Chapter 55: Chapter 14: Part 3
- Silas -
I served the hotpot to Kisuke-san.
"Here's your order, Kisuke-san."
"Ohh, this looks wonderful as always. I am honestly spoiled by all this great food. Food made at home doesn't taste the same anymore." He praised as he picked up his chopsticks and got to eating.
"Thank you." I smiled. "By the way, I was wondering how Ikki-kun is doing? We haven't seen him in days. How is his training going?"
"Oh Ikki-kun is a wonderful student. A very hard worker. His training is going extremely well. You know what? Why don't you guys come over and visit every now and then? Give me an opportunity to play host sometimes."
"Sure. I will impose upon you then."
"Hahahaha you won't be imposing on anyone. Always feel welcome. By the way, how is your magic training going? I heard that you guys went off on a training trip. How was it?" He asked.
There weren't that many people in the Restaurant right now so I sat down in front of him and we talked.
I told him about the training trip, the war and all that happened later.
Everyone has been busy with their own work since then.
The girls were teaching the Kijin before bringing them to my world. Normally they would have their magic lessons with August but he had gone somewhere with Zeref and Irene so we had some time off to ourselves.
Tanya was making preparations for establishing our new Publishing House.
I didn't want to put my name out for now so it was the girls who were going to be listed as the owners of the company. In fact, Lavy was not using her name either as she was quite well known in some magician circles and they could come look for her here.
Finally it was decided that Shuna would be listed as the owner as Sakura was still not of age yet and she was the princess of the Kijin who would be staying here so it made more sense for her to be the owner.
Yuri and Narberal would be partners in the company.
I was busy with my Restaurant.
Rimuru on the other hand had been busy. The different races in the Jura forest were wary of his village now that he had all those orcs and ogres or rather Kijin under him. The village was attacked by a bunch of Lizardmen but they were beaten up before they could even get closer to the village.
The Hobgoblin Riders had gone to the other Goblin villages and gathered them all under one wing and all of them agreed after they found out that the Kijin had joined, even the ones who had rejected previously.
They formed a pact with the guardians of the Jura Forest, the dryads under someone called Treyni to protect the forest from outside invasion because now Veldora was absent in return for being recognised by the Dryads.
Rimuru had then sent a few Kijins to the Lizardman territory to send a message to the Lizardman chief about the attack on Tempest and found out that they were doing so on their own initiative.
The idiots who had attacked were led by the son of the chief who actually tried to rebel against his father to attack the Kijin but was beaten to an inch of his life by them. He was later banished along with a hundred of his followers and they ended up joining Tempest.
Really, fate's ways are strange.
Ainz on the other hand had decided to take a break from levelling and explore his own world. He encountered some attackers who were attacking the nearby village from a different country. He took them out and brought the village under his protection and went to investigate the situation in the nearby city.
After Kisuke-san left, I went back to the kitchen as Bang-san had come in immediately afterwards and ordered.
"Mr. Bang's order for a hotpot is done." I called out as I placed the fish on the counter where Shuna carried it from.
Issac-san was waiting there too. He wanted to discuss the business deal for Nitro Rice with me.
We had found a middle path for our trade.
It turns out that while I couldn't sell raw ingredients, I could use those ingredients as dressing or make dishes which used those ingredients in raw form and sell them that way.
This money could help us with relocating the Kijin to this town and also establish the Publishing House.
"Silas, come, I was just waiting for you." Issac-san called me. Tanya was already sitting in front of him.
I had no experience in these things and had put Tanya to it.
She had gone to his world with Tohru and had returned a day later after collecting some information she needed.
"I apologise for making you wait." I said while taking a seat.
"No worries. I am the one who should apologise for interrupting your work. Anyways, our Hunters Association has agreed to go on with the trade. Will will buy a set amount of Nitro Rice as well as the Herb of All-Illness each month."
I watched as Tanya discussed the price for the item and by gods, she was savage when it came to business.
She haggled and brought the price from nine hundred to twelve hundred times the original price, at which I got those things from the System.
Not twelve or one hundred and twenty… twelve hundred times.
According to her, that was the current price of those items in his world. It was something she had found out from her bare basics understanding of that world and the fact that there was extremely high demand but no supply for that product, allowing her to jack up the prices however she wanted.
We all agreed to the price and Issac-san agreed to pick up the goods the next day and transfer the money at the same time.
My mind was still buzzing at the amount of money we had just made with this one deal.
Even Tanya looked proud. "This is the biggest deal I have closed in both my lives." She smiled proudly. "I am getting my cut for this, right?"
"Just as agreed." I nodded. "Still, this much will be enough to get us enough property in this town to settle the Kijin and even set up the Publishing House and get the equipment required. We might even have some extra left over."
"Easily." Tanya nodded. "We would even have enough left over to open some other businesses too. I was thinking about expanding into collectibles and figurines. We could try introducing a manga based on Card Games and use it to market cards using gacha. Those things sell for a lot of money."
...
Some of her plans made me shiver, despite my resistance to the cold.
This girl is evil.
But then again, this same girl just made me a billionaire.
I sometimes wondered how the System managed the currency exchange thing between worlds without crashing the economies of entire countries… then I realise that I am thinking about a System which can open gates to different worlds, completely different universes. Compared to that, what's a few billions?
The System never answers any questions but it still does so many things behind the scenes that I have no idea about.
Suddenly, the door to the shop opened and in came Rimuru who was looking tired. He was followed by Benimaru and Hakurou and another young girl with pink coloured twin tails.
"Ohh, what place is this? And what is that scent?" The girl jumped around looking at everything curiously before jumping to Bang's seat and staring at his Hotpot.
"Behave Milim." Rimuru dragged her back to a different place while the girl stared and almost drooled at the hotpot. "I'm sorry, Bang-san."
"Hahaha no worries. It's good for young ones to be energetic." the old man waved it off.
"She is more than two thousand years old though."
This caused the man to almost choke on his food as he stared at the cute girl with shock in his eyes.
"Silas, get a full course of the best you can get. Actually, get us a serving of the rabbit dish you gave us that day and then start cooking the main course." Rimuru ordered while Benimaru came and said something in Shuna's ears, making her stiff.
I looked at him questioningly but he just pointed at Shuna before going back to take a seat behind Rimuru while Hakurou took a seat with Mr. Bang. He was already a part of the old monsters group.
Shuna came and relayed the information to me.
The girl was called Milim Nava, one of the oldest and strongest Demon Lords from Rimuru's world who had come to Tempest.
Rimuru enticed her with food and brought her here to soothe her because the top brass had picked a fight with her thinking that she was there to kill Rimuru.
... damn, talk about fucking up.
Still, this is a Demon Lord?
"Ohh, are you a daemon? You can cook?" I looked back to see her looking over the counter, right inside the kitchen.
"I am a Devil apparently. The Daemons from your world are different but then again I haven't met any to give an exact difference between us."
"My world?"
"This restaurant operates between several worlds. I am not from your world."
"What! Really?" Her eyes glittered as I brought out some of the chocolate for the dish. "Ehh, what is that? Looks and smells amazing. Can I eat some? Hey, can I eat some?"
"Umm, Milim-sama please wait on your seat. The dish will be served as soon as Silas-sama is done." Shuna came to the rescue.
"Rimuru, I want it now. I want that sweet thing he is using, now."
"Sure, we can get you one of those but that would be it. You cannot eat the dishes after that." Rimuru explained with his hands spread out.
"Ehh? Why?"
...
Is she really a Demon Lord?
My impression of Demon Lords is going down very quickly.
"NO! I WANT IT NOW." She stomped on the ground and I sensed a massive amount of power behind me.
This power made that clown look like a candle compared to the sun.
Fuck.
I took a deep breath to reorganise myself from the sudden surprise.
I took control of the shop and the very next instant, her power was dispelled as she looked around in surprise.
"This shop is a place for people to enjoy their food and good food needs time to be cooked. Do you want me to give you raw food which tastes like crap? If so, then I can get it to you in a minute."
That did the job as she sat down quickly although with a pout.
Really? That easily?
The power of a God with the mind of a child.
Such a dangerous combination. Seriously, how do you even deal with someone like this?
The fact that Tohru of all people said. "B-boss, that girl is dangerous. Don't mess with her." was a testament to her power level.
Tohru was someone who didn't back down from any fights and had even fought Gods in her world and yet Milim's presence made her back away.
I decided to heed her warning and work on the dish with all my concentration.
The girl in the meantime was playing games with Saitama and Rimuru while I prepared the dishes.
I served the first dish as soon as possible.
Lièvre À La Royale. The same dish I had served to my customers as an apology.
She practically jumped on the plate and I got some time to cook the other dishes.
It was only after three whole hours that she was satisfied and I could sit down in peace.
The guests had more or less left the place except for Rimuru and his party.
"Oi, Devil." She got up on the chair, hands on her waist as she looked directly at me.
"Hmm."
"Work for me."
"No thanks."
"What? Why?"
"I enjoy working here. I meet many people from different worlds, visit different places and make new friends from everywhere. I don't want to leave this job."
"But that's not fair. I wanna have fun too." She cried.
"Then you can come and visit me anytime you want." I shrugged. By this time I had gotten a read on her personality and understood how to deal with her.
She was like a kid.
Exactly like a kid.
"Yes yes, I can bring you here to visit Silas whenever you want." Rimuru came up for my backup.
"Really? Promise?"
"Promise." Both me and Rimuru said at the same time.
I accompanied her out till Tempest and even packed an entire chocolate cake for her making her light up instantly.
"You know what Devil? I like you. I will call you Sil."
And just like that, my demonic power soared and all I could think about before blacking out was... Not again.
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