I Was Reincarnated as a Commoner. I Can’t Stand Living Like This, so I’ll Become an Aristocrat! C134

134, Chef specializing in sweets

After seeing Stacey-sama leave the room, Pierre-sama sat down on the sofa. And Carolyn-sama also sat down next to her, while the cook remained standing. 

"Leon, I'm sorry for going off topic. Thank you for hanging out with Stacey. Now, I'll introduce you to the chef. I'm Yoan, who researches sweets."

"My name is Yoan. Thank you."

Mr. Yoan has green hair and green eyes, and is quite tall and athletic. He has droopy eyes and an impressive face, so it's a bit scary when you meet him for the first time. Maybe it feels more like that because he's wearing a straight face now. 

But I don't think he's that old. Around 20 years old, maybe a little older. 

"I'm Leon. Nice to meet you."

“I briefly explained to Yoan about Leon-kun’s shop, but would you like to tell Leon-kun again?”

"I got it"

I replied to Pierre-sama and turned my whole body towards Yoann-san. 

``Mr. Yoan, I would like to open a shop specializing in sweets.It is a shop that only sells sweets and does not serve sandwiches or other food items like a cafe.There, I would like to hire a chef who will work with me to develop new sweets. I'm looking for one, could you please lend me your help?"

"Pierre has told me that it might be difficult to continue researching sweets forever, so I'm really grateful to be able to continue researching sweets. I also think that shop is wonderful. However, Is it okay if I ask about the conditions before making a decision?”

That's certainly true. You can't make a decision without asking the conditions. 

Hmm, the conditions... I wonder what the appropriate salary would be. For now, I think it's okay to just say that I'll pay you the same amount as the salary you're currently receiving. 

Other than that, I guess it's a place to live and work. At this stage, I have no choice but to find a place to live on my own, and I haven't decided where to work... 

 that? Isn't this the worst condition? I feel like he'll never come! What should I do...for now, let's listen to Yoan-san's opinion... 

"What kind of conditions do you want, Mr. Yoan? I would like to meet your requests as much as possible."

"Well... I want you to be able to eat sweets every day, and I want you to raise your research funding as much as possible."

"Is that all you need...? Do you have any requests for salary, place to live, place and hours of work, etc.?"

"No, the salary is enough to live on at least. It doesn't matter where you live or work. As long as you can eat sweets and do research, you don't need anything more than that. I want to be clean, so I'd like a place in the store where I can change and cleanse myself.''

Mr. Yoan may have a tough face, but he may actually be a sweets idiot... But I think people like that will be better at research. Please lend me your strength. 

``First of all, Yoan-san will basically be able to eat all-you-can-eat sweets. You can make and eat as many sweets as you like using the ingredients you bought with your expenses. However, you should only eat them during your breaks or after work. ,The only person who can eat it is Yoan.Also, there is basically no upper limit on research funds.If there is not enough, please let me know as I will add more each time.''

When I said that, Yoan-san's tough face, which seemed to be a little nervous until just now, suddenly fell apart. 

“Ho, ho, is it true!? Is that condition true!?”

"Y-yes. It's true..."

Mr. Yoan asked with great energy. Yoan-san, the pressure is amazing... If a child is pushed with such force and force, they will usually cry! 

As if my inner voice had reached him, Yoan-san had come towards me, but then he slowly moved away from me again. 

"I-I'm sorry, I was just so happy..."

"No, it's fine. Are you okay with those conditions?"

"Of course! I couldn't ask for better conditions! Thank you so much!"

Although Mr. Yoan is still far away, he still affirmed this with great vigor. Finally, he bowed his head vigorously. 

　I don't know...Yoan is a big, strong-looking person, but I know it's weird to say this, but I think he's kind of cute. 

"Please look up. Thank you very much for your help. As for other conditions, the salary will be the amount that Yoan is currently receiving plus the money to prepare a place to live. I'd like you to find a place to live on your own. I haven't decided on a place to work at the store yet, so please wait a little while because I'll rent a kitchen somewhere.''

"Yes! As long as you comply with the first two conditions, anything else is fine."

It's not good at all! Yoann-san might be the type of person who loses focus on his surroundings once he starts researching sweets. I have to make sure I get home on time... 

As I was thinking about this, Pierre-sama spoke up, as if he had come up with a good idea. 

"Yes, Leon-kun, you don't mind if you use our kitchen until the shop is ready. Ioan will probably be used to it, and we have a lot of things in stock."

"Huh? No, that's bad!"

"It's fine. Don't worry about it."

"but……"

As expected, that's too bad... 

"Yes, let's do this. In exchange for renting out my kitchen, could you also give me some advice about Stacy's shop? I think Stacy would be happy to meet Leon-kun."

“Of course that’s fine, but… is it really okay for me to borrow the kitchen?”

"Of course"

...What a good person. It would be nice if everyone were such aristocrats. As a token of my gratitude, I'll give you some delicious sweets to help with my research. 

"Thank you very much. Now, would you like to taste the sweets that we are currently researching?"

"Oh, I'd like to ask you to do that."

"Then I'll do my best and make some delicious sweets."

"I am looking forward to it"

That day, we finished talking and I returned to the duke's house. 

It was decided that Yoan would take a week to pack up his things and then move out of the mansion on the next recovery day. Pierre-sama told me that I could continue to live in the servant's room in the mansion, but I politely declined because that was too lenient of me. 

That's why it seems like Yoan will look for a place for me to live, but if I don't choose a place, I can find one right away. I spent the past week looking for a room and getting used to my new life, and I started work from next week's recovery day. 

From now on, I'll be going to Baron Darrigade's house every week. 

First of all, I'll develop the sweets, and once I have a plan in place, I'll decide on a location for the store, set up a trading company, etc., and get pretty busy. It's going to be tough, but don't get excited. 

Then, during dinner that day, I reported to Richard-sama about today's event. 

"Richard-sama, I visited Baron Darrigard's house today, and he introduced me to a chef who was researching sweets. For now, I'm planning to research sweets."

"I see, that would be great. Where will that person do their research? The store hasn't been decided yet, right?"

"Yes. Former Baron Darigaard told me that I could use the kitchen as is, so I decided to honor his kindness."

It was a really great suggestion. I have to repay Pierre-sama. 

"I appreciate that. But wouldn't it be better to decide on a location for the store early?"

“I thought it would be good if we could start developing sweets, but is it too late?”

"I see...the store will open in the downtown area, right?"

"That's the plan."

"In that case, the sooner the better. Even if a store in a good location is put up for sale, it will be bought immediately. Also, renovation work will take time."

If you ask me, that's true...just because you buy it doesn't mean you can use it as is. It might be a good idea to prepare the store first. 

"That's true.Then I'm going to prepare the store early.Where can I find stores that are selling it?"

"You can look for it at the church, but I'll look for it myself. I can get a lot of information faster. So, Leon-kun, are you planning to register as a business company?"

"Yes. I'm also thinking of registering as a trading company."

"Then I'll take care of registering the company and looking for a store. I'll look for some good ones, so you can choose from them."

“Is it okay for you to go that far…?”

I feel like I'm relying too much on Richard-sama. I'm very grateful, but... 

"Of course it's a good idea. It's only natural that the Duke Townsend family supports Leon-kun's shop. Besides, if it's something like this, it won't take that long."

"...Thank you so much! I will definitely make it a success!"

"I am looking forward to it"

After that, I told Richard the name Japanis Shokai, told him about the location and production of the shop, and talked about purchasing milk, etc., and the dinner ended. 

The story is progressing so fast that I can't keep up with it, but let's do our best. Anyway, the first step is to develop the cake.