The Story of Demon Hunter

Poison Source and Curse

“Why are you looking at me in such a way?”

Arthur tilted his head, looking towards the people who were looking at him in wonder. In his left hand, there was a beautiful plate plate with dozens of grilled meat skewers. A delicious aroma filled the room. They all unconsciously swallowed.

Just then, the city lord's wife looked towards her son with a puzzled expression.

Sensing her mother's gaze, Kiba instantly regained his senses. He immediately approached Arthur and introduced the young man.

“Include, Mother, his name is Arthur. He is a student-“

“Koki.” Arthur interrupted immediately.

“Uhuk! He is a great cook and healer. Arthur is the one who has healed you.” Kiba pretends to cough.

The woman looked at Arthur in surprise. The young man seemed so relaxed. Biting satay and throwing the skewer right into the trash, Arthur greeted casually.

“It's nice to see you're okay, Madam.”

After saying that, Arthur looked for a place to sit down and began to eat without caring about others in the room. Seeing the situation was not right, he added.

“Ignore me. You can talk to Madam and ask her various things.”

“…”

Hearing Arthur's words, their expressions all instantly turned grim. Clearly the young man's appearance was too conspicuous. Plus a scent filled the room that left them unfocused, those people feeling unbearable.

Seeing that all was silent, Arthur began the conversation.

“Mong-by the way, how can you suffer from such poison and curses, Madam? Evil cultivator? A devil? Evil spirit?”

The young man sat down casually, ate and asked like he was in his own house. He did not even care about the eager expressions on the faces of the people in the room.

As if recalling something important, the city lord's wife immediately looked at her son with a serious expression.

“What is your father doing, son? Did he return to that abandoned village?”

“Eh? It-“

“Before I lost consciousness, I obviously asked her not to approach that place!”

“T-But dad went there to look for clues to heal you, Mother.”

“Invite someone to bring a report, ask him to return immediately before it is struck.”

Hearing the woman's words, everyone clearly became curious. Meanwhile, Arthur only became a listener while continuing to eat.

“Is there anything that harms Dad in there? Is that a monster?”

“Monster and the madman who sold his soul to the darkness.”

“First of all, forgive my impoliteness. My name is Fuji. Thank you for saving me from misfortune. If I may know, did you learn more about curses and poisons?”

Hearing the question, Arthur kept quiet. Despite being taught many things in the Heavenly Pillar Sect, that young man did not practice them at all. Instead, he instead used it to strengthen his way of handling various ingredients in order to become a better chef.

“Fuji which means wisteria flower, suitable for beautiful and charming women like you. Even so, your guess is a little wrong. I'm not an expert at that sort of thing. I am a chef.

A serious chef.

So I have absolutely no interest in taking care of dangerous things like poisonous monsters or crazy cultivators. So there is no need to question that anymore because I obviously rejected it.”

Seeing that Arthur had realized his wish, Fuji's expression changed. He did not expect that the handsome young man turned out to be very intelligent, in contrast to his rather silly and reckless appearance.

“Mr Arthur, please-“

“Even if you kneel down, I won't care anymore, Kiba. I came here because I saw your struggle to heal your mother. I was a little touched by that kind of filial attitude.”

Arthur shook his head. He clearly disagreed with the young man's request. After all, the young man simply did not want to deal with the dangerous things affecting his life.

The situation that initially seemed relaxed became even more severe. Although they obviously wanted to ask Arthur for help, but they could not force him at all. After all, the territorial affairs of their noble families had absolutely nothing to do with Arthur.

“Stop, Kiba. Mr. Arthur was kind enough to come to my aid. Our enemy is hard to face. That creature ... cockatrice is very dangerous. The poison is terrible.

You must have known what happened to that village, Kiba.”

“…”

Kiba could only remain silent. He felt a bit reluctant. Despite not knowing fully, the young man felt that Arthur was clearly strong and could help. Before he said anything, the middle-aged man who was his guard immediately patted his shoulder then shook his head lightly.

Meanwhile, Arthur himself looked surprised. He clearly knew what a cockatrice was. In mythology in earlier lives, cockatrice was a creature that hatched from the eggs of roosters infested by snakes or frogs. The creature had the appearance of a rooster with a snake tail and bat wings.

There are several versions, but Arthur clearly knows him as a chicken. The rooster, which has a part of the body of a snake, is often even considered a chicken-headed dragon.

‘If it's poison, won't it be purified? It's edible, isn't it? Just like the eel before, despite its poor appearance, but after disassembled .. the quality is definitely outstanding.’

While everyone seemed somewhat sad and depressed, Arthur himself was daydreaming instead. Then he thought.

‘If it can be eaten, what about the taste? Is that like a regular chicken? Or is it really a dragon? How about the taste of dragon meat?’

Thinking of the dishes that would be served on his plate, Arthur's eyes sparkled. He then turned his head towards Kiba and Fuji.

“I changed my mind! Tell me, where can I find chicken-uhuk! Cockatrice it!”

Hearing Arthur's sudden change in attitude, they were all dumbfounded. Completely confused to respond how.

>> Connect.