My mother always advises 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 have finally opened the restaurant, I understand what she wanted to say. First, she wanted to attract people with her cooking, then we steal their hearts with the secret recipes of the Roost Family, before we introduce what I have.
It's because at this moment, they haven'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 is equality and uniqueness of disparity, as people understand more about the place, there will be people who dislike it. And if they ever take their hate further and pay a newspaper studio to print some bad news about us...
It's completely possible to destroy us completely. Because it had happened before.
Well, leave that matter aside.
"One more Hameress from the Roost's secret recipes!" I yelled at the kitchen.
"A moment!" Replied Tizmilly as she was helping my mother cook the orders.
Since morning, we have seen a continuous stream of people coming and leaving our place. While they are still not as packed as the first group of people that come because of my mother's cooking, the seemingly endless stream still puts 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's alone because Sirry and Gerena are busy serving the other customers.
"Hmph, a seat right here is enough for a customer like you!"
"This is a good place..."
"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!"
The busy time continues.
"Ah! Mr. Theo, Sirry is 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 to the backroom and let her rest for a while.
"Boss, can I rest, too?" Gerena asked me while hugging her book. For some reason, she is trembling.
I glanced toward the wall clock.
"Well, it's almost dinner time. Fine, you could rest in the backroom."
Her eyes instantly sparkled the moment I said that.
"You saved me, boss."
"Ahahaha..."
However, even now, the stream of people hasn't seen a pause. While Sirry and Gerena are resting, it would be too hard for Carole if she were to handle everything alone.
"Tizmilly, wear your maid uniform! We'll help Carole while these two are resting."
"But what about these orders..."
"Just leave that to my mother. She could handle that, right, Mom?"
My mother raised a thumb-up in response.
"See?"
Even though she is hesitating, Tizmilly obeys me in the end.
"Alright."
I let Timmy took my place before I go to change into my butler uniform.
The changing room for the female employee and the male employee are 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 with a slightly embarrassed tone while fidgeting with her fingers over her skirt.
Her uniform is similar to Carole's uniform. The design is 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, looks 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 my mouth open.
"Well... Let's go."
"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 her go.
"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 wouldn't be as busy again later after they got accustomed to us."
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 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 dinner time!" She yelled excitedly with sparkling, or burning eyes.
She must've 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!!""