The Cook of a Perished World - Chapter 284

Episode 284 Druid (3)

“I’d like to know more about the person named Kang Jae-ho who is said to be suspicious of me.”

“yes?”

After meeting a man named Kang Jae-ho in that orchard.

I am a shaman who told me to come to him at any time if I needed anything.

I visited Han Yi-seo and asked her any questions she had.

“That’s it.”

“?”

“I trust Youngjun… but I still have my own position.”

but.

Han Yi-seo seemed a little hesitant to answer my question.

“Jaeho suspects that I am being manipulated by you. “Whatever I say, that’s a pretty reasonable suspicion.”

“So?”

“Honestly, I can’t shake off the suspicion that I might be being fooled by some kind of ability that Youngjun possesses…”

Then he said.

She lowers her head.

“I’m sorry! “We cannot accept requests to reveal personal information about group members!”

“….”

“I don’t know about Youngjun, but jobs and abilities are like the only way to survive in this world. “It’s a huge taboo to let others know about other people’s abilities…”

“No, I didn’t ask you to tell me that.”

“yes?”

A job or an ability?

‘Because I’ve already seen it all and know it.’

The fact that it was rude to ask such a question seemed to be similar in Gangwon-do and Gyeonggi-do.

It seems like a culture that is naturally established among the awakened people who appear in this world.

“What I want to ask is about the other side.”

“That’s… Well, all I know is that Mr. Jaeho was a very strong combatant awakened person in the past.”

“But rather, that orchard.”

“Oh, that way?”

It was like she didn’t know I was going to ask that.

I opened my eyes wide and was surprised.

‘Now that I think about it, does this person think of me as a fighter?’

Of course, when asked about combat, I asked.

I guess I didn’t expect to be asked about something related to distribution like that.

“Hmm… Actually, calling it an orchard might not be right. “There are all kinds of things, not just fruits, but anything that comes from trees.”

“Is that true, it was created with the abilities of that man named Jaeho?”

“Hmm… This is something that not only the people in this group but everyone around them know…”

She thought for a moment.

He quickly nodded and said.

“yes that’s right.”

“How did you get those seeds?”

“Jaeho is a very strong awakener. I heard that before the cold got this strong, you used that ability to go around and get seedlings and seeds. Jaeho’s ability allowed those seeds to grow quickly.”

“then.”

I pretend not to know.

I asked her a question.

“Is there anything he needs help with?”

“Help?”

“Why? They said that in order for me to function properly here, I have to first gain that person’s trust. “I think the quickest way to do that is to help that person through what they’re struggling with and gain their favor.”

“Ah… that’s right.”

She wondered what Jaeho was worried about.

Soon he opened his mouth and said, ‘Ah.’

“Actually, I’m talking about that orchard/farm you just mentioned.”

“yes.”

“I heard that producing food there has become a bit difficult recently.”

I nodded and answered those words.

“I already saw it when we ran into each other earlier. I’m trying to grow a tree, but it doesn’t seem to be growing well. “Why?”

“Well… that skill is certainly a great skill in that it provides food even in such an extreme environment, but it has limitations.”

“That limitation.”

“I heard that it consumes a huge amount of the land’s intelligence.”

also.

It was exactly what I thought.

“Because the consumption is so enormous, it is difficult to produce food continuously in one place. That’s why Jaeho tended to move around various bases.”

“Then shouldn’t we just move now?”

“That’s because I feel like I’ve been to all the places where I can use my intelligence.”

She told me about the situation that the man named Kang Jae-ho was currently facing.

Is stable food production possible only with a base?

This means that it is impossible to create a new base in the current abnormal climate.

I roughly understand the situation.

If so, hmm.

“If I solve that problem.”

“yes?”

“You can gain that person’s trust, right?”

“…yes?”

On my word.

Han Yi-seo answered with his eyes wide open.

“That’s right. If that happens, it will be of great significance…! “This means that a stable supply of food becomes possible.”

“Is food supply really that difficult here?”

“Isn’t that obvious? The world has collapsed and all infrastructure has been destroyed…”

I was able to guess one more fact from those words.

‘At least it looks like there are no [chefs] around here or they are collaborating with other humans.’

At least the humans near my base didn’t suffer because they had nothing to eat.

“In the entire association, there are less than 10 people who have jobs that allow them to produce food. “Even half of them can’t make food in this winter.”

“Hmm.”

The awakened farmers in our unit were also affected by the seasons.

Even if he were to come here, he would fall into the latter category.

“Our association is a group where all humans work together to survive together… Those five people actually feed this entire association.”

“It means that food production for one of them was in danger of being blocked.”

“yes. “If we can solve that, it would be a truly great achievement… but…!”

Her face suddenly darkened.

“It’s probably impossible.”

“hmm?”

“Resolving it… probably means helping you build a base in another land, right?”

“…Let’s hear why you think that.”

“You are a very strong person, right? Maybe at a similar level to the president of the association….”

She is still.

I seemed to think that I was an incredibly strong person who had fought and defeated countless monsters beyond Monster Land every day.

Survived against countless monsters.

He is a powerhouse with tremendous force.

‘…Not at all.’

Now that the strengthening effect of [Absolute Taste] has disappeared.

To be honest.

I’m at the point where I should immediately raise my hands and surrender if that guy called Jung-gu attacks…

‘There’s no need to say it, right!’

I came here to help, but I can’t say anything weak.

“But even if you help me, it will be difficult. “To build a base, we need to call in an architect from the association, and although his construction skills are excellent, it takes three days to build at least one wall.”

“An architect.”

“This cold will slow down his work. Moreover, as it gets colder and there is no more food, the remaining monsters around here also become nervous.”

Not all monsters went near the barrier.

Monsters with some tolerance to cold were still wandering around here.

Although they were small compared to Gangwon-do, those monsters were not a number that could be ignored.

“As soon as they hear the sound of creating a barrier, they will rush in. No matter how strong you are, protecting you while the wall is being built against the monsters that will flock in this cold…” “

Hmm. “It must be difficult.”

“yes. It’s unfortunate, but you should give up on attacking that area…”

“I understand.”

On my word.

She said with a puzzled look in her eyes.

“You give up easier than you think?”

It’s not like I gave up.

I didn’t even think about solving it that way in the first place.

“Let’s ask one more question instead.”

“yes. “What is it like?”

“There’s a special reason why that person named Kang Jae-ho is especially suspicious of me… Are you not aware of that?”

The reason I asked this question was simple.

‘Why are you so blatantly suspicious of me?’

It’s not just for the group’s safety.

It looks like something is subtly out of sync.

Because I felt puzzled there.

“well. “We are in the same group now, but it hasn’t been that long since this happened.”

“You don’t know that far.”

“yes. “Especially because things like talking about the past are treated as a bit of a taboo in today’s world.”

but.

There must have been more than one or two things that would have been traumatic in the process of the world being destroyed.

I guess they’re trying to avoid asking each other things like that.

“If I had asked, I could have answered, but I never had to ask.”

Hmm.

then.

“If you ask, I might be able to answer… Is this it?”

“…yes?”

I guess.

I felt like I had no choice but to ask directly.

* * *

“…This is ridiculous. “I told you to leave, but you’re here again?”

“haha. “I am sorry.”

A few days after that.

I’m with that guy named Kang Jae-ho again.

I was standing in front of the orchard he managed.

“I think you took my warning too lightly.”

He seemed to be displeased with me even approaching that orchard.

He came out of the orchard and approached me, saying:

“I’m warning you, the moment you even set foot in there… you’ll disgrace Sister Lee Seo and you’ll be rude, and I’ll kill you right away.”

A bloody warning.

and.

Regarding that bloody warning, I…

“Why?”

“…yes?”

He answered like this:

“What do you mean by that?”

“It’s not actually a deadly sin to set foot in that orchard, is it? But why are you trying to kill me?”

“…That’s right. “You are such a suspicious person now.”

“That part! “That’s what I’m curious about.”

After I approached the corner.

He said, lumping the snow piled up there.

“Why do you doubt me so much?”

“…If you look at your situation now, would you not doubt it?”

“I think so too.”

hmm.

Honestly, I can’t refute that.

Even if I think about it, my current situation is questionable.

“Still, if you’re that suspicious, shouldn’t you at least suggest a way to prove your innocence? “It’s very unpleasant for me that you just keep sending doubts without even thinking about it.”

“…What do you want to say?”

“I heard that the other two leaders of this group decided to trust me to some degree and moved on. “I don’t think the other two people believed me so easily because they didn’t have any particular affection for this group, right?”

Han Yi-seo used that ability and trusted me.

Park Jung-gu believed in Han Yi-seo’s abilities and believed in me.

then.

A man who, like Park Joong-gu, would know Han Yi-seo’s abilities.

“But why only you!”

Jaeho Kang.

Why can’t I let go of that doubt?

To find out I…

onto the finished snowball.

After lightly rubbing your fingers.

[Chef’s Special Sauce – Honesty]

I threw it lightly at Kang Jae-ho.

Kang Jae-ho looked at the flying snowball with displeasure.

I didn’t even dodge and got hit straight away.

“I’m curious as to why you’re so suspicious of me.”

Just a rational decision made for the sake of the group.

I don’t think it’s that bad.

“I’m not obligated to tell you that….”

To my question.

The man turned his back on me as if he had no obligation to answer, but…

a moment later.

“…no. “Okay, whatever.”

“oh.”

“It wasn’t really a secret… so there’s nothing I couldn’t tell you.”

By saying that.

He looked at me again.

‘greatness. I feel a little sorry though.’

Right now, I don’t have the luxury of choosing between means and methods.

A man who has become more ‘honest’ than usual due to the ‘cooking’ that has infiltrated his body.

He opened his mouth cautiously.

“…I don’t know if you know, but there are more monsters in this world than you think.”

hmm.

Probably few people know it as well as I do.

“And the monsters in this world aren’t just strong.”

I knew that too.

Monsters pouring in from various worlds.

Because they had as many different abilities as their numbers.

“Some of them are monsters that have the ability to manipulate others.”

“Oh, well… Because of those guys, the leaders are fixed at three? “I heard something like that.”

“Is that so? Then I wonder if you’ve heard this too.”

In Jae-ho Kang’s next words:

I could only open my mouth in a daze.

“The group I led was wiped out by those monsters.”

“….”