Chapter 156

Chapter 156

Coming out and confirming the phone text came from unexpected number.

‘Awakener Kim Taeyang?’

No, have to call director?

Anyway confirming the content the drama filming all ended and the drama’s broadcast day and soon the advertisement date Ara will film written.

Not the person appointed as daily manager last time conveying but Kim Taeyang directly guiding a bit surprising.

Me immediately leaving thank you text as reply and leaving text to Seona too.

The drama’s broadcast day and Ara’s advertisement filming day etc.

By the way nowadays not coming to film video. Already filmed many and heard editing mountain with only that but somehow not visible a bit regrettable.

“How much our Ara waiting.”

“Me waiting?”

Ara coming out following my monologue tilting head. Me stroking such Ara’s head and searching video of making dog gum and method of making charcoal etc.

“Milk and agar powder? Ooo, extremely easy.”

Dog gum easier to make than thought.

Fine mixing milk and agar powder, and crops. Crops carrot, sweet potato, goso goso... Honestly seeming fine whatever putting.

Instead in case of milk have to make with goat milk or lactose-free milk not ordinary milk.

Of course in case of our Meong meong seeming eating well even making with ordinary milk but still since making have to do according to recipe.

“Since came shall buy materials?”

“Dog gum! Meong meong liking!”

Materials for making charcoal already all in the dungeon. Filling wood full in metal barrel and closing lid then lighting fire around the metal barrel and ripening about 3 hours fine.

Simply saying heating wood while blocking air fine.

Coming down the mountain together with Ara and bought lactose-free milk and agar powder at the mart. Wanted to buy goat milk if possible but none here.

Immediately bringing to the dungeon everyone looking at us with curiosity full face.

“What dog gum make?”

“Sweet potato!”

“Shall? Let’s do sweet potato.”

While making dog gum with sweet potato have to make charcoal together. Lighting campfire so have to ripen sweet potato there.

First obtained World Tree firewood.

Actually no need to obtain already all prepared in the warehouse. Practically all fire lit here with World Tree firewood.

Filling well dried World Tree firewoods full in large soup barrel and closed lid. Placing firewoods around the barrel like campfire around and lit fire.

“Fire!!”

“Our Ara learned English too?!”

Ara cheering and shouting English.

Both eyes not knowing to fall from the firewood fire.

Like that confirming time then putting charcoal manufacturing behind and gradually preparing to make dog gum.

First warming milk lukewarm.

Then putting agar powder in the warmed milk and stirring well.

“Ara, bring carrot and sweet potato, and goso goso a bit?”

“Yeah!”

Soon Ara bringing carrot and finely grinding from that.

Intending to bake sweet potato and goso goso with the residual heat remaining after all firewood burning so for now carrot.

Bubble bubble.

Looking at the milk starting to raise bubbles a bit receiving heat and dropping the finely ground carrot. And again stirring well on low heat about 10 minutes.

“This end.”

“End! Already done!”

“Right. Already end.”

Because handmade color just seeming white soup. There orange of carrot existing sporadically like stains.

Turning off fire and cooling again about 10 minutes then dividing into square portion containers. Now waiting this solidifying and drying complete.

“Really easy?”

Actually dryer needed, anyway have to go home and dry with dryer. Thanks to Jaeseong dryer also prepared at main house.

“Lee Gyuseong Gyuseong, fine eating?”

“Yeah. Of course.”

Thanks to agar powder Ara carefully scooping the dog gum like half liquid half pudding with spoon and putting in mouth.

“Uum!”

“How?”

“Delicious!”

Honestly words dog gum but seeming delicious even person eating. Natural thinking of entered materials?

Amount many so Ara also eating, kids watching around also one bite each.

Me? Me not eating... no, unable to eat.

Tadak tadak-.

Making dog gum and dividing again repeating several times before I knew it campfire also almost dying. Confirming time before I knew it time charcoal also completed.

“Tada. Opening soon.”

Slightly pushing the sooted soup barrel with foot as is overturning and completed black charcoals pouring together with lid.

“Ooo! Black!”

“The soot Ara buried on face while eating sweet potato previously similar to that.”

“Fine doing again?”

“My face not...”

Just made charcoal hot so for now cooled.

Just in case saying careful hot to kids too and ripening sweet potato and goso goso using the remaining embers in the remaining campfire.

“Soot!”

In the meantime Ara whether not even hot picking charcoal and doodling on the floor.

“Sign practice.”

“Yeah, yeah. Our Ara sign matters also increasing so practice in advance.”

Ara’s hand movements hearing my words becoming quite cautious.

Looking at Ara drawing doodle on the floor with serious expression without knowing expression melting.

Like that confirming charcoal and entering dog gum production again. This time dog gum made with paprika and tomato.

Method too easy so hands naturally moving exactly like factory stamping. A bit boring possible but kids chattering beside so completely not boring.

-Heheng.

Kkumuri!

Slime and kkumuri tumbling.

Beside Meong meong and Gomgomi chasing and chased exactly like tag.

“Lee Gyuseong Gyuseong! Look this!”

And Ara running trotting every time completing one doodle and boasting to me. Thanks to me busy stirring ladle, praising Ara’s sign.

“Then, paprika dog gum and tomato dog gum also complete. Shall see if sweet potato and goso goso baked well?”

Ara tasting one bite each paprika and tomato dog gum and following my back trotting with happy expression.

Digging the ash pile sweet potato and goso goso coming out with soot appearance. Soon taking out using stick and peeling skin while blowing ho ho.

“Nyam.”

Ultimately unable to endure and one bite our Miss Ara.

Lips with sweet potato stuck cute.

Ripened sweet potato filtering once with sieve, goso goso also removing all skin then finely grinding into powder.

Dog gum using these two materials also soon complete.

Completed liquid Ara tasting.

“Um!”

Ara holding out thumbs up.

Me smiling and packing neatly into portion containers and storing in Bokkeum.

Before I knew it time afternoon 9.

Now time to sleep.

“Today also substantial day.”

“Substantial!”

Planted chili and made dog gum and made World Tree charcoal...

Drying dog gum decided to do at main house tomorrow. Have to share charcoal a bit too. Heard charcoal used as humidifier substitute so have to tell try once.

* * *

As soon as next day becoming we finishing outing preparation and immediately coming out.

And as soon as arriving home mother welcoming Ara and throwing question to me.

“No more the soup made last time?”

“None.”

“Cutting words too sharply mom hurt.”

“Really none.”

Instead brought other, mother.

Me immediately taking out liquid dog gums packed in containers and charcoal made with World Tree from Bokkeum.

“What these?”

“This dog gum me directly made. And this also charcoal me directly made.”

“Dog gum? Charcoal?”

Putting mother looking with eyes of what made such behind and finding dryer first. Fortunately placed in one corner of warehouse as my expectation.

“Mom, will use this a bit.”

“Yeah.”

Plugging outlet, adjusting temperature and setting time...

“This taking quite long.”

Drying time also basic 4 hours.

Not once with 4 hours but have to do twice. Calculating so total 8 hours.

Moreover amount of made dog gum too many unable to do at once.

“Hmm...”

Unavoidable.

“Mom, when Seona coming?”

“After school ending will come later. Why?”

“Intending to give allowance a bit and entrust errand.”

Unable to continue here?

Honestly after 4 hours taking out and putting other dog gum and drying 4 hours again easy matter.

Seona obtaining allowance, me obtaining time.

Win-win each other.

“Um~! This scent very good. Where obtained?”

“Large tree at our house right? Directly made with that.”

“Wow, first charcoal with such good scent. Exactly seeming raw wood scent?”

“Use as humidifier. Receiving water in basin and putting half submerged fine.”

Ding-!

While conversing with mother for a while phone ringing. Notification of text coming.

Immediately taking out and confirming guild master Han Seokjun.

“Hm?”

Confirming text content me momentarily doubting own both eyes. But soon recovering composure and stroking chin.

“What matter?”

“A, nothing particular. Just Awakener Headquarters contacted wanting to meet me once.”

“Awakener Headquarters? By any chance meaning that Awakener Headquarters government operating?”

“Yes.”

Meeting Awakener Headquarters not that amazing matter. Awakener meeting Awakener Headquarters?

...Right?

“Lee Gyuseong Gyuseong, hand trembling.”

“Me, me? No! Completely?”

Small citizen passive activating.

Text content just content of wanting to see me once but why trembling like this.

“For now meeting right?”

“Yeah! Have to meet.”

Listening to mother’s words and me immediately leaving text to guild master. Just in time whether waiting my answer immediately phone ringing.

“A, hello, guild master.”

-Yes. Contacting again in one day. Haha.

Guild master Han Seokjun gently smiling then soon asking me when time fine.

“Today fine, tomorrow also fine.”

-Then see tomorrow?

“Understood.”

-No need to too tense. Just looking well at Mr. Gyuseong and coming out to greet once.

That more tense words, guild master.

What me government personnel necessarily coming to greet.

-A, and place fine choosing desired place. This opportunity we go to Yangju.

“Yes, yes? No no need to come even here...”

-Sorry every time saying come here. Me will bring people and go. Will reserve restaurant near that.

“Uh, uh...”

-Then see tomorrow, Mr. Gyuseong. Place and time me will send by text again.

Instantly call ending.

Me blankly looking at phone then looking at mother.

“Th, I... fine?”

“Why tensing so. Just coming to greet?”

“Yes, what...”

While me dazed appearance Ara beside brightly smiling and grabbing my pants hem.

“Me wanting to greet wearing tiger clothes!”

“Uh. Yeah. Tomorrow promise so let’s go wearing tiger clothes.”

Yeah. Just greeting, what.

What particular matter?

‘But necessarily this timing...’

Right after hearing European Union and anger’s dungeon news? Why feeling this meeting of Awakener Headquarters also related to that matter!