Volume 13 Chapter 8:  (Patreon)

Volume 13 Chapter 8: 

"The boss is here!" "He's bringing the cart over!" "Yippe!" 

The customers shouted as they watched Keith dragging the cart to his usual position. Krystal and Sarah were ready as they started to take the orders. While they did, they couldn't help but mumble, 

"Boss, your section was amazing!" 

“Are you going to put those foods on the table here?”

“To think you would even bring out a variant!”

Every customer who had tried his food had headed over to F-class to taste their food. It was well worth it. However, that was not the only thing that made it so incredible. Food, games, rewards. So many things were tied together, making it a fun and enjoyable event. 

Keith smiled, “Thank you for trying out all the food my class had made. And no, I don’t plan on having those here." Well, not yet. He had no plans to incorporate his recipes into his cart. He changed the menu about a month ago. There needed to be some time before he added more things into the mix! 

"I see!" Hearing this, the customers were content. 

“Keith, that was so mean to keep the variant at the end,” Shakti cried; the others from White Lily were the same. They didn't come on the last day. 

The man tilted his head, "Hmm? Where were you guys?" That was odd, as Titus and the others were there. 

“We went out to explore another dungeon.”

“Again?” There was another one? 

“Mmhmm! Ragh! Why couldn’t they have sent Titus and Galven to do this! Why did they have to send us!” Shakti held her head as she cried even louder. 

They lost something that day. And it was a giant loss as well! No one could have expected Keith to bring out a variant on the last day.

Morgan held her head as she felt like she would lose it. The other members of White Lily were the same as well. 

“Dodge a bullet.” “Indeed.” Titus and Galven wiped their foreheads. They were not alone, and the others in their party did the same. They were so lucky that they weren't called on the last day. They would have been in the same shoes as them. 

“Kaiser! I blame you!” Morgan then pointed at the vice guildmaster, who was chewing on some meat and minding his own business. But that caused Kaiser to wave, “This is not my fault. I asked the others about this, and they said they weren’t free. So I had asked you next.” This was not his fault. The other three said they didn't have time to do it, so he had to ask White Lily, who accepted! 

“...” So they decided to play hooky. That was definitely the case. But that only caused White Lily to pout. 

Shakti then added, “How about you let us snuggle onto that variant teddy bear?” They all know about how Kaiser had won the teddy bear. And it was quite eye-catching that they wanted to snuggle it left and right. But that only caused the man to shake his head, “Nope. You’re not touching it.” That was his and his alone. 

“What? But you have it in your office?”

“You’re using it as a desk chair!”

“...” You are?! Keith blinked, but it made sense. Where in the damn world are you going to put that thing? It was one of those things that he had to keep. 

"Like I said, no one is going to touch it. Already got a cleaning stone next to it so no dust would stick."

"..." You really like the teddy bear, huh? That was what his eyes said. 

"Why couldn't I just live with Keith! I could have all the free meals I want from there!"

Speaking of this, Cedric added, “And we had quite the meal at his home as well!”

“Say what?!”

“Yeah, I lived on his island, and it was incredible.”

“Grandfather.” Krystal slapped her head. Was this old man trying to make their lives ten times harder than they should be? And that was what happened, as so many eyes were on them. And it was quite something. But Keith continued to make food, “Here is your order.”

“Keeeiiith!” Shakti got close to the side. She knew the memo, never to get or disrupt the child from his cooking. They may talk but never mess with his cooking. 

“Hmm?”

“Do you have more variant?” The others from White Lily were eager to try it. But Keith tilted his head, smiling, “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“So mean! How could you be like this.” The members of White Lily wanted to cry! How could this person be this cruel to them! But Keith didn’t say anything as he continued to cook like nothing was wrong. He was quite a heartless person. Krystal and Carolyn knew about him having some variant. And he wasn’t going to say anything about it. 

Dalen muttered, “By the way, Keith, can I get some information about the people who made your stalls?”

“Hmm?”

“There are some interesting talents.” Dalen noticed that some had talent. Most of the time, he would stare at the ones at C-class or higher. But never did he expect some interesting gems to be there in F-class. 

Keith nodded, “Sure, I’ll give you some names.” The F-class students definitely got scouted, and he would help them out. While they talked, “Keith, how could you forget about us?” 

“Don’t you see my hands working while I do so?” While he talked with Dalen, his hands worked in a flurry like they had a mind of their own. 

“Oh, speak of the devil; there’s one of them, Dalen.” It was Coen and a few students from F-class. 

“Helm, come here; someone wants to talk with you.”

“Eh-Mister Dalen!” Helm’s eyes widened as he stared at the dwarf. Keith then explained, “Helm was the one who led the charge during the construction; he’s definitely one of the people you should head hunt, Mr. Dalen.”

“You heard the child; what do you think? Want to take an internship for my workshop?” 

“Yes! I would love to!” Helm nodded! Who was Dalen? Dalen was none other than one of the most influential workshops in the city! There was no way he was going to let this pass up! 

“That’s great.”

Keith continued to work for some time before he closed up. Keith cracked his neck as they headed home with a happy grin on his face.