Chapter 277 – Side Story – Ellie (1)
I think that there are many ways in which people can gain pleasure in life.
Some people may say that it is better to meet and play with other people, while others may say that it is better to lie down and sleep.
Among them, I think the most common element is eating.
These days, what I am finding pleasure in life is related to what I said above… Those are the things that appear before my eyes right now.
The soup, which is reddish-brown and has a warm steam rising from it, is filled with vegetables such as pumpkin and onions. Plus the smell is amazing. This is a smell that every Korean has smelled at least once in their lives.
It even contains tofu, a dish that has never existed before in this world! I’d like to ask how they made this, but I’ll leave that aside and focus all my attention on the taste for now.
I picked up my spoon and brought a spoonful of soup to my mouth. Then I gently put it in my mouth and savored the taste.
Then, the taste of soybean paste wafting out of the soup was truly the taste of my hometown and the taste of my mother.
I never thought the day would come when I could taste this in this world…
I almost cried, but I held back and drank the soup again.
Yes.
What I am eating right now is soybean paste stew, a food that no Korean would have ever tried.
Just soybean paste stew? How could that be!
When you eat soybean paste stew, there is also a food in front of you that is unconditionally prepared and a basic part of Korean food.
In front of the soybean paste stew, white steaming white rice is also prepared.
I quickly put the soybean paste stew on the rice and swallowed it, and I couldn’t help but feel the heavenly taste in my mouth.
“How are you, Jinu?”
Ellie asked carefully, looking at me eating deliciously.
I immediately gave Ellie a thumbs up and slapped her.
“Awesome, Ellie! How did you come up with the idea to make this?”
“I’m really happy to see Jinunim enjoying it. I heard that it feels good when others enjoy the food you made, and I think I know how that feels now.”
Ellie smiles as she listens to me. After looking at Ellie like that, I focused on eating again. There was so much delicious food in front of me that I couldn’t help but concentrate.
Actually, the food Ellie usually made was delicious. Ellie is an elite type who is good at most things, but she is also very good at cooking. She always enjoyed delicious food, but if there was one thing she regretted, it was that there was no Korean food.
There was no way she could make Korean food, as she was never born in Korea in the first place and she had never eaten Korean food, and she never asked for me either.
But one day, Ellie said it was a surprise today and she gave me Korean food that she made herself. That day, I ate a bowl of rice in an instant.
From then on, Ellie often cooked Korean food for her. The only Korean food I can eat is white rice and soybean paste stew, but this alone makes me feel happy.
“Wow… It was really delicious. How did you make this? No, where did you get the ingredients in the first place?”
Recipes are recipes, but what’s even more surprising is that we came across something called soybean paste right here in the world.
From the time before I summoned my character to the five years after I summoned it, I had never seen any food related to Korean food.
In particular, the specialty of soybean paste could not have existed here.
But Ellie brought this.
And the perfect soybean paste stew made with soybean paste!
It is truly an unbelievable sight.
“Actually, it wasn’t that difficult to get them. The beans themselves don’t exist here in the world, but I cooked them extra there.”
“You did it? Um… But Ellie, do you know what to do?”
Even though Ellie is connected to the character of the Korean game Elion, that doesn’t mean she has to know Korean food.
Rather, it is even more strange that soybean paste stew appears in the fantasy world of Elion.
“I once went to the world where Jinu lived with you, right? At that time, I learned about cooking from Jinu’s mother.”
“What? You learned how to cook from your mother?”
At that time, I was so preoccupied with raising my character’s level to max level or upgrading my specs that I was almost a semi-hikikomori and locked myself in my room. So, I didn’t know what Ellie was doing when she wasn’t in my room… But I never would have guessed that she was learning how to cook from her mother.
I really couldn’t imagine it.
“My mother was very worried about Jinu. In particular, she asked me what kind of food I had. When I explained the foods I usually eat, she wondered what she would do because she couldn’t eat the food she liked.”
There is definitely no Korean food in this world that I like. That’s a shame, but after five years of rolling and rolling, I didn’t even have time to worry about that. If you fill your stomach every day, you’re living a happy life, so what’s important about taste?
Then, after summoning my characters, food, clothing, and shelter became much better. However, rather than saying it is my favorite food, I would say it is food whose quality has improved a lot. Still, I was satisfied with that situation and was trying to do the same when it came to food.
But what a surprise it was when Ellie brought out her Korean food.
“I thought it would be a good idea to learn how to cook from my mother while Jinunnim was working. So I tried to learn as many dishes as possible in a short period of time.”
“I see… I had no idea.”
At that time, my mind was so full of dealing with Chaos Alcatraz that I was out of my mind.
“Actually, when we ate in Jinu’s original world, there was some food I made instead of your mother’s. Didn’t you know?”
“Huh? Is that real? I had no idea… I thought my mother did it all…”
It’s not much different from the food my mother cooks. It really tastes like my mother’s own food, but she says it was Ellie who did it, and she really can’t believe it.
“I’m glad if Jinunim is satisfied. I was worried that she might not be satisfied.”
“I was surprised that you brought this too. I never thought I would eat a dish like this in this world…”
When I woke up in the morning, there was a familiar yet nostalgic smell in the house, so I thought about something, but I had no idea it was soybean paste stew.
Thanks to this, I feel like I was full from eating food from my hometown for the first time in a long time.
“Are there any other foods you learned from your mother besides these?”
“Of course. I wasn’t there that long so I didn’t learn much, but I did learn a few more things.”
Ellie said, showing off her large breasts in front of her as if she was proud of herself. She thinks this is something she can be really proud of.
“Oh… Then what else is there?”
“Hehe! That’s a secret. I’ll leave it as a surprise. Actually, I’m not completely ready yet.”
It’s a surprise, so this alone is expected enough, right?
“Woah… Ellie, are you the only one who learned how to cook like that?”
Lenia, who was watching her enjoy the Korean food that Ellie had prepared, glared at Ellie with a dissatisfied expression.
“Don’t worry. Renia will teach you as well. Once the ingredients are ready, I’ll call you.”
“Really? Then you can’t say anything else later? Then the mace of anger will come down!”
It seems that Renia’s dissatisfaction with Eli’s words has completely disappeared.
Only Ellie seemed to be dissatisfied with the fact that I was able to make the Korean food I liked.
“I’m looking forward to a delicious meal too, Renia.”
“Of course! I’ll show you a dish that will impress you, so please look forward to it!”
Well… It was Renia who said this, but it was later revealed that Renia was Jorichi.
Never in her wildest dreams did she imagine that she would see the real Yorichi in person. How can completely different foods come out with the same cooking method?
It made me wonder if this was real magic.
Ever since Ellie was able to make her own Korean food, there has been a Korean food parade going on in our house for some time.
Not only Renia, but also Lien and Freya learned cooking from Ellie and wanted to show it to me.
As a result, food centered around vegetables was often served, which made Yuria complain.
“No! The meat! Where is the meat!”
“Yuria, how old are you when you complain about food?”
Thanks to this, a meat side dish was added for Yuria.
It seems like real people feel happier eating delicious food like this because they don’t get tired of life.
This is a story that I am very thankful for Ellie. To be honest, when she went back to her original world and ate her mother’s food, she missed it so much, but she held back the fact that she almost burst into tears at the delicious food.
The satisfaction of having tasted her favorite food was mixed with the sad thought that I would no longer be able to see her…
I feel so lucky to have met the real Ellie.
Come to think of it, Ellie was the first character I summoned…
It’s been so long since she met Ellie.
As she watched Ellie and Lenia talking together, she became tired and started to feel a little sleepy.
“Jinuni, if you’re sleepy, go to your room and sleep.”
“Oh, I guess so. I’ll go up first.”
I lay down on the bed and quickly fell asleep.
How much time has passed?
When I opened my eyes from deep sleep, there was complete darkness outside the window.
“Are you awake, Jinu?”
At that moment, I turned my head when I heard a voice calling me, and there I saw Ellie sitting quietly next to me.
Ellie was wearing clothes that were completely different from her usual clothes that we saw her in during the day.
This refers to clothes that are see-through, showing through the body, with only important parts exposed. Where on earth do you get clothes like this?
I am very welcome!
