It’s morning.
I wake up with the signs the maids are waking up.
I have to wake up, too.
Hmm, the replacement uniform was in the chest.
Last night, Karina-san took the uniform that Carol lent me.
They wash it, iron it, and return it to Anne.
Sorry for the bother.
When I opened the bed curtain on my bunk, the maids were in the middle of changing their clothes.
Margot-san has some big boobs.
Karina-san also has surprisingly large breasts.
“Good morning, Makoto, are you awake?” Karina said.
“Good morning, Karina-san, Margot-san,” I said.
“Good morning, sleepy head,” Margot said.
“You look sleepy all the time,” I said.
“There are many things that can happen to an adult woman,” Margot said.
I’m sorry Margot, I’ve added extra work.
“Makoto, I’ve ironed your uniform, then I put it in your chest,” Karina said. “The man’s jacket is there with it.”
“Thank you, Karina-san, I’m sorry for the trouble,” I said.
“What are you talking about?” Karina said. “If you have any underwear to wash, please take it out.”
“Thanks, will do,” I said.
Last night, I signed a contract with Karina to do my laundry until I graduated.
It’s a little embarrassing to have it washed by someone I know.
I wish I didn’t have to be so indebted.
While I was changing into my uniform, Corinna-chan got up and started changing as well.
“Corinna-chan, it’s early, did you wake up?” I asked.
“I’m going to the dining room too because you’re going to need my help, Makoto,” she said.
“Eh, sorry for asking, but you can’t cook, can you, Corinna-chan?” I asked.
“Hmph, I don’t know what you’re talking about,” Corinna said. “Take me with you for now, then you’ll understand.”
Hmm? I wonder what it is.
Well, it’s reassuring to have a companion at a new job.
Come on, let’s go to the cafeteria together with Corinna-chan.
We’re going to school from the cafeteria, so I’ll take my bag with me.
After descending the stairs, the first floor had the cafeteria’s locker room.
When I opened the door, there was Marissa-san and four other staff members.
“Good morning, I’m Makoto Kimball, the cafeteria manager and your subordinate from today. Nice to meet you,” I said.
“Go-Good morning,” Marissa said.
“…” the rest went in silence.
Well, to the staff, I’m a mysterious female student.
I wonder if I’ll be in trouble if I’m suddenly called the person in charge.
“What happened to Ilda-san? Did she get beheaded?” one of the staff asked.
“Why are you suddenly the manager, who even are you?” another went.
“What about our salary?” a third went. “You’ll pay us, I should hope?”
“I don’t want to worry about an amateur in the kitchen,” the last went.
Don’t say it all at once, you guys.
“Oh, shut up!!” I yelled and BANG, I slam my hand on the table, too. “The basics of the restaurant business is to say your greetings first!! Say our hellos, and then speak your minds!!”
The staff went silent.
“”Ni-Nice to meet you””””
“Now after the greetings, introduce yourselves!” I said. “I’m Makoto, the adopted daughter of Baron Kimball. Before that, I was working as a baker’s daughter.”
“I’m Gioia, and I’m the stove keeper. Kimball-sama, since you were from a bakery, you’re no amateur at all, are you?”
Gioai-san is a timid and easily frightened woman.
As the stove keeper, she does baking and deep-fried food.
“It’s Edra, the soup keeper. You must be the daughter of Hiyoko-Do’s owners, I hear you’re a saint candidate, too.”
Edra-san is a fat, strong-looking woman.
She’s mainly in charge of soups and stews.
“That’s right, I was asked to be in charge of the cafeteria for a while by Estelle-senpai, the dormitory master, but since it’s my first time working in the kitchen, I’ll be doing menial work at the site,” I said.
The four of them raised their eyebrows as if they were amused.
“Solene. Sauce keeper. How much is our salary? I have payments to make, and I don’t want to be late.”
Solene-san is a thin, tall, middle-aged woman.
The sauce keeper makes the sauces and hors d’oeuvres which are the decisive factor of flavor.
“I’ll be in charge of that, Corinna Ceverus, baron’s daughter and an aspiring civil official,” Corinna said.
“A civil official?”
I see now, she is helpful.
Corinna is great.
“Mare. I’m a pastry chef. If you’re a baker’s daughter, you can bake bread, wouldn’t it make the students happy to have freshly baked bread with your meal?”
Mare-san has narrow eyes like slits and looks like she is always smiling.
A pastry chef is who makes the desserts.
Desserts are always included in dinners for upper aristocrats.
Nothing is attached to the food of the lower aristocrats.
“Let’s bake some bread later,” I said.
I can’t bake bread unless I go to my parent’s house and get some yeast, so I’ll put that off for later.
“Please do, the attitude of that bakery supplier is so terrible,” Mare said.
“The attitude of the other suppliers is also terrible, and the goods aren’t any good, either,” Edra said.
“We’ll fix that, too,” I said.
Marissa-san stepped forward. “I’m Marissa, the sous chef,” she said.
So she was the sous chef, I’m convinced of her talent thanks to that porridge.
Corinna-chan appeared in front of Marissa-san.
“I want you to take out the cafeteria’s ledgers, and also the key to the safe, and the employment contracts of everyone,” Corinna said. “I will check and recalculate the numbers. I will check the contents of the safe and see if I can pay for our purchases and your wages. I have classes, too, so, I want to do it quickly, and if I have leftover work, I’ll come back after school.”
“I-I understand, thank you very much, Corinna-sama,” Marissa said.
“Thank you, Corinna-chan, you were very helpful in coming here,” I said.
“Fu, now we’ll see from here,” Corinna said.
“Huh?”
Are there still problems for civil servants from now on?
“First of all, please give me and Corinna a three-point headscarf and an apron each,” I said.
Marissa-san brought them out quickly.
I’ll clean myself up and dress Corinna-chan as well.
“Let’s prepare breakfast. The upper-class noble’s meals are according to the menu Ilda-san has decided,” I said.
“””””Understood.”””””
“Lower-class noble’s food is porridge,” I said. “You can make two kinds, one sweet, one savory, and serve according to the student’s preference.”
“Ah, it’s impossible to have sweet porridge, the rolled barley is…” Edra said.
“Edra, the ingredients have become good quality,” Marissa said.
“Are you serious, Marissa-san? Let me see,” Edra said.
The porridge is handled by Edra, the soup keeper, and Marisa, the sous chef.
“For sweetness, please add honey or nut toppings to those who want them,” I said. “For salty foods, add sausage and eggs as a side dish.”
“Even though it’s a lower-class noble’s food, it’s so extravagant,” Solene said.
“If you pay 500 dolancs at a street restaurant, that’s about what you can get normally,” Corinna said. “What are you going to do if the cafeteria of the noble women’s dormitory serves a poorer meal than the commoner’s dining halls?”
“I suppose you have a point, you’re right, pardon me, Corinna-sama,” Solene said.
“Forget what you used to do, Makoto’s goal is to serve decent and valuable meals in the girls’ dormitory cafeteria,” Corinna said.
“Thank you, Corinna-chan,” I said.
She is a serious help.
Corinna-chan is a real angel.
“Dormiory Master Estelle and Deputy Dormitory Master Yurisha are also coming to eat porridge since they plan to eat the lower-class nobles’ food, so please do your best to make it,” I said.
“What are you saying, a duke’s daughter and a marquis’s daughter are coming to eat, too? We have to make these very good.”
“Is about 50 meals enough?” Marissa asked.
“100 meals, more depending on the number of guests,” Corinna said.
“Eh, so much? Corinna-chan,” I said.
“You’re an idiot Makoto, it’s a porridge made by a saint candidate,” Corinna said. There are a lot of people who want to try it. Don’t underestimate how quickly rumors spread in the women’s dormitory.”
“What should I do if a young lady who eats the upper-class noble’s meals wants to eat the porridge?” someone asked.
“Those who haven’t paid for the lower-class noble’s meals already, be it a margrave’s or a marquis’s daughter, paying in cash is the least hassle,” Corinna said. “I’ll handle transactions at the counter.”
This is the part where I am sure she’s got it all figured out.
I didn’t even think about customers paying cash and the hassle of collecting them.
As expected of Corinna-chan.
That’s my girl.
“Come on, let’s get to work!” I said.
“””””Yes”””””
The cafeteria staff gave a good answer and scattered to their stations in the kitchen.
Well, I’ll work for my wages too!
Wages, wages, I’ll do anything for wages.
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