บท 64: 64.
The next morning, I woke up really early and started practicing swordsmanship at the backyard. After practicing and cleaning myself up, I started prepping all of the ingredients I need for today. I have also put the ingredients needed for the ice cream and it started mixing and cooling the ingredients down.
After prepping all of the ingredients, I started setting all of them aside. I reckoned that this batch would be enough until noon. I then started making my breakfast and made separate breakfast for the family. I then placed them in plate then to trays and covered them before putting it in their room's study table carefully.
Soon, the sun started peaking out and I opened the door to my tavern and lots of people were waiting with Gildarts in front followed by Jura.
"Come in." I said as they immediately rushed over and in no time the place is occupied with people still lining up outside.
I started taking orders of the regulars while I answered the queries of the newcomers. There were some who were disdainful after seeing rice meals on the menu but didn't voice it out because they could feel the malice of other regulars, who, saw their disdainful look towards rice meals since they have eaten them personally and how it brought them to paradise.
I am kind of confused why I didn't see August earlier but then I thought that he will come later since he will be bringing Brandish with him later.
The crowd started eating and screams of delight resounded all over the hall while others who are newcomers are confused why people make weird reactions like that and thought that there are addictive substance in the food but they were proven wrong when they took a bite of my food.
Their screams of delight however, woke up Father and Mother who were sleeping upstairs. They heard the rowdy cheers of people downstairs. They were about to go down when they saw trays and covers with a note saying to eat their breakfast since there will be customers downstairs.
They followed it and started eating their breakfast.
After eating his meal, Gildarts asked me while holding a mug of beer.
"Hey, master, where's the new dish you set out for? Is it related to that contraption over there?" he asked me and the other diners were perking their ears up.
"Yeah, though it is more of a dessert." I said to Gildarts who had a disappointed face.
"Man, I wish you could somehow have something to pair up with drinks. Another! Man, your beer tastes the best compared to the capital." He said and drunk the beer in his mug in one go and ordered a refill.
"Maybe in the future. After having helping hands, maybe I'll try and make one." I said as Gildarts laughed in delight and gave me a thumbs up.
"May, I have a try of that new dish, owner." Jura said cutting in our conversation
"Gladly." I said and refilled Gildarts' mug and slid it to the bar counter before stopping right in front of Gildarts. I then took a bowl and put some ice cream in there and placed it in front of Jura and lots of eyes were looking at his reaction to the new dish.
"Owner, how do I eat this? It seems like its really cold. Can I really eat this?" He asked me.
"Of course its cold. I call it Ice Cream. Here, take this and intake a spoonful and put it in your mouth." I gave him a spoon and he took a spoonful. Before he put it in his mouth, the crowd were gulping and watched what's going to happen to him.
When Jura put it in his mouth, he closed his eyes to feel the flavors, he felt a cold biting sensation invaded his body and it tasted really sweet. He also tasted the really refreshing taste of milk and his nose is smelling something he didn't know which is the vanilla in the ice cream.
When he opened his eyes, he saw himself in a grassland and was confused what he was doing there. Soon the rumbling of the ground could be felt and Jura became scared. When he saw the cause of the rumbling, he immediately reacted and raised stone barriers.
What he saw in the distance is a pack of enrage cows charging towards him. He thought that the stone barriers were enough but the cows easily pierced through it and he reinforced it further but the cows' horns just bulldoze its way towards him and tackle him as it sent him flying.
After it sent him flying he saw large birds carrying barrels of milk and dropped it into him. He destroyed the incoming barrels with stone spikes and the milk started raining off him and he tasted it and shouted that it was the best.
"Uwooooooh! Delicious!" Jura's muscles contracted as he exclaimed scaring the watchers after seeing his reaction.
"Owner! This is really delicious! Its a holy dish!" He continued.
I just laughed seeing his reaction. These kinds of reaction don't work to those who were just eating it. Those who are feeling the taste with their tongues could experience this kinds of reaction and the more they examined it, the stronger the reaction it would have. Otherwise people ripping off their clothes from the food would be a norm in my tavern.
After Jura's exclamation, the onlookers who were curious of the dish ordered as well. As a new dish they were going to taste it for the first time and they can't help but dissect the taste the dish contained and shouts of exclamation, praise, and delight resounded once more in the hall.
After ordering Ice Cream three more times, Jura finally stood up and paid his bill before leaving in satisfaction.
Many others soon stood up after eating their meals. I then started cleaning the tables as I took their plates and started washing and cleaning them up in fast speeds. Soon, new batch of customers came inside with a mix of newcomers and regulars.
"Boss, I missed your food, all the food I ate are bland after tasting your food." One of the regular said as I simply laughed it off and continued cleaning. I have also heard of other regulars teaching the newcomers the rules here and unspoken rules in this tavern.
After cleaning all of the dishes, I started taking the orders and started multi-tasking. The crowd were mesmerized by the show I unconsciously performed with multi-tasking. In the customer's eyes, me cooking was like a performance and it gets faster and faster the longer it gets.
While I am cooking and serving, mother and father came down to check the commotion and were surprised to see the place really packed.
"Morning, Mother, pops." I said. The word pops came out unconsciously since I'm focused in cooking but they didn't mind it.
Mother seeing me cooking for lots of people surprised her as she didn't notice any flaws in me while cooking. Usually when cooks encountered an occasion where the orders swamped them, they will feel pressure and will mess up sooner or later. But she saw her son making food as if its natural and he gets better and faster as time goes by.
Soon I placed all the dishes in the tray and started distributing them one by one to their tables.
When I returned to my station, mother came in and helped me. There was no need for words since she is a really great cook as well. Irene have taught her moat of the food I offer in the tavern. As for the new ones, I guided mother step by step and she got it quickly and worked efficiently.
In Regis' Pov, seeing his son and wife working together made him remember about a memory where his son is asking her mother to teach him in cooking when he was small and now they are working in one kitchen. It made him feel proud seeing the child he raised grew up into a fine man. He then turned around and basked in the light of the morning sun.
The regulars were also surprised, seeing people coming from the second floor because usually it is the chipmunks, Juliet, Heine, and the lady boss so seeing new people coming down were a new sight to them and although they have a clue on who they were they wanted to confirm it.
One of the regulars suddenly asked.
"Boss, are they your parents?" He asked me.
"Yes, they're my mother and father over there." I said and pointed at father standing at the door to the backyard being showered in sunlight.
The work started getting lighter when mother helped me and the regulars stood up one by one, including Gildarts, and left satisfied. I then started cleaning the tables up and washing the dishes.
'Man, I should've scanned hawk at that time. Maybe I can have someone cleaning the leftovers' I thought before shaking my head, I will go back there for maybe something like vacations.
The third batch soon started coming in and Yajima with Makarov sat in front of the counter. When Yajima saw my mother, he was shocked as she knew her. Mother is also surprised to see Yajima that was sitting in front of the counter.
"Its a surprise to see you here. Yajima old man." Mother said as Yajima chuckled.
"Indeed its been ages, Hera. The woman who always makes weird food." He taunted.
"At least it tastes good. Unlike yours who were making lots of fancy foods that were a miss." Mother taunted back.
"You know each other?" Both I and Makarov asked at the same time in surprise.
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