Chapter 1784 – [Preparation for Opening]

Time passed quickly and the end of the year passed quickly. After spending such a quiet time wondering if this was really okay, the day of Eden’s college graduation finally arrived.

He could have studied further, but Eden declined, perhaps because he was only interested in running a store. And above all…

“I don’t want to be a graduate student who is no different from being hanged.”

“It’s a good choice. My daughter has done so much, but I can’t bear to be forced to be a graduate student without being able to give her a doctorate.”

“If I just publish a thesis on resuscitation procedures, my doctorate will be a piece of gum.”

“That’s right.”

“Strictly speaking, what I want to study is not food and nutrition.”

Anyway, Eden’s graduation ceremony has arrived. Although it is not a frequent event, it is an event that comes when one graduates from school. Perhaps because the target is Eden, reporters as well as ordinary people flocked to the graduation ceremony.

Considering that the school has stopped them or not, it looks like they are using it as an event… Well, since they are celebrities, it is okay to a certain extent, but if they cross the line, they will be left behind.

Oh, today is a good day, so I won’t cry today. I’ll have to remember it and fix it tomorrow or the day after. Unless you go to college again, it will be a one-time event, so if you ruin it, you’ll have to pay the price, right?

“Miko Wakamo. You will begin your social life in earnest after graduating from college. Do you have any plans?”

“Well, first, I’m going to do what I want to do and rest for a while. I’m still in my 20s, right? There are a lot of things I want to do, so I want to take some time and think about it.”

“What do you think about expanding treatment services related to resuscitation procedures and expanding them overseas…”

“Well, I only have one body, so it’s overwhelming right now.”

It is not uncommon for dead people to come back to life in dimensional civilization. In the Death Lord Kingdom, one of the dimensional civilizations, the owner, the Death Lord, receives compensation for serving each life as if it were a 1UP. How awesome is it?

But that doesn’t mean it’s easy. Rather, I don’t know how amazing it is that it is possible to revive the dead systematically and with a fairly high probability on an Earth that has not yet entered dimensional civilization. What’s worse, even Shen and Princess Les were quite surprised to see people who had previously died in a terrorist incident being brought back to life.

But in the end, that is something Eden does individually. Since I was doing it alone, no matter how short the procedure was, there were physical limitations.

Just as I use my power to kill people, on the other hand, it would be difficult for Eden to revive them unless I empower them… It is difficult to expect such empowerment as it is harder to save people than to kill them. Sufficient time, experience, level, and many other things will be needed, and that is the minimum, so I said everything.

It’s a bit off, but what I want to say is, just because Eden can save people, don’t see her as a machine that saves people and don’t think about using her.

I separately remembered the reporter who asked that question. The level of the question is vague, so I won’t kill you, but I have shortened the life curve a bit and made it possible to have an accident that will have lifelong aftereffects.

I don’t know what kind of accident will happen. There is no need to worry about that.

“Ah!!!! Graduation ceremony is over!!!! Dobby is free now!!!!!”

“It’s college… I haven’t even been to school, so I don’t know how it feels.”

“Don’t worry, Eve will be sent to school at Delta Castle later. Here, she is from artificial intelligence, so her status is not recognized, but over there, she will be recognized as an individual and can be treated in various ways.”

Eve has no identity, let alone a birth certificate. It was difficult for her to have her status guaranteed as she was an artificial intelligence, considering that even with Earth’s technology and such, it was a human rights issue.

Although it is a creation, wasn’t the robot that gained humanity in Bicentennial Man starring Robin Williams only recognized as a human after reaching the age of 200? The Shenless civilization shared technology and boosted various technologies, so it won’t take that long, but not yet.

She has no identity, so there is no way she can go to school… Instead, Eve’s identity has already been registered in the dimensional civilization, so she can go there. However, it is up to her to decide whether to go straight to college or not.

“But the graduation ceremony is over, what do we do now?”

“It’s a Chinese party!!!!!!!!”

“It feels strange to hear the Chinese sound coming out of Lulu’s mouth. You’re talking about a Chinese restaurant, not Chinese, right?”

“Uh huh, I know you don’t eat people anymore. Also, I heard that in Korea, you eat at a Chinese restaurant on special anniversaries, right?”

“Well, that’s true. So this time, I rented it out and made a reservation so that the whole family could go.”

Unless Eden goes to college again, she can’t go to the graduation ceremony anymore, so today was an even more special day, so she contacted a Chinese restaurant she used to go to separately and rented it out.

There are a lot of people who think the same way as me, so even though it was a busy time, it was still a good strategy because it was too much money for that.

If it has been making a good profit so far, and you can rent it out for a day and make enough money, the owner will be happy. Why not just look at least one team?

However, since we have Eden and Lulu, we will have to prepare plenty of ingredients. Since we talked about that separately, the owner must have prepared to some extent, so all we had to do was go and eat.

And at the Chinese restaurant we visited, we were greeted by the son, who had now completely taken over his father’s work and had become a fully-skilled chef, and the father, who had been pushed to the counter. The owner’s forearms are thick because he worked in the kitchen… But time and youth cannot be defeated.

It’s nice to see my son, the chef, who was like a kid before.

“Hello, boss. Is business going well?”

“Oh, that’s right. It’s a famous restaurant visited by Wakamo shrine maidens and evil spirits, so business is always good. Ah!!! I’ve got a good seat inside. Let’s go in quickly.”

“Yes, then I will be indebted to you.”

Since there were so many people in our house, we just opened up the folding screen separating the communal seating areas inside the store and connected a few tables, so it was just for us to have a meal.

It’s done in a separate room inside the store, so no matter how much you look from outside the store, if the door is closed, you can’t see what’s inside. Those who try to do that in the first place, I will gently discourage them, so even if they exist, they will be fine.

So we enjoyed Eden’s final graduation ceremony. I enjoy cooking by ordering both familiar and unfamiliar dishes at a Chinese restaurant where Jjajang Jjambbong and sweet and sour pork are the basics.

Thanks to this, the kitchen might catch fire… Well, I’m not rushing you, so I guess it’ll be okay if you order after some time.

“In the old days, I thought sea cucumber juice was actually juice made from sea cucumbers.”

“Ah, that’s a common mistake. In reality, it’s not juice, but zhǒuzi.”

“There are many types of Chinese cuisine. When I went to Wurim with Cheonma’s mother, I tried eating more. I enjoyed the imperial palace cuisine, but considering the variety, there are not many. I don’t know about anything else, but China is wide.”

“Other things aside, why is Cheonma’s title ‘Mom?!'”

“Don’t ask questions when you know!!!!!!”

Because there were so many people, if we ordered one dish, we ended up eating just one plate at a time. Thanks to this, Lulu seemed a little dissatisfied, but still felt like she was trying a few different dishes.

Later, when I go home, Lulu will cook ramen and eat it, even if no one else knows… Well, then should I at least cook hangover ramen with my blood or flesh in it?

Anyway, the meal was very satisfying. Since we rented a charter and no one could come in, we were able to enjoy it just to ourselves, and since there were no paparazzi or anything like that, we celebrated Eden’s graduation by leisurely enjoying drinks and cooking.

“Now all that’s left is to open the store!!!!!!”

“You can’t just open it because you need it. Especially if Eden is the store you want.”

“Dad, do you know what I’m going to do?”

“Isn’t this the kind of store where you can feed hungry people?”

“Esakta (correct answer)!!!!!”

“It’s obvious. Instead, we’ll have to create the necessary means.”

Creating a store where hungry people can come is difficult, but not impossible, but finding and bringing hungry people one by one is more labor-intensive and difficult. Moreover, if you look at what Eden does, it’s not limited to one place or anything like that, but the scope is all-dimensional… The scale is huge.

There are some things you have to compromise and give up to some extent, so that’s the part. Still, I think it’s enough if I can come to you when I’m hungry.

That was the end of the small party to commemorate the graduation ceremony. After that, I went to work at the store the same way, but Eden started preparing various things to open a store.

“First, in order to create the store I want, I need a few conditions. First, a facility where hungry people can come across dimensions!!!!”

“Because not everyone can use Dimension Gate.”

People from dimensional civilizations can visit Cherubim’s Eden by simply sending out the coordinates of the store. However, since most people who are hungry cannot do this, facilities or devices were needed to do that.

However, reaching an unspecified number of people across dimensions was quite an arduous task. Even in dimensional civilization, dimension gates require considerable technical skill and energy, and even for a transcendental person, it is quite an effort, so it goes without saying.

So, I usually fly a certain distance, but unless I’m really urgent and busy, I don’t go anywhere.

“I’m going to ask Uncle Phantom for this.”

“Hmm… In some ways, we might be a good fit. I’ll ask you to come visit us sometime soon. Or we can go find you.”

He’s a busy guy, so finding time can be difficult. I’m the type of person who will come later when the store opens, even if I have to spare some time, but wouldn’t I feel a little sorry if I made them come again to get help before then?

Fortunately, Eden’s store is located inside Cherubim, so it is not a fixed location, so all you have to do is drive Cherubim and visit Dark Lord Castle. This time, I have something to say about the Shenless civilization, so I decided to meet briefly on the weekend and ask for a favor.

“Just me and Eden, I’m going to visit for a little while on the weekend.”

“Is that okay?”

“It’s about setting up and opening a store, so I wouldn’t be more helpful if I went there.”

“Then I’ll leave it to you.”

And Eden and I decided to set aside time on the weekend to visit Dark Lord Castle. Eve is in charge of Cherubim’s main artificial intelligence, but it’s not like she’s going out to fight, and the basic control system is enough to drive, so Eden and I were able to go there together.

Because it was a dimensional navigation ship, and although not for combat, it was large and, like the Horizon, had its own procedures for docking. However, the Abeloa civilization that built Cherubim was also registered as a dimensional civilization, and the owner of Dark Lord Castle was a phantom, so the process did not take very long.

Perhaps because I am Lord, a similar counterpart came out to meet us from over there, and Sienne, the same Great Demon King, waved her hand and welcomed us.

“Oh, hello, uncle? I heard that Eden is opening a store, but humans grow up quickly.”

“Of course.”

“So you did it with that bitch Lulu?”

“I haven’t done it yet!!!!!”

“Looking at the sounds that are still coming out, it looks like you don’t have any feelings. Ugh, I’m engaged to Marshal Cheolcheonji, who looks exactly like me, and I don’t know how to look at you when I get to the main room later.”

“Why don’t you just treat your uncle like you always do?”

“Where is the uncle who fucks his nephew?”

“If you say that, I have nothing to say…”

“Anyway, welcome. Dad is waiting for you, so I’ll show you right away.”

Guided by Sienne, we entered the main gate of Dark Lord Castle. The other Demon Lords were either doing their own business or Sienne came out instead, so it seemed like there was no need for her to come out. As the lower knight Phantom is busy, the other demon lords below him must be busy as well.

First, since I have business with Phantom, I’ll talk to him. Later, when work is over or the store opens, you can meet them face to face and treat them later, so it will be okay, so there is no need to take time out when you are busy.

“Are you here?”

“Uncle Phantom~!!!!”

“Wow, Eden has grown a lot. I heard you graduated from college this time? Congratulations. Now, no matter where you go in civilization, you can proudly say that you are a Seoul National University student.”

“Does the Great Demon King care about academic background? Then what happens to me, a high school graduate?”

“Still, it’s better to get a diploma. There was a time in the past when I was a middle school graduate, let alone a high school graduate, because of that damn dragon bastard.”

“I’ve heard that story a million times. Anyway, I visited today…”

I got straight to the point. Eden’s store is a store that hasn’t even been named properly yet, but if you want to make it a store where hungry people can visit and eat, a phantom’s help is the best fit.

He is not only the Great Demon King, but he is also the strongest transcendental of the present era, and is the Absolute of Salvation, second only to Gray. And the third ability he has as an absolute being is ‘connection’… Those who are quick to notice will probably know this, right?

If you use the concept of salvation and the ability of ‘connection’ well, you can create a store that anyone who is hungry can visit beyond the level. You will owe a little, but if Eden is for the sake of the store, that much loss is not a problem.

“Oh, you’re thinking of a good store? That kind of store is good too… Even though I’m now the Demon Lord and Castle Rodney, there was a time when my dream was to open a restaurant and do that.”

“Uncle too?”

“Perhaps because I was born there, I was thinking of a fantasy inn. They serve beer and the dishes made that day to adventurers who have caught monsters. Looking at it now, it’s just a memory.”

“Why don’t you start your own business when you retire?”

“I’m still in my prime. I’m far from retirement, so I’ll take my time and think about it.”

“You’re saying you’ll do it anyway?”

“Well then. It’s not a bad thing, so there’s no reason to reject it.”

This will solve the most important problem, but in the end, this is just the beginning. There are still a lot of things that need to be fixed.

I’m really looking forward to what kind of store Eden’s store will be when everything is prepared and put together.