One Day, a Villain Fell into My Wardrobe – Chapter 130

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The next morning.

In front of the Gorgon knights, who all looked somewhat tense, Yeon Ji-ho looked at each of them with a serious face. Finally, Ji-ho approached Apophis, Shango, and Isquis in order.

And he gave each of them the most crucial equipment for today’s task.

“What is this, Ji-ho-nim?”

“Wow, this stretches really well!”

“…?”

A subtle smile appeared on Ji-ho’s lips. As everyone tilted their heads at the meaningful smile, Ji-ho said:

“They’re rubber gloves.”

“Gloves? Does throwing these mean you want to fight?”

“How can something this thin block a sword?”

As soon as Ji-ho mentioned gloves, they started listing the knowledge they had. For them, gloves were originally worn by knights and usually made of silver or iron. If they even had magic circles drawn on them, the price would skyrocket.

So they thought Ji-ho had given them another expensive gift. That is, until he told them to put them on right away and go to the basin.

“Mr. Set, then I’ll leave today’s command to you. I’ll go boil the pork.”

“Alright, Ji-ho. Leave this to us.”

With those words, Ji-ho pulled up his loose cardigan and went inside the house. Now only four people remained in the pension’s front yard where the cold wind was blowing.

Before starting the kimchi-making in earnest, Set turned on his mobile phone. It showed a video he had already opened, one he had watched and learned from repeatedly since last night. The title was ‘The Kimchi Recipe from that Gangnam Restaurant where Customers Line Up’.

As soon as he touched the video, a familiar voice burst out:

– Hello, this is Kim Jubu.

– If you were born in Korea, you should naturally know how to do this, right?

With over ten million views. After putting Ji-ho to bed early last night, he had searched YouTube videos all night long, and finally found this one. In fact, it was the first video he had watched, but after watching other videos and coming back, he chose this one because the man in it explained things most clearly.

– These days, everyone’s so used to buying it that when you mention ‘kimchi-making’, people tend to think it’s troublesome, but it’s not really like that when you actually do it.

– Alright, let’s get started.

At the same time, Set paused the screen with a touch. The reason was simple. He needed to check if the ingredients they had were the same as in the video.

Several basins on the plastic sheets laid out since morning, the cabbage salted overnight, red pepper powder, minced garlic, sugar… As Set was checking and comparing the ingredients one by one:

“Ugh, it’s salty! Your Excellency, what is this?!”

“Salty, you say? Your Excellency, should I quickly wash it off with magic first?”

“Give me some too…”

Set closed his eyes deeply, leaving behind those who were busy being amused without knowing anything. Finally, he opened his eyes again and said with a serious face:

“What we’re doing today is making ‘kimchi’ to eat all year round.”

“Kimchi? Kimchi stew?”

“Ah, you mean the thing Ji-ho-nim grilled with the pork belly?”

“…Sounds delicious.”

They all muttered something while looking at the ingredients prepared at their feet. After hearing Set’s explanation, they could guess where all these ingredients would be used.

Set decided to quickly skip the video he had already watched several times and start acting. While he made the ‘kimchi seasoning’ as explained by the man in the video, the others could wash the salted cabbage. Set ordered everyone to put on rubber gloves and sent them to the water tap behind with basins of salted cabbage.

Left alone for a moment, Set quickly squatted down with a small basin in front of him. Then he started pouring ingredients into the basin one by one, just as the man in the video had done. Of course, he had already measured all the quantities with a scale in advance.

After dumping all the prepared ingredients into the basin, it looked similar to the kimchi seasoning made by the man in the video. In fact, up to this point, it wasn’t that difficult because they had prepared the ingredients in advance with Ji-ho’s help last night. Set had a faint smile on his lips as things seemed to be going quite smoothly.

That’s when it happened.

“You bird-brain bastard! If you can’t help, at least stay still!”

“What! What! What did I do!”

“…”

“That’s why I said to cast a lightening spell! Hey, Shango, put your hand down. If you keep doing that, I’ll throw yours away too!”

The others were returning with basins of washed salted cabbage. However, one of the basins Isquis was carrying had fallen to the ground, and the cabbages inside were rolling around covered in dust.

Set could guess what had happened without seeing the whole process. Isquis, carrying the basin clumsily, must have been nudged by Apophis from the side, and then Isquis, tripping over his feet, must have spilled the basin. Isquis, who originally would have flown with wings, still often fell when he got excited and ran around.

“Let’s wash this with water.”

“Magic! How about pouring water with magic?”

“Oh, that’s a good idea. Pretty smart for a bird-brain.”

After hearing that much of the conversation, Set just squeezed his eyes shut. It was a moment when he desperately wanted to see Ji-ho, who was in the house, not even far away.

***

Yeon Ji-ho, who had gone inside alone leaving the four outside, first headed to the refrigerator. The pork boil actually just took a long time, but wasn’t difficult to cook, so he planned to prepare it in advance and rest for a while.

Recently, as his body had become rapidly heavier, even a little movement made his hands and feet tingle and fatigue set in. As a result, although he had originally planned to do the kimchi-making together from start to finish, Set, upon learning that Ji-ho’s hands and feet often tingled, strongly insisted against it, so Ji-ho ended up just cooking in the house.

First, he soaked the pork for boiling in water to remove the blood. Then he simply peeled the prepared green onions and onions and threw them all into a large pot. And after waiting for the water to boil, the pork boil was almost done.

With some time left in between, Ji-ho put on a classical music piece for prenatal education and went into the room he used to use. The room, decorated with yellow wallpaper, had a single bed and a bookshelf.

Looking around the bookshelf with nostalgic eyes, Ji-ho picked up his graduation album that caught his eye. The heavy album had never been opened since graduation.

‘Sancheon High School 28th Graduation Album’.

In fact, it wasn’t a school with many good memories, but sometimes he still thought about his high school days. It was a time when he lived without any plans or worries about the future.

“Sancheon High… Maybe next time I’ll take everyone to visit a high school.”

It would feel strange to see students all wearing uniforms going to and from school. Then Ji-ho imagined Set and the Gorgon knights wearing school uniforms. They were all tall with long legs, so it would probably suit them quite well.

Then he heard a crashing sound from beyond the window.

“You bird-brain bastard! If you can’t help, at least stay still!”

“What! What! What did I do!”

It seemed Isquis had caused trouble again. Ji-ho closed the graduation album with a thud and went outside.

Since it wasn’t the first or second time Isquis had caused trouble, Ji-ho didn’t move urgently but slowly put on his wool socks and went outside. There he saw men wearing rubber gloves gathered around kimchi that had taken quite a good shape.

Ji-ho slowly approached and called out to Set.

“Set?”

“Ji-ho, why did you come out?”

As soon as Set saw Ji-ho, he pushed away everyone around him and approached. Then the gathered men were seen turning their heads this way. But among them was an unfamiliar face.

“We have a guest, Ji-ho.”

“…A guest?”

Who could be visiting our house? As he was thinking this:

“Ji-ho hyung! Hello!”

Ji-ho blinked his eyes. The face was unfamiliar but he had definitely seen it somewhere before. The boy who called Ji-ho ‘hyung’ pouted his lips and said:

“Did you already forget me? I’m Yang Seon-jae, Uncle Seon-rok’s nephew!”

“Ah.”

Ji-ho’s mouth opened slightly. Right, Seon-rok’s nephew. Now he remembered. Yang Seon-jae. He had just entered high school this year, hadn’t he? The school uniform Seon-jae was wearing wasn’t the checkered uniform of Sancheon High, but the fancy and pretty yellow uniform worn in Seoul.

Seeing Seon-jae in his school uniform, Ji-ho unconsciously asked:

“What about your school?”

“Oh, come on! It’s already vacation!”

“Then why are you wearing your uniform?”

“High school students wear uniforms, what else would I wear? Uncle Seon-rok said to come visit if I got bored, so as soon as the vacation ceremony ended, I begged the driver and came down by car.”

Just as Seon-rok’s family wasn’t ordinary, naturally, Seon-jae’s family wasn’t ordinary either. Ji-ho looked at Seon-jae, who was staring this way with an excited face, and then suddenly his gaze shifted to the side.

There was Isquis, wearing rubber gloves and staring at Seon-jae.

Ji-ho slowly looked at the two of them, closed his mouth for a moment, and then quietly asked:

“…Seon-jae, want to take him to an internet cafe for a while?”