Isekai Restaurant
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Chapter 19: Daily Life of a Restaurant Owner
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- Silas -
I came out of the bath with Lavy, feeling my stress gone.
We changed and spent some time watching TV when the rest of the girls came too.
They have been spending most of their time teaching the Oni who are going to live in my world about the basic knowledge of this world as well as a backstory which everyone had to follow here.
Sometimes Cid's friends joined them too.
Yuri had been thinking of hiring some of them for the Manga Company and I agreed. I had no idea about how to run a company so it's better not to poke my nose where it doesn't belong.
Rimuru was also naming the ogres one by one so that was also taking time.
He was in the process of creating a ritual to name them using the magicules in the atmosphere to reduce the load on himself and then he would start naming the Orcs.
Sakura, Shuna, Yuri and Narberal arrived first, the last two bowing when they saw me.
I had repeatedly told them not to be so formal but they just couldn't help themselves.
Shuna and Sakura went ahead to get changed.
Just at that time, Orihime also arrived.
With her was another girl.
She had short black hair and brown eyes, dressed in a hoodie and jeans, she looked around the place. Her looks were giving off massive tomboy vibes.
Wait, wasn't she the girl whom I had saved back with Orihime that day?
"Umm… this…" Orihime looked flustered at the girl's behaviour.
"Is she your friend, Orihime?" I asked, looking at the girl who was inspecting the place closely, as if trying to find something here.
"Umm, yes. Her name is Tatsuki. She is my classmate and best friend. She… she wanted to see the place I was living at… and I…"
"Oh, well you can bring over your friends if you want. This place is your home after all. Just inform Shuna in advance. She is sharing a room with you so she should know such things in advance."
"Ah yes. I will let Shuna-chan know."
"Good." I nodded and then looked at the girl. "Hello. My name is Silas Evans. I am the owner of the Restaurant and Orihime's boss."
"This is your restaurant?" She looked at me and asked.
"Yes? Is that a problem?"
"No. You look quite young."
"Ahahahaha I get that a lot." In fact, I got that even more before. Now, after my evolution into an Archdaemon, I looked like I was in my twenties despite being just eighteen.
She then looked at Yuri and Narberal and narrowed her eyes. "What's with that Maid's cosplay? What kind of restaurant is this? Are you running some kind of shady business here?"
I quickly stopped the two maids with a hidden hand gesture when I sensed Narberal was about to say something.
These girls didn't hold back, especially Narberal. Her words could kill a normal person and make angels bleed from their ears.
"Tatsuki-chan!" Orihime quickly tried to stop here while my eyes twitched at her question.
"Are you perhaps related to that carrot head guy… what was his name again, Ichigo? He asked the same thing." I asked with a twitch of my lips.
"Hmph, that moron at least has some sense."
"Well, he is a hot head but, I wouldn't go that far to call him senseless." Just a bit lacking in terms of sense. "But to answer your question, this is the uniform for the waitresses here. As for what kind of Restaurant it is, it's a simple Restaurant where people come to eat and get together with each other. Sorry to disappoint you but there is no shady business as you call it, here. Your friend can attest to that. And if you are not satisfied with it, then you can come and visit the place yourself during work hours."
"Hmph, I will do just that."
"Then please do. I would serve you the chef's recommendation, on the house." I smiled.
As I was talking, Shuna and the rest of the girls came out too. I noticed that Shuna's horns were hidden under an illusion.
Did she do that to prevent Orihime from having to explain everything?
"Ori-chan, you are back. Did you have fun?" Lavy asked with a smile.
"Ah yes."
"Is she your friend?"
"Yes, her name is Tatsuki Arisawa."
"Tatsuki-chan. Thank you for coming to drop Ori-chan off. Come, have a seat. We were just about to have dinner. Would you like to join us?"
Apparently, the tomboy was good at attack but not at defence and was taken in surprise by Lavy's friendliness.
"Yes, please join us. Silas-sama's cooking is the best in the world." Shuna asked too, making the girl look at her. "My name is Shuna. I am Orihime's new roommate."
The girl bowed politely.
"Umm, I will have to pass for today. I already had something to eat. I was… not well and when I came back from the hospital I learned that Orihime had shifted her home. I just wanted to check on Orihime's new home. That's all."
Hmm. Urahara did tell me that she was sent to the hospital for a few days the last time he had come.
"Tatsuki-chan is a very good friend. Don't worry. Ori-chan is now a member of our Restaurant. She will have no problems here. You can come and visit anytime you want."
"I… I see. Who are you by the way?" She couldn't help but ask. "I think I have seen both you and him somewhere but… I can't remember exactly where." She asked, confused.
"Umm, Tatsuki-chan… it was Lavy-san and Silas-san who saved us that day." Orihime, finally couldn't take it said.
"Wait what? Didn't Ichigo carry me to the clinic?" She suddenly asked, doing a takeback.
"He did… he came after that."
The girl looked stunned at the news and turned towards us and bowed deeply. "I am sorry for my behaviour and… thank you for saving us that day."
…well, would you look at that?
Perhaps there was hope after all.
"It's no problem. Lavy and I were just in that area and lent a hand." Since she apologized, I wasn't petty either.
She talked to Orihime and the girls for a few minutes and they told her about the living arrangements here, after which she took her leave for the night.
It looks like she was genuinely worried about her friend.
"Umm, Tatsuki-chan didn't mean anything bad." Orihime said, trying to explain.
"I know. Don't worry, I didn't take it to heart. She was genuinely worried about her friend and even apologized for her behaviour later on. I can appreciate that. Taking a stand for people you care for… isn't bad."
She calmed down from my words and nodded.
Orihime was a good girl too.
The girl was quite diligent. Today was her day off at work and she had gone to her friend's home because she had returned from the hospital.
She bowed to us slightly and I nodded in return.
"Go on, get freshened up. I am setting the table." I instructed and she nodded before rushing back to her room.
She was currently staying in Shuna's room… which meant she was basically staying alone in the room as Shuna slept in my room most of the time.
"So, how was your day?" I asked the rest as Lavy and I set the table for them. The two maids lent a hand too.
"Very good. The children of Tempest are very excited to learn. Even the older generation were happy to learn about new worlds." Shuna explained happily.
I hesitated a bit before asking. "Are… well, does anyone have any problems with coming to this world? I mean, they have stayed there for their whole life and I am asking them to move…"
"No!" Shuna quickly replied. "In fact, they are all very excited. And, it's not like we are that far from Tempest. It's just a walk through the Restaurant's door.
"Well… I guess they are right about that."
"Please don't worry about them, Silas-sama. The Oni are all very loyal. In fact, every member of Tempest has impeccable loyalty." Yuri said, straightening her glasses.
Beside her Narberal nodded too.
Well, if even these two are saying that, then it must be true.
By then Sakura and Orihime also came down and joined us.
"How about you Ori-chan? How was your day?" Lavy asked the girl.
"My day? Oh… yes. It was great. I went out with Tatsuki-chan and met some of our friends. We had a lot of fun. Then we went back to Tatsuki-chan's home and did homework and then she came to drop me off and see the place..."
"This is now your home, Orihime. You can invite your friends over if you want."
"Umm, thank you." She nodded, shyly.
The girl was very chirpy normally but also extremely polite.
She was like Lavy… with a normal sense of privacy. Yes… that was it.
"Just no bringing boys to stay over for the night…" I joked.
"Eh… ah… no no, I…"
I finally couldn't take it and laughed at the girls' flustered appearance.
The rest just smiled while Sakura consoled the girl.
"By the way, how was your day, Silas-san? You looked quite stressed today?" Shuna asked.
I couldn't help but remember the scene from the bath at the mention of the word stressed for a moment but quickly shook the thought off as I remembered what exactly had happened today.
"Silas-san… did something happen?" Sakura asked.
The rest were also looking at me quietly.
"Am I that easy to read?" I asked with a sigh…
"I think it's a good quality of yours." Shuna said softly.
"Hmm, you are not afraid to show your true emotions. As should be expected…" Yuri said. I think she wanted to continue but stopped there so I didn't ask either.
"So, what happened?"
I let out a smile at their words and explained about the situation.
"Those people… they were…" I clenched my hand at the reminder of the old man's words. "They called him a jinchuriki… a human sacrifice… a sacrifice… How could…"
I took a deep breath and calmed myself down. No need to think about that anymore. The more I thought about it the angrier I got.
Beside me, Lavy put a hand on my thigh reassuringly.
I looked up and saw her smiling sadly at me. Every girl had a different reaction.
Lavy was sad. Shuna was serious. Sakura was quiet, looking down with that same vacant look in her eyes which I hadn't seen for a long time. Orihime, well she looked shocked. As for the last two… Yuri and Narberal were angry. They looked incensed at the news.
"You all did nothing wrong, Sil-kun. We already knew they were not good people when Hayato-san took Naruto-kun in. Now you just got to see it with your own eyes. It's because of you all that Naruto-kun is in a better place now."
"Thank you."
"They raised their hands against your subordinates. Those bugs got what they deserved. Please don't shower them with your kindness, Silas-sama." Narberal said, the anger and condescension in her voice apparent for anyone to see.
"Indeed. They don't seem to be the kind of people who deserve your mercy."
I forcefully stopped my lips from twitching.
After eating, the two maids left for Nazarick.
Orihime went back to her room. She had a class tomorrow.
Lavy and Shuna were doing the dishes which left Sakura and me back in the room.
"Are you okay, Sakura?" I asked, noticing that she had been quiet since that time.
"Hmm… it's nothing." She shook her head, although her voice sounded empty as before.
Suddenly I remembered her own situation… It wasn't much different from Naruto's.
Dammit… I shouldn't have said that.
I hugged her lightly, making her look up at me.
"Don't worry. I won't let anything like that happen again."
Her eyes widened slightly on realising what I was saying but she calmed down again and nodded, returning my hug
"Umm. I know."
We stayed like that until the other two girls came out.
"Eh, I want a hug too."... and we were both jumped upon by Lavy…
Surprisingly, this brought a smile to Sakura's face again.
I looked at Shuna who was shaking her head, used to Lavy's antics by now and pulled her into the group hug.
We left for our rooms after that.
Today Lavy decided to stay with Sakura.
The girl could somehow sense Sakura was feeling down today.
This also meant that… Shuna and I were left alone.
I looked at Shuna and she blushed at my gaze but followed me back to the room without a word.
I closed the door behind me and saw Shuna's blush go nuclear.
"Should I leave the door open?…"
"No… it's… fine." She replied softly, making me smile.
I really enjoyed these moments.
I pulled her in a hug, making her yelp at the sudden move.
I leaned in and kissed her cheek. "Is this fine too?"
"Ah… "
I held her chin and lifted her head as she stared in my eyes before closing her eyes and leaning in.
I didn't disappoint and our lips met.
Her lips tasted like cherries.
The kiss was a normal soft one.
I didn't push her further.
Shuna was different from Lavy and I didn't want to push her beyond what she was comfortable with.