The next day, Kaito and the others hated me, but I can't help it if I'm the only one who can go. I want you to work hard on your cooking.

The test is over and I'm off to Donos, the town of gastronomy.

After a fair game of rock-paper-scissors, the members were Aeon, Rian, Wufu, Blanc and Iyuki. It's a good thing the members are still capable of restraining themselves.

''Uh-uh.''

Lily and the others are looking at us with tears in their eyes... I know how you feel, but we can't take them all with us, and we'll have to ask them to give up.

We show our tickets at the Adventurer's Guild and the carriage arrives. Early! And then I was immensely disappointed in the reason for it. In front of the Adventurer's Guild was a single winged white horse.

Definitely a pegasus. I didn't expect to be spoiled in this way, too unexpected. By the way, I couldn't identify it. No, it's already a Pegasus no matter who it is!

By the way, the carriage looks like a royal carriage, too. It's right for Pegasus, but not for us... we feel out of place, not halfway there... we follow the guide and get into the carriage and Pegasus leaves.

On the way, we are given snacks and juice, and Aeon and the others seem happy. They eat well and are great. Lily and the others would definitely be fighting for it.

I look out of the carriage, but there are clouds below. I don't know if I'm going to get any information, but I have no choice, so I eat a candy cookie.

"Uma!

This one's made with almond powder... the almond flavor and the buttery flavor match the crunchy texture... it's a nice job, man.

I enjoyed the snacks at a level I've never had before, even in real life, before arriving at Donos, the city of gastronomy.

In a nutshell, the gourmet town of Donos is a mixture of high-rise buildings and houses of sweets. Aeon and the others are excited.

''Mr. Tact, Mr. Tact!　What is that brown building?

A chocolate fondue fountain.

Aeon asked for a chocolate fondue fountain on the level of the Tokyo Tower... which in real life would never happen. Incidentally, they have cheese, matcha, milk and strawberry in the same building. There are also multiple types of chocolate. Perhaps they have different types of chocolate.

"Tact-senpai!　What is that boat?

A boat full of sashimi.

Rian was curious about the sashimi platter boats, like those served at a dinner at a fancy hotel. However, it's the size of a house. The sashimi looks raw to me, but... is it okay?

'Lord!　What is that pure white castle?

I think it's a wedding cake.

Bran found a wedding cake castle that is truly a wedding cake castle in scale. It also looks raw. I'm afraid it's going to go bad.

"Father!　What is that Mr. Sabik-like thing?

"Softcream. Isetsu?　You're not a Sabik, by the way.

Iyuki found a house-sized soft creme. This is the only thing I thought that there might be a store with a sign like this in real life.

And then Wufu said, "You really know a lot of things.

You really know your stuff, don't you?

Not so much, I guess.

But cakes and soft-serve ice cream are a concern. Cake sponges are made of flour and whipped cream for decoration. Soft-serve ice cream is supposed to have vanilla essence and whipped cream. I want this.

Afterwards, I headed to the culinary guild I was invited to visit. I wondered what the culinary guild was like in this town's largest building. I thought it was unexpected, but once inside the building, it makes sense.

The inside of the building has become a kitchen and ingredients storage, many cooks were cooking. It's like a vocational school for chefs. That's just my imagination...

Apparently, you can use an elevator to go up. This is the first elevator in the game, and naturally, it's the first time for Aeon and the others to go up. I was surprised at the first elevator, and I smiled at the Aons who hugged me, but the Aons got angry with me.

And when I arrived at the rooftop, there was someone I knew.

Welcome to Donos, the city of gastronomy. Welcome to Donos, the city of gastronomy. Chef Tact, a three-star chef. I haven't seen you since your cooking contest in the town of Fast.

'You remember me. It's been a while. Glass Chef.

He's the guy who was one of the judges when we had a cooking contest in the town of Fast, and he's the guy who said he was a five-star chef in the gastronomic town of Donos. It's only natural that this guy would make an appearance.

'Of course. You did a great job. It is my great pleasure to invite you to the gastronomic town of Donos in this way.

It's still a bit embarrassing to hear a five-star chef say that.

But this place is a new starting point for chefs and producers.

What do you mean by that?

''Hmm. There's a variety of ingredients here, but only those that have made it through that gauntlet can buy them. And as a chef, it's a place where you can take the chef's promotion test any time you want.

I'm guessing the trials are quests. From the way you say it, it sounds like it's more difficult. And the promotion test is a test that allows you to move up in rank as it is.

''What do you want to do?　We can challenge you right now, can't we?

My answer is obvious.

'I'm sorry, sir, but I'm going to have to try and improve my skills a little more.

I haven't reached the realm of a four-star chef yet. I want to challenge myself when I think I've perfected my original cuisine and reached the four-star chef I want to be.

'Hmm. You seem to have learned well from that time. Now, if you have any problems at Donos, you can ask me. I'm here for the most part.

Thank you.

We then go sightseeing in Donos. But we are tortured not to eat most of the food. The reason is that the ingredients used in the dishes include things we don't know about.

Now I know exactly what Chef Glass meant about the starting line. The only way to eat these dishes is to get a quest.

This is the quest I picked up right away.

Request Quest "Defend the Rice in the Paddy": difficulty A
Reward: Rice seedlings
I want you to protect the rice from the monsters that come to eat it.

Requested Quest "Defend the Wheat Field": Difficulty A
Reward: Wheat seedlings
I want you to protect the wheat from the monsters that come to eat the wheat.

Requested Quest "Defend the Soybean Fields to the Death": Difficulty A
Reward: Soybean seedlings
I want you to protect your soybeans from the monsters that come to eat them.

You won't be able to remove these three first. Difficulty A has already been cleared. Yeah, the zombie event. But I can't!

It's too scary to see what kind of monsters would come to the fields and fields on that scale of difficulty!

Something else I'm curious about.

Requested Quest "Harvest Coffee Beans": difficulty level B
Reward: Coffee bean seedlings
I want you to go and harvest the coffee beans in the Forest of Death.

Request Quest "Defend the Tea Plantation to the Death": difficulty B
Reward: Seedlings of the Camellia sinensis
I need you to protect my tea plantation from a monster that is after the chanoki leaves.

Request Quest "Harvest Cacao Seeds": Difficulty Level B
Reward: Cacao seedling
I want you to harvest cacao seeds from the cacao tree in the Forest of Death.

Request Quest "Harvest Vanilla": Difficulty Level B
Reward: Vanilla Seedling
I want you to go pick the vanilla from the Ice Princess Forest.

I'm a coffee guy. But the difficulty level is too different from mint. Why do I have to go to a place called the Forest of Death and harvest it?

And I'm pretty sure you have to go harvest vanilla in a cold place, but it probably won't bloom in those places... I feel like if you want vanilla ice cream, you're just told to go to an extremely cold climate.

In case you're wondering, chanoki is the botanical name for a tea leaf. It was also used in tea, but a variant of the tea plant, Assamcha, was made, and other variants were made in different parts of the world, and the name of the region where it was made became the name of the tea plant.

The food is like this. There were other vegetables and fruits, trees and grasses and more, but that's a story for another time.

There is something else that caught my attention. That's this.

Requested Quest "Escort a Trade Ship": Difficulty A
Reward: Nylon
Escort the trade ship.

Requested Quest "Escort the Carriage": Difficulty Level A
Reward: Polyester
Escort the hauling wagon with its cargo.

It's the stuff of clothing, as they say. So... it's not exactly squash material.

"?　What's going on?　Mr. Takut.

'No, no. It's nothing... we've seen the quests anyway, and we've registered at the warp gate, so let's go back.

Okay.

Aeon and her friends don't seem to be choking. Well, maybe it's no wonder that the only meal I was looking forward to was a cookie. But still, I can't believe I can't get past the squash and see the ions...I need to get a grip.

I have another test tomorrow. Let's study for the test well and then go to bed.