The Late Cook Ascends the Tower - The Late Cook Ascends the Tower chapter 33

33 – Episode 33. Each person’s choice_(4)

“There are so many, can you fit them all in?”

“Um… Do you have any leftovers? There are still seven squares left.”

I swept all the items in the kitchen to Tilda.

The raw materials brought from the tower, the by-products made by processing them, and even the finished dishes.

Among them, the [Soup containing the essence of the monster] Was still in the pot, but I couldn’t put it in my inventory because the pot wasn’t mine.

Now the bowl is the problem.

Something like meat can be stored just by cooking, but liquid cannot be produced without a bowl.

I’d like to take it from the village if possible.

“Dana. Could I buy some bowls?”

“Bowl? Um… Maybe you can find it in the warehouse. I will bring it now!”

“I might not be able to buy it because I don’t have much money.”

“It’s okay, it’s not hard. You say you have something to do in the woods? I will have it ready until you return.”

“Thank you.”

“Thank you, come on.”

With the exception of the soup, I packed all the items I needed and headed to the forest on the outskirts of town with Tilda.

On the way to the forest, Tilda looked full of energy.

She must have been wandering between death and near death until this morning.

I couldn’t walk calmly, I jumped forward and backward, unable to control my excitement.

“Chef, what is the peasant you mentioned earlier? Why are you going to the forest?”

“Your dog tag has the ability [Friend of Plants] Written on it. I will try to use it from now on.”

“Ah… Do you have any plants you want to grow?”

“A lot. Are you good at growing plants?”

“Uh heh heh heh…”

What kind of expression is that?

As soon as Tilda heard me, she opened her mouth and let out her laugh.

Did you take the medicine?

“What is that smile? Do you grow plants well?”

“Of course! As for halflings… They grow with plants from birth. Bring any plants! I’ll give you all the keywords.”

“Really? But it won’t work the way you think?”

“Ugh… I can’t believe I’m bound to a card again and my abilities are limited… What is that?”

“If you try it, you will know. Stop whining and quickly follow me.”

“Yup!”

The TOE rule has a certain direction even if it seems arbitrary.

Disturb the players if they stay in one place, and make them climb the tower if they need something.

No matter what you do, in the end it’s about pushing you to the top of the tower.

So, no matter how well you grow plants, the number of items will not increase infinitely.

But what if that happens?

I should hug Tilda and dance Zumba… But that doesn’t happen.

“Wait a minute. I will find a good land!”

Upon reaching the forest, Tilda put her head on the ground and sniffed at her.

Does good soil smell different?

After wandering around for a while, he came back to me with a sullen expression.

“Ugh… This place is so… Not so good. I can’t feel life in the soil. What should I do?”

“Try it though. Maybe you can grow plants in a different way.”

“Okay… what shall we plant?”

Well, what should I grow?

I’m going to climb the tower in earnest from now on, and I won’t be able to reach the village for a while.

It would be nice to have something to eat.

It’s good if the recipe is simple.

So this is good.

TOE version potato [Big Smir].

“This is called Smir, would you like to try it?”

“Leave it to me, Chef!”

Instead of digging a trench, Tilda pressed Smir down and buried him in the moss-filled dirt.

Then she closed her eyes, wrapping her hands around the ground.

I felt something mysterious spreading around Tilda.

It was as if her body had become part of the forest, now Tilda felt like a pink weed flower blooming under a tree.

After waiting for such a long time, Tilda’s hand…

To my surprise, nothing happened.

Looking up at me again with a sullen expression.

“Chef… The voice says it needs a sacrifice?”

That’s right. Can the TOE call the item for free?

Anyway, [Plant Friend] Seemed to be a function that called plants in exchange for other items.

Call the necessary items, but with an equivalent exchange.

“It’s okay. What do you need?”

“Anything that can be nourished.”

Then what about this?

I handed over the [Bone of a Crooked Bird] To Tilda.

I kept 4 of them just in case when I was making the soup.

Because bones have traditionally been used as fertilizer, won’t they grow well?

“How about this?”

“Good! I think it will grow very well.”

Tilda took her bones and laid them down beside the ground where her smir was buried.

Then the bones melt into the soil and disappear.

“Oh, it works!”

Then, sprouts began to sprout from the soil.

It took less than 10 seconds for the sprout to become a stem and grow to knee height.

When I pulled out the stem like that…

Two large chunks of smir came up, clinging to the roots.

“Whoa, did you see Chef? They grow so fast!? I’m not even like this…”

“That would be the way the tower is. You will be doing it a lot in the future, so get used to it.”

“Uh heh heh heh… Somehow I think I’ve already been helpful. Right?”

I don’t agree with you at all.

Does that cheesy laugh mean that you’re happy to be helpful?

You said earlier that you would do anything in exchange for learning how to be strong, but Tilda seemed to be conscious of that already.

And Tilda’s goal is to become stronger.

Being helpful to someone might be in the same context as becoming stronger.

Then…

I’m going to reorganize the pampering in the future.

And when asked if it was helpful, [Friends of Plants] Was a hit.

Tilda is an insignificant ability when used alone, but becomes invincible when combined with my cooking.

If you get a single tier plant from the tower, it means you can use it infinitely even if you only get one!

Since Tilda seems to be very excited right now, I should give her a shoulder pad as a compliment at this timing.

Grow up well like Smir, Tilda.

So please be my pantry.

“You are really amazing. Thanks to you, I won’t have to worry about vegetables in the future.”

“Really!? Just leave it to me, Chef!”

Because bones take a long time to cook, it would be better to get rid of them in advance.

And in the future, you will get ingredients from the tower, but if you collect too many different ingredients, your inventory will run out.

It is important to get rid of unnecessary things immediately and collect one item in bulk.

If it’s the same item, it only uses one inventory no matter how much it is grouped together.

After that, we used 3 more [Bone of a Bird] To get 2 [Big Smir] And a [Sturdy Bulb].

Now you won’t have to starve to death in the tower.

I didn’t expect much.

I got more harvest than expected.

“Good job. Let’s go back now.”

**

When I returned to the tavern, there were several dishes on the table.

Three wooden plates, five wooden bowls, and one ladle.

When I was cooking, I had a lot of trouble because I didn’t have enough bowls, but it’s much more than I expected.

“Dana, how many bowls have you had? Didn’t you even bring things to use at the tavern?”

“No. I hadn’t opened the warehouse once since my mom left… But when I opened it, it was there. You must have made a new one and left.”

“Lends me a place to sleep, rents a kitchen, even sells utensils, and I just take care of it.”

“Thank you! It goes without saying that friends help each other! And this is not for sale by me, so you don’t have to worry about it.”

“Are you not selling?”

“Because this is all my mom left behind. When you meet your mother at the tower someday, you just have to pay for it then. Including the stew she ate the other day.”

“Somehow, it seems very expensive.”

“Hee hee. I don’t know. And take that pot too.”

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“Even the pot?”

I wasn’t referring to the waste pot in the tavern, I was referring to the pot hanging in the kitchen.

The only cookware in this kitchen.

Right now, I only have one cookware and one jar, so if I can take that, I’ve got a thousand horses.

If I take that, I think the kitchen will be very empty.

There’s really nothing here.

I asked Dana back.

“There is only one. Do you really take it?”

“Even if I am here, there is no one to write to. What you take is the best way to use it. And since we have a stew pot in our tavern, that’s enough.”

“Thank you. I will write well.”

“Instead, when you meet my mother, tell me about me. Be brave and be well!”

“Yes. I’ll be sure to tell you.”

“Then… Let’s go now? To fight a climber hunter?”

“No. I have somewhere to stop before that.”

Then Tilda interrupted from the side.

As if he had been waiting for these words until now, his eyes were bright.

“Where are you!? Is there a place to go in the labyrinth? Are you going to get the treasure chest like last time?”

“Yes. I’m going to look for a weapon.”

“Wow… Weapons, just hearing it makes my heart race, Chef!”

“You’re going to fight the Climber Hunter right after that?”

“Ugh… that… can I do that?”

“You said you would do anything, aren’t you already confident?”

“No! I could! But… Will you teach me how…? Do you trust that chef?”

“Looking at you.”

“I will work hard… You can’t abandon me… Seriously…”

“You will have to do it very, very hard. Then, let’s eat before entering the tower.”

But at that moment.

Tilda’s and Dana’s eyes widened as if they were about to pop out at the same time.

Why are you like that?

Is it really that surprising to talk about eating?

Besides, this is a pub.

And then Tilda asked with disbelief in her eyes.

“Bob? What kind of rice?”

“Didn’t you eat anything here?”

“That’s… but…”

“If you bring soup, the inventory is insufficient, so I will eat everything here. Can Dana eat more? There are 4 servings left, so you should eat too.”

“…”

The two stared blankly at each other without answering.

“Poop!”

Then he burst into laughter.

At the same time this time too.

As if woven.

“What is it? What’s funny?”

“Puhahahaha! Right? Is it what I said?”

“What do you mean? Don’t you want to eat?”

“No Chef! It’s nothing! I really want to eat that rice!”

“Dohyun-ah, Tilda must be hungry. Let’s eat quickly. I’ll bring you a spoon!”

While I was away in the morning… Did they become close in that short amount of time?

What the hell did he say?

The two did not open their mouths until the table was set.

Even if I ask, they just say it’s nothing.

You giggle while looking at me…

As I glared at her, Tilda turned her cheeks red and swung her spoon around.

“It’s nothing, Chef! Can I eat now? I mean, I’m really hungry!”

“Let’s eat and see. Just know that killing is not allowed in the Tower.”

“Ugh… It’s really nothing. Thank you for this food!”

You tried to ignore my eyes like that.

Tilda glared at the soup now.

She then gulps her saliva, blows whoops, and cools the soup, just like Dana did.

Put it in her mouth.

And the next scene…

This is the third broth of the day.

“My sh*t… hehehe…!”

Tilda also began to chomp on her soup, weeping in her tears.

“I’ve never eaten anything this delicious in the world before…”

Is there something in that soup?

Why is everyone messing around?

Maybe it feels like being compensated for the pain of the past three days with warm soup.

Like I felt when I took a bath.

Then I think I understand a little bit.

Dana bought my soup with the last bit of gold.

We ate until we could see the bottom of the bowl, chattering as if we had just eaten for the first time.

Then, long after the meal, Tilda and I had a heated discussion about the taste of the soup.

How soft the Smir is, how the soup is so clean and yet so full of flavor.

Everyone seems to have a good taste, so you should watch them laugh.

After eating, my number of returnees went down to 0, and Tilda’s number of returnees, which had risen to 34, also dropped to 28.

I have leftover ingredients, and since I will continue to cook in the tower, Tilda’s returned soldiers will be zero in a few days.

Now… I really have to go.

Leaving the tavern, Tilda waved Dana’s hand until she was out of sight.

And then, without a word, Dana shut her mouth and shook her hand.

I shouted at the last minute.

“You must come to our bar when you come back! Understand?”

I couldn’t answer.

This round has one life, so you can’t restart it like a game.

Jap Dana is not an existence that can be seen over and over like Mr. Dana.

Because each person’s choice is like that.

“Tilda. Stop shaking her hand From now on, I will only look ahead.”

“Yes Chef! I look forward to!”