Adventurers Are Obsessed With My Cooking

Episode 25. I wanted to tell someone

I ran the stall for five days without a break.

Thanks to her, she has earned so much money that it is hard to believe she made it in Salem.

With that money, I took the cooking buff enhancement attribute and the cooking buff duration increase attribute.

Up to 35, which is 5 or higher than originally planned.

‘It’s not bad.’

These days, my motivation rises.

Being tired is not much different between entering and exiting nightmare difficulty dungeons and now.

Right now, I am filled with an incomprehensible fullness.

Is it because there is no longer a need to fight bloody battles on the frontlines where even a moment’s mistake is not tolerated?

“aaa weather jootta!”

He stretched.

Today is also a very clear day.

It’s been a while since I stopped by the Palais Adventurer’s Guild in a Priest costume instead of a cook’s outfit.

People hardly recognized that I was a cook, just because I changed my costume.

“Ah! Why are you here after such a long time, Taemin-nim!”

I faced the receptionist of the Palais Adventurer’s Guild with a bitter smile.

Since the number of requests accepted and cleared here is the same as the number, she welcomed me very warmly.

‘Well, it’s because I have a good impression.’

“It’s been a while. Seleni.”

“What are you doing here? I thought you weren’t coming anymore. Do you know how long Seleni has been waiting for?”

As the receptionist fawned over me, the adventurers sitting at the table on the first floor watched with puzzled expressions.

This is a representative side effect of filling the favorability rating.

‘I can’t deliberately lower it…’

It’s been 3 months since I’ve been here.

Nothing has really changed.

I asked Seleni, recalling the memories.

“Have you received any requests?”

“You’re not asking for a general request, are you referring to a special request directly under the lord?”

“Of course not.”

“You’re really lucky. One came just in time. The ghosts of the blue wolf hill are boiling again. It looks like the knights of the domain are having a hard time. But if you leave it alone, the monstrous wolf might come back to life. Even the lord is very worried. It doesn’t look like this.”

“Who participated in the quest now?”

“There’s a party. The adventurers of Barley Village are making a name for themselves these days.”

Selene says this means that the adventurers are not summoners.

Well, how many summoners should there be here?

And I’m not that lucky.

This quest is an event-type quest that repeats periodically, and I came here at the right timing.

I have business at Blue Wolf Hill.

I plan to carry out the quest together.

[You have accepted the special quest.]

“Are you going to do it alone? Even Taemin-nim would have a hard time. What are the fellow summoners who came with you before doing?”

“Oh, no. I’m going with the other guys this time.”

“The other guys?”

“Yes. We’ll report back here together, so take care of us then.”

“Yes. Of course. It’s not someone else, it’s Taemin.”

She grimaced and gave a wink.

I think I need to get out of here urgently before things get bigger.

* * *

Returned to the dorm.

Melissa and Mumu overslept for the first time in a while, and finally woke up to greet me.

I told the two girls about my trip to the adventurer’s guild.

“A group request?”

“Yes. It’s a quest anyone can participate in. Rewards are paid separately according to performance.”

I accepted the special quest, but the normal quest to do something similar is also going on at the same time.

Of course, the rewards are low on a different level, but if you party with me, the party members can also receive the rewards from the special quest.

“Then isn’t the level of difficulty that high?

When I bring up the story of the request, Mumu widens his eyes and asks.

“That’s right. You will never be able to break it with a rookie adventurer party active in Salem. It’s a quest that not only the Territory Knights, but also various adventurer parties are doing at the same time.”

“I don’t know what it is, but can we participate in it?”

“Yes. There is no limit. It’s that dangerous, but for now, I am there.”

I proudly slapped my left chest twice with my right hand.

“Then you’re having a party with the old man!? Whoa! I’m coming! Please take me with you!”

“Mister, me too! Melissa wants to go too!”

Mumu and Melissa readily agreed.

They are really brave guys.

‘The rest…’

However, this is still not enough.

Because it is the highest difficulty quest in the Salem area.

I don’t care, but I can’t guarantee the safety of the children.

I don’t know if there is a strong tang.

“Guys. Do you guys know where she is?”

“Lemon sister?”

“Yes.”

“My sister’s dorm is across the street. But, it won’t be there now. It disappears somewhere every morning.”

“I know. I’ll have to visit it at night.”

The day after she got the Gremlin Strawberries, and the next day, she also got a lot of her mysterious berries.

Thanks to you, I enjoy tasting new fruits every day, but…

‘That guy seems to be overdoing it for some reason.’

She didn’t have a particularly long conversation, but it was now clear that she was a solo player.

I used to go straight to the dungeon without even an acquaintance, not even my friends for nearly a week.

‘It’s like the fact that he showed tears the other day, and just looking at his usual way of speaking, it seems like there’s a story behind him.’

We’re not close yet, so I couldn’t bear to ask such things.

Just as I don’t want to bring up my story, it might be a memory that the other person doesn’t want to recall.

“Um… Then today is a break after a long time, so would you like to go shopping together? Buy your gear too.”

“Ohhh! Great!”

“Are you coming with me too? We’re great.”

There is still plenty of time until evening.

After I go shopping with the kids, I’m going to go visit that woman.

It’s a bit uneasy to go to the Blue Wolf Hill with only these children.

However, if a high-level tank can hold out in the party, it will be much safer.

* * *

On the way home.

Lemon was humming a song without realizing it.

“Heung~ Heuh~ Heung~”

His steps are exceptionally light.

‘This will be delicious too.’

She went to the jungle of Sargil today.

Jungle Beast Shargil is one of the beginner dungeons that appears as a boss, but her purpose was completely different.

That’s a pineapple that grows all over the jungle.

They fought minimally and focused only on gathering pineapples.

‘I’m not familiar with pineapple juice, but the man will do something for me.’

I collected a lot more than I thought.

In addition to juice, it may be used as an ingredient in other dishes.

‘Maybe he will like it.’

I went around various dungeons for several days without rest, but it wasn’t hard at all.

Rather, it was to the extent that my eyes would open in the morning.

Have you ever been this faithful since coming to this world? Come to think of it, I don’t think there was any at all.

“Hmm~ heheheuuu~!”

Her hum showed no sign of stopping for a while.

“Lemon sister! This fruit juice is so delicious! How do you find something like this?”

“Wow, it’s really refreshing. The gremlin strawberry was delicious, but I think I like this one better. Thank you sister and uncle!”

“You don’t have to come to find something like this on purpose… Anyway, Mr. Lemon. I’ll eat it well. Ohhhhh! What is this freshness?! Where did you get this? It’s a fruit I’ve never seen before.”

‘Kick Kick…’

She covered her mouth to herself and giggled.

Then she suddenly opened her eyes wide in amazement.

‘When was the last time I… Laughed…?’

The corner of her mouth points gently over her.

Her eyes narrow.

Moist eyes.

But the tears did not flow.

‘…It’s fun.’

Walking along her path, she suddenly stopped and looked up at the sky.

“Haa…”

Anxiety creeps in.

It’s fun, but on the other hand, it’s very scary.

I don’t think this kind of fun will last forever.

‘The man had a hard time, so he said he didn’t need to get fruit…’

If you don’t do this, you won’t be able to get along with them.

‘The only thing I can do is something like this…’

The man is good at cooking.

He whips up surprisingly delicious dishes.

It even comes with a huge buff.

Besides, he was originally a noble priest of the party.

Her tremendous buff effect and the high level of 84 he showed her were shocking to her.

‘A person like me must look very pathetic… My level is low… I was kicked out of the party… Now I’m not even smart enough…’

She cleared her mind of her excitement and trudged to the accommodations she had contracted.

‘I said the street stalls were closed today…’

Rumbling-

‘I’m hungry…’

After harvesting pineapples all day, I couldn’t eat anything.

She should go back to the inn and eat the potato pancakes she had in her inventory.

It’s not hot freshly baked pancakes, but that man’s food is delicious.

Kiik-

He opened the old wooden door and entered the inn.

I found it at a place where the rental fee was cheap.

Because if you don’t save on a regular basis, there will be problems when it’s important, so saving money has been ingrained in me since I started playing solo.

Compared to the days when I spent hundreds of thousands of won per month in the past, it was literally a different feeling.

“…!?”

The first floor of the inn doubles as a restaurant.

A man with her familiar appearance was waiting for her.

“Come now, Mr. Lemon?”

“Uh… Uh… That… Why…?”

I was perplexed.

She stuttered her words like an idiot again.

“I’ve been waiting like this because I have something to tell you. Isn’t that rude?”

“Ugh…”

“Let’s sit down and talk.”

Lemon nodded slightly and headed towards the table in front of the man.

Without Melissa and Mumu, the awkward atmosphere seemed to prick my skin.

As soon as she sat down, Taemin brought her to the point.

“…So, I was wondering if Lemon-sama could go with me.

“Why…”

“Yes?”

“Why are you like me…”

“How is Lemon?”

“……”

“I’m not suggesting a fixed party, so don’t feel pressured.”

Lemon narrowed his forehead.

‘Fixed Party…’

Yes, this person doesn’t like me after all…

Well, at this guy’s level, he has tons of buffs and even cooking.

People like me will never be satisfied.

Fixed parties are burdensome, so I’m just going to use it once and throw it away.

Even so, Lemon has been noticing herself opening up more and more to the two girls and this man lately.

‘Don’t be shaken.’

Now I decided not to do party hunting, but I just decided to live alone, but I keep getting pulled over.

Delicious food, innocent smiles of girls.

‘If I get swept away like this, I’ll be hurt again later…’

Lemon decided to be firm.

“Sorry… I’m more like party hunting…”

Even so, I couldn’t put the words out of my mouth.

Then suddenly he started talking differently.

“So did I.”

“Huh?”

“Actually, I wasn’t going to do party hunting again either.”

Lemon opened her big eyes and listened to the man.

* * *

For the first time since Taemin left the party, he started to bring out what he had been through in front of others.

“Six months ago, I was really useless. Do you know Lemon-sama as a Resurrection Priest?”

She shook her head.

“I don’t know… I…”

“Maybe they don’t know. Most of them don’t. Except for a few old people like me…”

Abyss dungeon where you have to die and come back to life dozens of times a day.

People who haven’t played there yet probably don’t know.

Taemin started to explain step by step.

“The Resurrection Priest…”

His story that started like that continued for a long time.

And in the end, he reached the end he least wanted to think about.

“That’s why I was kicked out. People like me seemed to only get in the way. No matter how hard I tried, no one recognized me… Huh? Les, Lemon-sama? Why suddenly… Me…”

“Huh… Ugh… Hmm…”

Lemon burst into tears.

He couldn’t stand it.

Seeing her like that, Taemin, who was initially taken aback, calmed down and handed a handkerchief to Lemon, who was crying.

“Thank you. It seems like Lemon-sama is crying for me…”

“Ahhh… Me too… hhhhh…”

Me too.

I was kicked out too.

Just like you…

Lemon’s voice was not covered by her endlessly flowing tears, but Taemin was looking at her for a long time with her very sad eyes.

No need to say anything.

Even if you don’t say anything, you know everything.

It was as if he was talking like that.

“Stop crying and party with me Mr. Lemon. I need Mr. Lemon. It has to be Mr. Lemon.”

He may have said what he wanted to hear the most.

On that day, on that last day, he said the words he most wanted to hear from his comrades to a man who was crying in front of his eyes.

On this day, Lemon poured out all the tears she had accumulated for a long time and which she had been holding back for a long time.

And eventually, he joined Jeon Taemin’s party.