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Chapter 8

8 - Nom Nom Nom

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After learning what chicken meant.

The Constellations were utterly confused as to why Yuyeon was looking for chicken.

[Title: What the hell are we supposed to do for her?]

Author: PainOfCreation

Yuyeon keeps looking for chicken, so... what are we supposed to do?

Does she mean she wants to see it, or she wants to do it?

- If I knew that, I’d be a sage, wouldn’t I?

ㄴ GrandpaArchive) I do not know either.

ㄴ We’re fucked!

ㄴ Sage Defeat Season No. 2312312412

1. The “Beat the Sage” form was activated, but 2. the “Block My Meteor” form did not activate.

Because the sage whose brain should have launched the meteor had frozen.

[Title: Looking for a Constellation to do “chicken” with me]

Author: LikesFarming

(Gif of Han Yuyeon doing stretching exercises)

First off, I’ll say this in advance, don’t get the wrong idea.

There’s only Yuyeon in my heart.

It’s just that she might want to see it...

If it’s for Yuyeon, then I have no choice but to do “chicken” ///ㅅ///...

- LookingForGems) That’s such a touching heartㅠ

ㄴ LikesFarming) Wanna chicken?

ㄴ LookingForGems) As if I would lol

- My heart has become chicken too...

ㄴ LikesFarming) Wanna chicken?

ㄴ Sry;;

- If I want to adore Yuyeon, I have to chicken with this bastard? Not easy...

ㄴ LikesFarming) Wanna chicken?

ㄴ Sorry, Yuyeon...

ㄴ LikesFarming) ㅡㅡ

- But even if we chicken among ourselves, Yuyeon won’t be able to see it

ㄴ LikesFarming) Ah

ㄴ This bastard just wanted to do chicken lololol

Only after the gallery went up in flames and was plastered with talk of chicken did the Constellations realize.

As Yuyeon’s parents, as people who should be showing her a fine example, what on earth were we doing?

They looked in the mirror. Who am I? Han Yuyeon’s parent.

Their minds and bodies stabilized, and confidence surged.

This must be why people say children make parents into parents.

The relaxed Constellations gathered their opinions once more to sort out the situation.

[When do humans usually do chicken?]

[Anyone know Earth culture?]

[Ha... Sage. We told you not to make your big brothers angry. You still haven’t brought us an answer?]

[Stop fighting and chicken, you idiots]

Of course, gathering opinions did not mean a proper answer would come out.

Naturally. Not only were there no Constellations who knew Earth culture well, Earth was also the first place they had ever seen humans.

While there was no progress, an informational post went up.

[Title: I roughly scraped together Earth culture]

Author: Explainer

I scraped it together by watching climbers talk to themselves and converse,

and apparently humans start doing chicken around the age of 20.

There are cases where they do it before that, but in most cultures it seems to be considered kind of improper?

Rather than doing it for the purpose of preserving the species, there seem to be many cases where they do it purely for pleasure.

It seems Yuyeon has been living while receiving the wrong education.

Considering how she whimpered in her sleep last time too, maybe she’s been living while being abused?

- What

- Wh-wh-what?

- But how did you scrape together all the climbers’ conversations in that short amount of time?

ㄴ Fr, this guy seems more like a sage than the Sage

ㄴ GrandpaArchive) I acknowledge it.

ㄴ ???

ㄴ What, don’t acknowledge it

They dared abuse our Yuyeon?

The Constellations thought as one, with one heart and one mind.

Starting now, we must give Yuyeon a proper education.

We must show the proper path to a child who grew up receiving the wrong education!

Filled with a sense of duty, the Constellations debated again.

To decide what to write in the letter they would send to Han Yuyeon.

- Should we say chicken is forbidden until she turns twenty?

ㄴ Unicooorn) Booo, no... I want Yuyeon to never chicken for her whole life and only look at me...

ㄴ LikesFarming) Don’t torment my wife

- SwordDad) Would it not be best to forbid chicken for her entire life?

ㄴ Explainer) They say humans have to do chicken to give birth to children?

ㄴ SwordDad) I have no intention of accepting any partner Yuyeon brings home.

ㄴ LookingForGems) I don’t think I’d like anyone who came as Yuyeon’s partner either

ㄴ Explainer) You don’t want Yuyeon to bring you grandsons and granddaughters?

ㄴ SwordDad) !!!!!!!!

ㄴ LookingForGems) !!!!!!!!!

Coordinating and integrating opinions is no easy task.

The Constellations swallowed groans and continued exchanging opinions in anguish, and finally, barely managed to integrate their opinions.

- DragonsAreCoolRight) Then let’s go with chicken being banned for life.

ㄴ LikesFarming) Who the fuck decided that?

ㄴ SwordDad) Sword energy.

ㄴ GrandpaArchive) Meteor.

ㄴ LikesFarming) Gyaaaaaaagh

LikesFarming struggled alone, but it was meaningless.

Because the letter packed tightly with the Constellations’ feelings reached Han Yuyeon through a fish.

- Chicken is forbidden for life.

“?????????”

It was the first expression Han Yuyeon had shown since being dragged into Hell difficulty.

***

Quick acceptance and flexible thinking are important for survival.

No matter how difficult a situation was to accept, I had quickly accepted it and tried to think flexibly.

But the moment I saw the words “chicken is forbidden for life,” my thoughts stopped.

“......”

A life without chicken. Imagination complete.

Humanity had perished. Because humanity’s strongest maid had been forbidden from eating chicken.

Having seen a dreadful future, I shook my head side to side.

“No. I need chicken.”

[The Watchman of the Sword Realm bestows grace upon you.]

“Are you trying to sway me? Are you trying to sway my heart with fish?”

It wasn’t a fish sent as a letter.

It wasn’t as if an entire giant fish had been sent; only a few small pieces of flesh had dropped.

When I picked up the flesh that had fallen onto the dirt floor, the dirt automatically fell away and it became clean.

Enjoying the power of a maid, I glared up at the sky.

“If you thought you could sway me with something like this, you were mistaken.”

Nom. What is this? It’s delicious.

[You have consumed Kraken Essence Meat (S). Strength, Stamina +5]

So it was an S-rank dish. Let’s be polite.

I sat neatly, savored the taste, and greeted it.

Hello, I’m Han Yuyeon.

I’m Kra/ken.

Nice to meet you. I’ll explain your texture.

Thanks.

It became bothersome. I’ll focus on eating.

Hiiing.

Get a hold of yourself, Han Yuyeon.

Chicken. Can you give it up? You cannot.

[The Sage of the Star Archive bestows grace upon you.]

Some strangely shaped weed dropped down.

No matter how amazing a weed was, a weed was only a weed.

“This won’t sway my heart.”

First, after checking whether there were words on the weed, I put it in my mouth.

Nom. What is this? It tastes strange.

[You have consumed Archive Herb (S). Magic Power +10]

Now that I keep eating it, it’s tasty. You’re quite something too, Mr. Weed.

“!”

Get a hold of yourself, Han Yuyeon.

A maid cannot lose to a weed.

[The Fist Saint of the Sky bestows grace upon you.]

As if trampling over my resolve, meat dropped down.

“I’m truly grateful, but my heart will not change.”

Still, I should taste it. Who are you?

[You have consumed Storm Griffin Wing Meat (S). Agility +10]

So you were Mr. Storm Griffin Wing Meat. Nice to meet you. I’m Han Yuyeon.

Excuse me on our first meeting, but you are delicious.

“Hmm. Should I start changing?”

[The Hand That Grants Form bestows grace upon you.]

Gasp. Liquid is falling from the sky.

I haven’t finished preparing to receive guests, but you’ve come so suddenly.

I scurried over and drank the liquid as I caught it.

Who are you to visit in such a hurry?

[You have consumed Yungwageum (S). Ability Points +10]

Mr. Gwak-eum. You mustn’t do this next time.

I’m letting it slide just this once because you’re delicious. Thank you.

Now I was full and wanted to rest, but grace kept descending.

[The Innocent Gaze bestows grace upon you.]

[The Spear That Pierces All Things bestows grace upon you.]

[The Master of the Great Language bestows grace upon you.]

[The Noblewoman Who Connects the Stars bestows grace upon you.]

Hmm. As I kept eating, I felt like I’d forgotten something. What was it?

I checked the fish that had fallen first.

- Chicken is forbidden for life.

“What’s chicken?”

[Many Constellations cheer.]

It felt as if I had forgotten something important.

***

Forbid Han Yuyeon from chicken.

Furthermore, make her forget the very concept of chicken itself.

The temporary allied forces formed with one purpose finally sounded the news of victory.

[Look at these crazy rich bastards all putting out S-ranks]

[Jealous jealous jealous jealous jealous jealous]

[A beggar with only A-ranks weeps]

[Hmph. Yuyeon. Don’t look at beggars like that. They’ll lower your class.]

[This pisses me off, going to procure EX ingredients, bye]

Although, right after sounding the news of victory, internal strife began.

Still, hadn’t they achieved their common goal, anyway?

From now on, all that remained was to teach Han Yuyeon this and that so she wouldn’t die.

[Title: Let’s keep going just like this!]

Author: LikesFarming

(Gif of Han Yuyeon eating nom nom)

(Gif of a griffin flying in the sky)

Yuyeon! If you want to eat griffin meat again, just say so! Direct-from-the-source delivery is on standby!

I’ll keep feeding you only things that are good for your body!

- A true Constellation.

ㄴ LikesFarming) Call me a true husband

ㄴ SwordDad) Sword energy.

ㄴ GrandpaArchive) Meteor.

ㄴ LikesFarming) Ah, stop it, the griffin is running away

LikesFarming’s intentions were a little impure, but to a certain extent, they worked on the Constellations as well.

Our Yuyeon. We should feed her only tasty things that are good for her body.

The Constellations had become overzealous parents.

Every day, they procured hard-to-obtain ingredients and sent them to Han Yuyeon.

And as they taught Han Yuyeon the things she was curious about, they marveled at her talent.

[Title: What is our Yuyeon’s talentㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠSmash the Towerㅠㅠㅠ]

Author: EndingCollector

(Gif of Han Yuyeon handling fire, water, wind, lightning, and ice magic at the same time)

It really looks like the Tower’s about to get smashed...

How do you multi-cast at 1st Circle...?

(Gif of Han Yuyeon handling a mana circle and aura core at the same time)

How is she handling these at the same time...? Does she have four brains...?

I’m really really asking because I don’t know...

- Explainer) Info) Humans have one brain

ㄴ EndingCollector) I know, you bastard

ㄴ Explainer) Hiiing

ㄴ BambooSpearLab) What the fuck is “hiiing”; I want to beat you to death

ㄴ Explainer) Han Yuyeon: Hiiing

ㄴ BambooSpearLab) Why is our Yuyeon crying?

ㄴ This bastard’s become a Han Yuyeon mom too lololol

- GrandpaArchive) She is my granddaughter.

ㄴ Grandpa, could you do that much at 1st Circle too?

ㄴ GrandpaArchive) I could not.

ㄴ At least he’s honest lol

- SwordDad) She’s my daughter...

ㄴ Stand straight, SwordDad. Why did you put three dots?

ㄴ SwordDad) I think Yuyeon will beat me later...

ㄴ Divine Rank succession ㄷㄷ;

Before they knew it, 95% of the topics in the Constellation Gallery were filled solely with Han Yuyeon.

***

After Han Yuyeon was dragged into Hell difficulty.

Even though no news of Han Yuyeon was heard at all, the Tower Gallery was always full of Han Yuyeon topics.

Because after Han Yuyeon was dragged in, not a single other person was dragged into Hell difficulty.

[Why isn’t the Hell difficulty 2nd floor being broadcast?]

At first, it was suspicion.

Hell difficulty was always broadcast worldwide as it progressed.

What choices were made, and what results were met.

There had been no exceptions, and the same was true for Han Yuyeon.

Hadn’t every action Han Yuyeon took on the 1st floor been broadcast too?

It was certain that she had cleared the 1st floor, but since the broadcast hadn’t gone up from the 2nd floor onward, it was extremely strange.

[Title: Isn’t she just enduring without going up to the 2nd floor?]

Author: ㅇㅇ

In theory, isn’t this the only answer?

She must’ve cleared the 1st floor, and if she entered the 2nd floor, the broadcast should’ve started immediately, but the fact that no video is coming out is strange in itself.

Since she’s a maid, she must have awakened some supply-related skill, so isn’t she enduring with skill power?

- Even if a maid has supply skills, it’s impossible to endure indefinitely alone. A week at most.

ㄴ But it’s already been three weeks?

ㄴ She must be rationing it that much, even prepared to die

ㄴ Wow, her willpower is insane;;

ㄴ No way, is she enduring to reduce the number of people who die somehow...?

Only ten years old.

A young child who had been attending elementary school was enduring to reduce sacrifices.

Leaving behind only the words, “Everyone, be happy.”

At this fact, everyone had no choice but to pay respects to Han Yuyeon.

Even if she couldn’t clear Hell difficulty, hadn’t she made the best choice to protect people?

Like that, a month passed, and people prayed for Han Yuyeon’s soul, saying she would soon die.

Two months passed, and they shed tears, saying Han Yuyeon was pitiful.

When three months had passed, they screamed that she didn’t have to endure anymore.

[Shit, Han Yuyeon-nimㅠㅠㅠ Thanks to you, I didn’t get dragged into Hell difficulty and came back from Easy ㅠㅠㅠ]

[Wow!! I’m exempt from Hell difficulty now too!!]

The more time Han Yuyeon endured, the more people gained exemption.

More and more people were clearing up to the 10th floor, even if it was only Easy difficulty.

Then those who had not yet gained exemption began to grow greedy.

[Please, could you endure just until I go to the Tower and come back?]

[Yuyeon, please hold on just a little longer, I still haven’t gotten exempted]

[Are you people even human?]

A fight broke out inside the Tower Gallery, and another three months passed.

Gradually, the gallery users began to sense something strange.

[What the hell, how is she enduring?]

The thing that answered that question was a dreadful post.

[Title: I thought about how Han Yuyeon could be enduring for six months]

Author: ㅇㅇ

This is really just a hypothetical.

Maids can store items in their unique skill, Subspace, right?

The higher the grade of the Subspace skill, the more they can store.

No way, before entering the rest floor, did she put the trees from the 1st floor into her Subspace and endure by gnawing on tree bark?

And she’s somehow enduring the damage to her body with the effects of awakening?

- Wow, no way

- That’s horrible...

How difficult a time must she be going through?

The heart of Han Yuyeon, who was enduring even that dreadful time for people’s sake, was simply awe-inspiring.

The dreadful conjecture became treated as fact and spread around the world, and Han Yuyeon became humanity’s hero.

[We simply worship you, goat...]

[Damn it, it’s Han Yuyeon again. I have no choice but to worship]

Like that, one year.

[It’s already been almost a year since God Yuyeon-nim started enduring...]

What was Han Yuyeon, who had become the goddess of the Tower Gallery, doing now?

“VV.”

She was deliciously grilling and eating meat.

Nom nom.

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