Chapter. 11. Wizard’s Wizard (28)
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Bainix Griggs.
He was an ugly man, as acknowledged by others. He had a hunchback, strangely protruding buck teeth, and a snub nose that would splash water every time it rained.
But he loved his ugly self, and even felt a little proud every time he introduced his name to someone.
?(Bay) is an alchemical abbreviation for powder.
? (Nix) means to mix.
Mix the powder. Isn’t this a fitting name for an alchemist? As his name suggests, Bainix was a mineral alchemist who mainly studied mixing mineral materials.
There is no way his parents, who were serfs on a remote mountainous estate, would have known this and named him, but since they did not know, it felt closer to the guidance of fate. After hearing the story of Bard, who came with the merchant who visited a mountain village, he went to dig a valley with a pickaxe to find black stones, thinking that he would become rich in his sleep. He could not find the mine, but the mineral he threw into the bonfire for identification burned with a mysterious light. Watching him go, the word alchemy was engraved in his mind, and he was able to make a name for himself as a full-fledged alchemist after resisting the persistent temptations of the earth wizards who secretly approached him as he dug and mixed things in the open ground.
Although he became half-deaf in the process due to the explosion of a wrong combination, Bainix believed that it was all his fate determined by the great god of alchemy, ‘the unknown that exists but has never been met’. It is looked down on by nobles and wizards as a field of study for those without talent, and it is not easy to get into a big city as a would-be drug offender.
He believed in his destiny, in the name of the one who mixed the powder. Just as a long time ago, the great alchemist Adfem created a healing potion by neutralizing the toxicity of troll blood and saved the lives of countless people in a mountain village where priests did not visit. That he too would have the opportunity to make the name of Bainix Griggs known to the world.
And, as usual, when he visited the Thieves’ Guild to sell smoke powder, he felt that the opportunity had finally come.
The thief Gil, who was always screaming loudly for him because he had poor hearing, was asking for interesting information.
“saint?”
“Yes, saint! “I’m telling you this because you are the one who saved the lives of many of our guild members, and it turns out that a blood saint was born in Siegfilund City just yesterday morning!”
“What is a saint? “It seems like some strange religious group is putting on a play to attract donations.”
“This person! Have you forgotten that we stab and steal things, but we don’t bully? Yesterday, there was a monster attack so terrible that the Margrave’s knights died, and the Saint of Light who was staying in the city predicted it in advance and wiped them out in one fell swoop!”
“If it’s Siegpilund… it’s the eastern part, right? Could it be that those mutes that have been making noise these days have come over from beyond the mountain range?”
“Well, we don’t know either. But the important fact is that the blood that poured out endlessly from the saint’s body healed people! “How about this? Isn’t this news that people like you would find interesting?”
It’s interesting. It was so interesting that my butt was shaking.
“more? For more information… I don’t think friendship alone can do the trick….”
Damn thief.
Bainix was able to hear the details only after handing over all the smoke powder and asthma powder he had, and after sweeping all the items he had into his precious alchemy bag, he rode towards the city of Siegfilund.
Even though it was a city right next door, it was almost a miracle to arrive at Margin Baekryeong in less than a day. There were no bandits who appeared almost like neighborhood friends, and even though it was made hastily, the Berserk potion and mare breeding scent worked amazingly well on his old horse, and even thanks to the chaos in the city, the number of guards decreased and one wall of the watchtower jutted out from the castle wall. No one caught it until it was slightly melted and dug out.
All of this will be unknown guidance. It was rumored that the royal body had a special magical power, so the fact that he stayed with the grave robbers and learned their secret techniques, and that he became friendly with the thieves and learned how to climb over roofs were all arranged by ‘Miji’ for this moment. ! Soon, this Bainix will be able to perform great alchemy with the blood of the saint!!!!
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Well, I firmly believed it.
Sook!
“There you are. alchemist.”
“Hehe! Stand, saint!”
Fuuuuuuu! Hurry up!
“I think it’s time to give up. “Let’s just talk about it?”
“Ugh! “Why, why is it so fast!”
Sooooooo!
No matter how much smoke you throw, climb over walls, or hide in the dark. Before I knew it, I turned my head and saw the saint’s ugly face creeping up over the fence.
I ran away and ran away until I ended up in a dead end alley.
Seeing that huge body filling the alley, Bainix thought that perhaps this might be the end of the dream he had harbored for a long time.
‘It wasn’t stealing… I definitely didn’t steal it in front of the author!’
okay. stole it
Although we arrived at Siegfilund in one day, all of the ‘Holy Blood’ had long since disappeared. After checking, it was proven that the saint’s blood was only effective in preventing the strong infection effect of the ‘Mutation Blood’ group of creatures, but as mentioned in the Thieves’ Guild for its healing effect, it was found to be effective among village worms.
‘They say that if you dip the saint’s blood into bread, you will be cured.’
‘They say that if you apply the saint’s blood to your body, you can have that power.’
There was a rumor going around that the saint’s blood stains, which had been spread throughout the city, had been wiped away before even a day had passed.
All that was left were the contaminated and dried parts, and the five bottles collected by the temple priests themselves.
When other alchemists we met while wandering around the city suggested that we go to the temple and somehow get a bottle, Banix naturally joined in. Because the great unknown was watching him, he thought there would be a way.
Of course, the plan to collect the blood by placing a cupboard was to walk out from the back of the temple and say, ‘This is for the priests whose sacred power has been depleted by communication magic, and for the patients who still need to watch for the infection to go away.’ However, it was destroyed by the saint who blocked the alchemists like a wall.
Even at that moment, even when the rank and file were cheering at his trustworthy appearance, Bainix thought that this too was a great unknown guidance. Oh, he thinks that sharing one bottle between four people is not enough! That means you need all five bottles! no wonder. I wanted to hide a smoke powder that was so well made that it was a waste to give it to the thieves guild!
Believing in his fate that everything had worked out well from the beginning until now, he set off a smoke screen on the spot, stole the box of Precious Blood from the priest’s hand, and escaped.
Jeez. Jeez. Jeez.
As if he knew there was nowhere else to run, the blood-covered saint approached him with slow steps. To Baenix’s ears, the sound of those steps sounded like the bells of a boatman in the underworld.
Sadly, ‘the unknown that exists but no one has ever met’ did not arrange the great alchemy for him.
‘If I could return this and apologize right now….’
Bainix desperately searched for a way to survive, but soon gave up.
Just by looking at that hideously distorted face, you could guess it. Blood is the source of life. Even if you don’t know anything, you would feel an instinctive discomfort if your blood was treated carelessly by someone else’s hands. How much worse would it be if it was the precious blood of a saint.
Bainix closed his eyes tightly as his dream faded away.
‘….resolutely. I will go resolutely! The end of every alchemist is a new step toward the unknown called death! Resolutely. Resolutely….’
Sniff, sniff!
“Ugh! “Ugh!”
“…Why are you crying?”
“Please save me. Please, forgive me just this once… I will never touch the church’s items again… Ugh!”
Instead of being resolute, tears flowed helplessly.
I can’t put it down at all. He was afraid of dying, but he wanted to live because he could not admit that his destiny was not alchemy and that he was just a petty thief and not an alchemist.
However, the saint who blocked his path like an iron tower was as merciless as the traces of the battle.
A sharp ceremonial dagger sparkles in the moonlight and draws an arc. The moment Bainix closed his eyes.
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Talk.
The saint placed in his hand the dagger that he thought he would swing with all his might to cut off his head.
“….huh?”
“I have to save him. Of course, you have to give it to live. Let’s see… If I say this, will we be able to have a conversation? Can you hear me? field. lee. me?”
“I can hear it! I can hear it… No, I can see this and I can hear it, and this is….”
“hmm. As expected, my friend was hard of hearing. For some reason, even when I called him that, he didn’t even look back. Are you completely deaf?”
“It’s not that, but…”
In fact, I at least noticed that the saint who was chasing me was saying something. Just, of course, ‘Repent!’ ‘I will engrave a congratulatory message on the cathedral with your blood!’ I thought it was about the same. Honestly, if someone who looks like that chases you in the middle of the night, there’s no one who wouldn’t feel numb.
Anyway, they said they would save my life.
‘It won’t be without a price. Seeing as he gave me a dagger… Are you planning to ask for my baby and thumb in the manner of a thief?’
….It didn’t matter what happened.
Baenix strengthened his resolve as he looked at the saint blocking the alley like a steel tower. If only I could live like this and still be an alchemist. Any chance of not having Bainix Griggs’ name as a petty thief was a good thing.
gulp.
Wow-
The hand holding the ceremonial dagger was tense.
“I… am ready.”
“Oh, really? As expected, I saw the person correctly. “He’s quick-witted.”
When Banix, covered in tears and snot, answered, the professor looked around the entrance to the alley and approached him…
Sigh.
He held out his right arm, which had clear scar marks.
“…?”
“What are you doing. “Stab.”
“yes?”
“Stab. Oh, since I’m an alchemist, isn’t this kind of thing a bit far off? “You haven’t stabbed anyone?”
Pooh wow!
Before the embarrassed Baenix had time to respond, the saint’s large hand grabbed his hand and plunged the dagger deep into his arm.
Fishit!
A dagger stuck deep in the ground, and the scent of blood spreading through narrow back alleys.
Baenix’s reason stopped there. He completely forgot that he was being chased all this time, and the only thing on his mind was ‘If you fall on the ground, you will be polluted!’ I was just filled with these thoughts.
When he came to his senses, he had already taken out a vial from his bag with lightning-like movements and was collecting blood.
Seed profit-
The saint was looking down at him with a happy face.
“I will return the box to the Dodo Church, so you can take it all. Are you interested in anything other than blood? Something like a saint’s bones, flesh, or eyeballs? Give it if you need it. Ah, is this too much of a necromancy thing?”
‘….Are you crazy? Is he the same person as the saint from the church earlier? Twins?’
Bainix didn’t know what was going on, but he nodded frantically and thought to accept the saint’s offer.
In any case, freshly collected and pre-preserved blood in a bottle was much more valuable than day-old blood.
Somehow, it seemed that the blessings of the ‘unknown unknown’ had not ended yet.
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“name?”
“Be, this is Banix Griggs.”
“Bainic…s. Griggs. “What about your job?”
“As you can see, I am an alchemist. “I mainly study minerals.”
“He’s a mineral alchemist… I guess he’s the least versatile among alchemists?”
“Yes, yes….”
“What do you mainly make?”
“I don’t have anything to show you right now because I’ve used it all up, but it’s famous for its smoke powder, which the thieves’ guilds around here can’t live without. We also make some mineral poison,”
“The main client is… the Thieves Guild. where are you? Three-legged rat? Dancing fingers? “Moonshadow?”
flinch!
“It’s a three-legged rat.”
“Sebal Jura… I’ve used this guild a few times.”
While I was momentarily taken aback by the familiar name, Lucilla, who followed me into the alley, looked at Baenix’s condition and gave me a reproachful look.
[….It’s a disaster! That’s why I said let’s go after that old bastard!]
[Uh huh. Stay. There’s definitely something to this guy.]
[There is something there! Alchemists are like a crow’s nest! There’s a lot of stuff piled up, but you don’t know if it’s treasure or trash! Just looking at that old man, he smelled like money! On the other hand, this person doesn’t sell potions, so he doesn’t have any cash, and he’s not even at the level to get a non-smoking permit from the guild. If he had a lot of ingredients, how would he pay, but when he put the bag down just now, it made an empty sound! Empty! Teuung-!]
guy. You’re so angry. Apparently, it’s because the switch that says ‘loss’ has been turned on.
As Lucilla said, Baenix was an alchemist who was not of much value either as a colleague or as an internal NPC.
Since he was a minor mineral alchemist in the first place and didn’t have a proper teacher, he didn’t know how to make things like the common ‘energy enhancers’.
Since the things he makes are only useful for night guests, at first glance, it’s easy to look like he’s just an alchemist.
But…well? Is that really all there is?
[Lucilla. Although I am not a business person. In the end, you know that the greatest asset is people, right? Same with Roman. The same goes for that fat monk who helped you get here from your home.]
[That’s it… of course.]
[Now, let’s consider how a person’s value is determined. People are changing beings, right? I don’t know where or how I will grow. Look at this guy’s eyes.]
Jorororok-
The professor quietly moved his blood-dripping forearm to the side. At that moment, Bainix’s hand, which had been looking at him in a very timid state, moved like a machine, and the blood in the vial moved along his arm so smoothly that it did not even shake.
[Open your eyes to look at those eyes. Don’t you feel something?]
[Hmm… it’s a very familiar… feeling. Something dangerous and unpleasant memory…]
[yes? Sound familiar? I know this well because I am a wizard myself, but those are truly ‘wizard-like eyes.’ Look at that overflowing obsession. Isn’t it amazing? That’s an innate talent. I liked the look in his eyes because it was like that of a wizard.]
[Ugh. Disgusting-]
[That’s what they say, that’s right.]
Look at those bright eyes. He looks so engrossed as if there are only two people in the world, the specimen and himself, right?
If you don’t get caught up in questionable science like alchemy, I’ll ask you right away, ‘Do you like water?’ I almost asked.
Anyway, it is certain that this guy will cause a big accident someday. These guys need to be taken care of.
[So… I’m saying he’s just a guy who looks like he’s about to commit something, so he came here instead of the alchemists who could make money right away. Personally, I think the lost opportunity cost far exceeds the expected return, right?]
[We need to find out about that now.]
An alchemist is, in fact, a profession close to a primitive chemist. Among them, he is a particularly minor mineral expert.
Since he does not have a teacher, he uses a completely different form of alchemy than the conventional method of alchemy that focuses on potion combinations, and even has a wizard-level obsession recognized by wizards.
Isn’t this the material prepared for complete innovation? When it comes to innovation, I have a friend I know well. Did you know that he is the most famous gacha man in the world?
“Bainix.”
“Yes, yep!”
“I was so merciful that I let you go, but anyway, you stole the church’s valuables in front of the church’s priests, right? “It was not an individual, but a group of four people, and it was a planned crime that even used carefully prepared alchemy tools.”
“Well, like that!”
“Use! Listen until the end. By both imperial and religious law, you are a perfect criminal. Since they smoked that terrible smoke in front of the statue, if they were caught by the cult, they would be taken to the human bell tower of the famous Gwangmyeong Cult dungeon. Even if he is captured by the Empire, he will not be sentenced to 30 years of imprisonment. What do you think, am I wrong?”
“…Ugh! Yes, that’s right. I, I don’t know why I did that… Ugh!”
Bainix realized his situation and started crying again, probably because he had a lot of tears. However, when I saw him corking a full bottle with one hand and finding a new bottle, I thought that it was definitely Ki-in.
The professor patted his shoulder with a saintly, kind smile.
“Shh. are you okay. are you okay. I told you at the beginning. “Are you interested in working together?”
“Work…?”
“Yes, work! You are bad in this country anyway. This is what happened, I ran away abroad and started a new life where no one knew! Teldrat, the golden country famous for wheat and beer! Sponsored by a great nobleman! There is no time to wash, sleep, or eat, just overflowing with research projects and abundant materials! “How about it, doesn’t it make you happy just thinking about it?”
“Sniff! Really… if that happens, it would be like a dream….”
“okay! Lucilla! “Bring the contract!”
Don’t give yourself time to think. Now that we have escaped the fear of death and our reason is at stake, we must proceed in a hurry, like frying beans in a flash of lightning.
What Lucilla took out from her pocket was the contract I had ordered from her in advance. Since she couldn’t keep up with my speed anyway, she followed me slowly and asked me to make it, and she even finished making it and tied it up with a red ribbon.
Kuuuk-
A big smile formed on the professor’s face as he watched the alchemist falsify a contract full of all kinds of poisons and slavery clauses.
‘Hehehehe. I’m going to catch a few more guys like this and put them next to Roman. ‘You’ll really like it because you’ll be short on hands for a while, right?’
For the delicate handling of reagents. With a passion for new materials. Even though it is heavy heating, it includes basic knowledge of chemical engineering.
The professor wiped his nose happily as he thought of his friend who would be passionate about airborne engineering research in Teldrat right now.
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[Christmas Side Story] Chef Cook’s Christmas Special Menu
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Side story: Psycho Gang Chef Cook’s special Christmas menu.
Thump, thump, thump
A quiet, refreshing winter morning where small clouds greet you when you blow on your mouth.
“hmm! good!”
A fat man wearing a shirt with visible blood stains on the hem smiled brightly as he brushed off a snow-covered sign.
[Chef Cook’s Pizza House]
Ah, maybe it’s that beautiful?
This fat man, who at some point called himself Chef Cook instead of his name, loved pizza.
He had some problems from a young age.
He was very interested in killing small animals.
How could one not love the great food that transformed him from a small animal to a large animal, to a two-legged animal that beat him up when he was a little inadequate, and turned him back into a human being after he ended up in prison?
As he kneaded and arranged the pure white dough, red tomato sauce, and fresh toppings, the bad thoughts that crept into his heart came out cleanly finished as pizza.
It’s a clean, smooth, and delicious process.
So every year, as part of my prison vocational training, I would send a letter to the address of the prison guard who taught me pizza. Although I haven’t received a reply for several years, it has been a lifesaver anyway.
Sak- Sak- Sak-
His day begins with cleaning the store entrance. Like this, we dust off the signs, clean the dirty windows, and sweep the snow-covered store fronts.
“Ouch-”
Whoops!
“Gaaaa…!”
Wow!
The same goes for scolding bad fish that target the store.
Slurp.
“Hmm… it’s not fresh.”
Although he had very poor eyesight, it was not difficult to distinguish between meat and customers. Because it was the area of instinct as a person in the restaurant industry.
Bad customers and meat who dress very dirty, smell bad, and knock on the door without opening it.
In contrast, people who dress well, greet each other warmly, order and pay are customers.
Sometimes, when he was out of the store due to a shortage of ingredients, it was difficult to tell what was meat and what was customer, but fortunately, the kind customers knew that he had bad eyesight and showed him the pizza coupon first, so he was able to sort out the meat without much trouble.
Sometimes, I felt like it was a really strange world, but when my head started pounding, I would calm my mind by wiping the window or looking at the pure white dough. When the fragrant smell of hot pizza from the oven began to waft out, his hair returned to its white and clean state as if it had never happened before.
‘are you okay! As always, pizza gets me going!
His favorite moment of the day came when he finished cleaning the glass, which was full of dirty marks from the melted snow.
[Closed]
Dalkak-
[Open]
A new morning has dawned, a new store has opened, and a new life begins.
Wow!
As he headed to the counter, wearing an apron covered in flour over his fat body, his face was filled with pure happiness.
Finally, the pizza I was looking forward to. Round, white, fluffy and oily. More beautiful than anything else….
“hmm?”
Stutter.
“Hmm?”
Stuttering.
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does not exist.
The yellow box, which was supposed to be full of fresh meat, didn’t have any meat at all.
“Are there any ingredients?”
Crash!
A mysterious delivery man who always brings him meat before he wakes up. The yellow box was a symbol of mutual trust between him and Cook.
It was empty.
“I don’t have any ingredients!!!!!!”
The man’s face, which seemed to contain all the gentleness in the world, was horribly distorted, and tendons sprouted from his thick forearms, which had been used to effortlessly hit rough ingredients and nasty customers who came to rob the store.
“Those f*cking delivery men stole my meat!!! It’s always been like that!!! Everyone is jealous of my store! Even the old bastards who destroyed the store saying it was a redevelopment area! Those damn beasts who were spreading the rumor that my pizza was not tasty! “Trying to take the pizza away from me!!!!”
Quang! Quang! Quang! Quang!
Every time the chef’s thick hand hit the counter, it shook as if there was an earthquake.
Cook, with bloodshot eyes, walked out of the store, holding a rolling pin and a specially made large kitchen knife in his hands.
“Pizza…. I have to make pizza…. Fresh pizza…. It’s okay…. How about making pizza!”
Quack!
“…everything will be okay. A chef is a cook. It’s a good store. “Pizza is the owner.”
Clap!
The store door opened, and a cold breeze touched his furry arms.
[Open]
Dalkak-
[Closed]
Tororok.
A tear fell from his bloodshot eyes due to the disappointment of the store closing during business hours.
Cook left the store for the first time in a long time in search of fresh meat.
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Chijijik-
[Survivors. Lose hope – crackle! Do not. We can recover. Merry Christmas! Share your love with each other. Don’t lose your dragon—. We survived. Merry Christmas.]
Snow falling softly.
A young man’s voice came from speakers installed throughout the city, and Christmas carols stretched slightly as if they were coming from a tape that had been undone and wound once.
Not long after leaving the store, Cook’s throbbing headache gradually improved.
“It worked out better. It would be nice to serve some special pizza to the customers who visit us during these difficult times. Restaurants have to hold events like this sometimes to run well, right? When I first learned how to make pizza, I said, ‘Cooking begins with selecting the ingredients.’ Okay… I’m making pizza right now. Fresh ingredients, ingredients….”
“Grrrrrr!!”
Kwasik!
“Off, ah, uh-”
Suddenly!
As a top chef, Cook knew where to get the ingredients.
Not in urban areas.
Because his eyes get especially blurry when he stands in front of meat and customers, he could easily mistake the customers for meat and cut them up. Of course, kind customers would always carry store coupons for him and show them to him first, but still, something happens once in a while. Any good caterer knew that even a single stain could lead to food poisoning.
It shouldn’t be too out of the way.
It was always like that, but these days the number of wild animals has increased tremendously. As always, the government and police did not protect small business owners who run small pizza shops like him, and although he worked tirelessly to become strong as a self-employed person, it was not easy to get meat in a place on the outskirts that smelled of gunpowder.
So the place I chose was the central area located right in between.
This area, called a ‘crime-infested area’ among survivors, is an area that Dom had no choice but to neglect due to a shortage of management personnel due to the increased number of refugees. It is a place where people who were pushed out of good positions due to lack of a separate group or weak survival gather. It was.
Of course, there was no way Cook, a madman, would have known such a thing. I just know that within the stable area of 47, there are a lot of new deaths and fresh type 2 variants.
Since the people there were poor people who could not even purchase [Chef Cook’s Pizzeria Coupon (Genuine: If you get caught buying a counterfeit product, you’ll get pizza) – 2300 sil] sold as an essential item for survival in District 47 on the community exchange, the sound of the chef’s large kitchen knife being dragged on the floor was heard. If they heard it, they were busy hiding as if they were dead.
That’s it, that’s it…
Two hours have passed since the fat man with the large knife began wandering through the blizzard looking for ‘special’ ingredients for Christmas pizza.
Suddenly, the impatience creeping into his heart made him think, ‘Wouldn’t it be okay to have at least one guest?’ At a time when these thoughts were tormenting him.
Sniff.
‘The smell of blood!’
His sensitive nose, trained to discern fresh ingredients every day, caught the smell of blood.
“fresh ingredients! Fresh meat!”
Quang!
In his blurred vision, Cook heads towards the direction indicated by the smell of blood, smashing piles of rubble and slate at random. Soon, the source of the smell of blood caught his eye.
“Oooooh….”
there is. There was a special ingredient he had been looking for.
“….! …… …..!!!”
A skinny girl, unable to speak, being dragged around by her hair among about six men holding sticks.
Pure white hair, bright red eyes, and bleached skin exposed through rags. Anyone could see that she was a girl with a genetic disease called albinism or albinism, but to the chef, she looked completely different.
“It’s a rabbit. rabbit. “I haven’t seen a single rabbit in recent years.”
Looking at that white body, red eyes, and the fact that it only opened its mouth and could not speak even when attacked by a wild dog, I was certain that it was a rabbit. They say that rabbits only cry when they die.
Rare and precious material. Now that he thought about it, he remembered hearing customers talking about rankers and rabbits a few times while visiting the store, and excitement began to well up in Cook’s eyes.
“Perfect. It’s perfect!!! Perfetto!!! molto Perfetto!!!
A rare food ingredient I found after wandering outside the store, wasting all my morning shopping time. A menu that guests have even mentioned and requested several times.
It was truly the perfect ingredient.
“W-what!”
“That apron… 47’s Pizza Psycho? Didn’t that bastard just walk on the street? “Why did you crawl all the way here!”
That’s it.
The chef lifted his kitchen knife. A wild dog was hunting a rabbit. Absolutely not. If you eat meat bitten by a wild dog, you may contract strange parasites or rabies, so it was a chef’s attitude to dispose of it quickly.
“Shit! It’s like a joke… As soon as you cross Area 47, you’ll be subjected to the ‘material hunting’ you’ve only heard about!”
“Don’t be scared! Barely one and no guns! Do you know how much that albino bitch’s body sells for? If we catch that psycho pig, roast it and eat it, and freeze that albino girl well and sell it on the black market, we can become mid-level scavengers in no time! “Chaotic times like now are an opportunity for people like us.”
Quack!
Before the man who appeared to be the leader could finish his sentence, Cook’s kitchen knife cut his head in half.
“Huh, we don’t treat cheap meat…! Chef Cook’s Pizza Place!!!!! Sigh! “The ingredients are so ridiculous!!!!!”
“Ugh, wow!”
“Oh, don’t come. Don’t come, you idiot!!!”
Suddenly!
Taang! bang! Taang!
A large man rushed towards him, swinging a rolling pin, and the acrid smell of gunpowder from a homemade pistol wafted through the collapsed building in a crime-ridden area.
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Limping, limping-
Clap!
The streets have suddenly become dark, and the bell rings forlornly.
The chef was sad. Something happened that his common sense could not understand.
A wild dog spits fire and gnaws its teeth. And no matter how incomprehensible something happened, a top-notch chef could get hurt while handling ingredients. The word ‘gun’ popped into my head, but it quickly disappeared along with a pounding headache.
In one hand, he held a rolling pin and a bloody kitchen knife. Carrying a trembling albino girl in his other hand, he hesitated at the entrance of the store and ended up not being able to return the sign that said [Closed] before entering.
Tick.
“hmm?”
Tick tick.
“Is it a power outage?”
Of course. There is a power outage on a day like today.
It’s a store I’m familiar with, so there’s nothing particularly uncomfortable about it, but it’s still unpleasant.
Click click click click-
Grumble!
Cook, who roughly treated the arms and legs bitten by wild dogs, collected water using a manual pump and lit a fire in the oven to boil the water.
When I thought about it, it seemed like a stupid idea to use up precious ingredients right away.
When you wash them well, feed them well, and raise them well so that they don’t get sick, you meet the best customer. Wouldn’t it be nice to make the best pizza at that time?
Thinking like that, I couldn’t bear it.
“…..! …? ….!! ….???”
So, I washed myself thoroughly in warm water and wrapped myself in an extra apron to keep my body temperature from cooling down.
Jjiee-ing-
“Umm, uhm….”
Suddenly, my head started pounding. weird. Where is the big rabbit that came up to my knees? Is there a skinny kid here?
My head was going crazy. Oh, I didn’t make even one pizza today.
Cook threw away what he couldn’t tell whether it was a girl or a rabbit and hurriedly ran to where Doe was.
thud! thud!
Knock down the dough on the wooden table, spread it out,
Wow!
I looked around and poured all the ingredients I could find on it. I’m so anxious that my hands are shaking, and I’m even more anxious because I know that the pizza made by my trembling hands will be weird.
The fire was out and I was so anxious that I couldn’t tell what was what.
perhaps.
He was going crazy thinking that he might not be able to make pizza.
‘I am a chef. I am not a murderer. I’m a chef. You can remain a chef!!!! Chef Cook’s Pizza Shop will be open for business as usual! Forever! certainly!!!’
He muttered endlessly, but he could tell. The dough and toppings before your eyes will turn into a terribly tasteless pizza.
Rattling, rattling.
At that time, I was in despair because I couldn’t find the tomato sauce no matter how hard I groped with my trembling hands.
Hwareuk.
Next to his table, there was a small light.
“…is it a rabbit?”
A girl with bright red eyes, with water still dripping from her wet hair and wrapped around her body like a toga in an apron three times larger than her body, had already grabbed a piece of firewood from the oven with tongs and brought it to her side. For him who was fumbling around the table in a hurry.
It looks good now. I see pizza. The toppings were all messed up and scattered, and the tomato sauce was pushed to the corner and spilled over.
With a dazed head and vision that changes from blurry to clear again and again.
Growling-
There was a sound that made Cook’s ears perk up.
A growling sound echoed through the store, and a girl with red eyes blushed.
When Cook heard that sound, he knew clearly what he had to do.
Under the light of a small firewood, scoop up the top of the spilled tomato sauce and spread it thinly.
Then carefully sprinkle the homemade cheese on top.
The pizza, probably the most delicious thing he had ever made, was carefully pushed into the oven.
Crack. Crack.
Both the cook and the girl were waiting in silence, looking at the fire pit.
And, finally, the moment the pizza comes out of the oven.
Whoa!
In the warm heat and beautiful smell of freshly baked bread and cheese, the moment when a happy smile appeared on the mouth of a small white girl. In Cook’s heart, as he looked down at the girl who had pulled out a wooden box from her kitchen and sat on it, puffing on hot pizza and eating hungrily,
There was no longer any dark desire to cut or tear something. She is purely grateful to the girl who enjoys the pizza she made.
“No. “When I think about it, this pizza… I didn’t make it alone.”
dump.
Cook casually sat down in front of the gently burning oven and took a big bite of the pizza he and the girl had made.
There was too much basil, the tomato sauce on top of the toppings tasted a bit burnt, the cheese was lumpy and the uncooked onions were spicy. It was so spicy it made me cry.
Pop. Pop.
“…? ….! …!! ….!”
Still, it was pizza. Strangely enough, it brought tears to my eyes.
Seeing him suddenly crying, the girl didn’t know what to do, but then she put down the pizza she was eating and offered him the rest of it. It seemed like she thought it was because she felt sorry for her.
“…Rabbit. “Do you like pizza?”
“….?! …! …!!!”
Nod nod nod nod nod!!!
Cook burst out laughing as he saw the fluffy hair nodding frantically.
“Of course I am a top-notch chef, but… I have a few problems in many ways. Still, would you like to learn from me?”
“……”
Whoosh!
This time, the girl’s eyes were filled with tears.
Crackling- Crackling-
[Survivors. Don’t lose hope. You survived. Merry Christmas! Have a happy time with your family. Merry Christmas.]
Beyond the store filled with green tiles and cute oil paintings, a soft carol was coming from the speakers.
“Margherita. The name would be Margherita. “You… are now my apprentice.”
I was still confused, and my broken brain couldn’t figure out what was going on, so I felt dizzy.
Still, I can see it clearly now. A young girl with fluffy white hair, snow-white skin, and bright red eyes, biting into a mouthful of pizza.
Just like the dough, tomatoes, and oven that were clearly visible to his blurry eyes. I could see the girl too clearly.
“Merry Christmas, Margherita.”
“…..! …..!! ……!!!!”
One person had the most delicious pizza of his life. One person had pizza that was tasteless but had a strange taste that he would never experience again in his life.
The madman and the girl who met on Christmas had a warm and enjoyable evening, bathed in the warmth of the oven.
From that day on, Chef Cook’s pizzeria started using a girl with pure white hair and red eyes as an employee.
****
fantasy,
