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The Returner’s Three Meals Chapter 1

The Returner’s Three Meals Chapter 1

Decades ago.
Another world Abyss created under the Earth’s surface.
In the deepest layer of the Abyss, full of vicious monsters and valuable treasures, there were explorers.

“zombie… … what?”
“It’s a Zombie tongue.”
“The tongue of a zombie, that’s unusual for a tinnitus.”
“I think so… … .”
“I guess it’s a zombie. I saw you fight before. He was drenched in blood and fighting terribly. So are you a zombie?”
“right. In fact, I was surprised too.”
“Are you surprised?”
“Yeah, I only knew him as a solo geek, but his grade is still B. But I’m sure he’ll do a great job like that… … .”

The Master of the Explorers Guild, who had a relationship with Han Seo-ryun, explained that, and Han Seo-ryun nodded her head.
The B-class explorer who participated in the last battle made an outstanding performance that no one expected.

Since about half a century ago, the earth cracked and the Abyss appeared underground.
Humans eventually succeeded in attacking the lowest level.
Now the earth will go back to when it was green again.

The last demon of the Abyss, the Great Evil Dragon, was truly terrifying.
There were many deaths, and even Han Seo-ryun, one of the strongest explorers, was on the verge of death several times.

And it was the explorer named ‘Zombie Tong’ who saved her life once, and tore off the wings of the evil dragon while still wounded.
He was an unusual person, as if literally falling from the sky.

“… … So, why is it supposed to be a ‘tongue’?”

tongue, tongue.
Han Seo-ryun wondered why the word ‘tongue’ was attached to her tinnitus.
The guild master’s expression became strange.

“The author’s gift is ‘evil food’.”
“Is it evil?”
“Yeah, I can eat anything. So, they pick up all the strange things and eat them.”
“If it’s strange, is it like a bug?”
“It’s not just worms. Demons, poisonous insects, and poisonous plants that grow in the Abyss. He’s a geek who only needs to put things in his mouth that are both disgusting and disgusting.”

It’s been a few generations since agriculture and livestock were devastated and everyone replaced food with energy bars.
The guild master expected Han Seo-ryun’s expression to frown.

“… … He is a strange person.”
“Is that so?”

However, Han Seo-ryun’s reaction was not bad.
Rather, he seemed to have deepened his interest.
The guild master interpreted it as a zombie tongue saving her life.

“Still, my personality is a little strange… … Frostblade is not a person of interest. I’m also geeky. I’m still trying to grill the meat of the evil dragon… … what?”

The guild master’s expression hardened as he glanced at the zombie tongue.
He looked like he couldn’t believe what he was seeing.

“Hey, that crazy. Do you grill and eat evil dragon meat?”

A chaotic midst where everyone collects the dead and distributes items.
Zombie Tongue was lit in the middle of the fire and had a frying pan on it.
And a chunk of meat next to him.
The black scales attached to it were definitely the flesh of the evil dragon that had been defeated a while ago.

The guild master rolled his eyes and ran to him.

“Gee, what are you doing now!”
“I’m grilling meat.”

The guild master yelled at him, but the person involved was too calm.
The one who screamed was rather speechless.

“Anyway, we haven’t finished distributing the corpses yet. Does this make sense!”

After checking whether the fan was hot or not, the zombie tongue answered without looking at the guild master.

“I was just going to take a pound of meat anyway. Or check the contract. And now or not Dragon meat quickly rots.”
“Hey, interest really.”

Zombie Tongue’s words were quite logical, and there was nothing to refute.
However, the guild master is a person who values dignity and formality.
I had no intention of condoning such barbarism.
It was the moment when a scream was about to come out of his mouth.

“Do you eat dragon meat?”

Han Seo-ryun poked her head out from behind.
Suddenly, he followed the guild master.

“Bake and eat.”
“steak?”

Zombie Tongue, who had been shivering, showed a proper reaction for the first time to those words.
It is an expression of hearing unexpected words.

“Do you know some food?”
“In the past, I enjoyed it.”
“Why do you leave the energy bar alone?”
“Because Grandpa likes food.”

Zombie Tongue nodded as if he understood those words.

“You are the daughter of a conglomerate.”
“Can I sit down?”
“Since you’re already seated, what?”

Seo-ryun Han naturally sat down across from him.
Even the zombie tongue felt like acquiescence.

It was the guild master who was bewildered.
I was about to get mad at the zombie tongue, but Seo-ryun Han, a powerful and top contributor to the attack, intervened.

“Seo-ryeon, if you sit with someone like this… … .”
“it’s okay. I am.”
“Still, there is such a thing as surrounding eyes.”

Han Seo-ryun was silent for a moment.

“Because it’s okay.”

It is soft, but contains a cool chill.
Unspoken warning not to cross the line.

The guild master once again realized who he was dealing with.
In the end, he has no choice but to take a step back.

“It’s crazy, so let’s go quickly.”

It was extremely disgusting to see the zombie tongue waving its hands while smiling, but it couldn’t be helped.
The guild master staggered away, suppressing the burning inside.

“Zombie empty… … it’s you Thank you before. Thanks to you, I am alive.”
“Well, I have to do my part.”
“Are your wounds okay?”
“The blood has stopped. I’m naturally strong, so I can get treatment later.”

A bandage was wrapped around his stomach.
The bandages were soaked in blood.
It was a wound on the claw of the evil dragon.

Han Seo-ryun rarely owed debt to others.
I was at a loss as to how to express my gratitude.

“And Baek Yoo-seong.”
“Yes?”
“Call me by name, not Zombie Teng.”
“Ah, your Yooseong-san.”
“So, why are you sitting down?”

Baek Yoo-seong did not look at Han Seo-ryun while asking a question.
I just put some oil on the pan with a cautious attitude like a seeker.

“Because you’re making steak. I want to take a bite and try it.”

The moment she spoke, she herself was most surprised.
Normally, this is unimaginable. How can you be so kind to someone you just met for the first time?
Anyone who knew her would have been surprised if they had just heard the conversation.

“I don’t want to share.”
“… … .”

However, no matter what Seo-ryun Han said that would surprise anyone to hear, Yoo-seong didn’t care.
Seo-ryun hid what was offended for nothing and asked casually.

“What did you spray?”
“Well, it’s oil made from kelic berries, so it’s kind of like olive oil.”
“Oli… … what?”
“They said she was the daughter of a conglomerate. You don’t even know olive oil.”
“Well, I’m not even cooking. And the last time I ate steak was 7 years ago.”
“Did there still be beef left over 7 years ago?”

Yoosung suddenly shouted out as if he was bewildered.

“Yeah, it was there until then.”
“Hey, I was the only one who didn’t know.”

Instead of grilling meat in a heated pan, Baek Yu-seong started frying mushrooms and green vegetables.

“People eat energy bars and eat them, and they think they are the happiest. The chaebols plan meat alone and eat it all… … .”

Han Seo-ryun smiled bitterly at the sight of Yooseong’s muffled voice.
All of the attacking crews showed a reluctance to the zombie tongue’s cooking behavior, but Han Seo-ryun had a reason to show curiosity.
After all food was replaced by energy bars, the limited food went to the top tiers of society.
The public regarded cooking and eating as barbaric and barbaric, but in fact, the top class they respected secretly enjoyed gourmet.

“Here you go.”

Yooseong sprinkled salt and pepper on the stir-fried mushrooms and vegetables, put it on a plate and handed it to Seo-ryeon.
Han Seo-ryun hesitated for a moment.

“This… … .”
“Of course, it was collected from the Abyss.”

Han Seo-ryun’s face hardened at those words.
As expected, it is, of course, a planting material for the Abyss.
It may have contained some poison.

Most of the animals and plants that grow in the Abyss are extremely harmful and disgusting.
Even the upper class who enjoyed gourmet had a reason to give up food in the Abyss.

“It was true.”
“What.”
“Evil eater, eating all kinds of bizarre things. Even poison.”

Yooseong, who had a sad expression on his face at those words, put his share of mushrooms in his mouth.

“When I am hungry, I eat poison. I only eat delicious things. The mushrooms are not poisonous.”
“… … .”

Han Seo-ryun pondered for a moment at those words.
It wasn’t, but the grilled mushrooms had a really delicious scent.
The oil is dripping and it is roasted to a yellowish color, making me salivate for nothing.
At that moment, a sound echoed from her stomach like a lie.

Crackle-.

After a fierce battle, it is natural to be hungry.
Up until now, I had acted proudly, but this time I couldn’t help but feel embarrassed.

“That, then.”

As if to hide her embarrassment, she quickly put the mushroom in her mouth.

“Uh-huh, um, hot. hot.”

Fresh wild mushrooms and vegetables stir-fried in olive oil.
Although it was simple, it tasted so good.
Mushrooms are soft, yet slightly crispy on the outside.
As soon as you chew it, the sweet juice comes out, and the pepper and salt are exquisite.

It didn’t take long for her to empty the plate clean.

“You are so delicious.”

Yoosung smiled brightly.
He immediately added the meat of the evil dragon to the pan.
As the meat went up in a sufficiently hot pan, fragrant smoke rose with a crackling sound.

That intense flavor.
An oily scent that cannot be compared to mushrooms.

Han Seo-ryun was surprised by her hunger.
Fearing that there would be another crackling sound, she hurriedly opened her mouth.

“Well, it would have been much easier to eat an energy bar. Why are you working so hard to cook?”

It was meant to change the subject, but after telling it, it was a story that made me really curious.

Cataclysm opened the Abyss and at the same time wiped out ‘food’.
It was a kind of bullying that could not be scientifically identified.
Rice, wheat, all kinds of crops, chickens, pigs, cattle, and all livestock have been destroyed by supernatural powers.

But there was a workaround.
They started collecting nectar from the entrance of the Abyss.
Humans made energy bars out of it and made a living.

Now, more than half a century later, Yooseong, who cooks with the ingredients of the Abyss, was a geek among geeks.

“Because of energy bar allergy.”
“… … Yes?”

At first I thought I heard it wrong.

“It’s not that I can’t eat at all, but if I do, hives come up and my whole body itches. If you keep eating, your airways will swell and you will choke.”
“… … Then in the Abyss for the rest of your life?”
“It was fine when I was younger, but after I got older. Well, when I’m out, I starve or eat one or two.”

Energy bar allergy.
I’ve never heard of it.
In today’s world, not eating energy bars is equivalent to dying.

“At first, I was eating grass, then I got poisoned and almost died, I picked the fruit and ate it, then worms and fish. After dying a few times and coming back to life, there was a gift called bad food. From then on, poison was not enough to kill me, and later I figured out how to get rid of the poison glands.”

Yooseong’s tone of voice was calm.

But how painful was the process?
Knowing this, Han Seo-ryun was at a loss for words for a moment.

After a moment’s silence, she opened her mouth.

“Then I’d be happy.”
“… … .”
“Now that the Abyss has been completely attacked, the grass will grow again on the ground and the animals will return. You can eat steak to your heart’s content. Then it was beef.”

Yoosung put the evil dragon steak on the plate without saying a word.
And then cut into bite-size pieces.
The meat was so well-cooked that it had an appetizing pink color.

“… … I’ve been waiting for this day all my life. I thought I was going to cry. well.”

Was Yooseong’s voice trembling when he said that?

“Why are you crying? You should laugh.”
“is that so? Hahaha.”

Yooseong smiled, revealing her really white teeth.
A smile that looked so purely happy was rare in this day and age.

Seo-ryun smiled along without knowing it.

“Evil dragons have poison. So I don’t think I can give you a steak.”
“Ah… … ! That’s right.”

When talking about steak.
I thought he was coldly rejected because he was just an eccentric, but it wasn’t.

From the beginning, the evil dragon meat was not edible for Hanseo-ryun.
I didn’t know if it was necessary to stir-fry mushrooms because it was a consideration for Han Seo-ryun.

“Hey, eat quickly before it cools down. The Abyss will close soon.”

She was embarrassed for nothing and urged Yooseong.
Yooseong smiled softly and picked up a piece of steak.

“Still, though.”
“Yes… … .”
“I think I will miss the things I ate in the Abyss.”

It was a word with a complex heart.

And finally, Yooseong put the evil dragon steak in his mouth.

“Ah… … !”

It was like fireworks exploding in his mouth.
all the hardships so far.
A stormy umami that seems to wash away the pain of that arduous journey at once.

In the end, tears welled up in Yooseong’s eyes.

“Oh, why are you crying… … . Huh?”

Stealing his eyes, he noticed a golden light emanating from his arm.
Looking ahead, Seo-Ryeon Han opened her mouth in surprise.

“Achievements… … ? If this light… … .”

When an explorer achieved great achievements, his body would glow.
Depending on the quality of the achievement, the intensity and color of the light were also different.
Meteor had also achieved many achievements, but it was the first time that the golden color was so intense.

And a field message that occurs only in the great achievements rang out.
[When the conditions are met, the mythical hidden achievement ‘The Great Evil Dragon, Predator of Time’ has been achieved.]
“what? Myth Hidden… … ?”

Yoosung muttered with a bewildered expression.
It’s the first time I’ve heard of a myth hidden achievement.
The message continued.
[Condition fulfilled. Regression begins when Earth personnel’s regret value is met.]
[All memories except the Predator are reset. The regression begins.]
“What kind of bullshit is this!”

The moment Yoosung shouted that.
Time started going backwards.

18 years ago, when he was hungry and poor.