In the Dungeon City, a new restaurant was built. People talked about it, calling it a weird, but fresh-thed eatery where they could be served by young maids and their distinct personalities.
So disliked it, saying that they didn’t respect their custors as they should be.
While so had started to grow fond of it. For them, the Maids’ quirky personalities were not sothing unpleasant, but sothing new and genuine. And more importantly, fair. Like a new wind—a new love.
The restaurant na is Tiz & Roosts.
Day by day, the place grew. Its custors increased. At first, it was filled with only commoners, but as ti passed, one or two high-class people, like rich rchants and well-known Dungeon Divers.
And currently, inside the very place people of the Dungeon City talked about, the founder of the restaurant, Theo Roost, stated: "We will participate in the Deep-Lore Delve Festival!"
It was the ti for Launch break.
When they heard his statent, one particular girl who always had a book with her at any ti and any mont imdiately raised her hand, her expressionless face suddenly glowed up.
"Yessssss!!!" She cheered, which surprised everyone, who were eating their launch at the ti.
Her enthusiasm was understandable considering how much she loved books. The Deep-Lore Delve Festival had another na, and that was The Knowledge Exhibition Festival, after all. Scholars who possessed wide knowledge about Dungeon and other thing would show off their invention here. But since most of them were poor people who hadn’t been found by the world, they would very likely just compile their findings into books, and during the Festival, it would be free for all to read!
"Mwehehehe..." Thinking about it alone was enough to make Gerena’s mouth to water.
She only cald down after Carole pushed her back down to her chair and forced her to continue eating her launch.
Once the table was quiet again, Theo coughed to clear his throat and attract everyone’s attention back to him.
"The festival starts in 11 days, and will be held for 3 days. I planned to open our restaurant from the first day to the second day. In the first day, we will use Dungeon as our the, and in the second day, we Will change the the to knowledge."
Theo had been planning to participate in the festival even before the scholars started to giving people pamphlets. So he already had a well-thought plan in his mind. The only problem left was how to implent his idea to their restaurant realistically. He needed other’s opinions for that.
"I think it’s a good idea," Said his Mother, Calary, with a nod. "It will be fun to change from the usual uniforms to monster costus! Ah, yes, that surely will be great!"
She seed to think of sothing when she landed her eyes on Tizmilly, and that made her very enthusiastic about the festival.
Being under Calary’s hungry eyes overwheld Tizmilly a little. She blushed when she raised her hand.
"Is it a must to separate it? I think it will be simpler to combines the the, following how The Festival had been working until now."
To acknowledge her opinion, Theo gave her a nod. But he didn’t agree with her.
"That’s right. However, combining two different the and applied it into a restaurant is hard. Many failed in the process. So I thought rather than force ourselves to present two the at the sa ti, separates them will make it more manageable and professional. After all, our custors were not limited only to commoners."
"But it will increase our expense," Tizmilly argued.
"Don’t worry about expense. We had the money from Professor Golmind, rember?" Theo asked her, reminding her about the ti when Professor Golmind insisted to give them 10 gold coins no matter how much they told him not to.
"Oh..." Tizmilly finally agreed with him and nodded.
Theo grinned toward them.
"Rather than that, I want to hear how you guys will decorates the restaurant. I am having a hard ti determining it."
With that, they began to discuss about the decoration of the restaurant.
Carole propped her cheeks with both hands and leaned toward the table.
"Can’t we just use monster as our decoration for the first day? Like, you know, putting a big, monster head on the wall?" Carole suggested without much enthusiasm, which received a lot of opposition from others.
"Too awful. What kind of person who able to eat in peace with a big monster head staring at them?" Calary asked her back, crossing her hands under her chest. Carole could only laugh in response.
Amongst all, unexpectedly, it were Sirry and Timmy who had a good idea.
"D-Dungeon is a dangerous place, right? I-I think color the restaurant with dark color will be good for that..." Sirry suggested while fidgeting with her apron.
"Only the strong could survive a Dungeon. I think... Presenting food with strong taste will suits the the," Timmy suggested hesitatingly while checking at other’s reactions.
And without a doubt, their suggestions were chosen by Theo. With so detail working, their idea would be able to be implented onto their restaurant. And it wouldn’t even cost that much, according to Tizmilly’s calculation.
After they discussed so more things about the detail, Theo closed his small note book and ended their discussion. If he executed it well, Theo believe that their decoration at the first day of the festival would still be useable for the next day as well after so addition here and there. And that could be discussed with Tizmilly and Gerena later, since today’s launch break had ended.
They opened the restaurant again. One after another custors visited the place and ordered their respective favorite nus. Theo noticed that the number of new faces was gradually increasing everyday.
"We also need to recruit more maid. And a guard, if possible..." He muttered under his breath while working behind the cashier table.
The restaurant grew faster than Theo’s expectation. The combination of their uniqueness and the masterchef-level cookings of his mother was irresistible for the people of the Dungeon City, who from the beginning were gathered in this land and created this city solely for the purpose of finding the unknown and experiencing sothing new or fresh to fill their lives.
And it was without Theo had even introducing the dishes he knew from Earth. He planned to introduce so in the second day of the festival. However, would it really be a good idea?
Theo suddenly started to feel worried.
...
After a busy day, finally, they closed the restaurant.
"Sis... Are you okay?" Timmy asked Carole, who was lying on the floor. Alive, but spent.
"N-no problem..." She replied with tears flowing down her face.
Gerena and Sirry were not in a better shape. Sirry was only passed out once today, but she still tired after serving custor after custor almost without a break. While Gerena barely had a ti to read book, and that’s what made her sad.
While wiping the table, Theo looked at them and realized that they wouldn’t be able to handle it anymore if they didn’t increase the number of the maids.
He turned to look at Tizmilly and Calary, and they nodded to show him that they were thinking about the sa thing.
Once the Deep-Lore Delve Festival started, they would surely receive even more custors than now, so before they truly face a hellish scene, they should act quickly.
Theo approached Carole and looked at her.
"Carole, tomorrow, call your friends to the restaurant
If they still needs a job," said Theo, smilling apologically toward her.
Theo’s words also successfully drawn Sirry and Gerena’s attention toward himself. They looked at him with hopeful eyes.
"Boss... Do you an..." said Gerena, her face lighten up.
He nodded solemnly in response.
"That’s right," Theo answered their hope and gave them the salvation they needed. "We will close the restaurant tomorrow. That’s an it was your day off!"
Sirry and Gerena, even Carole and Timmy, cheered over the statent. Tizmilly also sighed relievedly, since the work had beca a bit too exhausting even for a trained fighter like her.
"And we will also hire one or two guards!"
Theo’s statent ended everyone’s day with a good ending. Today, they believe they would be able to sleep more peacefully than before.
Having a good superior truly was a blessing from God!
...
anwhile, sowhere else, at the dark alley of the Ghost District.
An bit burly, but innocent-looking young man t a woman who wore purple magic silk robe that reached the ground and a wide, pointy hat, which has the sa color as her robe, but darker.
The woman’s facial feature was unable to be deciphered. Not because she hid it, but because it was only the case she was born.
"Master, what’s the matter, calling to a place this dirty?" The young man, who had short-trimd blonde hair, asked the woman curiously.
The woman pulled out a picture from her sleeve. Her lips opened and closed, conveying what she wanted to say.
The young man nodded understandingly even though there was no sound coming out of the woman’s lips.
"I got it. So I only have to get close to them, right?" He asked, which the woman answered a smile.
The young man looked down to the picture. There, an image of a modestly decorated eatery was depicted, with its sign says: Tiz & Roosts.
"It’s a piece of cake for soone as skilled as , Master! I’ll beco their brother in no ti, just see!" The young man bragged, but when he looked up, he couldn’t find the woman anywhere and found only the dark, dirty alley, which filled with the sll of rat’s secretion.
The young man could only sigh dejectedly and left.
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