Chapter 88
The Luxury Buffet
Translator : PolterGlast
After leaving the
Adventurer's Guild, just as Salis had said, we headed to a restaurant
recommended by the Guild Master to enjoy the Royal Capital.
It was apparently a
buffet-style place, where all the food was all-you-can-eat.
I found it a little
hard to believe that you could eat as much as you want, and I had assumed that
even if it was all-you-can-eat, the food wouldn't be that great, but...
The entire floor was
lined with all sorts of luxurious-looking dishes I had never seen before, and
to think that all of this was all-you-can-eat, my jaw just hung open.
"G-Guild
Master... Is all of this really all-you-can-eat!?"
"Yeah. The price
is the same no matter how much you eat, so don't hold back and eat as much as
you want. Well, Salis is the one paying, so you don't have to force yourselves
to eat."
"No, no, I'm
definitely going to binge! It's really okay to eat all of these dishes?"
"Yeah. You can
eat as much of whatever you like as you want."
"...This isn't a
scam or something? I've never heard of an all-you-can-eat with this much
food."
"Heh, you have a
surprisingly commoner-like side to you, Graham-san. It's not a scam at all, so
don't worry."
The three of us
confirmed that we could really eat as much as we wanted, then we nodded to each
other and went to get our food.
Even looking at them
up close, the quality was so high that a single dish would likely cost several
silver coins.
There were meat
dishes, seafood dishes, vegetable dishes, soups, and even desserts, and
everything looked truly delicious.
This sight might be
the most surprising thing I've seen since coming to the Royal Capital.
"The desserts
look delicious too...! They all look so amazing, I can't decide!"
"We can eat as
much as we want, so let's just eat everything! Graham, let's have a competition
to see who can eat more!"
"Hey, that's a
huge disadvantage for an old guy. I can't eat a lot of greasy food."
Completely ignoring my
argument, Aoi started piling food onto her plate indiscriminately.
Knowing I couldn't
win, I still competed with Aoi, piling delicious-looking dishes onto my own
plate.
We each finished
getting our food and returned to our seats, and... it's interesting how our
tastes show.
My plate was mostly
seafood, with a little bit of meat.
Aoi didn't seem to
have put any thought into it, and had just piled on a random assortment of
different dishes.
Ginia had focused on
presentation and taken a lot of desserts—and as for the Guild Master, he had
piled his plate with as much crab as it could hold.
"Fufu, your
personalities really show on your plates!"
"They do. But...
the Guild Master's is terrible. That's a bit too much of a single color."
"You don't
understand yet, Graham-san. The most delicious thing at this restaurant is the crab.
And the most expensive is also the crab. When that's the case, it's inevitable
that one would only take the crab."
"I'm absolutely
sure that's not true! ...Instead of your weird trivia, let's just eat! I'm
starving!"
"Yeah. Well then,
itadakimasu."
"" Itadakimasu!""
After saying our
thanks for the meal, I brought the food I had arranged on my plate to my mouth.
—This is delicious! Unquestionably delicious.
The taste of the food
isn't lower just because it's all-you-can-eat; each and every dish is truly
delicious.
The fact that it's
all-you-can-eat at this quality really makes me feel the amazingness of the
Royal Capital.
"So gooood! I
could really eat this forever!"
"The desserts are
delicious too!! Don't you think this was made by a first-class pastry
chef!?"
"Every dish here
is made by a first-class chef. That's why the quality is so high, but... the
best is still the crab. Overwhelming quality doesn't require any cooking
skill."
Saying that, the Guild
Master greedily devoured the simply boiled crab.
It does look
delicious, and with a presentation like that, it makes me want to try it.
I polished off the
food on my plate in one go and decided to go get my next plate.
This time, I focused
mainly on crab, with a few other dishes that caught my eye.
Ginia, as always,
focused on dessert, and Aoi's plate had no sense of unity at all.
It's a little
embarrassing to be eating a large amount of crab side-by-side with the Guild
Master, but for the sake of delicious food, a little embarrassment doesn't
matter.
I removed the crab
meat, imitating what I saw, and put it in my mouth—and it was too delicious!
Seriously delicious.
The sweetness and
tastiness were exquisite, and the crab miso, packed with a violent umami, was
also the best.
...I now understand
why the Guild Master only eats crab.
But I wanted to eat a
variety of other dishes as well, so instead of making my plate a single color,
I took the dishes that interested me and enjoyed the luxury buffet until I was
satisfied.
"Phew. I can't
eat another bite!"
"Me too. It's
been a long time since I've eaten until I was this full."
"Me too. ...I'm
worried I might have gained weight since I ate nothing but dessert."
"We walked all
the way to the Royal Capital, so you'll probably be fine. Well, it looks like
you're all satisfied, so shall we head to the inn? The inn is also of the
highest class, so you can look forward to it."
"They've really
thought of everything. I'm starting to worry if it's okay for us to live so
luxuriously without even completing any quests."
"I was the one
who dragged you here, so don't worry about a thing and just enjoy yourselves.
Besides, the super-rich Salis is paying for everything."
"We'll have to
thank her when we see her next!"
"That’s right!
It's all thanks to Salis-san!"
In a state of extreme
satisfaction after eating the best food, we headed for the inn where we would
be staying from today.
The food alone was a
series of surprises, and if the inn is also of the highest class, it's actually
starting to get scary.
I resolved in my heart
not to forget my commoner lifestyle, and with the Guild Master's guidance, we
headed for the highest-class inn.
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