The Cook of a Perished World - Chapter 58

Episode 58: Opening the eyes of a blind man (1)

My unit members and I returned to the unit with Jeong Su-ah and the group members.

“Sergeant Shin? “Who are these people?”

“These are the survivors we discovered during this expedition.”

“Oh, so can we just think of them as new recruits?”

“Not yet, man. “Please show me a place where they can rest.”

I introduced myself that way to the soldiers who came to meet me and moved inside.

Jeong Soo-ah asks curiously.

“Can I say I belong to this unit? “How can I call you captain?”

“It’s still okay. “Instead of joining the unit, the plan was to retrieve the captured group members and even take revenge on them.”

“ah.”

“Please feel free to call me until the conditions are fulfilled.”

Her group members asked a soldier to guide them to the dormitory.

I took her with me and moved inside the unit.

To be exact, near the restaurant.

There were many cafeterias in the ammunition battalion as the site was large, but we did not utilize all of the large area of the ammunition battalion.

The new restaurant I settled into was quite close to the entrance.

And nearby.

Let’s head towards the food warehouse.

“uh? Corps commander. hello.”

I saw a soldier standing in front of the warehouse.

A familiar face.

She was one of Grandfather Park’s two granddaughters.

‘Are you an ice wizard?’

The meaning of meeting the ice wizard in front of the food warehouse was simple.

“I guess you’re in charge of refrigeration today.”

“yes. “I was just about to use magic.”

“I’m sorry. wait a munite. “I have something I need to get out.”

The electricity has been cut off for a long time.

I go around the area and get gas from every car I see.

‘It would be an understatement to say that the efficiency of oil-powered generators is the worst.’

Most of the electrical work in the unit was done by wizards.

A refrigerator is a representative example.

Now, one of the warehouses has been converted into a freezer, and food is stored there every day, with wizards maintaining the cryogenic temperature.

I opened the freezer door.

Inside the warehouse it was so cold it made me shiver.

A lot of monster meat was piled up.

“Wow. Incredible.”

“Didn’t you say you saw it as a spirit? You won’t be surprised…”

“What you see through Bangul’s eyes and what you actually see are a little different. It’s hard to see inside the warehouse. But…”

Her face suddenly darkened as she watched the inside of the warehouse.

“I guess coming here is what I think it is, right?”

“I don’t know what you’re thinking. maybe.”

What I’m trying to do is simple.

Jeong Soo-ah’s ability, Spirit Eye, is definitely a powerful trait.

Your vision varies depending on your eye condition.

Thanks to this, I can’t find the looters’ stronghold now that my condition is poor.

then.

‘If you feed your eyes plenty of good things, your eyes will get better.’

A memory from my childhood comes to mind.

Blue-backed fish that I disliked because they had too much of a fishy smell.

When I complained that I didn’t want to eat fish, my mother nagged me and told me that fish was good for my eyes and that I should eat it if I didn’t want to have to wear glasses when I grew up.

“A dish made with monster meat…”

This time, the person in question is claiming that he doesn’t want to eat it.

You should eat it because it is good for your eyes.

There was just one problem.

Among the monsters we’ve caught so far.

There were no monsters specifically specialized in vision.

‘No matter how powerful a dish is, in the end, the ingredients have more than 90% influence. If the ingredients are not good for the eyes, it doesn’t matter how well you cook and feed them.’

If it were me not long ago, I would not have been able to find the right answer in this situation.

If you don’t have good vision materials, it won’t help your vision.

One of the biggest limitations of my abilities.

But…

it seemed like there might be a way now.

I have monster meat piled up in the freezer.

While I was lying injured, there were many monsters I had never seen before that seemed to have been dealt with by soldiers scouting the area.

I looked at each one and activated [Ingredient Identification].

[Ingredients Identification]

[Samazar]

[Freshness – Medium (Frozen)]

[Attribute: Blade Claw Exoskeleton]

‘Not this.’

[Hogran]

[Freshness – Low (Frozen)]

[Attribute: Indomitable Charge Specialization]

‘This is not it either.’

I was skipping through useless things and looking for the next monster.

[Cotwine]

[Freshness – Upper (Frozen)]

[Characteristic: Crisis Sensing Ten Eyes]

“I found it.”

After removing the meat from the monster found.

I continued to look at other monsters.

[Characteristic: Nocturnal dark vision]

“With this.”

[Attribute: Red Fury Infrared Detection]

“Isn’t this bad too?”

Among monsters.

There is no one whose main ability is vision-related.

but.

‘If quality doesn’t work, you can compete with quantity, right?’

It doesn’t matter if it’s not the monster’s main ability.

The effect of [Ingredient Identification] has increased, allowing you to see the information on the ingredients in more detail.

If you have the ability to see anything related to vision.

No matter how trivial it was, I pulled it all out and organized it.

“Well, it’s roughly like this. Su-ah, do you eat a lot?”

“yes? “I think it’s just average.”

“Then you need to cheer yourself up a bit.”

As it turned out.

The amount of meat piled up was considerable.

“I think you need to eat a lot.”

* * *

When I arrived at the restaurant, I immediately got to work.

What I’m trying to challenge this time is none other than that.

‘Course meal.’

The materials brought are basically not specialized for eyesight.

No matter how well you prepare each dish, it will be difficult to achieve the desired effect.

But what if you make one course with multiple ingredients?

Common effects that those ingredients have.

in other words.

I should be able to achieve the effect I want.

‘Recipes I learned from other cooks. ‘We’ll have to mobilize all our forces.’

Ultimately, taste is the most important thing in order to maximize the effectiveness of cooking.

‘There shouldn’t be just one type of cuisine. The sauce needs to come in a variety of flavors so you don’t get sick of it. Oh, we should also consider the order in which food is served.’

When I was in the military, all I had to do was cook the menu provided by the food service unit.

I’m trying to make a course meal.

It gave me a headache having to come up with the menu.

But at the same time.

‘Tsk. ‘That’s fun.’

What kind of cooking should I do to make delicious dishes?

The process of thinking about it itself is the same.

The most enjoyable thing is when I eat the food prepared that way.

Think about what kind of reaction you will get.

It was so much fun.

“Roast courtney with lizard gravy.”

“…Wow.” After

much

deliberation, the first menu came out.

I even brought some nice dishes from the executive cafeteria and plated them.

They say cooking should be enjoyed visually as well.

Jeong Soo-ah, who saw that, spoke with admiration.

“Honestly, I ignored it as a dish made with monster meat. It looks very delicious. “What is this dish made from?”

“Can you explain? “It might be better not to listen.”

“…That was a slip of the tongue.”

Lizard is a monster that ate our troops.

There was so much meat on it that it almost rotted.

After collecting the broth made from that dish separately.

A gravy sauce made by mixing flour little by little to thicken the consistency and seasoning with salt and pepper.

There, the meat of a bird-like monster called Cortni was roasted in the oven.

It was a bit difficult to remove the venom sac because it was a poisonous monster, but the taste wouldn’t be bad.

Jeong Soo-ah picked up the silverware with a nervous expression.

A woman who knows my cooking skills.

I guess he was nervous because he thought I might have done something strange with my cooking.

but.

There are no good options for her either.

As if she has made up her mind, Su-ah dips the meat in the sauce and puts it in her mouth.

and.

The reaction was as expected.

“It’s delicious.”

“of course. “Who made it?”

“No, that’s still true. It’s this delicious. Didn’t you say it was a cooking disease? “This kind of thing happens even in high-end restaurants…”

Jeong Soo-ah trails off as if embarrassed.

He was so afraid of my cooking.

She left a little comment and began to busily play with the dishes with admiration.

‘I said let’s see if you can eat my cooking and not like it.’

Well, it was a bet with myself.

Looks like the winner is mine.

After seeing her resume eating.

After returning to the kitchen, I started preparing the next dish.

“Grilled shoulder roach topped with silver dripping jelly.”

“The freshness of the jelly balances out the bitter taste…!”

The slime-like monsters I got at the supermarket last time.

It is a dish made by mixing the jelly with jam to make it refreshing and then serving it with monster meat.

…The raw material for meat was a monster that resembled a cockroach.

That’s something the eater doesn’t need to know.

“It’s a pulled goblin tostada.”

“The outside is crispy and the meat inside is moist.”

It is a dish of goblin meat boiled and torn in a tortilla obtained from a supermarket, then fried in [mixed magic oil].

Besides that.

“Soboro pasta made with finely ground Ashcore meat and Arachron eggs…”

“These eggs. “I don’t know what kind of egg it is, but it’s so savory!”

It’s a spider egg.

“Minos tenderloin steak with lizard ragu sauce….”

“What juicy…!”

It is the juice of a monster that was eating the corpse of another monster.

Well anyway.

As long as it tastes good, it’s okay!

‘by the way. ‘This guy is strangely responsive.’

Has this guy tried some?

Anyway, from the perspective of a cook, he wasn’t a bad customer.

The dishes continued even after that.

Each and every one of them was a main dish.

“Is it okay for a course meal to only come with the main meal?”

“hmm. This is something that a typical restaurant would not be able to do, even considering the cost. but.”

“but.”

“Because we are running out of ingredients for side dishes.”

What is lacking more than anything else is fresh ingredients such as vegetables and mushrooms.

Because there are so many things we don’t have.

I feel like it just happened to be pushed to the main page.

‘Still, I paid attention to the combination of flavors. The fact that there is only a main dish is actually a strength, not an element to be devalued.’

like that.

After tasting all courses.

“I can’t eat any more.”

“Dessert is ice cream.”

The last dessert provided was a simple ice cream I made.

Watching Jeong Soo-ah eating it.

I looked into space with a bit of tension.

‘The ingredients in a course meal have one thing in common. If it’s as I intended.’

Slowly.

You should hear a familiar sound…

The moment I thought,

Tiring.

[The course meal is complete.]

[A – Roasted Coat in Lizard Gravy]

[B – Grilled Shoulder Loach in Silverdrop Jelly]

[C – ….]

.

.

.

[A common characteristic contained in the magic power contained in the dish was discovered.]

[A themed course meal was completed.] [

The first human race to complete a ‘course meal’.]

[Those who get ahead will be rewarded. ]

[Obtain the title – ‘Course Chef’]

[Title – Course Chef]

[When completing a course meal based on one theme, the effect is doubled.]

As intended.

The message that comes to mind as I complete the course meal.

I guess I was the only awakened chef who tried this and even got the title.

Although it is a satisfying effect.

The important thing is next.

[Common magical properties – Eyes]

[Shin Young-jun’s self-made course dish – ‘Pupil’]

[The taster’s eyesight is greatly restored.]

[A very large bonus is provided to all abilities related to vision!]

“That’s it!”

I clenched my fists and internally cheered.

Effect as intended.

It is said that the effectiveness of Jeong Soo-ah’s spirit eye varies depending on the condition of the eyes.

At this rate, the distance that can be seen with the spirit eye would have been much longer.

“Now that the cooking effect has been applied, we can use those eyes to find the base of the marauders… Huh?”

The reason she planned this course meal was to use her abilities to find the base of the marauders.

Just as I was about to talk to her for that purpose.

Something.

It looked different.

“Over there”

“..”

“This can’t be right.” “Did that person do it?”

I guess I wasn’t the only one who noticed the difference.

Jeong Soo-ah looked at me in confusion and said.

her hands.

He had lost his vision and his eyes had turned white.

“The front…the front looks fine.”

okay.

This is what changed.

Su-ah closed her eyes because she couldn’t see.

Inside, only the strangely white eyes remained.

Those eyes that evoked a strange fear.

‘…is nowhere to be found.’

There now.

The eyes were as blue as sea water.

[Theme – Eyes]

[The taster’s eyesight is greatly restored.]

No, I said it is greatly restored.

Still, there is a degree.

‘Why does it look fine?’

It’s enough to open the eyes of a blind man.

You didn’t say anything like that.