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Restaurant Of In Between Chapter 4: Peace
🕑 Added 2024-05-01 19:11:44 +0000 UTC“Holy shit! your world is advanced as hell, I'm sure even if my world progressed to the same year as yours, it wouldn't be as advanced!” Subaru told his new ‘friend’ Kirito.
“Well…I'm not sure about that…anyway, you mentioned that you're from 2016, no?”
“That's right!”
“Then, let's compare and see if there are any similarities in our worlds, after all, I technically am from the future.”
“I'm cool with that!”
And so both were immersed in their conversation, as the two quickly became friends.
It was a bizarre sight to me, how the two of them quickly become close is pretty much unknown to me, but I guess they ‘click’. I swear I never saw someone quickly become such close friends after just a single conversation.
I kind of envy them. I could try and join their conversation but most of the things they're talking about are things I have no clue of.
This must be a generation gap… Should I be walking with a cane now?
Besides having no idea what their topics are, the main reason why I refrained from joining is because of my responsibility as a chef.
*chop cut chop cut cut chop chop*
That's right, they ordered something and I'm still preparing the ingredients. Though I suppose once I’m done, I could butt in their conversation.
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It didn't take long for me to finish cooking as the things they ordered weren't particularly anything hard.
*tap* *clink*
The plates made a sound upon contacting the table as I served the food they ordered on their table. As I did, they paused their ongoing conversation and blankly stared at the dishes on the table.
“Holy shit, is this worth less than a thousand yen? I feel like it's worth more than that…” Subaru stared at the dish he ordered in astonishment.
His eyes were sparkling.
Kirito too was staring hard at the miso ramen that he ordered but for another reason. From an ordinary person's perspective, the food was nothing but an appetizing delicacy, however in his eyes, it was more than just that as he saw something utterly ridiculous.
It gives 3x ATK damage for an hour?!
Do you have any idea how terrific that is?!
Even buffs in the game don't give something as straightforward as this, at least on the lower floors.
While it may become common in the upper floors, having this kind of buff in the lower floors, especially floor 1 is cheating, not to mention that if he were to buy another dish they would stack with the rest of the buffs he already has.
Kirito didn't know what to think at the moment, at first he just wanted to survive the game and hopefully reach the last floor and get out of this death game.
However, that changed when he stumbled upon this restaurant, even if he is somehow unable to beat the game with these ridiculous buffs, he now has a fail-safe plan and that is to go and live in another world, which was encouraged by the owner of this establishment and its customers.
Truly, he can't believe his luck stumbling upon this miraculous place because now, he no longer has to be afraid of the uncertainty of his survival in this game anymore. Kirito just planned to survive the game until the last floor was cleared, but now, he isn't going to just scurry around and hide till the professional and beta players clear the last floor.
He's going to dominate the game and he WILL see his family again.
“Thank you.”
“Huh? You're welcome?”
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“It's so delicious, what the hell…are you sure this stuff’s only 650? This should be 10 times more expensive just from its taste alone. Fuck! I'm pretty sure it's better than that one high-end restaurant my family dined in once for my birthday when I was younger.” Subaru said.
I couldn't help but smile at his compliment, aside from his argument about it being cheaper than it’s worth.
To me, it's just right, and I certainly don't have any plans of raising the price anytime soon, especially when I have the store and could buy the ingredients at a dirt cheap price, and no taxes, not to mention a fresh and infinite amount of them as long as I have money.
Besides, I just opened this restaurant, there’s no way I can instantly raise my prices. Do you want me to drive away my customers?
“Yes, I've never been sure about the prices and besides, I want my meals to be affordable.”
Subaru grinned in my direction. “I certainly won't complain about that.”
*TRING*
Hm? another customer? Ah no, it's this guy.
“Oh, Mikami-san, welcome.”
It was Mikami, he was my first customer and the fact that he came back means he would become a regular.
Hopefully.
“Hey there Akihiko-san, a new customer?”
He looked at the Subaru, to which I nodded. “Yeah, but I thought you would notice the difference in Kirito first.”
“What do you mean- holy shit he's already level 11?! I thought it was hard to level up in SAO?” Mikami-san said in a surprised tone.
“Well, it turns out one of my dishes could boost his exp so he just grinds until the boost ends,” I explained.
“For real?”
“For real.”
Mikami-san whistled and said. “I mean, if we follow video game logic, it makes sense for some items to temporarily boost the user, I didn't think it would work in his case but good for him.”
He does sympathize with Kirito’s plight, no one should experience having to fear for their life in a game.
“I'm just glad I could help him.”
“That's true, anyway mind if I order something?”
I nodded. “Sure thing, just be sure to order a lot!”
Mikami-san let out a laugh and replied. “With your prices? I will, they're cheaper compared to my world’s restaurant, damn inflation.”
Shaking my head in mirth, I went on ahead and cooked the food he ordered.
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It's been some time since a new customer from another world arrived, and by the 3rd day, an old customer of my parents finally visited and ordered food they liked.
Of course, I didn't say anything about the other worlds, it's something that they will know about anytime soon, if not ever.
Today's going to be the first week since the opening of my restaurant, and Mikami-san visits the restaurant every day after he discovers it. Same with Kirito and Saitama too but only after Mikami-san told him that he'll pay for the food he'll order.
The two quickly became friends, seeing as Mikami has no problem spending a few thousand a day as his job gives him a decent wage.
However, despite not having a problem financially, he complains about being single to me or Saitama. He often mentions that life is unfair, saying that he doesn't have good looks and is completely average and not many women would date him.
I'm not sure what the problem is, can't he just meet girls and get to know them?
I mean, the reason why I'm single is not because I'm incapable of having one. It's because I have more things to prioritise than dating.
Saitama also doesn't seem to be interested in dating either, but regardless we still listened to our friend’s complaints, after all that's what friends do.
It looks like this place aside from being a restaurant also serves as a hangout place for them. While it may not be what I envisioned as to what my establishment was going to be, this was certainly better than what I had in mind.
This atmosphere was way better than the professional environment that I thought about, it was more calming and less stressful.
It's like my restaurant became a sanctuary for the other worlders.
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“Hah! Take that Kirito I'm going to win this round!”
“Good luck with that Subaru.”
If you're wondering what the two of them are doing, they're playing Tekken 7 on the PS4 Mikami-san bought.
This game certainly has better graphics than the Tekken I'm familiar with, but then again this came from the future.
Another similarity between our worlds is the fact that PlayStation also existed in his and my world.
I would have honestly thought that we're in the same universe just with him being from the future, but that theory went out of the window after seeing we have a slightly different history, not to mention our money bill looks different.
Not that it's a problem, since I could convert his money into my world's currency through the store.
Anyway, it's really funny to watch a literal game character playing a game. It's like playing a game inside a game.
Either way, Subaru is going to lose badly, not because he was bad or anything because but Kirito is just too good.
“Ahhh! I lost again! How are you countering my attacks so easily?! I thought I had you!” Subaru grumbled.
Kirito looked smug and replied. “I'm just that good.”
“So humble…” Subaru sarcastically said while rolling his eyes.
“It's the truth.”
“Whatever, I'm not stopping until I win!” Subaru exclaimed in determination.
“And something that won't be happening anytime soon!” Kirito's competitive nature was burning at that moment.
I could only shake my head at the two teenagers' antics, good for them, while my other two adult guests Saitama and Mikami were playing on a portable PS4 and the game they were playing was Monster Hunter.
“Dude, I need help here!”
“Wait! I'm still being attacked by this weird dinosaur thing!”
Well, they also had fun…I think.
While they were immersed in their gameplay, the door opened revealing a man who was wearing a gas mask. If it wasn't for his suit, I would have thought of him as someone part of the black ops or something.
Closing the door, the man took off his gas mask, showing a plain-looking man in his late twenties.
Not to mention he looked tired and stressed, I could even see two massive eyebags in his eyes.
Without a doubt, this man is from another world because I don't think anyone from my world would wear a mask after entering a restaurant.
Anyway, it's time to greet this new potential customer. “Welcome to my restaurant, please take a seat.”
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A/N: Guess who this man is.
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Gerardo Hernández Sánchez
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