My job, [Chef], isn’t just about cooking delicious food.

In the early days after awakening, I wondered what kind of job it was.

The thought of cooking monsters—beings that ate humans—was unsettling, so I only used ordinary ingredients.

‘How naive I was.’

This job was designed to reveal its true worth when cooking monsters.

The flesh of monsters, which humans can’t consume as it is, can be refined and processed.

Cooking is a ritual that makes it safe for human consumption, transforming it into a source of strength.

The chef is like a shaman who presides over this ritual.

-“Taste... …