Adventurers Are Obsessed With My Cooking

Episode 79. D – 3

After escaping the Angelic Slime’s hideout, I arrived at Laura’s mansion after a short walk.

Since it is located in the same downtown area, I walked a few steps and arrived in no time.

“Welcome, Mr. Jeon.”

“Huh? Are you there?”

“Of course. This is my house.”

“No, that’s not what I meant… The sun has just risen, but you don’t normally come out this way at this time.”

“Ah… I can’t help it. I’m busy these days.”

She was busy with her staff.

There was a lot of information sent from all over the place.

Usually this isn’t common, but I soon understood why.

“Couldn’t it… Have started moving in other areas as well? The demons…”

“Anyway, Mr. Jeon has a good eye. Originally, he never showed it to outsiders… That’s right. Devil’s orders are also being found in other regions. Reports have come in through various adventurer guilds.”

“As expected, the information power is amazing. Doesn’t this amount to more information than most lords?”

“Of course! Lords basically don’t care unless it’s their own manor. But our Weekly Douglas and Daily News magazines are media covering the entire world.”

A voice that makes you feel proud.

It was a very powerful figure, quite different from the usual mischievous woman.

“Wait a little bit. Even if you don’t, I have something to talk to you about. I just need to finish organizing the information from the Kingdom.”

“The kingdom? It’s a town that was originally out of reach.”

“That’s an old story. It’s already been two months since you quit here. What if there’s no progress?”

I couldn’t help but be surprised.

Unlike normal territories, the area named Kingdom is not free from coming and going.

Some kingdoms openly discriminate against players, while others consider them enemies.

There are kings who try to use us as war horses and eat us, while there are kings who feel fear and tremble with fear.

Under these circumstances, it is absolutely impossible to enter the kingdom and engage in intelligence activities.

Because it’s not a game anymore.

Because a moment’s mistake could cost you your life.

However, Laura-san seems to have already secured an informant working in the Kingdom.

This is a story I had never heard before when I was working here.

‘Anyway, he’s a great person…’

Since I am not an employee here, I thought it would be strange to check the information on my own, so I sat quietly on the sofa and waited.

After about 20 minutes had passed, Mr. Laura, who had finished her tidying up, approached her, turning on her wit.

Looking at Rin, who fell asleep on my knee, she made a slightly strange expression.

“Now he’s like a baby daddy.”

“Maybe so. Rin is like my child.”

“Hmm, then who’s her mother? That dark-haired, sassy girl who always hangs out at her stall?”

“Yes? He’s just a party member…”

“It’s a joke. It’s a joke. It’s more suspicious when you see them arguing.”

“……”

I took a small deep breath to regain my composure.

If you get excited in front of that woman, there is no doubt that you will take out all the information that is not in your liver and gallbladder.

By the way, why are there so many people trying to hook me up with Lemon?

“Rather than that, eat this. I’ve cooked as promised.”

This is the promise I made with Laura-san, the terms of the deal are as follows.

I cook for 10 people every day, and she sends me new information.

All of the non-public information that is not even published in the daily information magazine.

Today I came to visit myself, but sooner or later this job will be replaced by someone she hired.

I will come to me every day, hand the information I collected, and I will receive fresh dishes.

Sometimes, if you tell me when you need it, they will run advertisements for free, so it won’t be such a losing business.

Just one thing…

‘In order to get my food every day, that subordinate must always know where I am…’

In other words, my location information will always be known.

Unbeknownst to me, I was properly caught in the trap Laura had dug.

But I didn’t think it was a big problem.

She’ll be able to find out my location if she wants to know, even if it’s not this deal.

“I didn’t know the other day, but he said he defeated them all by himself? Those assassins.”

“Oh, that’s right. It was only possible thanks to the help of this kid. And their equipment was also destroyed.”

“As expected, it’s amazing. Are the people who made a name for themselves as Counter Monks different?”

“Why are you doing that again? What do you want…”

I sent a look full of caution.

“The people who tried to kill you this time were former party members?”

“Yeah… What…”

“Aren’t those people the ones I interviewed with as a bonus when I interviewed myself in the past?”

“Right…”

“Wow… It’s scary… More than that, isn’t there a lot less people than you thought?”

“hahahaha…”

I laughed bitterly.

When I think of those guys, I can’t really refute that statement.

But things have changed a bit now.

Because I got to know Lemon and the children, plus Rin.

I don’t want to hear that there will be no Inbok in the future.

So I deliberately said this.

“First of all, Ms. Laura is also one of my personal connections… You’re not thinking of killing me in the future, are you?”

“Hmm? Come to think of it, that’s it? Whoa… I don’t know if you’re killing me, but rather, didn’t you use up all your clothes for getting to know me? That’s why everyone I meet…”

“Ah… Well, think good.”

“Foot!”

She laughed for a long time at what was funny.

Her words It seems she has to stop trying to win her over by fighting.

“By the way, it looks like everyone has been released except for the leader, is that okay?”

“I thought it would be like that from the beginning. He was the one who hired the assassin. If I had to ask the other guys, it would be something like conspiracy? But I’m not familiar with the law here…”

“From what I’ve heard, it looks like he sold a piece of equipment in a hurry and paid a fine with the money. It seems that the fine was quite large.”

“Still, it looks like you’ve been punished.”

Ms. Laura looks at me like a curious person.

“Isn’t it scary? What if they get revenge?”

“Since I’ve been in this situation before, I won’t be able to move recklessly. It’s not like they would risk their own lives. And even if that happens, I’ve got new friends.”

“Hmm, but for safety’s sake, wouldn’t it be better to join a guild? Since he’s also a cook, the more popular he becomes, the more enemies he will have.”

“Maybe…?”

“Well, it’s your job, so you can make your own decisions.”

Will joining a guild really make you safer?

Rather, isn’t it because of the hostile guild that only increases useless enemies?

Her head is getting complicated again.

“The assassin and his leader. The trial will take another month.”

“Is it taking that long?”

“Originally, it’s like law or trial. Besides, the lord will be very busy with other things right now.”

The smile disappeared from her expression.

“Is it getting worse than I thought?”

“Right.”

She put down an old scroll in front of me.

“Isn’t it similar to the one he showed me in Salem?”

It was the devil’s order.

The sender was also the same as the one I had.

The contents were slightly different, but this also did not contain important information such as the date of execution.

Since then, nothing has progressed.

“This kind of thing is found all over the place.”

“Should we say that it has started to move in earnest?”

“Yes, but there is a bigger problem.”

“A bigger problem?”

“Yes. Most of the people who owned these appeared under the name of ‘evil spirits’, and all of them were found around named monsters.”

“That’s…”

As I narrowed my brows with a serious face, Ms. Laura leaned back and slowed down the conversation.

“Why do you think that is?”

“Hmm… Maybe it’s because of the 1st anniversary event?”

“Yes. I think so too.”

The invasion of the demon army in the past was a short-term event to commemorate the first anniversary of the opening of the game.

Perhaps for that reason, at the time, normal monsters rarely showed up.

What appeared was the least elite monsters, and the named monsters that appeared in various places appeared randomly, regardless of type.

Only then is it worth the users risking their lives.

If you are lucky enough to pick up even one boss drop item, the repair cost, potion cost, and resurrection cost will be well worth it.

“It seems that demons appear and roam each dungeon to seduce various named monsters. I don’t know if this is just a story decided by the system, but one thing is certain. That you’re going to show up outside.”

“Then…”

“The date for the Continental Congress has been decided this morning. By now, the lords of each region and the kings of the outer kingdoms should have been contacted.”

I opened my eyes wide.

Things were moving faster than I thought.

“The location is the Trump Tower in Lucky Land. The date is three days from now. It’s already too late today, and this content will be published in its entirety in the daily newsletter published tomorrow.”

If it hadn’t been for Laura, I would have known this only tomorrow.

‘But…’

From noble mtl dot com

At least, I only found out about it the day before.

Nothing much has changed.

‘Only 3 days until the meeting…’

There is only one thing you can do in it

“Hey, Laura.”

“Yes, why?”

“I have a favor to ask of you. I want to place an advertisement in the information magazine that will be distributed tomorrow…”

“Tomorrow? The day we report a big scoop like this? Did you know that we usually charge special rates for cases like this?”

She looks at me and smiles evilly.

It looks like they’re going to tear it apart, but I also had a tile hidden.

“Will this price be enough?”

“What is that?”

“This? It’s a hot new menu that I just developed yesterday.”

I took out a super rare dish, high oak sirloin sweet and sour pork from my inventory.

The sweet and sour pork served in a concave bowl had white steam rising as if it had been freshly fried.