Chapter 679

Chapter 679

TENKEN 679 The Woman’s Identity

「Good job for today」

「Iyaah~, that’s really been a busy day」

「I’m so tired...」

After the cooking contest was over, we were now in a standing dinner party hosted by the cooking guild.

The party was more like a gathering hosted by the cooks and merchants though. There were a few noblemen in the crowd, and it seems that they could enjoy themselves and chat with the cook. They probably wouldn’t attend such a rude gathering if they weren’t such people after all.

Fran and the others are still going to eat a huge amount of food even though they just ate their payment. Fran, Colbert, Lydia, Maia, and Judith all had several large plates of food in front of them.

It was said that famous chefs have prepared the dishes for the event and they all seemed to be delicious.

Fran asked me to do the same, so I’m serving a dish that I made too. It looks like it’s already been completely taken care of, but what I cooked was a grilled fish sprinkled with curry powder. I tried to create a fish curry like appearance.

Few cooks were even having a heated discussion in front of my dishes.

Well, it seems that the next time we come here they will have more curry dishes with seafood.

「Fran-san, it’s been a while」

「Fermus」

「Your cooking this time was also wonderful」

「Yours too, it was delicious」

The man who came to greet us was Fermus of the Dragon Restaurant. He looks as young as ever.

He may be many times older than Fran, but to her, he is like a skilled, strong, and kind grandpa who can make delicious food. The conversation between Fran and Fermus goes suitably lively.

It’s amazing that Fermus is able to have a good conversation, even if it’s with the quiet Fran.

「Fermus-san, congratulations on your victory」

「It was all thanks to this new dish called curry」

Colbert then joined us and we started talking about today’s stalls.

「Were you recruited by a nobleman to become their cook?」

「He’s strong?」

「To a certain extent. Not as much as the woman though. However, his expression didn’t change at all even after being exposed to the presence of that woman, he seems to be a rather daring one. I guess he will be a troublesome opponent if it turns into a fight」

「Hohou~」

Fran was also interested in the man after hearing Fermus’ evaluation. She crossed her arms and started to grumble, trying to remember the man somehow.

However, it seems that nothing came up in her mind.

She’s the type that could even forget someone whom she had talked with a few times before after all, I don’t think there is any way she can remember this one guy.

(Master, you remember?)

『Yeah, I remember what he looked like too. I’ll tell you the next time we saw him』

(Nn, please)

Still, it seems that neither Fermus nor Colbert know the identity of that woman.

「Colbert, you don’t know this man?」

「Yeah. I didn’t pay much attention to him, but he’s got a pretty distinguished look, doesn’t he? I don’t remember any adventurers that looked like him from around here」

If Colbert doesn’t know, then he’s probably not an adventurer who is active in Barbra.

「She’s probably not an adventurer from this town either. After all, how could such a skilled woman not become the talk of the town yet, right?」

「I see」

「Well, it’s that time of year, so maybe they’re adventurers from abroad. After all, the route from Barbra to Ulmut was the most popular route for people from abroad」

Tourists who come to Barbra may also want to see the famous Ulmut martial arts tournament. On the other hand, the participants of the tournament often stop by Barbra while they were in Kranzel.

「It’s not uncommon for foreign adventurers to want to associate with renowned adventurers too」

「Is that so?」

「Now that you mention it...」

Well, it’s an adventurer we’re talking about, they’re known to have a lot of trouble makers.

「Besides, it’s only natural that they would come to see Fran and me, the previous year’s finalists, right?」

「Nn. Certainly」

Does this mean that woman is going to take in this year’s martial arts tournament? It looks like a strong opponent has appeared.