eurekapd Chapter 196 The Chef's Accommodation and the Mistaken Demon
Chapter 196 The Chef's Accommodation and the Mistaken Demon
Chapter 196 The Chef's Accommodation and the Mistaken Demon
"Okay, Xiaomi, you're very energetic. I hope you'll be just as energetic when you're eating later!"
Broly praised the little sister from the poor Red Devil family, then got up and followed her out the door.
"Hey, wait for us!"
Darkness picked up her bag and followed.
"Does this place have any fine wines?"
Aqua ran up to the little girl and asked her a question.
"Lady Aqua, please don't ask children questions about alcohol!"
Wiz stood by and tried to persuade him.
*Smack!*
The old wooden door was pulled shut, and Houst, holding a teacup, fell silent inside the room.
"I really want to run away right now!"
Houst sighed and began tidying up the earthenware teacups on the worn-out wooden table.
But perhaps he had never done such a thing before, because with a snap, a clay teacup was crushed in his hand.
Looking at the broken cup in his hand and then at his dilapidated home, cold sweat broke out on Houst's forehead.
"It's just a clay cup, it should be able to be glued back together, right?"
. . . .
"Boss, please give me the largest size of oyakodon (chicken and egg rice bowl)!"
Xiaomi strode into a small restaurant and ran straight into the kitchen to order food from the busy owner.
"Isn't this Xiaomi? Did your dad give you money for food today?"
The shop owner was no stranger to Xiao Mi; she used to be brought to the restaurant's kitchen by her sister to secretly steal leftover food.
He shouldn't have had any problem feeding the two children in his clan, but both Huihui and her younger sister Xiaomi are quite proud children.
He never accepts charity and prefers to earn food with his own hands, even if it's food scraps stolen from his own restaurant's kitchen.
"Of course not, but someone's treating us to dinner today!"
Xiaomi gave a very direct answer.
"Who is it? Could it be that guy, Green Coconut Killer?"
As a somewhat idle young man from the Red Demon Clan who usually loafs around in the village, he sometimes takes care of Piao Sanlang's two children.
"It's not that lazy NEET older brother who lives off his parents. The guy treating Xiaomi to dinner today is the amazing young man who defeated Xiaomi's powerful familiar!"
The shop owner was a little curious, so he followed Xiaomi out. When he saw four unfamiliar customers in the shop, his eyes narrowed.
Immediately afterwards, the restaurant owner picked up his restaurant's menu and quickly walked over to Broly and the others.
"Good afternoon, four guests. I am the owner of this restaurant. My name is Shredded Roasted Chicken. I am the number one chef in the Crimson Demon Clan, and I am also a master of high-level magic..."
The introduction still used the template from the Crimson Demon Clan, with Xiaomi adding from the side: "He's the Crimson Demon Clan's number one chef at making oyakodon (chicken and egg rice bowl), as for the number one ramen chef, it's Uncle Lala-san, and the number one bread chef is..."
"Ahem, that's not important. What's important is, what dishes do these four guests plan to try at my restaurant?"
The shop owner handed over the menu, revealing an eager look that suggested he wanted to show off his best skills.
"Would you like to order? No need, just bring me one of everything on this menu that we can make."
When Broly goes to a restaurant in a new city, he never orders from the menu. Instead, he asks the restaurant to bring out all the dishes and then orders more of the ones he thinks tastes best.
"All of them?"
"Can't you do it?"
"No, it's just a bit challenging, but I'm the number one restaurant chef in the Crimson Demon Clan, and I won't back down."
As he said this, the restaurant owner suddenly burst into laughter: "It seems it's time to let the world know about my magical culinary skills, which I've spent years developing!"
The restaurant owner moved all sorts of kitchen utensils from the back kitchen to the front.
"Fireball!"
As flames emerged, the other party controlled them to split into several continuous flames, simultaneously preparing multiple dishes.
During this process, the Red Demon Clan restaurant owner not only displayed his profound culinary skills in controlling the heat, but also his powerful ability to manipulate magic with precision.
However, Broly and his companions, who were dining at the restaurant, had different focuses.
"What an amazing magic show!"
Aqua was focused on the acrobatic skills displayed by the other person while cooking.
"If we imported some cookware made from this magic-conducting material, wouldn't it sell like hotcakes?"
Wiz, on the other hand, was somewhat interested in the kitchen utensils in the other person's hands.
"Miss Wiz, calm down. Would a normal mage be a chef? And even if they were, would they cook in such an exaggerated way?"
Meanwhile, Darkness was advising the lich lady against buying such magical items that would only result in losses and reselling them.
"When can we eat?"
Various aromas wafted from different kitchen utensils. Broly and Xiaomi, sitting next to him, were rather impatient about the rice and bluntly urged the shop owner to hurry up.
It turns out that cooking with magical control of heat is indeed very efficient, but apart from being efficient, the food produced tastes basically no different from food made using ordinary methods.
"So, what's the point of bringing out all the kitchen utensils and cooking with magic right in front of us?"
Darkness started complaining.
"That's because it looks cool!"
Xiaomi answered the question without hesitation, and her mouth, like a hamster's, was bulging, clearly stuffed with food.
After they had eaten and drunk their fill, Wiz asked Xiaomi about when her father would be home. As a result, he learned from the girl that if her father's business was not doing well, he might not be home until evening.
"That means we'll have to spend the night here."
Wiz thought for a moment and then asked the little girl.
Do you have a hotel here?
"Of course, gulp, I've got it!"
Xiaomi swallowed the food in her mouth before speaking.
The hotel she mentioned was called Red Romance.
However, this hotel has no red decorations or romantic atmosphere; it's just an ordinary hotel.
Because there aren't many guests coming to this village, it's more like the home of the Crimson Demon Clan who runs this inn, and is commonly known as a guesthouse.
Fortunately, the room is regularly cleaned and tidied, so it is quite clean. The room is fully equipped with tables, chairs, and benches, and the overall impression is much better than that of Xiaomi's home.
More importantly, the accommodation here is not expensive, but what's a bit strange is that the price of booking one room is actually a bit higher than the price of booking multiple rooms.
"What's going on?"
Darkness was curious and asked the Red Demon couple who ran the inn.
"This is the true meaning of our hotel's name, 'Red Romance'."
Imagine this: a couple traveling together finds themselves in a hotel with only one room. Could they possibly have some very romantic moments while sharing the room?
This is the extra charge incurred by our hotel for guests booking only one room, and who are both male and female.
"Hiss~"
Darkness gasped, suddenly finding the price reasonable.
"Guest, you'd like to book four single rooms, right? Please pay and register here..."
The hotel owner took out his dusty notebook, preparing to register guests, when he was suddenly stopped by the hand of the young female knight.
"No, please just give me a bigger room."
Darkness said seriously.
"But there are three women and one man, and the man is a minor. Wait, are you planning to harm that minor?"
The hotel owner gasped, looking as if she were about to arrest Darkness and stop the filthy adults from committing crimes against children.
"No, it's not what you think. That child is my younger brother. My real target is actually two other people."
I know there's something wrong with my orientation, but I just can't control myself. Bringing my brother along is just a cover, a last resort, but please help me~
"Oh, I see?"
The couple in the hotel exchanged a glance and nodded to each other.
"We'll help you!"
The woman's red dress is so romantic, they've never seen anything like it in their lives, they have to help her out.
"I'm sorry, it seems this hotel only has one large room left."
Darkness said this upon her return.
"How is this possible? There don't seem to be any other travelers in this village."
Aqua was somewhat skeptical.
"There's nothing I can do. There are no extra rooms, so tonight we'll have to share one room to sleep."
If everyone sleeps together, they'll probably dream together too. That way, Broly won't beat himself up too badly in his dreams, right?
But it doesn't really matter if you get beaten up too badly. Wiz and Aqua will probably watch themselves get beaten up in their dreams.
Just thinking about that situation made Darkness a little excited; it was a kind of self-humiliation, wasn't it?
No one understands or knows the strange XP girl knight's thoughts and schemes.
But in the evening, when Broly and the others, who had arranged accommodations, took Xiaomi home after she had eaten and drunk her fill, they found the devil piecing together fragments of a clay cup next to the house.
"Hostel, what are you doing?"
Xiaomi leaned over and asked.
"Ah, I...no, I didn't do anything!"
The demon was somewhat panicked and quickly used its body to cover up what it had pieced together.
(End of this chapter)