The Late Cook Ascends the Tower - Chapter 50



50 – Episode 50. Advance payment

When the fire in the fireplace goes out, the interior of the Hotel Armadillo is completely dark.

There are still a few embers left, so two hukou are lying on the floor where the shadows are shimmering.

I am standing and watching.

Tilda said to me, lying on her side, in a nice pose with her head propped up in her arms.

“Chef, what are you doing? It’s really warm here.”

“Wait. I have something to think about.”

It’s more of a self-suggestion than a thought, but…

I need to tidy up a bit.

The first thing that bothers me is my old-fashioned Confucianism.

No matter how far this world is from romance, I’m not interested in dating, and they say their heads are a flower garden.

The room is too small to just lie down and sleep.

Except for the fireplace space, it’s 4 pyeong at best, and the space for me to lie down is only as large as my body.

Staying with a kid you’re not close with…

But if you think logically instead of ideologically, this becomes a pointless worry.

The ones lying on the ground right now are halflings and primitive beings, not people.

If I have to be conscious, I will lose myself.

They don’t seem to care at all.

So, from now on Dana is a large dog and Tilda is a monkey.

Still, being in the middle is uncomfortable.

I rolled the big dog to the side to make my spot against the wall.

“I want to sleep in the corner. Look away.”

“Profit… I like the corner.”

“A newcomer… Talk back?”

“Oh, okay, okay!”

That’s right.

When I lay down, nothing happened.

I can reach my arms, but my body doesn’t get caught.

And this inconvenience will be resolved sooner or later.

The Hotel Armadillo is upgradeable, and it will definitely have room-enlarging features once you figure out how to upgrade.

When you reach the safe zone on the 10th floor, some information will come out.

You just have to be patient until then.

The fire in the fireplace goes out, and the room is plunged into darkness.

I’m sleepy…

“Dohyun-ah.”

“Why?”

“Are we going to the dungeon tomorrow?”

“Before we go in, I explain the strategy and tell you how to use the card. Then, when I think I can go, I will go right in.”

“Yes. I’ve been passing the cards like you told me earlier, but it seems pretty easy.”

“It’s a little different when life comes and goes.”

“Is that so…? But since there are three of us, wouldn’t even the monster be afraid if we attacked at once?”

“There could be several enemies, and considering the end-of-turn penalty, you shouldn’t attack at once, but someone should stand by and look after you.”

“I see…”

“Don’t worry. When you wake up tomorrow, I’ll explain you enough until you understand. Just sleep now.”

“Okay…”

Just as I was about to fall asleep, this time Tilda’s voice interrupted from beyond Dana.

“Chef. Shall we practice beforehand? Train by playing cards!”

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“Wow, that sounds like fun! Let’s do it! I’ll eat with Tilda, so Dohyunie is the monster.”

He complained about being tired from a while ago, but these guys are the real angie.

As soon as she turns off the lights, her voice is full of energy.

But if you want to train without sleeping, I’m fine.

If someone gets into an accident during a battle, I have to cover it, but I think there’s less work to do if I get hit before an accident happens.

“I am the first to go. I run to attack Tilda.”

“Why me…? Defend right away!”

“Then… I’ll wait and sweep mines.”

“They both react so quickly. In fact, it was a trick attack, and the charge escapes the minefield’s attack range. Wouldn’t that be a waste of money for both of them?”

“Foul play! You shouldn’t know I have mines! It’s a monster!”

“Right! You shouldn’t even know I wrote a defense!”

“You are funny. Then how did you get the one-card defense right? And if there are two enemies, of course they will be wary. Even if you don’t know your opponent’s cards. You guys who think of defense first are stupid.”

“Eh… But there are still costs left!”

“Drew.”

I thought I was going to fall asleep right away, but this crazy simulation didn’t end until an hour later.

Anything is possible if you force it, Tilda uses the same card for three turns in a row, and Dana forgets the function of the card and keeps cheating on her dog tags.

Even though it’s completely useless in real life, the two of them came up with far-out new ideas because they wanted to beat me.

Still, I think I did well.

Every time their logic is wrong, and every time I correct it, there are fewer fools to do in battle.

About an hour passed like that, Tilda’s turn began to skip slightly.

“What are you doing, Tilda? Are you sleeping? If she sleeps, she is dead.”

“Mr. Wu…Then I’ll chase you down for the last time. What if you attack with 1 cost and save the rest!? My cost is more?”

It’s a really good training if you don’t get excited.

Since earlier, Dana couldn’t control her excitement, so she struggled alternately between Tilda and me, then turned completely toward me after Tilda fell asleep.

She also has a unique sense of distance, so her face is in front of her nose.

Thanks to that, the sound of vigorous breathing is directly embedded in my ears.

Inconvenience is solely my responsibility.

“Huh? Huh? What are you going to do?”

“Dana. Do you know how many costs I omitted from the beginning of the battle?”

“No? How do you know?”

“I won because I didn’t know that. I’ve used the Nosferatu card 5 times since the start so far. That’s why it has 15 strength, and it can deal 42 damage with a multi-attack card. Stop it if you can.”

“Really…? Oh, lies.”

“Are you lying about what I will gain from winning?”

“Ugh… Really… Everything gets blocked and only I get hit…!”

I didn’t really lie, but it was only natural that Dana would lose.

This game has no choice but to win the one who knows a lot of attack patterns because all the plays will give the best results.

In one word, it’s easy.

In this world, if you don’t know, you will be beaten just like Flick or Grow did to me.

Dana is okay though.

Because I’ll cover you in real life.

Dana bit her lower lip, glared at me, and rekindled her fighting spirit.

“Since I lost, one more game. This time one-on-one.”

“Aren’t you tired? Do it tomorrow morning.”

“But I can’t sleep… Are you sleepy?”

“Can you sleep when you talk to me like that?”

“Hee hee, sorry. But can we talk a little longer and go to sleep? It’s been a while since I lay down and talk before bed… It’s so much fun…!”

I looked at Dana, and she was making an expression that I couldn’t explain except to say that she was really funny.

It’s been a while since we’ve been lying down and talking. So it’s exciting

Then, the person Dana was talking to while lying down before must have been her mother.

In Dana’s memory, Dana spent her staggering number of nights alone, and that didn’t change even after her people came in.

Then after meeting her mother, she would have talked a lot every night.

To the extent that that thick diary is in tatters.

‘Then I’ve been guarding the tavern by myself again…’

If it wasn’t for Dana, “It’s annoying, so get some sleep.” She would have turned her body around.

She somehow couldn’t deny it now.

In fact, it was like that from the beginning.

Whenever Dana looked at me with her bright eyes, I couldn’t refuse Dana’s request.

I have never been successful.

Today as well.

I’m done sleeping.

“What do you want to talk about?”

“Um… You said you’ve been up to the 99th floor, so tell me an interesting story about the tower!”

“After all, you are asking me to talk.”

“Yes! Hi-Hi…”

“Then… Let’s talk about the 49th floor.”

“Wow, high… What kind of world is that?”

“There is a country. A mighty king will fall-“

**

“So I… Hey, are you sleeping?”

“…”

“What is it, I thought about it and made a lot of noise…”

When we talked and there was no response, Dana had her eyes closed for some reason.

The long eyelashes sit down calmly and show no sign of rising again.

His mouth opens and a hissing sound comes out.

You woke me up and went to sleep alone. It’s because he’s a primitive being, so his personality is not good.

How many hours did they talk about card simulations and storytelling?

I came in before sunset, so it must have been around 3:00 in the morning.

Now that it’s like this, I’ll have to sleep in tomorrow.

It’s up to Tilda or Dana to understand the strategy anyway, and I just need to explain.

If you’re still sleepy, I’ll tell you to memorize it and take a nap.

I tried so hard to close my eyes, but I couldn’t sleep.

Is it because Dana’s face in the dark is too white?

Even with her eyes closed, Dana’s face kept flashing up like a neon sign.

Is it like an optical illusion? Until I fall asleep… I have to think about what to make with the milk.’

While struggling like that.

A raid has come.

“Ooh!”

Am I being too careless in Hotel Armadillo?

The most feared being on the 2nd floor punched me in the stomach, and then used the choking technique.

It’s not a monster, Dana Meyer is more fearful than monsters.

“Hey, won’t you let go? Are you crazy?”

Dana’s stranglehold didn’t budge even when she tried to strain her arms.

It’s not like you used a restraint card, but it’s possible to do this with just a simple strength stat… Be careful in the future…

Not

.

I might die like this.

So I bent her head and tried to punish her with a headbutt…

“Mom…”

“Please… Look at me…”

I don’t know what Dana’s dream is about, but what if the fuzzy feelings I saw in Dana’s memories are still being reproduced?

Can I still get a headbutt?

It was Gabulgi that returned.

In this world, since every play will give the best result, the one who knows the most attack patterns has no choice but to win.

I didn’t know this pattern, so I had no choice but to be beaten.

It’s not enough to break the safety distance, so now it’s a hand-to-hand fight.

I closed my eyes again and started to find a balance between thought and logic.

Which choice should I make between giving a woman who misses her mother a headbutt in the nose, and Gongja-sama’s yama going crazy in this situation?

I don’t know.

I need to think about what to make with milk.

**

“Chef, why are you so weak? Didn’t you sleep yesterday? Did you keep playing cards with Dana and her sister?”

“I slept for a while. Dohyeon, did you not sleep because I talked to you?”

Late in the morning, the two tigers woke up with a loud sound of stretching, looked down at me, and made an angry noise.

I couldn’t sleep at all after all.

Bad guys…

“You don’t need all of them, and I’ll explain today’s plan from now on. The dungeon we will enter today is…”

“What about dungeons?”

“Goblin Nest. Let’s roll like a dog in the highest difficulty dungeon on the second floor.”