The Archmage’s Restaurant

# 191

Chapter.40 Cooking Competition

However, as a few days passed, instead of creating a new menu, sales gradually decreased and reached a serious level. Licent frothed at the mouth and collapsed. It was anemic.

“Ugh I hate it. no. I can’t lose like this. As it is… ! It can’t go on like this, right? Right, Horai?”

“yes? yes. But we can’t even win like this. Moreover, it seems that this recipe uses ingredients that are not found in our region, so it may not be easy to follow. The new menu doesn’t come out that quickly… president… Give up on this… .”

“Horay! “Are you saying that now?”

“Oh no! sorry.”

“I have to defeat my father… .”

This time, Licent looked at Horai with an earnest look on his face.

“So tell me honestly. Why is that restaurant doing so well? How did they suddenly develop a menu like that? It would have been absolutely impossible for Visera. “Is my analysis wrong?”

“That’s not it. It looks like someone has been newly hired from overseas. “I think it was that person’s influence.”

“Out of town?”

“yes.”

“I guess you had some money saved somewhere?”

“yes?”

“That’s why you probably hired someone.”

“What is that… .”

“what. Was it something like that? “Then isn’t it simple?”

“president?”

Horai was taken aback, but Licent looked like he had found the answer and confidently gave the command.

“Go and hire that person right now. They say they will pay you two or three times the salary you are currently receiving at Visera Restaurant! okay?”

“But boss, that’s too much money…” .”

Licent approached Horai with an expression as if he was going to eat him.

“Why don’t you understand that? Anyway, if we take that person out and make the same dish, we’ll be the ones who win in the end. okay?”

“I’m going to use my pocket money to cover my immediate expenses, so I’m telling you to bring me here somehow!”

“Oh, I understand.”

I can’t do it because it’s an order. Horai had no choice but to go scouting.

***

“If you work at Merli, I will give you twice the salary you get here.”

A man who introduced himself as Horai began to tell a story in secret.

This is what they say they took advantage of the time they were out of town to approach and do it.

It’s so obvious, but I’m actually glad because it was an approach I had been waiting for. I confirmed that the woman I saw at that restaurant went to the restaurant. And I knew something would come soon, but I never thought it would be this blunt.

“that… .”

“As expected, it will be difficult. “Then how about three times that?”

“Three times as much?”

“Of course it is. “I knew, but I also received orders from my superiors.”

“no? I will work. Three times that would be nice.”

“yes?”

When I agreed, Horai blinked in confusion and surprise. The expression is that it is an exception.

Did you get any information that Duran and I seem to know each other?

“it’s okay. “I’m willing to work.”

“Thank you for that. “Hehehe?”

Horai was so embarrassed that he took out a handkerchief and started wiping his cheek. The face is covered in a sense of discomfort, but the corners of the mouth are in a forced smile.

“Then since when… .”

“Since when? There’s no need to take too long. “I will go to work there starting today.”

“yes? Is that true? “Then we thank you!”

Horai, barely able to control his expression, lowered his head. Get the chef out. Well, up to this point, we are barely within the boundaries of competition.

I shrugged my shoulders again and smiled at Horai.

I expected it because it teleported towards the mountain and approached me on the way to the restaurant.

“Then I will go first and report this to the boss. “Are you really going to come right away?”

“yes. “Exactly.”

“All right!”

In disbelief, Horai checked a few more times before disappearing into the distance.

So, I moved to Merli instead of Visera restaurant. I don’t forget to inform my companion of that fact.

“Did you hear Lurin? “I’m going to that restaurant today.”

Of course, the companion remains silent.

It is morning now. There’s no way Lurin can be active in the morning.

I changed my clothes, combed my hair, and barely woke him up and teleported away. After that, I just kept sleeping on my back.

I called just in case, but all I heard was a loud sound, so I just walked towards the Merly restaurant.

I have already conveyed my plan to Visera Restaurant.

So there is no problem.

I went in front of Merli and found Horai waiting at the door with the woman I saw at the time.

“hello.”

So I said hello. The woman looked at Rurin on her back and asked a question with a puzzled look on her face.

“But who is the woman behind that?”

“You don’t have to worry about this guy. Rather, thank you for hiring me.”

“That’s right! Three times the salary. “I heard you said you would work for three times our chef’s salary?”

“yes? “Well, it’s a little different, but that’s okay.”

“Well then, you’ll have to work that much.”

“Work is great, but before that, who are you? “Please introduce yourself.”

“Oh, I see! sorry. My name is Licent. “He’s the boss here.”

“I am El. Nice to meet you.”

Licent was a woman who appeared to be in her late 20s, with short hair and a round face. Well, it’s not that important.

I nodded slightly and confidently entered the restaurant. Licent and Horai come in after them. So, as expected, I confidently asked.

“Are there no beds here? “I wish there was some space for this guy to lie down.”

“In that case, there is a break room for employees… .”

“Then can you guide me?”

“Oh, so it’s this way.”

It looked like he had something to say, but for now, Licent took the lead. Horai followed suit, and the restaurant employees looked at me strangely. I was full of caution. If it were natural, it would be a natural reaction.

The lounge that Licent showed me around was pretty good. There are beds, chairs, everything you need.

“I’m using the bed over there. “It’s a place where I sometimes rest when I’m too tired, so it’s clean.”

“Oh, that’s nice. thank you.”

I smiled softly and then put Lurin down on the bed.

“Gorolong gorolong.”

The time is now only 10 o’clock in the morning. It’s so natural that he doesn’t want to wake up, so I don’t even bother waking him up.

At least I’m proud of the fact that he put me on my back and forced me to use teleportation while he was sleeping while rubbing his eyes.

I was a little worried that if I used magic while dozing, I would fly to a completely wrong place, but surprisingly, I succeeded in teleporting to a very precise point.

“Let me see, then it will be lunch time soon?”

“of course. “I decided to give you three times as much, so I hope you work hard.”

“Well, I don’t know. It’s lunch. “Sorry, but I’m going to rest for a bit.”

I took a chair left in the corner and placed it in front of the bed, sat on it and stretched out my legs on the bed.

“What are you doing? What kind of nonsense is that? “Get to work now!”

“Right now it’s break time, so that won’t work. sorry.”

“What’s wrong? I asked you to leave in a low posture… .”

“president?”

I continued to smile and spoke clearly to Licent.

“Then shall we go back?”

“What do you mean, going back?”

“I mean, are you going back to Viscera Restaurant? Now that I think about it, I was thinking of trying another new menu starting today. What do you think?”

“… … .”

“Shall we go?”

When I attacked his weak point, Licent began to look at me with an expression that he had managed to calm down, shaking with anger that had risen to the top of his head.

There will be no choice. In this situation, unless you use the power of the company to destroy Visera Restaurant, you know very well that there will be no answer if I go back.

“great. rest. I’ll be back later! Then you must work after resting!”

“All right. “If you feel like it.”

I answered with a smile. I spoke very softly if I felt like it. Hehehe. Anyway, Licent turned around and stomped away.

It was good up to that point, but then I tripped and fell straight down in the middle of nowhere.

“Aaaah!”

He then fell asleep in silence for a while, then got up and scratched his head.

“I was checking to see if there was any dust on the floor! There is no dust. “I cleaned it yesterday!”

Without even asking, he shouted that and left, slamming the door behind him.

“president!”

Horai followed him out.

All I can say is that she’s a really crazy girl.

Well, that’s right.

She can’t let me go. It seems like he knows full well that if I go back to Viscera Restaurant, he will be the one losing out.

So, let’s take a look at that woman first.

“hate!”

In the meantime, I could hear Rurin talking in her sleep. I am making an impression. I have no idea what I dislike so much.

***

“What on earth is that guy! “It’s amazing!”

“Boss, then why are you holding back?”

As Licent came out alone and started fussing wildly, Horai asked a question with a face full of doubts. This is because it was very surprising to see Licent’s usual personality.

“If you let me go, you’ll go back to Visera like that man said!”

“That might seem like it, but… .”

“Do you know what sales were like yesterday? “Do you still hear this sound when you see that?”

“That’s true, but.”

Licent went on a rampage and started reorganizing the store. Even though it looked like this, the store was well organized. From the most basic cleanliness to the employee’s demeanor and etiquette shown to customers.

And the cleanliness and taste of the kitchen.

I was full of the desire to pay attention and be recognized, and things were actually going well, but everything fell apart overnight.

It shouldn’t be like this.

Licent bit his lip.

As long as Licent’s heart is occupied by such a strong desire to never acknowledge his unjust death for his mother, it is something he can never give up.

But the more I did it, the more anxious I became.

The more I hated the man who ruined things, the more I hated him. I do not like it.

“It looks like he’s trying to use his situation to threaten me, but it’s not going to work. Something like that. “I will definitely show off three times the salary.”

I mumbled to myself like that and lost my temper, and then, whoa!

I ended up hitting my head on a pillar.

“Aaaah!”

And due to the impact, the bucket of water that had been placed on the second floor to wash the stairs fell on Licent’s head.

“What is this!”

In an instant, Licent looked like a mouse that had been hit by water. The moment he moved his feet, he slipped and landed on his buttocks because of the water.

A set of 3 bad luck items.

Or should I say that it was a disaster that occurred while I was walking in a wobbly manner.

“What is this? “I really hate it!”

And shouted at the ceiling. It’s still closing time, so there’s no problem. That too is a calculated shout.

After that, he ran to his own small house right in front of the restaurant. When we returned to the restaurant, it was already lunch time.

But the inside of the restaurant is very deserted. In fact, this lunch hour is the time when miners visit most.

Since many miners have families who go home after work to eat, lunchtime can be said to be the most popular time, and in fact, it was at this time that the first floor was full.

The first floor seemed even more deserted than yesterday.

“Horai. “Is that man still resting?”

“yes. “I’ve never left the break room.”

The answer made Licent so frustrated that he even had tears in his eyes. This whole situation.