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Episode 43
In the morning, back in bed.
“… … .”
“Crunch?”
“Hmm.”
Geo was lost in shallow thoughts.
It wasn’t the first time I realized that my personality could change.
“There is also Giovanni’s case.”
But now that I think about it, Geo often seems to break away from his usual personality. This is mainly when he interacts with people outside in a ‘portrait’ state.
“If you think about it, praising employees or giving them gifts out of the blue isn’t a normal reaction.”
“Crunch?”
“There were people older than me, but for me, a healthy young man from the Land of Courtesy in the East, to act like that, honestly, considering my current situation, it’s not exactly normal.”
The problem is that Geo himself didn’t feel any discomfort about the change.
“At that time, I just thought it was natural.”
It certainly seemed that the identity of ‘portrait’ was changing him.
“Oh, God of Heaven and Earth.”
“Kungkung… .”
“When I stayed in the portrait, I didn’t feel anything strange because it was the same as usual.”
“Crunch?”
“No, it’s okay.”
Whether his personality changed or something else changed, Geo did not give in to this level of mystery.
“But I have to be careful not to be rude to other people.”
If things continued like this, it seemed like soon I would be able to naturally accept being patted on the head by a stranger I had never met.
“There’s no way I could do something so shameful.”
The act of patting someone’s head was something that could only be done by a creative person or by a parent to a child. Even if they were lovers, such bold touches were avoided, so Geo felt the need to be careful with his behavior.
“Of course I’ve never had a lover.”
“… … .”
“How can you look at your heavenly father with such eyes?”
I might not have a lover.
“Anyway, it’s not that unfamiliar that personality changes. When I went out to Seoul, there were times when my self-awareness as Giovanni grew… I think it’s in a similar context to the topic I’m thinking about now.”
However, it did not feel like the ‘personality’ itself was literally changing.
“If it was that much, I would have noticed it a long time ago.”
If I had to put it into words, it felt more like recalling a forgotten memory.
“I can’t say it’s Sergio, but if I’m right, it feels like that… .”
“… Gulp?”
“It’s not a split personality. It’s a misunderstanding.”
In his previous life, he lived as the priest Giovanni, who had a compassionate smile, but in his current life, he lived as Sergio, who was often asked, “Do you not know how to smile?” It was similar to how, when he recalled his previous life later, he would sometimes recall habits he had forgotten.
“I never thought there would be a problem because of its identity as a portrait.”
Geo muttered.
“It seems to be a similar problem to the resolution. If you try to act like a human with the body of a portrait, there might be an error somewhere. The speech becomes stiffer, and the actions and thoughts become strange…”
I felt like I had to be careful.
“Let’s try harder to be more objective about ourselves in the future.”
“Kung.”
“You find it annoying? Honey, you should work on your social skills.”
At the sight of Honey grumbling, Geo placed the round water bird on his hand and rolled it around. Honey, rolling around like a water bag, didn’t look too bad.
“Are you happy?”
“Gurrrrrr.”
“I see.”
Geo, who was momentarily surprised by the change in personality, was able to calm his mind by seeing her peaceful appearance.
“Anyway, it’s fun, so it’s okay.”
Wouldn’t it be stranger if this ever-changing life weren’t fun?
“Then shall we eat first?”
“Gulp?”
Although Honey questioned him, Geo ignored her and got up from his seat.
“Even if you don’t have to make it right away, it’s a good idea to make the soup and side dishes in advance. Since you already have bones from the deer you butchered, you can clean them up and make bone broth, then store them in the icehouse and take them out whenever you need them.”
Bone broth can be a hearty meal all on its own. Geo nodded.
“Whenever I had diarrhea, my grandmother told me to drink the bone soup with a little green onion and salt.”
I don’t know about other people, but when I was hungry, Geo felt much better about eating bone soup than porridge. It didn’t have any side dishes, so it didn’t fill his stomach, but it was oily, so he felt like he was eating something.
“If you add a little salt, green onions, and freshly cooked rice to the white broth and eat it, that’s gomtang. The rich broth made from beef bones has an incredible savory flavor. That’s why even a simple meal like that is filling.”
“Gurrrrrrrr…?”
“That’s not spicy.”
Honey, who had a strong aversion to spicy sausage last time, seemed to be wondering if Gomtang would be spicy. However, Gomtang will not taste spicy unless you mix it with red pepper powder or spicy seasoning.
“If you’re really bored, you can add meat, or you can use noodles instead of rice. Eating both together isn’t as bad as you might think. I think adding more seasoning or pepper to your liking is one of the charms of gomtang.”
There were many other places where bone broth was used.
“Even if you boil spicy ramen with broth instead of water, it tastes fantastic.”
“Crook! Crook! Crook!”
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“But the broth itself makes the soup a bit milder… Okay, let’s skip this one.”
Honey, who hates spicy food, shouted out her strong opposition, and Geo, who was about to become a father, respected Honey’s opinion. If there are people in the world who can eat anything, then somewhere there are weak water birds who can’t eat even a little bit of spicy food.
“Then it would be okay to add some more vegetables and make a different soup. A representative example would be mandu soup.”
Geo muttered.
“Then tteokguk is good too. Budaejjigae, which is made by boiling various vegetables and ham all at once, isn’t bad either… Even soybean paste stew or seaweed soup tastes much better when you add bone broth to it.”
“Kung?”
“If it’s budaejjigae, I don’t think the rest will be spicy. Unless you add green chili peppers… By the way, did you know that when you cook rice, it tastes much better if you add broth instead of water?”
“Gurr.”
“Okay, let’s go make some broth.”
Honey, who had become the world’s favorite rice bird after eating rice balls last time, could clearly see how delicious it would be to make rice balls out of bone broth and bake them.
Geo, who was going down to the ice storage where the bones were stored, suddenly became anxious.
“Come to think of it, isn’t bone broth usually made from beef bones?”
“…Kkuk?”
“Well, the last time I trimmed and cleaned it, it was quite full of marrow. Since it was just slaughtered, the red border of the cross-section of the bone marrow was clear, so the condition shouldn’t be bad. Since the deer is so big, the bones are thick and strong, so it should be fun to boil the bones…”
“… … .”
“Since when have we been eating only Earth food?”
The bones used to make broth are usually from the legs of animals. If it was a cow, it would have been the ox foot, but Geo thought it might be different if it was a deer, so he cleaned them up first. He brought the bones out of the ice storage and into the kitchen.
“I washed it once, but it still feels weird.”
After cutting the bones so that the marrow could be clearly seen and washing them cleanly, I took out a large pot and dropped everything into it. I lit the firewood with the bellflower and the water boiled quickly.
“The blood was drained when it was first slaughtered, so there shouldn’t be that many impurities. It should be pretty clean since it was drained for almost a day, but there are still foreign substances inside. We need to remove them to get good broth.”
“… … .”
“As you can imagine, this is a filthy, time-consuming task.”
“Kung kung kung… .”
“I didn’t even expect to be able to eat broth today anyway.”
After the bones were blanched in boiling water and washed and completely clean, it was a battle of time and sincerity from then on. There was a reason why ‘real’ bone broth was expensive.
“You can keep boiling it in the pot like this, but don’t boil it over too high a heat. Even if it takes a while, you should boil it over low heat so that the broth’s savory flavor comes out better.”
“… … .”
“The longer you boil it, the more oil and other impurities will continuously rise to the surface. It is said that the broth that is boiled for the first time is too oily and thick, making it difficult to eat, perhaps because the marrow has been completely removed. That is why you cannot eat the broth that comes out first… .”
“Kung.”
“You’re going to eat it?”
“Crunch.”
“Pig.”
Honey protested loudly, but that didn’t change the reality. This love that couldn’t even give up the first broth that made her mouth greasy enough to make a slurp sound. This obsession.
“You are already a great pig.”
“Gurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!”
“Accept reality.”
If possible, I wish it was a bit more plump.
“Enough for me to lean on…”
To be exact, I wish it was plump enough to lie down on.
“… … .”
“… … .”
Geo nodded at the look of determination on his face.
“Are you in puberty?”
I felt a strong belief that she would somehow maintain her current cute and adorable appearance.
‘You know you’re cute.’
Even if he was born with paint, if he had the right beliefs, he should be supported. Geo decided to back down. Fat animals are cute, but if you force them to gain weight, it’s animal abuse.
“Anyway, the skeleton won’t be completed right away. The impurities will also take some time to come up, so even if we stay right next to it, there’s nothing we can do.”
“Kururuk?”
“Okay, so we have to prepare another dish. Let’s give our generous friend some alone time.”
Geo looked at the pot, which wasn’t even boiling yet because he had just added water.
“I’m not sure, but I’ve heard that eating too many bones can actually be bad for your health… I don’t know what to do with the legs of a deer.”
The skull of a wood deer
This is the bone corresponding to the leg part of the deer bone that has been cleaned. It is full of bone marrow and is oily, but if the bone is boiled for more than 3 days, it completely dissolves in the broth and becomes a health food. It is characterized by a strong meaty flavor that can be felt as nutty or salty.
Method of Regeneration: After cleaning, boil it on low heat for 3 days, and the marrow and bones will melt and become a tonic. The medicine made in this way can be used immediately, and when used on humans, all bone abnormalities will be recovered. The degree of recovery will vary depending on the amount taken and the individual’s constitution.
“… … .”
Geo nodded.
“You didn’t have to worry.”
What kind of realistic concerns were you having in this fantasy world?
“They say the marrow and bones will melt on their own, so we just have to wait while occasionally filtering out the impurities. Let’s stop worrying about those self-reliant guys and start worrying about our lunch.”
“Gulp.”
“Then it’s okay… .”
Geo, who had been thinking for a moment, soon made up his mind.
“The day has finally come.”
“Crunch?”
“It’s time to go fishing.”
Shouldn’t we refresh our stomachs after eating a lot of meat with some fish?
“That’s courtesy to my tongue and stomach.”
And Sergio was a true eater, having learned the term Engel’s coefficient (the proportion of household spending on food) at the age of five. I still remember the warm voice of my grandmother, who would laugh heartily and say, “We have sweet potatoes at home.”
So Geo thought about how to eat fish. There were many ways.
“The stream is narrow, but it is quite deep, so I have seen fish of all sizes as I went back and forth. In particular, the waterfowl nests are connected to the streams and springs so that various creatures can move… In fact, you can get good fish just by going to the nests.”
“… … .”
Honey, who had been tilting her head at Geo’s words, soon came up next to his ear and poked his cheek. It didn’t hurt because the beak was so small and harmless that she didn’t even know why it was running.
“What’s going on, honey?”
“Gurrrrrr.”
“…ah.”
Come to think of it, Geo had another source of fish.
“There was a ‘breathing sea.’”
One of the dimensional gates Geo had previously created, the ‘Breathing Sea’, was literally a world submerged in the sea. Last time I saw it, it was definitely teeming with all sorts of creatures.
Geo took Honey’s advice.
“You’re smart.”
“Crunch.”
Honey was so proud. She was so cute.
“No matter how cute you are, the only person you can conquer is your father.”
“Kung kung kung.”
“No matter where you go and act cute, do you think you can treat them as well as I do? Where in the world is there a butler as capable as me? You just stick close to your daddy.”
Today, too, we were a friendly family.
Geo went straight to the second floor, specifically the storage room where the completed works were stored. That was because the frame that could be moved to the ‘Breathing Sea’ was hanging there.
Geo, standing in front of a picture frame filled with blue light, slowly melted away.
“… … .”
And then, within.
He was in the water.
“It’s been a while, Father.”
Giovanni entered the ‘Breathing Sea’.
“It hasn’t been that long, has it?”
“ ”
“I went out to see the outside world for a bit.”
The one who was talking to Geo was none other than the sun god of the destroyed world. He was the lonely old man who had previously been asked by ‘Giovanni’.
He asked why I visited today.
“ah.”
And Geo was confident anytime, anywhere.
“I came to go fishing.”
Give me the fish.
“If it goes well, I’ll share it with you.”
“ ”
“I thought you’d like it.”
The sun god was delighted.
It was clear that only pigs had gathered there.