Chapter 296 (1/2)

”Can i not sell here?” he asked his unseen ally. In his front was a sorry excuse of a store. It was made of wood and he did not doubt that even a stray gale would topple the structure down to the ground.

”Why can't this place be the same as the towering skyscrapers in the horizon?” Rake muttered sadly.

”Negative, host. This will be your only store in this world. You can expand its size through store upgrades but you can't transfer it to other places or buy new ones.

In the end, there shall only be one store that would hold all the culinary mastery of the Ultimate Cooking System.” Rake was about to ask some more questions but he postponed it for later.

He heard the distinctive sounds of footsteps before his eyes was graced with the lovely form of a young woman. She was a perfect goddess in both beauty and charm. A real anime girl in the flesh.

Though Rake had seen that almost every girl here was a beauty of their own but having one so close to him hammered this fact in to his new reality.

”Hi.” Rake started and took a step back away from the girl.

He stunk like shit and he did not want their first meeting to be this ugly. But alas, some wishes were just not meant to be.

”Hello. How may i help you?” asked the girl.

”I'm Rake and i was the one who bought the property earlier.” Rake replied and gave a piece of paper unto the girl.

”I see. So you are Mister Rake Stevens. Please come in.” the girl replied with a serious expression on her face. But even that hasn't diminished her allure one bit.

The girl led Rake inside and left after more than 20 minutes of introduction. He'd learned that her names were Miss Anne and she had sold the property because her mother got sick.

It appeared that medicine was as costly here as his previous world. Rake mused inside.

”So what are shop points and how can i use them?” Rake asked the moment he had the place all by himself.

”Shop points can give you anything that you need, host. Not only can it provide you with cooking skills and equipment, it also offers a wide variety of products. Please see it for yourself, host.

Status Open.” Rake heard the system's answer and something was transported into his eyes.

It was letters and he could read them just fine as it was written using the English alphabet. Now that he thought about it, the people in this world all spoke his native language also. Very peculiar.

Did the entire world adjust to my entry into their domain or were my senses tweaked a bit to fully assimilate into this unknown planet? A second flashed with this on Rake's thoughts.

After a moment, he gazed into the figures on the screen and looked at the things that were presented before him. There were many columns and he'd read a few of them out loud.

Techniques

Armors

Weapons

Materials

Miscellaneous Items

Cooking Skills

Cooking Recipes

Cooking Equipment

Etc…