Chapter 155 - Extravagant Meals (3)

Seo Yuhui was waiting in the back of a cave in front of a small bonfire.

He could see a white pot with a closed lid hanging over the fire, along with dishes and eating utensils.

“Aren’t you hungry?”

He had honestly been slightly nervous since she asked him to secretly follow her in the middle of the night. This was unexpected.

Seo Yuhui tilted her head before gathering her hands and gently speaking.

“You’re always training until late at night every day. I figured you would be hungry around his hour… It’s not much, but I prepared a late night snack for you.”

Seol Jihu was at a loss for words. It was because the light from the bonfire suddenly looked like a halo behind her back.

'An angel?'

Could a person make such a warm and gentle smile?

Just the sight of her made him lose his wits, so Seol Jihu didn’t realize that his mouth was wide open.

Finally coming back to his senses, he scratched his head and fidgeted with his hands.

"Ah… You even prepared a snack for me… I’m so sorry…”

"No, no. You pause your training to protect me, don’t you? I felt like I was taking your valuable training time, so I should be sorry instead.”

Strictly speaking, she was right, but Seol Jihu had never thought of her as a bother. Not even once. Rather, the time he spent with her was close to healing.

Even Agnes emphasized that eating well and sleeping well was an inseparable part of training, hadn’t she?

He was forced to train to his limits the last time he came because he had to earn his qualifications of attending the Banquet. But since he wasn’t in a hurry this time, he was free to rest in the middle, rather, he had to rest. Jang Maldong, too, emphasized ample amounts of rest.

“It’s almost done. Can you sit there and wait a bit?”

Even so, hearing her politely speak to him in a way that he wouldn’t feel burdened made him feel thankful and all the more apologetic.

He felt blessed.

‘Who am I to receive all this?'

Of course, Seol Jihu knew that Seo Yuhui wasn’t giving him special treatment. But even so, his feelings were way up on cloud nine, causing him to nervously glance back and forth while waiting.

Seo Yuhui looked at Seol Jihu giggling to himself and glancing around, finding him extremely cute, before focusing her gaze back on the pot.

Under a quiet night sky. The face glowing by the bonfire light looked so beautiful and noble that Seol Jihu spoke up even when he had nothing to say.

"Umm…."

"Yes?"

"Should I wake the others? I think it’ll be better if we all ate together."

"N-no."

Seo Yuhui quickly turned her head.

“No, absolutely not."

She spoke firmly.

"Absolutely not?"

Seeing Seol Jihu surprised by the adamant refusal, she explained with a troubled face.

“It’s embarrassing to wake them up over such a small thing… and the siblings were so tired that they fainted the moment they came.”

"Ah…."

“There’s nothing more delicious than a good night’s sleep for the three of them. To be honest, I made a fire here to not bother their sleep with the smell.”

As a person who survived Jang Maldong’s hellish training, he could completely sympathize with the statement that nothing was more delicious than sleep.

Seo Yuhui who had been feeling troubled, let loose a sigh of relief after seeing him nod in understanding.

After a while, at the sound of bubbling, she hurriedly lifted the pot over a dish.

Upon slightly opening the lid, a stream of white smoke flew up.

"Whoa…"

She had said it was simple. But seeing a dish beyond his expectations made him cry out in surprise.

Inside the boiling soup was a neatly prepared chicken with its legs crossed.

'Yeonggye baeksuk?'