Chapter 441 – 441

There are a total of two inns in Springfield Valentine Village.

Among them, only one was also a restaurant, and this restaurant was famous for its delicious cuisine.

As my subordinate Tomani said, the chef’s skills were excellent.

‘If possible, I should hire someone who is good at cooking.’

I stopped by an inn with a restaurant in Springfield’s Valentine Village and asked to talk to the chef because I had a serious story to discuss.

The chef, seeing the atmosphere in which I spoke, must have sensed that the conversation would be long, and asked if I could wait until business was over, saying that we could talk after business was over.

“I’m open for business right now. Would it be okay if we talk after business is over?”

“Of course. Instead, it’s a bit too much to just wait, so I’m hungry right now, so I need to order something.”

I gladly took a table and ordered a beef steak, saying I could wait.

Of course, I ordered the most expensive menu consisting of the highest quality cuts and also ordered the most expensive wine separately.

“Thank you for asking me to wait until business closes. Please wait a moment. “I will cook for you soon.”

Before I had to wait long, the dish I ordered came out, and I cut the beef steak with a knife and ate it.

‘Well, it’s definitely okay. The steak sauce was delicious, and the meat was grilled very well. It’s so juicy. The meat is also very soft…, How did you do it? ‘Did it ripen well?’

It was the equivalent of a beef steak that you would get at an expensive restaurant in a modern world.

The chef at this house is definitely good at cooking. It seems like he has a lot of his own secrets to cooking meat.

I looked around the inside of the restaurant while enjoying beef steak.

It’s a delicious restaurant, so even though it’s a weekday, and it’s not meal time, the inside of the restaurant is full of customers and people are even starting to line up.

I was lucky enough to come in at a good time and not have to wait in line.

‘It’s noisy because there are so many customers. It means business is going well.’

While enjoying the food, I listened to the conversations at the table next to me, and most of them were of no nutritional value.

“Hey, I heard the village elders talking, there are Sapphire guys.”

“… Sapphire?”

“Springfield Sapphire Village. Next to us.”

“Ah, that. Huh. Why the Sapphire guys?”

“They say the Sapphire guys are Quakers. “Those guys are a little weird.”

“What dude? “My mother is also a Quaker?”

“Uh… Sorry… Actually, Quaker isn’t bad either. I like Quakers. It’s tolerant. “It’s not as tight as the church in our village.”

At the table next to me, there was a guy who listened to adults and cursed at Quakers for no reason and then called Tallulah. It was funny.

‘In Springfield Valentine, a certain number of residents are Quakers, but I guess they didn’t know that.’

Originally, there were clear religious distinctions between villages, but that was from the generation of my grandfather who pioneered the village in the early days, and now there is not much of a distinction between Puritans and Quakers.

As a result, they would get married, have children, move to or come to a neighboring village, and stay like that.

‘Rather, if you look at the entire area around here, there are more Quakers. ‘Springfield Valentine Village is a bit unique in this area.’

Our region was a state dominated by Quakers and German residents.

So, Springfield Blueberry Village had many German residents.

Springfield Blueberry Village, unlike the village name Blueberry, was more famous for its mine, sausages, and beer.

And these days, Valentine’s Day actually has more ‘blueberries’.

‘Hmm, and the prostitutes in Blueberry Village these days have good water.’

I enjoyed my meal while listening to the conversations at the table next to me.

After dinner time, a drinking and gambling table was held at an empty table, and I joined in and won some money.

After all, gambling was an advantageous game only when the stakes were high.

Moreover, I had an advantage in many ways in gambling due to my various skills and physical ability that was close to that of a superhuman.

“… Oh my, damn it. Even my panties were ripped off by Dutch. Did I suddenly become Tazza? Why did you become so good at gambling?”

Haha, no need to talk nonsense, just bring more stake next time. Hey, Amy, give me a shake here. “I won the gamble, so I’ll give you a big tip.”

“Ahh~♡ Dutch too~♡ Dutch, can I sit on your lap?”

“Of course.”

I was enjoying drinking and gambling, touching the buttocks and breasts of the prostitutes who had started appearing one by one at the drinking and gambling scene after dinner time, and the chef, who seemed to have closed the restaurant before I knew it, approached me.

“I’m sorry for keeping you waiting so long. “Business is now over.”

“Oh, is it over already? Hey, I’m dying in this game. I have something important to discuss with this chef. Hey Amy. Stop getting off my lap. “I can’t get up because of your big, heavy bun.”

“Ah~♡ Okay~♡”

After finishing the gamble, I went to a quiet space behind the restaurant with the chef and smoked a cigarette together and talked about recruiting talent.

However, the chef didn’t seem to have much intention of leaving this restaurant.

“Look Dutch, I make a lot of money here. As you know, there are many people looking for my food. Actually, rather than money, I would like to continue serving delicious food to my regular customers. That is my little wish in life.”

“Uhm…”

“And my price will be more expensive than you can imagine. … Um, but I have a good idea. Do you know my first son? Actually, most of the food you just ate was not made by me, but by my eldest son. “I just checked the taste at the end.”

“What? The food wasn’t yours? But it was really delicious, wasn’t it?”

“Of course. Because I taught you all my secrets. I am now at the age where I will have to retire and enter the coffin in about 10 years. That’s why I’m working hard to teach my sons these days. “What would I do if I died alone with my cooking skills?”

“Well, you’re not wrong.”

“My eldest son is a big boy, growing up watching and helping me cook by my side from a very young age. So there isn’t much of a difference between my cooking skills and his cooking skills anymore. It seems that, unlike the second or third child, he has become more rebellious these days and wants to become independent…, I think it went well. God has a plan for everything.”

“Huh?”

“Originally, I was going to pass my store on to my eldest son, but…, This guy seems to have a strong pioneering spirit and wants to make his own money and open a restaurant under his own name. Take him away. Oh, of course you have to pay a good price.”

“Good. It’s a shame that I can’t recruit you, but it’s good that your eldest son wants to become independent. How is it that things are going smoothly? Let me invite your eldest son and take him with me. But where is he now?”

“That guy is probably resting in the inner lounge area right now. I’ll go to the break room and tell you to go this way. He just needs to negotiate with that guy.”

I concluded the conversation with the chef and called his eldest son to negotiate recruitment and salary.

“This is my first job after leaving my father’s job, but I am confident in my cooking skills. Since I was young, I worked hard under my father and learned all of his recipes. Please give me £1 as a down payment and £2 per month.”

“Call. Good. Right now, starting tomorrow, our gang…, No, I work in the militia.”

“… Eh? Aren’t you cutting the price? Right like this… ? This is my first job after leaving my father’s job…, Are you okay…? ? And I plan to negotiate my salary every year as my experience increases?”

“What? Did you deliberately set the price a little high, knowing you would cut the price? It’s okay, it doesn’t matter. I have a lot of money. Are you saying you cooked the dish I ate today? If you cook at that level, it can cost as little as 2 pounds a month. Salary negotiation every year as you gain experience? Doesn’t care. Let me say this one more time: I have a lot of money. “If you can satisfy my tongue, I’m willing to pay a lot of money.”

When I heard the story later, he said that the down payment was just a bluff, that 1 pound a month was the minimum Maginot line, and that if he received about 1.5 pounds a month, he would have considered it a good deal and accepted my recruitment offer.

But as I told this chef’s eldest son, I had a lot of money.

〈 The sixth additional trial on the 11th floor. Completed ‘Hiring a Chef for the Gang’. 〉

〈 As a reward for completing the sixth additional trial on the 11th floor, ‘Skill: Deception’ is upgraded. 〉

〈 ‘Deception Lv.3’ becomes ‘Deception Lv.4’. 〉

〈 Deception Lv.4: For some reason, your lies are more persuasive. The chance of deceiving your opponent increases. It is effective not only in conversations between individuals, but also in group-to-group or strategic, tactical, and tactical aspects. (Passive skill) 〉

〈 The seventh additional trial on the 11th floor is ‘Hide the gang’s main profits.’ You must hide the major crime proceeds your gang is making. You have to make it look like you’re making money in a legitimate way. At least on the outside, make your business look like a bright business rather than a dark one. 〉

‘Good. The chef problem was solved…, The seventh additional ordeal is…, It’s not easy. Now, anyone in my gang can tell that I am famous for making a living by smuggling in spices, tea leaves, and sugar…’

If you ask any of the residents of Springfield Valentine Village, they will all know that the militia organization I lead is smuggling in money through back channels.

Therefore, it was not easy to pretend that it was a legitimate business on the outside.

‘… No, wait. You think it’s too difficult. This is America. The United States, the headquarters of capitalism. Is there anything you can’t do when you have a lot of money? In the end, all you have to do is make it look like you are running a legitimate business. Wouldn’t it be okay to just pay money and purchase several legitimate businesses? It seems like the main character solved it roughly like this in the original game.’

When I thought about it, there was a very easy solution.

All you had to do was purchase legitimate businesses with money.

If my vague memory is correct, the original game protagonist also used money to buy real estate companies, lumber mill companies, mines, and fur trading companies.

I slightly remember adding this as a small fun content feature in the game.

I think it’s because this company’s games tend to subtly include things like purchasing real estate or businesses as fun elements.