I Alone Am an EX-Class Summoner - Chapter 181

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I Am Alone EX-Grade Summoner Episode 181

Cream Bread Chef (1)

For the past few days.

Hunkyo had been continuously watching Ramba.

While observing her, he kept thinking about what her deficiency might be.

But?

There was only one answer.

‘Cream bread.’

Since the old Battle of Summoners days, Ramba had always frantically searched for cream bread.

What could be the reason?

– Ramba.

– Uung? What now!

Ramba, who had been diligently swinging her staff at the main training ground, frowned.

She had been feeling blatant stares from afar lately.

– Is it because I don’t seem to be working hard? Look, see! I’ve swung it over 1,000 times just today! My arm is so numb now that I can’t even feel pain anymore!

– That’s not why I called you.

– Then?

– Why do you like cream bread?

– Cream bread?

Ramba tilted her head cutely.

– Why are you asking that?

– I’m curious.

– Why are you asking something so obvious?

– Huh?

At Hunkyo’s reaction, Ramba took a deep breath and began passionately explaining the charm of cream bread with eyes full of enthusiasm.

– Of course it’s because it’s delicious! First of all, think about how perfectly the outside and inside of cream bread harmonize. Don’t just think about swinging swords and spears all the time! Think about the harmony of food too.

– …?

Hunkyo frowned and stepped back slightly.

What is she talking about right now?

– The outside has a slightly crispy yet soft texture, and when you take one bite! Aang! The cream inside spreads out smoothly! That soft taste! When you taste it, all your worldly worries disappear, your vision turns white, and everything feels sweet and lovely. And think about the flavor of that cream melting on the tip of your tongue….

– Wait.

Hunkyo hurriedly raised his hand.

If he listened any more, his ears might start bleeding.

– Isn’t there another reason besides that?

– Another reason? There’s nothing like that…?

– According to your logic, there are countless delicious foods besides cream bread. Just go to the building’s restaurant and there are amazing dishes everywhere.

– Hmm.

Ramba pouted.

– I just like it!

– Just?

– Yeah!

– There’s no such thing as just liking something in this world.

– What are you talking about? Hunkyo, you just like training too, don’t you?

– ….

Well, that’s.

Hunkyo stepped back.

He couldn’t immediately think of a rebuttal.

– Hmph, and.

Ramba put both hands on her hips.

– I said I like cream bread because I like cream bread, but if you ask why I like cream bread, what am I supposed to answer!

– Hmm.

Was Ramba always this articulate?

But there was still something strangely odd about it.

Hunkyo’s ‘Instructor’ skill awakens the potential abilities of summoned creatures.

That instructor skill was telling him.

That the answer would be in the cream bread.

‘Besides.’

The fairies in Hunkyo’s knowledge don’t have great desires.

They’re just a race that lives with nature in the forest.

Such a fairy.

Is so fanatically obsessed with cream bread?

There was definitely something there.

Eventually, Hunkyo requested help from his master.

– Master.

“Yeah?”

Baek Jin-woo, who had been training his breathing technique, looked up.

– Last time you said to tell you if I needed help… I’d like to ask a favor.

“What is it?”

– Please ask Ramba why she likes cream bread. It’s related to her potential ability.

“Oh, really?”

If that’s the case, he should definitely help.

Baek Jin-woo immediately summoned Ramba.

– Jin-wooooo!

“Ramba.”

– Yeah?

“Why do you like cream bread?”

– Hieek?!

Ramba quickly turned her head to glare at Hunkyo.

Did he go tattle to Jin-woo because she avoided answering?

Her eyes said, “Bad guy!”

– I, I don’t know. I just like it?

– Are you planning to lie to Master?

– A lie! When did I ever!

When Ramba actually got defensive, Baek Jin-woo’s expression became strange too.

What.

Was there really something there?

“Ramba. Is it something hard to talk about?”

– Geez, it’s not like thaaaat.

“If it’s hard to talk about, you don’t have to say it.”

As mentioned before.

A summoned creature’s potential ability lies in deficiencies or trauma-like things.

Even knowing this, Baek Jin-woo didn’t want to poke at it.

Right.

What’s more important than potential abilities is communication with summoned creatures.

“Should we go eat some cream bread? You remember that promise, right? Cream bread made by a Michelin three-star chef! I said I’d buy it for you.”

Though he wondered if there was a chef who made such things.

Living life, he learned.

There’s nothing money can’t do.

– Hmph.

But Ramba’s expression was strange.

She hesitated, moving her lips as if debating whether to say something or not, then let out a deep sigh.

– Phew, Jin-woo.

“Yeah?”

– I’m gathering courage to tell you this!

“Yeah.”

She’s going to speak first.

It’s only polite to listen.

– I, actually. I had a mother.

“Mother?”

– Yeah, we fairies also have a kingdom and families… Of course, they’re all dead now. The world was destroyed.

Destruction.

‘Huh.’

It’s the same situation as Eila.

‘Then all summoned creatures are…’

Are they brought from worlds destroyed by some unknown entity?

– The last thing Mother made for me was cream bread. Actually, I like cream bread because of that memory. Haaah! Why do I have to dig up something I was trying to forget! Because of that Hunkyo bastard.

– …

Hunkyo blinked his eyes.

Then immediately bowed his head.

– I’m sorry.

Hunkyo, this guy.

He’s a man who cleanly admits when he’s wrong?

– No, it’s okay. It’s not like I don’t know why you kept asking. Actually, yeah… I still can’t forget that taste from back then… I’m gathering courage to say this, but honestly, eating cream bread isn’t purely joyful.

Huh?

What?

Then has she been forcing herself to eat it all this time?

That can’t be right.

– Cream bread is delicious, but honestly speaking, I eat it mostly because I miss that taste.

Flutter.

Just as Ramba floated up to the sky and was confessing everything.

[Emergency Quest activated!]

[An emergency Quest has arrived for ‘Wind Fairy’ (EX-grade)!]

[Would you like to open the Quest?]

[Y/N]

Huh?

A Quest suddenly appeared.

‘It’s exactly like with Pokryong.’

In Pokryong’s case, this kind of thing appeared as soon as he met Hwang Ji-woo.

Does this kind of Quest appear when opening real subconscious, not just potential consciousness?

– Hmm, what is it?

Ramba also seemed to sense something strange, stopping her words and looking at Baek Jin-woo.

For now.

When I pressed Yes, the Quest appeared with a whoosh.

[Emergency Quest!]

[Find the Wind Fairy’s old memories!]

[The Wind Fairy who cannot forget her deceased mother’s cream bread recipe! Create and gift her the exact same dish her mother used to make!]

[Time limit: None]

What.

So right now.

I need to make that old cream bread and feed it to Ramba?

That’s unlocking potential abilities?

‘Amazing.’

But.

How are we supposed to recreate that cream bread?

“Ramba.”

– Yeah.

“What if I tried to recreate that cream bread your mother made for you… Would that make you feel better?

– Uh…

Ramba’s eyes began to grow bigger and bigger.

– Uh-uh-uh-uh? Really?

Then she became incredibly happy.

– Then I’d absolutely love it! I haven’t been able to eat it because it doesn’t exist!

“Then can you describe how to make it and what it tastes like?”

– Umm, honestly I don’t know. It was just delicious when I ate it! I’d know if I tasted it… But I absolutely can’t explain it in words. I’m not a chef, how would I know!

Hmm.

This makes things a bit troublesome.

“Hunkyo.”

– Yes, Master.

“What should we do in this situation?”

– …I’m not sure either.

Hunkyo also knows how to cook, but…

That and precisely recreating some type of cream bread with no information were completely different problems.

After pondering, Baek Jin-woo decided to ask Yu Ji-a.

“Hmm.”

In the CEO’s office, she had been thinking with her hand on her chin, then snapped her fingers.

“How about this?”

“What?”

“We hold a cream bread contest.”

“…Contest?”

A competition?

“You were originally planning to hire a dedicated baker for Ramba, right?”

“That’s right.”

“Instead, we put out a notice to bakers and chefs worldwide. With generous entry fees and prize money. Then cream bread experts from all over the world will gather, and among them, wouldn’t at least one taste that Ramba knows appear?”

Oh.

That’s a somewhat realistic method.

Money keeps accumulating anyway, so it’s less burdensome.

“But.”

So I asked.

“Can modern chefs accurately recreate fairy food?”

“Well, then let’s make the theme entirely about fairies.”

“Ah, so there would be some research into fairies too?”

“Anyway, Ramba would be the judge.”

Hooo.

Good!

It seems like a pretty good method!

“Ramba would like it too, right?”

“Let’s ask her. Ramba.”

When Baek Jin-woo waved his hand.

Ramba was summoned in the air.

– Woong! Jin-woo! Oh, Ji-a’s here too~

“Hehe, nice to meet you. We’re thinking of holding a cream bread contest.”

Yu Ji-a calmly explained to Ramba.

Drool

Saliva began flowing from Ramba’s mouth as she listened.

– Huh, hueeeeee.

Even her body started trembling.

– J-just thinking about it makes me so happy! I love it! I love it so much! I’m absolutely in favor!

Phew.

If Ramba likes it?

Even if it fails, it’s right to just go ahead with it.

“Okay.”

Baek Jin-woo nodded his head.

“Let’s post the announcement right away.”

The next day.

An announcement began circulating through communities worldwide.

It was an announcement from the world’s top guild, SKY.

Cream Bread Contest Announcement

We invite bakers and chefs from around the world to the cream bread contest jointly hosted by Yubak Management and SKY!

【Contest Overview】

Contest Theme: Fairy

Eligibility: All chefs and bakers worldwide (related qualifications verified)

Contest Duration: None

【Support Provided】

Complete ingredients and cooking stations: No preparation needed!

Participant support: Full coverage of transportation and accommodation expenses!

【Judging and Benefits】

Judge: Wind Fairy

Winner benefits: Official employment with SKY Guild as Wind Fairy’s exclusive cream bread chef (Annual salary 100 billion won) Full SKY Guild welfare benefits provided upon employment!

If employment is declined: Prize money of 100 billion won

We look forward to the interest and participation of bakers and chefs confident in their cream bread skills.

Yubak Management Representative.

Yu Ji-a.

An announcement that seemed absurd in some ways.

The community reaction this time was absolutely chaotic.

└ Wow, damn. What kind of ridiculous contest is this?

└ Wind Fairy… isn’t that Baek Jin-woo’s summon?

└ Damn, the class of hiring an expensive chef for a summon. What is this… Do you need that level of bond to be the world’s best?

└ I’m reflecting and leaving. I just feed my Wolf raw meat…

└ At least you feed yours. I starve mine.

└ Hahahahaha 100 billion? A chef’s salary is 100 billion? I absolutely have to take on this challenge.

└ ? I’m going to learn cream bread making right now.

└ Still going? I already bought a recipe book and I’m practicing.

└ I’m going to get a baker’s license first. From today, my dream is making cream bread.

The previous guild member recruitment announcement only caused a stir domestically.

But this announcement was different.

The entire world began getting excited.

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