Adventurers Are Obsessed With My Cooking

Episode 21. Sincerely

‘What is that all about?’

A stall zone spread out side by side in one corner of a huge plaza.

The surroundings were noisy from early morning.

It was because there was a crowd like a group of clouds.

“Mister. Aren’t those people waiting to eat your cooking?”

“Is that so?”

“Ah, of course.”

Is it because of the business I did yesterday?

It seems that there are quite a few rumors in the city.

‘Something won’t happen…’

I was more worried than happy.

‘Someone will get angry…’

Not twice, but ten times.

There will be far more dissatisfied and cursing people than willing to pay the price.

‘I can’t help it. It’s a process that you have to go through once anyway.’

I started cooking to earn money from scratch.

To be honest, the current income is far below the target.

It’s because the level of the cooking class is low, it’s not even 1/100 compared to when I was playing in a party in a dungeon.

‘Can I be proud now?’

Even though my chef level is 10, my cooking is not something that can be eaten anytime, anywhere.

It also has an excellent buff effect.

‘I could sell it for a higher price, but…’

This is Salem.

Even if you want to sell at a higher price, you will have to maintain a reasonable level.

Because the standard of living of the residents is tailored to the beginner area.

Of course, you can do business in other regions.

However, I still feel that it is premature.

I don’t want to run into those guys who banished me, even by chance, and now I want to live peacefully in a safe place.

Even though I just came to a city in a beginner area, it is to the point that a stranger comes and invites me like last night.

If you move to another area, it will be more annoying than you can imagine.

“Mister. People stare at us.”

“There’s nothing to shrink from. Now, let’s prepare for business right away.”

“Yes!”

I immediately started preparing for business.

Merchants at other stalls say that their business is going well thanks to us.

It is only natural that the floating population has increased many times over.

‘The stall over there isn’t open today…’

Only the food stalls were missing.

It seems that business is not going well because of me.

‘This is why I have to raise the price.’

At a similar price, of course, I would eat a dish with a buff.

If this side raises the price appropriately, other ordinary stalls can survive.

I realized that fact once again.

‘I’ve done enough publicity, so now I don’t need to drive cheaply.’

I took out the stalls and installed the menu board that didn’t exist yesterday.

“Mister, I wish there was a menu. There are too many people asking.”

It was Melissa’s request.

It is not a regular business.

What dishes you can buy, how many, and how much they cost.

Melissa was having a hard time because she kept asking the same question over and over again.

So, I went to the carpentry shop last night and made a menu.

It was late in the evening, but when I asked for the price three times, they gladly made it.

A wooden board is installed in front of the stall, and the name of the menu and price are written in neat letters of Mumu.

There are only two types of menus, so it’s not complicated and clean, so it’s easy to recognize.

‘Looks like he’s doing some business now.’

I hurriedly looked around.

Many people’s eyes are directed to the menu board.

I took a deep breath and exclaimed.

I wrote it down, but I need to make sure of this.

“The opening event is over. Starting today, we will sell at the normal price. The price is five silver coins per coin. Each person can purchase up to five cards. We will no longer sell drinks. We decided to give away a free drink only to those who purchase a ticket!”

People start to mumble.

“Also, please note that the buff effect on the dish has increased compared to yesterday. I said it was a normal price, but today may be the last time I can buy a dish with this amount of buffs at this price! Because I’m not staying in this city!”

‘This should be enough.’

I didn’t say anything wrong.

As the attribute level rises, the buff effect will also increase, and of course, the price increase corresponding to the investment in the attribute is essential in the future.

As the level goes up, the investment cost increases exponentially.

‘If I don’t buy it now, will I regret it?’

Besides, I’ve only been doing business here for the past few days.

Next time, no matter how much I want to eat, I won’t be able to live.

Finishing my remarks, I returned to the booth.

From now on, the business begins.

“Hmm?”

Suddenly, Mumu pulled my apron.

As soon as my eyes turned to him, he gestured for my ears.

As she leaned over towards her, her small, tickling voice began to reach my ears.

“Mister, I want some apple juice.”

Ah… What did you mean?

I thought there was something important going on.

I put my hand lightly on Mumu’s head and said.

“I’ll do it right away.”

“Thank you.”

“Melissa too! I want to drink Melissa too! And me too. My hand. My hand. Ouch! Hmmm… Why are you hitting only me?”

I lightly fed chestnuts to Melissa’s forehead, then immediately took out a bright red apple, cut the flesh into pieces, and put it into the juicer.

In an instant, a delicious apple juice with a sweet apple scent was completed.

Voila!

A clear sound spread as the three glasses collided.

“Let’s do our best today too!”

“Kuaaa, still so sweet.”

“Please take good care of me today as well, guys. If you’re having a hard time, you can take a short break, so tell me anytime.”

I drank apple juice and watched the reactions of the people gathered in front of the stalls.

‘Why are they like that?’

Unexpectedly, few people got angry.

It was just a very confused face.

They even gathered together and had a meeting with serious faces.

‘What’s wrong?’

“Mister. Are those people just leaving?”

“Is there no money?”

“I don’t know. But I’d be surprised too. If the price of the food I wanted to eat increased tenfold overnight.”

Then someone approached.

In the midst of hundreds of people rushing away, there was someone who broke through the cracks and approached us.

“Did the price go up?”

“Yes. It happened. I’m sorry.”

“I’m sorry, but the price yesterday was ridiculously outrageous. I’d like to take a pack of five. My husband and kids heard my story and wanted to eat it.”

“Ah! Yesterday’s sister! Mister, this is the sister who first exchanged with us yesterday.”

“Oh my gosh, she keeps telling the auntie that she’s an older sister. Ho ho ho.”

I remember too.

Yesterday’s first guest.

She bought five copies without hesitation, even though the price had risen tenfold.

Even.

“I don’t think there’s another customer yet. Can I buy more? I’ll have to share something delicious. I’m trying to share some with my acquaintances. Will it be difficult?”

“No. It’s fine. There are no customers right now.”

“Really? Then make it until the next guest arrives.”

“Yes. Order received.”

Many people have slipped away like the ebb tide.

It was very heartbreaking to see that, but there is a customer who came back like this.

Thank you very much.

‘Still, I think I’ll have some free time today.’

I carefully delivered the money.

Since no one else came for a while, she was able to purchase as many as thirty copies.

“Sister, is it okay to buy that much?”

“Why? I want to buy more? But now I have to step aside.”

There was another customer waiting in line behind her.

“Thank you. Enjoy your meal.”

The first customer of the day walks away with a pleasant smile.

Looking at her back, various thoughts run through her head.

‘I didn’t even look at the buff.’

She was the one who decided to repurchase because of the taste of my dish one hundred percent.

It’s a strange feeling.

To pay such a large amount of money just for the taste, not the buff.

Of course, it was possible because I was wealthy, but it felt like I had gained an important realization.

‘Buffs are important, but the essence of cooking is taste.’

While taking chef class level 10 and acquiring various skills, I forgot about her important nature for a while.

The most important part of cooking is the taste.

I was blindly thinking that everything would be delicious if I made it.

Everything from the first grilled chicken to the appetizers and juice was like that.

‘It can’t be like this…’

While making hundreds of thousands of servings of pancakes a day, I wonder if I really did my best to make each pancake taste the best.

Since the recipe is registered in the system anyway, there will be no failures such as burning it or seasoning it wrong.

Even if you make it roughly, it will taste the same. It’s better to make it as quickly as possible and sell a lot.

As long as the buff effect is applied properly, there will be people who live even if they receive 10 times the amount.

‘I’m not comfortable…’

That’s not a cook.

This is no longer a game.

I decided to walk the path of a chef in this world.

But now, like a machine in a factory that produces buff items, it continues to do the same work without a soul.

It shouldn’t be like this.

‘A fundamental change is needed.’

I want to make dishes that are heartfelt, not the figures written in item information.

‘That’s strange…’

Why did you suddenly become so sentimental?

Because of the first customer?

Or because of hundreds of people who have disappeared right in front of your eyes?

I don’t know.

However, I am Jeon Tae-min, not a game character.

‘More sincere…’

A dish that makes the people who eat it happy.

“A man’s order!”

“Yes. Order received.”

For the first time since developing the new menu, I started frying pancakes wholeheartedly.

To make even the slightest taste better.

So that the person who eats this Jeon can smile even a little more.

-Titling!

[Succeeded in cooking green onion.]

[The one-of-a-kind pajeon has been completed.]

“Eh?”

It was the first time.

Special modifiers are attached to original recipe dishes.

‘Oh, the buff effect is twice as much as before…’

sh*t. Damn it!

People barely realized it, barely tried to show their sincerity, but the system turned even my sincerity into numbers.

“Um… Mister?”

“Oh, sorry… Nothing.”

I don’t know.

Let’s just think positively.

If it wasn’t for this system, how could I be a chef without having studied professionally?

Yes, if you want to try it, try it.

My passion, sincerity, persistence, effort, and spirit.

Try digitizing everything!

“Mumu, doesn’t that green onion pancake smell better than usual?”

“Yeah… That’s right. I think it will taste better for some reason.”

This is just the beginning.

My path as a chef.

‘If you start it, you have to finish it.’

I made up my mind.

By pouring our soul and passion into every dish we make in the future.

* * *

In the commercial district of Palais, the gold and salt guild hideout, the old castle was coming and going.

“What? Why are you rushing here?”

“Dylan… Our plan is a failure. My price has gone up.”

“The price went up? How much?”

“That’s ten times as much. I can’t buy a single evangelist with the money we gave you. What do you do now?

Dylan narrowed his brows while clenching his molars.

‘Could it be in one day…’

No ambition, but loves money?

Damn you son of a b*tch.

I got hit very hard.

“What are you doing! Give me more money right now. That’s enough money! Oh, hurry up!”

“Ah, speak softly. It hurts my ears. But, the price went up 10 times overnight. Are you sure you want to continue?

“I won’t fail. I’ll take responsibility, so do as I’m told!”

Ten times?

It’s not that expensive either.

Stat values are the same, but it’s an increase in movement speed.

It has the downside of lasting 2 hours and storage time of 1 week, but if they knew there was a way to increase their movement speed, whales would turn on their eyes and attack.

‘I will do at least 10 gold.’

No, you can do more than that.

“Move quickly! At noon, the floating population will explode. Then our plan will be ruined! Only one person needs to come and tell the situation. What if we bring all those people here? ?”

“Oh, okay… I thought you’d just give up when you heard the truth. And now that the prices are high, people won’t line up anymore?”

“That’s your stupid idea! Do you think we’re the only ones who recognized the value of that dish?”

Dylan was very displeased with Sheeran’s sluggish behavior.

‘If you’re familiar with something like that, don’t ask me to sit down for no reason… sh*t.’

“Then go and get some guild members.”

“Why guild members?”

“I’m going to have to interrupt the business. I’m going to have to put pressure on them not to raise the price more. And I’ll take some time.”

There are as many as 1,000 people.

It takes a lot of time before we give them the extra money they lack, and they go back to the plaza and line up.

‘Ten times in one morning, it seems like you put a lot of thought into it, but it doesn’t work for me. Now I’ll make it impossible to raise the price again.’

“What are you doing! Move quickly!”

“Oh, okay…”

Sheeran rushed downstairs.

Then she murmured.

‘No, if it’s long, it’s the unit price. Why are you screaming and screaming? I made the wrong plan.’

* * *

It was a strange thing.

As if he knew what I had promised.

One or two people started to line up in front of the empty stalls, and people quickly gathered.

“Please line up. Line up! The price has risen tenfold! Oh, it’s so expensive?! You’re really going to line up to buy something, right?”

Melissa is shouting.

No different from yesterday, there are many people standing in a long line.

These are not the people who just left.

They were the kind of people whose clothes and lifestyle ooze a sense of leisure.

But should I be happy about this?

‘The plan to do business leisurely…’

Somehow, I looked like I was dying today.