Early in the morning that day, the house was already filled with lively noises.
"Wake up, wake up!"
I could hear my mother's energetic voice and Tizmilly's sleepy voice coming from the room next to my room while I was still gathering my energy and trying to wake up.
"It's morning already, little Tiz~."
"5 more minutes..."
"No, no, we would be late if we don't hurry up. That's right, Theo is already waiting for you~."
Hearing a serial noise of thuds, I immediately pushed my body up against the strong gravity of the bed. I went down to the first floor, and entered the restroom to wash my face while enduring the embarrassment that grew inside me because of my mother's words.
She always like that, teasing Tizmilly using me whenever she could. Even though it was clear that weren't like that...
When I sat down in my chair, the table was already filled with warm foods. The aroma was so enticing that my empty stomach began growling, urging me to fill it with them. But I had to wait for my mother and Tizmilly to come down first. I couldn't just eat everything alone.
Not long after that, Tizmilly, whose face was as red as a tomato, and my mother, who was smiling like a mischievous kid, entered the dining room.
We then ate our breakfast quietly, as if nothing had happened.
Before the sun even showed its light, we had already arrived at the restaurant with our respective uniforms. The black and white color gave us an elegant look that wouldn't put us to shame before people from the most expensive restaurant in the Dungeon City. And with my mother's touch on it, the uniforms looked and felt more comfortable than a normal uniform. It gave out an impression of freedom, which aligned well with our restaurant's theme.
We sweep the floor, arranged the cooking tools, set the chairs, and put linings on it.
Carole, Sirry, and Gerena arrived one after another while we were doing that. They immediately changed to their uniforms and help us with the initial work.
Before we even realized it, the world outside had lit up. Through the window, we could see that the pedestrians and carriages, with one or two cars passed by from time to time, had begun to fill the wide stone-paved road.
After I signaled her, Sirry pulled the doors of the restaurant open. She also reversed the closed sign, showing the people the word 'open'.
With this, we officially started the business.
Now come, o' customers!
At first, our place only received some curious gazes from the pedestrians. They murmured among themselves while looking at our place, clearly interested. However, no one entered the restaurant.
Until a man with a white sleeveless shirt came.
"This is better than I expected..." He muttered while looking around with interested gaze.
Noticing his presence, Sirry, Carole, and Gerena immediately approached him to welcome him.
Sirry bowed stiffly. "W-welcome to uh..."
Carole smiled and bowed gracefully. "Welcome to Tiz & Roosts, sir. We serve people with the best delicacies you could find in the Dungeon City!"
While Gerena just nodded. "Welcome. Sit on any chair you want."
The man was stunned at first, but he was quick to recover. "Beautiful maids, haha, that's nice!"
He laughed before sitting on the chair that was close to the window.
I was a little worried seeing the three of them work, but since the man reacted quite positively, I thought it was a success?
For some reason, Carole and Sirry let Gerena served him. While holding a book she was reading on one hand, she brought a cup of water and the menu on a tray she held using the other hand
"Here," She said as she put the tray on the table.
She blinked slowly, giving the man a guick glance before back to her book. "Drink it if you want. And it's the menu, pick your orders from what was written on it."
From beside me, Tizmilly was frantically gesturing Gerena to act more politely.
'Oh, she nodded.'
Then she looked back at the man.
"Please," she said.
And, that's it.
"Miss Gerena...!" Tizmilly screamed while trying to suppress her voice as low as she could.
Despite her concern, Gerena actually handled the man pretty much as I expected when I decided to hire her. Cold, but not too rude. Overall, she was not that bad in it. As long as she wasn't purposely hurting the customers, it would be okay.
After a moment of hesitation, the man ordered a big set of spicy orc meat. It was cheap and full of protein. The man looked like a rough worker, so it would be a perfect breakfast for him.
"Spicy orc meat, big, one!" I yelled toward the kitchen through the window that connected the cashier's table with the kitchen.
"Okay~!" My mother replied.
She sounded happy. She must be enjoying it.
Unexpectedly, the man reacted to my mother's voice.
"Oh! So it's really Sis Calary's place? Haha! This is going to be a real tasty breakfast!" He laughed.
"Wait, you know Mom?" I quickly asked him.
He looked at me, grinning. "You must be Theo, Sis Calary's son, ain't you?"
While crossing his hands, he answered with a proud face. "Everyone around here know your mother, kid. She was also the one who invited me to this place. She said that you wanted to make it a place where everyone, no matter who they are, can eat at the same table. I actually doubt it, but I'll come over often since I can eat Sis Calary's cooking here!"
I scratched my cheek, didn't know how to react to that information. "Eh... What do you mean everyone know my mother..."
"And I'm not alone!" The man laughed, interrupting me.
As if on cue, a crowd of people suddenly swarmed our place. The old, the young, men, women, all of them entered our place. In total, their number reached 26!
They started to look around curiously while chattering lively. I noticed though, how often they mentioned my mother's name. Did they really came to our place just because of my mother's cooking?
"So... So many people..." Seeing them, Sirry passed out.
Today sure would be a busy first day for us.