20 Galfus’ presen (1/2)

Galfus growled at Joonbum as he continued to display his annoyance.

”Damn it!”

Joonbum attempted to fight back, but the pressure exerted by Galfus made him stop. It was futile. He spun around and turned on the faucet to fill up the water. Galfus slowly rose, drank all of the water, then started munching on a dead orc body that was piled up on the side. Sounds of crushing bones and something being ripped apart echoed throughout the fortress.

”I am not weak. It's just a smart choice not to resist that kind of monster.”

Joonbum self-justified his own actions as he finished filling up the water and moved toward the basket. His frowning face instantly brightened. The basket had four cubs and a baby, all tangled with each other, sleeping peacefully.

”Oooh, you guys are so cute. Don't be like that Galfus, OK? Baekgu, Heukgu, Gumdong, Urlook, and mysterious baby.”

The cubs already had names, casually named after their colors. He did not name the baby since it might already have been named. There were also name tags on each of the cubs to let the viewers recognize their names. The sole reason for these simple names was because they were easy to say.

Joonbum watched the cubs with a smile for a moment then walked to the truck and started unloading. The truck had a full load of goods as if he was moving out.

”I shouldn't have received all the sponsored goods at once.”

Joonbum gazed at the stuff piled on the truck. There was a variety of goods that had been given to him under the commercial contracts that Joonbum signed. Most of their requirements were that their brands had to be displayed at least three times a week. As his popularity grew, there were no more absurd commercial offers like asking him to wear a chicken hat or do a fried chicken commercial himself.

[We can provide all the chickens you feed to your wolf. You just need to put on our chicken suit and do a commercial. We can pay you five million won per month.]

[You sure know how to drink. We can provide you all the beer you want, plus a payment of two million per month if you feature our commercial. How about it?]

Joonbum remembered them making proud offers as if they were doing him a favor.

”I was right not to accept that.”

He smiled at his past decisions and started to unload. First, he unloaded all the food items. Boxes full of chicken, ducks, and pigs were unloaded and were moved to the used commercial refrigerator. Next was food for himself. There were a lot of canned goods and preserved food together with the fresh meat and veggies. There were also sauces and spices — these were all for his eating broadcasts.

”Today's lunch is Otherworldly Pasta! Recipe made by me.”

He muttered as he kept on working. All the tools had been moved to his newly-constructed tool rack. Then he stopped at the sounds of crying coming from the basket.

”Are they awake?”

Joonbum wiped away the sweat from his forehead, glanced at the time, and quickly walked to the basket, sniffing it.

”I don't smell anything. Are they hungry?”

Joonbum eyed them for a second and started rummaging through another basket and took out milk bottles, which he gave to the cubs.

”They're drinking.”

Joonbum shivered at the cute sight of the cubs drinking away from the milk bottles.

”Aww, am I in heaven? It feels like I am healed.”

Then he heard the baby crying.

”Okay, it's your turn now.”

Joonbum took up the baby in his arms and gave it another milk bottle. The baby's small hands moved towards the bottle.

'Ohh.'

It was just a touch. Just a touch was all the baby did, but it was enough for Joonbum to be struck by the cuteness. As the baby's small cheeks moved, milk leaked out through its small mouth, and he heard its shallow breathing. Joonbum couldn't resist its deadly cuteness.

Joonbum sighed out loud. He felt the tiny living thing's warmth transferring to him and felt its small heartbeat. It was a breathtaking experience.

”Is this why you need a baby? Ohh, you're drinking well.”

The mysterious baby was drinking away at the milk. Joonbum was in awe at this precious life. Soon, the baby started slowed down, showing that the baby had enough. Joonbum remembered his mother's advice that the baby would push the bottle away when full and sure enough, it did. Joonbum removed the bottle and caressed the baby.

”Ah.”

He started to rub the baby's back as it opened its small mouth and let out a really small burp. It was hard to tell, but there was a slight smell that proved it.

'It burped!'

Joonbum's face brightened with a smile. The baby burped few more times as Joonbum moved his hand up and down its back. After a while, the baby fell asleep and so did the cubs.

'Yikes, I need to eat too.'

It was a little bit after that Joonbum realized that he had not eaten anything yet. Just watching them made him forget the time.

”I must have looked so dumb. Ugh, that Galfus…”

Joonbum grumbled as he moved away from the basket. Galfus was avoiding eye contact as if she was pretending not to have seen anything. But in a moment, Galfus turned her head again, watched Joonbum briefly, then trotted out of the fortress.