A Stuffed Cheonma in my Head - Chapter 178



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Episode 178. This is the first time I’ve seen an employee who is as incompetent as you.

The village of Salos.

It is a small mountain village, but people have been gathering there for some time.

George knew when that moment was.

It was after the great swordsman Guston settled in the village.

George was a regular at this restaurant that didn’t even have a sign.

The food was quite delicious, and since it was a restaurant run by a kind person who was a great supporter of the village, I made a point of stopping by at least once every two days to have a meal.

Putting all the other reasons aside, where else would you go to eat the cuisine prepared by the famous swordsman Guston?

It’s not just cooking.

And what about that scary red witch’s serving?

The sight of food being floated on the palm of one’s hand made the onlookers exclaim in admiration.

Magical serving? Where on earth can you get such service?

Also, sometimes a white fox would sleep curled up in a sunny window, and its soft fur would make me feel good when I touched it.

So, George visited Guston’s restaurant again today to have breakfast as usual.

I visited… … .

“Come in.”

“… … ?”

Wouldn’t it be nice to see a man you’ve never seen before standing there awkwardly wearing an apron, welcoming you?

He was a rare man with red eyes, and his gaze was unusual.

‘What are those eyes… … .’

George averted his eyes without realizing it.

The dry saliva gulped down.

“I’m going to eat… … .”

The man stared at her intently and then spoke curtly.

“Please sit comfortably.”

“Oh, yes.”

George ordered his usual breakfast, determined to finish eating as quickly as possible.

Of course, as politely as possible.

“I’d like a warm meat stew with bread and butter. And fresh milk, please.”

But the man frowned after hearing the order.

“What?”

“Uh, is there a problem?”

“You’re eating a lot for breakfast.”

“……yes?”

But the man didn’t listen to me any longer and just strolled into the kitchen, kicking the kitchen door open and shouting.

“Master! Here, meat stew, bread, and butter! And fresh milk! Understood?”

“… … .”

George was very embarrassed.

The owner of this place is supposed to be Guston the Great Swordsman, and why are you talking to him so rudely?

Who the hell is that crazy guy?

At that moment, a girl sat down across from George, who was unable to hide his embarrassment.

“……hmm?”

She was a girl with bright green hair braided into two pigtails. She joined me at my table without saying a word, placed her head on the table, and looked at me blankly.

George blinked and met her gaze, just as she was about to ask who she was.

A woman with black hair approached and grabbed the girl’s ear.

“What are you doing here!”

“Ah, ouch… … .”

“I told you to clean up in the kitchen. Why are you here?”

“But it’s boring.”

“Come here.”

“Eeeek… … .”

Despite her appearance, she spoke in a way that only her father would speak, and she grabbed the girl’s ear and dragged her to one side.

George looked around, sweating profusely, and his eyes met with the Red Witch’s, who was watching him silently, puffing on a long pipe.

She smiled and explained the situation.

“We’re new here. We’re still new to this job, so we’re a bit inexperienced. Please understand.”

“Oh, I see.”

As I waited, wiping the sweat from my forehead with a handkerchief, the man with the red eyes I had seen earlier came carrying a tray.

The man who had ordered the food and placed it on the table one by one, did not leave even after putting the food down, but just stood blankly to the side.

George noticed him as he was about to eat.

“why…….”

The man waved his hand.

“Don’t worry about it.”

“yes?”

“I just check to see if you’re eating well. This is also part of the employee’s job.”

“Oh, yes.”

Did the employees have any such obligation?

George was finally beginning to understand why there were so few customers in the store today.

Just as I was about to pick up my spoon and take a bite of the stew.

A single hair floating on the spoon caught my eye.

George muttered without realizing it.

“The hair… … .”

But soon he regretted his actions.

Because at that moment, the man’s eyes flashed with a scary light.

The moment his eyes met the man’s, George thought to himself.

‘Oh, I should’ve just eaten it.’

The man’s eyes flashed and he shouted for the store to go away.

“No, what the heck! Oh my god! What the heck! Your hair? Sir, are you okay?”

“yes?”

“That was a close call. Oh my goodness, Ketel! How could something like this happen!”

“I’m fine… … .”

“I will kill the chef right now.”

“yes?”

“Please wait a moment.”

Before the man could say anything, he barged straight into the kitchen… … .

A moment later, he came bouncing out of the kitchen with a loud crash.

The man got up, walked over to George, and spoke in a very gloomy voice.

“… … failed.”

“… … .”

He clenched his fists as if indignant, and spoke as if making a pledge.

“I’ll definitely kill you next time. Don’t worry.”

“No, there’s no need for that… … .”

“I’ll take care of your hair.”

A blue flame rose from the man’s hand and burned the hair in the stew.

Hurrruk!

The problem was that the stew also turned black.

“Huh? This isn’t it.”

George looked at the man with a dumbfounded face… … .

“Eww!”

Soon he ran out of the store screaming.

The rumor that a crazy guy had come to the restaurant spread like wildfire throughout the town.

* * *

“Why aren’t any guests coming?”

At some point, the footsteps suddenly stopped.

[Are you really asking because you don’t know?]

“Just because I made a few mistakes. Are the people in this town so strict with new employees? Is this just country bumpkins?”

They say there is affection in rural villages.

I guess it was all a lie.

[Yeah, that seems to be the case.]

Cheonma muttered as if he had given up.

“Well, I’m comfortable so that’s good.”

I looked at Shushuruta and Linda, who were huddled together on one side, chatting with Miho as if they were curious.

When are we going around and around each other and being on guard?

It looks like we’ve become quite close.

I muttered displeasedly.

“Do you know who that guy is?”

It seems that because it looks so cute and pretty, it is not connected to the devil at all.

I looked at Scarlett, who was smoking a cigarette while occupying a table, and then something occurred to me, so I went upstairs for a moment.

“Sister.”

“huh?”

“It’s a gift.”

Then he handed me a jewel the size of a fist.

The eyes of the older sister who was examining the jewel grew wide.

“… … This is?”

“It’s nothing special, I just picked it up.”

It is a jewel that was embedded in the tip of the flute-playing wizard’s wand.

Shushuruta had kept it separately, but he didn’t know what it was or what it was used for.

I kept it because I thought Scarlett, a fellow wizard, would know how to use it.

But my sister’s reaction is quite serious.

“Where did you get this?”

Scarlett looked at me with wide eyes.

It seems to be a more valuable item than I thought.

Well, I guessed that it wasn’t an ordinary jewel, since he was banging his staff and casting spells indiscriminately.

I replied, scratching my cheek.

“I got it from beating up an old crazy wizard. I thought you’d be better off with it than a dead one, so I brought it with me. Did you do a good job?”

Scarlett looked at the jewel with her mouth half open.

“No matter how hard I searched, I couldn’t find him. How can I… … .”

“Do you like it?”

Scarlett nodded.

“Yes, I like it. Thank you. This will greatly advance my research.”

“No problem.”

“What about mine?”

Suddenly, I heard a voice behind me and turned around to see the captain coming out of the kitchen, wiping his hands on his apron and staring intently at the jewel in Scarlett’s hand.

“Surprise. When did you come?”

“Just now. What about my present?”

I rummaged through my pockets and took out another gift.

“here.”

I stared at the captain standing on my palm.

“… … What is this?”

“A pebble that accompanied me on my eventful journey in the Kingdom of Blake. It contains all the memories of my journey.”

The captain clenched his fist.

Ppa-gak-

The stone crumbled.

I glared at the captain who had erased my memories without a trace.

“Are you ignoring my sincerity?”

The manager pointed to the door of the store.

“get out.”

“what?”

“Get out. Because of you, we lost all our customers. You are the worst employee I’ve ever met. Get out of here.”

I glared at the captain and roughly threw off my apron.

“I was already thinking of quitting. The devil with red eyes is a restaurant worker. Does that make sense? I can’t take this anymore.”

“I thought about it carefully.”

“Let me be clear, I was already thinking about quitting. I wasn’t fired, I quit. Do you understand?”

“Okay, then get out.”

I said, heading for the door.

“Shushuruta, let’s go!”

Shushuruta, who had been chatting with Miho, quickly approached her.

Linda looked at me.

“Devil, me?”

“You are working here. You still have a long way to go.”

“what?”

“Anyway, I’m still lacking in many ways. I’ll learn a lot while helping my older sister. I’ll come back and see if you’ve improved a lot. Got it?”

“Yeah, I got it!”

I said goodbye to Scarlett before leaving.

“Sister. I’ll go.”

“Okay, take care.”

I looked at the captain.

“I’ve never seen a restaurant owner as incompetent as you.”

“I’ve never had an employee as crippled as you.”

“Go.”

“Take it.”

The captain threw something.

When I received it, it was a jingling money pouch.

It was quite heavy.

“It’s a bonus for your work. Take it and get out of here.”

It was an excessive amount for just one day of work.

I said with a smile.

“The amount is not enough, but I will end it here for old reasons.”

The captain chuckled.

“That crazy guy.”

I kicked open the door and left the dining room of the Red Witch and Guston the Great Sword.

Now that two of the biggest names in the mercenary group have announced their retirement, it would be polite to show them some respect.

They are not the kind of people I can stop just because I tell them to.

“Have fun!”

As I shouted those words, I felt something spicy brush the tip of my nose.

It’s only been half a year, but so much has changed.

The situation, and their hearts.

But like my sister said.

There is no turning back.

The more you try to force it back, the more bizarrely distorted it becomes.

Is it because memories cannot be returned that they feel beautiful?

Yeah, I’ll admit it.

Sherwood is dead.

As soon as I fell off the cliff, the Sherwood I knew died.

But if there is an end, there is also a beginning.

The old Sherwood died with me.

I will make the new Sherwood with my own hands.

“Ashvan. Where are you going?”

Shushuruta followed and said.

I said, striding briskly towards the west.

“To milestones.”

Where the Sherwood Mercenaries were.

I will go back there and raise Sherwood up once again.

“Shushuruta. Ready to run?”

“whenever.”

Whee-

I felt a gust of wind blowing through my whole body.

“let’s go.”

We became two gusts of wind and rushed terribly toward the west.

* * *

Guston watched the two figures moving away at a frightening speed.

Scarlett, who was leaning against the outer wall of the building, looked at Guston with a smirk.

“Captain. Did you make your employees do this on purpose?”

To kick out Ashvan, who was dawdling with the excuse of not being able to work, and to give him money under the excuse that he had worked for a day or so.

Guston had this in mind from the beginning when he hired Ashvan as his employee.

“That guy. He’s gotten so much stronger than I thought.”

Guston muttered softly.

“That’s what I’m saying.”

Scarlett, who had a long pipe in her mouth, blew out smoke.

“At that level… I don’t think I’ll get beaten up by other guys.”

Guston stared blankly at the two figures that had already become dots in the distance.

Scarlett looked at Guston for a moment… … .

He spoke to the white fox circling around him below.

“Have a nice trip. You must have been bored too.”

Miho looked up at Scarlett.

“Okay, I’ll be back for a bit.”

The white fox jumped in the direction where the two people had disappeared, and disappeared in an instant.

“Ugh… I want to go to the devil too… … .”

Scarlett placed a hand on Linda’s head as she frowned.

“He said he’d come pick me up soon.”

“really?”

“Then. In the meantime, should we do something fun with my sister?”

“to?”

“You like poison, right? I know a little about poison, too.”

After Scarlett took Linda inside, Guston stayed behind and watched the direction they disappeared in for a long time.