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\nChapter 7: 60 years later... (Part 2)\n \n \nI prepare hot water with a little salt and sake.\n \nCome to think of it, over the past 60 years, I've
acquired a wide variety of seasonings.\n \nNot to mention I've tried to make sake, vinegar,
mirin, miso (a traditional fermented soybean paste from the east), and soy
sauce. After many failed attempts, I finally succeeded in making it 20 years
ago.\n \nI also tried to make sauces with sugar and condensed
vegetable flavor.\n \nThick slices of Giant Boar meat coated with a crispy
batter, deep-fried, and finally topped with a homemade sauce are delicious.\n \nNot good. I'm drooling. ......\n \nPonzu sauce is my favorite now.\n \nIt's just a mixture of soy sauce, mirin, and vinegar
with a bit of citrus juice, but it's delicious.\n \nIt is a must-have item for me now, as it makes any
kind of meat taste refreshing.\n \nI cut the Grand Dragon's tail into thin slices and
dipped them into the hot water. When the meat turns white, it's time to eat.\n \nI dip it in the ponzu sauce and eat it.\n \n"Mmmm.～～～～～ Mmmm. Yummy!"\n \nI couldn't help but slap my knee repeatedly.\n \nA dragon's tail is good for shabu-shabu. The only
thing that goes well with shabu-shabu is ponzu.\n \nWhen you think of dragon meat, you probably think of
hard meat, but it is much more tender than your expectation.\n \nIt does not just melt like pork loin. It is firm and
chewy, and the more you bite it, the more the flavor oozes out.\n \nThe taste itself is as light as a chicken breast, but
that's where the ponzu comes in.\n \nThe tangy, sweet and sour taste runs through my mouth.\n \nIt seems to go especially well with this light taste
meat.\n \n"FUOOOOO......"\n \nIt was really worth the effort.\n \nFinally, I can eat the Grand Dragon meat I've always
wanted.\n \nFurthermore, I cooked it into shabu-shabu.\n \nIf I am as energetic as I used to be, I would cut it
into thick slices and cook it as a dragon steak. Unfortunately, my stomach is
not that energetic.\n \nI can't even eat tough food anymore.\n \n \n \nLonely......\n \n \n \n"Hmm? Did I just say something? Did I speak to myself......? Am I getting old?"\n \nWhen I muttered to myself, suddenly...\n \nMy thin and wrinkled hands expand, they begin to show
signs of strength. I feel my skin tone is improving and shining.\n \n"I guess it's the effect of eating the Grand Dragon.
I see. It has the effect of temporarily increasing muscle mass.\n \nAt that time, I had three misunderstandings.\n \nOne, I did not gain muscle mass.\n \nThe effect of Grand Dragon's meat is rejuvenation.\n \n"OOH, OOOOOOOOO!"\n \nMy skinny and weak body is getting back to normal. My
body was trying to regain its youth and strength.\n \nMy blurry vision became clearer. My hearing that
sometimes fails can now hear the sounds of the wild birds.\n \nMy thin and almost-white blond hair grows back like
wildfire, and my slightly drooping eyes become sharp and clear.\n \nThe air I breathe feels better than ever.\n \nI feel as if I can eat anything now.\n \nIn fact, I heard a "kuu" sound in my stomach
that I hadn't heard in a long time.\n \nI turned around.\n \nThere is still a lot of Grand Dragon meat there.\n \n"Shall I eat Dragon Steak?"\n \nI said in a questioning tone, but I had already
decided on that.\n \nBefore that, I take out a mirror from my magic bag and
check my appearance.\n \nI look like a 16-year-old boy.\n \nThis is what my body looked like when I was in my
prime.\n \nBut thanks to the Monsters Food, my body has become
much more strong compared to that time......\n \nThe frequent seizures have gone and I am now in
perfect shape.\n \nI laugh confidently.\n \nThe second mistake I made was that I am not only
regained my youth but also became immortal.\n \nI would discover this fact later.\n \nAnd my last mistake.\n \nAfter defeating the Grand Dragon, I got a little
carried away. Can I beat my father now? I had such faint expectations.\n \nBut the next moment, that confidence is shattered
instantly.\n \nDONG!\n \n \nThere was a loud explosion that sounded like a roar.\n \nHowever, on the scale of the explosion, it was far
more terrifying than the destruction caused by the Grand Dragon.\n \nEverything in front of my eyes instantly turned white,
and the next thing I knew, the sky was dyed in a deep red.\n \nThe explosion spread out, creating a huge mushroom
cloud that reminded me of spores.\n \nThe impact scraped the mountain field, and the
explosion blew away the Grand Dragon's giant body at my side.\n \nEven I can barely stand.\n \n"What, what the hell just happened?"\n \nI didn't understand anything.\n \nThe explosion, the impact, and the power contained in
the phenomenon are beyond my ability to comprehend.\n \nThe next thing I know, I am crawling like a frog that
just got hit by a wagon.\n \nI finally stand up, but I don't know how long I've
been doing this.\n \nIt feels like a minute or even an hour.\n \nAnyway, I use [Levitation] and head for the center of
the explosion.\n \nThere, I see the traces of everything that has been
destroyed.\n \nI stood at the edge of the center of the explosion and
fell to my knees.\n \nThe scale of the explosion was so huge that the claw
marks left by the Grand Dragon looked like the work of a baby.\n \n"What the hell..."\n \nI am in despair.\n \nI've been training for 60 years.\n \nI've defeated a dragon.\n \nI had never neglected my training, and I believed that
my sword would reach the highest level one day.\n \nBut I was wrong.\n \nThere is such a dangerous power once you get off the
mountain.\n \nThe one who reigned on top of the outside world is my
father, Yalom, the Sword Saint.\n \nMy father may be dead now, but there must be a Sword
Saint that my father acknowledged or has surpassed him.\n \nI don't know if this power was unleashed by the Sword
Saint, but what I can say for sure is that I am not at this high level.\n \nMy father called me a defective product.\n \nApparently, he was right. Even after 60 years of
training and using the effects of the Monsters Food, the best I could do was
defeat a Grand Dragon.\n \n"I have no choice but to give up."\n \nI guess I don't have any talent for the sword after
all.\n \nThen, what's left for me if I throw away my sword?\n \nWell, it's okay.\n \nI'll think about it slowly.\n \nFortunately, it seems that I have more than twice as
much time as other people have.\n \nI'll think about it while eating dragon steak.\n \n \n \n
