Chapter 150

It’s been three days since Guburi was hired at our house.

At first, I was worried.

I was concerned that he might not adapt to the unfamiliar environment and get stressed.

But those worries turned out to be unfounded.

Guburi got along well with the yokai without causing any trouble and was adapting to our house in his own way.

That doesn’t mean there were no problems at all.

Guburi spent most of his time holed up in his room, except when cooking, receiving education, or bathing.

He even locked the door so no one could enter.

I wonder if he’ll be able to handle social situations properly later.

‘Is he just naturally introverted?’

I looked at Guburi’s tightly closed door and let out a small sigh.

‘Well, that’s something I can’t control.’

I didn’t like it, but I decided not to interfere with his hikikomori-like lifestyle.

After all, habits can’t be changed overnight.

Also, humans need their own personal space, and it’s rude for others to invade that space.

Of course, unlike me, the yokai don’t care about human personal space and invade it without hesitation.

[Wakyapya! Guburi! Let’s play!]

[Open the door! Open it before we break it down!]

[Cook for us! Reubang!]

[Unnie! What are you doing? Come out and play with us!]

[Po. Po. Po. Po.]

Bang bang bang!

The maid, Min Neong, Reubangyi, Popo, and Posun—five yokai—were pounding on Guburi’s door.

They looked like they’d break it down if he didn’t come out.

“Guys, if you really break the door, I’ll break your bodies too.”

I quietly warned the yokai.

It might have been a bit harsh, but if I didn’t say it like that, they wouldn’t listen.

[Wakyapya…]

[We won’t break it…]

[Reu… reubang…]

[Popo.]

Luckily, the yokai all got scared and took a step back from the door.

I didn’t have to worry about the door being broken anymore.

“And stop bothering Guburi by pounding on his door. Let him rest in the morning. You can play with him after lunch when his education is over.”

[Warukyarupya.]

[Wangkyaopwa.]

The yokai nodded with sullen expressions at my words.

They really wanted to play with Guburi.

It felt like they liked Guburi more than me.

“…By the way, have you all eaten breakfast? Guburi probably prepared it, so if you haven’t eaten yet, let’s go down and eat together.”

[We already ate! Wakyapya!]

[We ate earlier.]

[It was delicious. I want more, Reubang.]

[Popo!]

[It was delicious, Dad. Posun!]

“What, you all already ate? Guess I’m the only one who hasn’t eaten yet… Did you save my portion?”

[Wakyapya! Of course! We wrapped it in plastic wrap and left it on the first-floor living room table!]

[I wanted to eat it but held back, Reubang.]

[Reubang-nim didn’t hold back; I stopped you from eating it.]

They have big appetites, so I was worried they might have eaten my portion too, but thankfully, they had some basic manners.

“Really? Then I’ll go down and eat breakfast. And like I said earlier, don’t cling to Guburi and bother him too much. People who like being alone can get stressed from that kind of thing.”

After saying that, I headed downstairs to eat the breakfast Guburi had prepared.

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The breakfast menu Guburi prepared today was omurice—rice stir-fried with meat and vegetables, topped with a thin layer of fried egg.

‘He made it so beautifully.’

Once again, I realized that Guburi’s cooking isn’t just delicious; it’s also visually perfect.

‘With this level of skill, he could easily win any cooking competition… I can’t understand why the judges criticized him.’

After participating in a cooking competition, he was harshly criticized by the judges and eliminated.

That was Guburi’s past, which I accidentally heard about yesterday.

He didn’t tell me directly.

Min Neong came and casually mentioned it.

She said Guburi told her during a conversation practice.

The fact that he brought it up suggests he’s opened up to Min Neong to some extent.

Or maybe he felt comfortable talking about it because she’s a yokai, not a human.

Anyway, back to the main point.

Guburi’s cooking skills are definitely not something to be mocked.

I’m not an expert on cooking, but I can confidently say that much.

Especially since I’ve been eating Guburi’s food for three days straight.

It’s not like his cooking skills were bad in the past either.

Guburi told Min Neong that his skills were much better back then.

‘No matter how I think about it, I can’t understand it. Did the judges take bribes or something?’

The staff praised him during the preliminaries, but every single judge in the finals criticized him.

The only explanation is match-fixing.

Even though everyone’s taste is different, humans are still humans, so there shouldn’t be such a huge discrepancy.

‘…Well, even if that’s the case, there’s nothing I can do about it.’

Guburi’s past is unfortunate, but there’s nothing I can do about it now.

All I can do is take better care of him from now on.

‘I shouldn’t dwell on it. Min Neong said he seems fine with it now, like it’s in the past.’

I shook off those thoughts.

After that, I turned on the broadcasting equipment I had put on as soon as I woke up and started the stream.

Today’s content: a mukbang of the breakfast Guburi prepared.

[The broadcast has started.]

[‘Drifting AI’ has entered.]

[‘Gyeongsaeng Guburi’ has entered.]

[‘Meng Yao’ has entered.]

[‘Semen Thief’ has entered.]

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[‘Reverse Rape Mania’ has entered.]

As usual, viewers flooded in instantly.

First place was, as always, Drifting.

Second place was Guburi, who was holed up in his room upstairs.

[Yoho]—Hello!

[Drifting AI]—I’ll say it for you: Nice to meet you.

[Gyeongsaeng Guburi]—Ah, f*ck! Min Neong came in through the window!

[Meng Yao]—Hi hi

[BigGirl]—Hello.

[Maehwa Tree]—You’ve been streaming a lot lately.

[Qkrnfl892]—Ah, training is so annoying.

[Handsome Licker]—Lick lick!

[Reverse Rape Mania]—Hi, Se-hoon!

[Jujijoa]—Aren’t the two above supposed to be in school?

[Handsome Licker]—In class. Slurp slurp.

[Reverse Rape Mania]—I’m in class too. Lol.

[Min Ji]—Hello~

[Balloon Gum Collector]—Wakyapya!

[Se-hoon Defense Team]—These guys are coming in so fast.

[Semen Thief]—Oh oh. Finally entered! I’m glad I came up to the surface today.

I slowly checked the viewer list.

All the regular viewers except the maid had joined.

Cat-eared Woman, Maehwa’s junior, was absent.

And ‘Semen Thief’ had joined the stream.

Semen Thief had joined my stream a few times before and was one of the viewers who saw the maid exposed during a broadcast.

“Thief, long time no see.”

[Semen Thief]—Yes! Hello!

[Gyeongsaeng Guburi]—Why are you only greeting that f*cking Semen guy? You wanna get hit?

[Se-hoon Defense Team]—Lol. Guburi, Se-hoon is right downstairs.

[Gyeongsaeng Guburi]—I locked the door, so it’s fine. Lol.

“By the way, Guburi. Why didn’t you come to say good morning today? You wanna die?”

[Gyeongsaeng Guburi]—?? You overslept, you idiot.

“Did I?”

[Gyeongsaeng Guburi]—What do you mean, ‘Did I?’ You f*cking idiot.

“Anyway, I’ll enjoy my breakfast.”

[Gyeongsaeng Guburi]—Don’t try to brush it off. I’ll really kill you.

[Handsome Licker]—Today’s content is a breakfast mukbang, huh? Lick lick.

[Jujijoa]—Lol. Everything’s content these days.

[Qkrnfl892]—Se-hoon doesn’t even explain what he’s doing anymore. Lol.

[Min Ji]—Sometimes it feels like he doesn’t realize he’s streaming.

[BigGirl]—Maybe it’s because there’s no visible camera?

I silently sat down at the table and removed the plastic wrap from the omurice.

“Huh? What’s this?”

There was a heart-shaped decoration made with ketchup on the omurice.

It wasn’t visible when it was wrapped.

[Gyeongsaeng Guburi]—♥ My heart.

“…Yeah. You did a good job.”

[Gyeongsaeng Guburi]—Lol. Sex~

[Maehwa Tree]—Don’t flirt so clumsily, you crazy b*tch.

[Min Ji]—Ugh. A loser trying to flirt. -_-

[Yoho]—Gyeongsaeng-nim. Go die.

[Handsome Licker]—Lol. These guys are so jealous. Lick lick.

[Balloon Gum Collector]—Wakyapya! You guys felt threatened because of the strange vibe between Se-hoon and Guburi, huh?

[Se-hoon Defense Team]—When did a strange vibe flow? F*ck. Lol.

[Drifting AI]—I’ll say it. If a strange vibe flows, I’ll send an electric current into Guburi’s room.

[Reverse Rape Mania]—Drifting, send some electricity to our house too. Mom said the electricity bill is too much lately.

[BigGirl]—Should I pay your electricity bill?

[Reverse Rape Mania]—Oh, really? I’d appreciate that.

[BigGirl]—What’s your mom’s account number?

[Reverse Rape Mania]—Do Mi-rae. xxx-xxxx-xxxx-xx. I’ll pay you back when I succeed.

[BigGirl]—I sent 1 million won. Let me know if you need more help.

[Reverse Rape Mania]—Thanks.

[Qkrnfl892]—Why are these guys begging and doing charity here? F*ck.

[Semen Thief]—Lol. This stream is so fun. Se-hoon oppa’s face is funny, and the viewers’ chats are fun too.

[Jujijoa]—By the way, Se-hoon. How long are Popo, Posun, and Reubang staying at your house?

As I was about to take a bite while watching the chat, Juji asked a question about the yokai.

“Ah, them? They’ll stay at our house until the Drifting Restaurant opens. Their goal is to go to the yokai world, and the Drifting Restaurant is the only way to do that.”

As I said that, I took out a blue orb the size of a baseball from my pocket.

It was an orb that would notify me when the Drifting Restaurant opened.

[Jujijoa]—Can’t the Defense Team open a portal?

[Se-hoon Defense Team]—Nope. We can open portals to places similar to the yokai world, but we don’t know the coordinates for the real yokai world.

[Gyeongsaeng Guburi]—Useless b*tch. Lol.

“Anyway, when the Drifting Restaurant opens, the color of this orb will change, so I’ll keep carrying it around and checking…”

As I placed the orb on the table and continued talking, something happened.

Ziiing—!

Suddenly, the table vibrated slightly, and the orb I had just placed started changing color from blue to red.

[Yoho]—Gasp!

[Min Ji]—What?

[Semen Thief]—The color’s changing.

[Maehwa Tree]—Looks like the Drifting Restaurant just opened.

[Jujijoa]—What timing…

[Reverse Rape Mania]—Speak of the devil.

[Gyeongsaeng Guburi]—Tiger, you f*cking idiot.

“F*ck, why did it have to open while I’m eating… I’ll have to eat later.”

It seemed like the Drifting Restaurant had just opened in this world.