Chapter 2
APRIL 21, 2016 KOBATOCHANDAISUKI 12 COMMENTS
“Status Window”
[Jo Minjoon]
Cooking Level: 5
Baking Level: 4
Delicacy Level:6
Decoration Level:4
He had some thoughts about his situation, but he never imagined that he’d see something like this. It was as if his life became a cooking game. He stared at the screen with a indescribable and confused feeling for a while, then turned his head towards Lee Hyesun. And he opened his mouth.
Status window.
[Lee Hyeseon]
Cooking Level:3
Baking Level:0
Delicacy Level:4
Decoration Level:2
Those were pretty sad stats. But, Jo Minjoon remembered that almost all of Lee Hye seon’s cooking did not taste that great. If her skills were that low, that explained why.
“…… Skill Window.”
He mumbled to see if it would pop up, and the more detailed screen indeed opened up. Knife skill, heat controlling skill, understanding of the Traditional Korean cuisine, etc. But of those many skills, two particularly caught Jo Min Joon’s attention.
[Understanding of Italian Cuisine] – Mastery 23%
When preparing Pasta, Pizza, Dolce Soup, and other Italian dishes his understanding of cooking increases.
“There is only one problem.”
Parents. If it were travel fees he had some savings before going to serve in the army. However if he were to tell his parents that he was going to the USA to participate in a cooking competition it was obvious they were going to refuse. Was it that he had to tell them that it was only travelling? He was starting to get upset.
Before reincarnating, when he resigned as a high school teacher, his parents were so angry they wanted to refrain him from doing so. However they couldn’t stop his stubbornness. He only left them a scar, so he didn’t want that to happen in this life.
“Ha… can’t be done.”
I have to hide it. That was the most peaceful road. While thinking those things he was searching on the internet plane tickets to the United States. He heard someone pressing the password at the entrance of his house. Jo Minjoon turned off the screen and went to the living room. He thought it would be his father, but the one who came in was his younger sister Jo Ara. Her school uniform was sticked to her skinny dark tanned body.
“Mom i’m home~. Oh oppa was home too.”
He felt mixed emotions looking at her sister wearing her uniform. It was proof we time travelled to the past. Lee Hyeseon walked towards Jo Ara and said.
“Hey Ara, come here and try this. Your oppa made it.”
“Huh? This?”
Lee Hyeseon gave Jo Ara the souffle she begged her son to make some more. Jo Ara somewhat uneasy held her spoon and gave it a bite. She yelled with her eyes rounded.
“Delicious! It can’t be. How could oppa make something like this?”
“Right? I was also surprised after tasting it”
“Oppa be honest. It’s some of those instantaneous food right?
Jo Minjoon instead of replying tched his tongue and said to his mom.
“Mom. If you are tired maybe i should prepare dinner”
“You? You are going to make dinner?
Lee Hyeseon looked at Jo Minjoon as if there could happen things like this. At this time it looked like Jo Minjoon was having fun cooking and tried this and that, but it didn’t look like he was ready to prepare for dinner. But he did not only cook, it also tasted great so she couldn’t help but to find it unexpected.
However she couldn’t refuse if he was volunteering to prepare for the bothersome dinner so she nodded and said.
“Okay. Try preparing for dinner. Let’s try some of my son’s cooking.”
“…..is that okay, mom? Can you trust oppas cooking skills?”
“This girl… Look at the bread you ate. It looks like your oppa has some aptitude in cooking.”
“ That’s right but…..”
Jo Ara looked with uncertainty at Jo Minjoon.
“Oppa do you really have confidence in cooking?”
Jo Minjoon let out a grin and whispered to Jo Ara.
“Won’t it be tastier than mom’s cooking?”