”
“Yes?”

Yooseong took the energy bar in Jia’s hand.
The attitude was so natural that she suddenly lost the energy bar.

And Yooseong opened the package and bit it in bites.

“Wow, what is it!”
“Ugh, it tastes like your tongue is going to rot, after all.”

Yoosung frowned, grasping his impression as if he had eaten something that could not be eaten.
It feels like chewing paper.
It didn’t fit my body, so it tasted a little tingly.
He took a bite of the energy bar and threw it in the trash.

“That’s my lunch!”
“Why do you eat an energy bar when you have pork belly?”
“Samgyeopsal, I’ve never eaten anything like this before… … .”
“You can tell just by smelling it, how delicious it must be.”

Still, the savory smell was vibrating.
I only smelled it, but my mouth was salivating.
It was something she had never experienced in her life.

“Oh really… … .”
“Wait a minute, it’s done.”

Yooseong’s expression of grilling meat frowned slightly.
Slowly, allergies started to rise.
It was okay to eat poison thanks to the gift of bad food, but strangely, I was allergic to energy bars made of nectar.
In the end, the reason was not revealed.

‘When you eat a fifth of the government-rationed energy bar, you get a little bit of heat.’

Allergies got worse as I got older.
If the reaction is like this now, it would be unreasonable to sustain life with energy bars alone.

‘We must enter the Abyss as soon as possible.’

All the meat was grilled while I was thinking about it.

“It is ripe.”
“What are you doing now… … .”
“Whatever, eat it.”

Yooseong put the meat in front of Shin Jia’s mouth with a casual expression.
Embarrassed, Shin Jia eventually had no choice but to accept it.

“Well then… … . Just a bite.”

She chewed the meat slowly with a frightened expression on her face.

And shortly thereafter, admiration exploded.

“Well! Whoops.”

It was the first meat I ate in my life.
Whether the genes of her grandfather who liked food were inherited, Shin Ji-ah’s expression melted ecstatically.

“Hahaha.”
“Cluckle.”

While savoring the taste of pork belly, she suddenly realized that Yooseong and her grandfather were very proud.

“You are so delicious… … . I’m a little surprised… … .”

Having said that, he lowered his head in embarrassment.
The old man breathed a sigh of relief.

“It’s fortunate that our Jia still has some food left.”
“I will, that’s fine.”
“You don’t deserve it, man. I almost ate it all.”

Yooseong ignored Old Man Shin’s face.

“Eat more, Jia.”

Shin Jia was staring intently at the pork belly.
Yooseong brought a plate and put a lot of meat in front of her.

It feels strange to meet acquaintances for the first time in ten years.
Later, after Yooseong became a full-fledged explorer, they became distant, but this time they were quite close.
In particular, Shin Ji-ah used to be just a pretty, well-studying little sister, but now she looks different.
It is difficult to grow up like that while living alone with your grandfather in this difficult world.
It looked very odd.

At that time, another effect of aestheticism was activated.
[The condition has been met.]
[The gift owner introduced the ‘Heavenly Taste’ to the other party for the first time.]
[Temporarily grants ‘Icarus’ Blessing’ to the opponent.]
Suddenly, white wings popped out of Shin Jia’s back as she was chewing the pork belly.

“Damn!”
“Ji, Jia!”
“Well, what is it? this!”
“Ok. Don’t look back here, Jia! It falls with a fire!”

The raised wings ripped apart the display case of the narrow general store.
As Shin Jia was panicking and panicking, her wings swayed uncontrollably, and the general store gradually became a mess.
Feathers flew everywhere like snow.

The newly revealed efficacy of aestheticism.
It was the ability to grant blessings to those who ate the food made by Yoosung.

Yoosung hit his head and remembered while dodging the wings that were about to pass.

‘I’m running solo anyway, so I don’t need this.’