Chapter 55

As his mother embraces the restaurant owner's body and makes an trying to calm her down and stop her from crying, the boy is thinking about some solution to help the restaurant owner.

"Right, how about if we help you by working in this restaurant?" the boy suggests

"Hmm, I think that it was a good idea. That will be solved our problem to earn money in this city for our daily expenses. The only thing that we need is looking for a place for us to stay." The boy's mother nodded and said.

"A-Are you new in this in this city?" The restaurant owner said as she stopped crying.

"Wow, how do you know that we are new in this city, Mam?" The boy asked with a curious tone.

"Huhu, of course, I know because I have born and raised in this city. I know most people in this part of the city and how the people from this city act. Only three kinds of people that the people from this city won't realize. The first one is the new people from different places, the second one is the criminals and the third one is the secret inspector hired by the Duke. Both of you don't looks like the second or third categories so you must be new people in this city." The restaurant owner said.

"That's right, we just arrived in this city this morning. And we must go to the merchant guild and adventurer guild to do something so we could only finish everything just a few minutes ago. Right now we are looking for a place to stay and some daily necessities for both of us." The boy's mother nodded and explain their current situation.

"Then how about you stayed with me? Right now I am living alone. And if you want to work here, I will also pay you with a good salary. Oh right, how about if you work here and I will let both of you stay at my place and both of you don't need to worry about your meals because they will be given if you work here." The restaurant owner said as she wanted to repay them for their help.

Of course, she is also afraid that both of them are getting into trouble later. The rowdy men seem to be thinking that the boy is related to the magic tower and run away. But from what the woman says, they seem to not have any relation with the magic tower because they didn't even try to visit it when they arrived in this city.

"Alright. I think it was a good idea." The boy's mother agreed with her suggestion.

Both of them are able to find a job, a place to stay and meals if they accept the restaurant owner's offer. And the boy's mother feels worried to leave the restaurant owner alone. Maybe because she could emphasize with her condition so she want to help her.

The restaurant owner is surprised by the boy's mother's quick answer. But she just smile happily because she was really glad that the woman in front of her agreed. Maybe she feel happy because she could finally say goodbye for spending her hard days alone.

"So what would you do right now, Mam?" The boy asked and looked around the restaurant.

The restaurant was in a mess because of the rowdy men group before. It was impossible for the owner to continue her business today.

But the boy and the woman started to tidy the restaurant. As if both of them were used to do similar things before, the restaurant quickly became tidy. They moved the broken things to the corner and it was suddenly disappeared.

"Where are the broken tables and chairs?" The restaurant owner asked with a surprised tone.

"Hehe, don't worry about it I just moved it away so it won't trouble the customers. I think it will be enough if you want to open your restaurant for dinner time." The boy said with a cheerful tone.

"B-But even when we are able to clean this place, We won't be able to prepare the food on time. Dinner time is the most busy time and even currently this restaurant has lost a lot of customers, but there are still some people who will come to this restaurant. Maybe around half of this restaurant capacity." The restaurant owner said with a worried expression.

"Could we see the kitchen?" The boy asked.

"Of course, I still need to show you around this restaurant and show you the living quarters. Please follow me. Oh right! Where's my manner? I forget to introduce myself. My name is Caron Terra. Nice to meet both of you." The restaurant owner, Caron introduced herself and guide both of them to the kitchen.

"Nice to meet you too. My name is Katarina Terra and this is my son, Ludger Ignis. I don't 't know if I will be able to work like a professional but please let me learn how to do it." The boy's mother, Katarina said politely.

"Nice to meet you, Mam. I will also do my best to help you with whatever I'm able to do." The boy, Ludger said as he act politely.

Both of their movement are elegant and her manner is quite similar to some nobles that she saw before. Some nobles in the Empire often try to train themselves as an adventurer. Of course, only the third child and so on or the children that could not inherit their family do that except for some special cases.

Caron is quite interested in the mother and son pair background but she didn't try to ask them and continued to guide them around the restaurant.

As they arrived at the kitchen, they were able to see the types of equipment and some ingredients that seem to be fresh ingredients that Caron had bought for today's menu but she couldn't finish it because the rowdy men come and disturbed her before.

The boy, Ludger curiously looked around the kitchen and look at the ingredients. Katarina also looked around and look at the types of equipment with interest.

Caron feels worried about Ludger moving around in the kitchen and sometimes he will touch the ingredients or types of equipment. She feel that the little boy might hurt himself but when she saw at the boy's mother who looking at him happily, she decided to watch him.

The boy stop at a sack with a grain inside and turned his head to Caron.

"Mam, could we use this thing to make the dinner menu?" Ludger said with glittering eyes.

"Hmm?! D-Do you know about these ingredients?" Caron asked with a curious face.

"I have learned about it before." Ludger nodded his head.

That sack of grain is the new ingredient that her husband buy from a merchant from another country before he died. He told her that he wanted to find a way to cook it and make it as one of their new menu. But that accident happened and he will never be able to use it.

"I'm sorry, Mam." Ludger suddenly apologized.

"I'm sorry if my son said something rude or do something wrong." Katarina also apologizes for her son.

"Huh?!" Caron realized that her tears started to drop.

She wiped her tears and said. "You didn't do anything that makes me sad. I just remembered about my husband. That sack is the last thing that he bought before that accident happened."

The mother and son pairs are speechless and looked at each other. They seem to never expect that Ludger is stepping on the mines.

Ludger is thinking about using an ingredient that is easy to prepare and will attract a lot of people because it was a quite famous ingredient in his knowledge and a lot of different dishes could be made. But he never thought he will touching an ingredient that would remind the owner of her bad memory.

Looking at the troubled looks of the mother and son pairs, Caron smiled and looked at Ludger with a serious face.

"Then can you tell me more about the way to prepare this ingredient? Please help me to fulfil my husband's last wish." She said with a serious tone and lower her head.

"Stop! You don't need to do that because I also want to try it too. And of course, I will help you, Mam. I have said it before that I will do my best to help you." Ludger said with a panicked tone.

As Ludger said, he started to teach the two women about how to prepare and cook the ingredient. He look at the grain carefully and started to prepare it as he washed it with water in a circling movement. He strain it and put the water into different containers.

He put it in a pan and put water into the pan and put a lid before he told his mother to help him put it on the stove and started the fire. They waited for the grain to be perfectly cooked before he started to tell them to prepare the other ingredients.

Vegetables, eggs, and meats are being cooked with Ludger's direction. As if he had seen how to make it, his directions were very detailed and it was impossible for them to make any mistakes when he slowly told them the details steps.

The two women followed the boy's instructions without asking any questions. And they were finally able to finish it just before the dinner time.

At first, Caron feel worried about serving this unknown menu to her customers. But after she tried it herself, she quickly agrees with Ludger's words and they were able to hear some people coming into the restaurant.