The Artist Who Paints Dungeon Chapter 37

Episode 37

Why did you learn how to slaughter?

“I had a friend who lived in Majang-dong.”

“Gurr?”

“After drinking a few times, I learned some skills.”

I have never actually dissected a complete beast.

He used to say that you shouldn’t leave knife skills to just anyone, so he just told me how to carve it into pieces if I ever had to buy a large piece of raw meat at home.

The point is, I’ve never really done a proper slaughter before.

“But even if you’ve never done it yourself, you know how to do it.”

Geo had good learning abilities.

“It seems like he hasn’t been dead for long since his body wasn’t cold. He’s like a hot stone.”

“Crunch?”

“That’s because we have to drain blood. It’s hard to drain blood after a considerable amount of time has passed since death.”

The blood flowing from its forehead seemed to have soaked into the ground for a long time, but Geo was a little nervous about the soft body of the deer. It seemed that this world, where food does not rot or spoil easily, had some effect.

Yeah, I mean ‘something to eat’.

“… Is it even okay to eat a deer that is already dead?”

Geo himself is also attempting slaughter.

‘Anyway, it would be much easier if my body wasn’t stiff.’

Geo, who was dragging a deer as big as a house, hung it on a tree of an appropriate height. He then made a hole in its neck to allow the blood to drain.

“honey.”

“Huh?”

“It’s clear that Dad has evolved.”

“Gurr.”

“I thought it had evolved into a portrait, but I didn’t know it would become so strong.”

It was hard to tell if it was because the laws of physics were less applicable in the world of paintings, or if Geo himself had gotten stronger, since he could hang a deer bigger than him on a tree without any effort.

“Then, while the blood drains, shall we take out some of the intestines?”

“Gurrrrrrrr.”

“…Honey, don’t drink the blood from below. I’ll support you.”

The sight of a tiny bird drinking the flowing blood was horrifying.

“Dad, I was scared.”

“Kung.”

“It’s not a lie.”

Trust between the rich was absurdly low.

“… … .”

It’s okay because it’s funny.

‘You have to take out the insides before they get hurt.’

According to the laws of the world of painting, it doesn’t seem like it would spoil easily, but I have had the experience of a goji berry that was exposed to the sun for a long time becoming hard like a mineral.

It’s better to do what you can when you can, because you never know what problems might arise.

“The leather is thick.”

There was also a considerable amount of fat under the skin.

“The system says this deer came from the rainforest, but isn’t the rainforest usually hot? I don’t understand why its fur is so thick and full of fat.”

“Cur.”

“Stop drinking blood, honey. Daddy said it was creepy.”

“Kung kung kung… .”

“Don’t look at me like I’m cute.”

I had no intention of getting along with the smelly bird.

“Kung.”

Honey grumbled and grumbled, then spat something out.

“… … .”

“Gurrrrrrrr.”

“jewel…?”

It was a sparkling jewel that Honey loved so much, but it didn’t seem like a coincidence that the original color returned to Honey’s after she vomited out the red jewel.

“Did you make blood into jewels?”

“Crunch.”

“As expected, our son is extraordinary.”

Geo decided to turn off his nerves.

“Dad, can I draw a picture with that later?”

“Gurrrrrrr!”

“Thank you for allowing me to drink more, I won’t say anything.”

“Crunch!”

“You thought about it too.”

Drinking the blood of a hunted animal might not have been such a strange thing. As a human, Geo would have thought, ‘What the hell is that?’ But honey is a bird, isn’t it? It was natural for animals to have such habits.

‘I really don’t care as long as I can get back to how I was.’

Even though he was a child born of paint, it was not the parent’s job to suppress his animal instincts. As long as he drank some deer blood, he wouldn’t die.

“I’m going to cut open your stomach soon, so be careful not to spill your intestines.”

“Cur.”

“Okay, let’s see… .”

Geo focused his nerves on the tips of his fingers and felt the deer’s belly.

“I heard that this kind of thing is easier to split if you start from the anus.”

It was quite a cruel story for a living creature to start cutting from the anus, but that’s how the food chain works.

“Shut up.”

Although the knife had never been sharpened, it was so sharp that it easily split the pear.

When the abdomen of the deer hanging upside down was cut open and its internal organs were revealed, Geo witnessed something strange.

“… … ?”

Why are there jewels here too?

‘It seems much bigger than the jewel that Honey spat out.’

In terms of location, it was around the heart.

“… Isn’t it a little funny…?”

A jewel heart, common sense was being destroyed.

“How did they purify and create blood with something like this?”

“Gurrrrrrrr.”

“Come down and I’ll make sure your dad is safe later.”

Anyway, Honey, who couldn’t stand anything shiny, made a fuss, but Geo shook his head. No matter what, it felt too strange to give the beast’s intestines.

“Let’s just dismantle it.”

Geo cut open the stomach from the anus to the ribs. This was the first time he had done this kind of dissection, but fortunately, no unfortunate incident occurred where the internal organs were ruptured.

“The blood needs to drain properly.”

“Huh?”

“If you don’t drain the blood in time, the blood will seep into the flesh. Then, the flesh itself will easily deteriorate, and it will become too tender… If possible, you should drain the blood right after slaughtering the animal.”

The remaining internal organs were carefully taken out so as not to burst.

“If it explodes, it will be a disaster.”

You will see hell.

The leather should start from the hind legs, which are easy to reach.

“I’m not sure if I can use the leather, there’s too much fat.”

“Honeyy …

“It needs to be dry enough to be made into something with leather, but it’s still pretty fluffy, so if you make it into a cloak, it’ll be useful when you get back to reality.”

“Kkuk.”

“I can’t keep relying on you.”

The day before the tour, Honey helped Geo, who was thinking about drawing a picture because he didn’t have any winter clothes. Just holding Honey warmed up his whole body, so he didn’t need any separate winter clothes.

But that couldn’t happen every time.

“I guess I’ll have to trim the leather.”

Anyway, it was a good thing that quite a bit of fat was coming out.

“The meaty flavor is pretty good. The fat also has a savory smell. Don’t throw away this fat, but refine it and save it so that you can use it later when you make a stir-fry. The flavor will be doubled.”

“… … .”

“Eating fat as it is isn’t as tasty as you think.”

Geo’s heart warmed at the sight of Honey staring intently at the province.

It’s like looking at a mirror or an album. This is family. It was clear that Honey was a big eater, just like me.

“Are you thinking of gaining more weight while you’re eating?”

“Kung.”

“If you don’t like it, then don’t say anything.”

The thick hide was cut off. I slowly peeled off the deer’s fur while checking the deer’s muscle fibers. Fortunately, the hide was not that hard compared to the abundance of fur, so I was able to work without difficulty.

“Starting from the hind legs… to the torso… .”

The hind legs, where the bones are directly connected without flesh, were stripped of their hide starting from the ankle bone area in humans. Next came the torso, forelegs, and then the skin was completely removed along with the deer head.

Surprisingly, the leather was quite intact thanks to the separation without any mistakes.

“Let’s separate the fat.”

“Gulp.”

“…Just take a taste.”

Geo gave permission for Honey, who coveted the fat, to taste it, and Honey, who tasted the fat with her father’s permission, writhe in pain.

“I told you it won’t taste good right now.”

“Ku, ku… kururu…”

“Trust me, Dad. I know damn well that food is tasteless.”

“Kurururururur… .”

“Is it worth crying?”

Honey was shocked by the tastelessness of the fat compared to the exquisite aroma and was sobbing in sorrow. Geo put Honey, who was unable to recover from the shock of the monster, into the hood of his cloak.

“Now we need to start dismantling in earnest.”

Now that the entrails, skin, and fat were all removed, it was time to remove the meat.

‘The scent is definitely as good as the system described.’

They say that wild animal meat is tough and has a gamey smell, but this didn’t look like that at all.

Since Geo enjoyed cooking quite a bit, he knew very well what raw meat smelled like. No matter how well-raised the veal was, it had a peculiar, fishy smell.

But this deer didn’t have that unpleasant smell.

“… I think it smells a bit like nuts.”

Strictly speaking, the scent was closer to walnuts than peanuts.

“That’s funny.”

This was the first time I smelled this kind of scent from meat, so I was a little taken aback, but it wasn’t a strange feeling like mint-flavored potato chips. Rather, the scent was quite harmonious, so I felt a different kind of pleasure.

“It’s definitely a different world.”

“Crunch?”

Even though they appear to be similar ingredients, they differ slightly in flavor and taste from those on Earth.

“Actually, it’s a bit of a shame that the heart is such a jewel. The heart of a freshly slaughtered animal is a pretty good ingredient for cooking, so I was thinking of roasting it… but I think it might be a bit questionable to eat it in this condition.”

“Gurrrrrrrrrr.”

“Yeah, I don’t know, but you can eat it. Dad will cook it for you.”

It won’t taste good in this state.

“… But there’s quite a bit more than I expected… .”

Remove the soft flesh buried deep inside the back, the old man. Dismantle the legs and peel off the hard flesh.

“hmm.”

This part seemed like it needed to be cooked slowly. The meat on the upper leg was soft enough to eat.

Besides that, if you remove all the ribs and sirloin… .

“Taran.”

“… … .”

“A mountain of meat has formed.”

“Kung.”

“Are there a lot of sheep?”

“Cur.”

“I see.”

It wasn’t for nothing that the system told us to dry processed meat in the sun. With so much meat in such quantities, it seemed best to store most of it by salting or drying it.

“It won’t spoil if you put it in the ice storage… but I think it’s better to make it if you can.”

First of all, beef jerky and sausage came to mind.

“Should I have the beef jerky first?”

Sausages take much longer, you know.

“Let’s get rid of some of the blood first.”

“Gulp?”

“Even if you hang it upside down and drain the blood, not all of it will come out. It wasn’t hung up for that long, so to properly remove the odor, you need to soak it in water and drain the remaining blood.”

Geo soon came out of the cabin carrying a large basin.

“Honey, put the meat in.”

“Crunch!”

Honey, who was held hostage with a delicious jewel heart, was a good worker.

The two of them put the meat for jerky in a large basin and poured plenty of water from the stream that flowed leisurely around the cabin. The streams scattered here and there in the forest were very useful even in normal times.

“If it was made on Earth, I would have added some Cheongju to it….”

There was no problem because there was only wine as alcohol and the meat itself had almost no gamey smell.

“I should make some seasoning before the blood runs out.”

“Crunch?”

“The crops in the garden have all grown, so shouldn’t we make use of them now?”

After washing his hands that were stained with the deer’s blood, Geo picked some crops from the monster field and returned to the cabin. Fortunately, the monster field did not get angry at Geo for taking some of the crops.

“It’s clear that you know who your father is. It was worth raising you with sunlight and water.”

Geo, standing in the kitchen, took some powders off the shelf.

“And let’s use some Cheongdo.”

I took out the dried persimmons that I had kept in the corner of the kitchen. I had saved them before giving them to Yoo Seong-un.

“You have to add something like this to make it sweeter.”

“Kururu… .”

“It may seem strange, but it’s surprisingly delicious.”

The sweet and salty taste was an unchanging truth wherever you went.

Geo checked the materials.

“Raw onions. Since there’s a lot of meat, about 10… The garlic and ginger powder are already here. I’ll add some sugar as well. I think it’ll be fine if I add a little bit of dried pollack juice…”

Making jerky wasn’t that difficult.

Finely chop the onions that have been cleaned and make them into a paste, and mix in various powders that are spicy and pungent and remove the odor. Add a little bit of cilantro to add sweetness and a little bit of sugar to remove the rough taste, and the jerky seasoning is complete.

“I think the blood is slowly draining.”

After I put the seasoning on a plate and washed the cutting board and knife, quite some time had passed.

Geo left the cabin, looking at the sky between the leaves that was already starting to get dark. Honey, who shined like soft moonlight at night, helped him not to stumble in the darkness.

“Ah… I think this is about right.”

“Gurrrr?”

“This is just water with blood in it. I’ll give you something else later.”

Geo returned to the kitchen after placing the moist meat on a plate.

“I should hurry up and go to sleep too.”

The rest was now simple.

Lightly shake off the moisture from the meat, and when it feels dry enough, season it thoroughly with the previously prepared seasoning sauce. After letting the seasoning soak deep into the meat, Geo washed his hands.

“It’s over….”

“… … .”

“…Honey, why do you keep coveting my guts?”

Even though he was my son, his tastes were incomprehensible.

In the end, the deer’s intestines were deliciously shared by Honey and her waterfowl friends. There was something mysterious and bizarre about the golden waterfowl lake with bloody intestines floating around.

“Oh, except for this.”

“Kung.”

“I’m going to make sausages.”