Chapter 30 (1/2)

TN: New chapter! Sorry to keep you guys waiting for so long, but not only this chapter is so long, it’s also really hard to translate As a result, I procrastinated a lot ;A;

BTW, owner means owner of the other world restaurant while master means master of the bar Leonhart

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On the second floor of a certain cat restaurant was a bar

The name of the bar was ”Leonhart”

It was a social gathering place for adults; the o as an early hope for retire around japan and overseas for business though he was opposed by his family

It was a small bar with only one se by hie restaurant, the rest of the premises were used to store the bar's liquor

The bar had neither young waitresses nor a karaoke, but it was stocked with liquors that were collected utilizing theNot only there were japanese liquors, there were also foreign ones The price ranged from cheap to considerable so that people could drink delicious liquor at affordable price

If the master did not experience bad business and refrained fro a luxurious lifestyle, he could live normally until he dies

It was such a bar

Well, this bar was not an ordinary one

It had a ”delivery” system

Foods could be ”delivered” from the restaurant downstairs, which could only be ordered fro time of 6 pm to 9 pm

It was more delicious than a normal izakaya's

The foods that could be ordered had light flavours, but all had ”professional taste” made by decent chefs and were compatible with liquor

A wide variety of alcohol that occupied the majority of the shop preuished it from other shops

As this cohborhood often visited after work hours to cheerfully drink their favourite liquor along with delicious food

And theSaturday

'Ding', the food elevator installed at the back of liquor storage stopped at the second floor

Hearing that sound, he said some words to his customer and headed to the elevator that could not be seen froe point to receive the delivery order

[Hey, I've been waiting… Oh, it’s you today?]

Thea tray

The master knew of the restaurant's secret as the otherworld dining hall since the previous oas the previous owner of the building told him about it

Nearly 20 years ago, after he rented the second floor of the building as he was attracted to the conditions since the delivery service was one of the selling of his bar now, he was quite surprised when he was told of the secret by the previous owner

However, the events on the basement floor where the restaurant was located were different originally

Sometimes when it wouldn't affect Leonhart, he was asked to sell liquor to the ”customers from other world”

[I thought the usual waitress is the one bringing it… do you want to consult about liquor?]

For the past fewSaturdays was handed to the newly hired blond waitress eird hair ornaments

That's hen the owner handled it, ithe wanted to consult about

The e sensed exactly what he wanted

[Ee There's so I want to consult about for a moment]

While he lightly replied to the question, the owner handed the tray he was carrying to the master

Brilliant green, still warm, freshly boiled edamame

Fried potato chips seasoned with green laver and salt

Sweet homemade rum raisin sandwiched between salty biscuits

{TN: I can’t find that picture so I just put a normal rum raisin sandwich cookie}

The classicand tuna sandith ham and cheese sandwich

Three kinds of grilled rice balls of butter i miso and salted kelp that were recently added to the restaurant's menu

All of those dishes were orders of his regulars who i their weekend work and were particularly popular food ite his customers

[Yaa, thanks Let's start after we serve this]

While saying that, the master put down the side dishes one after another in front of the respective customers

[Sorry to keep you waiting Delivery has arrived… would you like to order anything else?]

While putting down the side dishes, he received an order of sake

He then processed the additional order calmly

It was quite inside the bar Most customers who came to Leonhart wanted to drink quietly, as such it was rare for the bar to have noisy customers

[Take your time I'll be at the back for a while]

After saying that to his custoe

[So, what kind of alcohol do you want?]

He asked the owner that aiting in front of the elevator

[Let's see… can you give me two bottles of sweet shochu1? It seems shochu is really popular today]

The oas familiar with this situation and said his ”order” without pause

[Shochu, huh Oh right… are you okay with authentic shochu of sweet potato and barley that I ordered froh]

After pondering on the owner's orders, he immediately listed the alcohols that matched the condition

[Thank you very much I'm saved]

The owner nodded

The oas not very familiar with liquor so he depended on the master as an alcohol connoisseur

When it came to alcohol, he trusted the master's choices

[Well… this is it]

The master quickly found the alcohol and handed them to the owner

[Payment will be as usual Deduct the amount from the rent at the end of the month]

[Yes Thank you very much]

The owner bowed slightly while holding the bottles

[By the hat kind of customers ordered it?]

The master asked the oas about to return to the restaurant

Previously when he asked who ordered the large bottle of whiskey, the owner answered that it o male dwarves who carried an axe each on their back

Who ordered alcohol today?

It was a form of his curiosity

[Aa, the custore]

He described a little bit It suited the new custoht about it

[O, ogre?]

[Ee He's big and has horns]

While s at the bewildered master, the owner further elaborated

A shabby mountain hut prepared for travelers built near a mountain path at the Western Continent

[I should grill it] [Well, I should boil it]

Inside, while discussing on how to cook the ”ingredient” that was acquired, was an ogre named Tatsuji who resided there

[I like this kind of food, it's delicious so I want to eat it as much as I can I still feel like a kid I want to prepare this and roast it with salt Isn't it fine?]

Nearly twice the size of an average hure with red skin, black hair and two yellow horns

Tatsuji ore clothes er fur, wanted to eat quickly

[No no, look carefully The his legs were hairy, right? Surely it has a strong taste It will not taste good if it's not cooked well]

The one who said that was a fee woman hite skin, black hair and two horns

They would not yield to each other Both of their opinions clashed because they thought each of their cooking methods would make the food delicious

And that hy they continued to argue

[The ogre wife Why don't you just listen to me for a while?]

The two of theredient”

[What?]

[For your information, you shouldn't be picky of your food just because it's not delicious You can't cook properly even if you have proper ingredients2]

[Yeah, yeah Even I know that…]

Food that they created unfortunately was said to be… awful by a rat-like travelling ”self-proclai who spat the food out after eating it

They glanced sideways at the h rope made of mountain vines stacked at the corner of the room

[Although you heard it from an uninvolved person, it seeht… do you know about the food from another world?]

They could go there if they wanted to taste it

To prevent the other parties fro it, he internally smiled

[Otherworld?] [Cuisine?]

On the other hand, the two of them seemed confused

[Exactly It's a different world food Actually, once in 7 days… just today, a door to the restaurant that served otherworld food will appear around here The food there has a reputation of being very delicious in this world]

He got them

With that in his

[Liar] [I have never heard of it]

[No problem That's the truth I sahen I climbed the mountain As I said, it appears once every 7 days

…And the alcohol there is very delicious Gee, it's a shame

If you want, I can give you guidance What do you think…]

He sighed seeing the suspicion on the two's faces

Because he didn't want to see, he recalled the food fros of sympathy from his heart

[…If he says so, why don't we keep hiuides us to this restaurant?]

[…All right? If you lie, I would eat your feet while you're still alive though]

He guessed they sniffed the truth from the rat's words

The ogre couple said such a thing

[Oo! That's good! Well then, I'll show you the way…]

Without being freed from the ropes that he was tied with, he was lifted and placed on a shoulder

[Oh, let o I'll lift you there]

[It would all be naught if you escape If you don't want to be eaten alive, you realize you have to guide us properly?]

[…Okay]

The world was not so sweet

The rat adretful

Then after they ran for roughly an hour, they arrived

[…This is it] [No way it's true]

While thinking that there was so down the Halfling

At their destination was a black door with a picture of a cat

The door to the otherworld dining hall

[Come here… the husband, I'm sorry to tell you, but could you release me from the ropes?]

If you think normally, such a door would be out of place there

In other words, he said the truth

Judging that, he nodded to the rat's words and tore the rope

It was sunny and the rat was freed

[You're welcome…]

While rubbing at his rope burns, he said that to the couple

[Well then, open the door immediately]

[Why? Can’t you do it yourself?]

To the rat's words, Tatsuji was suspicious

In response to those words, the rat said sadly

[No, but I'm hated by this door… Let me show you]

Rat proceeded to touch the handle of the door… and showed that his hand slipped without even touching it

[Although it's an e story, I was ”denied to enter” the other world As such, I can't open the door]

As he said that, his words were tinged with heartfelt regret

Once, he felt ravenous and ordered a lot of food even though he didn't have any money The price to pay was a lot

After that, he apologized to the owner and he was forgiven, but the door did not forgive him Even now, he couldn't open the door

That's why the rat tried to enter the restaurant with the samurai of the Mountain Country, the onmyouji of Sea Country and the naïve princess…

And that hy it was necessary to prepare ”guests who could enter” like the horrible ogre couple

[So, husband, please open it]