The Archmage’s Restaurant

# 193

Chapter.40 Cooking Competition

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“You. “My ears hurt.”

“Do your ears hurt from overhearing that?”

I followed Ricent to the roof of Leain Trading Company. Lurin did a solid job.

Of course, Licent cannot know that fact.

Of course he came back faster than that woman.

By now, I’m sure he’s so pissed he’s going to rush in. But, as expected, she had her own circumstances.

I can’t even call my father “father” and it seems like there’s some kind of competition between him and me.

I don’t know if you’ll tell me that.

I thought I would help you if you told me the truth. Anyway, it is true that my appearance completely disrupted her affairs.

So, isn’t it best for everyone to win?

As long as Visera Restaurant prospers and she, who suffered damage as a result, is satisfied with the outcome.

In fact, there are several reasons why they agreed to hire the chef from the beginning and went to this restaurant to sabotage business.

The biggest reason is to see what kind of person the owner is.

Observation from outside the restaurant has its limits. However, if you work hard, there is no need to rush, so you do not reveal your true self. Because I need to know what I saw, I can be confident that Visera Restaurant will be safe in the future.

Well, as a result, as I said, I fully realized that I was not a bad person.

Following the hiring of the chef, he had planned to take over the restaurant as planned, such as hiring a gangster to ruin Visera Restaurant, or carrying out various dark behind-the-scenes operations on the back of Leain Trading Company, but since he did not, he changed his mind.

Moreover, it seems that the true owner of this restaurant is Leain Trading Company, and Licent, who was harmed by the success of Visera Restaurant, had special circumstances.

I knew everything that was going on.

Everything that needs to be investigated has been investigated, so the sabotage is over.

Thump thump thump-!

“Hey!”

As expected, Licent arrived.

I kick down the break room door and fall down again.

Whoa whoa!

Why does this woman fall so easily?

He didn’t even scream because he was so embarrassed, he just stood up with tears in his eyes and his forehead turning bright red.

And then he comes walking towards me again.

“Here you are. “It’s one month’s salary!”

Then he passed a wad of money in front of me.

“I got paid, so now I work. I have to go to the festival in a few days… I work. yes? Please work! “You gave me money!”

He shouted as he saw me still hanging out.

Nothing seems to have changed, but it somehow feels like my eyes are crying.

“The reason why I can’t call my father father and why I have to overcome it like that. what is that? And did you finally decide to go out with me?”

“yes? How do you do that… .”

“Well, I know some people at Leain Trading Company.”

Is there anyone who knows? It was just a lie, but Licent, who was in a situation where he had no time to think about many things, must have believed it, his face hardened.

“… … .”

“I can’t help it because your cooking is the most original! Besides, I hired him, so it was a natural choice. “Isn’t that right?”

“That’s an honor, but do you really want to do the job?”

“… … If you’re not going to work sincerely, just disappear. “I will find another way somehow.”

“no. From now on, I will work sincerely. No matter how important other factors are, as long as it is a restaurant, the originality and taste of the food cannot be ignored. Especially if it’s a festival, if you just serve the noodles you always eat, no matter how great the other elements are, what’s the point? So I will be helpful.”

“… … Aren’t you too confident? … “Well, I think it tastes great.”

Licent’s eyes began to roll. He looks like he is thinking about what to do.

It seemed like they thought it was suspicious that I had to explain it properly.

“Are you a spy for Leain?”

Did she come to that conclusion in the end?

“It can’t be. It seems like the festival is just around the corner, but if you don’t trust the chef, isn’t it time to close your eyes and take a gamble? Finding a new chef again is like picking a star in the sky. “Other children who want to be recognized by their father have already searched for all the nearby chefs.”

“That’s right… Besides, the current chef is from Ruain anyway, so it’s no use. all right!”

She must have been thinking about what I said, and with a prickly expression, she finally began to open her mouth.

About his own personal revenge.

Her father, who abandoned her, has no choice but to acknowledge her through her skills, and when she officially becomes the heir to the family, she takes simple yet great revenge by shouting loudly and leaving right then and there.

Isn’t this a courageous revenge?

“okay. This isn’t a guy I like. Then let’s destroy it together.”

“It’s not that easy!”

“But didn’t you tell me your true feelings because you thought it might be helpful?”

“that… Like you said, I have to grasp at straws… .”

“Well, I like it. Let’s destroy whatever is easy or not. “There is a way.”

“Is that true?”

“Oh, before that, I will tell you my situation honestly to prove that I am not a spy. Duran helped me once. So I came here to thank you for your help. So actually… .”

I also told him that if Merli’s president was someone who would use dirty methods to ruin Visera’s restaurant after I left, he would take it over and hand it over to Visera, and that he planned to leave after repaying all the help he had received at the time. . Now, my thoughts have changed.

Then Licent laughed helplessly.

“Then the reason you hired me… .”

“I went undercover to investigate what you just said. If there were no circumstances for you and you were just a hard-working boss, I would have tried to teach you other dishes or suggest a partnership instead of taking over, but that is not the case, so I think it can be a win-win situation. I’m sorry for sneaking in under the pretense of being hired. “I needed to know what kind of person he was, and I thought this was the fastest way to do that.”

“That’s absurd. If only I had told you the truth from the beginning… !”

“If you weren’t desperate, you wouldn’t have told me about revenge. If I worked and the restaurant did well again, I would have just gotten paid and done. “I wouldn’t have been able to hear your inner thoughts directly.”

“That’s true, but… still!”

“So, let’s do this together from now on. “Thanks to you, I learned how tenacious you are.”

“What is that! Well, at least it seems clear that he is not a spy for Rheain… .”

“that’s right. So, if you just leave it to me, I will sincerely help you from now on. By the way, Mr. Licent, what did you plan to do after taking revenge?”

“Anyway, all the employees are my father’s, so even if I’m not around, it doesn’t matter because they belong to Leain Trading Company. So, I was planning to leave feeling relieved. I have money I earned from running a restaurant, and I don’t plan on giving back the money I earned at Merli. Isn’t that the minimum that can be received from the biological father? So, with this, I want to go to the capital and continue my studies.”

“That’s a really good choice. It’s awesome.”

“Is it cool?”

“Anyway, then let’s fight together even more. I think we can help each other. As I mentioned earlier, there is a good way. So, after making your wish come true, I will go ahead and proudly take over this restaurant that will become ownerless when you leave. Hand it over to Duran. As I said before, it’s a win-win.”

“yes. What happens afterward doesn’t matter. “If only I could win!”

Licent nodded strongly at my words.

There was more trust in his eyes than before. Of course, this is far from complete trust.

It was only natural that we had just declared that we would become colleagues.

“Then where should we work?”

I shrugged my shoulders and got up. Then Lulin came next to him and looked up at me.

It seemed like he had something to say.

***

This is before I leave to help at the restaurant.

This is the story of Lurin one day.

Lurin used teleportation that day. That was the root of the problem. Something went wrong during the teleportation, so the location became misaligned.

It was an annoyance for Lurin, who secretly used teleportation while out running errands in the city.

So, I narrowed my eyebrows while showing my displeasure.

I looked around and figured out the place. It looked familiar. For some reason, I was back in the city again. It was also in front of Elena’s clinic.

Meanwhile, in front of the clinic, Elena was sighing heavily. The face was very dark.

“What are you doing, elf?”

“yes? Uhhhh?! “O great being above!”

As soon as Elena saw Lulin, she was so startled that she fell to the floor. My whole body is shaking. Even his ears, which were long compared to humans, began to tremble.

“Eh?”

So it was Lurin who was embarrassed by that reaction.

“What is it? you. “Why are you doing that?”

“Why did you come to this city, great being…?” .”

I couldn’t even lift my face.

I don’t know why, but Lurin tilted her head because it overlapped with the way she looked when they first met.

“Did I eat something wrong? And now that I think about it, I can barely feel any red. Where did the red one go again?”

“It’s red… I have no idea what you’re talking about… .”

“What? What are you really?! I don’t like it. Well, it is a blessing in the world that there is no red thing. Hmm.”

Rurin was convinced and entered the clinic. There was no one.

It’s perfect for secretly teleporting. Lulin just used teleportation.

And hey.

This time we arrived in front of the restaurant normally.

Although she didn’t really know what was wrong earlier, she decided to think about it later and entered the restaurant.

And I found El.

At that moment, my heart started pounding. It’s not exciting in a good way.

Very unpleasant.

It was throbbing unpleasantly and unpleasantly.

As expected, I could see L’s back and he was hugging another woman.

I feel like I don’t know what to do.

Lurin fell into confusion.

like this.

like this.

She is a woman with black hair.

We couldn’t see their faces because they were hugging each other.

“Yes, you… ! this… this… .”

Quaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa8551114588 there?

In the end, the restaurant’s roof was shattered and the wall exploded due to the anger. I was swept away by a tremendous vibration.

Moreover, instead of you, the name you forgot came out. Lurin’s eyes were already filled with tears.

“Ugh! “A restaurant!”

“What are you!”

“Uh huh?”

El screamed, and the woman who was hugging her frowned. And the last one is Rurin’s cry.

Rurin froze, unable to understand the situation.

Because the one who was hugging L was none other than himself.

What is this?

Lurin fell into confusion.

He said L was having an affair with him. What is this!

“Lurin?”

“Geuggggg yes! I am Rurin! you! “What is that jjaga!”

The real Lurin shouted at the fake Lulin.

Then, fake Lurin got angrier and shouted, holding El’s arm tightly.

“What kind of fake are you? He’s a funny guy. This El is mine!”

“What kind of situation is this? “Two Lurin?”

El tilted her head. Even L is in a state of confusion.

For convenience, let’s say that the one that is currently attached to El is a fake Lurin teleport, and the Lurin that appears here is the real Lurin.

The real Rurin tilted her head even more.

Lulin’s eyes began to spin. So I just ran outside.

I feel peer.

It was definitely a fake Rulindo dragon.

“Why am I running away? “I’m the truth!”

After deciding to kill the fake Rulin, I returned to the restaurant. El and fake Lurin were not in the restaurant. So the real Rurin went into Rare.

“Why are you doing this all of a sudden? Well, it’s good. You can stick a little longer. Hi-Hi.”

“Suddenly there are two of you, and your legs feel weak?”

“That is fake. And then you can go to the teleport.”

“it’s okay. You’ll recover in a little while. “It’s also bad to rely too much on magic.”

“Then I will carry you. “Because I want to lie down in bed!”

What is that again? Lurin thought. Although he has carried L on his back many times, he has never carried L on his back. But Lurin suddenly started carrying El. A fake topic that you haven’t even tried!

Ugh!

Jealousy rose like fire. That looks like you, but it’s not you. So of course it’s jealousy.

Breath was released immediately. Then, the fake Lurin, who was carrying El, also let out breath.

Kwaaaaaaaaaaaa!

“Put El down now! “Fake things!”

“Who is fake? I am real! “This rare here is mine!”

“Hmm?”

Suddenly, the real Lulin started to get confused. And normally, L should have already come out by this time and scolded herself for blowing out her breath, but it was a little different.

The El in front of me was somehow different.

In the end, Lurin escaped from Lair again. I have no idea what is what.

I even began to question my own existence. But I soon changed my mind.

It’s all that fake’s fault. The fake made Elle strange!

Lulin thought so and reflected on why he retreated.

And then they attacked again.

“Eat. you. Hi-Hi. “Is it delicious?”

And then I rubbed my eyes again. Fake Rurin was feeding El. Hehehe, it was blowing.

“You’re so cute too! “I had rice in my mouth.”

“There are two of you, and one of you keeps going back and forth. How can food go to your mouth normally? A carefree guy. What on earth is that Rurin? Something seems wrong. I don’t think anyone is imitating you. “That guy was clearly Lulin too.”

“no! “If you come again, I will kill you!”

“Iik! You, you, you, you are El, but you are not El! And you are not me!”

“what?”

L answered and the fake Lurin threw a kick at the real Lulin.

In the end, the real Lulin and the fake Lulin got entangled and started fighting, and the real Lulin’s hair got all messed up.