Chapter 1887 – [Insolent on the Topic of the Devil]

Unidentified eyes began to monitor me periodically from the first day I started staying here. At first, it seemed like he was watching me irregularly, but then I suddenly realized that he comes to see me when it’s time to eat.

Even though it’s annoying, I always eat three meals a day… I was eating breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and he came near my house and was watching me every time.

At first, I thought about catching it, but it ran away when I went out. I could force myself to run out and catch him, but there is no reason to do so, and above all, I am a stranger who just suddenly appeared. There is no particular reason, but if the person who originally lived there goes and forcibly captures a stranger who suddenly appears, wouldn’t it be like removing a stone that was stuck?

We’ll be together for three months, so we’ll meet up somehow, but there’s no need to make the first move like that. While wondering what to do with him, I decided to give him a delicious dish as a gift.

“I kind of feel like a cat mom.”

No, I feed people, not animals, but anyway.

First, I brought in delicious beef from Horizon, grilled it well, sprinkled sauce on it, and made a delicious steak. The sauce is not only sauce, but it will be very delicious since it uses well-marbled meat.

I put it on a plate, cut a suitable rock some distance away from the house, made it flat, and made it into a table. I placed the steak on it, as well as utensils such as forks and knives. I don’t know how much the other person eats, but I hope there will be at least enough, and I’ve served about 3 servings, so I’m sure they’ll be full.

And after lunchtime, I looked for his presence and there were broken dishes on the stone table. At least it looks like it was delicious.

“Is it a wild child? It looks like it hasn’t received any training in table manners.”

Although it was only a trace of one meal, I was able to obtain various information.

First, I ate it all deliciously, but seeing as I didn’t even touch the fork and couldn’t see where the knife went, it seemed like I didn’t use it at all. It looks like he hasn’t learned table manners.

And since I ate it with my bare hands, the sauce got on my hands and I left handprints on the rock table with my hands. Looking at the size, the handprint appears to belong to a child, which is quite strange.

There are monsters roaming around here, and no matter how wild they may seem, can a child survive easily?

And judging from the fact that he ate all the steak, it wasn’t the average amount of food for a child. They said it was for 3 people, but it’s enough for 3 people, which is about 1 kilo of meat, so there’s no way an ordinary child could eat it all.

The presence doesn’t feel normal, so it seems like an interesting connection… I hope they don’t cause any big trouble while on vacation.

-Identification of the language and culture of the civilization has been completed. Can you send me the data?

“Please organize it into a book and send it to me. There are times when it feels good to turn the pages and read it.”

-Okay.

Aside from the relationship with the unidentified guest, Horizon has delivered news separately. The collection of information regarding the basic language and culture of this civilization has been completed.

It might be easier to read on a pad, but since I was on vacation and spent all my time using electronic devices, it was too boring, so I asked for it to be sent as a book. The information collected directly from Horizon was printed into a book and sent to the villa where I was staying.

Even if it has been organized to some extent, it is information about one civilization. There was no way it could be organized with just one or two books, so a bookshelf was piled up on one side of the room.

Well, it doesn’t matter. I’ll be there for a few months anyway, so wouldn’t it be nice to have a lot of books to read?

I decided to look at language first. Fortunately, it was similar to a language I knew, so it didn’t seem like it would take that long to learn.

I cooked, read books, went for walks… Ah, sometimes I encountered monsters while taking a walk, which could be annoying, but whether it was because of the survival skills I gave last time or for some other reason, the monsters avoided me and there was no problem. Thanks to this, I was able to rest and recharge for a few days.

And this is the story of an unidentified customer. I don’t know anything else, but there’s one thing that makes this guy mad.

“No, he was a picky eater again. He left out all the onions and carrots.”

I learned this after feeding him three meals a day for several days. He preferred meat and sweets and did not eat vegetables. The good news is that I eat everything regardless of carbohydrates.

It reminds me of Zion. There is no problem because he eats well enough to be like Eden, but he likes meat and doesn’t eat many vegetables, so much so that I wonder if Zion is a meat eater. To put it mildly, I would have developed a dish to feed Shion vegetables.

It’s all good, but I need to fix this picky eater who doesn’t like eating vegetables before I can use it. I’m sick of reading books, cooking, and resting all the time, but it’s nice to have something to do.

Since the priority was to get closer to him, I decided to take a different approach. We are still interacting in an indirect way, where I leave the food behind, and he eats it, but I plan to gradually narrow that distance.

“I really feel like a cat mom feeding a stray cat. When I see the way he behaves, he just looks like a cat.”

As for the picky eater of vegetables, I gave him chewed food on top of his food, but he seems like the kind of guy who only eats chewed food and no food. It remains to be seen whether it actually looks like a cat.

This time, I prepared a dish by grilling a whole piece of pork, specifically pork belly, to make it look delicious, and topped it with a ssamjang-based sauce. His favorite meat dish, this time, I put it a little away from my house instead of where I usually keep it.

He might not come if I’m there, but at least he’ll come out if I’m home. And since I will be able to watch through the window inside the house, I will be able to see who the unknown guest is.

And after some time. Even though the location had changed, he showed up in front of my house to check on me as if I couldn’t miss out on the delicious food.

“Grrr.”

Although she cried like an animal, she appeared to be a 10-year-old girl. Her unmaintained blonde hair looks like a lion’s mane, but she’s wearing what looks like monster skin as clothing, making her look like a beggar.

She was wary of the dish I placed because it was in a different location than usual, but she couldn’t resist the temptation and happily munched on the whole pork belly as it was, since it was her first time eating it, but the location had changed and her preferred meat dish was on the menu.

There were several lumps the size of an adult man’s forearm, but they disappeared quickly. She eats so well that it reminds Eden of when he was young…

The girl, who was eating deliciously and licking all the fat from the meat off her hands, belatedly caught me watching through her window and bared her teeth and stood guard. I guess it’s a good thing that since she got used to me by providing food for me, she didn’t become hostile towards me.

One thing that was unusual was that the girl’s teeth were sharp, like those of a shark. I’ve only seen teeth like that on bloodiers when they’re eating.

First, the first start went well. In response, I began to narrow the distance between me and the girl with a full course of meat dishes.

“Chicken!!!! Duck loin!!!! Braised ribs!!!! Pig’s feet!!! Butter-grilled salmon with tartar sauce that is just as good as meat even though it is fish!!!!”

Every time I serve a dish, I gradually narrow the distance to the villa. He probably knew that the distance was gradually decreasing, but he couldn’t refuse the temptation of meat dishes.

And almost the last one. When the distance narrowed to the point where you only had to climb over the villa fence, special measures were taken. Since it was evening, I brought in a barbecue grill from Horizon.

“Let’s see if you can resist grilling meat right in front of your nose.”

Bring seasoned meat over good charcoal and go out to grill the meat. As the scent of charcoal and the smell of cooking meat combined, a wonderful smell began to spread everywhere.

There was a possibility that other monsters would appear… But unexpectedly, that didn’t happen. If you think about it closely, the monsters didn’t move when the girl came to eat. She seems to have done something to survive in a place like this.

“Wow…”

The girl, fascinated by the smell of barbecue, slowly approached my house. She looked human on the outside, but her eyes were shining like a cat’s eyes at night, but I didn’t think much of it. Because I knew from the beginning that I was not an ordinary kid.

It was quite cute to see this guy who didn’t even show himself at first appear in front of me and tilt his head. I want to eat it, but I have to be on guard, and there is a lot of hesitation.

Without saying a word, I placed a piece of well-cooked meat on a plate and placed it on the table. The child, who was quite hesitant, soon couldn’t resist the temptation and came to the table and started eating the meat.

“Sit down and eat. It’s not like someone is kidnapping you.”

“Grrr!!!!”

“And use the utensils. Now, do it like this.”

I taught my child how to use a fork and knife as she was eating meat with her bare hands.

Humans are the only animals that use eating utensils, so if she wants to become human, she must learn these things. Even if she returns to the wild by her own choice, there is no harm in having learned something.

“Ugh?”

“Yeah, like that. You’re good at it.”

The good news is that the girl learned quickly. When I gave it to him, he didn’t use it, but when I showed him how to use it, he immediately followed along. Secure the meat with a fork and slice it with a knife… Huh?

Suddenly!!!!!

And the knife the girl was holding cut through the table, not just the meat and the bowl. A blue haze was rising from the girl’s knife.

“… Sword energy?”

“Wooooo!!!!”

Although it is an extremely immature sword, its cutting power is abundant. It wasn’t for nothing that I cut the table while cutting meat.

No, a seemingly 10-year-old wild child uses sword skills? What? Even a famous martial arts master at that age would have thought it would be great to be a first-class master, let alone a black swordsman? I knew she wasn’t an ordinary child, but I didn’t know it would be like this.

I guess he was a weirder kid than I thought, so I had no choice but to make a few changes to my plan. I was going to pick up a wild child and teach him how to act like a human being, but suddenly the responsibility became more important.

It may not seem like a big deal, but if you think about it deeply, it changes. She has been using sword techniques since she was 10 years old, but how strong will she become in 10 or 20 years? And what if such a strong power is wielded thoughtlessly, like a child’s whim?

In order to prevent a catastrophe in this world, sufficient education had to be provided. Otherwise, the people of this civilization will have to face a child with a nuclear switch.

“Do you want to eat more meat?”

“Go, ki?”

“Okay, meat. This. Do you want some more?”

“Meat!!! I want to eat more!!!!”

Since he had been using sword techniques since he was 10 years old, he must have had a special understanding, so he listened to what I said and followed along, albeit in a slurred manner. However, although it was easy for the child to learn, teaching it did not seem to be easy.

Suddenly, one of Shakespeare’s works, The Taming of the Shrew, comes to mind. Teaching seems like it would be quite difficult.

While thinking about this and that, the barbecue party with the little boy came to an end. But this guy didn’t eat vegetables until the end. No, how sweet and delicious are grilled onions!!!!

I served ice cream for dessert as if I was giving the ugly rice cake to the guy who didn’t eat vegetables and was full of meat only. When did a child living in a medieval civilization, especially in a mountain full of monsters, eat ice cream? The child, who was wary of something as he poked his finger, soon saw me scooping up and eating ice cream with a spoon.

“It’s okay. It’s sweet and delicious.”

“Is it delicious?

“Yeah, but when you eat, you use a spoon.”

Just like at the barbecue, scoop up the ice cream and put it in your mouth. I screamed in surprise as the coldness, flavor, and sweetness of vanilla ice cream lingered in my mouth as it melted away with my body temperature.

“It’s delicious!!!!!!!”

“Yeah, it’s delicious, right?”

I thought you would like it as much as you like sweets other than meat. Honestly, it’s rare to find someone who doesn’t like ice cream. Moreover, most children like it.

It was sweet, cold, and delicious, so he started eating the ice cream at will. Ah, but if you eat it like that…

“Laugh? Oh, ah ahhhhh !!!!!!!”

“I knew that would happen.”

The guy, who got a headache from scooping up the cold ice cream, covered his head and trembled. So, eat in moderation.

After a brief commotion, and after I finished eating the ice cream, I asked the guy.

“Do you have a name?”

“Uuuuu?”

“I guess there isn’t one. Then should I build one?”

But when I actually tried to name it, I realized that the Choi family had a hopeless naming sense. So, rather than building it myself, I thought it would be better to get it from somewhere.

After thinking for a moment, I came up with a good name.

“Agape. Let’s do it with agape.”

Unconditional or absolute love. Normally, it means God’s love for humans, but I hate God, so I didn’t write it with that meaning, but just to give it its true meaning. The love I show to Zion and Eden is also like agape.

I chose this name because I hope that one day that child will also receive that kind of love. So, I hope you can have a good love.