Since the two types of porridge have finished boiling, I’m teaming up with Corinna-chan to work at the counter.
Corinna-chan is in charge of checking the lower-class noble’s food tokens, and I pour out the porridge the diner chooses and hand them over.
Lower-class nobility meals are paid together with the dormitory fee once a month.
A token medal is lent out as proof of paying for the food, and you show it when you receive the meal.
April’s token is blue, and next month, May is yellow.
Immediately, the first students of the morning came.
It’s a trio of sophomores, maybe in the same room.
“Ah, porridge again, is it?”
“It’s a waste because you can’t even eat half of it.”
“But you paid for the food.”
“Come on, show me your token,” Corinna said.
The trio raised their eyebrows.
“You didn’t check the token before, did you?”
“Wait, are you, a student? A part-time job?”
“Uh, where’s my token? Oh, it’s in my wallet.”
“Since the person in charge has changed, many things have changed, Senpai,” Corinna said.
“Eh, but that porridge must be salty, anyway.”
“It’s really delicious now.”
“”No way.””
Our senpais don’t believe us.
All three gave their tokens, so I asked them for their orders.
“Salty porridge or sweet porridge. Which would you like?” I asked.
“Ah, it’s Bejeweled-san. Then, I’ll have mine sweet.”
“I, I think I’ll take mine salty.”
“Sweet, sweet, make it sweet, please.”
Two sweet and one salty.
“You can add nuts or honey for the sweet porridge, what do you prefer?”
“I, I’d like nuts, and this place is like a real restaurant.”
No, the girls’ dormitory cafeteria is a real restaurant.
“Huh, no toppings with the savory one?”
“Sausage and egg will be served as a side dish,” I said.
A small plate of sausage and eggs was placed next to the bowl of salty porridge.
“Oh, that looks good, but I like them sweet, full of honey.”
I arrange the requested meals on the counter.
Also three salads.
They are also crisp and crunchy fresh by using Heal on the shriveled and wilted vegetables.
“Wow, the salad is so fresh, it’s the first time I’ve seen it.”
“Oh, it smells delicious, let’s eat it quickly.”
“Yeah, yeah, right, right”
Even when the tea was served, the senpais sat down impatiently.
Then they each took a bite and cheered,
“““Yummy!!!”””
“What’s this, what’s this, it’s as delicious as a real restaurant!”
“Wow, even though it’s salty porridge, it’s not that salty!”
“Sweet, it’s delicious, so sweet.”
Kah, kah, kah, all three of them are eating with great momentum.
Mmm, mm.
“It was delicious! Let’s eat the salty ones tomorrow.”
“Even the salad was delicious, did the girls’ dormitory cafeteria finally change their minds!?”
“Let’s eat sweet again tomorrow, the sweet stuff.”
The three seniors put their trays at the dish drop-off window.
“Bejeweled-san, it was delicious. Will it be delicious tomorrow as well?”
“Please stop talking calling me Bejeweled-san, Senpai, I’m Makoto. It’s going to be delicious for a while.”
“I see, I see, Makoto-san, see you tomorrow.”
“It was delicious, I’ll order something sweet tomorrow.”
“Yes, thank you for your patronage,” I said.
“Today’s sweetness was good sweetness. I’ll be having sweet tomorrow, see you tomorrow, Makoto-san.”
“Yes, we’ll be waiting,” I said, bowing deeply to the three senpais who were leaving.
Nuts-senpai, Salty-senpai, and Sweet-senpai.
They all remembered my name is Makoto.
“Yeah, I’m kind of happy when someone says it’s delicious. Is this the real pleasure of the restaurant business?” Corinna said.
“That’s right, Corinna-san, why don’t you join the restaurant industry in the future?” I asked.
“Mm, I’ll think about it,” Corinna said.
Corinna-chan also seems to have awakened to the joy of the restaurant business.
Mm, mm.
When the three seniors left the cafeteria, students came in one after another.
I thought everyone was early, but it seems like the people who go to the morning practice for club activities.
Everyone shouts, “It’s delicious!”
Yeah, yeah, nice, nice.
After all, sweet porridge seems to be popular, maybe it’s the impression of the too-salty porridge from yesterday, but the salty porridge is slow to take off.
Meanwhile, a first-year student with black hair in a bob chose the salty porridge and was now pouring a large amount of salt from the salt shakers on the table.
“That’s one of the Four Heavenly Kings of Salty Porridge,” I said.
“Then two of the Four heavenly kings are me and you, Makoto…” Corinna said.
“That’s right, Corinna-san,” I said.
“That girl really likes her salt, doesn’t she?” Corinna said.
But if you take too much salt, you will get sick.
I’m worried about Okappa-san because she’s so short.
“She’s from the northern region,” Corinna said.
“Is that so?” I asked.
“In the north, they don’t have many vegetables, so they eat vegetables that have been salt-preserved over the winter,” Corinna said.
“The north sounds terrible,” I said.
Okappa-san finished the salt porridge and brought the tray to the return slot.
“It was delicious, aye, did you change the rolled barley?” Okappa asked.
She has a beautiful Northern accent.
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“Yes, we changed it from today,” I said.
“It will be delicious tomorrow too, aye? I’ll be so happy-happy,” Okappa said.
“You put a lot of salt in it, didn’t you?” I asked.
“Sorry, aye, I’m from the poor regions, so I used to eat rotten rolled barley with salt, see?” Okappa said. “That’s why I don’t feel like eating porridge without all that salt, mm.”
Was it a northern custom to make rotten rolled barley extremely salty so you could still eat it?
Marissa-san or Edra-san may be from the north.
“We also have sweet porridge, so please try it next,” I said.
“If it’s sweet, my family doesn’t have a habit of eating sweets in the morning, see. So, I’m looking forward to salt porridge tomorrow, aye,” Okappa said, smiling before she left.
Food culture varies from home to home and from region to region.
The dining room was noisy, so when I looked, Estelle-senpai, Yurisha-senpai, and Melissa-san were all there.
“Welcome, please present your lower-class noble’s food token,” Corinna said.
“Don’t have it,” Estelle said.
“I don’t have one,” Yurisha said.
“Yes, here’s my token, Corinna-san,” Melissa said.
“Melissa-san, please place an order with Makoto,” Corinna said.
“I see you’ve got nuts in the end, Makoto-sama, please put some nuts in the sweet porridge,” Melissa said.
“Melissa-san, you like nuts, don’t you?” I said.
“I love Hiyoko-Do’s bread, and I like the nutty donuts the most,” Melissa said.
“Right, it contains nuts, and it’s hot, so eat slowly,” I said.
“Yes!” Melissa said, happily grabbing her tray and heading to a table.
“People who don’t have tokens will pay in cash, and it will be 500 dolancs each,” Corinna said.
“Here, Corinna-kun,” Estelle said.
“Thank you, Estelle-senpai,” Corinna said.
“Do you have salty porridge? I think I’ll go with salty,” Estelle said.
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Seems she’s choosing because she had sweet porridge yesterday.
“Oh, I don’t have my wallet,” Yurisha said
“Here it is, Ojou-sama,” Misha said, handing Yuri-Yuri-senpai her wallet.
Yuriyuri-senpai took out five small silver coins from her wallet and gave them to Corinna-chan.
“Right, Estelle-senpai’s having salty and Yurisha-senpai’s sweet porridge has honey,” I said.
“Oh, it comes with sausage and eggs, does it?” Estelle said. “That’s nice.”
“It looks delicious,” Yurisha said.
“What about you, Misha-san?” I asked.
“Huh? I’m just a maid,” Misha said.
“Oh, I forgot, this is for Misha,” Yurisha said, handing 500 dolancs to Corinna-chan.
“Thank you very much,” Corinna said.
“Ojou-sama, the maid cannot abandon her job in the middle of the day,” Misha said.
“Today is a special day,” Yurisha said, “it’s handmade by the saint candidate, it’s good luck.”
No, I didn’t make it personally.
But I won’t say it.
“Hooray, I’m so happy., well then, I’d like some salt porridge, please,” Misha said.
“Yes, thank you for your patronage,” I said, handing it over.
Having salty porridge makes you more mature than you look, Misha-san.
The senpais brought their own porridge to the table and began to eat.
“It’s delicious, Ojou-sama,” Misha said.
“Yeah, it is good, Misha,” Yurisha said.
“It seems like yesterday’s bad porridge didn’t even exist,” Estelle said.
“Yeah, it tastes so good,” Melissa said.
It seems to be well received.
Good, you can expect good wages out of this.
Wages, wages.
Margot was standing in line.
When I looked, Heather-san was in the upper-class nobles’ seating, smiling and waving at me.
“An order of sweet porridge, please,” Heather said.
“As for Heather-senpai, I’ll pay for hers,” I said, giving Corinna 500 dolancs from my wallet.
“You’re all good,” Corinna said.
“Would you like to eat some too, Margot?” I asked. “I’ll pay for you, too.”
“Really? Then, I’ll have it after serving Ojou-sama,” Margot said.
After serving Heather-senpai eagerly, Margot-san ordered sweet porridge with honey and ate it up.
“It was delicious, is it okay to have it again tomorrow?” Margot said.
“I will treat you for five days under the same conditions as Heather-senpai,” I said.
“You’re so generous Makoto, I love that about you,” Margot said, blowing me a kiss before she left.
Margot-san is a mischievous person even though she’s an intelligence maid.
“Makoto, Corinna, morning,” Carol said.
“You’re here, Carol,” I said.
Carol brought Anne-san with her.
Hey, it looks like flowers have popped up all over the place.
Carol is cute.
“Since you have no tokens, it’s 500 dolancs each, Ca-Carol,” Corinna said.
She isn’t used to dropping all the formalities yet.
“There’s also Anne’s share, so it’s 1,000 dolancs,” Carol said.
“Ojou-sama……” Anne said.
“It’s fine, it’s a lucky charm because it’s a saint’s porridge,” Carol said.
Well, I didn’t make it.
And of course, I’m not saying it.
Carol took out a large silver coin from her wallet and gave it to Corinna-chan.
“Yours is salty, right, Carol?” I asked.
“You made me salty porridge, wow, it comes with a sausage and egg, it’s a bargain.”
“Well, it seems like a normal price, what will you be having, Anne-san?” I said.
“Ah, I like it sweet, so please put some nuts in it,” Anne said.
“Right-o,” I said.
Carol and Anne-san’s portions are prepared and placed on the counter.
Perhaps unaccustomed to it, Carol observes the behavior of the people around her and follows them with their tea.
“It’s delicious, Anne.”
“Yes, Ojou-sama, the sweet ones are also delicious.”
Carol seems to like it, too.
Breakfast is the source of energy for the day.
Let’s eat well.
“It was delicious, Makoto, I’ll be back tomorrow,” Carol said.
“Yeah, I’ll be waiting,” I said.
“Thank you for the meal,” Anne said.
She gathered the dishes and placed them in the return window.
“See you later, in the classroom,” Carol said.
“Yeah, see you later,” I said.
Carol and Anne left the dining room.
I’m glad they left happy.
Around 7:30, the number of customers increased.
This time seems to be the peak time for breakfast.
Breakfast time is until 8 o’clock, so it’s 30 minutes later.
Busy, busy.
The sweet porridge is getting lower and lower still.
“Edra-san, make more sweet porridge, umm,” I started.
“About 30 servings,” Corinna said.
“Understood, good gracious, how long has it been since breakfast was so crowded?” Edra said, filling a large pot with milk and then putting it on the stove.
“It’s like this today, but tomorrow it will be even more crowded,” Corinna said.
“Even more?” I said.
“That salty porridge has gotten so good, word will get out and more will come to try it,” Corinna said.
“Make that 50 servings more,” I said.
“50 sweet, 20 salty, it’s safer to add a total of 70 meals,” Corinna said.
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“So much,” I said.
Corinna-chan’s customer analysis shined brilliantly.
