That’s a very heavy response to say since rice is so unpopular that it’s used as a bread mix.
Well, since it’s about selling things, let’s just throw it to master’s slave boss(Chicken).
In the end, Chao and I left Butter-shi’s store after receiving an excessive amount of compliments and thanks as well as a little too much reward.
「I feel bad for getting so much.」
「We split it half～ maybe I should buy a summer blouse with this.」
「If I can get this much money every time, it’s not so bad to cook on a business trip～」
It was a good day to learn, to be thanked, and to receive some pocket money.
……though I didn’t expect it to go too well.
I had misjudged the extent of Butter-shi’s love for hayashi rice.
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Three days later, I was called to the office of the slave boss(Chicken).
「Eh? Butter-shi asked me to teach an apprentice for him? Why?」
「Because Butter-shi asked Sawadi-sama through his friend, Jinni-san, a furniture store owner, to open a hayashi rice specialty store.」
Chicken, dressed in a shirt from her own clothing store with a cool loop tie, speaks in a calm tone.
She’s looking more and more dignified these days.
「Haa, I think that’s a good idea. So, how is that related to taking a disciple……?」
「You know how enthusiastic Sawadi-sama is to things related to spreading rice, right? He was so moved with Butter-shi’s enthusiasm that he told him to send someone to apprentice to his head chef Seele!」
「Ah, is that so……」
Master was over enthusiastic about the spread of rice, or rather, he was obsessed with it.
If a like minded person appeared, he would support him with all his might……
「Thus, your new apprentice will come here tomorrow.」
「Apprentice means I should teach him other things other than hayashi rice, right?」
「From what I heard, he had only made home cooked food as a hobby so he wants you to teach him the basics if you can.」
「Well, okay……I’ll teach him hayashi rice after work……ah, I haven’t even made the candy yet.」
「Sorry. I know you already have a lot on hand but it can’t be helped.」
The peach-colored fingernails of Chicken’s elegant fingertips glistened as she clashed her hands together.
I walked out of the office and looked at my hand and saw my fingertips were rough from daily water work and my nails were cut short so that they would not interfere with my cooking.
「Somehow, I feel like I shouldn’t be doing this……」
It’s like the better I get at my job, the further away from happiness I as a woman is.
It’s like if I keep going like this, one day, I will never be able to go back.
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I greeted the next day while feeling like that……
Then, I met someone who would make me happy as a woman and as well as keep me in this job.
「I’m Digo, 17 years old. This is my first time working in such a big kitchen and I’m nervous but I would appreciate your guidance and encouragement.」
Ehhhh～! My apprentice is actually a man!?
I swallowed the words “I’m surprised” and tried not to let my surprise show up on my face as I clapped along with everyone.
As a woman, I was truly surprised but as a head chef in charge of the kitchen, I shouldn’t be surprised because of a frivolous reason.
Upon closer look, Digo-san was the man who had peeked in through the entrance of the kitchen when we were on a cooking business trip.
Digo-san came over to us, bowing low, and greeting everyone around him.
「Master Seele, once again, please take care of me from now on!」
Yeah, refreshing.
Handsome too.
「After seeing your skills when you cook back then, I knew there was no one else I could look up to as a mentor but you!」
Yeah, cute.
Handsome too.
「I’m looking forward to learning from someone in the business because I’ve been doing it on my own for so long!」
Yeah, dazzling.
Handsome too.
If we are both chefs, our values will match, and I can help him with his restaurant when we get married.
The problem is that I’m a slave but as long as we don’t leave Torquiva, there shouldn’t be any problem.
Workplace romance, why not!
Once that is decided, all that is left is to gently guide him as an oneesan, a head chef, and a mentor.
「Nice to meet you. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.」
「Yes! Thank you very much!」
Smooth sailing, the spring of my world has come!
It was not long after that that an oversized hardship befell upon me.
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