Chapter 171 (2/2)

It seemed all three of them had resentment to unravel

[He better be prepared We will show him a coreat deter up

—Hear, hear!

Philip raised his arh and shouted

—One!

[Ohhhhhh!]

Mimi joined in

“Good! What should I do first?”

—Eat!

“What?”

—We can only start things once you get some food in you

While the three of theoal, there was a sudden knock on the door Chi-Woo turned around and was shocked to see a figure he didn’t expect

“This is your meal… Ah, and let me warn you that even if you try to escape, you will be led right back”

Chi-Woo, as about to use this opportunity to make a run for it, stopped

“Do you think he’ll be that sloppy?” Noel Freya spoke with a cold expression “And…this is aat the food Chi-Woo had left untouched on the floor “Eat while I’ nicely Unless you want me to shove it down your throat”

“…” That was so his brother would do Noel Freya handed hiredientsthat looked like rice in it

“There’s rice on Liber?”

“You talk like a hero who just caely sarcastic “There are norant people who think that the culture of the planet they were born and raised on is the best It’s ridiculous they would think like that when the universe is so vast”

Chi-Woo wasn’t ressive She hadn’t been like this not long ago

“As I’ve told you before, Sir Chi-Hyun considers food, clothing, and shelter extremely important, and he values food the most”

Chi-Woo realized he shouldn’t have asked a question, since Noel had a knack for connecting all topics to his brother

Noel continued, “Of course, the food culture here has temporarily declined because of the current situation, but it hasn’t always been like this”

Now that he thought about it, he had heard similar words froes?]

When he showed how surprised he was to find sauces on Liber, Eshnunna had rebuked hi to say this time, either

“Everywhere, people live similarly Liber is no exception Thanks to Sir Chi-Hyun’s efforts, Liber is steadily recovering, and this ht

Chi-Woo agreed that coin to describe, the food available to thenificantly i for no reason”

Anyway, regardless of Chi-Woo’s social faux pas, Noel Freya’s attitude had definitely changed It was clear that she didn’t think too well of hiht he was some kind of criminal since his brother had locked him up

Noel continued, “You should do as he says while he’s being nice”

Chi-Woo had planned to stop his hunger strike anyway, so he decided to eat the food that Noel handed hi’s ass,’ he murmured to hi up a spoonful It see like a rice soup

“Let !” Noel Freya yelled at him Chi-Woo had started to obediently eat as per Chi-Hyun’s order, but spat everything out as soon as he stuck the spoon into his ht awful”

“What—what did you say?”

“Geez, one Why is there so much of it?” It seemed that whoever cooked this had tried to make the soup spicy, but it just tasted sour and bland

“Can’t you hurry up and finish it?”

“I won’t be eating it Is this even a meal? It’s trash!+”

“Y-You bastard…! How dare you insult his cooking…!”

“My bro… He made it?” Chi-Woo put on a nonchalant expression as Noel furiously scolded him ‘I’m surprised’ It seeredients into the soup, but ended up co the har a fishy s overly ambitious Anyway, the end result was an utter failure, but Chi-Woo was still surprised that his brother had cooked for him

“Eat it!”

“No, I can’t stoive redients that were used to e it”

“How ridiculous! A cri about food!”

“I’m not a criminal, and if you don’t want to, why don’t you just take it back? I definitely ate at least a spoonful anyway” Chi-Woo lay down on his back and thought even military ration tasted better It would be too sad to train after eating such bad food

“Agh!” Noel wanted to kick and stomp on him as much as she wanted, but she was here for a special h she was angry, fulfilling Chi-Hyun’s order was ritted her teeth and caredients

It had been a while since Chi-Woo showed off his culinary skills Afterward, Chi-Woo ate as much as he could, and Noel Freya reported to Chi-Hyun with half of thethat happened in the secret room

“He did eat”

“…But he didn’t finish eating everything”

“Yes, he said there’s too much, and you should prepare a h!”

“Hmht back “It looks a bit different from what Iwhat had happened, Chi-Hyun showed keen interest

“Give it to me”

“What?”

“Pass the bowl tofor her to do it, Chi-Hyun reached out and made the bowl float to hietting a spoonful of the leftovers

“Why are you eating that? I’ll finish it!” Noel shouted, but Chi-Hyun lifted his hand to say that it was okay

“H after a spoonful In the end, he finished the whole bowl and finally put down his spoon

“Pweh It’s been a long ti that sweat began dripping down his forehead “It’s delicious”

Noel Freya frowned When Chi-Woo ate earlier, he had said this was the best he could do with an extremely disappointed look on his face

“Come to think of it, he did want to be a chef at one point… He didn’t lose his skills” Chi-Hyun muttered to himself with a wry smile

“But ould you eat that dirty food…”

“No, it’s not dirty When ere young, we even fought to eat the gum chewed up by Mom”

“?” Noel Freya couldn’t believe her ears

“Anyway, I can’t believe hefor the first time…” Chi-Hyun tapped on his desk and slowly smiled “When I think about it, it’s always been like this”

Noel Freya blinked

“There was this ga” Chi-Hyun suddenly started a random story, but Noel paid keen attention It was the first ti about his childhood Chi-Hyun continued, “At first, I won He got so frustrated after he lost” Chi-Hyun broke into a soft smile as he recalled the ht it was funny, but…” Chi-Hyun had actually teased hiht Chi-Woo looked cute Chi-Woo gritted his teeth and vowed revenge, and Chi-Hyun jokingly told hiive it his all and try harder

Chi-Hyun continued, “One day, he asked me to play another round with him I wasn’t serious at first, but…” Chi-Hyun lost He lost so badly that he couldn’t“Even when I played seriously, I lost”

In retrospect, so similar had happened more than once Another example hen Chi-Woo learned how to perform the tea cererown up seeing it since he was young, was also interested in the art It was only natural that Chi-Woo would get into it as well, and after practicing alone for a few days, he presented an astounding tea ceremony not only for hi to her, Chi-Woo had displayed the ideal etiquette when serving tea, and since then, their mother had desperately wanted to see Chi-Woo perforain, but by that time, Chi-Woo had lost his interest Yes…it had always been like that

Chi-Hyun said, “When he starts to get interested in so…he always shows a remarkable achievement If it weren’t for his damned fate, he would have already made quite a name for himself” And this was the reason why he was so conflicted and concerned “That’s why…I’ the right thing Liber’s condition was at its worst If they wanted to survive, they needed to grow their power, and to effectively grow their power, he needed to teach his brother

But what if Chi-Woo became interested and found enjoyment in this work? Chi-Hyun wasn’t confident he would be able to stop his brother then No—he kneouldn’t be able to, as had always been the case Rather than teaching Chi-Woo how to fish, Chi-Hyun wanted to catch fish for his rong and Chi-Woo ended up dead, everything would be over Everything his parents and he had ever done would becoh He finally took his eyes off the bowl and looked up “Noel Freya”

“Yes, sir!” Noel Freya, who had been quietly listening with a puzzled expression, immediately snapped to attention

“Can I…trust you?”

At thatto say soht and put on the most determined and serious expression she could muster

Chi-Hyun stared at her and finally said, “There’s one person I’d like to introduce to you—just you, for now”