My mother kept telling me not to immediately add my food to the menu. It wouldn't be good if I showed it too early, according to her.
Now that we finally opened the restaurant, I understand what she wanted to say. First, she wanted to attract people with her cooking. Then we stole their hearts with the secret recipes of the Roost Family. Once everything was done, we introduce what I had, to seal the magic.
At this moment, they hadn't developed that much faith toward Tiz & Roosts itself as a restaurant. If we did it wrong and the reaction was bad, the Dungeon City Bulletin or other newspaper studios might cover that as an incident with a completely made-up title.
Since our theme was equality and uniqueness of disparity, as people understand more about the place, there would be people who disliked it. And if they ever took their hate further and paid a newspaper studio to print some bad news about us, It was completely possible to destroy us completely. Because it had happened before.
Well, leave that matter aside for now.
"One more Hameress from the Roost's secret recipes!" I yelled at the kitchen.
"A moment!" Replied Tizmilly as she helping my mother cook the orders.
Since the morning, we had seen a continuous stream of people coming and leaving our place. While they were still not as packed as the first group of people who came because of my mother's cooking, the seemingly endless stream still put an invisible pressure on us.
While we were preparing the latest order, a new customer entered the place.
Carole immediately went over to welcome him. She was alone because Sirry and Gerena were busy serving the other customers.
After she bowed to him, she looked at him as if she was looking at some random bug. "Hmph, a seat right here is enough for a customer like you!" Carole harrumped, guiding the man toward a seat on the center.
The man sat down on the chair and started to look around the place, his eyes widened with interest. "This is a good place..." He muttered.
"Here is the menu and the water. For someone like you, I recommend Mirte Soup from the regular section and Hameress from the Roost's secret recipes. They are cheap, filling, and tasty. Be quick, okay? I am busy!" Carole scoffed and placed a tray before the man, giving him the menu and a cup of water, as per usual.
The busy time continued.
"Ah! Sir, Sirry passed out again!" Yelled Carole while holding the unconscious Sirry.
"Let Timmy carry her to the backroom!" I replied as I gestured toward Timmy, who had been standing by beside the cashier's table for some time now.
Seeing that it was his time to work, Timmy immediately rushed toward Sirry and Carole to get Sirry into backroom and let her rest for a while.
"Boss, can I rest, too?" Gerena asked me while hugging her book. For some reason, she was trembling.
I glanced toward the wall clock, before nodding. "Well, it's almost lunch time. Fine, you could rest in the backroom."
Her eyes instantly sparkled. "You saved me, boss."
I could only scratch my cheek. "Ahahaha..."
However, even now, the stream of people hasn't seen a pause. While Sirry and Gerena were resting, it would be too hard for Carole alone.
So I turned to look at the kitchen, looking for our Miss Villainess. "Tizmilly, wear your maid uniform! We'll help Carole while these two are resting."
Tizmilly was holding a knife before a bunch of vegetables when she perked up and looked at me. She hesitated. "But what about these orders..."
I waved my hand calmly. "Just leave that to my mother. She can handle that, right, Mom?"
My mother raised a thumb-up in response.
I smiled. "See?"
Tizmilly looked at me and my Mother alternately, before nodded and obeyed my words. "Alright."
I let Timmy took my place before I went into the changing room and wore my butler uniform.
The changing room for the female employee and the male employee were confronting each other. So the moment I finished changing my clothes and stepping out of the changing room, it was natural for me to stumble upon her.
"Mister Roost... You look good in that uniform," said Tizmilly while fidgeting with her skirt.
Her uniform was similar to Carole's uniform. The design was focused on enhancing her elegance while still not looking too restrictive.
I looked at her long auburn hair. She usually single-braided her hair so that it wouldn't hinder her movement, but now she finally let her hair loose. Her hair, like a burning fire, looked even more charming than what I remembered when I first saw her in the game.
I scratched my cheek. "You too... Is beautiful in that uniform."
We shut our mouths after exchanging praises. For some reason, I couldn't think of any topic at the moment.
After some time had passed, I forced some words out of my throat. "Well... Let's go."
Tizmilly nodded. "Th-that's right..."
With our help, finally, the people started to decrease. At the peak time of noon, the latest customer finally left the restaurant with a satisfied smile on her face.
Carole immediately lay down on the floor after she saw the woman left.
"Aahhh! Finally! Finally, I could rest! Huhuhu..."
I could only laugh awkwardly seeing her like that.
"It's because it is our first day. They are curious about us. We wil not be as busy later."
A voice coming from behind us. When we looked that way, it was my mother. She could finally rest a bit after continuously cooking food since the morning.
"I hope so," said Carole, "Otherwise I'll die."
I chuckled.
"If we are already that popular, we of course would hire more girls. Don't worry."
Tizmilly clapped to attract our attention.
"Now, it's lunch time!" She yelled excitedly with sparkling, or burning eyes.
She must be really liked my mother's cooking, since she had become a big eater after she started living with us.
We raised our hands in response.
""Oooohhhhh!!""