Chapter 25: Cooking

“University?”

I was startled by the unexpected proposal.

Turning my head to look at Haim, who was eating side dishes, the suspect’s body flinched.

“Was it you?”

“W-well? I don’t know, I don’t know?”

She turned her head away, avoiding my gaze.

Don’t know?

It’s obvious she said something.

She’s really trying every trick to make me her junior.

“What am I going to do in university? I’m 24 years old.”

If I even took the college entrance exam, I would be twenty-five years old when I entered university.

Twenty-five among students in their fresh twenties, the sense of disparity was too severe.

“You don’t need to take this seriously.”

Mom is just saying she wishes I would at least take the high school equivalency exam.”

‘High school equivalency exam, huh…’

I definitely wanted to take the high school equivalency exam.

In Korea, there’s a tendency to look down on people with only a middle school education.

“Honey, you say something too.”

Mrs. Kim nudged Mr. Lee in the side.

Mr. Lee wore an expression that said he had no choice.

“Going to university will at least help your life.”

Since he put it that way, it felt difficult to immediately answer with a flat out no.

“Hmph, alright. I’ll think about it.”

After finishing dinner, as I was about to go into my room to do the mission the Chairman had given me, Haim poked her head into my room.

“Older Brother, are you really not thinking about university?”

“…….”

I looked at my younger sister with a pathetic gaze.

What on earth should I do about this child?

I wish she would just give up.

“Give up, will you? Even if I go, I can’t go to the same S University as you.”

It’s not the best university in Korea for nothing.

To go to S University, you had to get a perfect score on the college entrance exam in all subjects.

“You don’t have to go to university through the college entrance exam. There’s a special admission for Awakened Ones!”

“Special admission for Awakened Ones?”

“Yes, it’s a new admission category!”

It was a new admission category for universities created to attract promising Awakened Ones in the future.

That’s why an Awakened One major for Awakened Ones was also created, they said.

“I heard from the Team Leader that Older Brother got an Awakened One license.”

If you take the exam with Older Brother’s ability, you’ll get admitted in no time!”

“…….”

So many things have really changed while I was gone.

A special admission for Awakened Ones was created.

But my opinion remained unchanged.

“Dismissed.”

“Why?!”

“Why? I’m currently a C-class Awakened One on paper.”

But there’s a C-class Awakened One who can predict anything?

It’s clearly suspicious.

What if a fellow student finds it suspicious and reports me?

I didn’t want to bear such a risk.

“No, you can get a perfect score in everything with Older Brother’s ability anyway!”

“That’s true.”

I shrugged my shoulders.

Honestly, a perfect score on the college entrance exam?

That’s nothing.

I just have to use my fortune-telling ability to find out the answers in advance and memorize them.

“But that’s unfair.”

It felt a little guilty to get a perfect score just by clicking when others had studied for 1 year, 3 years.

“Tsk, it’s unlike Older Brother to care about such things.”

“Anyway, I’m not planning to go to university.”

I believe in utilizing whatever I can to the fullest, but I didn’t want to defeat kids younger than me with just something like this.

“Go out quickly.”

I’m planning to take the high school equivalency exam, at least.”

“Hmph! Alright! I won’t know even if you regret it later!”

“Okay, okay. I understand, so just hurry up and—”

Bang!

“What the…!”

Where did she learn the habit of slamming the door so disrespectfully?

It was clear that Mrs. Kim and Mr. Lee didn’t teach her manners while I was away.

After that, I spent the whole night completing the mission the Chairman had given me, and the day of the collaboration arrived.

Click.

“Unnie, you’ve arrived.”

“Yeah.”

Yawn~

A yawn came out without me realizing it.

Did I play games for too long?

Sleepiness came over me like a tidal wave.

I should have played games in moderation.

As I took off my shoes and entered the living room, the room felt wide once again.

“It’s my second time here, but the room is really spacious.”

Do you live alone?”

“Yes, my hometown is in the provinces.”

So did she buy this house with her hunter work?

It’s amazing to own a house in Seoul at such a young age.

“I’ve already turned on the broadcast, so please say hello.”

In the living room, broadcasting equipment and cameras were set up so that my face wouldn’t be visible.

I sat on the sofa and greeted the viewers.

“Hello everyone, it’s been a while.”

-Here?

-The channel owner is here?

-Why are you so late?

I greeted the viewers before cooking.

It felt different seeing them on another broadcast.

-What kind of broadcast is this today?

Are they Rona’s viewers?

Their tone was very polite, unlike the viewers in my channel.

“Today, it’s just a simple cooking broadcast.”

Rona is in charge of cooking, and I’m in charge of tasting.”

-Isn’t Chu Wang cooking?

“Aw, cooking?

What am I, a cook?”

Rona rummaged through the refrigerator to cook.

“Unnie, you said you wanted to eat Jeyuk, Donkkaseu, and Gukbap, right?”

“Yes.”

-What strange tastes 

-She’s incredibly likable 

-A gourmet.

“This is awkward.”

“What?”

“We don’t have the ingredients.”

Shall we go buy them together?”

-Is it an outdoor broadcast?

-How long has it been since the last outdoor broadcast 

-Let’s go for the outdoor broadcast.

‘Outdoor broadcast?’

It was a word I heard for the first time.

“What’s an outdoor broadcast?”

“……!”

I said one word, and Rona was startled and turned around.

What is it?

Did I say something wrong?

“Unnie, you don’t know what an outdoor broadcast means?”

“Lewd broadcast?”

“…….”

Rona stared at me with a stunned expression.

What would the viewers’ reaction be?

-That’s right LOL

-Lewd broadcast LOL

-I’m looking forward to it

“They say it’s right? Are we doing a lewd broadcast?”

At my question, Rona sighed.

“It’s obvious the viewers are teasing, you know. Outdoor broadcast means broadcasting outside.”

“Really?”

I felt a sense of both ‘they shorten everything’ and ‘I’m a bit behind the times’ simultaneously.

I felt like I had become an old lady.

“Ahem, so we’re doing an outdoor broadcast?”

“It seems we have to.”

-It’s been a f*cking long time since the last outdoor broadcast.

-We were controlled by the Guild Leader during outdoor broadcasts LOL

-It’s about time to unseal them.

We turned on the broadcast on our smartphones and went to the supermarket.

“First, I think we need to buy meat, onions, sundae, beef bone broth, frying powder, and flour.”

“Let’s buy it quickly and cook. I’m hungry.”

We bought the necessary ingredients for cooking in order.

Up to this point, it was normal.

After buying everything, as I was walking back to the counter, a delicious smell tempted my nose.

The direction of the smell was none other than the sampling corner grilling crispy frozen dumplings.

My feet naturally moved towards the sampling corner.

“Oh dear, a pretty young lady has arrived. Eat as much as you want.”

The sampling corner auntie greeted me cheerfully, and my hand went towards the dumplings without me realizing it.

Munch munch.

It’s delicious, as expected.

When I’m at home, I can’t eat frozen or delivery food comfortably because of Mrs. Kim, so I’ll eat it here comfortably.

“Unnie, do you want to eat frozen dumplings?”

“……!”

My body flinched without me realizing it.

It felt like I had been caught doing something wrong.

“Ah, no, how could that be! Let’s go quickly!”

I was embarrassed that I couldn’t control my appetite in front of a younger sister.

“It’s okay to buy them too?”

“…Really?”

I immediately took the cart and filled it with everything I wanted to eat: dumplings,튀김 (fried food), chicken, chicken feet, pizza, hot dogs.

“Uh, Unnie, are you going to eat all of this?”

“…Haha, isn’t it too much?”

I lost control of myself and just put everything I wanted in.

-Eating a lot 

-She was a big eater 

-She eats like this and doesn’t gain weight 

I scratched my head.

“Mom doesn’t let me eat things like this at home.”

“Well, it’ll be okay, right? Shall we go cook now? I’ll cook for you.”

We quickly went back home and prepared to cook.

But there was a problem.

“Aaaahhh! Why is the oil splattering so much!”

Currently, Rona was standing far away from the frying pan because of the oil splattering everywhere.

-Rona, is this your first time cooking?

-I thought you were good at cooking since you were so confident?

I agree.

She was so confident that I thought she was good at cooking, but she was just a cooking beginner.

Furthermore, judging by the viewers’ reactions, it seemed like this was her first cooking broadcast itself.

“You can’t cook?”

“Ah, no! Just wait a little! I’ll quickly make something delicious… Aaaahhh! The Jeyuk is burning!”

Her words and actions are too different.

What should I do about this?

‘Ah, you shouldn’t do that like that…’

Advice surged from deep within my heart.

No, you shouldn’t add the Sundae at that time!

My body automatically got up from my seat.

And after adjusting the camera, I put on one of the remaining aprons nearby and entered the kitchen.

“Move aside.” I’ll cook.”

“Yes?”

-???

-You know how to cook?

-I thought you had an image of not being able to cook?

I immediately started preparing the ingredients.

She really just chopped vegetables roughly.

“Can you put the frozen food in the microwave instead of standing still?”

“Yes? Yes!”

I quickly prepared the ingredients and re-seasoned what she had messed up.

As a result of spending about 2 hours like that, I made decent pork gukbap, stir-fried spicy pork (Jeyuk-bokkeum), and pork cutlets, and various frozen foods were set on the table.

-It’s F*cking well-made???

-Did Chu Wang make all of this????

-If that’s the case, why didn’t she just make it herself LOL

“Unnie, you’re really good at cooking….”

“Yeah, isn’t this much basic?”

“…If you say that, what does that make me?”

Everyone seemed surprised by my cooking skills.

When I was transferred into a young girl, there were no adults around, so I had no choice but to cook myself, thus my cooking skills were bound to improve.

“Wow, F*ck!

It’s F*cking delicious!”

Rona covered her mouth, from which an expletive had unintentionally come out, with her hand.

That’s how delicious this food was; it was the most delicious food she had ever eaten in her life.

“Here, try this too.”

“……?”

I picked up a piece of Jeyuk and put it in her mouth.

Rona hesitated for a moment, seemingly embarrassed, but then opened her mouth obediently.

-Chu Wang is super sweet.

-Do that for us too 

-Her capacity as a wife is insane.

-Bride candidate approved!

Rona chewed the Jeyuk and watched my reaction.

“…You’ll grant my request, right?”

“…….”

She must be worried about me cooking instead of her.

She worries about useless things.

“Don’t worry.”

I’ll help you.

When is it?”

“…You won’t get angry?”

“……? What is she going to say that she’s worried I’ll get angry?

“…Tonight.”

What?