The Archmage’s Restaurant
Chapter 202

# 202

Chapter.40

I don’t mind going to the cooking competition.

“It’s all good, but don’t fall!”

As long as you don’t fall.

“I won’t fall!”

Then he protested with a loud voice. Hehe, will I really not fall?

If I had to bet, I’d bet that it falls.

I was tired of grilling skewers, so I turned off the fire and was going to rest, but after a while, Licent came running with a pale face and shouted.

“We’re in big trouble!”

“What’s the big deal?”

What kind of big deal is happening? It’s not a big deal unless the world is destroyed. So I answered calmly.

Then Licent shouts in a breathless voice.

“Lord Ye has arrived!”

My lord?

Since it’s the city’s biggest festival, isn’t it more strange that the lord doesn’t come?

“Why is that? If the lord doesn’t show up at the festival, isn’t that a problem? “That’s neglect of duty.”

okay.

Actually, that’s exactly what I’m aiming for. A being called a lord.

It was said to be the best festival held every year, so it was supposed to show its face in some way.

It means that it will come to you on its own without you having to go there.

Yeongju is the key point.

Of course, I have no intention of asking the lord to destroy Leain Trading Company because he doesn’t like it.

It’s enough to just make the cooking competition fair. Since a foul was committed over there, it would be a matter of correcting the foul.

In fact, the existence of a lord was calculated from the beginning.

Because the lord of this city is a known person.

If you go up from this area, you will reach the northern land where monsters are tied up. In other words, this city was also once a battleground against monsters, and its lord also participated in the war as a member of the Allied Forces.

And the overall commander of the allied forces is me.

Even if you are only 6th class, you are a count, and an archmage of 7th class or higher is guaranteed the status of marquis or higher. Of course, this is a position where you can have a count as your subordinate.

Well, that’s the story.

“I heard that the lord is here, so I should come and take a look.”

“What did you say to me! Oh, but you’ll be able to see it anyway?”

“why?”

“I heard you’re going to watch the cooking competition?”

“Oh yeah? “That’s definitely high-level information.”

As soon as I heard that, I put my butt back on the chair. If I was literally going to show up at the cooking competition, there was absolutely no need to move now.

If you just cook, it will do the right thing on its own.

“I’m anxious because I feel like the hurdles are getting higher and higher?”

Licent answered with an anxious face, but I smiled. Sincerely.

***

“Oh my, are you here? dismissal!”

Leain Saint stood up and bowed. Since the lord has come, the representative of the chamber of commerce cannot be arrogant.

In a society with a strict class system, no matter how wealthy a representative of a commercial association may be, he cannot use his power in front of nobles. Especially if it is a lord.

Moreover, the lord of this city, Count Belhel, was praised as a war hero who participated in the last monster war, so it was natural for Leain Saint to bow down.

It is normal for Leain Deren and Leain Saren to be bent over and not even be able to speak.

“Thank you for visiting this store. dismissal!”

“It’s a celebration of the city, so of course I have to look around. And isn’t it natural that you, the best among them, should come first? Hahaha!”

“I am honored. “This is an undeserved compliment.”

“It’s a bit much, anyway. I heard there’s a cooking competition?”

“yes.”

“I couldn’t participate last year, but I came today without even eating. “Please feed me something delicious.”

“Oh my, you’ll like it in your mouth…” .”

“Hahaha, it’s a festival, so whether it suits your taste or not, you should eat it happily!”

Count Belhel laughed cheerfully again.

“Is that so?”

Leain Saint scratched the back of his head and placed a large box in front of the knights guarding the Count.

“What is this?”

“It’s no big deal. “It’s just my sincerity.”

“Oh really? Sincerity must be accepted. But I don’t like judging, so don’t even think about asking me to do that.”

“Oh my gosh, it can’t be like that. “This only means that we, the common people, are repaying the kindness.”

“is it? “Then what?”

Even though he said that on the outside, Count Belhel’s face was smiling happily, and the knights quickly began packing up the boxes.

“You act like you came here to receive something like that. haha.”

“It can’t be! It looks like the market association has made a lot of preparations this time. I think a cooking competition would be fun. dismissal.”

“is it? That’s how it should be. “I’m just looking around.”

“Are you saying this?”

As Count Belhel laughed, Leain Saint also began to laugh along. Leain Deren and Leain Saren were just sweating coldly next to him.

Delivering funds to the lord itself is not something that just anyone can do.

I didn’t have that kind of string yet.

Of course, I planned to inherit it someday.

“Then I will take you this way.”

Leain Saint invited Count Belhel to the head table for the cooking competition being held in the central square.

Although Leain Deren and Leain Seren each have their own stores participating, the contestants are only chefs.

So they also headed to the head table.

There were judges at the head of the table, but from there on, it was as if there was no fairness.

Leain Saint guided Count Belhel to the center of the head table. Then, people with similar titles to the head of the market association that held the festival flocked in and bowed their heads.

They were all judges as well.

“Okay, okay, don’t worry about me and just look at things.”

“Woah, glory to you!”

Everyone said the same thing and bowed their heads as they retreated. Count Belhel smoothed his chin as he looked at this.

“Anyway, the winner will be decided anyway, right?”

Count Belhel, sitting on a chair with his legs crossed, asked Leain Saint gently.

“What does that mean… .”

“What happened? I received a wonderful gift. In fact, when it comes to matters related to commerce, would I be able to touch your company, no matter how much I call it Belhel? Hehehe.”

“Is that possible? If you have a store in mind, please let us know right away… .”

“No, no, there is nothing like that. I’m just having fun, man. And the arms bend inwards. “It will be refreshing to see your company win.”

While listening to the conversation between Leain Saint and the lord, Leain Deren was surprised and then sighed in relief.

I was in a situation where I would be in big trouble if I said I had a special store in mind, but luckily it didn’t seem like I meant it that way.

I’m guessing they’re telling you to give them lots of praise and increase donations.

“Haha, we don’t know either. I didn’t really do anything. “I don’t know what the people below do, but there are a lot of talented people, so maybe they don’t know.”

It’s not wrong. The only thing that Leain Saint worked on was the lord, the market union leader, and everything else was the work of Leain Deren.

“is it? Well, it would be more fun if that were the case.”

Of course, Count Belhel did not dig any further. If you respect something as much as you received, you will continue to generate a large income.

***

Enter a cooking competition and win.

The time has come to achieve the original goal. On the second day, the results are announced in a big way.

Even so, I heard that the cooking competition is the highlight of the festival and attracts the most people to see it.

It is no exaggeration to say that this is the majority of citizens.

Well then, the story is actually over.

“Then shall we go?”

“yes!”

“Where are you going?”

I am preparing the ingredients and trying to move. And Ricent helps with that. Rurin rubs her eyes and grabs the hem of my arm.

The three of us started moving.

When I got there, the center of the square was decorated brightly. There are endless tables where you can cook.

All cooking utensils were also installed.

In other words, all you have to do is cook and submit it here. Perhaps because the judges were bribed, there was no discrimination in equipment at all.

However, the seats are the same here. Our seats were at the far end of the table.

“Thank you very much for participating in the festival again this year. Maa, the representative food of our city! Who will be able to show off their Maa cuisine to their heart’s content and win the honor of being the best restaurant! “I hope everyone looks forward to it and enjoys it!”

The organizer of the festival is the market association.

On the surface, Leain Trading Company is just a participant. The representative seems to be sitting at the head of the table and pontificating.

Count Belhel can also be seen next to him. He is a man who has not changed. The market association president’s speech continued. However, like the principal’s sermon, it continued to get longer, so I looked away.

“So what is this? “Painted it white!”

Because we shared a full set of chef uniforms that we don’t even wear in the restaurant, we were wearing the same clothes as Rurin. Lurin seemed to like that.

“Well, it’s a traditional chef’s outfit.”

White authentic cooking hat and chef uniform. Lurin and Licent also wore the same clothes.

The participating name of our store is Merly East Branch.

“Why are there so many humans? Annoying. “I don’t like a lot of things.”

“okay?”

Nod.

Even if you nod your head and give a look asking if you can sweep it all away, you obviously can’t.

In particular, since Rulin was mostly just himself when he came here, he had absolutely no understanding of what he was doing.

I didn’t even try to understand and just felt like I was here to stay by his side, so I didn’t really have any intention of making him understand.

But now we have to do it quietly.

“Well you can just look at me from here.”

“You?”

“huh.”

“i get it. “That’s my specialty.”

“okay? I’m glad. Oh, just chew this and stand quietly. got it?”

I took out the beef jerky from my pocket and placed it in Rurin’s hand.

“It’s a new taste.”

“Oh new taste? Then give me some beer!”

“That’s not possible.”

As soon as he gets it, he chews it and makes a sound like he has no jaw. Of course, that will never happen.

“Drink later! “Now I think my face is alcohol.”

“Huh?”

“What’s wrong? “What is that face?”

“I can’t get drunk just by looking at your face!”

“Who told you to get drunk?”

“I like you! So, looking at your face makes me drunk! “Eight!”

Lurin is eating beef jerky while grinning.

What are you talking about, this guy? My face feels hot.

“Okay, just stand there.”

Nod.

Fortunately, he nods his head calmly.

Licent, who had gone to register, came back and finally started cooking.

Just make skewers, spread sauce on them, and grill them.

If I prepare and season it, Liscent grills it first. We worked together like that and started making enough food for all the judges.

After some time, when the food was almost finished, I heard an exclamation of exclamation from next to me.

“Oh this is cool! “Are you amazing?”

At the restaurant next door, a dragon was carved out of several radishes and placed in the center of the meat. Is this the chef Licent mentioned earlier?

And the one who gave that exclamation was a familiar face.

This is Count Belhel. He seemed to be looking around the cooking table, probably because he was bored just sitting still. I was planning to meet him face to face, but if you come on your own, this is the way to go.