Chapter 039 (1/2)

Volume 1

The Simple Job of Only Perishing to the Hero Volume 1 Chapter 38

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「Nn……Yeah.」

「That was surprisingly fast.」

When Shion and Nino said that, Sharon showed her face from behind the out of breath Kain.

「A, actually, right from the beginning……we had made the minimum preparations……」

「Sharon! That’s supposed to be a secret……」

For the time being, Shion pretended like he didn’t hear that.

At most, it was decided by Luuty’s advanced preparations.

She probably had them prepare with the assumption that Shion would accept.

「Have you already eaten dinner?」

「Ah, no……」

「In that case, let’s have a meal while we do the strategy meeting.」

When Shion hit the table with his finger, Kain and Sharon looked at each other.

It seemed that they were a bit worried about what they should do, but they carried their luggage and came to the table that Shion and Nino were sitting at.

「Erーm……」

「Well then, is portions for two people good enough?」

Carol asked that with a smile to Kain and Sharon who were restlessly looking around looking for something.

「Eh? Ah, yes, erーm……」

「Otou-sa~n! An additional two people’s portions!」

Sharon made a puzzled face at Carol who called out to the kitchen.

「Eh? That just now was? Eh?」

「If it’s about a menu, there isn’t one.」

Shion said that, and then brought some Leris to his mouth.

What the two of them were looking for was a menu for the cuisine.

That was something that was commonplace in high class stores like the ones on the main street, but there weren’t any menus in stores aimed for commoners that were in the back streets like this.

The cuisine made from the shopkeeper’s whim and the ingredients of that day were that day’s menu.

Having it said like that might make it sound irresponsible, but there was a part of it were it couldn’t be helped.

When it comes to small stores, offering the same menu every day would be difficult in securing ingredients, as well as the point of preserving them.

Using up ingredients while they are in season is part of the basics, and there was no leeway to do pointless disposal.

Going further, the price of ingredients also change every day. Even the Morol bird that was put out today, the price might suddenly jump up even more tomorrow, and if the price of oil were to go up, the meal wouldn’t be deep-fried food, but might be grilled or boiled food.

Because of that, in stores like this would use things like 「one person’s portion」 like just now, or 「something light」 or 「a lot」, and use a method of ordering that relied on feeling.

In a certain meaning, it is something that a store where maintaining a fixed quality is linked to their service can’t do, and is also one of their opposing points.

Even how it was possible to ask for 「another helping of Ringos」 like Nino had done earlier, that was a way of asking that was possible because there was no menu.

「I see……」

While Kain was assenting to Shion’s explanation, Carol was steadily lining up plates with Kain and Sharon’s portions.