Yoo Seongwoon had been terrified that a divine banquet might appear—Kraken tentacles stir-fried in phoenix blood and garnished with a haechi’s head—but contrary to his fears, the meal Gio had prepared was simple.
‘…No, it’s ordinary.’
And plentiful.
At the center of the table sat a large grilled fish and a braised meat dish in brown sauce, steam rising from it. There were stir-fried vegetables that appeared to contain tomatoes, onions, and bok choy. Heaping bowls of rice towered above their rims, accompanied by beef-bone soup with green onions and seafood.
‘The combination seems a little odd, like he made everything he knew how to cook….’
Yet, for some reason, the entire spread consisted of creatures never before discovered on Earth.
“…….”
Yoo Seongwoon did not use his Appraisal skill. It could hardly be called a wise decision, but he had a feeling he would not be able to eat with a sound mind after reading the precise details and effects.
“…It looks delicious.”
“It will be.”
“Yeah, I think so too.”
He resigned himself to his fate.
‘Gio wouldn’t lock me inside this cabin, would he?’
It was not that he had no reason to worry. Hadn’t the Hunter named Park Eungyeom also stayed several days in the City of the Void and then been forced to pay a price before he could leave as a completed painting? Strictly speaking, this place was also a painting.
In Greek mythology, Persephone had become bound to the underworld where Hades dwelled over just a few pomegranate seeds. Since this was a world in which gods actually existed, Yoo Seongwoon could not help feeling all the more uneasy.
‘Still, Cha Ara didn’t become unable to go home just because she ate here.’
He had already heard that Gio had personally invited her and even fed her a meal. The table did not look greatly different from what she must have received, so it did not seem likely that anything serious would happen just because Yoo Seongwoon ate from…