Chapter 112
Ludger was surprised that he never thought that he wouldn't be able to make any new friends in this world after experiencing his previous life. 'Ludger' or more correctly Renneshia, feel embarrassed and try to remember how she made some friend in his past life. But it just made her feel more depressed as in the past life, all of her friends were the first ones who reached their hands and asked her to be their friend.
'I don't know how should I treat them as my friend...Even if they were the second prince, Prince Edmund, the person who should be my (Renneshia) fiance and the person who would kill me (Renneshia) if it was still the same with the game plots but I would still be happy to be their friend. After all, they did not have any relation with how 'Renneshia' died in the game because they died in the Labyrinth accident that will happen later.' Ludger thought as he tried to think about it while helping the people in Red Dawn with the customers.
Ludger keeps making himself busy with work so he won't have to awkwardly interact with his new friends after what happened before. Luckily he still acts like a professional and handles his work perfectly like always. After working for a while, he started to realize that their new menu was being liked by most of the customers. Except for some people who didn't like the smells of the spices or the strong aroma of the curry.
Ludger is able to understand about their feelings because even in his past life, some people said they hated curry because of their preference. Even the people who like curry will say something like they like the spicy one or the sweet one. All kinds of preferences come from each customer that comes today.
Ludger keeps working diligently and tries to ignore some gossip. Of course, because most of the gossip that they are talking about is about Ludger. But it didn't make Ludger feel angry or sad because of it. That was because Ludger had gotten used to such treatment even in the past life. Besides this time the context of their gossip is a bit strange because it was rare for the fans to make gossip about the new person that just arrived in this city.
"Hey, do you see his gaze just now?" One of the fans said with an excited tone.
"Who are you referring to?" The fans beside her asked with an interest expression.
"That handsome blonde-haired young man with a priest outfit. Look at how he gazes at our 'Lord Ludger'." The fans continue.
"Oh my gosh! He might disturb the relationship between 'Lord Ludger' and 'Sir Winslow'! How could he do that? I really love that 'ship'!" Another fan said with a disappointed tone.
'What are they talking about? Didn't Ed act normally as a friend? Why do they say something like that?' Ludger feels he needs to make sure that they are not making any wild imagination about his new friends.
Ludger decides to peek at their table. Surprisingly his gaze meets with Edgar and he quickly turns his gaze away. Ludger was surprised when he saw a glimpse of Edgar's red face. He tried to look more carefully as Leona and Rainold seemed to be teasing him and making his face redder.
'Could it be he also heard their words and thought that I was such a person? Well, I really love a handsome man who will love and protect me. Maybe because of my true identity. But with my current appearance, it might look like the relationship between two men like what I write in those books.' Ludger thought while looking at their table.
Leona saw Ludger's gaze and made a gesture to call him. Ludger moved to their table as Ludger felt that Leona seemed to want to come closer to talk about something. The closer Ludger got to the table, he heard more sighing or squealing voice from the other customers.
'If they keep doing it, will Ed feel more embarrassed and will he hate me because of it later?' Ludger suddenly feels emphasize with Edgar's situation and a possibility pops out in his mind.
"Do you want something?" Ludger politely asked Leona who called him.
"No. But could you talk to us later? When will you be able to get some breaks?" Leona answered with shining eyes that made Ludger feel that she would eat him whole.
"I'm so sorry but I need to help the restaurant at the busy time. I won't ask you to wait until the busy time finishes as there is a possibility that it will continue until night. We can meet at the adventurer guild tomorrow morning if you do not want to wait." Ludger answers and gives them some suggestions.
Ludger always tried to give some suggestions rather than telling others his opinion if it was something that he thought that they needed to choose it themselves. As Ludger always felt that it was important to let them have their own opinions so they wouldn't become dependent on him.
"No, I think I will wait until you are done with your work. Besides he is also staying here, right?" Leona said while using her thumb to point at Darius.
"Oh, Mr. Darius is often stayed here until the closing time. It makes me wonder if his work will pilling up like a mountain later." Ludger said while making a worried expression.
"I also have a quite similar question for that person. But I am more worried if he would do something terrible to us when we say it." Leona said while acting as if she was afraid.
"You are right, he seems to be doing something like that. Then, do you want anything else?" Ludger nodded his head and asked.
"Kyaaa!!!" The fans suddenly squealing.
Everyone trying to look at the cause of the fans suddenly squealing like that. As they followed their gaze, they saw someone come out of the kitchen. A handsome man with blue eyes and hair who wears a white cook uniform and a brown apron. The second rank in popularity in this restaurant, Winslow. He comes while holding a tray in both of his hands.
"My...Master Ludger, please help me with the drinks." Winslow still has a hard time as he keeps accidentally calling Ludger like what he used to call Ludger's true identity before.
"I'm coming. Let me help you with this one...should I ask Sister Ancelina to help you with the other tray?" Ludger asked and tried to look for Ancelina.
"Older Brother, let me help you with the other tray. But why did you take it by yourself? Did you get kicked out of the kitchen?" Andrew asked with a grin on his face.
"You little, the Owner just told me to stop cooking for a while and took some fresh air after locking myself to make those curry. She said that I had similar smells as the curry." Winslow said while looking in the kitchen direction.
"Then how about sitting here and talking to our customers to let you get their feedback about the curry? You can also ask about the other dish that you create." Lusger smiles and suggests something.
"So, do you think that I will ask everyone about it?" Winslow answers him as he looks at Ludger.
"Of course not everyone. What I mean is to ask some people to decide their representative and ask the representative. Don't you think it will make you able to hear their opinion?" Ludger explain.
"So, are you sure about it? Did you want to tell me to do what you are currently doing with the three of them?" Winslow carefully look at Ludger and the three youth that around the same age as 'Ludger'"
"Nice to meet you, Sir. Are you the person who cooks these dishes? Have you ever wished to try working in some prestigious noble family in the capital? Oh right, my name is Leona but please just call me Leo." The first person who cut them was Leona.
"I'm sorry that my friend is acting like that. My name is Rainold but you can just call me 'Rain'. Thank you for making such wonderful dishes. I really like your mild curry." Rain old said with a respectful gaze.
"I'm Leona but you can only call me Leo like how my friends call me. Then, I also want to tell you that I really like your sweet curry. But what kind of ingredient you add in it to make it taste bittersweet but delicious like that? Right, Ed?" Leona said and look at Edgar who didn't said anything from earlier.
"Huh?! I like the spicy one. Because it is more delicious than the other two." Edgar snaps out of his daze and answers.
"I'm glad you like it. My name is Winslow. I currently work here as the head chef in this restaurant. Please let me know if you found something that might be able to make the dishes more delicious or other cooking tips." Winslow said while smiling at them as he thought that they were Ludger new friends.
"I'm sorry for m late introduction, my name is Edgar but you could call me Ed. Nice to meet you." Edgar introduced himself and shook Winslow hand.
While they were introducing themselves to each other, the fans have different view about what happened in front of them. They started to make some speculation but they didn't heard them.