Between World Restaurant - Dxhaseoxd

By the end of it, he couldn't help giving a burp as he was surprised by how full he was with just a single bowl of egg fried rice.

The problem was that he didn't understand that rice would expand in his stomach when he drank excess fluids, so this was what caused his stomach to be so full. It wouldn't take long before he was hungry again, but that was a problem for later.

After the hunter finished his meal, he couldn't help looking down at the empty bowl in front of him.

He didn't understand how this worked.

It was nothing more than a simple bowl of fried rice with eggs, there wasn't anything special about it at allSo why did it taste so good?!

He really wanted to have another bowl, but he also knew that he wouldn't be able to finish it, so he had no choice but to stop for now.

As he settled, he turned his attention back to the restaurant.

Just what was this place?

As he remembered, he came through the door that had been in the middle of the cave and then he appeared in this place

Could it be that the door was teleportation magic?

That did make sense since the Destruction Orc King and the Great Sage Zweit were both here. So was this a special restaurant that was hidden somewhere in their world?

Croquette had finished his meal at this time and he noticed that the hunter was looking around himself at the restaurant. It didn't take much for him to guess what the hunter was thinking since he had thought the same thing when he had first come to this place.

He said in a calm voice, "This is another world."

The hunter jolted when he heard this before immediately turning to look at Croquette with a look of disbelief, "Another world? You're saying that the door brought us to another world?"

He turned back to look at the door that led out of the restaurant before asking, "Can we go back?"

If this really was another world, then the first thing that he was worried about was if he had been trapped here.

Croquette pointed at the door and said, "Just go back through that door and you'll appear where you came from. That's how the magic of the door works."

The hunter revealed a confused look as he asked, "But where did that door come from?"

Croquette gave a shrug before saying, "Even I don't know that. I've tried studying the door many times, but I've never been able to figure out the magic behind it. All I know is that it likes to go to random places and it creates many copies of itself, almost as if it's trying to bring more people to this restaurant."

The hunter was even more confused when he heard this, but since Croquette had said that he didn't understand how it worked, he wasn't able to ask anything else.

Croquette seemed to remember something and added, "The door will appear once a day, so you can come back here for a meal every day."

This was the most important thing for the customers of the restaurant since they were no longer able to live without the food from the restaurant anymore. It was almost like a drug that they were completely addicted to.

It was the same case with the hunter as he let out a sigh of relief when he heard this.

If he wasn't able to have this egg fried rice again, he really didn't know what to do with himself.

Since he wasn't able to ask anything about that door, he snuck a peek at the Destruction Orc King before asking, "Is it really alright for you to be here with him at the same time?"

Croquette wasn't surprised to hear this question again because anyone with a bit of knowledge in their world would ask this.

He shook his head and instead of answering, he asked, "Why do you think that it's not alright for me to be here at the same time as him?"

The hunter revealed an awkward look before slowly saying, "Well, you're one of the leaders of the human race and he's one of the Four Demon Kings, so"

Croquette then said, "All that means is that we're on different sides because of our positions and our statuses, but does that say anything about us as people?"

The hunter couldn't help being stunned when he heard this.

Croquette continued, "While we have to fight because of our obligations, that doesn't mean that we want to."

The hunter was even more shocked by these words. Were these really things that one of the leading figures of the human race should be saying?

Croquette could see the confused look on the hunter's face, but he didn't try to explain himself. After all, this was just how it was when one gained power to rise above the rest.

Only those at the same level would understand how they felt.

As the hunter stared at Croquette, he started to understand what he meant a bit better.

To put it simply, it was most likely what it felt to have a rival.

After a moment of silence, Croquette suddenly said, "Do you know why I'm called Croquette?"

Hearing this, the hunter immediately gave an interested nod. This was a question that had been on his mind for a long time now.

Croquette pointed at the empty plate in front of him and said, "The thing that I was eating, it's called a croquette. All of us use nicknames based on the dishes that we love the most here. So you would be named Egg Fried Rice."

He then revealed a mischievous smile and pointed at the Destruction Orc King before saying, "Do you know what his nickname is?"

The hunter looked at the Destruction Orc King before turning back to shake his head.

The smile on Croquette's face grew wider as he said, "It's Parfait."

The hunter revealed a confused look as he asked, "Parfait? What's a parfait?"

With the same smile, he pointed at the Destruction Orc King again, but this time he pointed at what was in his hand, "Do you see the glass that he's holding? The one filled with those different colours?"

The hunter turned back to look in that direction and nodded when he saw it.

Croquette then asked, "Isn't it funny seeing such a large orc eating something so small and delicate?"

The hunter shook his head after a pause before saying, "Everyone's free to eat what they want. There's nothing funny about it."

Croquette's smile froze on his face before he said with a sigh, "You're no fun at allBut you are right. That is a good mentality to have here since you'll be able to try all the delicious foods that others wouldn't dare to."

The hunter nodded before suddenly realizing something, "What time is it?"

Croquette pointed at the clock on the wall and said, "That clock tells the time not just in this world, but our world."

The hunter looked over and found that it was already noon, "It's already this late? I have to hurry back or I won't be able to make it in time before the market closes!"

As he was about to turn and run, Croquette reminded him, "The bill."

The hunter's feet stopped as he suddenly remembered that as well. He waved his hand at one of the waiters who came over with his bill.

"One silver? It's that cheap?"

Though he said this, he still quickly dropped a silver in the tray that the bill came in before turning to rush off.

As he was leaving Croquette added, "Remember, the door will appear once a day."

The hunter nodded before waving goodbye to Croquette.

But before he could take two steps, there was a voice that rang out, "Aren't you forgetting something?"

The hunter stopped since he recognized this voice and he turned back with eyes that had a bit of fear to look at the source of the voice. He found that Yami was standing there, holding the deer by one of its antlers.

The hunter revealed an awkward smile when he saw this and he said with a nod, "Right, that is mine"

He took the deer from Yami before heading to the door again.

When he passed by the Destruction Orc King's table, someone suddenly said something.

"Come back and give this parfait a try. I'm sure that you won't regret it. You're at least open minded enough unlike a foolish sage."

The hunter was once again surprised, but he gave a nod in agreement.

Holding the deer, the hunter went out the door with the dog on it and reappeared in the cave that he was in before.

After the door closed behind him, it disappeared into thin air as if nothing had been there before.

The only sign that what he had encountered was real was the deer that was still in his hand. As well as a grain of rice that was still on his face.

He took that grain off and put it in his mouth, savouring that taste once again.

Maybe he would go back there again tomorrow.

Third Meal — Steak (1)

The moon was high up in the sky.

"The Moon Goddess blesses our feast tonight!"

This voice rang out clearly in the old cathedral before it was followed by a resounding applause.

Right after that, there was the sound of nibbling and the sound of sucking that rang out along with the sound of goats crying out.

The goat cries slowly became weaker and weaker until they faded away completely.

The ones that had been sucking at the goats stood up with blood dripping from their mouths, but all of them had refreshed looks.

But before any of them could do anything, there was a door that suddenly appeared in front of them.

This was a normal looking door and the only thing special about it was the dog's paw on it.

As soon as it appeared, the male adult stood in front of the rest and raised one hand up as if he was protecting the rest.

One of the children peeked her head out and asked, "Papa, what is that?"

The man shook his head to show that he didn't know.

After a minute of silence, they slowly let down their guard.

The man had the adult woman take care of the children as he slowly made his way to the door.

Once he reached the door, he carefully went around it to see what was on the other side, but he found that there was nothing there at all. This was just a door that was floating in space, a door that wasn't connected to anything.

Just where did it come from?

The kids behind the woman clearly looked interested in this door, but the man wouldn't let them come any closer.

After making sure that there was nothing strange about this door, the man turned around and said, "Stay here. I'll go in and see what this is."

The woman said in a worried voice, "Dear, be careful."

The man nodded before turning the handle of the door.

The door slowly creaked open. The moment that a sliver of the door was open, there was a bright light that shined through that dazzled all of them.

It made all of them raise a hand to their face to try and block the light.

After a while, they slowly got used to the light that came from the door and were able to look at it from the side. However, the light was still too bright for them to look at it directly, so they weren't able to see what was behind the door.

Seeing that this was the case, the man turned around to give one last nod to the woman and the children before walking through the door.

As soon as he came through, the light that hit him once again made him narrow his eyes and cover them with one of his hands.

His eyes slowly adjusted to the level of light in this new place and he was able to see what was there.

He saw the various tables with many different kinds of creatures sitting there eating things. He saw the service staff walking around with strange dishes on their trays. He even saw someone being thrown by one of the waitresses in black, but the person being thrown had a smile on their face.

But then he saw the window and was shocked.

That was because there was natural sunlight that was coming through this window.

Natural sunlight was the natural weakness for a creature like him, so he immediately raised his cape to block himself from the natural sunlight. As he did this, he also attracted the attention of the people sitting near the door who all looked at him with strange looks.

After standing there like this for a minute, he realized that he wasn't getting burned by the sunlight here.

He couldn't help slowly peeking out at the window from behind his cape, but he found that there was nothing special about it. The only thing that was different was that even though the sun fell onto him, he didn't feel any pain at all.

What was going on here?

For one of the bloodkin like him, he should be burning in this sunlight. So why wasn't it happening?

As he stood there in a daze, the waitress in black that he saw throwing someone earlier came over.

Yami had seen everyone was staring at this person, so she decided to come over and help him before he caused a scene.

The man didn't notice her walking over since he was still looking at the window, so he was surprised when he suddenly heard her voice say, "Hi, welcome to the Between World Restaurant. Can I get you a table?"

The man suddenly jumped back when he heard this and he narrowed his eyes to look at Yami. After staring for a bit, he said, "What is this strange place? Who are you?"

Yami wasn't fazed by this at all since this was a rather normal reaction for a first time customer. She just calmly explained, "This is the Between World Restaurant, a restaurant in another world. The door you just took led you to another world."

The man turned back to look at the door before turning back to Yami and saying, "Another world? Are you crazy? How could a random door lead me to another world?"

He then started looking around himself and frantically saying, "I don't know what kind of illusion magic you've used here, but you won't fool me! Reveal your true appearance or I will"

The man had been raising his hands in a threatening gesture as he said this, but then he suddenly froze as he felt a pressure fall onto him.

This wasn't a normal kind of pressure, it was a pressure that came from the very bottom of his soul. It was a pressure that came from the essence of his blood.

Another waitress came up from behind Yami and said, "Boss lady, it seems like it's one of mine. I'll take care of this one."

Yami looked at her and gave a nod, "Alright Anna." Then she just walked off without looking at the man again.

But Anna had seen that her fist had been clenched.

If she hadn't intervened, it would be hard to say what would have happened to the man.

The man looked at Anna with a terrified look, but that look also had a bit of confusion to it. It was as if he recognized this person, but he also couldn't remember who she was.

But just looking at her made his blood tremble as if he felt a sort of innate fear towards her.

After seeing that Yami was gone, Anna's face turned cold as she looked back at the man and said, "You're Vlad's kid aren't you?"

The man trembled when he heard this, but he gave a nod in response.

Anna continued in her cold voice, "Do you want to die? You think that you're immortal just because you're a bloodkin?"