42 – 042 – Victorious Chef, Unpaid Work Opportunity by Signing Up Now! # One
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“I will hang this emperor ant’s horn here.”
I hung an emperor ant horn on the wide wall of the club room.
It was cool as if it were decorated with armor.
Do you like it.
The decoration effect I found out is also quite good.
「Ant’s Gratitude: Increases the amount of Rene obtained from hunting and gathering by 1%.」
1 percent.
It doesn’t seem like much, but it’s a pretty decent effect.
The effect of increasing the acquisition amount of the four-leaf clover given by Rose.
And if you combine all these things, such as the effect of reducing the cost of using the facilities for the Christmas tree that will be completed someday, it will be really huge?
Anyway, the morning of Sunday passed quickly by decorating the club room and putting in furniture.
sunday.
It may be a time off for others, but for those who pay off their debts, it is no different from Monday.
My life is Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, month, month.
Month-month-month-murmur,
Working life like a dog.
Still, the money is good, so it feels good.
The really terrible thing is the days when you have a lot of debt and no work.
In that sense, I wanted to head to the “tropical jungle” I heard about yesterday.
Victorica and Enio were both busy with work, so I couldn’t reach them.
“That’s strange.”
There are no times when you really need the guys who came to the club room to the point of being annoying.
If it was Melvin or Dearmid, I went to their dormitory to see if I could fill the party, but “They said they were going to some dungeon… ?” was all I heard.
Therefore, since I couldn’t find a party of 4, I had to take a break from going to the dungeon today.
I can’t work because I don’t have friends.
Nike said, “Victor, since you were hurt yesterday, it’s better to rest today!” and was rather happy about this fact.
Everything that was injured yesterday is recovered today.
Self-healing power of 83 HP.
It’s really awesome.
Therefore, today, I am rearranging this and that in the club room.
ㅁ Kungkong!
– Beee, beee.
“Right. Be good.”
“… … .”
I watched what Nike was doing in the club room.
They were shaking and stroking the large bees and spiders with both hands.
Am I being well tamed?
How long would it take for each of those guys to get to the point where they could harvest their own webs or Bashkir honey?
With that thought in mind, I checked stock.
“Only half of the usual amount of spices came in. There should be 40 people by this time. Nike, do you know what happened?”
“Well… . The spice grass didn’t seem to grow much today.”
can it be
Or are we usually overfishing and the seeds are drying up?
“… … .”
It’s a very probable story.
To be honest, I’ve had a lot of fun ripping these days.
As it is, in the Mysterious Forest, even if a situation in which the ‘Spice Grass’ is extinct occurs, it will not be strange.
Did humans destroy nature through selfishness? ?
I decided to come up with a plan for what to do if I couldn’t get any more spice plants.
No matter how much you plan, it’s never enough.
“There are many substitutes.”
Materials that have transcendental performance equal to that of the “Spice Grass” can only be obtained in the second half of the episode.
If it was an item that could replace it similarly, there were a few points.
How to survive by constantly trying to find a way.
“We need to work on developing a new menu. In that sense, Nike, you should try to tame them as quickly as possible.”
“yes! Give me a few days! I will definitely help!”
Wasn’t Nike already helping enough?
Even during the time of the emperor ant, it was easy to catch because Nike stopped the ant from flying into the sky.
It’s a pity that Victoria or Enio didn’t see Nike’s wonderful performance.
Nike was relieved, saying, “I’m so glad they didn’t see it.”
Still, after watching this process, I decided to raise Nike’s self-esteem.
“Nike, you are already helpful enough. Meeting you was also fortunate for me.”
“That, is it? I’m very sorry for saying that. I don’t think I’ve done anything… .”
If it wasn’t for Nike, I wouldn’t have been able to suck the honey from the “Spice Grass” until now.
Now that I think about it, meeting Nike in the forest was a real cheat.
If I hadn’t met Nike then, what would I be doing now?
Of course, ‘what if’ is useless to me now.
I don’t want to consume my imagination with things that haven’t happened.
Imagination, like grass, can be depleted.
My imagination is already fully booked just thinking about the future that will happen.
My future is a prosperous life with golden Renée jingling.
For that, there are things that must be done first.
“Then I have somewhere to go, so I’ll be away for a while.”
I heard that it is open.
This is the place to go to get new ingredients.
I’ll break some money though.
* * *
underground market.
Anyone who has played an RPG will have a picture drawn in their heads about this resonance.
Tents sagging here and there.
Shouting merchants and suspicious customers.
A very suspicious product.
The sale of bizarre animals and plants from unknown sources.
The ‘thieves’ guild’ that dominates and secretly moves there, and so on.
The game “D&A” also never deviated from this straight road that is not enough to be described as the royal road.
A dungeon, prison, or vacant lot located under Ludens.
Among them, civilians gathered in twos and threes in a wide and safe area to form a market.
There are a lot of things that are traded there.
“Can you hit Vans at the restaurant? Just hit him in the back of the head and run away. When I hear the news of success, I’ll give you 50,000 Renées. Don’t ask why.”
“Maybe I can get some handkerchiefs from Ludens girls… . 100,000 each… .”
what is this feeling
It is a place where strange things are purchased and traded, but there are also many surprisingly ordinary stores.
“I sell strawberries.”
“I sell rice balls. Eat and go!”
There were quite a few merchants who couldn’t afford the monthly rent on the ground and were pushed to this basement where they couldn’t even see the sunlight——the setting was probably.
However, the size of the underground market I actually encountered was bigger than the size I experienced through the game.
1.5 times seems big.
The scale of the people who hid underground in Luden’s machine in reality, where life is more needy than in the game, must be even larger.
“Geg, that guy is Viktor. Are you here to crack down?”
“Ah, he’s no longer a member of the executive committee.”
I heard someone whispering my name.
When I turned my head, several students in deep robes fled into a corner in amazement.
“It’s normal to hide your identity like that.”
If there is a rumor that “Victor bought a strange book in the underground market”. How would you carry your face on the ground?
Of course, I don’t cover the face.
I wouldn’t do anything illegal, so why am I hiding my face?
“Do you have any socks?”
“Cool! Coke!”
At my question, the shopkeeper in a turban coughed as if very surprised.
When I asked, “Are you okay?” he calmly answered, catching his breath.
“… Whoa, it’s the first time I’ve ever seen a student ordering like that with a bare face. The sock shop is right here. Are you saying that you know that it’s a bit different from a normal socks store?”
“know.”
I need to buy socks and hang them on the Christmas tree.
Even if it’s just that, the money will be solid in the future.
It is not an exaggeration to say that in the long run, it will solidify tens of millions of Renées.
Maybe it’s the introductory Luke, but it’s really hard to get socks from 10 people because Viktor doesn’t have any friends.
I don’t know if it will be this way or not.
There’s nothing wrong with looking at things, right?
“Show me the property.”
“These are the white socks of Domina, the female teacher who came in a while ago. It wasn’t easy to save. Just give me 50,000 Renée.”
“It is expensive.”
“The more expensive one is 500,000 René. For example, Ornia’s socks here. This one wasn’t really easy to get. The person himself comes and sells, and the product is certain.”
“Ornia must be student number 23 of class A in the second year.”
“hehehe, I guess you know me well, like a student. I took it off and showed it myself, so the product is really clear.”
If you take it off in front of your eyes, it means that it is used.
Who the hell would live like that?
I need new socks
A new pair of socks that someone gave away.
I suddenly became curious.
“Do you have Victorica or Enio’s socks by any chance?”
“Are you talking about the two princesses? There’s no way you can get something like that. What if I run away from my neck… !”
“Right. Then come next time.”
I’m not in a hurry with the Christmas tree yet, so I’ll take it slow.
I decided to achieve the purpose of visiting this underground market.
Items sold only in this underground market.
“tofu”. 「Cotton Sari」. “ham”. “sausage”. “rice cake”.
Buy these from wandering merchants who appear at random… !
It was like eating cake for me after memorizing all the points they randomly moved to.
As I was walking around the underground market with that feeling, I heard a strange voice.
“Luke, is this really the right way?”
It was a strange voice.
But the name that thin voice says is not unfamiliar.
As I reflexively turned my head, I saw a woman and a man walking around the underground market together in the distance.
The man is Luke Mercyless, the main character of this D&A.
And the female side… .
… Who is it?
She was the first woman I had ever seen.
When I came to my senses, I was approaching them and talking to them.
“You all meet in a place like this.”
“You are Victor. nice to meet. Aren’t you wearing two pretty swords?”
Luke greeted me more coolly than I thought.
However, the woman standing next to him looked at me and did not hide her wary eyes.
“You, Victor… ! Seriously, I couldn’t believe I came here to harm Luke with that sword… !?”
Amber hair braided forward.
It was an impressive woman with something like a band wrapped around her forehead.
Are those tights you’re wearing under your skirt?
Zentai?
More than that, seeing as he is wearing a school uniform, it is said that he is a student of Ludens.
This is the first time I see this student.
“Who are you?”
Luke answered my question.
“This guy is Yumi from Class C. He is my childhood friend.”
You’re a childhood friend.
I’ve never heard of such a setup.
Is this a setting added as DLC?
A new heroine?
Being a childhood friend heroine is too royal.
“Did you say childhood friend? What town did you grow up in? how did you meet Are you two dating?”
“that’s… .”
When Luke was about to say something, a female student named Yumi put her palm to Luke’s mouth.
“I have nothing to tell you! No, there is no such duty! And we wore our school uniforms neatly, and we didn’t do anything wrong?”
I just asked because I was curious, why are you so wary of me?
There were many things I wanted to ask about, but I think it would be better to just leave.
You can’t interrupt a date.
I’m not that oblivious
More than that, Luke is a childhood friend.
Are you taking a route I don’t know about?
The additional route of the DLC that was not expected?
It would be nice to see what kind of route it is.
Hi-Hi.
“Lou, Luke, that guy looks at me suspiciously… !”
“Awards… ? It looks normal… ?”
Anyway, with that feeling, I roughly finished shopping in the underground market.
Although I spent almost 500,000 René to buy materials.
Considering that this had the potential to earn that ship, it was a manageable expenditure.
now i can make it
“Tteokbokki”.
「Rabokki」.
“Budaejjigae”.
Simultaneous development of three menus at once.
It won’t be easy.
However, if the number of orders for 「Spice Soup」 decreased, this would be enough.
“I wish I had more hands.”
It’s already been more than 15 days since the start of the new semester, and we are approaching a month.
I don’t know why freshmen or current students don’t apply for clubs.
I didn’t pay attention because I was too busy until now, but I wonder if there’s a special reason.
Honestly, our club is active in many ways, right?
Wouldn’t it be strange to have one or two juniors like “Wow, I have to go in too!”?
but no
This is the plate where you have to write a part-time job.
How much do you want to pay for a part-time job?
The labor cost wouldn’t be a joke.
With that in mind, I stood in front of the club room.
“Nike, I’m here.”
When I opened the club door and tried to enter, I felt quite crowded.
That time when I opened the door, wondering if Victorica or Enio had come to annoy me again.
“It is very wonderful… ! This Arnoi, I’ve spent 8 years in this Ludens, but I’ve never seen such a splendid spider… !”
ㅁ Kungkong!
It was a strange voice.
Soon he turns his head to look at me, squinting his orange eyes.
“Are you coming now? Dare to make this Arnoi wait for an ordinary student, this is unacceptable… !”
He was a very noisy guy.
“This nymph-hating treatment deserves proper reprimand, but Arnoi in particular can get over it by eating that [fruit shaved ice]… !”
You just came to eat fruit shaved ice.
I answered calmly.
“A bowl of fruit shaved ice costs 30,000 Renae.”
It’s for 3 people.
However, the grotesque orange-haired 8th grader who identified himself as Arno was understandably droopy.
“… Rain, it’s expensive… . This Arnoi’s pocket money is not enough… .”
Are you a delegate and don’t have much money?
Well, if you’ve been to Ludens for eight years or so, you probably won’t have any money because of the tuition.
“It’s just a bowl of snow shaved ice. let it be.”
“Well, then with that… .”
I changed a piece of [snow shaved ice] and held it out in front of Arnoy.
The guy looked at the bowl that looked like pure white snow, and said, “I see, this is…” !”, seemed very moved.
Arnoi soon eats it up.
“—Nymph Biggie, eat all the shaved ice!”
What is he saying now.
he’s a really weird guy
“This, this… . It’s the first time Arnoi has ever tasted this taste… ! This is snow ice… ! If that’s the case, I can’t imagine how delicious fruit shaved ice, no, that honey candy would be… !”
Still, Arnoi couldn’t help but admire how delicious the dish I made was.
I don’t think the trembling form is a lie.
“If you join this cooking club, will you be able to eat this kind of dessert every day…?” ?”
That’s not it.
We also don’t eat the food we sell.
However, labor costs, new menu development, and so on rose up in me.
“Maybe not every day, but sometimes. Because every Friday has been set as the club dinner day.”
It’s not a lie.
“Then, let me, Arnoi, join the Victory Cooking Club as well… !”
“… … .”
really?
can you do that?
You wouldn’t get much per day, would you?
When I didn’t answer right away, Arnoi said something impatient.
“Plain student Viktor! If it had not been for this Arnoi, the certificate of possession of the weapon permit might not have been issued… ! So, to repay the favor… !”
“From what I heard from Victoria, you were the only one who objected.”
“Well, it only seemed that way, but in fact, I persuaded the other delegates behind the scenes… !”
“Right. Then I will know.”
With this feeling, ‘8th grade Arnoi’ became the fourth member of the club.
It was a strange and eccentric guy in many ways, but it would be better than nothing.