Adventurers Are Obsessed With My Cooking

Episode 99. New party member

Early morning walking down the main street of Felon.

Maybe it’s because I slept late yesterday, the faces of the guys following me seem to be saying they want to sleep more.

In fact, it is not enough to make a forced march.

However, working too hard can have the opposite effect, so I’m trying to take at least a break.

‘It’s the first day, so I shouldn’t overdo it.’

Nightmare Dungeon.

General term for dungeons that can be entered after level 60.

Due to the characteristics of this game, it is safe to say that it is a tutorial before level 60.

That’s because the previous dungeons and nightmare dungeons have different levels of difficulty.

‘Of course, a nightmare dungeon depends on the dungeon.’

I have no intention of overdoing it from the start.

Today’s goal is for children to gain experience.

Pick and choose, we decided on the easiest dungeon from our party’s point of view.

To a place where I can handle it by myself even if a dangerous situation arises.

Fortunately, starting with the Nightmare Dungeon, the experience point penalty due to the level difference of party members disappears.

Of course, since I am level 84, I won’t get a single experience point, but even if I’m in a party, the children’s experience points won’t be affected in any way.

‘That’s why there were a lot of bus vendors…’

After all, this character is also a product of the Nightmare Dungeon Training Bus.

I reached level 80 with the help of my former colleagues.

Mumu, who was following me, started talking.

“Mister, do you know who the new comrade is coming?”

“No. I haven’t heard anything yet.”

“What if I’m a strange person?”

“That’s why I won’t stick around for a while. Try it out with a lot of people, and if there’s a good person, I’ll recommend it. But there’s no need to worry too much. Laura-san will weed out weird people on her own.”

Lemon took offense at my remarks.

“Can she really trust her?”

“Certainly. She has the most information in her hands than anyone else.”

“There’s a difference between knowing the most information and introducing us to the best ally. It could be a spy trying to steal information.”

I stopped and turned around to look at Lemon.

“…Why? Did I… Say something wrong?”

“No, it’s something I didn’t think of at all. Could it really be like that?”

“Spy?”

“Yes. We can trick someone who will monitor our every move into our party by pretending to be an acquaintance. If it’s Laura-san who is madly obsessed with new information.”

“Ohh! Spy!”

“You said lemon well. Thanks to you, I think I can stay alert.”

“Uh… Ugh…”

Lemon makes a strange expression as if my reaction was unexpected.

I don’t know if it’s because of her past, but she seemed uncomfortable about accepting a new colleague.

Since last night, you’ve been feeling uneasy for some reason, so I was going to compliment you on purpose, but was it too much?

Still, I don’t think I was caught acting.

“Did you all hear about it yesterday? Other guilds started training cooks. Maybe there will be a spy trying to steal my recipe?”

“Don’t worry Mister! Melissa will keep an eye on you!”

“Are you?”

“Ah! I found a suspicious person! Uncle Mumu suspected me! Maybe it’s a fake Mumu!”

“What are you saying, you idiot! What kind of fake am I!”

Me and Lemon laughed out loud at Melissa’s stupid remark and Mumu’s flustered appearance.

‘A spy… Has information to steal from our party.’

Recipe?

That would be of no use to anyone.

If you do not first register a new recipe that has not been registered as an original recipe, the buff effect of the dish will be significantly reduced.

In addition to that, among the dozens of skills that have not yet been developed and are marked with ???, You should be lucky to pick a skill that amplifies the same buff effect as mine.

If you’re unlucky, you’ll have to go to a grave somewhere and make bone hangover soup.

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‘In the beginning, that’s the highest hurdle.’

Once you learn the skill, you’ll get the support of the guild, and you’ll soon be able to upload the attributes that cost money.

Before that, the above two problems will get in the way.

‘You won’t have to worry about it, at least for a while. And…’

Even if you are very lucky and a chef like that appears.

‘It’s rather fortunate.’

Because of that person’s presence, it will be easier to prevent the demonic invasion.

“You think you’re some kind of detective!? You idiot!”

“What did you say, this spy! Hurry up and reveal your identity!”

“Hey! Where are you touching right now! There’s a man there too!”

“Huh? I’m sure this little thing is nothing…”

“Hey!”

We arrived at Mr. Laura’s mansion before we knew it while listening to Mumu and Melissa’s stupid fight over words.

* * *

The drawing room on the first floor of the mansion.

Children are rolling their eyes here and there to see what is strange.

At least it was fortunate that I didn’t make a fuss like before, perhaps because I saw a lot of glamorous things at the hotel in Lucky Land.

“Ugh… It’s the head…”

And after a while, Laura-san appeared with a nervous face in her nightgown with her messy hair.

‘What the hell does that woman wear when she sleeps?’

It was no ordinary nightgown.

It was so stark that I couldn’t help but look at it.

But all the eyes of the women in the party were on me, so I had to be very careful with the way they looked.

“They came early…”

“She has to go into the dungeon right away. Laura-san seems to have just woken up?”

“Yeah… I’m weak in the morning…”

“By the way, haven’t the people I’m introducing you to come yet? It’s already 8:30.”

“Oh, I’ll be back soon. The staff told me to come by 9.”

You can enter the dungeon only after making a statement with the new party member, sharing the combat abilities of each party member, and then briefing on today’s strategy.

Because of that, every minute and every second was wasted.

But that doesn’t mean I can’t express my dissatisfaction with Laura.

We are in a position to help.

If I went to the Adventurer’s Guild and found the right person, I would have lost several times more time.

Maybe I wouldn’t have time to enter the dungeon today.

‘Because it’s not long before 9 o’clock.’

“Can I hear what kind of people are coming?”

“Huh? Mr. Jeon, are you asking me for information? Is that with your bare mouth?”

I sighed and took out the dishes.

Since you said you woke up now, it must have been morning.

“Umm… Kya, I don’t get tired of eating my own food every meal.”

“So the information…”

“He’s very impatient. Everyone should be here in a few minutes.”

“Laura…”

“Okay. Okay. A total of five people asked to come today. There are many more, but they all have their own circumstances. This is the number of people who called the day before and said they would come.”

That many?

Well, in a way, she has the world’s largest short hair.

“If there are only two of us…”

“You did that yesterday. I’m not looking for a fix. Pick two out of five and take them.”

“Yeah? That’s bound to be the case, but… To pick it face to face?”

“What are you worried about? If I let you cook, I won’t be unhappy, and you’re not going to fix it? Other people can just ask to come with you next time.”

“Ah…”

“Anyway, wake up Mr. Jeon! You’re the leader now!”

“hahahaha, yes.”

I said this, but soon one of her employees came with a list of people to be introduced today.

Name, gender, age, and class name were basic, and even what skill tree they rode and what equipment they wore were written.

‘As expected, scary information power…’

“Look at that, and hide it before people come. It will be very uncomfortable for those involved to see your information documented and going around.”

“Ah… Yes.”

‘Then you shouldn’t have made something like this in the first place…’

For some reason, I felt anxious because I thought that sooner or later information on me and my party members would be distributed like that.

How else did she know my heart like that, Laura-san pointed out exactly that part.

“Don’t worry. I won’t tell anyone about Mr. Jeon’s information.”

“hahahaha… That’s really tearful thank you.”

“What? Are you being sarcastic?”

“Oh, no way. I don’t think Laura would do anything like that with my information. If she was that kind of person, she wouldn’t cook like she does now.”

We looked at each other and grinned.

Meanwhile, the first person to be introduced today entered the parlor.

* * *

The time is exactly 8:38.

I highly appreciate that she showed up 22 minutes ahead of her appointment.

As the party leader.

Her name is Rachel.

Rachel Myers.

She was a woman of great beauty with blonde hair and blue eyes.

Well, it was the same as Laura-san up to this point, but there was a huge difference between the two.

It is the body.

If Laura had curvy curves that men would like, Rachel had a very slender body.

But that doesn’t mean he looked like a weakling.

Should I say it looks very nimble with the addition of the leather equipment it is wearing?

Unsurprisingly, the class was also an archer.

‘You’re younger than I thought.’

She is 22 years old.

Being younger than Lemon, I thought he was my age, but I was mistaken.

‘Are you a sniper?’

I checked the paper with her information that I had received in advance and put in my inventory through the system window.

The skill tree is a long-range sniper archer.

Although there is no abyss equipment, the level of equipment he is wearing is excellent.

In a way, you could say he was the most suitable person for our party.

‘Anyways…’

There is no doubt that Laura-san calculated and introduced it up to this point.

He must have figured out the composition of our party to some extent.

“How is it? Isn’t it pretty? Rachel has been like my sister since before. She’s a bit negative because she’s scared of children. She’s worried, so she’s a nice girl.”

“To enter the Nightmare Dungeon, it’s better to be worried than carefree. Hello. My name is Jeon Tae-min.”

“Oh, how are you? It’s Rachel. But, except for this guy, all of them are full of women. There’s a puppy.”

“Rin is a beast! She’s not a puppy!”

“You know. I called him that because he’s cute. Little boy.”

“You’re not Melissa kid!”

Melissa jumped up from her seat and pushed her chest out.

She blended in with the succubus gear she was wearing, and she was drawn in a way that didn’t match her age at all.

“I’m sorry… I lost. I’ll surrender.”

Rachel declared her immediate surrender.

Her eyes looked sad for some reason.

“By the way, do you guys really intend to go to the Nightmare Dungeon like this?

“Why is that?”

“No… Nightmare. Nightmare! Are you sure you’re going with this combo? With a baby, kids?”

As Laura said, she was a very worried young lady.

Children are young, and they are not players.

Well, those things must be on your mind.

But I couldn’t point it out.

The place we are going to is the Nightmare Dungeon.

Because it is always a dangerous place where you have to risk your life.

It is natural to be concerned.

But.

“Hey, Rachel. Didn’t you hear from our staff?”

“Ah, this big guy here is the famous, talked-about chef these days? I heard that. But…”

But she didn’t seem to know yet.

How amazing is my culinary ability.

And how powerful our party members who ate that dish are.

“Shut up, it won’t hurt you, so keep your mouth shut. The choice is Mr. Jeon.”

Mr. Laura radiated her charisma to her.

“…!?”

“Mr. Jeon. Take out a taco to shut this guy up. You can deduct it from the portion you’re handing to me today.”

“Ah. But I was going to eat the buff dish in front of the dungeon.”

“I know. Not the single dish to eat at that time. There’s something I was going to give you. Even if you feed that much, this guy’s worries will disappear. He must not have eaten his own food yet.”

“Then what…”

I handed over the tacos, and the woman named Rachel quickly broke her initial guard and ate them deliciously.

“Mu, what does it taste like…”

A familiar reaction followed.

At first, I was surprised by the taste, and after I finished eating.

“Hee! What kind of buff stats are like this… Plus, more than double the HP…”

“Did I tell you? I. Shut up.”

“Yes. Yes. I’ll shut up.”

Rachel Myers suddenly looks at me with bright eyes.

“I’m good at dealing. I won’t lose money if I take him with me.”

In an instant, her attitude changed 180 degrees.