Adventurers Are Obsessed With My Cooking

Episode 17. A sign of blue

“Lemon-nim. Aren’t you making a request today?”

The town’s adventurer’s guild.

For some reason, it was unusually quiet, and the receptionist of the guild asked the female knight who was seated at a table on the first floor today and showed anxiety.

Sour lemon.

That’s her name.

“Hmm… I just… Have no motivation…”

“It’s such a big deal to have no motivation.”

“No… Not that much…”

“Sure?”

She was shaking her legs nonstop, tapping her fingernails on her table.

When a person, especially a tall man, passed by, he would pull her neck to check it out and sigh with a disappointed face.

It is a scene that has been repeated every day for the past few days.

“No… It’s just… Nothing really.”

“Is that so? I…”

“Hmm?”

“Who are you looking for?”

“Looking for tea. Me, me? Who, who?”

“Because he kept looking at the people passing by outside the window, just in case.”

“Don’t worry, it’s never like that!”

Her receptionist said she was terribly suspicious.

Previously, when she occasionally stopped by, she used to accept and solve quests that gave the most rewards, but she doesn’t look like that anymore.

Judging from the equipment, he’s not the kind of person to play around here, but it wasn’t surprising that he appeared every day in a rural guild like this.

‘Maybe…’

In fact, there have been a few people who have had symptoms similar to hers lately.

‘Are you looking for that person?’

Jeon Tae-min.

He is an amazing chef who developed a new dish called jeon, named after himself.

Since he has not been seen recently, more than one villager complains of anxiety.

“Oh… You can’t eat that man’s dish anymore?”

“So, I’m going to buy some small grains. Does it make sense to buy and eat that precious food for a single coin? You’re disappointed. Disappointed! Now you might never come to our village again!”

“The village chief is the problem, village chief. He said he received taxes? Does that make sense? Eh!”

Most of the village elders, regardless of age, complained that they wanted to eat his dishes again.

Some of them even suffer from severe withdrawal symptoms.

‘I want to eat again…’

It wasn’t a bad deal from the guild’s point of view.

Not only did he get a huge amount of unearned income from his place rent, but young adventurers started their activities with enthusiasm, saying they would earn money to buy his food.

I want to keep it in this town as much as possible.

Both personally and from the Adventurer’s Guild’s point of view.

‘But it must be difficult.’

Rumors have already spread in other villages.

The receptionist seemed to have a clear view of the chef’s future.

Receiving the best treatment in the country of the rich in the middle of a distant continent, cooking only for the king.

“Hey…”

“Oh, yes.”

Unable to bear it, Lemon eventually approached the receptionist.

He seemed to be asking something.

“Why can’t I see them today?”

“Speaking of those children…”

“Melissa and Mumu.”

“Ah! The children left for Palais yesterday. They probably won’t be back for a few days.”

Lemon looked as if he was in great shock.

“Why are you there?”

“I had a request. Help with the stalls.”

“No, no no no, stalls?”

“Yes. I thought they might be doing business there for a while. The cook. You know Lemon-sama, right? You were doing business in our village a while ago…”

Lemon stood there blankly for a while with a shocked look on his face.

“Is the person you are looking for the chef?”

“……”

“Hey… Lemon?”

“I… I’ll go…”

Lemon walked out of the Adventurer’s Guild sluggishly like a man who had lost his soul.

“If that’s the case, you’re pretty serious.”

It seems that the summoner couldn’t stand the chef’s cooking at all.

The receptionist thought so.

* * *

A commercial guild that oversees the commerce of Palé, the largest city in Salem.

It is not a guild established by players, but a kind of merchant union that is run by the city itself.

‘This is the city’s problem.’

If you want to do business in the city, you have to go through difficult procedures.

Residents as well as players must follow the rules.

I came here now because I don’t know what kind of disadvantage I will face if I don’t.

But you don’t have to worry too much.

Although it happened in the previous world, my main character’s assistant class was a blacksmith, and I have already visited this place several times.

‘Although it feels a bit different.’

As long as you pay enough money, it won’t stop you from opening a stall.

Blacksmiths and cooks just need to register as merchants, then they will be qualified to operate, and all they have to do is decide where to open a stall and then get permission.

Of course, you have to pay taxes to the lord in charge of this city, but the tax rate is not that high.

This place also belongs to the beginner’s area.

‘That’s why even though it’s not a big city, there were quite a few trades.’

It was like that in the old days.

Of course, things are a little different now.

It’s because the influx of new people is zero.

No matter how low the tax rate is, it is no longer necessary for top players to come all the way here to make deals.

“Street stalls? Why not open a store?”

“Because I’m still training. I’m traveling in search of delicious ingredients and new dishes.”

“So you want to run a mobile stall business?”

“Yes.”

“You know you have to pay taxes, right?”

This person has never changed.

The grandfather of the guild leader of the Palais Mercantile Guild, reminiscent of Santa Claus.

You may not remember me when I came as a different character, but memories arise.

‘Those days were good.’

If Boncaro had come to this world, he might have finished conquering the Abyss and challenged the Inferno Dungeon by now.

Being loved more than anyone else by the party members.

‘All right. Now, how do those guys live?’

“Here is the registration card.”

“Yes. Thank you.”

I paid a whopping 1 gold and got permission to do business.

This is the amount of money required to sell a whopping 1,000 coins.

‘This is not the end.’

“Where do you plan to do business?”

“Where would be good? It would be nice if there was a lot of floating population.”

“The most floating population is in front of the market or temple. The richest people are in front of the temple.”

“That would be nice.”

After I smiled brightly, the guild leader asked me back.

“The rent there is quite expensive. Would you like to do it there?”

“Yes. My cooking is rather expensive.”

“Heh heh. I want to try it too.”

“Come once. You won’t regret it.”

“Here’s a letter of introduction. Just show this to the temple and they’ll accept it right away. It’s between us, but the temple guys love money as much as we do.”

I bowed lightly and left the commercial guild building.

Nothing to worry about.

Because the system automatically exits it anyway.

It’s comfortable, but there’s no difference in the structure where I roll the tricks and the high-ranking people sit still and earn unearned income.

Should I say I’m envious or annoyed?

“Uncle!”

The children waiting at the entrance greet me.

“Did the story go well?”

“Yes. I got permission. I’m going to do business in front of the temple tomorrow.”

“Hee hee. Even the people in the city will be very surprised, right? What if I eat Mr.’S cooking?”

“Well. Everyone’s taste is different.”

“No! If you eat uncle’s food and say it’s not delicious, that person is wrong.”

He casually stroked Melissa’s hair.

The guys who readily ran all the way here at my request.

I plan to give you three times the reward for this quest.

‘Instead of that, I’m thinking of raising the price of the food I sell.’

If you go to Gangnam, the price of the same product naturally increases.

It is nonsense to charge the same price as other villages, such as seat rent, tax, and business license.

“Let’s make a lot of money tomorrow.”

“Yes! I’ll do my best!”

“Me too.”

I plan to earn enough money to provide these guys with decent equipment one by one.

You should do that.

You gave up on dungeons and came all this way because of me.

“Then, let’s take a look around the city today.”

“Yes! I like it.”

“I want to go, but there is.”

“Okay. Let’s go somewhere.”

* * *

Business day.

I got up at the same time as usual and headed to the temple with the children.

Since I already got permission for the temple yesterday, I can start setting up the stalls today.

My own small stall that occupies four spaces in the inventory has appeared.

And the cache cooking utensils that appear one after another.

Take out the ingredients and make a fire.

Then the cooking begins.

‘The floating population isn’t as large as I thought, right?’

It must be because it is early in the morning.

Other stalls in the plaza in front of the temple lined up next to me are just starting to open.

It seems that there is still time to spare.

‘First of all, shall I pass it around so that the other stallholders can taste it?’

I started cooking right away.

Then the transfer was sent in an instant.

“Wow, that looks delicious. You know what, mister? Right now, there’s an uproar in our town. The mister is gone.”

“I heard about that yesterday.”

“Ah, I told you.”

“Stupid Melissa.”

“What do you say. Mumu knows. People came to us to serve the chef.”

“Is that true? You guys? I’m sorry about this.”

“Oh, it’s not like that. Melissa was exaggerating. I was just asking where you went.”

Not bad to hear.

That’s proof that my food is being eaten.

“I have to go back once. It’s the town where I started cooking.”

“Wow, really?”

“Of course. You are in that village too.”

“But mister.”

“Huh?”

“Before that, can I eat it?”

Melissa looked like she was going to drool at any moment.

“Yes. Let’s start by eating one by one. There are no customers right now.”

Turning to other stalls is next.

* * *

“Huh? What is this smell?”

“Looks like that new stall opened over there?”

At the mouth-watering scent, the eyes of the other stallholders who were preparing to do business all at once turned to one place.

“It tastes good too.”

“What kind of dish is that? First time seeing it?”

“Isn’t that the one? What is that that has been going on all over the neighborhood lately? Jo-on?”

“Before! Do you mean before? There are various kinds of green onion and chives?”

“That’s right. Isn’t that it?”

The stall owners were good at rumors like merchants.

Besides, isn’t it the plaza in front of the temple that is famous for its expensive seat rentals?

As the survivors, keeping up to date with the latest information was the basic of the basics.

Then a tall summoner appeared with a plate full in his hand.

“Hello seniors. I’m a newcomer. Please take good care of me. This is the food I’m selling today, and I brought it for you to taste.”

The expressions of the merchants, who had shown their vigilance, gradually loosened.

“Heh heh. The young man is polite.”

“Is this the kind of food that is popular these days?”

“I don’t know how famous it is, but I’m right.”

“Sure? Let’s taste it.”

The strong scent of green onions spreads everywhere.

The street vendors waiting their turn in the back gulped.

“Kehehehe, no, I only heard rumors that it was famous, but I’ve never had such delicious food in my life!”

“Um… Um… Heh heh… Um… I can’t stop this.”

“Me too, give me one too.”

“Here it is.”

“Kuhh… No, what kind of taste… I don’t think there’s anything special in it…”

It was very upsetting.

In particular, the owners of stalls selling other food began to worry with serious faces.

“This is a big deal.”

“We really need to close the business?”

Then.

“Hey… What is this? I ate this dish and suddenly… I can’t believe it…!?”

“Yes. My dish has a buff effect.”

“What!?”

Like merchants, they quickly caught on to what the current remark meant.

“There’s going to be a lot of chaos in the palais today.”

“Isn’t it just Palais? This is in front of the temple. Everyone who goes to other areas passes by here!”

“Blue… Blue will come.”

Merchants all looked at the newcomer who started business today.