The Archmage’s Restaurant

# 256

Part 2 Chapter.4 Side story – Summer in Gray City

Summer in Gray City is very similar to Korea. The same goes for the high humidity and the fact that it is hot.

In terms of absolute temperature, it is of course cooler than the Korean summer, but considering that it is a world without fans or air conditioners, I wonder if this season would be more difficult.

The restaurant gets rave reviews because it is hot.

After all, the beer at our store is refreshing. Soju is refreshing too.

“Why is the beer so cold here, unlike other stores?”

“that’s right. that’s right.”

“That’s because I know a wizard.”

The secret to staying cool in hot weather.

That’s magic. If you just say it’s magic, no one will ask any more questions. However, the weather has been so hot these past few days that fewer people have come up the hill.

There is nothing we can do about this. No matter how cool the drink is, if you don’t have the strength to come, there’s nothing you can do.

“Master. “Is there any food that gives me strength?”

When the weather was like this, even the Gray boy came with a tired look on his face and grumbled.

“Citizens all seem to have no power and I don’t know why the weather is like this. “It was as if some kind of volcano had erupted.”

“Iknow, right. “I haven’t heard of a volcano erupting nearby, but the weather sure looks crazy.”

“So… .”

As the boy answered like that, the ice in the water cup in his hand continued to clink.

After the Gray boy left grumbling like that. This time Mr. Knoll came with a completely dead look on his face.

“Hey, this damn weather is killing me. “I’m dying!”

Not only was the face dying, but the lines were already dead as well. I was so used to this guy making a fuss that I just shrugged my shoulders.

“Are you doing well? “The day of death seems very far away, doesn’t it?”

“Isn’t that what you say! Words! No, but there will actually be people who die while climbing up here. The weather is hot and the hills are high… .”

Anyway, Mr. Knoll’s topic was the weather, just like the Gray boy. It’s a complaint about the weather.

It was definitely hot. The difference between the heat you feel in a restaurant and the coolness of a rare meal is so great that you feel the heat with your skin.

Since Raine would be in trouble if I gave him alcohol in broad daylight, I handed him a cool glass of water filled with ice, just like I did to the Gray boy. Then take it and drink it right away.

Click, click, click.

Unlike the Gray boy, who sat still and sipped from his water cup several times, savoring the water while slowly cooling off the heat in his mouth and internal organs, Mr. Knoll took a shot of the water cup as it was, chewed on the ice, and held it out in front of me again. .

“More more more! “If possible, it would be better if you give it to me with beer!”

“No! “Isn’t it time for Mr. Knoll to open business yet?”

“shit. That’s it! Just one drink… . “It won’t work, right?”

“I will give it to you if you bring me a handwritten letter from Mr. Laine giving permission.”

“Ugh. “Give me some water!”

At my words, Mr. Knoll calmly took another glass of water and put it to his mouth. Then he took another shot and this time his shoulders slumped and he started crying. He had this same expression when he came in earlier. His expression softened for a moment while he was drinking water, but then he looked like this again.

“By the way, that Reine! This means that Layne is the problem. “Reinega!”

“Why Mr. Laine? Did they even issue a ban on alcohol? “Did you get into some kind of accident again?”

I asked if there had been an accident again because it was a problem, but Mr. Knoll just shook his head. That expression was somehow familiar. It was a very earnest face that I had seen before.

Yes, this is the same as then. That time when I lamented my situation with a face full of all the misfortune in the world, saying I thought Mr. Laine was cheating on me.

This was the second time an expression had appeared since then.

The fact that Mr. Knoll is doing this means that something is really going on with Mr. Reine. Of course, it was ultimately Mr. Knoll’s misunderstanding at that time, so what happened may only be effective within Mr. Knoll’s brain.

“Then what happened?”

However, I wasn’t just excited, something could really happen, and even if it was Mr. Knoll, it would be difficult for something to happen to the kind and sincere Mr. Reine, so I asked him seriously. Then Mr. Knoll’s hands even began to tremble.

There definitely seemed to be a problem.

“Mr. Knoll?”

First, I came out of the kitchen and approached Mr. Knoll, who was not responding. Not only my hands but also my back was shaking slightly.

Why am I anxious?

Perhaps because I had a serious face, Mr. Knoll soon began to stutter and explain.

“That’s it. That’s… Raine was lying down! It’s so hot that I can’t eat anything except water… So, if I don’t have the energy to get up and I don’t know if something big will happen… … .”

Mr. Knoll bit his lip with an anxious face.

“That’s not possible!”

At the end, he even screamed loudly and jumped up. Even holding his head with both hands. It appeared to be in a very severe state of shock.

He is usually a very generous man, but when it comes to Mr. Laine, he becomes restless like a lamb looking for its mother.

“that’s right. It’s hot. Isn’t it a bigger deal than that? Falling down… “Have you been examined by Elena?”

Elena and Reine are even close friends. Even if we’re not close, there’s no way Elena would waste the examination. So, of course, he must have been examined, so I asked, and Mr. Knoll nodded and answered.

“that is… Of course I got it. But it’s not like I’m sick. I gave her some medicinal herbs because her body couldn’t handle the hot weather, but her appetite didn’t come back. Even though I boost my energy with recovery magic, the weather is still hot so I can’t eat… … .”

“Ah, the taste!”

There is no disease worse than heat. Some people die because of the heat. Because this happens even in modern times.

“Yes, that taste! So, please help Laine regain her appetite. This is my lifelong request. please!”

Mr. Knoll held his hands high again with an earnest look on his face. And until I bow my head.

“You are a dude! I have created miracles many times… !”

Seeing him fold his hands and bow his head as if praying, he seems to be desperate. Of course, even if you don’t do that, it’s natural to help.

“Even if it’s not a lifelong request, of course, it’s Mr. Layne’s job, so I have to help. “Umm.”

“Is that so? then… Thank you… “Is there some way?”

It’s about taste.

In a world where bread, meat, and greasy food are staple foods, it is inevitable that if you are a bit weak, you will lose your appetite in the heat.

So what is better?

Neat pasta?

Mr. Layne also liked noodle dishes such as pasta. So, wouldn’t a garlic-type pasta that uses a lot of garlic for strength be good?

Or maybe towards the cooler side?

When it’s hot, something stimulating might be better. Since you’re a patient, wouldn’t it be better to cut out anything too spicy and go for something sweet and sour?

Then, there is some very good Korean food. Yes, in this weather, there is no food better than cold bibim noodles. There is no concept of cool food in this world. Food is usually hot.

So, if you make bibim noodles, will this be the first time in this world that you have introduced a refreshing dish?

“yes. There is something. “I’ll cook and come down, so go back first and take care of Mr. Layne.”

“really? Is there really a way? really really?”

Mr. Knoll held both of my arms and repeated the same words with his eyes wide.

So I nodded seriously. Mr. Knoll said he understood and ran down the hill. I can feel love in the way he complains about being hot and runs away quickly. I think they are a good couple. So I need to help.

So, shall we try making seasoning sauce? No matter what anyone says, the life of bibim noodles is the seasoning.

And the noodles are buckwheat.

Among cold noodles, there is nothing like buckwheat. Noodles made from fragrant buckwheat flour are washed in ice to create very chewy buckwheat noodles.

Of course, the dough is made like this with compression magic. Noodles made from magic batter, not hand-made or foot-baked.

If you mix it with seasoning sauce and eat it, you can get mixed noodles. If you extract the broth, slice cucumber, radish pear, and beef brisket and roll it up, it becomes cold noodles.

However, buckwheat noodle broth may be difficult for people in this part of the world to get used to, so mixed noodles are perfect.

The seasoning sauce is, of course, based on red pepper paste. If you mix vinegar and sugar well to create a secret sauce with the optimal combination and add refreshing-looking ingredients such as lettuce, cucumber, and ice, you will have bibim noodles that are not that difficult.

Mix the noodles well with the seasoning, use the ice that has started to melt as a lubricant, rub it in, roll it up, and eat it!

First, I made the seasoning and made the buckwheat noodles. Then I realized that there were no vegetables worth using. However, it is okay to use something stored in a warehouse. To use the time stop warehouse, you have to wake up Lurin, but it’s still morning so there’s no way she can wake up.

So, of course, the place to go was the market.

***

It’s always comfortable inside Rare. In the summer, it is cool regardless of the heat outside, and in the winter, it is warm regardless of the weather outside.

The reason why the temperature is always maintained at a certain level is because Lurin has cast a powerful class 10 magic.

You can also use magic to stop time, but magic to maintain temperature is nothing special to Lurin, who is a dragon.

Versatile in various types of magic. That’s a dragon!

Therefore, for dragons, magic was omnipotent and the solution to everything.

It is different from the coolness of an air conditioner. It was a natural coolness that made you feel the cool season with spring flowers fluttering around.

It is thanks to the magic of Lurin that rare, fur-covered Luruns can live.

Therefore, unlike other people in Gray City, our Lulin, who was enjoying a very comfortable sleep, suddenly woke up with his closed eyes wide open.

“Hmm?”

He let out a characteristic drowsy voice and rubbed his eyes. Despite his hair sticking out here and there, his face was so fine that I thought it was someone who just woke up from sleep.

Lulin usually doesn’t wake up alone. Because he won’t wake up until El wakes him up. When L wakes up! Then, waking up with L’s voice is the first start of the day.

However, on rare occasions when El does not wake me up and it goes past 2 or 3 o’clock, I have no choice but to open my eyes because I am hungry.

Even Lulin can’t sleep all day. El also knows this, but it is too late when Rurin wakes up alone. L usually wakes Lurin at 12 o’clock.

So, the fact that L doesn’t wake up means that L is very busy.

Lurin realized that she had woken up alone and got out of bed with her cheeks puffed out.