"Shirou, one burrito set, two salads, one fish-and-chips, one cheese burger and a pepper steak well-done!" Kano's orders were barely audible over the sounds of the deep-fryer, the oven and stove running on high, but I was still able to hear him with a little use of Reinforcent on my ears.
"Coming right up!" I pulled back my sleeves higher than before and set about creating the dishes for the custors. It has been a very trialing morning, and it looked like I was going to work overti for the day.
It has been a week now since the Rating Ga between the Gremory Group and the Phenex Group, and during that ti, I have been working my ass off just to make up for the days I could not co because of the training. Kano certainly did not hold back; he imdiately put into cooking duty and had work for a few days straight. At least I could use this opportunity to relax and try out so of my experintal dishes on the way.
This morning however was exceptionally crowded; the people have been coming in non-stop, all the three assistants had been called in to help out, and we even had to bring out all the remaining tables in storage and asked for a few more from neighboring stores. They were gracious enough to loan them to us, on the condition they get to eat so of my creations.
It was just as well that I am working right now, this way I could be distracted by all that had happened since the Rating Ga.
It seed that I had underestimated the popularity status that Raiser had as the favorite of the Higher Clans; roughly two days after the Rating Ga, both Rias and Sona ca to with troubled expressions and told that I would need to lay low for the ti being, since so of the Devils had started to go nuts from the news. Evidently there was a reporter that was with the witnesses, and while they were more or less silenced, the reporter used Twitter to broadcast the clip where Rias ntioned my involvent with their training.
I was more surprised at the fact that Devils were using phone apps in their world than the possibility of being hunted.
In any case, because of said reporter, it seed the higher ups were now starting to utilize their resources to find out who I was, and there were a few big-shots that made the two girls go out of their way to warn beforehand. So I decided to limit my contact with them and just behaved like a normal student, while going about with my job.
For the ti being, there had been no grave issues. There have have no mysterious watchers near , no assassin coming for my neck or anyone trying to tail between my workplace and the apartnt. It was pretty boring actually.
... Man, my life beca more screwed up than I thought if I was actually looking forward for so action.
Well, it was not like I have been idle in my ti. I have been trying to repair the Kaleidou-Amulet with whatever I had on , but it had been a slow and sowhat agonizing process to do so, since I do not have all the necessary parts to fix it. If worse cos to worse, I would have to consider going to Rias or Sona to see if they have anything similar.
Though I really, really hope that I do not need to do so. They would no doubt use my desperation to try and get into their Peerages.
"Shirou, how are the orders?!" Kano's urgent voice broke my thoughts and reminded that I had a lot more cooking to do.
"One burrito set, two salads, one fish-and-chips, one cheese burger and a pepper steak well-done. All coming your way!" I yelled back as I pushed the orders through the window.
"Okay, next set of orders! Two Buffalo Wings, one spaghetti, one jambalaya, one double cheese burger, two soups-of-the-day, one taco set and an Eggs-Benedict special!"
Ah co one! What was with the crowd today?! There were never this many people that would co about to the shop! Forget working overti, we were going to be working all the way past midnight if this does not die out!
There was only one thing to do. That much I decided as I took a cloth to tie up my hair and took off my shirt to handle the heat.
"Trace. On."
Ti to cook up a storm.
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"Whew! I thought we would never close the shop for the day." Kano flopped on the chair and mopped his brow.
"Indeed, I don't think I have ever cooked that much for quite a while." I let out a contented sigh as I laid back on the chair, the soft cushioning helping to ease my tired back muscles. Using Reinforcent on my muscles for a few hours straight was really straining, and I was really thankful for the soft cushioning of the chairs.
"Well, at least our business is booming as usual." Kawako bead as she ca back after locking the door and putting down the signs. "It has been such a long ti since we were this crowded, it reminds of the ti when this shop was first opened."
"Was that the case?" I asked politely while leveling my eyes at her.
"Indeed boy. I was a young man roughly your age when the shop got opened by my old boss. It was practically packed to the roof with custors that more often than not, we had to close shop earlier than normal because we ran out of ingredients to cook with!" Kano shook his head while chuckling at the mories. "But still, it was a good thing it lasted this long, because this was where I t the girl of my dreams."
"Oh dear~" Kawako leaned forward and lightly pecked him on the cheek. I could only smile lightly at the affection they shared for one another. It was rather heartening to see such a loving couple. It was folks like these two that made feel that my actions were worth the pain and suffering.
"But you know Shirou." Kawako turned to with a rather teasing light in her eyes. "I had noticed that many of the custors that ca today were the girls from the nearby district."
Uh oh, I know that look.
"Hmm... Good point. They did try to see you during the past few days, and they were so disappointed." Kano took the opportunity to tease . "Then when I ntioned to them that you were back, they were pretty adamant to et you. But you only talked to them for a short while."
Oh no, they have ganged up on .
"Erm, that's because I was busy." I lightly squird in my chair at their teasing. It was a bit of a problem when a few of the girls I had t after taking up the job started to co around to visit, and it was admittedly a bit tireso.
I an, I was supposed to be in my twenties right now, I felt like I was robbing a cradle.
"Ara~ but I thought you would be happy that girls would be coming to the shop." Kawako remarked cheerfully.
"The only reason they co to the shop is because I helped them out out of their problems, so they just want to thank . That is all."
"Oh~ is that so?" Kano's smile almost resembled Raiga's smile when he was about to go on a teasing rampage. "How about that girl from the supermarket down the street?"
"That was because I helped her with dealing with so of the hooligans that co around every so often."
"How about Adeline from the flower shop?" Kawako-san threw in her bit.
"I helped to get rid of the guys that co to harass her a few tis and helped her sell so of the flowers."
"Sayaka Miyabi from the Kendo Club of First High University?" Kano took his turn.
"Because the male seniors of the Judo Club were harassing her group and they needed so help, so I took them on in a competition."
"The girls from Hanou Academy?"
"They were having issues with their rival school counterparts, and since one of them knew from another incident, she got to help them out."
"How about that Saegusa girl?"
"She was trying to help out her younger sisters from so hooligans, and I was around to stop things from getting out of hand."
"Oh dear Shirou, you really are innocent when it cos to females, huh?" Kano smirked at as Kawako chuckled lightly.
Not sure how to reply that question, after all my relationships with girls were a little ssed up in the past, and regarding the innocence, perhaps it was best I did not tell them about that one night stand with Saber and Rin while escaping Berserker.
Before Kawako could continue with her attack, the chiming of the doorbell indicated that soone was outside the door.
"Now who could that be? We are already closed for the day." Kawako got up to check the person while Kano stayed back to continue teasing . At the least there was reduced firepower towards .
Still, I can't say that I did not enjoy the occasional teasing. If anything it kind of reminded of my younger days when I worked at the other pub, and how I dealt with so of Raiga's guys back then. It was rather relaxing and at the least, put to ease.
"Shirou, so friends of yours have co to visit!" Kawako's voice echoed in the shop as she called out from her side.
'What?' I frowned slightly as I got up and made my way to the door. I don't recall telling anyone about my workplace, I did not see the need to do so. So who...
A familiar scent montarily made pause in my movents and stopped short of turning the door handle.
Why were the devils here in the district, here in front of the store? Was I too careless in my preparations? Have they co to try and take by force? Would they try to hypnotize the residents to kill so that they could resurrect ?!
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