A Qualified Otherworld Protagonist

He arrived in a snow-covered pine forest.

He found another cave in the mountains. Still, Mel remained somewhat vigilant. Large caves like this could very well be home to large animals or magical beasts.

If it was a brown bear, it should have been hibernating in this weather.

Under Magic Perception, sure enough, there was a hibernating brown bear inside the cave.

"An extra meal." Mel activated [Stealth] + [Invisibility] and swiftly approached. He drew his dagger and plunged it down. The hibernating brown bear's health bar instantly emptied, and it was killed without any struggle.

Judging by the brown bear's size, it had likely only recently entered hibernation and had accumulated plenty of fat.

"Bear paws are a high-end ingredient, but I don't know how to prepare them." Mel crouched down and examined the brown bear before him. A whole bear only needed one inventory slot, but it would be troublesome to process whenever he wanted to eat it later. He preferred taking out meat and cooking it.

He first chopped off the bear paws with his longsword, intending to try one that night.

Since he did not know how to prepare it, he would simply stew it. He added all sorts of spices, and with salt for seasoning, it should taste good.

It was his first time handling something like this, so Mel cooked the rice first.

After washing the bear paw clean, he blanched it in boiling water, then used his dagger to remove the tough outer skin, revealing the clean white portion underneath.

He added various spices and put it in a stew pot. Once the rice was fully cooked, Mel took a bite. Honestly, it was very different from what he had imagined. It was not that springy or tender. It felt like biting into