TRUFT 10

Chapter 10

“Wow! It’s really restoring mana?”

“This is amazing, seriously.”

Many hunters who tried Hyunjoon’s food were shocked.

Just by eating, their mana and wounds were recovering, just like being healed by a healer.

With only 150,000 won, they could get both high-quality potions and delicious food. It was like getting two benefits at once.

Excited by this, the hunters started bragging.

[Korea’s No.1 Hunter Community – HC]

[Food Truck these days]

• A family is running a business near the gate. The little niece is really cute. They cook golden pig very deliciously and sell it cheap, but the most amazing thing is that your mana recovers and even small wounds heal. I asked, and the owner is an Awakened… I struck gold today.

Because of posts like this, more and more people began following Yuna Food on social media.

“Uh? What is this?”

“Why, sis-in-law?”

“Our Instagram followers are at 3,000!”

“…3,000? But we didn’t even have 100 customers today?”

“Someone must have spread that the food gives buffs.”

“Wow…”

This was a huge benefit.

If they posted their location a couple of days in advance, they could attract many more customers.

“Then we can relax and enjoy a bit.”

Today’s income was incredible.

There were only about 20 customers, but each person ordered about 3 servings on average, so they earned the equivalent of 2–3 months of a normal salary in just one day.

With that money, they stayed at the most expensive pension nearby.

The reason to earn money was to enjoy life! One night costing 1,000,000 won didn’t feel wasteful.

‘It’s not… wasteful…’

Really, it wasn’t a waste.

Seriously.

“Wow!! Uncle! There’s a swimming pool here! Amazing!”

Yuna covered her mouth with both hands after seeing the pool inside the pension.

It felt a little expensive, but seeing how happy she was made it feel completely worth it.

“Uncle! Let’s play here!”

“Shall we?”

It was around 5 PM.

They could swim and play now, then have dinner later.

‘Maybe we can try virtual reality games after that.’

The pension had VR equipment, where they could play table tennis, boxing, bowling, and more.

‘The world has really changed.’

“Hey, Lee Hyunjoon! Stop thinking and come in!”

His brother was already in the pool.

Yuna, who was 7, was also organizing her things.

“Your wife is raising two kids.”

“Haha… it’s fun in its own way. I think?”

“Ha ha! Fun… I see.”

His brother really chose a good wife.

If it were him, he would’ve used a “river shot” right away.

“Alright, we’ve unpacked. Shall we play?”

“Let’s go, sis-in-law.”

They all went into the pool together.

And—

Splash!

They splashed water at his brother at the same time.

“Throw it, Yuna!”

He handed Yuna a beach ball filled with air.

Thump!

‘Should I make Yuna a handball player?’

The ball she threw hit her dad right in the face.

“Ah! Stop! Stop it, Lee Hyunjoon!”

“I haven’t even started yet.”

He should enjoy teasing his brother as much as possible.

Of course, he teased him every day already.

He activated his “Water” attribute.

Pshhh—

A small stream of water shot from his finger.

The stream grew bigger until—

“Aaaah! Ahh! Ugh! Stop!”

It became as big as a fist and hit his brother’s stomach with strong pressure.

“Haha! This is fun! Uncle, spray me too!”

He redirected the water toward Yuna.

He made the water stream very weak.

“Hehe, this is fun!”

Yuna laughed while playing with the water.

Behind them, his brother and sister-in-law were also having a water fight.

“Yuna, want to go down the slide?”

“Yes! Yes!!”

He created an ice slide using ice magic, swirling in a spiral.

Using telekinesis, he placed Yuna at the top.

She stretched her body and slid down happily.

“Waaah!! This is so fun!”

“Hey, Lee Hyunjoon! I want to try too!”

“Me too, young master!”

He helped them up as well, and they also slid down while shouting.

“This is so fun!!”

“I want to go again, Uncle!”

Good thing he learned the ice/cooling ability.

“Yay! I love water! Uncle, let’s have a breath-holding contest!”

“…You can do that?”

Uncle could literally breathe underwater.

“Don’t do that, try it with your dad instead.”

“…Me? You won’t beat me, Yuna. I was in the Marines!”

“Are you scared? Why are you talking so much?”

“….”

He quietly looked at Yuna.

He secretly gave her the ability to hold her breath for a long time.

“Ready, go!”

They both went underwater.

“Hehe.”

Yuna smiled underwater, not struggling at all.

“Ugh…!”

After about 30 seconds, his brother was struggling.

Trying hard just to beat his daughter was funny.

He looked at Hyunjoon, realizing something.

“Phew! I lost.”

“Hehe!! I won, Dad!”

“Yuna is the best!”

“Hehe, Uncle is the best too!”

Watching his frustrated brother, Hyunjoon and Yuna laughed.

“…Uncle.”

“Yes, Yuna?”

“I’m hungry.”

“Ah… then shall we eat and play again?”

“Yes!”

“Tteokbokki?”

Hyunjoon liked the combination of cup ramen, tteokbokki, and cold soda after swimming.

So today’s dinner was cup ramen, tteokbokki, and a cider slush.

As a chef, he could cook whatever he wanted, so he didn’t ask for anyone’s opinion!

‘Everyone likes this combination anyway.’

Tteokbokki was simple.

Since Yuna couldn’t eat spicy food, he also made soy sauce tteokbokki.

Spicy tteokbokki: just add chili paste, chili powder, soy sauce, sugar, vegetables, and rice cakes, then stir and simmer.

Soy sauce tteokbokki (royal style): a sweet and salty dish kids love.

Cook beef, add water, soy sauce, rice cakes, sugar, and boil. Then add vegetables and simmer.

“Phew. It’s done.”

The delicious tteokbokki was ready.

‘Cider slush is just soda frozen in a cup.’

The cup ramen was already being prepared by his brother, so dinner was ready.

“Dinner’s ready!”

He placed two pans on the table.

Yuna got the soy sauce tteokbokki, and the others got spicy tteokbokki.

“Wow, it looks so good! Since you came back, I don’t have to cook anymore and we get delicious food every day!”

“Haha, I’m glad you like it. Eat a lot.”

“Let’s eat quickly!”

Yuna tapped the table with her fork, excited.

“It looks so good…”

“Let’s eat, Yuna.”

Her father kindly put some cup ramen into her bowl.

Yuna immediately picked up her training chopsticks.

“Can I eat first?”

“Yes, go ahead.”

She took a bite of noodles.

Slurp—

“Ahh! It’s delicious!”

She wiped the soup from her lips and immediately ate the tteokbokki.

“It’s the best, really!”

Yuna gave a thumbs-up.

She loved the tteokbokki her uncle made.

Everything he cooked so far was delicious, but this was especially good.

The sweet, salty, and savory taste perfectly matched a child’s taste.

“Ah, I really want to make this myself!”

“Sure, Yuna. Let’s make it tomorrow.”

“Yes!!”

Yuna looked at Hyunjoon with admiration.

“Delicious… hehe.”

She kept eating while watching him.

She also drank the slush and made a “ugh…” sound from the cold.

“Wow… Hyunjoon, this is amazing. The taste is perfect—spicy, sweet, and salty.”

“And it goes well with the slush. Really good.”

“Thanks.”

After hearing everyone praise it, Hyunjoon finally started eating.

‘Now let me try.’

He preferred soy sauce tteokbokki over spicy.

He liked all food, but his taste was a bit childish.

“Wow…”

Even though he made it himself, it was delicious.

It was rich and stimulating.

When the taste made his tongue feel salty, he drank the slush.

The refreshing feeling cleared his mouth instantly.

Slurp!

Cup ramen after swimming was the best.

It was as good as golden pig pork cutlet.

‘Food really depends on the atmosphere.’

Eating cup ramen and tteokbokki after swimming with family.

Sometimes, simple food like this feels more special than expensive meals.

That’s why he loved cooking.

‘Simple food brings back memories and makes me happy.’

Each dish carried memories.

Thinking about those memories while cooking and eating made him happy.

“Hyunjoon, do you remember when we gathered our friends and went to the pool back in high school?”

“Ah, that time? It was really nice.”

“Right? Subong hyung was really good at cooking back then.”

Hyunsoo’s friend, Subong, had made tteokbokki at the pool.

That’s when Hyunjoon first became interested in cooking.

“Hey Hyunjoon, remember when I got married and went to the water park with Ji-yoon? The twist potatoes there were so good.”

“Ah! I ate a lot of those too! They were especially good back then!”

Ji-yoon agreed.

‘Yeah, I remember.’

Twist potatoes they ate while playing together.

They were really delicious.

“Should we make some as a late-night snack? I can’t forget that taste.”

“Good idea! Let’s make it later!”

“Mom, Dad, Uncle—why are you talking without me? I want twist potatoes too!”

Yuna puffed out her cheeks.

“Haha! Of course you can have some, Yuna. Uncle will make it delicious for you.”

“Yay! Thank you, Uncle!”