515 - - 513禁禁 禁ははは

I had finally returned to paradise after taking care of some things in the labyrinth city, when Mr. Alvard came to visit me. The requirements are: ...... If I omit some of the preliminaries, the spirit kings will join us when we expand the paradise, so please give us a banquet, and I'm very interested in curry, miso, and soy sauce!　He said. Let's go for it.

"...... Paradise Diner, it's getting bigger."

The morning after Mr. Alvard's visit, when I came to see Ruby to order food for the banquet, I found that the Paradise Restaurant had been enlarged.

No, it is natural that it has grown since we decided to enlarge the various facilities before going to the labyrinth city, but to see the building actually grow one size in such a short period of time makes me think once again that magic is amazing.

Compared to the houses built in the labyrinth city, the buildings built by magic are simple, but the strength of magical architecture is that a skilled person can easily remodel the buildings. At this rate, I think other facilities will be expanded as well.

......This is not the time to be thinking about magical architecture.

I negotiated with Mr. Alvard to move the banquet to 15 days from now, but I'm in a hurry because I don't think I have enough time to prepare for the banquet and to think of new sweetmeats. Let's get our business done quickly.

I open the door of the cafeteria and go inside. As I expected, Ruby is cooking in the cafeteria. Ruby, are you sleeping well?

"Ruby, good morning."

"Oh, Yuta's brother, good morning!　...... Huh?　It's unusual for Yuta's brother to come at this hour, you know?　What's going on?"

Ruby stops cooking and comes over to us. She seems to be in high spirits, so it seems that she is not lacking in sleep. Well, I'm not sure about the sleeping system of spirits.

"Yeah, I have a favor to ask you. Um, it's about .................., Ruby, can you help me?"

I explain the nature of my request to Ruby.

"I mean, we need a lot of food for the banquet. And Yuta's brother is going to give me the recipe for the new soy sauce and miso dish, right?

Ruby smiles more and more as she summarizes my explanation. I know what's going to happen next. Ruby is so excited.

"Yeah, well, I guess that's the way it's going to be."

"It's a new recipe!　I'm looking forward to it!　I can't wait for you to tell me about it!"

Ruby is as excited as a puppy when it discovers its favorite food. It's so funny that I want to give her the recipe, but that's not going to happen.

If I give her the recipe as it is, she will surely concentrate on researching the new recipe except for her work at the Paradise Cafeteria.

"I'll give you the recipe, but don't forget to increase the production of dishes for the banquet in addition to your research and work. Can you do that?"

It feels strange that our positions are reversed when it is we who are asking you to do this.

"Of course, of course!　You're going to have to make a lot of it!"

He made a face that was completely missing from his mind about increasing the production of food, but let's not go into it here. Genie is good at keeping his promises, I assured him.

"Okay, two recipes using soy sauce and two recipes using miso. If you don't think you can do it, you can do one at a time, please.

"It's all right!　I'm going to make sure everything is delicious!"

You're very motivated. Well, I prepared two recipes for each of them because I thought it would be better not to have too many new dishes at the banquet, but it might have been better to have one recipe for each dish. I wonder if it would be okay with the sweetness thing?

......Well, I'm going to collect the food from time to time in between, and I'll keep an eye on it and stop if it looks like I'm pushing it too hard.

I'll check in with you later.

"I know what I'm doing!　You're going to have to ask for a taste!"

Ruby, with her face glued to the recipe, asks for a taste. She is going to cook right away.

...... paradise diner ...... is it ok?

I'll ask ...... Onyx to check on Ruby.

Now, if we go to ...... Citrine for coins for exchange, then to the general store, then to the inn. ...... No, the general store seems to be more time-consuming, so the inn, then the general store seems to be better.

"...... no citrine."

Our plans were immediately disrupted. Where did they go?　Well, it was still early in the morning and the exchange offices were not open, so Citrine was free to go wherever she wanted.

We'll get to the coins later and head for the inn.

Thank goodness Saffy was at the inn.

"Good morning, Saffy. Can you give me a moment of your time?

（Good morning, Yuta-san. Yes, it's all right.)

Saffy's whisper makes me realize my mistake. It's an early morning inn, so it's only natural that the guests are still sleeping.

We're supposed to deliver the beds and accessories we bought in the labyrinth city while disturbing the little ones who are sleeping peacefully?　Are you stupid?　I think to myself.

（Well, I bought some stuff in the labyrinth city, so I need to know when I should come and pick it up.)

I pretend that I had no intention to finish the delivery, and proceed with the story as if I had come to ask about the schedule.

(Oh well!　Then there will be even more children who can stay at the inn. You can stay anytime for meals and snacks. (Everyone is so busy eating, you know.)

Saffy says with a giggle. It seems that the best thing for the little ones to do in paradise is to eat, and I guess all the kids at the inn will be gone by that time too.

（I get it. I'll be back at noon.)

(Understood.)

I promised Saffy and left the inn. Did I manage to fool ......?

I have a feeling that they know I've been deceiving them, but there's no need to bother to check and get hurt. For the sake of my peace of mind, I'll just say that I was able to fool them. Now, on to the grocery store.

"Good morning, Yuta!"

When I entered the general store, Emme noticed me and greeted me cheerfully. Emme is always full of energy, even first thing in the morning.

Good morning, Emme. I'd like to wholesale some goods I bought in the labyrinth city.　

"I've got a place for you, too!"

Emme points to a place where empty shelves are lined up. It looks like they have expanded the general store and even finished building the shelves. It looks like they are all ready to go.

......The store has been enlarged to a larger size, so the empty shelves are lined up in a reasonable size. Marie and Sonia have been working hard to gather goods, so it's not a problem to fill the shelves, but it's going to be hard just to put them on the shelves.

I'm going to need some help. It would be fun to invite Belle and Gina and the others to join me in arranging the goods, but they were still sleeping when I left the house, and I'd feel sorry if I had to wake them up.

In times like this, it's the two-top's turn to be dependable. They are likely to be awake at this time of the night, so I'm sure they'll be willing to accept my summons.

"Good morning, Yuta-san. Is something wrong so early in the morning?

"Good morning, Yuta. It's rare to find a summons in paradise.

Dolly, Vita, good morning. Sorry to bother you this morning.

Of course it was these two who summoned me.

Well, I'm sure the other members will help me if I ask them to, but Sylphy has just come back to paradise, so she should take it easy, and Dine is most likely sleeping.

Nomos will not want to help us, and ifs dangerous because she will help us but at the same time she will be stressed out.

"So, Yuta, what's wrong?"

"Yes, I summoned you because I needed some help. I'm sorry, but would you mind helping me put up some groceries?"

"Sundries?　Oh, it's for the middle class spirits. Of course.

I don't mind either.

"Thank you. I'll bring out the goods, and you can ask Emme where to put them. Hmm?　Emme, what's wrong?"

I thanked them both for their willingness to help, and for some reason, Emme looked at me as if I had accidentally eaten a whole dried plum. I wondered what kind of emotion that face expressed.

"Yuta-san. You know, spirits hardly care about rank, but what about a spiritist who invokes the Great Spirit of the Forest and the Great Spirit of Life with a sense of assistance?"

"............ uh ...... Yeah, again, I feel like I'm doing a hell of a lot of work. Dolly, Vita, I'm sorry."

Now I understand why Emme had a sour look on her face. Just because the convenience store was short on staff, what was he supposed to do, call in an executive from the head office?　

Both Dolly and Vita were so kind that I felt like the neighborhood's trusty big brother or big sister.

"Hmm, you don't have to worry about that. We are not only great spirits but also residents of paradise.

"Besides, helping out in the store is a valuable experience that you can only get here, and it's good for the children of the middle class spirits, so I'm happy about it, okay?"　　

Dolly and Vita are incredibly kind and human, or rather, spiritually formed. That's why we are spoiled, but we must not be too. Unconscionable acts will be your own death.

Let's begin. Emme, please give me your instructions.

However, Dolly and Vita seemed eager to help, and I couldn't ask them to leave now.

In the meantime, I'll do my best to put up the sundries: .......

**

"Yuta, welcome home!" "Coo-coo!" "Welcome home!" "Coo!" Asa meshi, man!""" ......"

Thanks to Dolly and Vita's help, we made it home in time for breakfast. The belles greeted me and snuggled up to me.

"Uh-huh. The belles love Yuta-san, don't they?"

"Yuta. It's great that you get along with your contracted spirits."

"Uh-huh. Thanks. ......"

I always equip the belles first thing in the morning, but today I feel very embarrassed.

I know I should have invited Dolly and Vita to breakfast since they were helping me, but ...... I feel like it was the right thing to do to go home first and finish getting ready before welcoming them in.

I have to think of new sweetmeats before the ...... banquet, and I have to prepare a building that looks like an arts and crafts room.

I was in a hurry, but because of my impatience, I did a lot of things from the very first morning. It's true that you can't be in a hurry.