Sales of glasses are growing steadily. There was that matter before too, I am grateful to the Prime Minister. Other goods are being sold little by little. Even though itâs so expensive.Oh, I also sold the wagon. Sven-san and the others bought it after a lot of consideration. Their unexpected sudden income would eventually run out. âIf so then letâs invest in the future before that happensâ, they seem to had decided. Just in case I also explained renting and leasing, but after mostly understanding the arrangement they still decided âthatâs no goodâ. Un, manly right.
The reselling price was almost the same. Thatâs already a huge service. I gave them a strict order to not disclose the actual purchase price. Threatening, âIf others also asked to sell them at that price, the store will collapse.â Everybody nodded with serious faces. They probably thought that it was a big deficit. Please act as a billboard and create the demand!(éèŠăæăè”·ăăăŠăăăăŸăïŒ)
They were satisfied with the product. Until now we had to collect small and light medicinal herbs due to carrying capacity, and that took time. If we could carry a lot then we can center around hunting and stop collecting medicinal plants and wild vegetables. Faster movement speed on the way back, less stress on our bodies. Un, your shoulder among other things would be worn-out if you carry that weight on tree branches and you wonât be working for a while.They already went to the forest centering around hunting several times, and it seems that it has produced considerable results. Thatâs because the hunting time has nearly doubled. Itâs probably fine to say that they now specialize in hunting.
But Ilse-chan seems to canât help but be curious about the crossbow, every time we meet she seems conflicted looking like she wants to say something. Umm, crossbows have been around for a long time, on Earth that is. I wonder what to doâŠWhat about the general sale of wagons⊠Maybe for order only. What about the price? If itâs for mercenaries and hunters then it canât be very expensive. Un, thatâs the main problem.(èŠă»çè)
Ah, I finally used the saving hole. When I deposit the first gold coins, I had great expectations. Putting my ear on the pipe at the same time I depositedâŠâŠBut it didnât make a sound. Thatâs right, it wonât make that âchari~nâ sound until a certain amount of gold coins is already inside. Darnit.(ăĄăăă)
Recently, Sabine-chanâs mood has been worsening. The reason is the many interruptions to her DVDs from the number of customers increasing. âLower the number of customersâ, no, thatâs a littleâŠâŠâOr allow entry to the 3rd floor?â No, Iâm too scared youâll say something like âIâm going to live hereâ if you go there.Also, please stop bringing Prince Ruben, please.
Oh, before this, Beatrice-chan came and encountered Sabine-chan. I was really surprised. They know each other. They had a chance to interact even before their debutants.Ah, was the low-rank princess and the earlâs eldest daughter appointed to be playmates? Itâs something like a school friend, is that so. Youâre a bit older so you get to care for the princess right.Sabine-chan, please stop talking about DVDs to Beatrice-chan. Donât show it!!
Chiri Rin
A 17~18 year-old girl heads straight my way. Eh, what?ăExcuse me, is the consultation office hereăOh, it was worth hanging the completed wooden sign! A consultation request after a long time!Oh, a signboard with the store name was also made, of course.
The content of the consultation was roughly like this.The girlâs home runs a dining hall; with both parents, the girl, and 2 hired chefs for a total of 5 people running the place. The father is the chief, a 28-year-old man employee is the second, a 19-year-old man is an apprentice/laborer, the girl and her mother work as the waitresses/clerks, and the girl is studying cooking. The store was running without any problems.
However, things started going bad when the second son of a big restaurant in the city laid his eyes on the girl. The bright and lively girl has the ability to attract people, the second son unilaterally hits on the girl. The second son keeps being persistent no matter how much the girl refuses being already attracted to a young apprentice chef.Meanwhile, the second sonâs father: a restaurant shopkeeper, plans to have his second son who wonât inherit the restaurant to take over the dining hall by marrying the girl and having the second son succeed it. He couldnât cause any direct disturb or harassment them because that would hurt the reputation of the dining hall he planned to have his son succeed, to temporarily deteriorate its management and create a debt, he first offered the senior chef favorable conditions to lure him away.And then a subsequent incident where her father ăwas suddenly attacked by a mysterious assailant who aimed only at his right arm and cleanly fractured the boneă happened. Itâll heal completely after some time, but he cannot cook for a while. And so, unable to continue running, the dining hall has been closed for several days.Regarding restaurant shopkeeperâs plan, it seems that one of their employees who owns her father told them secretly.
The content of the request was extremely simple.ăHelp us!ă\n
ăPlease wait a momentăSaying that Mitsuharu puts a ăTaking a special request so the shop will be closed for a whileă notice outside the door, lock it and close the curtain.General Store Mitsuha consultation request department, itâs big job after a long time!
But, such a heavy story, why did you feel like consulting me who looks 11~12 years old?Oh, youâre friends with a Liner family servant, is that so.
ăThen first, letâs confirm the situation. First of all, the goal is restarting the store and continuing business. And stopping the financial situationâs deterioration. Furthermore, eliminating the interference from the restaurant and preventing further tampering. And getting a goal in(marriage) with the apprentice if possible. Is this alrightăăY, yesâŠâŠăThe girl was surprised at the much younger Mitsuhaâs calm words and got a little red on the last item.
ăFirst of all, it will be hard to hire a new chef at this time, wonât it? Even if an inexperienced person is hired they wonât be an immediate asset, and there shouldnât be any skilled veteran chefs looking for a job. If done badly, a cook paid off by the restaurant could pull the rug from under youăăEhâŠâŠăThe girl who never thought of such a thing was surprised at Mitsuhaâs intelligence and how bad the situation really was.
ăSo, to solve this problem we need to, reopen the dining hall with the personnel at hand and resume business without recruiting any strangers, make enough profits to recover the losses during the closed period, take measures to ensure stable profit afterwards, lure the restaurant owner who plans to speed up the dining hallâs self-destruction(æçćșćșäž»ăźææă朰ăăŠçŠăăăŠèȘæ» ăèȘăăăš) and imprint enough damage and fear to make him give up meddling further. Something like thatăăThatâs absurd! How would youâŠăăDoing that is the job of General Store Mitsuhaâs consultation request department. Leave it to Mitsuha!ă
21 oâclock, the dining hall ăParadise Pavilion(Rakuentei)ăâs guest table.In the darkness where only a single lamp was lit, there five people.The restaurant owners Bernd and Stella, their daughter Arena, the apprentice cook Anel, and Yamano Mitsuha.Mitsuha explain what she told Arena during the day to the 4 people.
ăImpossible!ăBernd affirmed.ăFirst of all, Iâm in this condition. Anel can do preparations, but itâs absolutely impossible to run the kitchen alone. Arena can only do so much. And, if we 3 are in the kitchen, customer service will be left for Stella to do alone. Itâs impossible to do the serving and accounting by herselfăBernd cut though Mitsuhaâs words and discard them.
ăBernd-san, why do you think it takes years for an apprentice chef to mature?ăMitsuha asks Bernd.ăEh, well, of course, to train from the basics, remember the skills of senior cooks by watching, practice in their spare timeâŠăăThere! An apprentice isnât taught by anyone and has to polish their skills little by little using discarded scraps by trial and error in the slight time when they are not busy with working. Isnât that right?ăăYes, all the cooks do so and become full fledgedăăThen, if Bernd-san patiently teaches the know-how of cooking a single dish nonstop all day long from morning till night, then couldnât Anel who has learn the basis of preparations make something thatâs about 90% the quality of Bernd-san? It doesnât have to be exactly the same as Bernd-sanâs, only 90%ăăAh, ahh, then, if it were AnelâŠ. he might be able to make 2 or 3ăăBeat it into Anel-san and Arena-san for a week. What, even during the real deal Bernd-san can watch from behind and bud in every now and then to hand out advice and adjust the taste. Canât you do that even with a single hand?ăăU, wellâŠâŠă\nAnel opens his eyes in astonishment. In the world of cooking, only the person who will succeed the shop or the other party in a Goodwill division will be instructed by the chef directly. And that applies until the very end.(tl note: Goodwill division means to let a servant or a family member make a business with the same name)
ăBut that alone⊠The taste will fall somewhat, and there is nothing special here compared to other places. Itâs unlikely that the customers that have flown other eateries while we were closed for a while will be returning immediately, and the regulars will notice the difference in taste.Besides, as I said earlier, Stella also has to do customer service aloneâŠă
At Berndâs words, Mitsuha broadly smiled.ăNo problem. I have a secret plan. Please be relieved as if on a sinking ship(æł„èă«äčăŁăæ°æăĄă§ćźćżăăŠäžăă)ăăI canât be relieved at all!ă
And after 7 days. The dining hall ăParadise Pavilionă opened.
Inside the lively ăParadise Pavilionă. Carrying the dishes are 4 women. The women are Berndâs wife Stella and mercenaries like Grit and Ilse. Mitsuha issued a nomination request. Attracted by the request fee and the all-you-can-eat buffet, Grit and Ilse whoâs tired from the continuous hunting and had taken a period of rest jumped at Mitsuhaâs request.Ah, only female members were requested. I didnât need a man.
In the kitchen, Anel and Arena were frantically moving their arms while the voices of Bernd and Mitsuha fly at them from behind. Bernd is teaching the original ăParadise Pavilionă menu. And Mitsuha was teaching ăYamano foodă.
ăYamano foodăIt is the mysterious food which became whispered among nobility since a while ago. The cooking that suddenly came to be talked about among a considerable number of nobles had impossible ingredients, an unbelievable deliciousness, an unimaginable recipe and the dishes were shrouded in mystery.Many cooks tried to reproduce them based on the stories heard from nobles, but they all were told to try again. Except for several who begged a certain chef of a noble house to teach them.
Those who received the teaching asked the chef for the name of the dishes. The chef answered,ăYamano foodă.There are of course individual names for each dish. However, the name that encompasses all the dishes into one genre, is Yamano food.Yamano food is not the name of one dish. Those using the techniques of Yamano, they all become known as Yamano dishes. As if they were the techniques of Sarutobi.
To the cooks who admire, the chef shakes his head. Saying âthese dishes are not something I made. It was only all taught to me by my honorable teacher. And the countless dishes that were taught to me will be named ăYamano cookingă after my honorable teacher.â(ăăăŠæăăćăăăăźæçăźæ°ă ă«ćž«ć ăźćăæŽăćä»ăăăźăăă€ăăæçăă§ăăăăšă)
ăYamano cookingăIts name was gradually spreading through the nobles and the wealthy and even to the commoners though servants and others.
Using word of mouth. I asked the servants of the Liner family and Sven-san to spread rumors that âIt seems that you can eat Yamano food at the ăParadise Pavilionă.âI gave up on leaflets. Here, it seems that commoners have a high illiteracy rate. So thatâs why the leaflets had no effect when opening my store!
And so Mitsuha will learn a more efficient method. So letâs review the strategy for this time. I wonât do anything too flashy. Even if customers flood in, we will not be able to handle it and itâll become a mess. Itâs not enough to only gather customers after opening. Itâs important that you get the customers to come regularly over the long term.
And, Yamano cooking follows the general storeâs formula. ăHigh profit, low salesă.Itâs a restaurant after all. There is a limit to the number customers it can handle.Wealthy people, people who want to do luxury once in a while, men accompanied by women who want to show off in front of the girls, elderly couples who save their what little money they have to celebrate some kind of anniversary, these are the targets.Ah, just in case I prepared something cheaper. Something quick and easy to make and has a low cost. Itâs obviously not expensive from its appearance, so we couldnât ask for a ridiculous price, well, itâs food with a good turnover rate. Un, things like udon. 5~6 small silver coins. \nMitsuhaâs voice was enveloped by the silence of the dining hallâs interior.