After watching Tohru leave, Hayashi turned back and returned calmly.
"Magic is really useful."
He checked the system, wondering when Tohru would level up to Internal Staff, so he could learn all of Tohru's magic.
A dragon's flame breath was instinctive—something he couldn't learn, but he could learn the fireball spell from magic.
Hayashi entered the system and checked the employee tab.
Tohru's employee experience...
Had unexpectedly skyrocketed by half!
"That fast? What happened, or is it just a good upgrade?"
Hayashi looked at the experience log.
Cleaning: +small amount of experience
Organizing: +small amount of experience
Helping: +small amount of experience
Stocking: +small amount of experience...
A lot of activities that benefited the restaurant contributed experience.
But it still wasn't enough.
Hayashi flipped through the logs and finally found the reason for the large amount of experience in the last section.
Taking on additional responsibility: +large amount of experience!
It turned out it was here.
What this meant was that Tohru not only completed her regular tasks but also took the initiative to step up and help or solve problems that were unstable for the restaurant.
Thus, she earned a large amount of experience!
Just as Hayashi had thought.
Kasumigaoka Utaha was actually an important customer—an important character.
Her going home at this time was dangerous.
If something happened to her, it would be a big deal.
Although it didn't concern Hayashi directly, it wasn't a good thing overall.
Tohru's actions were highly appreciated.
So, she could quickly become an Internal Staff member!
"Good job, Toru!" Hayashi mentally gave her a thumbs-up.
Back at the restaurant, Hayashi initially planned to wash Utaha's plate and avoid troubling Toru with it.
But when he came back, the plate had already been washed!
In the few minutes he and Utaha were chatting at the alley, Toru had already handled everything!
"This..." Hayashi sighed, then thought for a moment.
"Well, let's make some snacks for Toru, extra ones."
And so, he did.
Hayashi went to the kitchen and began to make snacks.
After all, these weren't being sold.
Making extra wasn't a problem. If Tohru couldn't finish them, they could be stored in the system space, where they wouldn't spoil. Whenever needed, he could take them out. It worked out well.
So before Tohru returned...
Hayashi worked quickly.
Lollipops, candied fruit, cookies, ice cream, crushed ice, pastries...
He used multiple pots at once, mass-producing snacks.
After some time...
Ding-ling~
"Hai! Hayashi-san, I'm back~!"
Tohru returned and started looking for Hayashi, eventually finding him in the kitchen.
"Huh? Didn't we have no customers?" Tohru came to the kitchen door.
She immediately saw Hayashi busily preparing food.
Various snacks were laid out on the table, looking absolutely tempting!
"Wow~!" Tohru stepped forward, eyeing each snack.
"Everything looks so delicious!"
When Hayashi finished the last batch, he began to clean the kitchenware while smiling.
"Of course it's delicious."
"Tohru, pick some from each, take as many as you want."
"!?!" Tohru looked at him in disbelief, "Aren't we supposed to sell this, Hayashi-san?"
"Selling is too much of a hassle. Who said we're selling? These are for you, just a special treat for the staff."
After cleaning the kitchenware, Hayashi pointed at the shaved ice and ice cream.
"Eat these first, come on, or they'll melt."
Hayashi went to grab some ice cream.
As he took it, Tohru stood there, still dazed.
"Huh?" Hayashi looked at her in surprise. "Don't you like snacks?"
"Tohru, come on, I worked hard on this!"
"Just eat two... hmm?"
Before Hayashi could finish his sentence, Tohru suddenly ran over and hugged him.
She had charged at him so fast that Hayashi took two steps back and ended up leaning against the kitchen counter.
Tohru tightly hugged Hayashi.
Even if her chest was squished, it didn't matter.
Hayashi looked down at Tohru, feeling a mix of memories, relief, and joy...
He suddenly understood.
"Tohru, next time, don't be so sudden. What's in the past is in the past, just get used to it from now on."
He reached up and gently patted Toru's head.
"Because you treat me well, I will treat you well too, got it?"
Tohru nodded in his arms, "Mm!"
Hayashi took a bite of his ice cream.
Just as he was about to take a second bite, his face froze.
"Uh, Tohru, could you... get off me?"
"Just a little more hug."
"But my chest hurts from being pressed."
"?"
Tohru suddenly lifted her head, tears still in her eyes, looking as though she wanted to argue back at Hayashi.
What a joke! Pressed?
She was a Dragon!
So it was D!
How could D hurt?!
This was pure slander!
Just as Tohru was about to defend herself...
Hayashi rubbed his chest.
Thud~
Both of them looked down.
A phone had fallen to the ground and bounced slightly.
It was the phone Hayashi had given to his staff.
They both looked up at each other.
Hayashi: ...
Tohru: ...
Finally, Tohru picked up the phone and checked to see if anything was broken.
Thankfully, it wasn't a high fall.
The phone had "airbags" for protection.
So there was no problem.
"Tohru, you really know where to keep it..." Hayashi sighed and said helplessly, "That phone should be in your pocket, not tucked in your chest."
"But it's convenient like this..." Tohru even puffed out her chest.
"...."
"Forget it, let's just eat. The ice cream's gonna melt."
"Oh right!"
The two of them quickly started eating shaved ice and ice cream.
After finishing the cold snacks, they tried some cookies and other snacks.
Once they had eaten enough...
Hayashi put the items that were easy to store into the food vault.
The rest went into the system space.
Seeing that it was almost time to close...
Hayashi looked at the clock and ordered.
"Close the door, we're done for the day!"
"Oh~! I'll go close the door!" Tohru said as she went to close it.
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