While Letty and I were leisurely conversing and heating up the griddle, people began to arrive on the street in front of us.

''Oh, are you a customer?''

'No, I'm not. It's a guy who has a stall just like ours.

As might be expected, few visitors arrive when most of the stalls have not yet been set up. They are competitors, as they are carrying many cooking utensils and crates filled with foodstuffs.

The sky is brightening just right, and the stalls will probably be at their peak from now on.

'Wow, there are a lot more of them than us.

Some people make a living doing just this.

If you become a famous food stall, you can make many times the sales of those restaurants in a short time.

I hope we can become like that and make money easily in a short time.

Letty taps me on the shoulder while I'm thinking absentmindedly.

Hey, it's a waste to stay idle like this. Shall we make hamburgers?

'Well, that said, there are no customers here yet.

The only people who pass in front of me are my competitors who set up food stalls.

If anything, they are more competitors than customers.

But they are passing in front of us like this, you know? If they actually made it, it would be good publicity and maybe someone would buy it! You know, my dad said that customers are attracted by smell.

Letty certainly has a point.

This is a busy street that leads to the city. Making hamburgers here and showing them what kind of food we are cooking is enough publicity.

And a hamburger is a dish that can be eaten with one hand. You can easily eat it while waiting in line at the food stand's reception desk.

I agree. Let's make some then!

Yes!

So, much earlier than planned, Letty and I set to work on the burgers.

We spread plenty of oil on a well-warmed griddle.

Then we lay out the patties that I have prepared with love, resentment, and regret.

As the putty creaks and clatters, it attracts the attention of passersby.

Most of them quickly lost interest and walked away, but a few seemed to be interested.

It was a great accomplishment to have made a mark in the minds of some of them.

Hmm? What's cooking?

Just as I was thinking, "Shime-shime," I overheard a passerby's questioning voice.

'Ah, Letty. I forgot the sign. Hang it up.

'Okay!

Our stall is rented by the city, so there is no signboard.

So we bring our own signs and hang them on our stall.

The signboard read "hamburger" in letters, and a cute illustration of a hamburger was painted on the empty space.

It was a cute one drawn by Lettie the artist.

The image of the text and the illustration, and the smell of the food being cooked right in front of you, must have been enough to leave a lasting impression on you.

As I was baking the p t with this in mind, a woman came in front of me.

It was the woman who had been next to Ira at the juice stall on the first day of the event.

Good morning! You're already doing it.'

'Good morning, I got a good position today and I want to advertise it as well.

'Sure, I could smell the delicious smell of roasting meat, so I just came here.

The lady smiles cheerfully.

It seems that Lettie's strategy was right and she found us by smell.

How do you like it? Would you like a hamburger while you wait in line at the reception?

You're pretty good at business, aren't you? I haven't had breakfast yet. I'll take you up on it.

'Letty, are the vegetables ready?

'Yes, I just need to put it on.

I looked at the cooking area behind me and saw that Lettie had already cut and sorted the vegetables.

Now the ingredients are ready.

''Oh, you're not a competitive girl today, are you?

By "competitive," I assume you mean Ira.

She was suddenly competing with this older sister.

'You're always trying to get the right girl.

'...... I'm having my sister help me today.'

When I state the truth, she looks at me and Lettie with a look of genuine surprise on her face.

'Oh, no! You don't look like him, do you?

'Please leave me alone.'

Please don't do that, because that stiff tone seems to really show the difference in facial specs between me and Letty.

After the patties are cooked, they are placed on a piece of bread and covered with sauce.

'Let's see, sliced cheese, tomato, king lettuce and bouquet lettuce, right?

'Yes, that's right.

Lettie then arranges the ingredients, albeit with some faltering, and finally covers it with the sauce and the bread. Then he wraps it up in the paper bag Dusty gave him and it's done.

'Yes, it's a hamburger.

'Thank you.'

Letty hands over the hamburger and the sister offers four copper coins.

She then unwraps the hamburger and takes a bite.

Yes, it tastes good again today.

Oh, thank you!

Lettie smiles at her sister and thanks her happily.

It was probably the first hamburger Lettie had ever made, so she took a bite right in front of him.

She is such a kind sister.

I'm going to go stand in line. See you later.

She walked toward the market with the hamburger in her hand.

This is a good advertisement for the people standing in line at the market.

I'll go buy some juice from her stall as a thank-you next time.

'Heh heh, you sold it.

''Yes, that's right.''

He must be happy to have sold his first creation. Letty gazed happily at the coppers.

Ira and I looked at the coins the same way when we first sold them.

It makes me smile to see my sister following the same path as me.

Ah! Natalia, Tori's stall is that one, right? The one that smells good.'

Yes, that's it. But... Don't pull. It's not crowded. You don't have to run.



It seems that Lilith and Natalia, who had met earlier in the day, have arrived as promised.

Lilith pulls Natalia's arm and they run together.

Lilith still seemed to be in good spirits, but Natalia looked a bit tired as she was at the peak of her sleepiness.

Behind the two beauties, the guards are following them at a short run.

I knew they would be there the whole time. It must be hard work for the guards.

Wow, there's a lot of meat lined up, it looks delicious!

Lilith's eyes light up as she sees the p t cooking on the griddle.

Despite working all night, she doesn't seem to mind smelling the meat first thing in the morning.

Well, if you think meat is heavy in the morning, you won't come here to eat hamburgers, will you?

You used to use a frying pan, but you've changed to a griddle.

'This way I can grill more and it looks more delicious.

'Hey, hey, they're already baking and you're going to make it for me, right?

'Yes, you can order now.

Then give me two hamburgers!

Three. Let's give some to Mack, who's been with us for a long time.'

Oh, right. Sorry.

The escort in the back is called Mack. I've always thought he had a strong presence every time I saw him, so it was refreshing to finally know his name.

Natalia and the others order three servings, and I reheat the slightly cold bread on the griddle before putting the p t on top.

Then Letty put the ingredients on top, spread the sauce and cover it with the bread.

I wrapped the finished hamburger in a paper bag and handed it to Natalia, who gave it to Lilith and Mack and paid me twelve coppers.

Wow, the hamburger looks so small in the hands of big Mac.

Wow, it looks warm and delicious. I can eat it as is after I peel it, right?

'Yes.'

Lilith peels off the wrapper in no time and takes a bite.

Well, let's see what she thinks. Lilith is a very straightforward person, so I'm afraid that she might tell me straight out if she didn't like it.

As Lettie and I watch with nervous anticipation, Lilith's eyes get even bigger,

'Eh! It tastes much better than I thought it would!

You thought it was a little lower than you expected at first. But since it means that the taste was much better than that, I'll be honestly happy here.

Of course. It was made by my Tori.

'Eh, it's not fair that I can eat such delicious food at the inn!

'By the way, I'm not Natalia's, okay?

What can I say, but you two probably aren't listening to me.

'You're early, we've already finished eating.

Letty looked to her surprise to see only an empty package in the palm of her escort Mac's hand.

'Oh, I see you've already eaten, Mac.

'That was fast! I've only had two bites.

Even if you take out the fact that they were slow because they were talking, Mac's eating space is pretty fast.

I haven't seen it in person, but it seems like it would take two or three bites to eat due to its size.

One Mac won't be enough for you, please add five more.

Oh, me too, five! I'll take it home and give it to everyone as a souvenir!

'Okay. I'll get it for you right away.

To our delight, we suddenly purchased 10 pieces.

In the past, if I received a large order, I would have to complete four at a time and hand them out, leaving the customer to wait for the next one, but now that I have switched to the griddle, I can respond quickly.

I heat the bread on the wide griddle in the same way and put the p t that is already baking on top.

I thought Lettie might get impatient with my sudden large order, but she got used to it and put the ingredients on the top of the p t with great skill. I took turns wrapping the finished products.

I then put the wrapped items into a large paper bag, also given to me by Dusty, five at a time.

'Yes, two burgers for five,' he said.

I put out the to-go bag, and Mac quickly pulls out a copper coin.

But then Natalia interrupted me, holding out her hand and handing me twenty coppers.

I'll give them to you as a thank you for staying with me,' she said. But Lilith will have to pay for it herself.

'Yeah, I thought Natalia was going to pay for the flow here!

'I'll only serve the first one. I mean, it's Lilith who insisted on eating the hamburger, so you can serve me all of them, can't you?''

'Chieh.'

Natalia unraveled an unusually good argument, and Lilith handed Letty the twenty copper coins with a rueful look on her face.

With thirteen pieces of p t gone at once, the amount of p t on the griddle was running low.

This must be cooked quickly.

Hey, can I have one of those burgers?

As I was grilling additional patties, a man pulling a stall approached me and said, "I'm sorry, but I don't have any patties for you.

The man was the one who had shown interest when Letty and I had been grilling for advertising purposes.

'Okay. Letty, please.

'Yes!

I was busy baking the p t , so I handed the baked p t and two warmed loaves of bread to Lettie and left the rest of the work to her.
I'll do it.

'Oh, this is the stall she was talking about, isn't it?

'Yeah, they're making them right over there.

As I was doing so, people who had also registered at the market started to line up one after another.

It seems that the lady at the stall who bought the food also advertised her stall. I'll have to thank her next time I see her.
and .

Tori! I'm here for the burgers! I brought my friends with me today!

'What's the matter with you, you're the one who doubted the taste before.

Shut up!'

Now Hermina and Lark come with their friends. Behind them are more strange adventurers and the beastman who came the other day.

Oh my, it's getting crowded all of a sudden.

''If it tastes this good, I can see why people would want to come and buy it.

Hermina and her friends brought their fellow adventurers, Natalia brought other prostitutes, and the lady at the stall bought some of them. The circle of friends grows wider and the hamburger is steadily gaining popularity.

It is not yet a major street food, and some people don't know about it, but I hope it will grow by word of mouth.



We prepared 50 burgers, and this time we set a record by selling out by noon.

This is thanks to the mass production by the iron plate and the fact that everyone bought many of them as souvenirs.

Some of the customers who stood in line were not able to buy them, but they agreed to increase the production next time.

As it is now, we can only make about fifty servings of p t . But if we can make a profit in such a short time, I think we can make more.



As I was saying to Letty, we need to get some serious meat choppers made.