I Possessed It Instead of My Younger Sibling

126 – A Little Warmth in the Palm of Your Hand

What is the most important factor in making delicious food?

High-quality ingredients, excellent recipes, delicate techniques to handle the ingredients perfectly, etc. There may be many factors, but I personally think seasoning food is the most important.

Even though it is just carrot kimbap according to the recipe, if you season it properly, it is called drug kimbap and people praise it.

Perfectly adjusting the seasoning to the taste of the eater brings the perfection of the dish to the highest level.

And I, who was born with 〈golden sense〉, can confidently say that I am the best in the field of seasoning, surpassing countless chefs since the modern era.

However, if you give me the unique ingredients of another world that contain mana and boast a quality that surpasses that of modern high-end ingredients, the delicate skills of a master swordsman, and the precise senses and physical manipulation of a superman who can even count the number of grains of sand touching his fingertips, what will happen?

[Skill: Learn 〈 Cooking LV9〉.]

[Title: Acquire ‘〈 Cooking Master 〉’.]

Bubble Bubble-

The answer can be found when you see the fascinatingly fragrant stew right before your eyes.

‘For someone who is eating food for the first time, a stew like this will be less burdensome than one with a lot of solids.’

Whoop-

As you take a sip of the prepared stew, the rich, savory and savory taste created by the delicately cut meat and the perfectly measured and added spices at the optimal time envelops your tongue, followed by the clean sweetness of the vegetables, mixing harmoniously, creating a feeling of ecstasy. The rich taste spreads throughout your mouth.

You can eat as much as you want and not get bitten at all. A taste that will leave you amazed the moment you eat it.

In terms of score, the stew was 100 points out of 100.

“Mmm, it’s delicious. I made it, but it’s amazing.”

It seems that Seonjwa’s cooking skills, which he admired by saying, ‘The food my brother made tastes more like my mother’s than the food she made,’ has not died yet. No, is it actually upgraded?

Praising himself, he scooped up a bowl full of stew and put it down in front of Suu, who was sitting at the table with his eyes fixed on this.

“…”

Suu stares at the stew placed in front of him.

It was still an expressionless face that didn’t move the slightest bit, but I could feel it as if it was wondering why it was doing such a meaningless thing.

‘Of course, if the stew is in its current state, like the previous sandwich, it will turn into a block of ice the moment it goes into your mouth. No matter how delicious it is, it’s just an ordinary stew.’

However, if only one process is included, the story is different.

After scooping up the stew with the spoon in my hand, I ‘poured’ a lot of my magic power into it, which changed the characteristics to be the same as Suu’s magic power.

In general, it is a meaningless act that just volatilizes magic into thin air.

However, I used my magical power to the fullest and ‘forcedly settled’ the magical energy that was about to volatilize into the stew.

I put my magic to the limit of what the stew could contain and brought the stew in front of Suu’s face.

“Now, ah~”

“… ?”

Suu always blinks her half-closed silver eyes at the spoon held in front of him.

For my honor, this is absolutely not a selfish act on my part.

Fixing magic power in a general substance and maintaining that state, rather than magic stones, special minerals, or gems that can store magic power, requires a lot of concentration, even for someone with over S-class magic power. An extremely difficult technique.

‘To some extent, is this similar to holding a water cup full of surface tension and sprinting at full speed without spilling a single drop of water?’

In any case, if I take my hand off the spoon, my control of magical power will inevitably loosen, and the magical energy contained in the stew will volatilize in the blink of an eye, turning it into an ordinary stew.

“Just pretend you were fooled once and eat it.”

“…”

Swoosh-

In response to my continued encouragement her, Suu gently lowered the white muffler he was wearing around his mouth with his fingers her,

“Ah─”

I carefully opened my small mouth.

And the moment the spoon containing the stew went in.

Whoop-

“… !”

The silver eye, which was always half-closed, gradually grew larger.

I don’t know if it was the surprise of the food not being frozen when it first came into my mouth, or the surprise of the taste of the stew.

Although it seemed a little awkward, it was not a negative reaction at all when I saw him eating the stew with his small mouth

Gulp-

“… Ah.”

“So what do you think? Should I give you more?”

When I asked with a faint smile to Suu, who was still expressionless after swallowing his stew, but seemed to feel somewhat sad,

“…”

Suu opened his mouth without saying a word and sent out an unspoken request.

I smiled with satisfaction and moved the spoon to feed Suu the stew.

It continued until the bowl full of stew became empty.

******

After finishing the meal.

Take a leisurely walk around the academy with Suu again.

“…”

“…”

It was still a quiet walk without any conversation, but unlike the awkward silence of the morning, a cozy and pleasant silence was hovering between us.

‘The sense of distance from me has decreased significantly.’

If anyone looks at Suu and my hands now, they will immediately see that the distance is much less than in the morning.

They were always holding hands, even in the morning, but the connection was so careful that even if one of them applied a little bit of force, it would break.

Now, Suu’s and my fingers her were intertwined, so closely connected that it was difficult to break them.

‘No, I should say that I no longer have to worry about contact.’

It’s probably because I’m now convinced that I won’t freeze when I touch it.

Anyway, it wasn’t bad for me either. As someone who tends to have a higher fever than others, Suu’s cool body temperature

‘Hmm… By the way…’

What should I do next… ?

The current time is just about the end of lunch break.

We’ll have to be together for at least the next 6-7 hours, so it would be a bit much to keep wandering aimlessly like this during that time.

‘It would be nice to have something that would make Suu happy… What could be better…’

That time when I was racking my brain and thinking.

Passsyuk-!

A small white dot protruded from the bushes.

“Beep!(Master!)”

It was my familiar, Baekmyeon, a baby baboon about half the size of a fist, with snow-white fur and eyes like peas.

“Baek? Why are you here? It looked like you were going out to play in the morning…”

“Beep! Beep! (The area has been expanded! The load has also increased!)”

“Subordinate?”

Baekmyeon, who was proudly puffing out his chest, looked towards the direction he was pointing with his legs stretched out, and there he saw a cat about twice as big as a normal cat, scratching its stomach and fainting.

Looking at the feeble magical energy felt within his body (a truly feeble amount of about 0.2 in numerical terms), he was probably the leader of the wild animals that inhabit this walking trail area.

“Beep beep! (This area is mine now!)”

The white face looks up with sparkling bean-like eyes, as if a child is asking her parents for praise for doing a good job.

I smiled happily and lightly kneaded the soft, rice cake-like body with my fingers.

Jomuljomul-

“This guy, this guy. Why is he so cute?”

“Piyaa♪”

Baekmyeon is cute and squeals happily and rubs against my hand.

“…”

Jiui was staring at that white face so intently that it made a sound.

“If you’re interested, would you like to pet it?”

Flinch…

Su Wu’s hand rose for a moment in response to my question, but he immediately stopped and lowered his hand.

“… No, no. Freeze… Throw it away.”

Su Wu spoke in her characteristic short, calm tone with little emotion,

After spending half a day with Suu, I felt quite accustomed to her, and even though it wasn’t visible on the outside, I sensed that the girl was very sullen.

So I said with a grin.

“It’s okay, Baek is still young, but he is a spirit beast, so he is stronger than ordinary animals. Plus… I will help you.”

I fold my hands over Suu’s small hands and begin to tune in and interfere with Suu’s magic her, which I am now completely accustomed to.

‘The problem with Suu is that the vast amount of cold magic power he possesses exceeds his magic control power, so even if he exerts his control power to the limit and no matter how much he suppresses it, the magic power leaks out of his skin and causes damage to anything it touches.’

In that case, I will add my magic power control to Suu’s magic power control

‘Suppressing the magical power of the entire body may be possible in the future, but it is impossible now…’

Even today, I can suppress the magical power of the part of the body that touches the body.

Suuu-

The magic leaking from Suu’s hand slowly sinks beneath the skin

Of course, Suu, the master of magic, felt it and opened his mouth as if he was surprised.

Paying attention to controlling my magical power, I slowly guided Suu’s hand towards Baiyi.

“Come on, Suu. It’ll be okay now.”

“… Yes.”

Suu stretched out his slightly trembling hand, little by little, as if he was nervous…

Rub-

I touched the white surface.

“…”

“Beep?”

Immediately after touching it, Suu stiffened like a statue.

Baek, who looked up at Suu, who did not move at all immediately after touching him, seemed to like Suu’s cool body temperature hers, and nuzzled his head in Suu’s her hand hers hers.

Suu’s stiffness gradually eased due to Baekmyeon’s cuteness, and he soon began to carefully stroke Baekmyeon with his fingers her.

“…”

Suu is absorbed in stroking the white face in silence.

It looked like an innocent child coming into contact with a pet for the first time, and a happy smile appeared on my face without even realizing it.

“So, what does it feel like to pet Baek?”

After some time passed, I smiled and asked Suu, who seemed to have calmed down a bit.

“Fluffy… Fluffy? Fluffy… Fluffy? Fluffy…?”

Su Wu muttered, as if he didn’t know what words to express what he was feeling, and then opened his mouth in a stutter.

“I don’t know what to say… I don’t know… For the first time, I feel… But…”

“Still?”

“… Yes, the texture I don’t hate…”

As Suu said that, his face showed a very beautiful smile, just a little, just a little, like a snowflake blooming in a snowy field.

The moment I saw that smile, a good idea occurred to me, and I jumped up from my seat and said.

“Suu, let’s go somewhere else! I have something to do!”

“… ?”

I said with a grin to Suu, who looked up curiously.

“Due to Suu’s magical power her her her, there were very few things he could touch until now, right? That’s why he couldn’t express the feeling of touching the white face her in words. So, from now on, let’s touch various things!”

“… Many things… ?”

“Yes! Like the tree you see over there, or the flowers that are starting to bloom, or the lake over there! There are so many other things you can touch and feel what they feel like! How about that, Su?”

Suu seemed interested in my question and spoke with his clean silver eyes shining slightly.

“…Yes. I want to touch other things too…”

“Okay, then let’s start with the big tree over there! Let’s go, Suu!”

I took Su Wu’s hand her his and led him to his feet her her her.

******

To Suu Icicle, the world was a colorless ‘picture’ drawn with dull gray paint.

Just as a person cannot reach the person depicted in a painting.

No matter how much you want to touch it, no matter how much you want to touch it, you can’t touch it, and you shouldn’t touch it.

Therefore, for Suu Icicle, the world was no different from a ‘picture.’

To Suu, the world was so cold and lonely.

The family servants were afraid of the girl and did not come near her.

Even the girl’s father, her only blood relative to her, never showed his face to Suu again after seeing her once three winters after she was born.

All the girl did in the dozen years before coming to the academy was taking pills left behind by a trembling servant and wrapping herself in a muffler and sweater that her mother her her, whose face she did n’t even know, knitted for her before she was born

All I could do was curl up in the corner of the frozen room and try to hold on to the magic power that was about to burst out.

A girl who doesn’t even know the meaning of loneliness because she doesn’t have any interaction with others.

A very lonely world where she is the only one who exists.

Therefore, to Suu Icicle, the world was only ‘grey’.

And because it was so,

The girl will never forget this day.

I touched the flowers blooming in the field for the first time

───Color was added to the colorless world.

I put my hand into a blue lake for the first time.

───Blue, red, yellow, green… Various colors are continuously painted.

For the first time, he ate food that someone had prepared for him.

───The boundary between the girl and the painting (world) is broken down.

For the first time… I felt the warmth of others.

───For the girl, the world was no longer a picture.

******

Published by Su Yu sat on his bench with his man and watched in silence.

The man next to her asked the girl

“Suu. How was your day?”

Today was a very mysterious day for the girl.

Everything was new. Everything was amazing and everything was fun.

“…”

However, Suu could not open his mouth.

The moment I spoke out.

I feel like this fun time will end.

I feel like the small warmth that comes up through this hand and melts my frozen heart will disappear.

Suu could not open his mouth.

But no matter how much the girl keeps quiet, time is such a cruel thing that it eventually comes to an end.

The faint glow of the sunset disappears beyond the horizon, and the darkness of the night colors the sky.

Because it meant that the request was over,

Sreuk-

The man’s hand, which had been connected all day, fell off.

It disappears. ──The warmth that stayed in my hand.

It disappears. ──The gentle warmth that tickled my frozen heart.

It disappears. ──The colors that painted the world.

The girl came back. ──To the colorless world familiar to girls.

Like waking up from a one-night dream, everything just returned to normal.

Familiar chill, familiar solitude, familiar world.

Surely, everything will be familiar…

‘──It’s cold.’

Why was it so unbearably cold for the girl?

That’s why, without realizing it, the girl stretched out her hand as if chasing after the traces of warmth that had now disappeared ──

Kuuk-

──Something gently wrapped the girl’s hand and held it.

It’s a man’s hand that’s bigger, harder, and warmer than a girl’s hand.

Following the hand of her, Su Wu lifted her head that had been bowed before she knew it.

“Even if it’s not a request, isn’t it strange for friends to hold hands?”

I made eye contact with dark blue eyes, like a lake in the middle of the night, full of playfulness and warmth.

“Friend, friend… ?”

“Huh? We held hands all day, ate together, and hung out, so of course we’re friends.”

Suu looked up blankly at the man’s face, who was smiling and speaking as if it was obvious.

For some reason, I felt like my heart was beating loudly.

A strange feeling that I felt for the first time.

But, … It wasn’t bad.

“Keu-cha! I’m done with it, so let’s go back soon.”

Seonwoo Lee got up from the bench and stretched out his hand to Suwoo, who was looking up at him blankly.

“Okay, let’s go back. Suu.”

“───Yes.”

Suu grabbed that hand.

A small, warm, kind warmth felt there.

The girl thought.

Even if I take his hand his away, I don’t think this warmth will disappear.