Chapter 221 (1/2)

The Dragon’s Tail was a store built in Arkverm for tourist use──In other words, it was a government managed lodging facility for mankind’s use.

The employees of The Dragon’s Tail, which was built betting the Zadark Kingdom’s prestige on it, were naturally Mazoku, and had never served anyone of mankind before.

The method of serving Mazoku guests was extraordinarily peculiar. Normally, what was first taught to the employees of Zadark Kingdom lodging facilities was the method to suppress guests in a way that didn’t destroy the inn. What was taught next was how to hit and constrict them in ways that would make them not want to go wild again, and after that is guidance on etiquette towards the guests.

That being said, against mankind, emitting bloodlust as if to say 「I’ll make you regret it if you go wild」 would be bad. That’s why, in the education of the employees of The Dragon’s Tail, they first needed to be taught starting from mankind’s weakness and timidness.

In regards to service towards mankind, as a result of the Mazoku who had actually gone to mankind’s territory──everyone including the Intelligence Unit, and depending on the situation even Vermudol, the Eastern General Fainell, and the Advisor Rokuna──directly teaching them, it ended up reaching a point where Vermudol gave an appraisal of 「it’s somehow seemingly authentic」.

Currently in The Dragon’s Tail, it was very busy over the preparations for their opening tomorrow.

After all, their work was directly connected to mankind’s evaluation towards the Zadark Kingdom. That sort of important job, they couldn’t allow failure from their first day.

「Ha, Hachet-saーn!」

「What happened, making you so loud.」

The facility leader that was busily moving around the entrance hall, Hatchet, turned to the voice of a single young Mazoku girl that came running with a panicked look.

「Th, the thing is……The Ringils that were prepared for use in tomorrow’s dinner mutated!」

「Subdue them and cook them up. Be sure to immediately go and buy additional Ringils at the marketplace.」

「W, well, they have a new technique that the Ringils up until now didn’t have! The Sous Chef was knocked out earlier!」

After Hatchet pressed down on her own forehead with a bitter expression, she gave directions to the young panicking Mazoku girl.

「In any case, you go and secure additional Ringils.」

「R, right. Please be careful of the Ringil Tornado!」

After seeing off the young Mazoku girl as she ran, Hatchet headed towards the kitchen.

Ringils were fruits cultivated in the Zadark Kingdom’s Eastern territory, but if there’s a mistake in the harvesting time and they amass too much magical power, they mutate and are able to do things like fly through the sky and attack the harvesters.

From the kitchen that was noisy for some reason, the sounds of various things breaking could be heard.

When she peeked inside the kitchen while thinking “we’ll need to secure tableware as well……”, the back of the Head Chef, who was sent flying by something, came flying towards Hatchet.

Hatchet caught that with one arm, put him down on the floor, and glared at him.

「……What in the world are you doing.」

「I, I am terribly sorry. However, I hadn’t thought that the Ringil Tornado was a two-stage technique……Gufuh.」

After tossing away the Head Chef who fainted saying 「gufuh」, Hatchet once again peeked inside of the kitchen.

「……This is pretty bad.」

Ingredients were scattered about in the kitchen, and the knocked out chefs were collapsed here and there.

Countless kitchen knives and forks, knives, and on top of that, even spoons were stuck in the walls, but were those things that someone recklessly threw?

The scene of several Ringils being sewn to the walls had a surrealness that it seemed like it could be insisted that it was that sort of art.

Furthermore, discovering silver plates that were pierced into wine casks and seemed like they were used in place of boomerangs, Hatchet felt a terrible headache. While promising in her heart that she would wallop the guy that did that later, she glared at the Ringils that were the cause of all of this to begin with.

At the center of the kitchen, there were countless Ringils that were flying wildly about as if to loudly sing about their victory. Maybe because it felt Hatchet’s gaze, one among them flew with intense force at Hatchet who was standing at the kitchen’s entrance.

Hatchet didn’t even try to dodge that attack that was similar to an attack from a powerful fist.

「……Haa.」

After making only a small sigh, Hatchet outright caught the Ringil that came flying.

「What a blunder……To think that it would be this disastrous of a scene. I guess the training method was too light. No, more importantly, I need to quickly form a purchasing unit……」

After crushing the Ringil in her hand into pieces, Hatchet melancholically gazed at the Ringils that were flying around the kitchen.

「……Good grief, you’ve really made some unnecessary work.」

After pulling out one of the kitchen knives that were stuck in the wall nearby, Hatchet sprang at the Ringils.

When silver light glistened, it was for only an instant.

Those countless silver lights cut those Ringils in to bite-sized pieces.

If left alone just like that, the cut up Ringils would surely fall to the floor and tables.

However, that didn’t happen. Having somehow regained consciousness, the cooks took bowls into their hands and recovered the cut up Ringils.

「Hatchet-san, please leave the support to us! Even as we are now, we can at least handle that much somehow……!」

「Support?」

Hearing that cook’s words, Hatchet tilted her head.