Kyuuketsu Hime wa Barairo no Yume o Miru

Ramen Shop "Pork Bone Great" is a hidden famous store known to all who know, located in the corner of the castle town of Vacant Red Jade Castle - an area where various types of automated open-air can be installed, originally operated by NPC (capped at up to 50, but now naturally expanding in size and more than 2,000, including stores operated by monsters).

There was always a long queue in front of a small store with only a counter seat, and a unique and intense smell of tonkotsu soup could be found outside the store, raising the expectations of visiting customers even if they did not.

I wish I could move to a bigger store because this is the only one thriving, but Oak King, the owner, was stubborn enough to stick to his own handmade, and because of the amount of soup he could make in a day, the store of this size said it was the limit, and he never shook his head vertically on those invitations.

One day, a small customer just sitting at the counter on the other side of the torso pan ordered tungkotsu ramen looking awaited, and the shopkeeper, hearing the voice, hummed his inner neck, feeling that he had heard it somewhere.

From what I've seen, he's about 140cm tall, has an elf- or hobbit-like physique, and wears a neat black robe from top of his head to toe of his leg.

I don't know the face because I wear a red mask that hides the top from my nose - but there are enough people in Imperial Crimson in this country to sweep and throw away, such as residents dressed in this degree of suspiciousness - a child, a woman, or both, due to the quality of their voices.

I think it's the first time I've seen it, but somehow I feel like I've met it somewhere.

I felt like I was caught in the back of my throat in a person's bones, and while I was restless, it was a tame task, I finished cooking quickly, and sometimes over the counter, I placed the ramen of the order in front of the customer.

"- Hey, Tonkotsu Ramen Ordinary Platter, Wait"

"Wow, wow! Now it's a regular dish!?"

The more Tarai placed in front of him, the more Dombri - just a small plate if you try to be a shopkeeper close to 4 m tall - turned to the customer, who was making his eyes black and white, and the shopkeeper spoke in an invincible breeze as he wiped his hands with an apron.

"Has the lady never seen our shop before? Then there were less than half of them."

The giant, who had been riding himself out in front of him for a long time, and the vicious facade of a boar at any rate, the little guest, who almost fell off the top of a mundane and round chair, but sometimes the chair itself was huge (because it was normal for 2-3m guests or something), somehow regained his posture and feelings, and snorted cocky.

"- Yeah. When I heard about the delicious Tonkotsu ramen shop on the road around here, they told me where it was. There was a queue in front of the store, so I knew right away."

The caller was also apparently correct in "Lady," he liked the way he took the chopsticks and carried them to his mouth while saying, "Here you go," and the shopkeeper broke up his friendship.

"Well, he was lucky. We're on the back streets of this street, so I'm guessing the guy you know is a regular or something."

"It is. But I'll try to eat as hard as I can. - Whoa!? Wow! This is delicious! I've never had such delicious tonkotsu ramen!!"

The shopkeeper grinned even deeper at the admiration of a bite.

"You bet! Our soup isn't there because it's specially made."

That's right, when I strained my chest, and realizing that there was no cold in front of the girl, the shopkeeper turned around and revealed his anger, yelling at the clerk's high oak.

"You idiot! I don't think you're serving cold air to customers! I'll make soup stock (dashi) when I'm cooking!!"

- Buh-huh!

As soon as I was there, the girl who was drinking soup at Renge coughed up.

"No way... this soup..."

"Hmm? - Oh, I guess I have to. Either way, if I had soup the clerk, I wouldn't have come near the employees."

"Oh, that's right. Surprised."

Sigh relieved and carry the soup into your mouth again.

"... well, most of all, I can summon unlimited numbers of ordinary orcs with magic."

- Boo-hoo!

Again, the girl coughed up.

"No, so I didn't use the oak for stock (dashi), so don't worry. 'Cause they're normally farm farm breeders, horn picks and bones."

See if you're okay with this guy.

"Oh, no, I'm sorry. That's right, I'm not using anything other than pork bones for tonkotsu ramen."

Yeah, yeah, nodding, just carrying the cold brought to my mouth by the clerk, the girl who calms down and restarts her meal.

"Naturally, but not at all. The ingredients are the same in every store. The point is, you're a cook's arm, my arm."

"Yeah, yeah. You'll see."

"The secret to the fact that some of my colleagues are strangely nervous is that they use oak king for hidden flavors, that is, stock (dashi) that the shopkeeper (I) himself took a bath and came out of -"

- Buuuuuuuuuuuu!!!

"So, hey! You're a restless guy, too, and you can't go ahead with that. Scarlet Snow is back, and we're waiting for another battle."

"... Oh, really? Is that a certainty?

"You bet. - Shit. Where Scarlet Snow is, there is always a battle to wash blood with blood! - Hmm? Hey, you, you've never seen Scarlet Snow before?

"Uh, yeah, I've never met him in person, I wonder..."

"Kah! It's a crock. I still remember, I was originally the general of the mountain who ruled the chinky forest, but that day, by the time I had no skin left, Scarlet Snow had sworn defeat and obedience."

"Oh. Speaking of which, I was a field boss in the Woods of Wis"

"What do you know? Then he crossed the world with Scarlet Snow, and fought all the fierce men, and this fist dried up."

"Uh-huh, I guess I deserve the cause... but why are you a Tonkotsu Ramen store owner now? If he's that strong and ex-field boss, he seems to be able to make it into the General of the Thirteenth Devil?

"General Demon? - Hang on, you're such a prominent honorary position. Then it would be better to take the ash juice from the tonkotsu soup if you had such a hippo. Plus, he's got a lot of strength in this neighborhood's shopping mall, like one in four, right?

"Oh, my goodness... one in four... well, that's right, the field boss completes it too. But why is everyone so uptight and up to LV99..."

"It's decided for Scarlet Snow! Good luck lady and help Scarlet Snow!

"- Ugh, yeah, well... good luck keeping Sama Scarlet Snow safe."

That's what I'm trying to do.

At some point while we were talking, Dombri was empty.

"It's a mess. I was wondering if I could eat it, but it was delicious and soothing. - How much is it?

"Ooh, Tonkotsu ramen, regular platter, eight big copper coins."

"Hii... uhh... well, I'll leave it here because I have exactly 8 pieces"

"Every time! - Lady, come back."

"Yeah. I'll let you do that. I'll see you later, Kai."

That's the girl who greets you and leaves.

The storekeeper I almost overheard - but I didn't know the last word of it and my whole body ran paralyzed.

"Kaijin" That's his name, not even a regular or employee.

His pride and everything that the honorable lady attached to him.

It was sealed that I would never call anyone but you, and it reached this ear in the same voice as that day, in the same tone as that day.

"... ma, no way..."

Kai Jin (the molester) solidified like a statue as he looked for himself after he had already disappeared into the mess.

"Master order please!

And he returned to me with the voice of the clerk, and clenched the bronze coin placed upon the counter like a treasure,

"Ooh, okay"

One big nod was boiling the noodles and stirring the soup in a mood that was not always there.