Dinner Party (1)
Hello there. It's me, finally back at our inn after saving all those people.
I'm currently fighting on a new battlefield against a foe fiercer than White Demon in a way.
The battlefield known as kitchen.
Whooaaaaaa!!
So many things need to be done! I gotta cook all kinds of dishes, and a lot at that!
I carelessly asked more people what they wanted to eat and ended up having to cook so many things. How'd it come to this.
Alma said she's fine with anything I cooked. That makes it harder normally, but not today.
Reina wanted meat dishes. Same as ever. She'll be fine with anything as long it's got meat.
Hiyoko wanted salted boiled crab. Guess Hiyoko took a liking to that dish.
Thus far, the girls' requests are simple enough.
The problem is our guests'.
Hero-kun wants pork cutlet. So boyish of him. I'm gonna use magic beast meat rather than pork though, Rush Boar or Jet Boar would do fine.
Leviara-chan wants curry. I've got some premade one already so that's fine too. She said she prefers soupy curry over rice. I take it Hero-kun can cook without Cooking Skill too.
Olivie-chan wants fish. This one's a toughie... Roast paper wrapped fish or maybe butter consomme wrapped roast should do, I hope.
Aina-san wants karaage. She's been itching to have a taste ever since Lolimast bragged how good it was... I don't wanna betray her expectations, I'm gonna use Platinum Cock meat for it. Gotta make sure Hiyoko doesn't eat any.
That wasn't the end of it.
Several more people joined in the party.
They readily agreed when I asked, but I might be regretting it now...
First, Scarymast. She wants soup with an uncommon taste if possible. After consulting with Menu, I decided to make miso soup, pork miso soup in particular... Wonder if it'll go over well.
Next up, Hyula-san. It's gotta be shrimp with mayonnaise since she wants something that goes nicely with booze. I'm gonna make it thickly flavored.
Gazaginando-san who was with her wants noodles. Think I'll go with ramen... Hope he likes it.
Lastly, a dejected-looking sitting Radia-kun.
He looked depressed about something so I dragged him to join us. What's wrong? Got a problem?
Well whatever. The boy apparently wants to eat omelet rice. I'm happy to comply.
Okay. That'll be all the requests.
....
Okay, not.
I'm stupidly busy! Who knows how many hours it would have taken if I didn't concurrently make multiple!
I had to ask Menu's help to do stuff like gauging cooking time and used Mana Control to simultaneously do simple tasks!
I gotta be creative to shorten cooking time by doing stuff like cooking all the fried food together and so on!
Uooooooo!! Roar my arms, don't you lose to sore muscles! Heck, why's my HP buffer not working for this!? How does it even work!
...After two hours of a fierce struggle versus food, I was finally done.
Thanks to Item Screen, even dishes that were done early wouldn't get cold but it's still tiring all the same. I'm easily thrice as exhausted than I was fighting White Demon.
I don't have enough plates to accommodate all the food so I'm making it an all you can eat buffet.
"T-thank you for waiting... I'm done with the preparations, you may now head over to this room..."
"Hikaru, are you alright...?"
"You look the most tired you've been."
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Course I'm tired. Not only due to all the work but also from the pressure of expectations by all these people mostly.
It's dark out already. It's 8 past 30 now. A bit late for dinner.
I put away the beds in a quadruple room, fetched some tables and lined up all the dishes on top.
Including me, it's a big party for 11 + 1. What's up with this. Are they trying to kill me, from overworking?
I'm never gonna host a party this size ever again!
"O, oou, you really went and cooked all our requests. Amazing, hahahaha."
"Kajikawa-san, I know I'm the one asking but you shouldn't have gone overboard..."
"I-I'm fine. I've got enough stamina to chew my food at least..."
"Well uh, you recover that by eating anyway."
I don't mean the Status-displayed one, but more mentally, y'know?
Honestly, I'd love nothing more than to jump in my bed, but I'm too hungry to sleep tightly. Gonna stop complaining and just get on to eating.
"You've all done splendidly today, sirs and ladies. I offer you my humbly handmade food. I did my best to make sure the taste is palatable. Please feel free to have as much as your heart's desire."
"All together! Bon appetite!!"
"""Bon appetite!"""
Once I was done with a brief opening, Aina-san immediately took over.
...But man, looking again, I'm amazed with the members here. Hero's party, a Rank S adventurer, champion and runner up of Advanced Division. It's way too dense.
"Ah, I can't remember the last time I had pork cutlet. Even the sauce takes me back with how similar it tastes to that certain famous maker..."
"Neora-kun, crying is taking it too far, wait what's up with this fried chicken! It's super tasty!"
"Quiet. Eat in silence."
"Nope no can do, let's all take it easy, people hahaha~"
Scarymast admonished Aina-san who was making a ruckus while enjoying her karaage.
Scarymast herself is silently having her soup, scooping at high pace. She must be really hungry...
And Hiyoko, don't eat that. That's your mom, I'm telling you... Watching this kinda make feels like the worst man alive...
"Did you really make this? It's really good, sure, but I can't wrap my head around this side of yours and that monstrous rampage..."
"This fish is so juicy and the way it melts in your mouth. I can't have enough...!"
"Nn, Kajikawa's food is as good as ever. Makes the booze goes down easily!"
"Hmu, this soup pasta-like dish pairs splendidly with booze."
Hero harem looked confused as they enjoyed the curry and fish... What did I do while I was brainwashed anyway?
Hyula-san is guzzling down boozes like usual, emptying all kinds of liquors from ale, strong-smelling booze, amber-colored booze etc one after another. You're gonna get sick from mixing those stuff you know.
Gazaginando-san sitting next to her isn't gonna lose either. It's just, the way he rolls the ramen with a fork looks way surreal.
"Raiza-san, take it easy will you. You gotta relish on the flavor more~."
"I do despite how it looks. I simply have more work to do after this."
"You're still gonna work~? Let's take it easy tonight~."
"I cannot. Tomorrow, I have to go and explain this uproar at the royal palace, discuss proper measures for the future, and get ready to head back to Randorainam."
"Uhee, sounds like a total pain~."
"You guys are likely getting summoned as well. You might want to retire early tonight... Thank you for the treat. The soup, was delicious."
She's going to work now? Just don't overwork yourself to death.
Ah, you're leaving already? Here's some dessert to take out. Thank you again~.
"By the way, is that stuff you've been drinking, ale, Kajikawa? Real dark that one. Lemme have a cup, will ya."
"Hyula-san you've been drinking too much. Also, this is not an ale, it's a carbonated drink called cola. It's not a booze."
"Eh, you've got cola!? Me! Gimme!"
"H-hey, what's the matter with you Neora? You want to drink that dark liquid? Is that safe?"
"Gulp, gulp... Burp, aaaah~~... Though I'd never taste this stuff again~~~... This is the best..."
"I-is that really good...?"
Hero-kun looks like he's satisfied with life after having a cup. I get you, I really do.
I've got others too like, fa*ta.
Eh, where do you buy one? It's not for sale. I made the cola myself. Fa*ta is from a fruit I picked in a magic beast forest near the medical town.
Radia-kun is slowly sipping these carbonated juice.
He's really down in the dump. Wonder what's the deal.
Then suddenly, Reina walked up to him with a booze bottle in one hand... Wonder if she got that 'bad drunk' trait from her father.
"Ufuhihihi~. What's up Radia-san? You look real down in the dump there ehehe~"
"...I've got, a lot."
"Nnn~? Here, I'll lend you an ear~."
"No, I'm good. I want to focus on the food."
"Ah, Radia-san, there's a magic beast sticking on the ceiling."
"Eh?"
"I gotchu!!"
"Gaboa!!?"
Reina shoved her booze bottle down Radia-kun's mouth as he looked up.
Don't harass people just cuz you're drunk now! I might have to ban booze from this drunk girl...
"Wh-what are you doing!"
"Uhihi, I'm trying to pep you up~"
"Pep me, ah, crap~ My head is spinning~~~..."
Radia-kun's head bobbled as his face quickly reddened. We've got ourselves a new drunkard.
"...Haa, I went all the way here to surprise aniki. How'd it come to this..."
"Ahyahyahya! Why're you crying now~!"
Ah, this one is sad drunkard type huh. The depressing one.
"I even managed to get to round two in the tournament and landed myself a chance to join the army only to find out aniki betrayed the army and even joined the demons what the hell is that darned aniki doing moron moron moron you better off dead."
"R-Radia-kun?"
"I'm done I'm a fool for trying to drag that scumbag back I shoulda left him alone what was all that hardship for darnit you idiot aniki why'd you do that darn darn daaaarn..."
"Mymy~, he's out cold~ Ehehe~."
After spilling it all out, Radia-kun dropped his tearful face down the table and went off to the land of dreams.
He just casually blurted out some heavy stuff there. Like how his aniki joined the demons or something.
...Boy must have gone through a lot to see his aniki, anyone's gonna cry if that was the ending. Live on.
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