Let's trade

Tiran then said, "Calm down, Gen. I know your master."

And Gen said, "I know, after all, you just said his name."

"Good, then please let me go."

"No."

"Why, Gen, I just said I know him."

"Just because you know him doesn't mean you're his friend."

"That's right, I don't know if we can consider ourselves friends. I would say that he and I have a friendly relationship."

"Well, you're going to have to convince me of that if you want me to let you go."

"Damn. What do you need to know about that idiot who only thinks about training for you to believe that we have a good relationship?"

Gen then suddenly let go of Tiran's neck, stopped using his essence, returned to his seat, and said, "It seems that you really are friends with my master."

Tiran then said, "What? I'm glad I'm not in mortal danger, but how did you find this out of the blue?"

"From what you said about him."

"From what I said?"

"Yes. You called him an 'idiot who only thinks about training', and the only friend of my master I have met also called him that."

"Got it. Just to clear a doubt, who is this friend you said you met?"

"I don't remember very well what he looked like. I was very young at the time, but I think his name was Lero."

"Lero?! God of the forge, Lero?!"

"Well, I don't know about this God of the forge part, but he knew how to forge. He forged a spear for me at my master's request."

"Can I see this spear?"

"Sure."

Gen stretched out his two hands with his palms up, and then the mist came off his body and began to concentrate on his hands. After a while, the mist spread, and Light appeared in his hands.

Tiran then stretched out his hand, took it, and said, "Nutritional Table.", then some mist came off of him and passed into Light and then back into his hand.

He then began to read over the spear to a point where he said, "I found it. Here is the mark of the forger. It really was Lero. Wow, you are very lucky. Not just anyone can have weapons made by him."

"Yeah, he told me that back then too."

Raja then asked, "And who is this Lero? I imagine from his title that he must be a great blacksmith, but where is his forge?"

And Tiran said, "He is not a great blacksmith. He is the best blacksmith there is. His forge is in the inverted volcano."

"What is that place? I've never heard of it."

"Well, you'd think not. After all, the inverted volcano is a very dangerous area. Only the elite of the elite can get in there. Even I only go there a few times a year to get some ingredients."

"... I see."

Tiran then handed Light back to Gen and said, "Well, let's continue. What's your food preference?"

And Gen said, "What do you mean preference."

"I say, meat, chicken, salad, fish, and so on."

"Ah, got it, well, I like cheese a lot. "

Raja then said, "My preference is meat."

And Lina said, "Anything that goes well with alcohol."

Tiran then said, "Ok, and what would you like to drink?"

And Lina said, "No need to worry, we brought our drink."

Lina then put the bottle of wine on the table.

Seeing the bottle of wine, Tiran said, "What wine is that? I've never seen this bottle."

And Lina said, "This is a wine from the time of the empire. It's a few hundred years old."

"Hmm, interesting. Do you mind if I analyze it?"

"No, be my guest."

Tiran then took the bottle, analyzed it, and then said, "This bottle ... how would you like to trade it with me? I'll offer you something of better quality than it."

And Lina said, "No, I don't want to trade it."

"Why not? I can give you a much better wine than this in exchange."

"That's the reason. Why would you want this bottle when you already have better wine than this?"

"That's right, I didn't explain that part. I want this bottle as a gift for one of my children."

"You want to give it as a gift? Why don't you give the wine you are offering in exchange?"

"I would like to, but my son won't like it. He likes rare foods and drinks, and this wine I have, even though it is better and harder to make, is still no rarer than the one you brought."

"Well, that's a shame, but I don't intend to exchange it."

"Wait! I can offer you something else along with the wine."

"Unfortunately, I don't have anything I want at the moment."

Gen then said, "Calm down, Lina, let me take care of it."

And Lina said, "Ok, but you better not make me lose. Otherwise, you already know."

"I will not."

Gen then turned to Tiran and said, "You said you can offer something else, right?"

"Yes, you can say anything, as long as it's within my reach."

"Well, could you get all the stamps on this album?"

Gen then showed the restaurant album Lan had given him, and upon seeing it, Tiran said, "Yes, I can do it. That's it?"

"Are you sure you can do it? Lan told me that with all these stamps, we could go to the owner's restaurant. Are you sure you can get the stamps?"

"Yes, after all, I am the owner."

"What?! You are the owner?"

"Yes, didn't I tell you?"

"No."

"Whoops, I'm sorry. I'm so used to people knowing that I'm the owner that I forgot to introduce myself, but anyway, tell me what region this album is from, and I'll get the stamps for you."

"Region? What do you mean region?"

"Oh, that's right, I forgot that you are from the interior. Tell me which restaurant you are in, and I will locate it."

"We are at Oasis, it is in the Dahji desert, and another thing, you have been talking a lot about 'Here' and 'Interior', what do you mean by that?"

Lina then said, "That's right, I remember you mentioning that when you were talking about the roses. What do you mean by that?"

Tiran then said, "Oasis, Dahji desert ... ah, what a coincidence, it's my son who is running the restaurant in your area, that's perfect. You don't need to exchange the wine with me, but I have an offer to make."

And Gen asked, "What offer?"

"Keep this wine to drink together with my son, and in exchange for that, I will give you the wine I commented on earlier as a gift."

"Hmm, what do you think, Lina?"

Lina then said, "It depends on where your son is."

And Tiran said, "He is taking care of the restaurant you will get to by collecting all the stamps."

"All right then. You're going to give us all the stamps anyway. I guess it wouldn't hurt to keep this wine closed for a while longer."

"Great. Give me the album. I'll get these stamps."

Gen then said, "Here.", and handed the album to Tiran.

He then said, "Give me a moment. I'll be right back."

He then went through a door behind the counter, and after a few minutes, he came back with some ingredients in hand and said, "Let's start preparing your dishes."

Lina then said, "And where's the album?"

"An assistant of mine is getting the stamps for you."

"Okay."

"Well, first of all, let's clean the counter. After all, we had someone put their foot on it."

Gen then said, "I'm sorry. It was in the heat of the moment."

And Tiran said, "Don't worry, you did the right thing."

"Thank you."

"Fire."

Gen was confused to hear this, but soon after, a fire went up on the counter. The fire consumed it entirely, and then it lingered for a few seconds before dying out.

Raja then asked, "What was that?!"

And Tiran said, "I told you I was going to clean the counter, and now it's sterilized, hahaha."

"That's not funny. I almost had a heart attack."

"I'm sorry, it's one of my hobbies to surprise my customers with that."

"And they like that?"

"Usually yes, after all, usually I take it easy, but since someone stepped on it, I had to do it like this."

Gen then said, "I already apologized, and you said yourself that I had done the right thing."

And Tiran said, "I really did say that."

"Then, why did you do that?"

"Well, I never said I had forgiven you, but relax, you're forgiven now."

"... Thank you."

"You're welcome. Let's start making your dish."

Tiran then took the ingredients and placed them on the plate in front of him. He then turned up a low flame on the plate and closed his eyes. He stayed like that for a few moments until he opened them. A knife appeared in one of his hands, and a spatula appeared in the other, and then he started preparing the food.

He started cutting everything and stirring the food very quickly, and before the three of them knew it, there was a plate of food in front of each of them. Tiran then picked up some wine that he had brought with him when he went out the back door and then filled a glass for each of them, saying, "The food is served. Enjoy."