The Skill Collector

"I'm in trouble. I'm in real trouble."

As she sipped tea looking out in the first floor of the inn, the innkeeper's general sat in the opposite seat.

It is unusual for a damsel to sit in her guest seat, albeit in her spare time.

"Uh, I don't know what to do. It's a really big pinch."

He pokes his cheek cane with the hands of the safe person and stares at me and repeats the same dialogue.

I understand what you're about to complain about, but I'm leaving you alone.

Put it on the table, like I appeal to bandaged hands when I shut up.

The general had burned her opponent during the busy hours of noon, and Chaili had given her extra time to give her extra notice.

"There's only one cook but me, so I honestly don't have enough hands. That girl's cooking, well, guess what. You're a good sumile, but I make it carefully, so it's not fast enough. Uh, someone who can cook handily would be helpful if they could help with the crime scene."

I've looked at you openly and over and over again.

I mean, I guess the general wants me to help him with the kitchen.

"I know one person who's good at cooking. It's an original dish, but I guarantee the flavor. I'm a newlywed woman named Seliferi."

"The man, when he did open the cooking class... he created a dish reminiscent of that entrance to the demonic world, Mr. Congis' wife, right?"

I saw my eyebrow rooted and talking face, and I understood instantly that I was not in the mood for riding.

If I serve that dish in the dining room, it's going to have a reputation, for better or worse.

"I heard that collectors have 'cooking' skills"

"Yeah well. I have it."

"I think I'll be fully healed in two or three days, so can you help me until then? Of course, I'll pay my salary."

The bandage-wrapped, painful hands together, couldn't keep the lady general to herself.

Since I am taking care of something, is there any problem with this kind of help?

"You don't need a salary. I've been looking out for you every day."

"Thank you! That'll motivate those kids, too. Oh, yeah, yeah. I don't know what to say, but could you even think about a new menu?

"Do you want more menus? I know it's still enough."

This place is deliciously cheap with a rich menu compared to other cafeterias. So many regulars come to eat only food without having to use the inn, especially at noon and at night turn it into a battlefield.

"No. Until now, our customers are adventurers and manual workers. All I had to do was bring my family, but there have been more female guests lately. There is also the popularity of Sumire, but thanks to the increase in the number of women in the guests, it seems to have created an atmosphere where female guests can easily enter the store."

I see. I did have a lot of painful male guests when I first came to this inn. Now the customer base is also considerably more feminine.

Women also step on two feet in shops full of men, but when there are more women in the stores, it is easier to get to them naturally.

These days, they've seen more Demon King leaders meet here with the members, and more theatre fans coming for actors.

"I think it's still thriving too much."

"Really, thank God. But I don't want more menus for dinner. Hours with lots of female guests. I want sweets and sweets that I can serve between day and night."

Is that what you mean?

There are only a few baked sweets and tea, but honestly that aspect is weak.

But the fact that confectionery and tea are rarer in the cafeteria and that confectionery is a luxury in the first place and it is popular is also evidence that this pile country is developing compared to other countries.

The economy seems to be soaring these days, and the culture of enjoying tea is becoming pervasive in general.

As a merchant, I guess I'll have to ride this wave.

"As for confectionery, you never saw much of it. … work patterns, extending your legs everywhere, so let's recreate based on your eating experience"

"Could you please? The new menu is just for when you're free."

Unusual and delicious dishes become a story and are sometimes available as a business, so I decide to use my 'memory' skills to remember them.

Do you want to make a few pieces after the writing time at night?

"Good luck -! You were very popular with the collector's cooking!

"It's better than your mother's. Look, look, look at the corner of the dining room."

Sumire and Cheiri rushed over as the dining room was closed and I was taking a breather after cleaning up.

They both compliment me on my work, but regret that I should have kept the 'cooking' level down a bit.

There was a damsel staring at us as she stood in the corner of the dining room as Cheiri pointed her finger as she pushed her flank with her elbow.... biting off the handkerchief with regret.

Again, I should have dropped the level.

"No, you're no match for the general's arm. Well, can you two hang out a little longer? Because I'd like you to try the new work that the general was asking for."

"What, is that okay! I'm looking forward to hand-cooked food from a collector!

"I'm so happy I'm hungry at the end of the play and work. I hope so."

I have to live up to the expectations of Sumire, who is shining her eyes, and Chaili, who has a tea eyed wink.

Do you want to go out and try the fruit you bought before the evening and the baked confectionery with plenty of eggs?... No, isn't that interesting?

I kick him out of the kitchen and go cooking alone, saying "for fun when you can" to the two of them peeking into hand without curiosity being suppressed.

Let's start by looking out for profit and just make it.

When I transported the finished confectionery to the table, at some point I sat in a chair and waited until the cuyoli and the ripples. She came over with a sweet smell inviting her.

I was right to make more of this.

Carry confectionery to the seats of the waiting women. Try serving cold and warm treats eaten in the South and North.

"Cold first, please."

What's in the glass vessel is ice sweets that scrape the ice down fine. Simmer the fruit and eat with the nectar you have made.

The most popular confectionery in the South is done as a side business by those who can use ice-based magic.

I used red fruit that is easy to get this time of year, so I think the white ice shows red honey and it doesn't look bad.

It's an ice treat that doesn't exist in the pile country, so it feels like everyone's intrigued.

"Wow, I've never seen anything like it. My brothers will be delighted."

"Ice, right, this. No, it's like there was a dialogue in the play about having these ice treats."

"The vessel is cold. It's my first experience, too."

"It wasn't like this locally."

Eating before eating is not bad.

Everyone seems wary of the unknown cooking, and everyone slowly includes a spoon in their mouth.

Everyone's eyes open wide the moment they swallow.

"" "" Yummy!

I found that I didn't have to rely on 'psychology' for this to be genuine, not flattery.

I carry it in my mouth many times, impressed by the cold and sweetness. If you eat so much at once......

"Mm-hmm. ⁉ Ouch, my head!

Other than the cuyoli are roaring with their heads.

"Excuse me. I forgot to tell you. If you eat it all at once in large quantities, the cold will make your head keen."

"Well, say it quickly..."

They also served warm tea, so the three of them are in a hurry to drink.

Cuyoli had 'pain paralysis', so he was eating up without any headaches.

As a general review, I want to eat in the summer. I don't think I can sell this time of year near winter. So this time it was dropped off.

Besides, I used a lot of fruit and sugar when boiling fruit, so it doesn't suit me. "I can't because I can't expect a profit," the damsel says.

Next, please welcome the warm next door.

Warm juice should feel delicious where your body is cold with ice confectionery.

There are several small beans floating in the black juice in the wooden vessel.

"Oh, uh, what kind of treat is this?"

Sumire wraps the wooden vessel with both hands and tilts her neck as she takes the warmth.

You butted into this look...... I can't help it. When I was first served this too, I was wary that black liquid might be poisonous.

Well, I've already drunk kuyoli without fear.

"This is sweet-boiled juice with small beans. You may also add a corner cut of potato inside. Whether juice completely crushes beans or leaves bean shapes, it's popular enough locally for factions."

Personally, I prefer to have a touch that leaves beans behind.

The beans used in this dish bear red fruit before simmering, but turn black while simmering. He was also famous as a hesitant food, except for locals.

Looks like I'm ready to see the cuyoli eat flat, and the other three speak as well.

He said he was eating terribly, but turned into a relieved loose look the moment he contained it in his mouth.

Eating sweet and warm food soothes. Best treat in cold regions.

"It's going to warm up. It's going to get cold, so it's going to be popular. I want to feed your mothers."

"It looks like it, but it tastes good and doesn't seem to have many ingredients left. I wonder if I can make it."

"Black is good...... It's my favorite color."

"It's safe to say that time hasn't returned."

We came to the conclusion unanimously that the latter was better, so we decided on one new menu for the dining room.

It's too late so I'll clean up later and then go back to the inn room.

Glad the food was appreciated, but the problem is purchasing.

That bean is a rare plant not grown in this region, so when it comes to securing large quantities... Yeah, speaking of which, that was the flock over there.

He also treasured it because he grew up in a cold place. That little bean can be used for other treats, so it can be used for another business if it can be purchased in large quantities.

Sometimes the production system is put in place within the present time.

"Sorry I haven't been busy lately"

Join hands by visiting the grave of a friend who has not been incompetent in a long time.

The tomb markers and all around them were cleaned up beautifully and I could see them taking care of me.

Three other adventurers are now living in the Marutai cabin, where a friend lived, and they are putting their sperm on the exorcism of the mountain demons.

"Aniki the collector. What can I do for you today?

"I'm here to see the grave and all of you... of it, but there were other purposes."

Looking back at the three riddle-faced adventurers who stand behind me.

A tough face on a tight body, not comparable to the first time I saw him.

Sometimes I'm just spending time fighting harsh natural and demonic threats. The tone and attitude are different from before, and the contents seem to be quite forged as well as the appearance.

"Do you know the little red beans that grow near here?

"Yeah, sure. It was also written in the notebook of the incompetent."

"Then it's quick to talk. I want you to collect them when they come to fruition. Of course I'll pay for it."

"I don't mind that...... You can eat those beans, right? There's a description of how I was cooking and eating, but it didn't say how to cook."

The three of them look in trouble as they scratch their heads.

My friend wrote in detail in his diary to the point of a fine routine. It doesn't even leak from ingredients to examples of how to cook.

That's not all he wrote about how to eat red beans. I said there was a statement looking forward to it.

"Are you talking about that? Actually, I was hiding something I like sweet." Sweet things, they're not masculine. "

... I miss you.

I was spotting his lies. In winter, I had a handmade black juice treat.

While pretending not to be interested, he was eager to look and remember how to make it.

Proof that bean herd that I liked a lot. As a result of growing more on my own, oh. I should have planted it a little further away so I wouldn't find out.

"From now on, I'll treat you all. It's cold in here, so it'll warm up from the core."

I liked the juice I behaved, and when I told them how to cook, I said, "We'll make it ourselves," so I'll also teach them other sweets that use beans.

Then before his tomb, sweets made with red beans as ingredients were made available on a regular basis.