Chapter 116

The mermaid yokai were earnestly begging to be eaten.

Maybe it was because they were holding knives in their hands, but it felt like I was being threatened.

【Handsome Licker】─LOL, this is so chaotic. *Lick*.

【Maou Guburi】─Put the knives away, you bitches. Before I fireball you.

【Min Ji】─Ugh. I feel like I’m losing my mind.

【Drifting AI】─I’ll say it. I’m also thinking of going out for lunch.

【Min Ji】─Don’t get ahead of yourself.

【Qkrnfl892】─I thought I wouldn’t be surprised by anything anymore, but more serious stuff keeps popping up. Give me some time to adjust. Damn.

【Se-hoon Defense Team】─LOL, continuous shocks?

【Meng Yao】─Se-hoon’s broadcasts always have these weird things happening. It’s fun.

【Maehwa Tree】─Not fun.

【Big Girl】─Seeing fish begging to be eaten… You really live long enough to see everything.

【Reverse Rape Mania】─Live long? Big Girl, are you an old hag?

【Big Girl】─It’s just a saying. And watch your mouth. I’m not old.

The competition among the mermaid yokai was heating up. They were not only promoting themselves but also didn’t hesitate to belittle others to stand out.

［That octopus is just tough and tasteless!］

［Fishy? I’m not tough…!］

［That stingray smells too bad to eat!］

［I don’t smell, fishy!］

［Customer, the tastiest mermaid at our restaurant is this mackerel.］

［Don’t eat the mackerel! It has parasites!］

［What nonsense!? There are no parasites in my body, so don’t believe it!］

［Don’t eat those weird ones, how about a plate of soft salmon sashimi? Humans like salmon, right?］

［You step back! The last customer ate three servings of you!］

It was complete chaos. They genuinely seemed to want to be eaten.

【Min Ji】─This is ridiculous. They really want to be eaten…

【Qkrnfl892】─These fish are incomprehensible. Is it because they’re yokai?

【Maehwa Tree】─It’s not because they’re yokai, those guys are just weird.

【Reverse Rape Mania】─Honestly, I kinda get their feelings.

【Drifting AI】─I’ll say it. Don’t try to understand.

【Maou Guburi】─Put the knives away, you fish brats. Fireball! Fireball!

【Handsome Licker】─LOL, Guburi’s cute. *Lick*.

【Balloon Gum Collector】─Wow! The fish are really competing hard!

【Maid】─Wow! It’s intense!

If left alone, a bloodbath was inevitable. As emotions deepened, verbal fights would naturally turn physical.

I raised my hand to calm the chaos and gather attention.

“Excuse me.”

［Fishy?］

［Fishy fishy?］

At my words, the noisy beach instantly quieted, and all the mermaid yokai’s eyes turned to me.

“Stop fighting over this. I’ll eat all of you, every single one.”

【Qkrnfl892】─Whoa?

【Maou Guburi】─Damn. You’re gonna eat them again? Gye Se-hoon’s stomach is something else.

【Yoho】─It’s delicious, though.

【Handsome Licker】─Is it really that good? I kinda want to try it too. *Lick*.

【Se-hoon Defense Team】─Can you really eat that many by yourself?

【Maehwa Tree】─Yeah, easily. Se-hoon eats a lot when it’s tasty. Last time at the Drifting Restaurant, he ate five bowls.

【Min Ji】─You remember that? Wasn’t that ages ago?

【Maehwa Tree】─How could I forget? I rewatched that scene over 20 times.

【Big Girl】─Maehwa, you’re not normal either.

【Meng Yao】─What? Se-hoon’s a big eater?

【Balloon Gum Collector】─Wow! Not a light eater!

【Maid】─Wow! Not someone who eats little!

【Reverse Rape Mania】─I want to be eaten too. ㅡㅡ

【Drifting AI】─I’ll say it. Gye Se-hoon doesn’t eat people.

The moment I declared I’d eat them all, the mermaid yokai’s expressions brightened instantly. They were such simple yokai.

［R-really?］

［You’ll eat all of us? Really?］

［Fishy fishy…］

［Great! I’ll serve you some delicious stingray sashimi, fishy!］

【Min Ji】─No stingray, please. ㅡㅡ

【Maou Guburi】─Don’t just casually include yourself, damn stingray.

【Yoho】─Stingray’s delicious, why are you all like this?

Excluding the octopus yokai, there were 10 mermaid yokai. So, I only had to eat 10 servings.

That amount was manageable even for someone who wasn’t a big eater. When the octopus sashimi came out earlier, one serving wasn’t that much. The other dishes were probably similar.

Even if the portions were larger, it wouldn’t be a problem. If I put my mind to it, I could eat over 20 servings.

“Ah, and please cook out of my sight if possible. I’m sorry to say this, but it’s a bit gross to watch.”

【Qkrnfl892】─LOL, so brutally honest.

【Balloon Gum Collector】─Wow! Straight-up calling it gross!

【Min Ji】─No one’s complaining about eating anymore. Seems like everyone’s already adjusted.

［Got it, fishy!］

［Understood!］

［I… No, you’ll eat the salmon as sashimi, right?］

To the salmon yokai’s question, I answered that they could prepare it however they wanted. Raw, steamed, boiled, or grilled—whatever they were most confident in.

The mermaid yokai started bringing out the food one by one. Naturally, the first to come out was sashimi.

［Salmon sashimi is ready!］

［Stingray sashimi! Fishy!］

［Flounder sashimi is ready.］

［Fishy fishy… Fresh octopus…!］

【Min Ji】─It came out so fast.

【Big Girl】─It’s sashimi.

This time, too, the mermaid yokai had prepared dishes from their own bodies.

But I didn’t feel disgusted. I hadn’t seen them slicing themselves, after all.

“Thank you. I’ll enjoy it.”

First, I picked up a piece of stingray sashimi. I didn’t really want to eat stingray, but I couldn’t discriminate, so I decided to eat it.

【Maehwa Tree】─Starting with the stingray, huh.

【Handsome Licker】─As expected, a connoisseur of weird food. *Lick*.

【Yoho】─What’s weird about it? Stingray’s delicious. ㅡㅡ

【Reverse Rape Mania】─Se-hoon, do you like stingray?

“Not really.”

【Maou Guburi】─Then don’t eat it, damn it!

【Se-hoon Defense Team】─You said you’d eat them all, you can’t just skip the stingray. LOL.

I put the stingray sashimi into my mouth and chewed slowly, savoring the taste.

‘…Huh? It’s better than I thought.’

Surprisingly, it wasn’t bad.

The texture was chewy, and while there was a slight bitterness, it wasn’t too noticeable. Especially since there was no disgusting ammonia smell, which I liked.

Maybe it was because it was fresh stingray, not fermented. Or maybe it was just because it was yokai flesh.

【Maehwa Tree】─How’s the taste?

【Handsome Licker】─Judging by your expression, it doesn’t seem bad. *Lick*.

【Min Ji】─Please give us a taste review quickly. I’m feeling dizzy.

【Yoho】─Heart’s racing.

【Se-hoon Defense Team】─Heart’s racing. LOL.

“It’s tastier than I thought. No ammonia smell.”

【Yoho】─?? Stingray sashimi is all about that smell and the tangy taste… ㅠㅠ

【Min Ji】─If you like that smell, just drink pee.

【Maou Guburi】─Stingray’s delicious? Damn?

【Meng Yao】─Seems like these yokai are generally tasty.

【Big Girl】─Has Se-hoon ever said anything was bad?

【Balloon Gum Collector】─Wow! Nope!

【Maid】─Wow! Yep!

【Handsome Licker】─Se-hoon, cover your ears. Those guys are gonna start moaning again. *Lick*.

【Se-hoon Defense Team】─Seriously, dirty bitches.

【Qkrnfl892】─Damn, do I have to listen to that? Should I mute it for a bit?

I put another piece of sashimi in my mouth and looked at the stingray yokai. The stingray yokai was blushing like a shy girl, not making any strange sounds.

【Balloon Gum Collector】─Wow! Why aren’t they moaning?

【Maid】─Wow! The stingray isn’t a pervert!

【Maou Guburi】─But why is that bitch’s face red? That’s even more disgusting than moaning.

【Min Ji】─Right. Makes me want to ferment them.

The other yokai were the same.

When I ate the flounder sashimi.

［Huhu… I’ve been eaten too!］

When I ate the salmon sashimi.

［Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for eating me!］

When I ate the fresh octopus.

［Fishy fishy… You ate mine…! So happy…］

They all seemed excited, but not a single one made obscene moans like the octopus yokai.

【Reverse Rape Mania】─Maehwa, why aren’t they moaning?

【Maehwa Tree】─Dunno. Maybe only the octopus was a pervert.

【Qkrnfl892】─But they’re still excited, right?

【Handsome Licker】─That’s fine. At least they’re not making dirty sounds. *Lick*.

【Big Girl】─Because of the octopus, these yokai seem normal…

【Se-hoon Defense Team】─LOL, true.

I glanced at the octopus yokai. The octopus yokai was coughing awkwardly, avoiding my gaze.

【Maou Guburi】─That octopus is a real piece of work.

Guess she was the only weird one.

The taste exceeded expectations. Stingray, salmon, mackerel, flounder—everything was perfectly to my liking.

【Yoho】─You always eat so heartily.

【Maou Guburi】─True, our Gye Se-hoon eats well! Good job!

【Min Ji】─Don’t get cocky.

【Meng Yao】─I’ve been curious, why does Se-hoon eat so fast? Is someone threatening to kill him if he eats slowly?

【Se-hoon Defense Team】─It’s just a habit. And sometimes he eats even faster than that. LOL.

【Maehwa Tree】─Se-hoon’s a former food fighter.

【Meng Yao】─When I hacked, there was no such info.

【Reverse Rape Mania】─A former food fighter? Really?

【Qkrnfl892】─Why would you believe that? Damn.

After finishing four servings of sashimi, I was eating other dishes like grilled mackerel when…

［Big trouble, big trouble!］

［Fishy! Fishy!］

The mermaid yokai started panicking. I stuffed my mouth with grilled mackerel and listened in.

［The Mermaid Prince has arrived!］

［What? Already?］

［No, why is he so early…?］

【Handsome Licker】─Mermaid Prince?

【Qkrnfl892】─The Mermaid Prince from the movies?

【Maou Guburi】─Oh. LOL, Se-hoon, let’s catch the Mermaid Prince and sell him to the circus. He’d sell for a fortune.

【Se-hoon Defense Team】─No one’s buying. Damn.

They were panicking because the Mermaid Prince had arrived much earlier than expected.

‘Is it like a division commander… no, a corps commander visiting a military base?’

Well, it didn’t concern me. The Mermaid Prince was their boss, not mine.

‘…Still, I’m curious what he looks like.’

Just as I was about to ignore it and finish my meal, I turned my head toward the beach, curious about the Mermaid Prince’s appearance.

‘Hmm…’

There, I saw a creature with the upper body of a human and the lower body of a fish—a mermaid.

‘Looks-wise, mermaids seem better than mermaid yokai… But how does he plan to get to the restaurant?’

As I pondered, the Mermaid Prince’s silver tail, swaying in the waves, melted away, and his lower body transformed into human legs in an instant.

‘Oh. That’s possible. Cool.’

With human legs, the Mermaid Prince, welcomed by the mermaid yokai, strode onto the shore and headed toward the restaurant table.

【Maou Guburi】─?

【Min Ji】─Huh?

【Qkrnfl892】─What?

【Handsome Licker】─??

【Reverse Rape Mania】─Damn, what kind of Mermaid Prince is that? Give me back my fantasy!

The viewers expressed confusion. The mania was even angry.

It was a understandable reaction. This Mermaid Prince, unlike the ones depicted in movies or fairy tales, had skin darker than coal.

Moreover, his body lacked genitals and nipples.

【Drifting AI】─I’ll say it. No navel. No nails. One strand of hair… Just blew away in the wind. A strange creature with nothing, I’ll say.

The Mermaid Prince was a bizarre, hairless creature.