Wild JK Kashino Yukiko Opens a Bar in Another World

Episode 10: Weird Handsome Man

Translated by AmaLynne
Edited by AmaLynne

「Umm―――, the work for the opening of the restaurant was not particularly different from yesterday. Just one thing.」

At my restaurant, the preparation begins after lunch.

We were not open for lunch like Japanese izakayas.

I didn’t make money for the increased workload, my profit margin would drop, and anyway, I didn’t have enough staff.

For now, the restaurant is doing well, but if things get worse, I might consider it.

In my store, we have a morning meeting, or rather a light meeting, before preparing the food.

It only takes a few minutes, but there was something important that I had to say today.

Even if it was Bonta-kun, who has experience in cooking and is very dexterous with his hands, or Lara-chan, the pretty little sister with a pink bob cut and a shorter height than me, but with surprisingly large breasts, who works for me as the signboard girl, it was something I couldn’t help saying.

As the owner of this restaurant and the person in charge of the employees, I had to say this with all my heart.

「Err―――, Bonta-kun and Lara-chan, there are many cases where you see me as a mother figure, but I am only 18 years old, so I must say,『That is wrong!』, and I say this out loud! At the very least, I should be your older sister!」

「My mother, landlady, was a mother when she was eighteen.」

「But, you know, Bonta-kun. Your mother, when she was eighteen, would not have had a son as big as you.」

It is indeed a different world.

So maybe it’s not unusual to have an eighteen-year-old mother?

But I am a Japanese woman who marries late.

So it is not strange that I am not married at the age of 18.

It’s not good to adapt everything to the norms of this world, and I’m going to go with the Japanese way of thinking.

Yes, I am not a woman who just goes along with what is going on around her!

「There is motherhood in a woman. I think that’s a compliment…」

I’ve talked to him about a lot of things, and it seems that Bonta-kun is more nurturing than I thought.

He responds to my remarks in this way so well.

I heard that he had a certain amount of education… In fact, he even keeps books and stuff.

「If I get married, that’s not bad.  But only if I get married.」

However, I had no plans or partners.

I am getting sad to hear myself say that.

「Anyway, I’m not a mother. Then, please start working as usual.」

「「Yes. (Understood)」」 

Since a long morning meeting is a waste of time, I decided to get right to work on the preparation.

While making miso-flavored motsu-nikomi in a large pot, we skewered the cut-up meat and organs.

「The amount of food we prepare has greatly increased since Bonta-kun’s arrival, but, amazingly, we’re still running short.」

「Because it’s not so easy to find a trustworthy, talented person like you, Bonta-kun.」

I really have to thank oyabun-san for introducing me to Bonta-kun.

But in a way, it was unexpected, though, that the increased prepared volume became known to everyone around us, and we settled for a slightly longer sell-out time due to even more customers.

「Oyabun-san has a good eye for people, doesn’t he?」

「I too have nothing but gratitude to oyabun, but actually there are other reasons for recommending me… He once came here late at night and there was nothing to eat, and he was in a very bad mood afterward.」

Ahh, that’s happened before.

I remember oyabun-san coming to the restaurant late at night and there was nothing left but morokyu, and oyabun-san was eating morokyu and sipping ale with a blank expression on his face.

The reason for his expressionless face was probably because he was concerned that other customers might be frightened if he became overtly grumpy.

Oyabun-san is an adult man who can take such considerations into account.

「『Bonta, if you’re there, you can prepare a lot, right?』, he asked me.」

That was correct, but the number of customers quickly increased, and the effect was not as great as oyabun-san had hoped.

「I guess that’s why oyabun-san comes to this store early these days.」

That’s what I’ve been told.

Since he hardly ever comes in late anymore, oyabun-san must have taken his measures.

Liver sauce and salted tongue, which oyabun-san especially loves, sell out very quickly.

「Now, that’s about it. A break before opening.」

After the preparation is complete and the restaurant is busy after opening, our restaurant takes a long break before opening.

「Suji-nikomi is also delicious.」

「It’s also good with shoyu.」

I served them a dish that I had not yet served at the restaurant, a long stew of magical beast meat in soy sauce, and it was very well received.

We could have launched the product right away, but the problem here is the manpower.

If we start making the motsu-nikomi in a big pot, we don’t have the manpower and time to make the suji stew.

There is also the problem of fire management. The rent is cheap, but the kitchen is quite small.

「Landlady, I suppose there will be an option to move to a more spacious restaurant sooner or later.」

「Right.」

「It’s better to relocate so we can stay open until the last minute.」

Bonta-kun, I knew you had experience working in restaurants.

He knows not only about cooking, but also about running a restaurant.

「We’ll have to wait until we have a little more money saved up.」

「There’s also the matter of manpower.」

「That’s a bigger problem.」

If we were to move to a restaurant twice the size of the current one, would we need at least three more new people?

There is no shortage of competitors still trying to steal our restaurant’s flavor, so we can’t hire anyone who isn’t good at what they do.

As we were taking a break while talking about this, a man suddenly entered the restaurant.

Putting down the『In Preparation』sign…

「Dear customer, it’s not time to open yet.」

「I’m not a customer! I’m here because I have business with Yukiko, the owner of this store.」

What all of a sudden?

This person.

Suddenly, he calls me by my name when he has never met me before…

Moreover, he called himself『ore-sama』, which sounds very high and mighty.

He looks like a thin, handsome man, and the clothes he wears seem very expensive, but he doesn’t look like an aristocrat.

He is a rich bonbon.

In this world, I think he is the heir of a big trading company or a descendant of the head of the family.

He looks elegant and handsome, but his words and actions made him look like a naive fool.

I think you should stay calm, even if you are a tenth of your parent’s age.

「I’m the owner of this restaurant…」

「You! The proprietress of this store. All right, I’ll take you as my wife! Let’s build up the store together! Soon we’ll have lots of branches and we’ll be busy!」

「Huh?」

What is this guy?

Suddenly, he was asking someone to marry him.

Moreover, he seems to be so bossy for nothing, and it makes me angry.

With this baseless self-confidence and rude attitude, he seems like the type of person you don’t want to get to know…

Why should I… this guy… why should I marry this guy?

「I think you’ve mistaken me for someone else. Please leave.」

「Hey, hey. Now the success story of me and Yukiko is about to begin.」

No, I just have a feeling that if I work with this guy, I’m going to fall through life…

「I think Yukiko-san would be more successful without you.」

「You’re right, Lara-san. Sometimes some idiots are full of unfounded confidence like this… and they’re stupid because they don’t realize it.」

Both Lara-chan and Bonta -kun are pretty harsh…, especially Bonta-kun.

I’m sure that seeing the real man, oyabun-san, makes him seem like a frivolous, all-talk guy.

I don’t think Terry-kun would be so bad-mouthed.

「You guys are in my way! Who the hell do you think you are?」

「Who are you?」

「Who?」

「Agh!」

「Hahaha, you two are the best!」

I don’t think it was intentional, but the timing of Lara-chan and Bonta-kun comebacks was so precise that I couldn’t help but laugh.

If he was the son of an aristocrat, this guy would probably be able to speak for himself, but he is not an aristocrat.

In the first place, proper aristocrats don’t wear clothes that are just too expensive.

「Ignorance is a scary thing. Listen and be amazed! I am the fourth son of the current head of that Starblood Trading Company…「Mirko, what are you doing?」」 

「Eh? Grandfather?」

While I was communicating with the strange brother, it seemed that it was time to open the restaurant.

The grandpa, who always comes in just after the restaurant opens, showed up.

He then calls out to the frivolous-looking young man who is arguing with us.

Apparently, they knew each other.

「『Grandfather』?」

「This is my grandson, Mirko.」

You know, at first, he suddenly called me by my name, and call himself『ore-sama』and look like a big man, but as soon as he saw his『grandfather』…  

So, even though he is your『grandfather』, you were scared by the awesomeness of the previous head of the Starblood Trading Company.

And most of all, I understood that he’s a young lad growing up.

「What are you doing, Mirko?」

「No, you know… I was meeting up with a friend, but did I go to the wrong restaurant? Well then, grandfather. I’ll take my leave!」‡

「I… I, where is it?」‡

Lara-chan, that’s what I thought too.

When questioned by his grandfather, the frivolous-looking young man named Mirko says he went to the wrong store to enter and runs away like a hare.

As I watched him walk away, grandpa sighed loudly.