The Military Chef of a Ruined World - Chapter 437



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Episode 437 Adoption Proposal (1)

{Ah, this can’t be happening!}

When I learned that I could see myself.

She muttered, as if greatly surprised.

{A child who can see me clearly has such a faint presence. What kind of mysterious harmony is this!}

My godmother looks at me with interest

I thought as I received that gaze.

‘I’ve heard that outside forces may intervene.’

no.

No matter what, it’s like that.

‘Does it make sense to meet right after hearing that warning, damn it?’

However, I was able to avoid panicking because I had been warned in advance.

It was clear that the situation was one in which I was cursing inside.

{Ah, ah, yes. If you look closely, you can see it. You, you!}

and.

Then she looked at me carefully.

{Oh my goodness. In this land too… … there was a hero!}

He said so in a voice full of joy.

{Ah! I thought that among those born on this land, there would be no one who would achieve such greatness. What a wonderful sight!}

She left Jang Young-woong lying on the floor, groaning strangely.

He came towards me and shouted.

{Why did you hide like this? If you hadn’t hidden like this, there would have been many people looking for you!}

Reaching out to my face.

A woman asks with a warm voice full of affection.

“… … I’m the type of person who hates standing out.”

{Haha, what a funny kid. How can he be so timid when he’s in such a high position.}

She seems to be having fun.

He said with a bright smile.

{Well, whatever the reason is, it doesn’t matter. What matters is… … that I was the first to discover you, when no one else had!}

“… … ?”

{Haha. How lucky I am. I would have regretted it if I hadn’t come here.}

and.

[Godmother] extends her softly shining hand to me.

{Hey.}

“yes?”

{Have you ever thought about becoming my child?}

What she took out was.

It was an adoption offer.

“Become a child?”

I answered in a wary voice.

“What do you want from me that you are making such an offer?”

{What do you wish for? You don’t know anything about your parents.}

“what?”

{They say that a mother doesn’t expect anything from her children. Rather, it is the heart of a parent to only give to their children.}

It was a heartwarming story if you just heard it.

From my perspective as a listener, it wasn’t like that at all.

{I will give you the power I have. I will share all the authority I have with you.}

As she reached out around her.

Centered around the fog spreading from that hand, the surrounding scenery gradually changes.

{I am the godmother of all those who regret in this universe. All those who shed tears of blood while harboring deep regret are my children.}

“… … .”

{They say that those who have experienced painful regrets know how to empathize with the regrets of others. And, as I have seen, having shed more tears of blood than anyone else.}

The scenery changed like that.

For me… … it was quite familiar.

{You too… … seem to have a lot of regrets in your heart.}

The first thing that came into view was a military unit deep in the mountains.

And the outskirts of that military base.

Dozens of thick-skinned beasts were seen tearing through the barbed wire and crawling inside.

-Crown.

Those monsters, which look like giant bipedal lizards, are spreading throughout the military base.

Some of them are facilities with white smoke rising from them.

I was heading to a restaurant.

-I saw earlier that all the salt was gone.

and.

Inside that restaurant.

Bring me some from the warehouse.

-yep.

A soldier.

At the order of the senior soldier, I was walking out of the building.

A beast that sees humans as nothing more than prey is approaching.

Towards that very place.

{If only I hadn’t said that back then.}

and.

My godmother looked at the scenery and said, placing her hand on my shoulder.

{Instead of sending your successor on an errand, if you had gone yourself… … That’s what you’re thinking.}

“… … Stealing other people’s memories without permission. Shouldn’t we respect a child’s privacy?”

Even though I smiled bitterly.

I couldn’t deny my godmother’s words.

As you said.

Because that scenery was something I regretted many times.

-Ugh, ugh… … .

Because of my thoughtless orders.

The successor who is being eaten up mercilessly.

‘Junhyuk was a better cook than me.’

I learned cooking at a Japanese restaurant early on.

Ace was good at cooking and had a good personality.

{I’ve seen a lot of children’s regrets, but most of them are related to themselves.}

If only you hadn’t died in vain under my command.

It’s possible that the guy might have awakened to be a better cook than me.

{But, you are not.}

That guy died in vain.

Because of my insignificant orders.

{The regrets that are stuck in your heart… … are mostly about other people.}

And that’s not all.

After that, many soldiers died because of my wrong orders.

{He seems like a pitiful, pitiful, kind child.}

When I have nothing else to do and am lost in thought.

There were countless times when I suddenly remembered the events of that time and had to clutch my chest.

{Don’t you want to correct that regret?}

but.

No matter how much you regret it, you can’t go back to the past.

I thought so too.

{It is possible if you are with me.}

When she reached out again.

Shhhhh!

It’s like playing a video in reverse.

Junhyeok’s body, which had been eaten by a monster, was raised up.

The flesh that entered the monster’s mouth sticks to its body.

{You must have seen the appearance of this land. All regrets have been corrected, and it has regained its glorious appearance as it was in the past.}

Before I knew it, he was having a conversation with me.

Junhyeok returns to that time.

{All your regrets can be fixed like this.}

The senior soldier was blankly staring at the sight.

‘I’ grabbed Junhyeok’s shoulder and threw him back.

-No, the errand just now was cancelled!

He picked up the ladles spread across the restaurant and handed them to his two successors before heading towards the oil pot.

-Sergeant Shin?

– Grab the ladle! It’s pouring boiling oil! Youngest, you take out the knife from inside!

A little later.

The monster entered the building as per its original history.

Three soldiers who had been preparing for an attack in advance attacked by pouring boiling oil on them.

The result of poking the wound that was caused by it.

{No one was hurt or killed. What a wonderful thing.}

Three cooks.

We managed to defeat the monster without causing a single casualty.

‘Certainly, that’s not wrong.’

As she said.

{You will be given the opportunity to correct all the regrets you have experienced in your life.}

That look.

I’ve imagined many times how great it would be if I were like that.

It was a sight that seemed as if it couldn’t get any better, even if I saw it again.

{Not only that. You will be the eldest grandson of this mother. All those who have deep regrets throughout the universe will become your brothers and sisters. These children will know how to sympathize with your wounds. They will lick your wounds together and follow your commands.}

Swish- and.

She gently reaches out her hand.

{Come with me, child. This mother never treats her children badly.}

It’s certainly an attractive proposition.

but.

I looked at my godmother with a calm expression and said.

“I don’t like that.”

{What?}

I thought back to what I had said earlier.

The beings outside exert their influence through those who belong to this world.

Those who are born and raised on this land are the best ones to exert their influence.

and.

“You say you never treat your children badly? Then let me ask you one thing.”

A being that has not achieved a level.

That you won’t be able to fully accept that power.

“Isn’t that man lying there your son?”

Laying on the floor.

A man who is unable to accept the reality he has experienced and lets out a strange groan.

“You seemed pretty healthy when I first met you, but not anymore.”

That guy.

He had a rather haggard face.

{I think you’re mistaken. This mother gave that child a chance.}

“opportunity?”

{You helped the child correct all the regrets he had experienced, and you also adjusted the child’s perceived time appropriately so that he wouldn’t have a mental breakdown in the process. And yet, you didn’t expect anything from the child. Can’t you feel this mother’s meticulous consideration?}

I said in advance.

The reason he was able to find me was because we were physically close.

The next being to discover me would be… …a being with whom I have a deep connection.

If that mechanism applies to others as well.

‘The name of that being is [Godmother of the Regretful].’

Perhaps it was she who discovered Jang Young-woong and gave him a chance.

It may be because Jang Young-woong was the person with the most regrets in this Republic of Korea.

“You didn’t wish for anything? Then, why?”

It’s exactly as she said.

By gaining her power, Jang Young-woong would have been happy up to a point.

but.

“Even after correcting all the regrets of the past, you still haven’t regained that strength?”

If the goal was really to correct that regret.

At the point where I managed to get back all my past regrets.

Jang Young-woong’s ‘repetition’ should have stopped.

but.

Even when we met later, he was still repeating time.

Even though at that point there was nothing I could have regretted more.

“Should I guess?”

That’s probably why.

“You wanted to use that guy to spread your power across this land.”

{… … .}

The current scenery of Seoul that looks fine is fake.

No, the expression fake may not be accurate.

To be more precise.

‘That guy’s power created… [another world].’

It’s not just a dream or a fantasy

This other world that the ‘godmother’ has placed on top of reality.

In essence, it is a space similar to a dungeon.

“Jang Young-woong said that he could only turn back time in places where his influence reached. To be exact, the places where Jang Young-woong’s influence reached became your territory.”

and.

The beings outside said that they had to use the inhabitants of this land as intermediaries in order to interfere with it.

“You wanted to use that guy to expand your territory and get a piece of this land. If you were lucky enough to be under Jang Young-woong’s command, you would have become his subordinates. You could have brought the entire Korean peninsula under your influence in an instant. But you know.”

and.

When I destroyed this Seoul over and over again, and Jang Young-woong continued to repeat it over and over again.

“Every time I repeated that… … that guy’s face became more and more haggard.”

Jang Young-woong’s level was 35.

A level that falls far short of the standard of [level] 40.

Nevertheless, the godmother exerted her power through Jang Young-woong.

Now, a part of it has come down to this land and is looking at me.

“Jang Young-woong was a human who couldn’t fully accept your power. The more you used your power, the more it would break down.”

It would have been just an illusion.

So, unlike in the past when it would have been okay to repeat it tens of thousands of times.

‘Where we are now is the present.’

It must have taken a lot of effort to repeat time while manipulating even our memories.

I don’t think he noticed though.

Perhaps Jang Young-woong was slowly falling apart.

and.

“But it didn’t matter to you, did it?”

{… … I just thought it would be nice if there was a land that could embrace all the children who regretted it.}

“In the end. So there was a purpose for treating Jang Young-woong, who was not qualified, like that.”

I clenched my teeth.

He said it with a smile as if he couldn’t believe it.

“You wanted to eliminate regrets? You don’t want anything from your children? You’re being ridiculous.”

{Really.}

“You just needed your long-term horse.”

okay.

From that guy since earlier.

{Truly, you are a child I like… … !}

“lie.”

The taste of lying.

I felt it strongly.

* * *

{Truly, you are a child I like… … !}

“I don’t like it at all.”

I put my hand on my waist and looked at her.

The image of the kind and compassionate woman that had been seen until just now was already gone.

A huge, ever-increasing shape.

{Ah, ah. He is different from those who just ignorantly raise their status. He is a child who has achieved his own status in this barren land, and has the value that matches it.}

and.

The guy smelled like a thick lie.

The taste of anger was also felt.

{I’ll ask you one last time.}

Since when?

That kind voice also becomes stiff.

{Be my apostle, human.}

In a dry, dull voice that lacked any trace of humanity.

The guy who makes me an offer.

{Then all the regrets in you will be erased.}

but.

There was only one thing I could say to that guy.

“Get out, Inma.”

{… … If you say it like that, then there’s nothing I can do. It’s also a mother’s role to correct a child who has gone astray.}

“I wanted to say this for a while now.”

[Godmother], who was like the Virgin Mary emitting a soft light.

That figure disappeared without a trace.

“My mother is alive and well. Why are you my mother?”

What I see before my eyes right now is.

A giant made of ominous dark red.

“Where can you find such a disgusting mother?”

Dozens, hundreds, thousands of bloodshot, red eyes were floating in the air.

Those eyes were shedding thick, bloody tears.

The red tears of blood that flowed like that gathered together to form the giant’s body.

{Make them regret rejecting my offer.}

The hand soaked in bloody tears covers my eyes.

And, come to your senses.

{If you ask me again with that regret, I will take you back then.}

“……uh?”

What appeared before my eyes was.

A young child.

-Sugar!

Holding a small puppy in her arms.

He was a little boy who cried as if his world was torn apart.