I Became a Food Developer in Another World - Chapter 52



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The first person to discover the strangeness in Cheongtap was the magician on duty on night patrol.

“As expected, the best hamburger is Tbigchi.”

The duty wizard nodded happily as he ate a triple big cheeseburger with layers of cheese and patties.

The 12 Towers do not eat ‘processed foods’ manufactured at the White Tower.

This was because they, being members of the 12th Tower, considered it a blow to their pride to enjoy processed foods from the White Tower.

But it was only on the surface, it was a public fact that everyone was secretly eating it.

The duty wizard was also on patrol at night, sneaking in a hamburger and eating it.

“It looks like my advice has taken effect.”

The duty magician smiled proudly as he looked at the apprentice magician’s ‘C’ floor, which was fully lit even at night.

The apprentice wizards were organized in alphabetical order, with the C floor being where the kids with poor grades gathered.

The ‘C floor’ was a place where the lights were turned off in the evening and the homework that was usually done was not done.

But today, every single light was on.

The duty wizard was pleased, thinking that it was the result of his ‘guidance’ being well-received.

‘Did I teach you this well?’

Although that thought crossed his mind, he laughed it off, thinking that it was just a good thing.

‘I guess I should at least give him some encouragement.’

The duty wizard quietly looked into one of the rooms, thinking of giving the children hamburgers as a snack.

And then he witnessed a horrifying sight he should never have seen.

─What should I do? Kids, I’m sleepy.

─Are you sleepy? Then you should drink.

─It’s okay, you’re not sleepy. Absolutely not.

─Don’t worry, Thompson. You won’t break down. I’ll help you.

─Hey! Don’t do that! Ah, no― Ouch, woof!

─Hehehe, wake up!

‘What, what is this… … ‘

The duty wizard was left speechless by the horrifying sight of other children forcibly giving milk torture to a sleepy child.

‘It’s worse than when I was younger.’

Since apprentice magicians who were grouped together had to perform group tasks together and achieve good grades, a culture of monitoring each other was formed.

This was because in order to get good results, you had to forcefully drag along your colleagues who had lost their ‘performance ability’ or were not performing properly.

So, in Cheongtap, there have been various ways to deal with idle crew members since ancient times.

But it was the first time that even the duty magician had seen such a horrifying sight.

The children did not appear to be of sound mind, but since this was part of the ‘group project’, the duty wizard did not intervene.

The thought of handing out hamburgers has completely disappeared… … .

But this wasn’t the only thing that was strange.

“You guys! What are you doing there instead of going in?”

The duty wizard tilted his head as he saw the children out in the hallway.

The door the children came out of had strange things hanging on it, such as ‘garlic’ and ‘green onion’.

It was a bizarre decoration, as if a demon had been sealed inside.

“Don’t open it!”

“There’s a zombie inside!”

The children were terrified and tried to stop the duty wizard from opening the door.

“Zombie? What do you mean?”

The duty wizard looked inside the door, puzzled.

─Oh, it’s Raul! Raul! Please open the door!

─They locked us up because they didn’t want to do their homework!

Inside, seemingly normal children were knocking on the door, begging to be opened.

Although his eyes were particularly bloodshot, that was a common occurrence when working on homework late into the night.

“Don’t be fooled, Raoul! Those guys are the ones who finish their assignments and then move on to the next one!”

“Then aren’t you guys wrong?”

The children who were diligently doing their homework were locked up by other slackers.

‘Tsk, how can I become a wizard like this?’

Even if you work hard, you still end up being a slacker?

The duty magician, who had been shaking his head at the behavior that was the complete opposite of the one from before, opened the door.

“Instead of hurting the crew members who are working hard for no reason, go in and at least pretend to do it.”

“Ra, Raul! Our success rate is eighty percent—”

“Come here!”

At that moment, a hand reached out from inside the open door and grabbed the child who was speaking and dragged him inside.

“Do these lock the door?”

“Where are you running away to!”

“Eww─!”

“Oh, no!”

The children who had rushed out grabbed the group members who were in the hallway and went inside.

Kuung!

The door closes with a creaking sound.

In the aftermath, the garlic and green onions hanging on the door fell down.

As he picked them up and organized them, the duty wizard recalled what the child who had been dragged away had said earlier.

“The achievement rate is eighty percent?”

Sigh.

‘What nonsense are you talking about?’

It’s probably just an excuse because you don’t want to do it.

The duty wizard shook his head and picked up the remaining garlic.

It was the 6th day since the monthly performance evaluation began.

*

The morning of the 7th day, one day later.

“Zombies are spreading across the rooftop.”

“Apprentice wizards don’t sleep.”

The wizards of the Blue Tower also began to realize the situation belatedly.

But by the time they realized what was happening, Snoopy had already spread throughout the entire Blue Tower.

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Most wizards warmly welcomed the appearance of such a Snoopy.

Snoopy was the ‘sleepless potion’ they had been hoping for.

But not everyone welcomed Snoopy.

“You sold your body to Snoopy for the sake of performance.”

“If you have pride, you can’t do that.”

“Drinking milk from the White Tower? You pathetic things.”

Wizards with a conscience or strong self-respect refused to drink Snoopy.

They believed that ‘Snoopy’ was a real night spirit.

That makes sense.

‘Every time I try to fall asleep, Snoopy comes and hits me on the head and goes away.’

‘I took a short nap and when I opened my eyes, Snoopy was disappearing between the walls.’

There were many eyewitness accounts of actually seeing Snoopy among the wizards who drank Snoopy’s milk.

‘I heard Snoopy wakes me up every morning by ringing a bell? Seriously.’

Although there were some exaggerated lies mixed in, it was clear that Snoopy was a night spirit.

Drinking Snoopy’s milk was tantamount to a ‘depraved’ act of relying on spirits to achieve success.

However, since wizards are also human, it is inevitable that they become greedy for achievements.

“Snooper, you… what is that in your hand?”

“This, this is.”

“Is this why your grades were good?”

“I’m sorry, I got sleepy without realizing it… … ”

As people got caught drinking Snoopy’s milk, they started to suspect each other.

Meanwhile, there were wizards who doubted Snoopy’s very existence.

“There’s no such thing as Snoopy.”

Ayla denied this, saying Snoopy does not exist.

She was a rational and cool-headed realist who did not believe in ‘non-magical’ phenomena.

“I was so sleepy that I saw things.”

Ayla claimed that the wizards were being consumed by their own delusions of creation.

Those who have actually seen Snoopy have described his appearance in various ways.

Some say he was a giant dog who beat people with a ladle, while others say Snoopy was a giant dog whose size reached all the way to the ceiling.

The eyewitness accounts were mixed up.

“That’s right. They have serious Snoopy milk addictions.”

Of course, Ayla’s claim was not accepted by the wizards who were addicted to Snoopy’s milk.

Eventually, she herself came forward to reveal Snoopy’s true identity as the man who appeared on the top of the tower.

The problem was that Ayla was extremely afraid of ghosts.

“You there, Luna? Don’t go far from me.”

“Don’t worry, Lady Ayla. I’ll keep watching over you.”

Ayla, who had come with her junior wizard, walked through the dark hallways of the floor where Snoopy was said to frequently appear.

Crack, crack, crack─

Perhaps because of my mood, the sound of footsteps echoed loudly.

Ayla flinched every time the wind blew through the hallway window.

Even though I knew in my head that Snoopy wasn’t there, my body reacted honestly.

‘There’s no such thing as Snoopy.’

Ayla walked down the dark hallway, repeating to herself in her mind.

Wheeing. Ayla suddenly stopped in her tracks at the sound of the eerie wind.

It was a moment when Ayla breathed a sigh of relief, realizing belatedly that it was the sound of leaves rustling in the wind.

“Haa, leaf―”

Meow─!

“Huh!”

A cat with a bright yellow light jumped out of the darkness and ran down the hallway.

‘Who, who brought a cat into the tower?’

Ayla, who almost fell on her butt, held her pounding heart.

─Aila! Are you okay? If it’s hard, don’t push yourself too hard!

“Okay, it’s okay!”

Ayla didn’t give up.

The sense of mission that Matap, the holy place of intellect, should not be consumed by ‘superstition’ drove out fear.

‘This is just the beginning.’

Ayla, who had gathered her courage, walked down the dark hallway with her crystal ball for a full five minutes.

A bright energy came over Ayla’s face as she reached the end of the hallway.

“Look! There’s no such thing as Snoopy- huh?”

At that moment, Ayla screamed as she saw something popping out from around the corner.

“Gyaaaah!”

*

“… …Why are you running away?”

I was out for a walk late at night, and I scratched my cheek as I saw Ayla suddenly turn around and run away.

“Is this why?”

I looked down at my shirt.

The clothes I was wearing had a huge picture of Snoopy on them.

It was a ‘promotional’ shirt that Aria made.

Aria made this for me and made me wear it because she felt uneasy about staying still.

But not as much as Ayla, but everyone who ran into me in the hallway late at night ran away like that.

“Well, I guess I’ll just go in and sleep.”

I didn’t want to bother chasing him to clear up the misunderstanding, so I just drank the rest of the Snoopy milk I was holding.

‘It’s strange that even if you drink it, you still feel sleepy.’

Just like before, I didn’t really react to drinking Snoopy milk.

In fact, I slept better if I drank a glass of Snoopy Milk before going to bed.

So today too, I emptied the Snoopy milk before going to bed and went into my room and fell asleep.

‘The contest prize was probably a top-grade magic stone.’

Looking forward to the announcement of the contest rankings the next day.

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