The Grill-Wielding Saintess of the Dead - Chapter 51

Chapter 51 – Grilled Orc Pork Belly Wrapped in Dungeon Cabbage, Part 3 – Success

What does it matter if I go crazy this way or that way?

What’s done is done.

What’s brought here can’t be undone.

I sent her to buy meat, and she brought back some green pig-human. I feel like my insides are burning.

Yeonseo thought that Shia might be stronger than herself, even though she was considered the strongest S-class hunter of humanity.

She had such a high opinion of Shia that she believed Shia might be the new guardian of humanity, the lighthouse of hope for the hunters, following her retirement.

But to think that such a person had her meat stolen by an orc was absurd enough, and now she brought the whole orc back as her solution?

But I can’t get mad at her…

How can I get angry at that pure smile, accompanied by childlike laughter, over the thought of soon eating orc meat?

“….So you’re saying you brought these creatures here because your meat was stolen?”

“Yes! No, no… It wasn’t revenge. A saintess doesn’t take revenge, Yeonseo unnie.”

What nonsense is this now?

“Are you telling me those dead orcs, with their necks twisted, weren’t the result of revenge?”

“They were killed by the Meat Fairy who came to avenge the meat! Right, guys?”

-Real LOL

-Just type “real LOL”

-Lmao

-This crazy woman doesn’t stop even in front of Yeonseo.

-Looks like they’re really close.

-Even Yeonseo is being subjected to this craziness… a rare sight.

Shia, showing the viewer chat full of toxic comments, shrugged her shoulders as if to say she was right.

“In my 86 years of life, I’ve never met anyone who fits the word ‘crazy’ as well as her…”

She’s definitely kind… She’s a good-hearted, genuine saintess, but why is she like this?

Is it because of the broadcast?

She’s saintly.

She’s kind.

She’s beautiful.

She’s strong, but…

Why does someone with such a great resume behave like this, acting like a madwoman?

“Haah, fine, Shia. Let’s say bringing the orc here is okay. Since orc meat is famous for being tasty, if we grill it, it’ll surely taste good.”

“Right?”

Shia nodded confidently, as if expecting Yeonseo to agree.

With a self-satisfied smile that seemed to scratch at people’s nerves, Shia nodded, causing the large pouch of holy power on her chest to sway with her movements.

“But, Shia, while I agree orc meat is tasty… what are we going to do with it now?”

“Huh, obviously we need to butcher it.”

“Do you know how to do that? Are you a butcher or something?”

“…I thought you knew how, Yeonseo unnie?”

Ah, I see.

She just brought it without thinking.

“This old granny has sliced up monsters into pieces before, but never butchered them by part.”

“Uh…”

Oh no… What do we do!?

Yeonseo sighed as she saw Shia’s panicked expression.

-Lolol

-So she went to Yeonseo without any plan?

-I thought she had some grand scheme.

-Lol

-Another day, another madness.

-No plan as usual.

Even so, after hearing her situation, Yeonseo understood Shia’s heart.

Shia, besides her gluttonous nature, had bought 2 million won worth of meat, nearly wiping out the butcher shops in Jeongseon Town.

Since the meat had been stolen, going back to Jeongseon to buy more must’ve been tricky.

And more than anything, as a returnee, Shia was probably dying to know how delicious orc meat could be.

During the ethics audit at the Bureau, Yeonseo thought Shia was such a kind and patient girl.

She never expected her to go so wild over food.

‘Okay, okay… Let’s understand her. It seems like she’s doing this because of the broadcast, trying to excite her viewers… and that enormous appetite of hers isn’t her fault… is it?’

Yeonseo sincerely hoped Shia’s reckless madness was just a persona for the broadcast.

After all her struggles for over 60 years in the previous world, it would be sad if her modern-day reputation ended up as “the crazy saintess.”

“Haa, Shia, alright. This granny… no, this unnie will help, though I don’t know how much help I’ll be.”

“No backing out!”

The way Shia’s face lit up at the offer of help… it seems she’s more like a sly fox than a saintess.

“First of all, the orcs look really filthy, so…”

[Miracle – Purification]

Shia’s white holy power enveloped the bodies of the two orcs, instantly washing away all impurities from them.

Just now, I learned something new… orcs aren’t actually green.

They have a pale flesh color.

-What? Why did their color change?

-The wiki says orcs turn green because they never wash and accumulate layers of filth and waste.

-Huh?

-Lololol

-Then the orc skin I ate at home the other day was green?

-Because they didn’t sterilize it properly, lol.

The truth was, Shia’s purification miracle was so overpowered that it wiped out all the waste, bacteria, and impurities on the orcs, changing their skin color.

“Now it’s your turn, Yeonseo unnie!”

Yeonseo, sighing yet again for what felt like the umpteenth time today, snapped her fingers.

Snap!

“Well, let’s see how it goes…”

Meat is meat.

Something will work out.

○○○○○○

…was what Yeonseo briefly thought at that moment.

-Her expression looks like she’s facing an S-class dungeon boss.

-Reminds me of when Yeonseo fought that Lich Knight.

-Real LOL

-That’s exactly the expression lol.

-But in reality, she’s a butcher, lmao.

-Lololol

“A little more…”

“That’s it… right there…”

Had Yeonseo or Shia ever been this focused on something recently?

Yeonseo hadn’t concentrated this hard since her first S-class raid monster 50 years ago.

And Shia had a joyous smile each time she carefully sliced away the orc’s fat to reveal the precious meat beneath.

Their goal was pork belly.

It was one of the most famous cuts of pork, known for its balance of fatty richness and lean meat.

The orc from the dungeon was essentially a bipedal pig, with its organs and meat positioned just like a regular pig.

“Pork belly comes from the abdomen between the 5th rib and the hind legs.”

“Haa, this orc is so fat, it’s hard to tell what’s what.”

“Focus, focus! You can do it, Yeonseo unnie!”

Yeonseo, squinting one eye, aimed her finger at the orc hanging in midair by her spatial manipulation.

If she carefully moved her finger down, space would split along that line, and the orc’s flesh would be sliced.

“Strong and beautiful Yeonseo unnie.”

“…What is it, Shia?”

Yeonseo turned her head, frowning at Shia’s sudden flattery.

It’s nice being called unnie, but something doesn’t feel right.

“You know how important it is to make the right incisions when butchering meat, right? If the ribs and pork belly come out together, the flavor will be ruined.”

“……”

“You know, pork belly is all about the right layers of fat and muscle. If you cut it the wrong way, the whole butchering will fail, so be careful, unnie?”

This damned little sister…

Yeonseo felt something boiling inside her, but she held it in.

Yes, I’ll be patient.

It’s all to feed this skinny little sister until she’s full, isn’t it?

She must’ve been starving… even eating dungeon cabbage raw… Wait, thinking about it makes me mad again!

“Ah…!”

“Oh no…”

Distracted by her thoughts, Yeonseo tore through the orc’s flesh while cutting.

It wasn’t just a poor cut.

The fat layer supporting the internal organs tore, spilling the pork belly onto the ground along with the orc’s long intestines.

“Ah…”

-Aaaaaaaah!

-What is that, gross!

-Lololol

-Butchering failure lol.

-Even though it’s censored, I can totally imagine it lol.

-Ugh lololol.

Yeonseo sighed as she looked at the wasted meat and spilled intestines.

The purified orc meat wasn’t just for the flesh; even the organs could be used to make a rich broth. But now, all that meat was wasted due to a single moment of distraction.

“Hah, this old granny really is getting old…”

“It’s okay! It’s fine.”

Shia smiled at Yeonseo, reassuring her.

But why?

Considering she’s so passionate about food, shouldn’t she be angry or upset about losing so much meat?

‘As expected, a saintess is a saintess.’

“We can just fix it.”

“Huh?”

[Miracle – Great Healing]

With a flash of white light, the torn flesh and organs returned to their original state, and the orc was fully restored as if nothing had happened.

Ho… so this method exists.

-Wow, haven’t seen Great Healing in a while.

-Every time I see it, it’s really amazing.

-Told you she’s S-class, lol.

“That’s an incredible healing ability.”

“Hehe, as long as it’s not been dead for long or if the body parts are still there, I can restore it.”

“Ho? It’s a good thing we didn’t report this to the Bureau. If we had, those loudmouths would’ve pestered you endlessly…”

“Grugh!? Wh-where am I….!?”

Crack!!

Before Yeonseo could react, Shia’s tentacles swiftly twisted the orc’s neck.

“…………”

“…………”

-Lololololol

-Lolololololol

-Did the orc just come back to life?

-Lololol.

-Nothing happened.

-Lmao.

-Or maybe something huge just happened lol.

“Shia, just now…”

“Yes?”

“….Didn’t that orc come back to life?”

“Nope, nothing happened.”

“…….”

O-okay. If you say so.

Yeonseo decided she must have imagined it, the senility of old age showing her things that weren’t there.

Yes, it was just an illusion.

It had to be.

Yeonseo shook her head, trying to forget the hallucination, and focused again on butchering the orc.

“Yeonseo unnie, if cutting out just the pork belly is difficult, can I help by steadying your body for a moment?”

“What do you mean, steadying my body…?”

Following Shia’s suggestion, Yeonseo relaxed her body.

Suddenly, she felt something creepy crawling up her legs and arms.

Creak, creak…

Slide…

“Ugh…!?”

Startled, she looked down to see three of Shia’s five tentacles wrapping around her legs and waist, while the other two tightly gripped her arms from her shoulders to her wrists.

Yeonseo’s face showed brief surprise, but knowing Shia wouldn’t do anything malicious, she relaxed.

However, to a third-party viewer, this scene must have appeared quite provocative.

“H-Hah… You should’ve told me before doing that.”

“Oh, sorry.”

Everyone knew Yeonseo was 86 years old, but her appearance was that of a fresh, pretty woman in her twenties, with a body far more stunning than her granddaughter Yeonhwa’s.

With her slender body and large chest restrained by the tentacles, the viewers were quick to clip the scene and flood the chat.

-Ooooohh

-So sexy…

-Wow.

-Yeonseo looks even prettier in this shot.

-She’s always been pretty, though.

-But she looks even better today.

-For real.

Even Yeonseo’s usually clean stream started to heat up, and Shia’s chaotic stream turned into total madness.

-Oh wow

-This is hot.

-I’m more turned on than by most hentai lol.

-Wow, this is just…

-Tentacles and Yeonseo…

-Is this turning into hentai?

-Tonight’s content is this lol.

-So hot;;;

-I bet this scene will pop up in C 219 lol.

-Yeonseo and tentacles.. oooh.

-Title: “I’m the strongest S-class hunter, but I’m a third-rate hunter when it comes to tentacles…”

-The guy above will get banned soon lol.

“That brat who just spouted that nonsense—this granny will remember you.”

[‘Cusotori’ donated 250,000 won!]

ㄴPlease, streamer, use this money to buy something for Yeonseo! Please, please! Yeonseo’s stream doesn’t accept donations, so I can’t support her directly. I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry.

“Hmm, I was surprised, but what are you trying to do with this?”

“It’s not as grand as sensory sharing, but I can at least feel what you’re feeling now, unnie. This way, I can even steady your hands if they tremble a bit.”

“Hoho, you should’ve done this from the start.”

And so, Yeonseo and Shia began butchering the orc together.

As Shia said, with her tentacles supporting and stabilizing Yeonseo’s movements, it became much easier to work with precision.

Yeonseo successfully separated the pork belly first.

Next, they worked through the shoulder, tenderloin, loin, front leg, shank, jowl, rump, skirt steak, heel, ribs, liver and kidneys, and intestines—slicing each piece one by one, guided by Yeonseo’s fingers.

They had already drained the blood, so there were no issues.

“Hoo, it finished faster than I expected.”

“Shall we move on to the next one…?”

“No need.”

With another snap of Yeonseo’s fingers, the untouched orc was instantly sliced into pieces, identical to the first one they had butchered.

“Wow, how did you do that?”

“I just replicated the process. I copied the spatial fissure sequence from the first orc we butchered. Since they’re similar in body structure, I thought it would work.”

-Aww, I wanted more tentacle action with Yeonseo…

-Why’d it end so soon?

-I didn’t get to clip it.

-Disappointing.

-It ended so fast…

Of course, the malicious viewers were disappointed that the scene with Yeonseo wrapped in tentacles had ended quickly, but for Shia and Yeonseo, that wasn’t important.

Yeonseo began organizing the sliced orc meat with her powers.

Though they only butchered two orcs, the amount of meat that came from one orc was overwhelming, enough to satisfy even Shia’s enormous appetite.

The meat they would eat with the dungeon cabbage was placed over the charcoal grill, while the rest of the meat was sent to the freezer next to Yeonseo’s house.

“Alright. Thank you for your hard work, Yeonseo unnie. From here on, I’ll take over.”

“Huh? What do you mean? Isn’t it just about grilling the meat and eating it with cabbage?”

“What are you talking about? When you eat, you have to fully immerse yourself in the experience! Even if not, I feel like I’ve been a burden, so I’m doing this as an apology.”

“Hoho, alright. Let’s see how skilled you are at cooking, Shia.”

“Hehe, it’s not much of a skill.”

Now, let’s see what ingredients we have.

Even though the pork belly from the orc amounts to over 100 servings.

The best way to eat pork belly is with just salt, so that’s fine.

We also have king oyster mushrooms, onions, chili peppers, green onions, garlic scapes, and cabbage for wrapping—all fresh and grown by Yeonseo herself, making for a perfect feast.

By the way, all the ingredients except for the meat and cabbage were inside Shia’s backpack.

She had crammed in everything she could think of, not knowing what she might cook.

“Hoho, what are you making?”

“It’s a kind of pickled chili pepper… though I don’t really know the name of the dish. I just remember getting it at a barbecue place after I got out of the military.”

-???

-What?

-The military?

-Lol what? A woman went to the military?

-She’s a military saintess.

-Maybe she was an officer or something.

But I really did go… Hehe.

Not that it’s necessary to tell them.

Ignoring the viewers who were now debating her military service, Shia started by slicing the chili peppers.

The green onions were finely chopped, and the only thing left was to mix them with some gochujang (red chili paste).

The same went for the chili peppers.

After chopping them finely, she cut the onions, removing the seeds to reduce their spiciness, and mixed them with soy sauce…

“Oh, I’m out of sugar…”

I had to throw away all my sugar when it spilled in my backpack last time while making wyvern egg soy sauce.

“Shall I lend you some?”

“Yes, please!”

Snap!

Yeonseo lightly snapped her fingers, and a bag of brown sugar appeared in Shia’s hands.

Originally, it was supposed to be white sugar, but brown sugar should be fine… right?

Thankfully, borrowing sugar from Yeonseo’s house, Shia made the pickling sauce by mixing two cups of soy sauce, one cup of vinegar, one and a half cups of brown sugar, and two cups of water.

-When the streamer keeps her mouth shut, she looks pretty.

-No, she’s always pretty when she’s quiet.

-She’s always pretty, lol.

-The problem is when she opens her mouth.

-If she stayed quiet forever, it’d be fine, wouldn’t it?

-If she doesn’t talk, her craziness would just manifest in her actions instead, lol.

Of course, Shia’s cooking skills weren’t particularly great; it was the all-purpose pickling sauce recipe from her smartwatch that did the trick.

After finishing the sauce, Shia soaked the chili peppers and onions in it, letting them marinate.

Green onion salad was even simpler, but since Yeonseo had worked so hard…

Shia added two tablespoons of gochujang, one tablespoon of sugar, one tablespoon of vinegar, and to avoid any bad smells, some sesame oil and cooking wine.

After mixing it all together, a pretty decent gochujang for green onion salad was complete.

“Haa, slurp…”

I want to eat.

Normally, I’d have started snacking while cooking.

The dungeon cabbage is delicious on its own, so rather than doing much to it, I