Chapter 1568 – [What Is the Best Dish]

After hearing a strange story from Gray, I contacted Phantom after dinner.

Anyway, I’m planning on moving to Dark Lord Castle after receiving my degree, so I can see you there, but since that’s all I’ve heard, I think I’ll have to contact you before then.

No, the dark cooking world. I didn’t live in a dimensional civilization, but I never thought something like that would exist here. Of course, such an organization would not have been active openly, so it would have been difficult to hear about it even if they lived in a dimensional civilization…

But if there are people like that, you have to let me know, you phantom bastard. You should know what they are doing and scold them if they cross the line.

On the other hand, I believe there must be a reason because I believe in phantoms, but I thought I would find out after talking about it first. Not long after I contacted you, Phantom answered the phone and his holographic image appeared in front of me.

[Uh, why? What’s the matter? Have you met your brother?]

“I met Gray, and he said something strange? What is the dark cooking world?”

[No, did you say that…]

“If there was such a thing, you should have told me a long time ago.”

When I heard their name, I knew they weren’t the right guys, but my heart was pounding inside. It feels like something going into a cooking battle?

For me, who grew up watching things like Cooking King Biryong, it was quite an exciting development. Isn’t it possible to legally tease someone with cooking?

[First, what you think is true, but it may not be true. Feeling only half right?]

“What kind of people are they?”

[The most important thing in the dark cooking world is taste. Dark Lord Castle developed a gourmet and cooking culture due to my influence, but the evil that arose as a result of that.]

The direction of dimensional civilization varies depending on the inclination of its ruler. The reason Delta Castle has superior technology among dimensional civilizations is because Gray himself is a wizard, and the reason Dark Lord Castle has advanced gourmet cuisine and cuisine is because Phantom is a chef.

In addition, Dragonic Castle is a blacksmith, so there are many craftsmen regardless of genre or field. In Death Lord Kingdom, the culture of death and funerals has developed.

There are so many different characteristics, but when people flock together, extreme people are bound to arise among them. This is inevitable because not everyone has the same thoughts.

[They commit crimes for the best taste. They don’t do it all that much, but they do theft, such as hunting animals that are prohibited or out of season, and robbing valuable food.]

“What about murder?”

[There were people like that too. Ah, if you look at the past tense, you can roughly understand it, right?]

“Playing with food? Adding poison or drugs?”

[If it tastes good, they add it, but most of the time they don’t add it. I add narcotic ingredients to make it more delicious, but I don’t add them just to make people addicted.]

“At the point where you put it in, it’s like a dark cooking world.”

A chef must think about the people eating. But I don’t know if it’s sane to cook with something that could be harmful to the person eating it.

Of course, people who are crazy about the taste will eat it. Even though the pufferfish is poisonous, some people eat it while removing the poison, while others eat the poisonous fish without any harm. For example, pufferfish roe.

“Why did you leave those bastards alone until now?”

[Wouldn’t it be me who wouldn’t want to be embarrassed? The organization itself is run as a branch organization, and even if the head is cut off, the next person takes over immediately. And you have to win with cooking.]

“Cooking battle?! Absolute master?!”

[No, what if I try to physically stop those bastards? And then he provokes me, so how can I tolerate that?]

“Kkkk I can’t stand it.”

Even if you’re like me, when the other person is a chef and tries to physically harass you, you say, ‘Are you using violence because you’re a worse cook than me? If you say ‘Are you crazy?’, I’ll get mad and beat you by cooking, and then I’ll punish you legally.

[First, last time, the extremists in the underworld cooking world were dealt with, and now they are led by relatively moderate groups, so there were no major problems for a while…]

“Ha, you bastard, you were just enjoying the fun content, right? When you got together with those guys, wasn’t there a tag cooking battle or something like that?”

[Even if there was such a thing, I don’t think I would have done it with you.]

“Hey, this is a temporary alliance!!!!”

[I said I wouldn’t do it!?!?]

“Anyway, if there wasn’t a problem for a while, it became a problem this time. Is it because of Eden?”

[Yes, because of English recipes. That’s because it changes the paradigm of existing cooking.]

“How did the problem arise?”

[First of all, since I knew that these bastards were the masters of Youngja cooking, I kidnapped the relevant researchers to study more delicious Youngja cooking.]

“I don’t know about anything else, but I’m sure the kidnapping victim eats three meals a day.”

[Anyway, there is such a thing, and if you come here, you will definitely come into contact with Eden. For the best taste, I will turn to the founder of English cooking.]

“If you mess with Eden, you have to be angry.”

[They are not stupid either. Since I know this about you, I won’t get on your nerves too quickly and will approach you in a moderate way. Still, it’s clear that we’ll get caught up in the commotion.]

“I’ll have to take a look. Eden is very interested in that too.”

[I gave this kid early education to the cooking king, Biryong.]

Anyway, I roughly understood the situation. It’s a dark cooking world… If you go there, will you appear as a chef or something? Since I had to go there to find out, I decided to finish communicating with Phantom and set off for Dark Lord Castle.

“Let’s go and see first.”

[Okay, I’ll prepare a lot of good ingredients, so come quickly.]

I told my family the story I had with Phantom. Some people who were not chefs and did not understand this part laughed, but Eden had a very serious expression and expressed concern about the dark cooking world.

If you simply pursue the best taste, that is okay because that is the essence of a chef. But it seems that committing a crime for that purpose offended Eden.

Although there are very few people who commit murder these days, kidnapping and poaching are still crimes. Moreover, even if it is not to win, it is unacceptable to add drugs or poison if it tastes good.

Afterward, we moved from Delta Castle to Dark Lord Castle. I got on the Horizon and moved there, and unlike Delta Castle, the reaction was different.

In fact, it was inevitable. This was not my first time, but my second visit, and Dark Lord Castle was a place with a focus on gourmet culture. However, Eden, the founder of English cooking, is bound to receive more attention than me or Sion.

Although they moved to a separate aisle for VIPs, many people gathered and cheered. Their voices are tearing our ears.

“Wow!!!! It’s Eden!!!!!”

“The master of English gastronomy has arrived!!!!!”

“Please try the dish I made!!!!”

“Please let me know your appreciation and feelings about Youngja’s cuisine, which is the subject of this situation!!!!!”

“What I learned about Youngja’s cooking method is…!!!!”

There are a lot of people here and there. At the very least, it would take all day to deal with all the people gathered here, and we would have to persuade them for a long time. It was to the point where we couldn’t deal with them all and had to get over it.

If it had just been for VIP guests, this wouldn’t have happened, but on the other hand, we also have to think about the phantom guy.

If I do that, will that bastard phantom be cursed? When BTS returns to Korea, wouldn’t it be natural for them to be criticized for restricting visitors?

However, there were many people among them. There was pure kindness, but at the same time, the existence of the person I was worried about was also revealed. Eden, who, if nothing else, received food by hoarding it, soon began receiving their dishes as well.

This is a dish given not by anyone else but by a resident of the dark cooking world. I was wondering what kind of dish it was, but it wasn’t something unique. It was a dish of fried eggplants and topped with sauce. When I tried it, the combination was quite impressive.

“Oh, this is delicious?”

“It’s not just delicious, but the ingredients and spices stimulated you, who grew up in Korea on an Earth-based planet. The eggplant itself is delicious, so wouldn’t it be delicious if you top it with something like ssamjang with a high proportion of red pepper paste?”

“It’s so fucking delicious!!!! Bring soju!!!!!! No, it’s fried food, so it’s beer!!!!”

“This is probably a provocation. A provocation from the dark culinary world.”

“There’s a father too?”

“It’s not a threat to know where you live, it’s a provocation to ask, ‘How about the food from your hometown that I made?'”

“I feel like I heard that the kimchi at Neg’s house is not as tasty as the one I made!!!!!”

First, I marked the person who gave it to me, but the trace was lost. Even if you try to track it with your senses, if the person in question crosses the dimension and hides or runs away, it will be difficult to track them, and you will not be able to find them. The range of my senses is wide, but not infinite.

Anyway, after that we met the phantom. He must have been waiting for a long time and welcomed us with a happy expression.

“Hey, welcome. I’ve been waiting for you. Yes, Eden. Did you have any inconveniences?”

“There was nothing inconvenient.”

“Oh, really? Still, if you need anything, let me know.”

“Then that’s a lot of ingredients!!!!!!”

“It’s a simple thing. If you go to the kitchen, it will be there, so go and use whatever you want. You can use everything there. Some are expensive, but don’t worry, just use it all and eat it.”

“Wow!!!!! Uncle Phantom is the best!!!!!!”

Phantom smiled happily at Eden’s words. Well, she’s not her real niece, but she’s still the daughter of someone she’s close with, so she deserves to be treated like an uncle, so she’ll definitely be happy to hear that.

I told him about my encounter in the underworld cooking world. Aside from everything else, I can’t help but get that kind of reaction when I serve dishes made solely from ingredients from the Earth.

“Those bastards?”

“Yes, I will definitely do what you said. I will deal with it in my own way, but if a problem arises, I will do what I can, right?”

“Carrot pataji!!!! If Eden touches it, George will be physically dealt with even if he has a grudge, so don’t worry.”

I am very relieved that someone who is absolute says that. I am also a Lord, but being guaranteed by the Absolute feels different.

As we were about to stay at the Dark Lord Castle, one of our group’s most intelligent people appeared. Sienne, no one else but Lulu’s original, appeared and growled.

“Hey you bitch!!!!!”

“He uses harsh language!!! Please tell me something!!!!!”

“Uh huh, Sienne, you don’t say that out loud.”

“You’re taking his side!!!! Wow, Mr.!!! Are you taking Bloodier’s side?!!!”

“You’re not listening to me because I’m a Bloodier, but I’m listening to you because I’m your lover?”

“… Uncle?”

“Lulu, she’s just like a friend from a close family.”

“You were looking at me with those eyes!!!! Daddy!!!!”

“Oh, it’s okay if I kill you now that it’s like this.”

“Phantom, you bastard!!!!!”

Lulu is a Bloodier based on Sienne. If you think about it, she may be a different person, but she is still the same person. If someone like her alter ego were to say that she was getting married, it would be difficult for the main body to say something. Sienne’s reaction is also somewhat understandable.

Either way, Lulu seemed to have feelings for Sienne and tried to provoke her. Even though she changed, her jealousy toward the original didn’t seem to have disappeared. Fortunately, she didn’t fight to the death.

“It’s like I’m going to get the virgin label before you!!!!!”

“Hey!!!!!!!”

“I’m not sure yet, but you say your lower body is crazy? I’ll experience it later and let you know, so take care, I’m single since birth!!!”

“I’ll kill you!!!!!!!”

“Uh-huh, don’t fight.”

“If you fight over something like that, problems will arise.”

Phantom and I stopped each other and restrained our child. If the Great Demon King and Bloodier fight for no reason, problems will arise, and the reason for the fight between the two is ultimately a personal problem.

But Lulu still clung to me. She wasn’t just clinging to me, she was rubbing her breasts against my arm, showing skinship like a lover, and making Sienne look arrogant when she saw it.

“Hmm, when will you get a boyfriend?”

“Hey!!!!! You bitch!!!!!”

Sienne was furious. If there had been no one to stop her, she would have beaten Lulu to death. Phantom said while trying to stop Sienne from getting so angry.

“Oh, I get angry when I touch a girl who is like my daughter, but now that the two of us are meeting, it’s my job to stop her.”

“It’s a lot of hardship.”

“Anyway, if Lulu makes you cry, I’m going to come and tease you.”

“You’re saying scary things, damn it.”

“If you think about it after it rang, it won’t end up as a scary sound.”

“It’s a hundred times more burden, really.”

Anyway, we decided to stay at Dark Lord Castle for a while. At the same time, Eden expressed interest in the ingredients here and showed a passion for exploring the ingredients in the Dark Lord Castle kitchen prepared by Phantom.

On the other hand, like the Sky Whale eggs I saw at Delta Castle, there are many types of food from dimensional civilization, and I gained skills by learning how to prepare them, their taste, basic cooking methods, etc. Perhaps because there was a lot to learn, Eden was so excited that she made and ate various things as if she were at an amusement park.

“Mmmm, this is delicious. This is how it is cooked.”

“You have to be careful because the ingredients from the dimensional civilization require a certain cooking method. There are ingredients that are even worse than these.”

“What was the first difficult plant that Uncle Phantom dealt with?”

“Dragon meat. The meat of those cubs is toxic, so it’s hard to handle.”

“Ah, I feel like I shouldn’t ask any more questions!!!!!”

Phantom, that bastard’s enemy is a dragon, so it’s not right to ask about that.

Anyway, Eden refined various cooking ingredients at Dark Lord Castle and learned how to cook in dimensional civilization. Then, after some time, the news we had been waiting for was delivered to us.

There were numerous invitations that came with the news that Eden was visiting. Many of them were just promises and passed on, but there were also some that contained content that was difficult to ignore.

For example… Is this an invitation from the Earth to ask if Korean-style fried eggplant mixed with ssamjang is to your taste?

“This must be news from the dark cooking world. Eden, what do you want to do?”

“I have to go!!!!! I will go and change those people’s gastronomic values!!!! Delicious cuisine is good, but on the other hand, cuisine that is just delicious is not good!!!!! And I will also turn around the people who kidnapped me to study English cuisine for the sake of it. Get it!!!!”

“Then it’s decided.”

Eden and I decided to go out. The other people were also worried, but this time, I decided to dissuade them because it would be better for the same cook as me and Eden to go out.

Instead, Phantom came forward. There was a sense of tension at the point where the Absolute took action, but on the other hand, he also seemed interested in this situation, so he allowed participation.

“I wonder what kind of trick these bastards are planning… No matter how much they are the founders of English gastronomy, they won’t listen easily.”

“You’ll understand when you see it, and if there’s a problem, we can step in.”

“Hey, does this feel like the first time I went out to destroy the underworld cooking world? I’m so excited and nervous, so it’s good.”

“This is Eden’s job?!”

“What kind of secret recipes and dishes are there in the dark cooking world? I’m so excited and nervous!!!!”

“Why are the two people’s reactions similar!!!!!!”

No, if you think about it, Eden and Phantom have the same abilities. It is not someone like me who has the same ability in just ‘sense’, but someone who has the ability of both ‘sense’ and ‘transformation’.

Of course, the order is reversed. In Eden, transformation comes first, then sensation, but in Phantom, sense comes first and transformation comes next. But even so, the two people’s abilities were the same.

Same type of stand…?

But Eden is much smarter!!!!