Carlo has a hamburger steak. Hurt selected two kinds of lettuce, tomatoes, and other ingredients. Now all we need is for Dusty to make a bun that can hold all those ingredients and our hamburger will be complete.

The rest of the cheeses are out of our hands since we don't have an expert, but as long as they don't clash with the other ingredients, we should be fine.

So I leave Hurt's with the selected ingredients and head to Dusty's bakery.

Walking south through the crowded market, the streets become calmer and easier to walk through.

When I arrived at the quiet southern square, I found Dusty's bakery facing the square.

It was after midday and time for a small snack. Inside Dusty's bakery, several hungry customers were choosing breads.

Dusty, the shopkeeper, was busy serving freshly baked bread and paying the bill.

I sit on a bench by the store and wait leisurely for the customers to leave.

I sit deeply and lean back against the backrest. I look up and see a clear blue sky and a few clouds.

It's a beautiful day and the temperature is warm, so it's a perfect day to sit in the sun.

The plaza is peaceful, with an elderly couple sitting on a bench like me, and a group of children playing happily.

Feeling the occasional breeze, I suddenly feel sleepy.

Hey, I thought you wanted to see me.

As I was about to fall asleep, I heard a familiar rough voice and a paper bag with a nice smell fell on me.

I opened my eyes to find Dusty, dressed in a white cocktail suit, looking down at me with a grumpy face as usual.

'Oh, Dusty. What do you do for a living?

'I'm taking a break now that I've calmed down. Here, take this.

This," he said, "is probably the paper bag that contains the bread on top of his head.

I grab it with my hand and put it on my thigh.

Dusty kicked my spread legs and forced me to sit on the bench.

Yeah, I was kind of enjoying occupying the bench all by myself, but what the heck.

By the way, could this bread be?

'It's the bread used for hamburgers. But it's just a prototype with some flavor and dough. I can't help you any more without knowing the other ingredients.

Oh, I thought you were supposed to make it after seeing Carlo and Hurt's selection of ingredients, but it seems that you have already tried what you can do.

Carlo, Hurt, and Dusty work very fast and are very helpful. Having been a company employee in my previous life, I can understand how grateful I am for this.

Impressed by Dusty's speedy work, I open the paper bag that emits a savory smell.

There are a number of round, bulging loaves of bread, just like I had told him beforehand.

There are several, but what about this one?

They all seem to be slightly different in color and size, but I can't tell what the differences are.

I can't tell what the difference is. 'They're slightly different in sweetness and density. I'm sure this is the shape of the dough that Tori was talking about, right?

'Yeah, this one and this one are too puffy, but I think this one is just right.

Dusty asked, and I chose the one closest to the hamburger bun I envisioned.

'That's about how much it expands due to fermentation, ...... I found out.'

Dusty stared at the bread intently and muttered something about it as if to burn it into his memory.

The rest depends on the combination of ingredients. I've brought Carlo's hamburger steak and Hurt's lettuce.

What, if you already have it, why didn't you tell me first?

I put out a package of ingredients, and Dusty snatched it from me.

No, I just failed to mention it when Dusty suddenly handed me the bread, but whatever.

Dusty took the food and stood up with a satisfied smile on his face.

'Well, I'll readjust the rest with this, so come back in three days!

Dusty then took the package and ran to the bakery.

He probably put the ingredients in the packet and tried it. Then, he will probably start adjusting the bread again.

However, it seems to me that what we have now is pretty much perfect.

I grab one of the loaves Dusty gave me. It smells of savory wheat and is somewhat appetizing. It is soft and fluffy to the touch, with just the right amount of elasticity.

When I put it in my mouth, which emitted a delicious aroma, a mellow wheat aroma and a slight sweetness spread in my mouth.

And the texture was wonderfully fluffy, neither too crumbly nor too chewy.

Yes, the bread is delicious on its own.

With the deliciousness of Dusty's prototype, I was sure I was about to make a great hamburger.


I was sure I was about to make a great hamburger.



Dusty made some adjustments to the bread based on the ingredients, and finally our burgers were ready.

I invited Carlo, Hurt, and Dusty, who supervised the burgers, to a tasting party to show them off, but there were other people hanging around.

There were also other people hanging around, mostly guests of my hotel, like Michael, Ira, Urgus, Natalia, Hermina, Ralph, and Sheikh.

'......What's going on here?'

'I don't know. We were sitting down and they came out of nowhere.

I asked Dusty, who was sitting down, and he replied something to that effect.

Apparently, Dusty and the others did not summon them.

What are you guys doing?

Of course it's because Tori has just finished a new dish. Today is the tasting, isn't it? We're here to be fed, too.

Michal answered my question as a representative and the other members nodded their heads in agreement.

It seems that they are trying to force their way into our hamburger tasting.

I'm surprised you knew it was a tasting event, though.

The date for today's tasting has been adjusted so that everyone can take their time. I think it will be difficult to find a place to meet by chance because of the time of the day after lunch.

'You've been very busy making hamburgers these days,' he said.

'I've been following your footsteps for a long time.'

Apparently Ralph and Sheik were following me. I didn't see them.

You're an adventurer, you've got skills like that... but you should be working for the guild, not doing that. Your party doesn't have that much money to spare, does it?

I feel like I'm using my power and time in the wrong way.

Isn't it terrible that I'm the only one left out of the group to develop a dish? You'll have to mix me in this time, won't you?''

Ira is probably unhappy that he is the only one of his age group who has been left out. Her words were a little sulky.

'Well, how about we go to a food stall together sometime?

'What? Selling a new dish at a food stall?''

'Yeah, we all came up with something good, so we thought we'd try selling it.

This has been shared not only with Hurt but also with Dusty and Carlo. However, since I am the one who has the most freedom in this group, I will be in charge of most of the food stall business.

Well, I don't open a stall every day, and I can do it whenever I feel like it, so I don't think it will be too much trouble.
I think so.

What a fun idea! I'll do it too!



Ira is back in a good mood after taking a good bite of the food stall business.

Thank goodness, now I can be forgiven for leaving her out of the group.

Hey, I'm getting hungry. I'm skipping lunch today because I heard that Tori's newest dish is available, right?

'Yes! I'm hungry enough!

'............!'

Natalia, Hermina, and Urgas urge me to go.

Do we have to make this many extra people now?

Well, that's fine, isn't it? Isn't this a good opportunity to show off our burgers?

'We can get a lot of opinions before we start selling at the food stalls.

I'm the one who makes it, though.

Well, it's a good thing I made more burgers in advance, because I had decided to have a burger tasting today. All that was left to do was to cook the hamburger and put the ingredients in between the hamburger and the burgers.

I went into the kitchen and put four hamburgers on each of two frying pans and started to cook them.

While the hamburgers are cooking, I cut the king lettuce and bouquet lettuce that Hurt brought.

And when the hamburgers are cooked beautifully, we put them on the fluffy bread that Dusty brought and pour the sauce on it. On top of that, sliced cheese and tomatoes were placed, then king lettuce and bouquet lettuce, and finally the bread to cover it.

'Yes, the burger is ready!

'Oh! So this is your new dish, hamburgers! How good it smells!'

We put four pieces on each of two plates and put them on the table, and Michal puts her hand out in excitement.

He puts them on the table, and Mihael is so excited that he puts out his hand, but it is caught in Ira's arm.

No, don't! Mihael, today is Tori's tasting party, we'll come later.

'Ugh, I can't believe I'm leaving you in front of something that looks so good. ......'

For Michal, for whom food is the most enjoyable thing, it was quite a hardship to be left with the hamburgers.

'No, we can wait until later.

'Yeah, right.'

'I ate a lot of food during the making stage.

'I'm more interested in other people's reactions to the food than I am in eating it myself.'

We've already eaten it too many times. We are more concerned about what other people will say about the food than about enjoying it ourselves.

The other three agree, so we serve the food to Hermina's table first.

Then we go to the table where Ira, Michal, Urgus and Natalia are sitting.

The tablecloths are pure white, as if it were a fancy restaurant.

Here is your new dish, hamburger.

The atmosphere was somewhat familiar, so I delivered it in the style of a waiter.

Then, everyone's eyes focused on the hamburger.

It's sandwiched in a bun, but it's slightly different from a sandwich, isn't it?

'The colors of the ingredients are beautiful and appetizing!

While Natalia and Michal were leaning forward to observe, Ira tilted his head and asked, "What do you think of the food?

'Hey, Tori. Does that mean I can just eat it with my hands?

Yes, that's right. You just grab it with your hand and bite into it.

'Oh? Something this big?''

When Natalia the whore says it like that, it sounds obscene, so please don't do it.

'You can eat it with a knife and fork, what do you want?

No, I'm going like this!

Ira said and opened his little mouth as wide as he could.

'Mmm! Delicious!

Ira exclaims, his eyes wide open in surprise.

And at the same time, Hermina and the others are astonished behind her.

Oh my god, this! I can eat as much as I want!

'Yum! That's what they do with hamburgers!''

Ralph, who loves hamburgers, seems especially pleased and eats them with great gusto.

The ingredients are perfectly matched! There are so many ingredients in between, but the flavors don't fight each other at all!

'Hehe, of course. We worked together to make this dish just right!

Dusty is very proud of Michal's praise.

'It's very tasty and addictive.

'......!

Urgas nodded following Natalia's words.

I wondered how Urgus ate with his helmet on, but decided not to worry about it.

'You're going to sell this at the food stall, aren't you? It will definitely sell!''

'Is it true that you're going to serve it at a food stall? I'd buy this every day if it was available.

Yes, this is much better than a regular sandwich.

We clap our hands together in admiration.

'Hehehe, you did it!

It was worth all the hard work we all put into it.

It is a product of the combined knowledge and experience of everyone who has a specialty. How could it not be delicious?