'This is it.'
I smiled in satisfaction as I looked at Delton, who couldn't close his gaping mouth.
Actually, I didn't think that the only reason Delton couldn't think was because of fatigue.
The bigger problem was the will. Even though my body weighed a ton, I had the will to suffer even if it meant losing sleep.
I thought I needed something to awaken that will, and that something was, of course, food.
'Because nothing tastes as good to that pig as that.'
But no suitable food came to mind. The desserts that Delton used to go crazy just by smelling were not as eye-popping as before, perhaps because he had been eating them so much recently.
I spent a long time thinking about what kind of food a lion would like, and this is what I ended up with.
'Meat!'
Lions are originally carnivorous animals. To them, meat is the most basic of basics!
Moreover, it was sure to be even more tempting to Delton, who had not been able to eat meat for over a thousand years due to his contract with the goddess.
I spoke affectionately to Delton, who was drooling as he gazed at the various meats spread out before his eyes, including cow, pork, lamb, rabbit, and deer.
“I prepared this for Delton, who has worked hard for so long.”
“Me, for me? Then this is all mine?”
“Of course. It’s all Delton’s. As a thank you for all your hard work, the temple kitchen staff woke up at the crack of dawn to prepare it.”
I smiled broadly and led Delton a little closer to the pile of meat.
“So eat as much as you want. It would be better if you think about how to stop the disaster while eating.”
“...How to stop the disaster?”
“Yes. Of course, I’m not forcing you. It’s better to just focus on eating when you’re eating. It’s just that the amount of food prepared is so large that the meal time will be long, so if you get bored while eating, why don’t you think about it?”
In fact, I did it purely for that purpose, but I pretended otherwise and spoke indirectly.
If I reveal my true feelings too openly, Delton's will may weaken further as he feels burdened.
Instead, he threw in an extra reward.
“If you just remember that, I could give you twice this amount every day...”
“Two, double?”
Delton's eyes widened.
There are more than fifty plates in front of me right now, and this is double that!
And every day, no less!
The amount of saliva flowing from Delton's mouth also doubled.
'It worked really well.'
That's when I found myself grinning as I looked at the large puddle of spit that had formed on the tile floor.
“Oh, no!”
Delton suddenly shook his head and wiped the drool flowing down his front paw.
“I don’t eat meat!”
“Huh? You’re not eating?”
“Yes, didn’t I tell you last time? I made a contract with Hethel not to kill for a thousand years!”
“No, wait a minute. That’s...”
I felt something was strange and tried to protest quickly, but it didn't work.
“Shut up! I have suppressed my instincts for so long to become my master, so how can you put me to the test by putting meat in front of me! Get out of here right now!”
Delton silenced my mouth with a commanding shout, and as if that wasn't enough, he even slapped a plate away as if he didn't like the sight of it.
Crang!
The recoil caused the plates next to it to hit each other, cracking and breaking here and there, creating a noise that seemed to rupture eardrums.
It didn't seem like it hit that hard, but it happened because the lion's strength was so strong.
Just then, startled by the noise, I was about to instinctively scream.
“Ugh! No! My precious meat!”
Delton ran to the pile of meat, lost in thought.
Delton's face was completely consumed by despair as he looked at the meat strewn about on the floor.
“...You said you weren’t going to eat it.”
“Who, who would eat it! It’s a shame to see all this meat ruined! Even if I can’t eat it, won’t someone be able to fill their hungry stomach with this?”
“Then it’s definitely ‘my meat’.. ..”
“That, that!”
When I opened my eyes and refuted, Delton quickly tried to make an excuse.
But he couldn't open his mouth easily because nothing came to mind and he just kept floundering.
'It's so obvious, but you're pretending it's not true.'
I shook my head hesitantly, but soon changed my expression and approached Delton with a smile.
“Don’t be like that, try it. You’ve been working without any proper rest. This is compensation for that.”
“Well, how many times do I have to tell you! I made a contract with Hethel not to kill!”
“But that period has already passed?”
“Yeah, that’s what I’m saying. That period has already passed... What?”
Delton, who was vaguely answering my questions because he couldn't take his eyes off the meat, stopped as if he felt something was strange.
Judging from the way he blinked his big eyes and tilted his head, it seemed like he didn't quite understand what I was saying.
'Ugh, what kind of miracles can you do with this intelligence?'
I took a deep breath, walked over to Delton, and grabbed his arm tightly.
And then I spoke, word for word as if I was injecting it into a brain that seemed to have no wrinkles despite having been used for a thousand years.
“That period has already passed. Now, think about it. The time that Delton made a contract with the goddess Hethel was a thousand years.”
“What, really?”
“But how many years was Delton stuck in the cave?”
“Huh? Uh, that’s... Let me see, how many years was it?”
Delton started counting the years by folding his small toes one by one, and I was so amazed by the sight that I couldn't help but raise my voice.
“You said a thousand and five years, a thousand and five years! That’s what Delton told me the first day we met! You remembered it so well back then, so why did you suddenly become so stupid?”
“That’s right, a thousand and five years! I suddenly got dizzy because you asked so suddenly...”
The sight of him scratching his temple with his sharp claws and laughing.
I barely swallowed the sigh that was about to burst out and opened my mouth again.
“Yes, a thousand and five years. That means five more years have passed since the contract was signed. Delton has already fulfilled his contract. Do you understand me?”
"OMG!"
As soon as I finished speaking, Delton covered his mouth with a shocked expression.
It seemed like he really wasn't aware of that fact at all.
'I'm not even surprised by that intelligence anymore.'
Instead of beating my chest in frustration, I picked up a piece of meat that had fallen to the floor and held it out to Delton.
“So, what should we do with these? Are you sure you can give them to other people or animals? Yes?”
I grinned as I watched Delton drooling at the piece of meat in my hand.
A little later.
'Isn't that really a pig wearing a lion's head?'
I stuck out my tongue at the sight of the bowls emptied cleanly without a single drop of oil.
“No! That’s all mine!”
Just a moment ago, Delton let out a sound that was almost like a scream and hurriedly snatched the meat away as if someone was going to snatch it away.
Then, he devoured a piece of meat the size of the person's face in one bite and then proceeded to conquer the other meats with a terrifying momentum.
Thanks to this, the fifty plates that the temple kitchen workers had made while losing sleep over the early hours of the morning were emptied in an instant.
In just 10 minutes!
'Even if it's an instinct that was liberated after a thousand and fifteen years, how did they catch that much meat in such a short time...'
I was almost daunted by that enormous stomach, but so what.
“It’s going back! It’s going back! My head is spinning!”
Thanks to this, Delton's will soared to the sky.
I watched Delton in agony with a satisfied face.
How many minutes passed like that?
“I remembered!”
Delton suddenly sat up.
The answer that he couldn't think of for a week came to him just five minutes after eating meat.
'The power of meat, indeed!'
I asked with a smile.
“Really? You really remembered?”
“Yeah, I remember. Definitely!”
"Oh my God!"
I was so moved that I could barely cover my mouth. I pushed my face close to Delton's and asked.
“What is that? Tell me quickly. Yes?”
Because I wanted to hear the answer as soon as possible. But what I got back was not an answer.
It is, unfortunately...
“Take it!”
“...”
This fucking lion...
I smiled in satisfaction as I looked at Delton, who couldn't close his gaping mouth.
Actually, I didn't think that the only reason Delton couldn't think was because of fatigue.
The bigger problem was the will. Even though my body weighed a ton, I had the will to suffer even if it meant losing sleep.
I thought I needed something to awaken that will, and that something was, of course, food.
'Because nothing tastes as good to that pig as that.'
But no suitable food came to mind. The desserts that Delton used to go crazy just by smelling were not as eye-popping as before, perhaps because he had been eating them so much recently.
I spent a long time thinking about what kind of food a lion would like, and this is what I ended up with.
'Meat!'
Lions are originally carnivorous animals. To them, meat is the most basic of basics!
Moreover, it was sure to be even more tempting to Delton, who had not been able to eat meat for over a thousand years due to his contract with the goddess.
I spoke affectionately to Delton, who was drooling as he gazed at the various meats spread out before his eyes, including cow, pork, lamb, rabbit, and deer.
“I prepared this for Delton, who has worked hard for so long.”
“Me, for me? Then this is all mine?”
“Of course. It’s all Delton’s. As a thank you for all your hard work, the temple kitchen staff woke up at the crack of dawn to prepare it.”
I smiled broadly and led Delton a little closer to the pile of meat.
“So eat as much as you want. It would be better if you think about how to stop the disaster while eating.”
“...How to stop the disaster?”
“Yes. Of course, I’m not forcing you. It’s better to just focus on eating when you’re eating. It’s just that the amount of food prepared is so large that the meal time will be long, so if you get bored while eating, why don’t you think about it?”
In fact, I did it purely for that purpose, but I pretended otherwise and spoke indirectly.
If I reveal my true feelings too openly, Delton's will may weaken further as he feels burdened.
Instead, he threw in an extra reward.
“If you just remember that, I could give you twice this amount every day...”
“Two, double?”
Delton's eyes widened.
There are more than fifty plates in front of me right now, and this is double that!
And every day, no less!
The amount of saliva flowing from Delton's mouth also doubled.
'It worked really well.'
That's when I found myself grinning as I looked at the large puddle of spit that had formed on the tile floor.
“Oh, no!”
Delton suddenly shook his head and wiped the drool flowing down his front paw.
“I don’t eat meat!”
“Huh? You’re not eating?”
“Yes, didn’t I tell you last time? I made a contract with Hethel not to kill for a thousand years!”
“No, wait a minute. That’s...”
I felt something was strange and tried to protest quickly, but it didn't work.
“Shut up! I have suppressed my instincts for so long to become my master, so how can you put me to the test by putting meat in front of me! Get out of here right now!”
Delton silenced my mouth with a commanding shout, and as if that wasn't enough, he even slapped a plate away as if he didn't like the sight of it.
Crang!
The recoil caused the plates next to it to hit each other, cracking and breaking here and there, creating a noise that seemed to rupture eardrums.
It didn't seem like it hit that hard, but it happened because the lion's strength was so strong.
Just then, startled by the noise, I was about to instinctively scream.
“Ugh! No! My precious meat!”
Delton ran to the pile of meat, lost in thought.
Delton's face was completely consumed by despair as he looked at the meat strewn about on the floor.
“...You said you weren’t going to eat it.”
“Who, who would eat it! It’s a shame to see all this meat ruined! Even if I can’t eat it, won’t someone be able to fill their hungry stomach with this?”
“Then it’s definitely ‘my meat’.. ..”
“That, that!”
When I opened my eyes and refuted, Delton quickly tried to make an excuse.
But he couldn't open his mouth easily because nothing came to mind and he just kept floundering.
'It's so obvious, but you're pretending it's not true.'
I shook my head hesitantly, but soon changed my expression and approached Delton with a smile.
“Don’t be like that, try it. You’ve been working without any proper rest. This is compensation for that.”
“Well, how many times do I have to tell you! I made a contract with Hethel not to kill!”
“But that period has already passed?”
“Yeah, that’s what I’m saying. That period has already passed... What?”
Delton, who was vaguely answering my questions because he couldn't take his eyes off the meat, stopped as if he felt something was strange.
Judging from the way he blinked his big eyes and tilted his head, it seemed like he didn't quite understand what I was saying.
'Ugh, what kind of miracles can you do with this intelligence?'
I took a deep breath, walked over to Delton, and grabbed his arm tightly.
And then I spoke, word for word as if I was injecting it into a brain that seemed to have no wrinkles despite having been used for a thousand years.
“That period has already passed. Now, think about it. The time that Delton made a contract with the goddess Hethel was a thousand years.”
“What, really?”
“But how many years was Delton stuck in the cave?”
“Huh? Uh, that’s... Let me see, how many years was it?”
Delton started counting the years by folding his small toes one by one, and I was so amazed by the sight that I couldn't help but raise my voice.
“You said a thousand and five years, a thousand and five years! That’s what Delton told me the first day we met! You remembered it so well back then, so why did you suddenly become so stupid?”
“That’s right, a thousand and five years! I suddenly got dizzy because you asked so suddenly...”
The sight of him scratching his temple with his sharp claws and laughing.
I barely swallowed the sigh that was about to burst out and opened my mouth again.
“Yes, a thousand and five years. That means five more years have passed since the contract was signed. Delton has already fulfilled his contract. Do you understand me?”
"OMG!"
As soon as I finished speaking, Delton covered his mouth with a shocked expression.
It seemed like he really wasn't aware of that fact at all.
'I'm not even surprised by that intelligence anymore.'
Instead of beating my chest in frustration, I picked up a piece of meat that had fallen to the floor and held it out to Delton.
“So, what should we do with these? Are you sure you can give them to other people or animals? Yes?”
I grinned as I watched Delton drooling at the piece of meat in my hand.
***
A little later.
'Isn't that really a pig wearing a lion's head?'
I stuck out my tongue at the sight of the bowls emptied cleanly without a single drop of oil.
“No! That’s all mine!”
Just a moment ago, Delton let out a sound that was almost like a scream and hurriedly snatched the meat away as if someone was going to snatch it away.
Then, he devoured a piece of meat the size of the person's face in one bite and then proceeded to conquer the other meats with a terrifying momentum.
Thanks to this, the fifty plates that the temple kitchen workers had made while losing sleep over the early hours of the morning were emptied in an instant.
In just 10 minutes!
'Even if it's an instinct that was liberated after a thousand and fifteen years, how did they catch that much meat in such a short time...'
I was almost daunted by that enormous stomach, but so what.
“It’s going back! It’s going back! My head is spinning!”
Thanks to this, Delton's will soared to the sky.
I watched Delton in agony with a satisfied face.
How many minutes passed like that?
“I remembered!”
Delton suddenly sat up.
The answer that he couldn't think of for a week came to him just five minutes after eating meat.
'The power of meat, indeed!'
I asked with a smile.
“Really? You really remembered?”
“Yeah, I remember. Definitely!”
"Oh my God!"
I was so moved that I could barely cover my mouth. I pushed my face close to Delton's and asked.
“What is that? Tell me quickly. Yes?”
Because I wanted to hear the answer as soon as possible. But what I got back was not an answer.
It is, unfortunately...
“Take it!”
“...”
This fucking lion...
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