Sejun’s hand tightly gripped the fish, which struggled and opened its mouth wide to attack Sejun, then clamped down hard.

Snap! Snap!

Sharp teeth clashed, making a sharp sound. Each time, Sejun held on tighter, fearing that if he lost his grip, he might lose a finger.

Sejun held the fish tightly and ran to the spot below the hole in the ceiling where the fire was. Meanwhile, the fish, which had been fiercely resisting, began to breathe faster, and its body went limp.

Upon reaching the fire, Sejun carefully laid down a single green onion leaf on the ground. He carefully placed the fish on the leaf and covered it with another green onion leaf.

And then

Swoosh.

He tore the green onion leaves to the thickness of a finger to use them as strings, wrapped the fish in two pieces of the torn leaves in a cross shape, and tied them together.

“I hope this tastes amazing.'”

Sejun carefully placed the fish wrapped in green onion leaves in the center of the fire pit.

And then

“······”

He waited.

He watched for a long time.

Sniff sniff.

“Ah, it smells great.”

The rich, oily scent melted into the rising steam and began to fill the cave.

He remembered his childhood. When his mother was preparing a meal, the smell of food would spread from the kitchen and take over the entire house.

When he came home after school and the smell filled the house, his mood would lift if it was one of his favorite side dishes. Back then, even the waiting time before eating was happy.

Gurgle.

A noise interrupted Sejun’s thoughts. He was hungry, but he held back. He was determined to fill his empty stomach with something delicious.

Gurgle.

“Hold on just a bit longer. I’ll put something really delicious in you.”

Sejun consoled his stomach and patiently waited. He waited for it to be completely cooked.

And when the scent became deeper and richer

“I can’t wait any longer! I can’t stand it!”

Sejun used the dried, hardened green onion leaves to remove the grilled fish wrapped in palm leaves from the fire.

He carefully untied the knot that held the green onion leaves together.

Whoosh.

When he untied the string and removed the green onion leaves, a dense aroma of fish mixed with the scent of green onion leaves spread.

“Wow!”

Sejun marveled at the sight of the moist, glistening fish.

Gulp.

Sejun folded the fish in half, tore off a piece of protruding flesh, and put it in his mouth.

“Um…!”

It was perfectly cooked. There was no fishy taste, and the chewy texture was felt as soon as he bit into it, with the savory flavor spreading in his mouth the more he chewed.

‘Amazing!!!’

Gobble gobble.

Sejun devoured the fish in a frenzy.

“Huh, I finished it already?!”

Sejun looked at the fish with only bones left and wore a crestfallen expression.

At that moment

Peep…

Peep…

A sound of disappointment came from the side. Sejun wasn’t the only one disappointed.

“Huh?”

Sejun looked at the source of the sound, and the rabbit couple was wearing a lost expression as they stared at the fish bones left.

‘No way?!’

No, it couldn’t be… rabbits eating fish!

But on second thought, the rabbit couple preferred to roast and eat the leaves like Sejun.

“Do you guys eat meat too?”

Sejun asked.

Peep!

found out now, the rabbit couple simultaneously turned their heads. They seemed annoyed that Sejun had

I didn’t know you guys eat

He intended to catch a fish. The number of fish in the pond had increased since the last

where are

Sejun examined the pond with a torch, he noticed a small hole about the size of

“Huh?”

the hole

they’re coming in through that

of the torch. Sejun finally figured out where the fish were coming

to the pond to take a closer

Splash!

fish jumped towards the torch, opening

“Huh?!”

Whoosh.

the torch to

Snap!

fish bit the

Splash.

that failed to

“What’s going on?”

the torch close to

Splash! Splash!

fish jumped up

Whoosh.

torch

Snap! Snap!

Splash. Splash.

hunt again and

“Aha.”

realized what the fish were reacting to. The fish would jump when

make the

torch near the

Splash!

mouth

‘Here it comes!’

the fish reached its highest

‘Now!’

Thwack!

the torch at the rising fish, knocking it out of the pond and onto the ground. The

In the meantime,

Thwack! Thwack!

two more fish

the three fish that had stopped breathing, he

Squeak!

Squeak-squeak!

rabbit couple cheered for Sejun as if they

“Ahem.”

that moment, he felt like a

Squeak!

Squeak!

leaves and volunteered to

Rustle. Rustle.

green onion

“It’s done.”

the fire. All that was left was to wrap

again, they

the tower, Sejun and the rabbit couple filled their bellies with fish and went to

Beep-beep-beep. Beep-beep-beep.

[June 19th, 6 a.m.]

the morning of the 41st

“Let’s get moving!”

woke up and approached the pond. However, there was now an additional small pond next to the old one, which hadn’t been there

avoid the fish’s attacks, a small faucet-like water stream was connected next to the pond. Sejun

Splish! Splash!

washed his face and went to the field. In the field, centered around Sejun’s designated rock, there were green onions in the front, cherry tomatoes that had grown to the height of Sejun’s knees

potato sprouts appeared. All the crops Sejun had planted on the first day of the

“I’m proud.”

happened

that, Sejun realized that the

Mrs. Rabbit gave birth to six babies, and the family

Peep! Peep!

rabbits came from inside the

have to prepare

couple, Sejun

Snap! Snap!

the fire, and the rest were laid on

the torch from

Splash! Splash!

up to hunt the torchlight. Sejun swung

Thump!

luckily, it was a

Flutter, flutter.

green onion leaves, tied them with stems, and

meantime, he took out the well-cooked green onions

to have something warm

eating the cooked green onions, Sejun watered the crops and spent some time

Sniff, sniff.

delicious smell began to

Tap. Tap.

to cut the strings that tied the fish wrapped in leaves as he took them out of the fire. Just

“Rabbit!”

called the Daddy

Peep…

to be tired from

with your

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