Adventurers Are Obsessed With My Cooking

Episode 40. Child of the Blue Wolf Clan

“Kurrr…”

In a secluded cave.

Feeling the presence, the wolf growls.

“…Lynn.”

Then it went quiet.

Because what appeared was none other than the youngest member of their family, and the last survivor excluding the wolf himself.

A young prisoner girl named Rin carefully put the plate she was carrying in front of the haggard old wolf.

The wolf opened his mouth.

Although it has the appearance of a wolf, it speaks human words well.

“This is…?”

The girl was speechless and pretended to eat food with her hands.

How much she wanted to eat, her mouth was salivating.

But she persevered.

She herself ate a bowl during the day earlier.

This was brought from a long way through the bush to feed the old grandfather who was dying of illness.

“Cool… What about you?”

This time, he patted his stomach with his hand, saying that she was full.

However, the child’s stomach was very thin, as if he hadn’t eaten anything.

“…Let’s eat together.”

Shake your head.

Then she stormed out.

I’m afraid I won’t be able to stand it if I’m in front of food.

If you see him eating, he might want to eat too.

No, rather than that, the old grandfather, who was conscious of himself, went outside because he wanted to give himself the food he had brought with him.

“Linah… If you were just a bit older, I wouldn’t have any worries…”

The old wolf struggled to pull himself together and brought his nose to the food on the plate.

I have never tasted such a delicious scent in my entire life.

Opening her mouth, she picked up a piece of meat on top of white rice and swallowed it with difficulty, unable to chew.

“Heh heh…”

How can it taste like this?

To taste this kind of food right before you die, what kind of god is this?

As if possessed by a demon, the old wolf ate all the food, leaving no grains of rice.

After that, I regretted it so much that I licked the plate with my tongue several times.

Only then did Rin, who had gone outside, come back inside.

“Did you get this food from the village? Kuluk Kuluk… Kuhm… It’s meat and rice.”

Lynn nodded her head.

“Still, it seems that the gray wolves are generous because you are still young… It will be difficult, but if I die, I will have to live by relying on the villagers.”

This time, he shook his head.

I couldn’t do that.

The children there were busy teasing and harassing them when they saw them.

They even threw stones.

He had to hide secretly and watch from afar.

I wanted to fit in, but I couldn’t fit in.

There was nothing different about adults.

Treating it as if it didn’t exist, or kicking it out to go away.

And most of all, it was not a villager who handed over the food, but a stranger he had never seen before.

But since Lin couldn’t speak, she had no way to explain it.

He just kept shaking his head.

“But I haven’t received any food. How can you live on your own when you can’t even hunt yet… Cool… Cool, Cool.”

The old wolf coughed repeatedly.

Every time I did that, my skinny belly caved in.

She felt that the day of her death was not far away.

“There’s nothing to do with that face, Lina… I was lucky. I didn’t become a demon until the day I died. You should live like that. Don’t be seduced by demons like your father…”

Tears flowed incessantly from the two large eyes of young Rin.

She walked over to the old wolf and smashed her face with her extension.

Don’t go, please don’t leave, it was as if he was saying that.

“The food you brought me was so delicious… I wish I had one more before I die…”

The old wolf could not comfort the crying Rin.

Like heavy eyelids slowly sinking, I sat down powerlessly and fell asleep.

After crying for a long time, Lin eventually collapsed from exhaustion.

Clinging close to the old wolf’s side, I quietly fell asleep, holding tightly to the long-grown fur with one hand.

* * *

“I asked when he would come, and he came quickly.”

The next day, I opened a street stall early in the morning.

It was the same place as yesterday.

There is only one reason.

The purpose was to wait for the young prisoner girl who disappeared last night.

“I had a nightmare because of you…”

Mumu has been sticking out his lips since morning.

I said as I gently stroked the boy’s head.

“It’s not a ghost. Look over there.”

“Eh?”

Now I also discovered Mumu.

Behind the wall of a building a little further away.

I saw the figure of a young prisoner girl, hiding half of her body and sticking her head out.

“Huh? Really? Is that kid the ghost?”

“It’s not a ghost.”

“I know. So you’re saying that the man saw you last night?”

“Yes. Take a good look. He’s hugging a plate.”

The girl was holding her cleanly emptied plate in her arms.

“Huh? Really?”

“It’s shocking. You still don’t believe me.”

“That’s right, it’s because you always play pranks. Gya- look at this again!”

I lightly poked Mumu’s side.

The guy ran away while playing the game.

“Everybody told me to come out for breakfast. Today I’m going to hunt a wild boar, not a water buffalo.”

“Yes…”

While Mumu ran into the building he was using as a lodging, I hurriedly started preparing breakfast.

And every time I made eye contact with the child hiding behind the building, I smiled lightly.

I gestured for him to come closer, but he didn’t come.

Even so, I couldn’t recklessly approach her and hug her.

Because if you do something wrong, the relationship can be completely ruined.

‘What, I’m not giving food to stray cats…’

Still, stray cats allow you to touch them if you feed them a few times.

But that girl has no sign of that yet.

‘There must be a way…’

If this was a normal village, I would have taken my time slowly.

But we have to leave this town soon.

So I couldn’t help but be in a hurry.

‘It’s not that special requests don’t happen often…’

Special quests always come with decent rewards.

Even if this is a beginner area, you will definitely be able to get something meaningful.

And even if it wasn’t necessarily a reward, I couldn’t just leave it alone after seeing such a pitiful child in this world that had already become a reality.

‘First of all, let’s put as much rice as possible so that it doesn’t disappear.’

If a girl eats in front of me for a long time, we will make eye contact more often, and we will be able to communicate longer.

I made a huge amount of bulgogi rice bowl, not on a plate, but in a large pot.

“sh*tcha! What should I do with this? It’s too heavy, so I can’t carry it all the way there. Would you like to come and eat it if it’s okay?”

Pretending that the pot was heavy, I set it down right in front of the stall.

Then, he whispered in a friendly tone so that the girl could come closer.

The beast girl looked around.

It looked like he was checking to make sure no one else was there.

This is a large empty lot used as a town square.

It is a place where people often come and go, but fortunately no one has come out yet.

Since it was early enough to be called dawn, most of the time, it was time to cook at home or not wake up yet.

‘What happened to that guy’s family at a time like this?’

According to the village chief, there is a clan.

But no matter how you look at it, that girl seemed to have no one to take care of her.

“Hmm?”

Slowly approaching me as if he was sure that no one else was there.

It was pitiful to see him constantly looking at his surroundings every time he took a few steps.

Wolf beasts wouldn’t be able to catch and eat it right away, but it looked like he had a lot of scars at a young age.

“I just finished it, so it’ll be hot. Come on, spoon.”

I handed the child a spoon made by carving a tree.

Unlike my unwashed skin, my eyes, as clear as a mirror, stare at me.

‘Don’t you know how to use a spoon?’

“Then shall we eat together?”

He took out another spoon and sat down on the dirt floor.

Then, in front of the child, he scooped up a large bowl of rice and brought it to his mouth.

“Um, uh… Kyaa… Whoever made it is so delicious. If you don’t eat it, will I eat it all by myself?”

“……”

It was the moment I opened my second spoon.

Finally, the child started to imitate me.

“Right, right… It floats like that and puts it in your mouth… It’s small, so don’t be too greedy. It’ll all fall to the side.”

The child has barely started eating.

I was so hungry that I hurriedly ate.

I took my hand very carefully and pulled a few strands of hair that had gotten into the child’s mouth from his cheek.

That was our first contact.

‘It’s cute…’

Diliring-

[The goal of the special quest has been updated to step 2.]

[Special Request: Child of the Blue Wolf Clan (2)]

– Your child is starting to trust you. However, the child’s problem has not been resolved at all. Find out what your child’s problem is, and address it as soon as possible.

– Goal: Recognize and solve problems your child is facing.

‘Something makes me sad.’

If a person is acting sincerely, but the message is floating like this…

Of course, the reason for taking action in the first place may have been because of the request.

‘Thank you for teaching me that there is a problem…’

Now, when I move, it seems like I’m doing it to break the commission.

I’m serious now!

“mmm…”

The child’s transparent eyes look up at me.

‘What crime do you have?’

Again, carefully, I placed my large hand on the child’s tiny head.

I could see the pointy ears flinching and quivering.

“Are you thirsty? There are a few apples left from the chief. Would you like some apple juice?”