Adventurers Are Obsessed With My Cooking

Episode 50. I have a favor to ask

“Haaang…”

A small sigh escaped from between her thick red lips.

All the eyes of the men in her line were on her.

Her bright red tongue brushes the bulgogi sauce on her lips.

The sauce that dripped down her chin because she couldn’t wipe it all down moved to her fingers.

Then her finger was sucked back into her lips.

“Sweet!”

‘This crazy…’

‘Why is that woman eating here! She was going to buy it and eat it later… I can’t stand this…’

‘Ah, how arrogant she is when it’s delicious, while sucking her finger…’

‘Damn it. I should have been born with bulgogi sauce…’

While the men were groaning inwardly, Jeon Tae-min was also staring blankly at them.

Unknowingly, with a smile on his face.

“Ouch! Lemon! What are you doing?!”

Then Lemon suddenly poked him in the side and brought him to his senses.

“Mister, where are you looking when you’re not cooking?”

“What am I? I just want to make sure the customer is happy with the dish I make.”

“Aren’t you interested in something else?”

“Is it different?”

He turned his gaze back to Laura Douglas.

This time it was not the tacos going into her mouth, but rather the way she sat gracefully with her legs crossed.

Gulp.

I inadvertently swallowed dry saliva.

He was also a man who couldn’t help it.

At the prime age of twenty-seven, without a girlfriend, he was dragged into this world and wandered into dungeons.

Looking back on the past, I almost let out a sigh.

Taemin said to Lemon with a straight face.

“What else?”

“……”

“Lemon, don’t say anything strange in front of Rin. I’m getting scolded.”

“Hmph. Mister, be careful.”

“Stop being loud. Reheat the tacos quicker. Get your next order.”

Then, sneakily, he rolled his eyes again in the direction of the table.

Then he happened to meet Laura’s eyes.

The other party just smiled and continued to eat the remaining tacos.

“It doesn’t look too bad, though? I was really worried because it was eaten by people who knew the taste of tacos, even if other people didn’t.”

“Your cooking is delicious!”

“Yes. Thank you. There is nothing but nothing.”

“hehehe.”

At that time, Rin, who was on Taemin’s back, twisted her body.

It wasn’t that he had fallen asleep, it seemed that he had reached his limit.

It must be hard to keep on your back in the same position.

Blood circulation won’t work well either.

“Rin. I’ll put it down, so don’t suddenly disappear somewhere? Also, it’s dangerous in front of a fire, so don’t come close.”

Lyn nodded her head, but couldn’t see Taemin, who was carrying her back.

He had no choice but to untangle her and set Rin on the ground.

“The fire is hot, but the pot is also hot, so you can’t play around with it! Okay? Mumu, it might be difficult, but take care of Rin.”

“Yes! Don’t worry. It’s limited to 200 people today, so it’s not too busy. Compared to the soup vendor, there aren’t many people waiting in line.”

Taemin alternately stroked the hair of Rin and her mother, and then stood in front of the fireplace again.

‘Today will end sooner than expected.’

It’s not even noon yet, but more than 100 servings have already been sold.

I think I can eat today’s lunch after I sell all the remaining tacos.

* * *

A problem arose.

I only recognized it when I sold about 190 tacos.

After Mumu counted the people in line beforehand, he cut off the waiting line at the 200-person line.

I informed the people behind me that the amount of food I had prepared was this far, and asked for their understanding in advance.

Repeated that several times.

Nevertheless, at this point, with only ten tacos left, dozens of people were still standing in line at the back.

‘This, I’ll have to do it myself.’

I exclaimed.

Now they’re out of ingredients.

I’ll sell ten more and that’s it.

“Do you know?”

“We know.”

“How many times do you feel sorry for people who are waiting in line late?”

But surprisingly, people were convinced.

It was my misunderstanding.

“They’re waiting for another dish.”

“Ah…”

Rather, they were waiting for the tacos to be sold out quickly.

Since it was already late to line up, they were keeping their eyes on the next special dish to be sold.

‘It’s a big deal. I was only planning to sell the special dish for 5 people… But what should I do?’

Special dishes were intended to be sold at a much higher price.

That was also my intention not to sell the tacos unless they were sold out.

Although I was looking at the probability of selling out, I didn’t know that there would be so many people willing to pay 2,000 gold to eat.

It felt good, but the problem was that I couldn’t satisfy all the people who were left.

This is entirely my mistake.

Like tacos, special dishes should have been announced in advance how much they cost and how much they prepared.

People who couldn’t buy it were more likely to express dissatisfaction.

Even so, if you suddenly sell an unplanned jeon, there will be an uproar in the area.

Isn’t there a good number?

Just when I was troubled, her eyes met again.

A woman who has already eaten all her tacos and drinks and doesn’t seem to want to get up from her seat.

‘Laura…’

She looks at me and smiles to see if I’m in a good mood.

As if he knew everything.

‘It can’t be helped.’

I finally decided to ask her for her help.

Since you must have more experience in this field than I do, I decided to honestly tell you my circumstances and listen to your advice.

After the tacos were sold, they announced that it was lunchtime, as they had thought beforehand.

And the special dishes were announced to be sold after our meal.

Some complaints popped out, but people backed off saying they would understand.

I’m still staring at this side from a little distance away.

Taking advantage of that gap, I asked Laura for her advice.

“Can we do an auction?”

“Auction?”

“Yes. In a situation where demand is higher than the prepared dishes, wouldn’t it be better to compete through auctions and sell them? This world is capitalism anyway. That way, people who couldn’t buy will have fewer complaints. If you fail, I’m not blaming you for undercooking, I’m going to think you didn’t buy it because you didn’t have enough money to prepare it.”

“Ah…”

It was a blind spot.

Maybe it was because I met the owner of Lucky Land not too long ago, but for some reason I thought that auctions were only held there.

“Instead, if you’re going to sell at auction, your product has to be attractive enough. Your dish is attractive enough, but you’ll have to offer something more than tacos as you advertised it as a special dish beforehand. Otherwise, people won’t want to spend big bucks. Won’t.”

“If that’s the case, don’t worry. The buff effect alone is superior.”

“…Really?”

Laura’s face was filled with joy.

She felt a sense of pride in her own eyes, not towards others, as if she had known beforehand that this would be the case.

She was and still is a very confident person.

“More than that, won’t you introduce me?”

“Ah, really, is that right? Say hi guys, Laura Douglas. I’m sure you’ve heard the rumors…”

I introduced her to her party members.

The person who publishes the daily information magazine and Weekly Douglas that can be found in the adventurer’s guild.

“Wow, is this you? I’ve seen that too.”

“Shake my hand! My name is Melissa!”

“Oh, these are cute girls. Nice to meet you.”

“…Oh hello.”

“Huh? Nice to meet you. But what’s your relationship with him?”

Lemon was quiet today too.

She doesn’t talk much at all, and rarely speaks in front of strangers.

It was like that in front of me the first time too.

That guy is now able to properly communicate with me.

Now that I think about it, it’s really a great development.

“No relationship…”

Then, in a flash, I came to my senses.

Like the first time I met him, he might make a mistake in front of Laura.

“Ah, this guy is Lemon. He’s our party tank.”

“Really? I heard you came out at an old party, but you got a new one?”

“That’s it. This is Mumu, the warrior. This is Melissa, the wizard.”

She observed me and the party members like someone who had seen something new.

“Is this interesting? You, who were once called the ghosts of the Abyss, are now doing business with young girls in such an uninitiated area.”

“Well, that’s it. Ah! This is Rin. Um… How can I explain… Rin is my family.”

“Family? Family? Could it be that they were adopted?”

“Yes. Well… It’s long to talk about the story, so you can roughly think of it that way.”

She said to me with a meaningful expression.

“This is so rich in material that I don’t even know where to start?”

“About the material? Oh, I won’t do that. Please don’t use me to write articles.”

“Why? You’ll become famous in an instant. That way you can get more expensive dishes.”

“It’s okay. I don’t even want to be famous anymore. I can’t help but be famous for the food I sell.”

Mr. Laura, who was looking at me with her eyes narrowed, she suddenly sighed and said,

“Okay. I won’t write about you. Let me write about your cooking instead.”

“About cooking?”

“Yes. I have to eat and live. Especially in order to eat my own food often, shouldn’t I have to work hard from now on?”

“Ah, if it’s Laura, I’ll just give it to you. She was just doing business, so other customers might misunderstand, so I took the price… Ugh!”

I slowly turned my head.

Lemon, who was standing behind me, was pinching my back with his thumb and forefinger.

As I looked at her, muttering to her, “Why is that?”, She soon averted her gaze.

‘Why are you doing that?’

I turned her head again and said to Laura.

“Instead of that, I also have a favor to ask Laura-san.”

“Please? Wasn’t that the case earlier?”

“Ah, that’s what you asked for an auction? Well, that’s a request, but there’s a real request.”

“Hmm…? You know I’m expensive, right?”

“You know my cooking is expensive, right?”

“Huh. Okay. So what’s your request?”

“I’d like to publish an article in an information magazine. Oh, it’s not strange, if you listen to it, Laura-san will also be interested in it. Maybe it’ll be a scoop if you use it right now. Not so good news…”

Her eyes began to sparkle more brightly than when she ate the tacos.

“The scoop? You know it’s a lie, right?”

“Am I a liar?”

“Definitely not. So, what article is it?”

I took it out of my inventory.

The paper that was taken out of the lord’s castle.

Demonic Order.

“I’ve told some lords, but I think it’s better to let everyone know as soon as possible.”

Her eyes were now starting to burn as if they were on fire.

“You know… You’re the kind of person who always surprises me?”