I Became an Academy Mechanic Genius

142 – A feast

A panoramic view of an unfamiliar city revealed by the collapse of the sea wall.

I and Elena followed an unidentified beautiful girl and finally entered the city within the walls.

The city was full of people looking at us with meaningful eyes, and some were whispering about us being ‘revelators’ or ‘saviors.’

‘A savior… Are you talking about the player?’

From the perspective of the players possessed by this game, the savior they are talking about probably means the player.

Actually, the player’s role is to prevent the destruction of the world.

But what is questionable here is that the pretty girl guiding us referred to Elena, the main NPC of the game, as ‘player’.

-Sigh.

However, Elena seems to know nothing about it.

When I heard the title ‘player’, I just tilted my head.

Could it be that the beautiful guide was simply mistaken?

“Wait here for a moment. “I’ll be back soon.”

At that time, she brought us to a very luxurious entrance and went inside first, leaving us behind.

In the meantime, I decided to mix things up with Elena and what she said.

There are a few things I need to figure out.

“Master, that woman just said you were a player. What on earth is a player?”

So I glanced at Elena.

I asked her a question and observed from the corner of my eye to see how she reacted.

Elena finally answered.

“Well… I do not know either.”

····But Elena looks like she has no idea.

Considering Elena’s acting is bad, she seems to be telling the truth.

“Then… How did you cast the magic spell on the sea wall? “It may be difficult for me to understand the complex formula, but I want to know at least the approximate method.”

So I went straight to the second question.

The guide acknowledged player qualification simply by ‘unlocking the sea wall’, so this is to get a hint about that.

“···Well. How should I explain this? Just… Feeling? “I don’t know why, but it just seemed like it would work.”

“······.”

However, this answer is also ambiguous.

I just did it because I thought it would work, and it was successful.

As a player, has there been any special phenomenon?

“·····Maybe… “Didn’t something like a bluish hologram just appear before your eyes?”

“·····?”

“Or you suddenly hear a clear sound like ‘tiring’ in your ear.”

“What on earth are you talking about?”

“···No.”

···I guess I made a mistake as expected.

If you’re a player like me, you probably have a special ability like a status window.

I guess the woman who guided us made a mistake.

“Follow me.”

At that time, the guide reappeared and began to guide us.

We passed through the entrance of the mansion and walked along the straight, paved path.

Truncate trees and beautiful structures. Neatly manicured landscaping.

I could tell right away that this was a place where people of high status lived.

“Come in.”

As we walked and looked at the beautiful landscaping, we soon arrived in front of the mansion.

Eventually, her guide opened her door and told us to come in, and we followed her into her mansion.

-Jeobeok… Jeobeok… Jeobeok…

The sound of three people’s footsteps echoing quietly.

However, I was busy looking around the architectural style of the mansion.

This is because you cannot take your eyes off the exterior of the mansion, which somehow seems to be a mixture of modern construction methods.

-Bogul Bubble Bubble···.

First of all, the place we are going seems to be the kitchen, and the smell is unusual.

This smell stings my nose along with the sound of soup boiling.

Isn’t this smell like soybean paste stew?

The owner of a hidden city in another world cooks and eats soybean paste stew?

My mind is confused by a situation that completely exceeds my expectations.

Perhaps this is the GM’s hideout prepared by the developer for the players. Well, is it that kind of place?

“Grandpa. “I brought guests.”

When we arrived at the kitchen following that faint smell, an elderly man was sitting in front of the table and looking at us.

Soon, after hearing what his granddaughter said, the old man smiled kindly and got up from his chair and approached us.

“Nice to meet you. “It’s called ‘Arnen Hahn.'”

He then introduced his name and invited us to shake our hands.

We suddenly shook hands and sat down at the table to eat, following the old man’s recommendation.

“The meal has been served.”

At that time, a woman who appeared to be a housekeeper placed her soybean paste stew in the center of her table.

Then, he scooped soybean paste into empty ceramic bowls and distributed it to each person.

I took the soybean paste stew I received from the housekeeper and put it at my seat.

“hehehehe!”

Suddenly the old man started laughing.

As soon as I received the bowl of soybean paste stew, I burst into excited laughter.

“····Luna, did you say you were curious about whether that gentleman was a player or not?”

And then he asked his granddaughter a meaningful question.

Finally, when her granddaughter nodded her head, the old man turned to me and said.

“That person is a player. “He knows how to place dishes.”

····How to place dishes?

····Ah! Only then did I understand what the old man was saying.

So, I am referring to the fact that when I received the soybean paste stew a little while ago, the housekeeper placed the soybean paste stew on the left side of the rice and moved it back to the right side.

“Rather, it seems that the archmage’s memory is not perfect.”

Then, looking at Elena who stayed still even though there was a soup on her left, he said that his memories were not all right.

At this, Elena looked at me, showing her slight discomfort.

With eyes that seem to say, ‘What is that old man talking about?’

“Let’s eat first. “My maid is a very good cook.”

As he said that, the old man lifted up his spoon.

Eventually, when the old man took a spoonful of rice, his granddaughter lifted the spoon as if she had been waiting and started eating.

Left arm placed under the table.

‘It’s completely Korean…’

A meal where everything from dining etiquette to side dishes is prepared in Korean style.

Now that I think about it, all the side dishes were things I ate a lot.

Simmered tofu, seasoned bean sprouts, seaweed, grilled mackerel, kimchi, raw radish, braised mushrooms, fried eggs, etc.

It could be said that it was a perfect home-style home.

‘····It’s f*cking delicious.’

How long has it been since you last had perfect Korean food?

I felt like I would burst into tears at the feast of flavors I missed so much.

Actually, as the old man said, the housekeeper’s skills were excellent, and the sweet and salty flavors were very harmonious.

“I’m sorry. “The customer arrived earlier than expected, so we served it a little late.”

I am in the midst of admiring the taste of Baekban, which I miss so much.

The housekeeper asked for understanding and placed one of her trays down in the center of her table.

There was a pile of delicious stir-fried pork on the tray.

‘Holy sh*t. ‘Murderf*cker.’

The sight of the shiny stir-fried pork makes my salivary glands explode.

The combination of the sweet and spicy scent of red pepper paste that pierces my nose and the scent of charcoal fire makes me crazy.

– Crunch… Crunch… Crunch… Crunch… Crunch…

At that time, Elena used her telekinesis to take a piece of stir-fried pork.

She was so busy eating that she didn’t notice, but Elena had already finished her second bowl and was crying.

At this rate, all the meat I can eat will be taken away.

‘Jeyuk is a man’s food!’

How dare a woman make stir-fried pork?

Since ancient times, a man’s body was made of meat and pork cutlet.

If my body were deprived of the same food, it would be unbearable.

It’s also the first time I’ve tasted stir-fried pork in a long time.

– Crunch Crunch Crunch Crunch

So, I also started to become more enthusiastic about eating.

Incessantly, he stretched out his chopsticks and brought one piece of stir-fried pork towards me.

As I was eating so frantically, the food on the table was completely empty before I knew it.

Elena patted her bulging belly and praised the food here, saying she liked it.

‘·····You are a player.’

However, after this meal, I became convinced that Elena was a player.

It’s not that it’s not, I’ve seen people mixing rice with pork broth and eating rice mixed with egg yolk topped with pork and wrapping it in seaweed.

It was the perfect Korean vibe.

***

After finishing our meal, we decided to have a 1:1 interview.

So, it was decided that Elena and the old man would talk first, and then me and the old man would talk separately.

“Grand Wizard. “You can come in.”

So Elena went for the interview first.

While Elena was giving her interview, I looked around the mansion and tried to guess the old man’s identity.

The most credible hypothesis is that older people are GM. So, you’re a game master…

‘But to do that…’

There was a bit of a strange corner.

A game master would be able to exercise absolute power, but he allowed himself to age.

If I were a game master, I would have stopped aging first.

“Edgar Fix.”

I was in the process of guessing about the identity of the old man, applying various hypotheses.

The housekeeper suddenly calls me.

When I raised my head, he informed me that the meeting with Elena was over and that I could go in now.

I was nervous so I adjusted my clothes and went into the room where the old man was waiting.

When I finally entered the room, the old man smiled and stood up.

And then he spat out a rather shocking name.

“The soul inside it is Ha Do-yoon, right? He has been waiting for a long time.”