The Archmage’s Restaurant

# 25

Chapter.7 Cheese

An earthy river flows. Although it is not very wide, it is a very long river that flows from the central part of the empire to the southeastern coast of here.

Water buffalo live right around here.

It deserves to be inhabited. But there was no sight of the water buffalo. In the river, the hippo just opens its mouth.

As I got closer, a nasty-looking crocodile crawled out. This vicious guy is called Kyaarikh, and can be considered a monster-class animal.

“What is this lowly creature?”

The crocodile tried to attack with its sharp teeth, but was trampled by Lulin’s feet and fell to the ground.

Rurin began to torment the unconscious crocodile by poking it.

The water buffalo needs water, so it will appear someday. There is no doubt that this is its habitat.

I dragged Rurin with me and entered the forest above the river.

The trees in the forest are full of bright red fruits. I don’t know the name. Although it boasts a ruby-red color, it is clearly not an apple. Very soft. It’s as soft as a cherry, but about the size of an apple.

I remember satisfying my hunger with this fruit 10 years ago. During the arduous march at the time, this fruit was like an oasis. A fruit with such memories.

I wanted to try it after a long time, so I beckoned to Rurin.

“Go up to Lurin and pick some of that fruit.”

The height at which the fruit opens is slightly higher.

“Can’t we just cut down the tree?”

“Dragon, there’s no need to cut down something that can just be picked, right? That is a symbiotic relationship. “I get the fruit and the tree escapes the danger of being cruelly cut down by you.”

“What is that! weird!”

Yeah, it’s strange. Because it’s nonsense. It is a tree that is cut down countless times when necessary. Earlier, we cut down a tree to let the tuna lie down. But right now, the tree itself is not the goal. All you have to do is pick the fruit, there is no need to cut it.

“It’s called thirst. “Now sit on my shoulder.”

Lurin tilted her head as if wondering what that meant. Still, he seemed interested in the act of sitting on my shoulder.

“Oh, I am in control of your face!”

Lurin suddenly sits on my shoulder. When I lifted my back and stood up straight, they started cheering.

“Oooh!”

Rurin then grabbed my hair violently. sick.

“Hehe, you are mine!”

“Mr. Dragon? “Would you like to pick some fruit before I throw it away?”

“It hurts when you throw it.”

Lulin frowned and placed his hand on the fruit. Now that I had my target, I bent down again and lowered her to the ground.

“Okay, good job.”

“But is this delicious?”

How long has it been since he ate tuna? He asks with eyes filled with appetite.

So I put fruit in the dragon’s mouth.

“Woo!”

He lost his temper for a moment, but calmed down as the sweet juice went down his throat. I soon fell in love with the fruit.

I also bit into some fruit.

I would say it feels like a mixture of strawberries and bananas with a lot of water. It is an attractive fruit that combines deep sweetness and freshness.

“uh?”

“uh?”

Lulin followed my words like a parrot. What surprised me was that the water buffalo finally appeared. Muddy buffalo heading to the river. One Two Three Four Five. six. seven. eight.

A group of buffalo began to drink water from the river.

“found!”

My voice rises without me realizing it.

buffalo. Because my mozzarella cheese appeared.

“What? What? “What the hell!”

Rurin asks with a lot of fruit in her mouth.

“It’s a treasure. “It’s also an animal called Bernerik.”

Lurin looked at me and the buffalo in turn, asking what kind of treasure that was.

***

I asked Rurin to stun the buffalo. And a large-scale teleportation was carried out.

They released eight water buffaloes on a hill, created a barrier that monsters could not escape, and started cutting down trees to create a fence. It was too much to do alone, so I hired a worker.

And he used Dragon Fear to manipulate the buffalo to prevent it from acting berserk. Lurin was still young and could not use magic to manipulate the human mind. However, animals with small brain capacity were capable of mental manipulation.

That is the 10th class mental magic that can be said to be a dragon’s specialty.

When I become an adult and my power matures, I may one day be able to use class 10 magic that even manipulates the human mind, but even then, it doesn’t work on me.

As long as the Dragon Heart is breathing inside me.

Anyway, the magic was used to transform it into a docile personality similar to that of cattle raised as livestock. And a separate artificial lake was created.

The site where the water buffalo pen will be built is an area where rare construction is not underway. There was no need to dig all the way down to the edge of the hill.

Water is supplied through magic. You have to change the water every day to prevent it from rotting. The changed water flows down a steep slope. Then, the water naturally flows into the stream between Gray City and the hill.

A lake for water buffaloes.

Next is us. We built a cage next to the lake. Hired workers were also deployed here. We don’t need such advanced technology as a place to put water buffalo to sleep. A building that can be built quickly.

Still, it took about 10 days to get here.

It has quite the appearance of a ranch. The buffalo you catch are divided into male and female, so you can increase the population through breeding.

As this happens, the amount of mozzarella cheese will increase.

Now it was time to find employees to work on the ranch. About two strong men to feed the buffaloes and take care of them overall. I also planned to hire at least one person with experience working on a ranch. I think there are about three people in total.

My own ranch and restaurant. Just listening to it makes me feel peaceful.

Although now we start with eight buffalo.

I asked Mr. Layne, who has wide feet, to ask for someone with experience. And I asked the Gray boy to post a recruitment notice.

Jobs are welcome in any era.

That is only if they offer a fairly high allowance.

Today is the interview day.

I asked Lurin not to mix a single word with the humans coming today. All kinds of idiots will come, so it would be difficult to offend Rurin and cause an uproar.

Lurin took a nap stretched out on the table like always, and I transformed the second floor into an interview room.

[The interview is on the 2nd floor. If you stand in line, you will proceed in your turn.]

While the notice board is being put up, people come into the restaurant. already? There’s still quite a bit of interview time left, right? The person who briefly raised such questions was Mr. Knoll, who had nothing to do with the interview.

“You’re saying you’re building a yamma ranch? Do you think the income is good? “There aren’t many people in the restaurant.”

“I just have a lot of assets accumulated. I saved a lot before I retired. Unlike anyone else who has been scammed. Hehehe.”

“What dude? “Holy shit?”

Mr. Knoll, who was speechless, stamped his feet. And then change the topic.

“Hmm, whatever! What kind of interview do you do alone? I’ve met all kinds of people while working as a mercenary, so I’ll help you! He’s different from the wizard everyone admired! Hahaha!”

Mr. Knoll goes down to the first floor with a sigh, brings a chair, and squeezes in to sit next to me.

He is a maverick.

What are you doing? Because it might be better than doing it alone. That’s true.

At that very moment, another person limped up to the second floor. This time too, it is someone I know.

“excuse me… .”

“Elena?”

“yes yes! hello.”

An elf greeting you with a bright smile. It’s beautiful today too. But what’s going on here? It’s not like he’s trying to get rid of the doctor and get a job at a ranch.

“Elena, how did you come here?”

“That’s it! Above the great John… .”

I quickly put my finger to my mouth. While looking at Mr. Knoll’s eyes. Fortunately, Mr. Knoll doesn’t seem to have any thoughts. No, I am shaking with excitement at being the interviewer.

“ah! sorry! Anyway, he was sleeping… . “I felt like I would be in trouble if I woke him up, and there was no one in the kitchen, so I was about to go back, but when I saw the sign, I thought he was here, so I sneaked up.”

A very funny scene flashed through my mind. An elf came into the restaurant. I’m looking for me but I’m not there Then, when he sees a dragon lying on the table and roaring, he kneels down in surprise, and when he realizes that he is asleep, he crawls over and finds a sign just before leaving the restaurant. This is a slapstick comedy.

“Well, that aside, did you come to eat?”

“no? With that much determination, I came to learn how to cook as you mentioned before… .”

Oh, I definitely said that when I went to visit Mr. Ment in the hospital. Has your passion for vegetable dishes surpassed your fear of dragons?

“That’s a bit of a problem today. “I need to hire some people for the ranch.”

“I guess so, right? Sorry for disturbing you! “Then I’ll go back now!”

An elf nodding his head several times as if he was in mourning. I looked at Mr. Knoll and a good idea occurred to me. Elena is a hundred times more useful than Knoll.

Because they are elves who can see through lies. Is there anyone better as an interviewer?

“Wait a minute, Elena. “Can you give me a moment?”

“yes?”

“Personality is important when selecting people, right? “If anyone is lying, please let me know.”

“Are you lying? great! “If there’s anything I can do to help, I’ll do my best!”

Elena put her hands together and nodded vigorously.

“I will do my best, so please trust me.”

Moreover, he is surprisingly active. He brought a chair and prepared a seat for me, so I sat down. There were three interviewers.

After a while, real interview candidates finally appeared one by one, and a line was formed.

That’s how the interview started.

“no. “That guy is the guy who came to the store last time and started an argument.”

Mr. Knoll said that and declared that he had failed. bang.

“He lusted after me!”

Elena also raised her eyebrows and declared that she failed.

“There’s something wrong with that guy’s eyes.”

“that’s right. “You lusted after me!”

Failed bam.

“Is he okay?”

“no. “I lied!”

oh my. These people?

It is a series of failures. I couldn’t say anything. As soon as they come in, they say thank you for your hard work and send them out, but they all fail.

Elena is very proactive, burning with an unexpected sense of duty. That timid personality has gone to the point of being extreme.

When I asked Elena, she said it was okay to just show her favor. However, having vulgar imaginations is mentally difficult.

Elena expressed that she has a lust for those people.

Of course, you are free to imagine whatever you want in your mind. But the person who came to the interview to say he would work is thinking about hanging out with Elena? That of course fails.

But there is nothing to do like this. I wanted to ask a question, so I asked the two of them gently.

“I’ll make the decision this time, so just stay still.”