Adventurers Are Obsessed With My Cooking

Episode 43. Have a taste!

“Guardian? Then, is he like a father?”

“Dad… I’m not even married yet.”

When Melissa heard about Lynn, she made a fuss about her.

She heard nothing.

“But you’re a guardian…”

“I couldn’t help it. Now that I’ve lost my entire family and am left alone, what should I do?”

“That’s true, but…”

Lemon, who was quietly eating the bulgogi rice bowl next to him, put down his spoon and said.

“Do you register as a pet as a guardian?”

“I told you earlier. It was a really unavoidable situation. Otherwise, I would have been hurt somewhere.”

“But that’s true. Registering a small child as a pet… If it was dangerous, you could have called us. We were always partying.”

“How can you wait? It was an urgent situation. And since that monster’s level is 88, it would have been difficult even if you guys came.”

“You dealt with that alone!”

“You…?”

“…That, cancel that statement.”

I sighed and continued my story.

It was about the order, and maybe it was about the fact that a rift would soon arise and monsters would invade the city.

“I know the story. I heard a lot of people died because it happened before.”

Mumu spoke like it was someone else’s business.

Like a story that happened a long time ago.

In fact, this was all too common.

Other residents I’ve talked to in the meantime were the same as Mumu.

I remembered what happened when this world was a game, as if it had happened a long time ago.

For example, the receptionist of the Fallon Adventurers Guild.

She was an NPC I met almost every day when I was in the game, but when I met her again after that incident six months ago, she said this.

Why did you come here after such a long time?

I only met him after two days, and he treated me as if he hadn’t met in months or years.

However, when I looked at the date and time in this world, the error was only a few days.

I thought it had something to do with the incident that brought us to this world, but now that I think about it, it was just an unfounded guess.

Six months have passed.

What we’ve learned so far is that you can only return to the original world by clearing all the dungeons.

All the information we could get was the information written on the special quest that was automatically registered to all players at the time they were first brought in.

A quest that no one has yet completed.

[Special Quest: Return]

‘Will the day come when someone clears that quest?’

I don’t know yet.

But if you keep trying, that day will come eventually.

At least I believe that way, and I want to believe that way.

Lemon opened his mouth again.

“That…Wasn’t it an event?”

“That’s right. The 1st anniversary event.”

“If that happens now…”

“Yes. Everyone will die. Neither the residents nor the players… Can’t be resurrected anymore.”

“…What are you going to do?”

I answered in a calm voice.

“What should I do? I’ll go and tell the lords first. Prepare yourself.”

“No, what are you going to do, Mister? You’re not going to take those kids and fight, are you?”

“Hmm… I don’t know yet. Of course, it will be difficult as it is now. The monsters that come out of the rift are at least level 60.”

Mumu and Melissa listen to our conversation with their eyes wide open.

I don’t think I’ve understood the whole story yet, but I’m sure I’ve heard one thing.

“Sorry man… We’re too weak.”

“You guys are just starting out. There’s nothing to be so depressed about.”

“Melissa will be strong from now on!”

“Yes, yes. Level up slowly. Salem is not an area where rifts open, so there is nothing to worry about.”

On the day a rift opens here, a catastrophe will happen.

It’s a town where the average level of the floating population as well as the residents is remarkably low.

“I don’t know yet, but I still want to do what I can. I don’t want to hide in a safe place like Salem and pretend I don’t know. It’s not enough to just watch the city collapse. If we ignore it like that, eventually there won’t be any cities left for us to live in. Not just the dungeon, but the entire world will become a monster field.”

“……”

For a while, no one spoke.

“Let’s think about it later and eat first. I think I said something too heavy while eating.”

“No. It was an important story.”

I showed a made up smile.

With Mumu’s very serious expression, there was no good answer to give other than a smile.

“This is the end of what I’m going to talk about. Now, I’ll call Rin. You guys can’t just suddenly hug each other again! He’s been through a lot today, so no contact!”

“Sheesh.”

“Huh…”

“Yes.”

Rin, who was in the inventory, appeared on my lap again.

She seems to have been asleep the whole time, but her ears perked up as if she felt someone’s presence.

“Rin… Let’s eat.”

Her big eyes slowly opened, and they began to shine at me.

“Are you hungry?”

She gently rubbed her thumb over her face, which still bore the marks of her tears.

Rin’s small head nodded slowly.

I pushed the plate I was eating to the side of the table and put down a new rice bowl for Rin in its place.

Well well…

Bulgogi and rice are served in small mouthfuls.

The three party members held their breath and continued to watch.

The expressions seemed to say this.

‘Kyaaak- cute!’

* * *

“Ahhh, don’t go. Don’t go anyway.”

A child, a wolf beast, is turned over on the floor and is crying and screaming.

Other children and even young wolves are grieving.

‘The effect of Bulgogi Rice Bowl is amazing…’

“Please… Come back. Heroes.”

After the village chief’s remarks, our vision was greatly distorted.

This is because you used the City Return Scroll (Party).

“Oops…”

“Ah, I’m dizzy…”

Melissa and Mumu sat down on the floor.

It seems that you are not used to using the return spell yet.

Before we knew it, we were in front of the temple in Palais.

Behind the square in front of the temple on a large site, it remained the same as it was a few days ago.

“It seems like it’s been a while. Here too.”

“Ears… Cute puppy ears… None…”

“Hmm?”

Lemon seems to be very sorry to have left the village.

If I had time, I would hug the young wolf and not mess around.

“Rin… Give me Rin. My sweet Rin…”

It seems that he intends to fill that desire with Rin instead.

“No! There are too many people here. We have to adapt slowly. He’s still afraid of people.”

“Chit.”

Melissa, who had been lying on the floor repeatedly retching, regained her energy before she knew it and said.

“Mister, what are we doing now? Are we doing business again?”

“It’s a business… Before that, there’s work to be done. I’ll have to go find the lord first.”

The next question came from Mumu.

“Your lord?”

“Hmm… Do I have to go to the adventurer’s guild first? First of all, the group request report… Huh? That’s right! We failed that request…”

Three women stare at me.

“Who is responsible for the failure!”

“Right!”

“Your uncle is bad!”

“……”

These guys are still like that.

“Thanks to me, you hunted the disaster, you idiots! Anyway, we can go straight to the lord’s castle. We’ll get a reward for subjugating the disaster, and we’ll have to talk about the order.”

* * *

Upon arriving at Yeongju Castle, we were treated as honored guests and waited in the parlor.

I was eating some luxurious but not very tasty refreshments when a red-haired lord appeared.

It was a truly gorgeous outfit, befitting a lord.

Is there a party in the evening?

“I heard the story. Your party defeated the plague?”

“I was lucky.”

“People here are party members? You’re still too young for that kind of thing.”

“Hello… Lord.”

“Huh? This older sister, then, is she the older sister who came to eat before Uncle? Red hair!”

Melissa is always at her own pace, even though I told her to shut up.

Mumu hurriedly shut the boy’s mouth.

“These are cute kids.”

“hahahaha, they’re too cute to pass up.”

“But…”

“Hmm?”

The lord’s expression turned cold in an instant.

“Did you deliberately invoke the disaster? Did you intend to do so from the beginning?”

“Ah… That’s…”

‘Damn it, I told you to keep it a secret like that… Damn knights.’

“Heh, relax your face. It’s a joke.”

‘Whew… This girl is not normal… She’s not a lord for nothing.’

I forced a bitter smile and just shut up and sat there.

“If you defeat the disaster, you should give a reward, right?”

I made a business smile that I’ve become accustomed to recently.

The party members, not accustomed to conversing with nobles, came out of a corner and watched the lord.

“But before that…”

‘But why come out, but this? Give me the reward first!’

“Tell me.”

“Can I cook for you?”

“Yes?”

“The dish I ate last time… It was so delicious. I ordered my subordinates to buy it every day, but you suddenly left the city saying you would make a request, so I couldn’t eat it.”

“That, was it…”

“And do you know what the city is like right now?”

“A city?”

‘Could it be that you already know about the demonic invasion?’

“Now, people from all over the world are coming to eat your food. Not only summoners, but also merchants and even nobles.”

This is the first of its kind.

Well, since I’ve been in the dungeon up until now, it wasn’t an environment where I could hear rumors.

“I’m just ashamed of this. But I’m a little worried. High expectations lead to big disappointment…”

“Stop being humble in front of me. What do you want as a reward? Say anything. Defeating the calamity is a big credit, but because of your cooking, the city’s floating population is increasing the tax revenue of the estate. Say what you want. .”

I firmly clenched my fists in my heart.

‘This is it!’

Shall we fan a little more?

“Actually, I have a new dish developed this time. Would it be okay if I show it to the lord?”

“Wow, really?”

The lord’s eyes began to shine like a child’s.

“As for the reward for subjugating the disaster, I will cook it first and then receive it slowly.”

“Okay! What should I do? Shall I guide you to the kitchen of the lord’s castle?”

“You don’t have to. Just give me a space where I can take out the stalls.”

“Do it anywhere. I’ll let you do it in my name.”

Lemon and the children who have been listening to the conversation look at me with dumbfounded faces.

I quietly winked so that the lord couldn’t see.

‘Thank you. Thanks to me, the reward will increase many times over.’

The story of the order is after receiving all the rewards.

You can’t reduce the reward you receive by talking about such serious things first.

“No matter how hard I try, I can’t get the stalls out of the drawing room, so please guide me outside and I’ll make them for you right away.”

“Outside… It’s nice. By the way, can I invite a few more people? Actually, there was a table with the guests after a while, so why don’t you take care of the whole meal? Of course, I’ll pay well enough. .”

‘This is an opportunity.’

“A few minutes…”

“About ten people?”

“It’s a very rare material that I barely got, but luckily I have that much. I’ll do that.”

The eyes of the party members are stinging.

It was as if they were saying, ‘We hunted those fish!’

“That’s nice. I’m expecting something delicious.”

“I will do my best.”