I’ll Save You, Jelly Alien!
Chapter : 6
“Hey, you. Get out.”
“……”
The moment I thought he wasn’t a bad guy, he kicked me out. Damn it.
“Can you eat this? If it’s because of contamination, I think I can purify it.”
I decided to ignore the order to leave.
“I said get out. Can’t you hear me?”
“Wait a second.”
Pretending not to hear him at all, I sat down in front of the toothy tomato lying on the ground.
Cha Hae-eon asked in disbelief,
“Are you always this shameless?”
“Mm-hmm, yeah. Thanks.”
“You think that’s a compliment?”
“Everyone says being positive is my strong point.”
I said shyly, placing both hands over the toothy tomato.
‘Purify!’
Soon, the tomato shimmered in rainbow colors, and the chattering teeth began to disappear one by one.
The cherry tomato was completely purified, returning to its appetizing red color.
I looked up at Cha Hae-eon proudly.
“Well? You can eat it now, right?”
But Cha Hae-eon’s face twisted strangely.
“……What did you just do?”
I blinked.
What do you mean—obviously…
“Purification.”
Only after answering blankly did I realize.
Among awakened people, purification-type ability users didn’t exist.
Cha Hae-eon’s eyes wavered.
I was basically the first purification ability user on Earth.
So of course it made sense he’d be surprised, but…
I tilted my head.
For some reason, there was a faint sadness mixed into Cha Hae-eon’s shocked expression. Why did he look like that?
I was about to say something—
Grrrrr—
My stomach thundered loudly.
Ah… I only ate two cherry tomatoes last night before sleeping…
When Cha Hae-eon stared at my stomach, my face flushed bright red.
Sneaking a glance, I quietly picked up a cherry tomato.
“I can just eat this.”
As I brushed off the dirt and held it with both hands, I heard a deep sigh from beside me.
“Wait.”
“……?”
What now?
While I stood there slightly shrinking back, Cha Hae-eon soon came out carrying a small table.
Warm rice smelled faintly from the instant rice container.
Gulp. I pretended to look away awkwardly.
I’d already been caught stealing and probably annoyed him—if I acted like a freeloader too, that would be bad.
But Cha Hae-eon set the table down on the wooden floor and said bluntly,
“If you won’t eat, don’t.”
“I’ll eat! I can eat!”
Pop-pop-pop!
I quickly sat down in front of the table.
Cha Hae-eon opened a can of tuna and placed it in front of me.
On the table were glossy instant rice, a tuna can, and some meatballs.
Did he get these by farming (collecting items) from a mart?
Like those “looting empty supermarkets” scenes in disaster movies.
Holding a fork, I poked at the tuna while glancing at the instant rice in front of Cha Hae-eon.
Is there only one?
Or… does he think I’m like a stray cat and only gave me tuna?
The answer came quickly.
“There’s no cat food.”
So he really thought I was a stray cat.
I’m an alien, not a cat, you idiot.
“Give me rice too.”
“……”
What, why, what?
After staring at me in disbelief for a moment, Cha Hae-eon went and heated another pack of rice.
“Thanks, field owner.”
“Not field owner—Cha Hae-eon.”
“Okay. Thanks, Cha Hae-eon. I’ll eat well.”
Cha Hae-eon watched me curiously for a moment, then started eating again.
I scooped up a big spoonful of rice, added tuna, and stuffed it into my mouth.
Delicious!
How long had it been since I ate real food? The warm rice and salty tuna melted in my mouth.
Nom! Nom!
After watching me eat blissfully for a few bites, Cha Hae-eon said casually,
“Eat and leave.”
My lips jutted out.
They say even dogs aren’t disturbed while eating. Are you really going to ruin an alien’s mood like that?
Nommm.
I deliberately opened my mouth wide and shoved in another big bite of rice.
I was annoyed, but the long-awaited meal still went down easily.
Chew chew. After swallowing, I asked,
“What do I have to do for you to let me stay here?”
“Why do you want to stay here?”
“Well, everywhere else has no food and it’s dangerous. At Yongsan Station… that thing is there.”
“You saw it?”
“Yeah.”
“……”
“It’s scary, you know.”
Cha Hae-eon didn’t reply, but I could tell he agreed about how dangerous it was.
I deliberately drooped my ears and acted even more scared, trying to find an opening with him.
But after thinking for a moment, Cha Hae-eon said,
“I can teach you how to farm.”
I asked uneasily,
“Hunting?”
He’s not telling me to eat monster meat just because I’m an alien, right? Ugh, that sounds awful.
“No. Something easier than that.”
We immediately started preparing for farming.
Cha Hae-eon took off his torn shirt and changed into techwear designed to protect the body from external environments.
Only then did I realize how uncivilized I’d been walking around.
“Cha Hae-eon, Cha Hae-eon. Give me clothes too.”
“……You wear clothes?”
“Hey, I’m a civilized being too.”
“Says the one walking around naked.”
“Stop embarrassing me and give me a bulletproof vest if you have one.”
At my request, Cha Hae-eon looked stunned and said,
“Food, clothes, shelter. Do you only say ‘give me’?”
“Yeah. That’s just my situation right now. So go ahead and give it.”
I repeatedly opened and closed my hand, urging him.
“……”
While Cha Hae-eon hesitated, a light bulb seemed to flash above my head.
Not just a vest—I’d need a weapon for farming too.
Boing boing boing!
I ran into the yard and grabbed the axe I used earlier to cut the toothy tomato.
But Cha Hae-eon immediately snatched it away.
“Why’d you take it?”
Holding the axe, he looked down at me.
“Have you ever even held a weapon before?”
“I was about to start now.”
“……”
I opened and closed my hand again.
“Just let me try once. I think I’d be good at it.”
“No.”
“Why?”
“You won’t be able to handle it and you’ll just get in the way.”
“Tch.”
I pouted.
“Then at least give me something to wear.”
“There’s nothing that fits you.”
“Just give me anything. I’ll make it work.”
Boop boop.
“Huh? Cha Hae-eon~”
Boop boop boop.
“Give meee~”
After following him around and pestering him repeatedly, Cha Hae-eon finally threw me a T-shirt.
Excited, I put it on—but unfortunately, it was so long that I tripped over it about three times.
Muttering that he was going crazy, Cha Hae-eon tied the shirt up above my legs.
‘Nice guy.’
When I patted his head lightly, he shuddered and stood up.
So prickly.
With all preparations complete, we arrived at our destination…
“Th-this is the place?”
“Yeah.”
Gulp. I swallowed.
In front of us stood Yongsan Station.
