The Archmage’s Restaurant

# 38

Chapter.10 A day like that

“I’m here…” . Do you still do it?”

The store was about to close because there were no customers. A middle-aged man came into the store. A man who looked to be in his mid-50s cautiously approached the bar table.

“Yes, of course. Sit.”

“I didn’t know there was a restaurant on the hill. I was surprised while walking without thinking. Oh, do you have any alcohol?”

The man asked while sighing. It’s a worried face.

“Of course you have alcohol.”

Because the basis of our restaurant is alcohol.

“you! “Have you eaten yet?”

Just then, Lulin came stomping into the restaurant. My father did exactly that when he got home from work. A faint memory comes to mind.

“wait a minute. customer.”

“Yes, it’s okay.”

An appetite dragon with a lot of dust on its head. It looks like it ended up like this after wandering around an underground construction site.

“Yama’s head is full of dust.”

“dust?”

Lurin suddenly sticks her head towards me. It means to shake it off.

“By the way, what about rice?”

As soon as you shake off your hair, it’s time to eat rice. Her hair was a mess, so I started combing it, and she leaned the back of her head towards me and caressed her stomach in a comfortable position.

“hungry!”

“give. “I will give it to you.”

“You said earlier that you would feed me delicious food!”

“I? I guess it’s a little different? “I told him to do whatever he wanted to eat, though.”

“So I came here telling everyone to make my room pretty. So it’s work, right? “Hurry up and give me food!”

As soon as she appeared, the dwarves must have been busy bowing down to her. Rather, isn’t it like interfering with the dwarves’ work?

“Did that work?”

“It’s right!”

“No.”

“That’s right. “You strange man.”

Lurin moved her head back and forth, saying she didn’t understand. It interferes with combing your hair. Ugh.

I barely managed to straighten my hair and then spoke to her. Of course, I have no intention of starving.

“Anyway, why don’t you change your clothes? “Is it too dirty?”

“But this is what I’m going to wear today. “No clothes!”

“what?”

My brain stuttered at Lurin’s words. She probably has 5 sets of clothes in total. omg.

If you think about it, the clothes you are wearing now are quite worn out.

Would you say it’s a shocking fact or something that I haven’t thought much about?

“this.”

“this?”

“Now that you understand, hold off on changing your clothes. Anyway, just wait a moment. “I’ll feed you soon.”

“I get it. “I’m hungry so I hope you give it to me quickly.”

As soon as Lurin sat down at the table, she picked up her fork. In both hands. Equipped with twin forks.

I shook my head and returned to the kitchen and opened my mouth to the customer.

“sorry. “We ended up talking about alcohol, right?”

“Is that woman your wife? Sesame seeds are pouring out.”

“yes?”

A man who asks strange questions. At that moment, I felt like the ears of the dragon sitting far away were perking up for some reason.

“That’s not it.”

thud! thud! thud!

When Lulin firmly denied it, he started hitting the table with his fork. It’s not your wife. That damn dragon?

“You look happy. I’m jealous… .”

The man looked at me with faint eyes. This man and Lurin. Did you make it? Come on?

“Me?”

“yes. “I heard that woman’s face changed when she entered the restaurant?”

“Is that possible? “The color of my face naturally changes easily.”

After denying it, he pretended to be indifferent and took out some meat to give to Rurin. He offered soju to the man. I wish I could have a drink.

“This is an alcoholic beverage sold only at our restaurant, so try it.”

“Oh, thank you.”

After handing over the alcohol and glasses, I started sorting the Uka meat. This is the leftover part from making sausages the day before yesterday.

This part, which is deliberately left a little, is considered a delicacy when grilled.

“Is that meat?”

“yes.”

“Is this food for sale? Now that I think about it, I feel hungry.”

“Oh, that’s right. “Of course I have to give it to you.”

An order from a man who was sipping soju and drinking it again and again as if it suited his taste.

I nodded and went to the refrigerator to get some sauce.

Add the beef bones and boil them to make the broth, then grind the Beleran meat to add flavor, add red wine to add flavor, season with soy sauce and pepper, and add the all-purpose Munton mushroom powder to create delicious grilled beef that can be eaten as a dip or sprinkled on top. A dedicated source is provided.

He immediately poured the sauce to Rurin and the guests and placed the meat on the iron plate.

Area left behind. The first part is the insole. The part that could be called the beef of beef.

It is the flesh around the intestines of the cow and is slightly dark red, but the dark red is better. This color is full of strange charm.

“Are you going to bake it right away?”

“Yes, it’s the part that surrounds Uka’s internal organs. “If you try it, you will realize that it is different from other parts.”

I explained and started grilling the inner bars.

Cheeeeeeeek!

A devilish sound rings out. It’s a sound that makes both humans and dragons drool.

I handed out the grilled meat, which had been properly cooked on an iron plate, to the man and Rurin.

“Oh, juicy! It’s juicier than other meats! it’s good!”

“Yes. “I don’t eat meat often, but this is my first time eating something like this!”

The man also nodded without hesitation.

“Now that I think about it, it’s been a while since I ate Uka. Was it about 10 years ago? “I remember hearing an interesting rumor about Uka when I was in the military.”

“Were you in the military?”

“Well, isn’t everyone subject to conscription at least once? “Especially now, we’ve completely driven the monsters to the northern land, but back then, even if we drove them out, they kept appearing again right away, right?”

“That’s right.”

When I was summoned, it was the time when monsters were most active on this continent. Thanks to this, fights with monsters broke out everywhere.

As it happened, the place I was summoned to was a battlefield, so I naturally ended up taking the path of becoming a soldier.

“Anyway, it’s such an interesting rumor that it’s been 10 years, do you remember?”

“Ah, I heard this from someone who was in the unit once. Strangely, it stayed in my memory for a long time.”

The man took a sip of soju, put the inner bar in his mouth again, and started talking.

“This is a story about an isolated unit escaping danger with just one Uka. I heard you defeated an orc with Uka. “It was fascinating.”

“Oh, is that so?”

“The story of the desperate survival of a unit stranded in the Four Rurin Belts. “Just listening to it gave me strength.”

The man sighed and drank again.

I just smiled and placed a different part on the iron plate this time. The second part is the beef tongue. That is, cow tongue. That part that people who have tried it keep coming back for.

When you bake it, it looks cute and round. It is also an essential part of the grilled beef that I recommend.

“It’s a completely different part this time.”

Chiik-chiikik-

The grilled beef tongue is starting to cook.

Isolation of the Rulin Belt 10 years ago.

Actually, that’s my story.

I remember that rumors spread quite a bit about the survival of an isolated unit that had almost been abandoned by the military. Hearing this from the man in front of me again, I wonder what to say. Would you say it brings back memories?

10 years ago, of course, we didn’t even know about Lurin’s existence.

It wasn’t the strongest, and 10 years ago it was only level 5.

It’s a story about a time when I was struggling to survive. The man began to tell the story over and over again, as if he was lost in memories.

“Well, in detail, the story is that victory was achieved by luring the orcs by roasting a delicious Uka, and the soldiers achieved victory by eating the tasteless orc meat.”

Yes.

Orc meat was really tasteless.

This guy has no taste.

It’s just tough and feels like chewing rubber.

But that was a time when you had to eat orc meat to survive. However, the one being roasted now boasts a completely different taste from oak.

I placed freshly cooked beef tongue on each person’s plate.

“It’s chewy… . “I wonder if meat can be this chewy, but it’s completely different from the one before.”

“This is delicious too!”

Lulin immediately let out an exclamation.

If our dragon says it’s delicious, it must be really delicious.

The man also began to enjoy the beef tongue with a curious look on his face.

“The deep flavor of this sauce is exquisite.”

“thank you. “By the way, what part of Uka do you think you just ate?”

When I ask, the man looks like he doesn’t know.

“Actually, this is a delicacy called Uka’s tongue.”

“yes?”

The man widened his eyes in surprise. Lulin, who was busy eating, also reacted.

He heard the sound of tongue and brought his finger to his mouth. In that state, he sticks out his tongue and shouts. Although the pronunciation is leaking.

“Tongue child. Next, my nya!”

“Yes, that tongue.”

When he gave the positive answer, Rurin began a performance where he pulled out his tongue and compared it to the remaining beef tongue. He held up the beef tongue and said Oooh! I am amazed.

The man also had a surprised look on his face, but then muttered as if he was blaming himself.

“Tongue… . okay. Tongue. “It’s like me.”

“yes?”

“I was teasing myself by using my tongue incorrectly… “I lost my daughter.”

A man whose face becomes vague again. Since he brought up a topic that was too heavy to just ignore, I asked the man a question.

“You lost your daughter?”

“Actually, 15 years have already passed since your wife ran away with your daughter. 15 years… .”

“15 years? “Have you not looked for it all this time?”

“Because he disappeared to another city. I think I ran away because I met another guy… . If that’s the case, I’ll have to leave my daughter behind. I don’t even feel resentful anymore. I just wish I could meet my daughter… . “Is that such a difficult wish?”

“It’s not a difficult wish.”

Was this the reason why I was looking for alcohol as soon as I first came in?

“Because of work… . Oh, I work as a bricklayer. When I was young, there were many times when I couldn’t go to work properly because I was busy with work… . I didn’t know it would lead to this result. I just want to earn more… . It’s all for the family… .”

The man let out a deep sigh, then looked at Lulin again and continued speaking.

“That’s why I’m so glad to see a woman of similar age to my daughter, like the lady over there. “It’s like seeing my daughter.”

The energy that Lurin gives off makes it impossible for ordinary men to even approach her.

Although he didn’t openly display dragon fear, there was an aura that prevented him from being friendly. However, the man surprisingly looked directly at Rurin, as if it were not possible to convey the emotion of looking at his daughter.

While Lurin was eating the thin marbled meat I cooked, she looked this way as if she felt my gaze.

“What! What?”

I tilted my head as if I was confused. But, as if the meat came first, he turned his head again and opened his mouth.

The man also ate all the meat and the meal came to an end.

“Well, won’t we meet someday?”

After offering consolation, which was not comfort, I started making alcohol.

A drink worth giving to a tired man.

Mix honey and lemon with the old whiskey given to the elder. Then cool the boiling water. If you pour water of the appropriate temperature and mix it, it becomes hot whiskey.

“I think if we have a relationship, we will definitely meet. So try this. It is an after-meal drink. “Drink this, warm yourself up, and then go back and get a good night’s sleep.”

“This… ? Is it alcohol? Alcohol… .”

The man looked at the steaming glass of alcohol for a while and then brought it to his mouth. Then he opened his mouth as if muttering softly.

“okay… . “It’s hot.”

“Yes?”

The man began to savor his drink for a moment. I walked up to Rurin after she finished eating and wiped her mouth. As we were wiping the corners of Lurin’s mouth as she came to care for us, the man spoke to us.

“Hot, refreshing and deep flavor… . No, it’s warm rather than hot. Well, the soldiers who were isolated along with Uka eventually survived, so I will be able to meet my daughter someday, right?”

The man began to continue sipping his drink, little by little.

And the man who left.

Because it was late at night, I started cleaning up the restaurant. Lurin slowly moves towards the beer. He sneaked towards the refrigerator and quickly took out a can and held it in his hand. And then our eyes meet.

And then I walked straight to the second floor. He held a beer can in both hands and put one in his mouth.

Are you planning on drinking 3 cans?

Ugh.

He says he wants to eat it, but what can I do?

Anyway, I was about to close the restaurant when a woman ran into the restaurant. Then he shouted at me.

“hey!”

“yes?”

“The man who came earlier. Is he a regular at this restaurant?”