The Military Chef of a Ruined World-Chapter 125.2

“Due to my lack of capability, I’ve only been able to get one person out. I told him to seek help outside, but honestly, I didn’t think he stood much of a chance.”

Well, aside from my guild, who in their right mind would take on a risky dungeon?

“You accepted that plea for salvation and saved the city, so I should at least express my gratitude.”

“….”

“Not only that, you even returned me to humanity after I had given up hope of it. I should have expressed my thanks earlier, and I’m sorry about earlier.”

“That’s okay. It happens…”

She bowed her head respectfully again, but I felt the weight of her gratitude was a bit too much.

‘It wasn’t an act of kindness that warrants such thanks.’

My decision to accept her call for help stemmed from a desire to explore the dungeon.

Strengthening my guild was my top priority.

I was curious about her, yes, but reverting her back to a human wasn’t out of some good intentions.

“I just did it to challenge the impossible.”

It turned out well, but I had no intentions that deserved gratitude.

Yet here we are.

Feeling slightly embarrassed by her deep appreciation, I waved my hand dismissively.

“That’s enough thanks for now. Let’s get to the main point—”

“Eek!”

“….”

“Ah, I-I’m so sorry!”

She coughs awkwardly, trying to regain her composure.

“The vivid memories of flesh-cutting are still fresh.”

Cold sweat trickles down her face.

“I understand that your intentions weren’t malicious and that I should express gratitude, but while my mind comprehends that, my body doesn’t listen.”

“I get it. You can stop talking about it now.”

Just a slight movement could trigger her trauma, making it impossible for me to comfortably accept her gratitude.

Lingering here felt burdensome as well, so I decided to cut to the chase.

“Firstly, do you have any plans for the future?”

“Plans?”

“Now that you’re no longer a monster and have returned to a regular human.”

I could easily imagine how she fared when she was a monster—snoozing like a beast and hunting whenever she got hungry. But she couldn’t live like that anymore.

“You need to think about how to go on from here. I wondered if you had any plans… like an ally.”

“Well… I was assigned to this city, so I don’t really know anyone here.”

“I believe you were part of Chang-su’s group?”

“That was only because we shared similar objectives.”

She wanted to hunt the sea creatures disturbing the city and return it to its original state, while Chang-su’s group sought revenge against them.

“It was just a partnership for hunting sea creatures; it wasn’t a friendly atmosphere.”

In the end, it seemed she had given no thought to her future life.

“Nonetheless, there must be something you want to do.”

“Something I want to do…”

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After a brief moment of contemplation, she opened her mouth.

“I used to be a police officer. Now I’m left wondering if it has any significance, but I want to protect people.”

“Well, that doesn’t sound bad.”

“Also, there’s one more thing.”

“Hmm?”

She turned her gaze towards me.

“I want to repay the favor.”

A favor, huh?

“I’ve received so many favors, and I don’t want to ignore them. I want to repay them somehow…”

Protecting others while simultaneously repaying me.

“Cough.”

This conversation is taking an interesting turn.

“Regarding aiding others…”

“Yes.”

“It won’t be easy for you to do it alone. Unlike the inside of the city, the monsters outside come in a variety of types. Some of them are far too difficult to deal with alone.”

“Mmm… Is that so?”

She seemed a bit disheartened by the thought of struggling alone.

“But it’s not impossible either.”

“Yes?”

“Since you mentioned wanting to repay the favor…”

The easiest way to repay a favor is to…

“We could use you in our guild. You would find help there.”

This would resolve our manpower issues.

Lately, we’ve seen some new faces joining the team, but the speed remained slow.

Moreover, just randomly adding more members could backfire.

Imagine bringing someone in who turns out to be a raving psychopath!

‘In this regard, I don’t have to worry about her too much.’

She might have massacred people in the past, but that was purely from being overtaken by her monster instincts.