Adventurers Are Obsessed With My Cooking

Episode 73. Well done, Melissa!

“It’s been a while, Mr. Taemin.”

“Why are you here…?”

An uninvited guest appeared.

Ah, is it rude to call him an uninvited guest?

Guild Angelic Slime Master Everett Lowell.

He suddenly appeared in front of us as we chatted over drinks with nachos.

“Huh? It’s my brother!”

“Are you here?”

“Now that the chef is back, is Master’s escort over today? This is a pity.”

Let’s just pretend it’s an uninvited guest.

I was the only one who was taken aback by the appearance of Everett Lowell.

The other guys were accustomed to the situation, having been escorted by him for a week already.

But I have a question.

No, why is Gilma himself here, leaving so many guild members behind?

Listening to the story, it seems that he himself acted as an escort for the children for a whole week.

Even if you have never seen him with your own eyes, rumors say that his skills are amazing.

As long as you go to the Abyss, there’s nothing to argue about.

So it might be the best escort for the safety of children.

But… Brother?

Oppa aaa?

I was an uncle from the beginning, but he was listening to Melissa and Mumu, and even Sophia as an older brother.

What is this huge difference?

I was very offended.

“Looks like things went well. Does my escort duty end today?”

He asks with a bright smile on his face.

I put on a business smile to hide my displeasure.

“Yes, thank you… Thank you so much. The escort is fine now.”

“That’s good. Then…”

Yes.

Go back soon.

“Would you like to talk with me alone?”

“Ah… You should.”

Then it is.

He did not act as an escort for free.

I asked for it through Laura, but given how close we are to each other, how can we do that kind of favor for free?

Now that you have received help, the time has come to pay for it.

I walked into my room with Everett Lowell a week ago.

We sat on old chairs facing each other with the table in between.

“Do you like apple juice?”

“Of course.”

Looking at me, he smiles with a face like a parasitic brother, but his stomach twists.

I don’t know why he’s doing that in front of me, he’s only going to make a killer smile like that in front of women.

I put freshly fried nachos and apple juice on the table.

Compared to the coffee and macaron he brought out last time, it seems somehow inferior, but the taste and buff effect are superior to this one.

If they sell it, then it will be ten times more expensive than that cash dessert.

So, there is no need to have a sense of qualification.

And if you are a true woman, you will definitely prefer a manly face like mine to a fine face like that.

Cancer, that’s how you are truly a woman.

“I am very grateful for your willingness to help me this time. I don’t know how to thank you in return.”

“Could you please hear the answer to what I suggested last time?”

What he suggested to me was an invitation to join the guild.

“Sorry, I haven’t thought about it yet…”

“That’s really unfortunate.”

“I appreciate the offer. But I don’t want to be tied down just yet.”

“I understand. It’s okay if you don’t feel too pressured.”

A brief silence ensued.

It’s awkward, but it’s hard to bear because the air is heavy.

“Rather than that, how can I compensate you for this escort?”

Money is enough.

Because I made a lot of money in Felon this time.

I bought the inventory expansion right from Lemon at a high price, but I still have close to 20 million gold left.

I wanted to put it into the characteristics right away, but it won’t be too late to invest after rewarding Angelic Slime or Laura-san for helping me this time.

The question is, how much does the man in front of you want?

‘Because he’s rich…’

It is very difficult to reward a guy who spends his money like water.

Of course, Everett Lowell himself performed the role of escorting the children, which made things more complicated.

Perhaps he was aiming for that.

To take the negotiations to your advantage.

I declined his offer to join the guild.

You may hold a grudge against this and ask for a huge fee.

I was nervously waiting for his mouth to open.

“You said you were doing business in Pellon this time.”

“Ah, did you hear?”

“Yes. I also wanted to go and taste Taemin’s cooking right away, but I held back because escorting Taemin’s colleagues was also a very important task.”

“Ah… That part is truly appreciated.”

This bastard.

What the hell are you asking for?

“Compensation is fine. As long as I can taste Taemin’s cooking, that’s enough for me.”

“Ah… Are you really going to be okay with that?”

He is an Abyss Dungeon player.

He probably won’t go in and out of dungeons all week, but even if he only averaged two or three times, that’s a huge opportunity cost over the past week.

But you can just give me rice?

Anyway, I can’t understand what rich people think.

I am very grateful to have my food so highly rated, but from my point of view, it would have been more comfortable to ask for 10 million or 20 million gold.

At this rate, I feel like I owe him a debt that I absolutely must pay.

‘Are you doing this on purpose?’

When you think about it that way, he is indeed a scary man.

Perhaps in this way until now, he may have increased his side around him.

“Then, can I make the food sold at Felon this time for one hundred people? I don’t know how many people are in the guild, but if you tell me, I’ll make enough for all the guild members to eat.”

I definitely drew the line.

If he appreciates my cooking, I wanted to give him the feeling that it was a clear reward.

I didn’t want to continue to harbor an unknown sense of debt in my heart for the ambiguous reward he wanted.

“Ah… I didn’t mean that…”

“I know. But from my point of view, it’s okay if I give you a solid reward, so don’t feel pressured.”

“Is that so? If Taemin says so, I will be grateful.”

He blurted out his last words with a forlorn expression on his face.

“Being friends is… Still difficult.”

I pretended not to hear.

I don’t have the confidence to watch him come to the stall every day and watch my lovely children listen to him.

“Once again, thank you for this work. I will do my best to prepare the dish for you this time. Thank you for protecting my colleagues.”

* * *

“Hello? You know me?”

“Ah, yes. But what about the adventurer’s guild…”

“Ah… Today is my day off. I’m here to take a look around. I want to taste the rumored dish.”

Nadia, the receptionist of the Pixel West Adventurers Guild.

For some reason, she joined us on our way to the oak fields.

“Nadia. You should have rested at home on a day like today.”

“I don’t have anything to do. What? The hairy man boasted in front of me that it was so delicious, isn’t it too much?

“No… I’m afraid you’ll waste your holiday…”

“You’re worrying for nothing!”

Hairy and she seemed to have a strong friendship.

If I had to question it, would you say that the hairy side seemed to be in trouble with Nadia?

Well, it’s understandable if you’ve stayed in the oak field for months without going anywhere else.

From the adventurer’s guild’s point of view, if level 85 serves as the foundation, it will be very reassuring when an urgent task such as an emergency request occurs.

[Caution! You have entered the High Orc Garrison.]

The level of the children has improved a lot, so I think I can graduate soon, but Melissa dragged me out saying that she had something to show me.

Because of that, everyone had no choice but to follow.

Everyone seemed to think it was no big deal that if I hadn’t come back today, they would have been hunting anyway.

“So, what does it mean to show?”

“Hee hee. Look forward to it. Lemon sister! Please!”

“Yes. Stay here. I will drive you right away.”

“Yes!”

“Then I’m leaving too!”

Following Lemon, he left for Rudy.

Well, the level gap between Rudy and Lemon narrowed to 11 before I knew it.

As long as they have the same cooking buff, the tanking ability of the two will not be much different.

At least not limited to this orc field.

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“Hmm?”

After a while, Lemon appeared with a large group of high orcs.

‘Aren’t you overdoing it?’

There were too many, but too many.

I wondered how they brought so many guys to hunt.

There seemed to be about 30 of them.

The majesty of 30 muscular high orcs with a height of 3 meters was truly amazing.

Drooling with fury on his face, he ran after Lemon, as if an angry herd of water buffaloes were running, the earth seemed to vibrate with a great amount of dust.

It was then.

Melissa, who was standing next to me, moved.

“Amplify elemental power!”

A circle-shaped magic circle floated beneath the ground where Melissa was standing.

Elemental power amplification that can only be learned by mastering all the basic magic of the four major attributes.

‘What are you doing to show me?’

Are you trying to spread an electric blanket that is unique to a special element wizard?

If you use it, even thirty high orcs will be stranded.

Just like Rin’s Discharge, all nearby monsters will be electrocuted.

However, the magic Melissa used was completely beyond my expectations.

“Akeiiin! Stoohohom!”

Like a guy, he spit out the name of a skill that didn’t have to be done.

Thanks to that, I was able to predict what was going to happen.

‘Even if I had to choose, I chose the skill with the longest casting time…’

A blue light emitted from the tip of her wand shot forward.

The light flew away and collided head-on with a group of high orcs that were following Lemon.

Quaang!

Soon after, with an intense explosion, a blue flash covered the entire group of high orcs.

“What the heck…”

I couldn’t help but be astonished.

A group of high orcs with over 100,000 HP were all defeated with a single magic attack.

“Hee hee. Did you see Mister? Melissa is so strong!?”