Living Dangerously with a 999-Year-Old Gumiho – Chapter 50

As soon as Nomi put Yoonhwa’s dish in her mouth, her expression changed drastically.

At first, her gaze sparkled with anticipation, but it quickly turned into confusion and shock.

Strange sounds escaped Nomi’s mouth, and she spat the dish out.

Eventually, she broke down in tears.

“Ugh…!! Wh-what is this..? It tastes weird…”

Yoonhwa, startled by Nomi’s reaction, panicked.

She quickly rushed to Nomi’s side and hugged her tightly.

“Ugh.. I must be terrible at cooking..!! I’m sorry..”

Yoonhwa’s voice was filled with heartfelt comfort.

Nomi began to calm down in Yoonhwa’s arms, looking up with a small voice.

“Next time, your cooking will be tastier, right..?”

Eunho could hardly believe Yoonhwa’s cooking had made Nomi cry this much. He thought to himself,


“N-Nomi crying this much… It must have been really something..”

Hyun, Kangtae, and Seojin shared an awkward laugh at the scene.

Hyun coughed to encourage Yoonhwa, saying,


“Y-Yoonhwa, cooking takes practice.”

“Next time.. it will definitely be tastier!”

Kangtae joked to lighten the mood.

“Looks like Yoonhwa isn’t cut out for cooking, just like me~”

“I guess I should learn to cook with Hyun later on!”

Seojin chimed in with a laugh.

“Yoonhwa, that’s not you, right?!”

“You almost set the house on fire last time! Ha ha!”

Kangtae turned red, flustered by Seojin’s remark.

“Wh-why are you bringing that up now..!!”

Everyone burst into laughter, and the atmosphere became cheerful.

Eunho quietly curled up, clutching his stomach, still feeling hungry.

His expression was still scrunched up from hunger, and a bit of strain was evident in his gaze.

Seojin stood up to brighten the mood and turned on the light.

“It’s too gloomy; let me turn on the lights~”

As soon as Seojin flicked the switch, the room brightened.

Suddenly, Eunho shouted loudly.

“Uuugh..! Turn it off!!”

“Light..!! Turn it off!”

Desperation seeped from Eunho’s voice. Seojin, flustered, hurriedly turned off the lights, plunging the room back into darkness.

Eunho took a deep breath and looked at his friends.

“I’m s-sorry for shouting..”

“If I keep the lights on like this, I might really pass out..”

Upon hearing Eunho’s desperate shout, Nomi burst into tears and ran to him.

Her small face was filled with worry and sympathy.

“Are you okay, big brother..?!”

Nomi tightly grasped Eunho’s arm and asked.

Eunho forced a smile towards Nomi.

“I-it’s okay… You don’t have to worry so much.”

Nomi’s tears stopped flowing at Eunho’s reassurance.

Yoonhwa looked at Nomi and Eunho with a gentle smile.

The warm interaction between the two monsters warmed everyone’s hearts.

“See? Nomi and Eunho look great together!”

“They look just like real siblings.”

At Yoonhwa’s words, everyone laughed.

Because Eunho was smaller in stature, their dynamic resembled that of an older sister and younger brother.

Eunho lay on the floor, as if he had no energy to be embarrassed or laugh.

Nomi’s eyes sparkled at Yoonhwa’s words, making her mood brighter.

“Sister? I wanted to try that too!”

Nomi looked at Eunho and beamed.

“I’m not going to call you big brother anymore since you’re shorter than me!”

Nomi’s words made friends burst into laughter, while Eunho blushed a little but wore a pleased smile at Nomi’s playfulness.

Hyun looked at Eunho with a worried gaze and said,


“Eunho, are you really okay?”

“You haven’t shrunk too much, have you?”

“You look like you might collapse at any moment..”

“Is it because you’re hungry?”

In response to Hyun’s concern, Eunho replied with some difficulty.

“Y-yeah… I’m definitely hungry..”

Eunho looked at Hyun with pleading eyes, his face showing how unbearable his hunger was.

“Um… just one bite.. please.”

His eyes slowly pointed to Hyun’s arm, and a little drool trickled from small Eunho’s mouth.

Seeing this, his friends were all taken aback.

“E-Eunho, what are you…?”

Hyun stepped back, caught off guard by Eunho’s behavior.

His face was filled with shock and confusion. His eyes widened in surprise, and his mouth fell open instinctively.

“Don’t do it, Eunho!”

Nomi ran in front of Eunho, spreading her arms to block him.

Her small arms outstretched towards Eunho made her look like a tiny sentinel.

“Haah…”

Eunho weakly sat back down.

At that moment, Seojin came out of the kitchen, carrying a bag full of snacks.

Her hands were laden with a variety of snacks.

“Forget Hyun.. eat this!”

Seojin placed the snacks in front of Eunho, her hands overflowing with different kinds of treats.

She sat down in front of Eunho and began to open the snack bags one by one.

“I’ve never seen anything like this!”

Nomi and Yoonhwa’s eyes sparkled at the sight of the snacks.

As monsters, they were curious about the new and different snacks.

In contrast, Eunho was staring blankly at the snacks, then turned his head in surprise at Seojin’s words.

“This is for Eunho. Nomi and Yoonhwa, can you share a bit~?”

Yoonhwa nodded in response to Seojin’s words.

“Ah! Right.. I got it!”

However, Nomi reacted differently.

“No, I’m going to eat alongside big brother Eunho!”

Nomi stubbornly declared. Eunho looked at Nomi with a surprised expression.

“I don’t eat stuff like that.. You guys can have it.”

Yoonhwa strongly insisted that Eunho try a snack.

“Eunho, just try it once! It’ll really be delicious!!”

There was a mixture of insistence and worry in her face.

“Ugh.. I don’t want to… You all eat it…”

Eunho’s voice strongly rejected, but his tone was somewhat hesitant.

A strange expression flickered in his eyes.

He recoiled from the snacks, appearing to lose a bit of strength.

“Ugh.. I can’t eat it..”

His voice grew weaker and weaker.

His pronunciation became more and more slurred.

Friends stared in confusion at Eunho’s strange speech.

“E-Eunho…? Your pronunciation is…?”

Yoonhwa shot Eunho a worried glance.

She was taken aback by his odd behavior.

However, she felt that if things continued this way, it could genuinely become dangerous, so she resolved to force feed him a snack.

“Um, Eunho, I’ll feed you..”

Yoonhwa approached Eunho and spoke.

Her face was a mix of worry and determination.

She tried to pry open Eunho’s mouth to shove a snack inside.

“I-I said I’m fine, right?!”

Eunho desperately tried to resist, but his strength had already diminished.

Yoonhwa’s strength was enough to overcome Eunho’s resistance.

“Ugh..!!”

Yoonhwa forcibly opened Eunho’s mouth and stuffed in the snack.

Her strong force was sufficient to overpower little Eunho’s resistance.

Yoonhwa, smiling, said,


“You must swallow it whole~..!!”

Eunho barely opened his eyes and swallowed with difficulty, his expression turning from blank to surprised.

“Uh.. this… isn’t bad, actually..?”

“Not as good as human food, though.”

Eunho said in disbelief, his voice mixed with astonishment and confusion.

Nomi burst into laughter at Eunho’s reaction.

“Yum..! I thought the same thing when I tried it for the first time!”

Her voice was filled with excitement and joy.

But everyone was startled by Eunho’s change. His body was beginning to grow.

He rose to a height similar to Nomi’s.

“Woohooo! Finally grown a bit!”

Nomi said, looking excitedly at Eunho.

Everyone stared wide-eyed at Eunho’s transformation.

“Wow, Eunho! You really have grown!”

Seojin exclaimed in astonishment. Her voice brimmed with surprise and relief.

Hyun and Kangtae’s eyes widened at Eunho’s transformation too.

Yoonhwa smiled at Eunho and said,


“See? I told you it would be delicious!”

However, Eunho shook his head, looking up at Yoonhwa.

“But… this is really hard…”

“Yoonhwa.. eating human food is…”

His voice lowered, filled with a hint of sadness and discomfort.

He forced a smile as he said,


“I-I won’t ask for much…”

“Just can you overlook that part of the contract that says I can’t harm humans?”

Eunho’s voice held a mix of faint hope and a plea.

At Eunho’s words, Nomi gazed at him with a puzzled expression.

“Contract? Did you and sis have a contract?”

Nomi’s voice was full of curiosity and intrigue.

At that moment, Hyun, Kangtae, and Seojin spoke up for both of them.

“Nomi, let’s just enjoy the good mood right now…”

“Let’s all go into the room and play together!”

Hyun, Kangtae, and Seojin’s words made Nomi glance momentarily at Eunho and Yoonhwa.

However, she agreed quickly and headed into the room.

“Okay! I love playing!”

Her voice sounded bright and lively. Hyun, Kangtae, and Seojin followed Nomi into the room.

Meanwhile, Eunho and Yoonhwa sat in silence, looking at each other in the living room.

A hint of hope and expectation flickered in Eunho’s eyes.

He had voiced his wishes to Yoonhwa, but her reaction remained uncertain.

Yoonhwa gazed at Eunho with a thoughtful expression before slowly speaking.

“Eunho, human food can also be delicious and you can live off it.”

“You don’t have to harm humans anymore.”

Eunho wore a disappointed expression at Yoonhwa’s words.

“Yoonhwa.. no, what I meant wasn’t human food.”

“That kind of food isn’t really for me…”

“Ah! Why don’t we just take Nomi along,”

“and eat up all the humans in this house?”

Yoonhwa, furious at Eunho’s suggestion, shouted,


“Absolutely not! Just eat the snacks!”

She plunged her hand into the snack bag, grabbing a handful, and shoved it into Eunho’s mouth.

“Ugh..!!”

As Eunho’s small mouth stuffed full, he blushed in embarrassment.

After finally swallowing all the snacks, he stood up, coughing and shouting.

“What the heck are you doing?!”

At that moment, Eunho grew a bit taller, matching the height of seated Yoonhwa when he stood up.

Yoonhwa couldn’t help but laugh, amazed at Eunho’s growth but also amused by his frantic shouts.

“Puhahha..!! Eunho, are you really a monster?”

“Struggling so much with snacks…”

“How cute?”

Hearing those words, Eunho felt a rush of anger but also embarrassment at being unable to do anything, making him redden and lower his head.

Yoonhwa suddenly sat down, looking down at the forlorn Eunho and was taken aback.

“Oh-Oh! I’m sorry, Eunho! Was that a bit much??”

Eunho shook his head, insisting it wasn’t so.

Then, he spoke in the darkest tone he could muster.

“I-I really can’t live like this anymore…”

“You know very well how good humans can taste…”

“It feels like I’m just going in circles…”

“Please… just one time, let’s pretend the contract never existed…”

Yoonhwa’s heart shattered at little Eunho’s pitiful request.

She wore a troubled expression for a moment before sighing and slowly speaking up.

“Haah… okay, Eunho…”

“After all, monsters have always considered humans… their main diet.”

“I guess I don’t need to meddle…”