Adventurers Are Obsessed With My Cooking

Episode 64. An Uninvited Guest

A man with a beard looked around him and then sneaked up to me.

I was in the middle of making tortilla dough, and I looked at him with a face asking what was going on.

A small voice continued.

“I’m sorry a while ago. I was trying to get the kids to come to their senses, and I was so rude when I first met them, right? I apologize.”

“Oh, that’s okay. I was careless too. When you suddenly gain strength, you want to show off, but at least I should have warned the younger ones.”

“No. Those guys weren’t thinking. Even though I always warned them, they quickly fell into arrogance… But I think they should have come to their senses this time.”

His gaze turns to the dough I am making.

“By the way, what is it making?”

“Oh, this? Tortilla dough.”

“Tortillas?”

“Yes. Didn’t the children listen?”

“They say they ate something delicious… Was it a tortilla?”

“Ah, what they ate is Bulgogi Tacon, which is used to wrap bulgogi.”

“I know! Tacos! Aren’t they Mexican!”

This man is quite different from his first impression.

Something like a friendly neighborhood man?

“Hey, I didn’t expect to eat tacos here… By the way, are you a chef?”

Are you asking about my job on Earth?

“No. I was just an unemployed game junkie.”

“hahahaha… I see. But how did you come up with the idea to cook something like this?”

I laughed bitterly.

There are too many people around to tell the story in detail.

I can’t hear it.

‘Besides, Myeong-sik is watching over me right now…’

Long lines in front of stalls.

Myungsik Park is standing at the end of the line.

‘What the hell is that guy doing here?’

Seeing that the other guys at the party were nowhere to be seen, it seems that he came alone, but anyway, that guy has been mysterious for a long time.

He’s the same age, but we’ve rarely had a friendly conversation.

“I was just looking for something that could easily be sold at a street stall, and I thought of tacos.”

“Aha! That’s right! There’s a taco truck in every city in America.”

“Ah, are you an American?”

He has an Asian appearance, but he could also be an American.

“No. I am a native Korean.”

“Ah. I see.”

“The chef is also Korean, right? I noticed it when I heard that it was called Bulgogi Taco.”

“Yes. That’s right.”

This guy looks like a bear and pretends to be very friendly?

Well, that’s not what I’m talking about.

But I am taller.

That person came out with a full stomach.

“By the way, this is wheat dough.”

“Right.”

“You don’t use corn?”

“Yes? Corn?”

“Yes. Mexican tortillas are made from ground corn.”

What is this all of a sudden?

“Is that true?”

“I guess… Right? I heard they make it that way in Mexico.”

“How did you… Were you a cook?”

“hahahaha, nothing like that. I just saw it on YouTube.”

“I see… Do you know how to make it?”

“I don’t know that much, I only know that it is made by grinding corn soaked in water.”

My eyes flashed open.

‘Corn?’

Corn is a common crop in this world too.

And above all, there is a separate dungeon called the cornfield maze.

‘Should I stop by there?’

Plants that grow naturally in dungeons are very special rather than common.

If you gather using the Ingredient Search skill, you may be able to get rare or higher grade corn.

If you make tortillas with those ingredients, there is a higher chance that your stamina stat increase will increase compared to making tortillas now.

“If you’ll excuse me, do you know how to cook other dishes? No, you don’t know how to make them yourself, but you know how to make them like tortillas.”

“You mean me? Oh, I’m sorry about this. I love eating, but I don’t know how to make it. I accidentally saw the tortilla documentary by clicking on a thumbnail that looked delicious…”

Ah, that’s good.

But I got some new information.

I’ll have a look later when I have some time.

To get corn.

It was then.

“Mr. Jeon!”

Ms. Laura, who was sitting at the table with the children and observing the emotional contents of the high oak meat dish, approached.

“I’m busy right now.”

“I know. But, can we talk?”

The same goes for this woman.

Why are you here?

She’s been chasing me all the way to the inside of a dungeon, so I don’t have any articles to pass on to her anymore?

“Why are you in such a hurry? We can talk about it later when we eat.”

“If it’s like that, I’d be sad! I also diligently wrote and distributed the article Mr. Jeon asked for!”

That’s right.

Thank you.

I’m thinking of serving you a meal for the price you asked for, but I’ll have to say hello separately.

“I appreciate that.”

“Huh, well, okay. More than that, why do you think I’m here today?”

Are you asking that?

It was absurd, but he answered roughly.

“Did anything special happen? Any news about the demonic invasion?”

“Sorry, but not that.”

“…?”

“I overheard a conversation between the two of them a while ago…”

I’ve felt this woman before, but her ears are very bright.

She talked to the hairy boy in a very low voice, and she heard it all.

“Don’t you need a cooking recipe?”

“Yes?”

“I know some recipes…”

“Ah, as I said last time, the existing recipe is useless. I have to make a new dish that didn’t exist.”

“Does Mr. Jeon look like an idiot who’d even forget the story I heard a few days ago?”

“Yes? That means…”

“Whoops, I’m kidding. Now, take this.”

“What is this?”

I hesitated to accept the wad of paper Laura gave me.

Her hands were covered in flour.

“Ah, it must be a bit difficult right now. Then I’ll show you one thing first.”

With a strange expression on her face, she unfolded the first sheet of paper that had been overlapped and brought it before my eyes.

“Heated 1 liter of raw milk to lukewarm to about 40 degrees… Poured in vinegar… I guess this is a method for making cheese?”

“Right.”

“Why is this?”

When I questioned her, Laura put on a puzzled expression.

Then she immediately unfolded the next page.

“Now, read it.”

“Hmm… Choose the vegetables you like as toppings… Choose the cheese according to your taste… This looks like a pizza recipe, right?”

“Do you know me well?”

“But why?”

“Mr. Jeon! What happened to your hair after cooking?”

“Yes?”

“It’s a recipe, it’s a recipe! As the editor-in-chief of Weekly Douglas before being the president, I assure you, there’s no such thing as pizza in this world, right?”

“Ah! I see what you mean.”

“Isn’t it?”

“Would you like some Laura’s pizza?”

“……”

Her expression seemed to say, ‘What are all these idiots?’

I pretended not to know and just smiled.

Actually, I know.

That she got the recipe for me.

But for now, it’s best to pretend you don’t know.

Out of all the women I know, there is no woman more suited to the word fox than that woman.

He must have asked for a huge deal in exchange for that recipe.

“Didn’t you know the dish you want to eat?”

“It’s not! I thought about Mr. Jeon… I’ve been looking for a dish that would have a great buff effect!”

“Oh, really? But you don’t have to grind all the stats at once. Eating a variety of foods in a balanced way is better for your health and taste. You can’t even go.”

“……”

I spread the finished wheat dough thinly and started to bake tortillas in earnest.

Ms. Laura is still glaring at me with a face full of displeasure.

‘Tell me first. What do you want in return for that recipe?’

Pizza is too difficult.

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Because I don’t know how to make pizza sauce, cheese, or dough.

There isn’t even an oven here, so you’ll have to learn how to bake bread using an oven before you bake pizza.

‘But the cheese I just saw is worth trying.’

It was a very simple method.

I had never imagined that I would make cheese, but the recipe seemed easy enough to follow.

Perhaps, he deliberately came up with such an easy method.

“Thank you, though. Please look into the recipe on purpose.”

“Hmph.”

“How was the High Oak Sirloin Bulgogi Rice Bowl? Did you see the new buff?”

“I saw it. That’s amazing, but the elemental resistance. But the transformation is a random trigger, so I don’t know how people will use it.”

“Isn’t it?”

If this were a game, I would have tried to transform even if I was prepared to die.

Because the benefits of being successful are enormous.

But this is reality.

You cannot intentionally get hit by a monster or intentionally create an emergency situation in order to transform.

‘But…’

The monster eating buff is only at level 2 now.

It is said that there is another next one.

I decided to look forward to it.

* * *

Meals were finally distributed.

Let’s make sure.

This is not a sale.

It’s a free distribution.

But thanks to that, a huge amount of orc meat and high orc meat came in.

Hundreds of chilies too.

If you dry it and grind it, you might be able to make ten bowls of kimchi.

However, there is no kimchi recipe.

You’ll have to go through trial and error, but this won’t be enough.

‘The drop rate is too low…’

It is questionable whether chili powder can be used as a substitute for red pepper powder in the first place.

At that time, Park Myung-sik, who had been standing quietly, finally came to me.

“Jeon Tae-min.”

“……”

He didn’t take tacos.

Waiting in the back of the room until the line to get food was over.

“Why are you here?”

“Let’s talk for a minute.”

“Why? Are you going to treat me like a child criminal again?”

“…No.”

I openly showed my dislike.

If it weren’t for the people watching, I might have been giving away a lot of swear words.

“Come over there for a minute. You don’t want to make a fuss in your shoes either.”

I wiped my hands with a sh*t-chewed expression and followed him.

The people who started eating at the table moved their eyes this way when I left without taking a seat.

Then he checks my expression and sends a worried look.

“I’ll be back for a while. I’m eating.”

Nobody asked.

In particular, Mumu, Melissa, and Lemon nodded with serious faces.

It’s because I already noticed who showed up.

* * *

The two of them walked for a while.

In an empty lot tens of meters away from the place where the street stalls were located, Park Myung-sik stopped walking.

The footsteps of Taemin, who were following him, also stopped naturally.

“What’s the matter?”

“Taemin… I’m sorry.”

Taemin’s expression was distorted.

It was a story I never hoped for.

“Sorry? What?”

“Last time. The things I sent out at the party, and the things I misunderstood and talked about in the plaza back then…”

“Chit, why are you apologizing for that? Leaving the parties behind. Then, what kind of affair did you suddenly have?”

Park Myung-sik looked at Tae-min with a hard face.

“Min-cheol is strange these days.”

“So what? What about me?”

“I’m not joking. It’s really strange. I start drinking alcohol every day, which I don’t usually drink, and hanging out with suspicious people. The party will break up before long.”

Taemin spat out a blank laugh as if it was absurd.

“Ha, somehow it seems like that. It’s already got nothing to do with me. I’m sure you said it last time? Let’s cut ties now.”

“Jeon Tae-min! But… We are colleagues…”

“Shut your mouth, Myungsik Park. Colleague? f*ck you, don’t you guys even have a conscience?”

“……”

“Is this what you mean by just coming? What else am I saying? I don’t need an apology, so please don’t appear in front of me. It’s a request.”

Taemin turned away coldly.

Park Myung-sik’s voice continued toward him.

“Minchul… I think Minchul is trying to kill you.”

Taemin’s footsteps stopped abruptly.