Meanwhile, I came out of the capsule while thinking about eating the fruits cut by my daughter-in-law. Prometheusâ memories still remained despite coming out of the capsule and I didnât know why. If I knew then I wouldâve been a scientist, not a chef.
âAldebaran became a demon kingâŠâ
Prometheus had no memory of what happened in the world after the war with Pluto. He was sleeping in the last Star Fruit, waiting for me. It was clear that Aldebaran had gone to the Demon World. The problem was that I had to go back to the Temple of the Wind⊠no matter how I thought about it, I couldnât come up with a method.
Then my daughter-in-law came into the room. âFather, Iâll be going out for a while.â
âHuh? Who are you going to see?â
âIâm going to see Jungyeon. Iâll see her for a short time.â
âAh, yes. Be careful.â
This person was a close friend of my daughter-in-law. She had come to the house before and her personality was very good. I went to the shoe box at the front to send off my daughter-in-law when I heard the sound of the password being pressed.
âEh? Mother, where are you going?â
âMido, Iâm going to meet some friends. Please look after the house.â
âI understand. Be careful.â
âYes, my daughter~ I love you.â
My daughter-in-law left the house and I met Midoâs eyes. âGrandfather, were you waiting?â
This wasnât the case but in the circumstances, I thought I could score more points. I smiled and nodded. âWelcome home, Mido.â
I couldnât help smiling whenever I saw her. Maybe it was because she resembled my dead wife a lot. I took her to the living room and put out a plate of fruit. âYour mother gave this to me but there is still a lot left. Eat some.â
âGrandfather, have you eaten?â
âYes, Iâve already eaten a lot and Iâm full.â
In fact, I wasnât full. Still, it was great to see her enjoying the food. There was a crunching sound as Mido ate an apple.
âŠThey looked so similar. Her side profile really looked like my wife as a young woman. I hid my sadness and asked her, âDid you have fun with my friend?â
âAh, Wolf Mask ahjussi?â
âŠIâm not an ahjussi.
âYes, that friend.â
âYes, somewhat, but I owe him once again. He died saving me.â
âAh, really?â I pretended that I didnât know anything and almost burst out laughing.
Mido hurriedly exclaimed like she suddenly remembered something, âAh, yes! Grandfather, do you know how to contact him?â
âHuh? I do. Why are you asking?â
âSeveral broadcasting stations got in touch with me. They want to release what I broadcasted today.â
âBroadcasting stations? So whatâs the problem?â
âI think I need his permission.â
Ah, that was the problem. I think it was possible somehow. No, wait a minute. I was currently hiding my identity⊠was it okay to release the broadcast like this? I worried about it for a moment before answering, âFirst, leave contacting my friend to me.â
âI understand. Will you let me know?â
âYes, I will.â
First, I had to think some more.
âBy the way, how did you get to know him?â she asked the question she had been wondering about. I steadily replied with my prepared answer, âI stumbled across him in Mulan. We are both chefs so we shared recipes and became friends.â
âI see. By the way, is he really ugly? The article wrote that he is wearing a mask because his face is ugly.â
âWhich bastard said that?â
âHuhâŠ?â
Ah, my reaction was too agitated. âHe isnât ugly. Rather, he looks good and manly. He is also tall and chiseled. A gentleman, gentleman. Keke.â
âI knew it! He seemed like a good man.â
I was praised and my face involuntarily heated up. Mido saw my expression and questioned, âGrandfather, are you sick? Your face is red.â
âUh, no. Iâm just a bit hot.â
âIsnât it currently winter?â
âCough. I just drank hot tea.â
âYour ears are red too.â
I changed the topic again before I started stammering. âCough, that isnât important. When did you start broadcasting? What was it called? Yuttubi?â
âPfft. YouTube. It hasnât been long. I actually started because I wanted to make money to play games but it is more fun than I thought.â
âReally?â
I was embarrassed when a lot of peopleâs attention was on me so I couldnât even imagine it. Perhaps Mido had talent in this area. In my eyes, she was more beautiful than most celebrities. Mido told me, âToday, I got a huge increase in the number of subscribers. I probably wonât have to pay for my university tuition fees from out of my own pocket this year.â
âDid you earn so much?â
âYes. Do you remember the Star Candy?â
âYes, I remember. Is that money?â
âYes, you can think of it as one Star Candy is worth 70 won.â
If it was 70 wonâŠ
âWerenât there a lot of people who gave 1,000 Star Candy?â
âYes, so it is 70,000 won.â
ââŠThen how much did you earn today?â
âIt is around a yearâs tuition fees. Hehe. Well, this is all thanks to that ahjussi.â
Hey, that was a lot of money. I didnât know if I could make that much money. I was tempted to try broadcasting for a moment. Nevertheless, I had no intention to do so. Not only did I have no talent but now wasnât the time. Still, I thought it was okay to occasionally appear on Midoâs broadcasts to help.
At this moment, I decided to allow Mido to release the broadcast. I went into the room and pretended to be on the phone. For five minutes, I played the Go-Stop [1] game that Mido had downloaded. ()
[Yes! Godori!] [2]
[The other person has shouted to stop.]
[You have been defeated.]
âShitâŠâ
It seemed I had no luck in gambling. This was why I was always the dealer when playing Go-Stop with my family on the holidays. I sighed lightly and came out into the living room. âMido.â
âHuh?â
âThat friend said you can broadcast it.â
* * *
The next day, I connected to Arkstar. Now it was almost like a routine. After seeing Midoâs level, I felt that my goal had become more definite. I knew I needed to be stronger.
The sight of Windia appeared in my flickering vision. I saw it and realized that I really had died.
âŠDeath. I was still healthy and didnât feel good about it. I could still feel it. Maybe this was how my wife felt before she died. I was locked in my memories when I heard shouts around me.
âItâs Wolf Mask!â
âHero Wolf!â
âIâm a fan!â
The people nearby recognized me. They surrounded me like they were looking at a strange animal. Damn, I needed to change my mask again. At this moment, reporters squeezed through the crowd and jammed their microphones toward me. I looked at them and frowned. It was due to the reporters I met yesterday.
âDid you see the newspaper this morning?!â
âHow are you feeling now?â
âWhy did you use violence?â
These damn guysâŠ
I suddenly remembered this morningâs newspaper article.
[Wolf Mask, assaulting the reporters!]
[Why did he have to use violence?]
[The real face under the mask is ugly!]
I had folded the morning newspaper with trembling hands. I was annoyed and became even more annoyed because I could see a familiar face. I jumped onto the shoulders of the reporters in an instant and smashed all the crystal balls. The usersâ cries burst out from the side.
âWow, it really isnât a joke.â
âHow does he have those kicking skills?â
âKyak, so cool!â
Indeed, people were too tiring. I definitely had a shy personality. My oldest child, Kanghyun, resembled my personality a lot. I felt fortunate that my grandchildren didnât have personalities similar to me. I turned my head toward the yelling reporters.
âHey! You! Do you know how much this is worth?â
âDo you want to be in the newspaper again tomorrow?â
âYou have been photographed by us! Do you know?â
âŠBullshit. I blocked their mouths with cobwebs.
[Your cobwebs have been exhausted. Eat cobwebs to recharge it.]
I already used all of it? I was going to have to recharge it. I leisurely left this place.
* * *
The place I arrived at was the construction site at the east gate. I looked at the surrounding buildings and it seemed that a lot of work had been done in a short period of time. I could see Kerenos approaching in the distance. âWhy are you only coming now, old man?â
âShut up. By the way, why does your face look bad?â
âDonât you know? Iâm sick of the orcs. Iâm going to die.â
âDo they not listenâŠ?â
âNope, they hear all the words well. The construction is almost complete.â
âThen what is the problem?â
âHah, you should see it for yourself.â
I followed him to where the orcs were and looked flustered. The orcs were all lying down and taking a nap.
âWhy are they doing this?â
âThey were hungry yesterday and now they are making a collective protest.â
âThey havenât eatenâŠ?â
âNope, I gave them food. The problem is that we canât keep up with the amount they eat. The rations we can give the orcs have decreased.â
âUmâŠâ
I opened the quest window.
[Restore the East of Windia!]
[Difficulty: A
The orcsâ invasion has destroyed the east side of Windia. However, you insisted on reconciliation without killing them. Lord Edward agreed with you and commanded the orcs to restore the east. Take charge of the orcs to finish the construction.
-Completion Conditions: Current construction progress: 80% / 100% (suspended)
Rewards: Unknown.
Failure: The anger of the people of Windia will skyrocket and they will rebel. The war between the orcs and Windia will begin again.]
âŠIt was almost all done. This quest was a quest that shouldnât be failed. If it failed then there would really be a war and Windia would surely perish this time.
I walked straight toward Gorba. âGorba, why arenât you moving?â
âChwik. The meals arenât tasty, Brother.â
âIt isnât a lack of quantity?â
âIt is tasteless and lacking quantity. Chwik. We canât help humans anymore in this environment. We are at the limit.â
It seemed they had been holding back a lot.
âWhat do you like?â
âWe like the meat of the horned bear and legs of the giant spider. However, we were rejected when we asked the humans to make it. It is already hard to work and now they want us to cook? Guruk. We donât like it.â
They seemed to roughly like meat. The giant spider legs were also delicious. If Solar roasted it then the taste⊠ah!
âGorba, I have a good idea.â
âHuh? What is it? Chwiik.â
âIâll cook for you.â
âYou will cook?â
âYes. Have you tried sun roasted spider legs?â
âSunâŠ?! No, I havenât eaten it!â
[The first apostle, âPrometheus,â is smiling.]
âIâll let you eat now. Raise your weapons.â
[1] Korean card game. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go-Stop