"Mommm, I told you not to call me that way already. I'm already over twenty years old." Stacey replied over the phone.
And although she was complaining, there was actually a smile on her face as she answered her mother.
"What's wrong with calling you that way? Even if you grew into an old lady, you'd still be our one and only baby, alright?"
Hearing that, Stacey could only sigh with a smile on her face, "Yeah, yeah. I get it."
,m "By the way, where are you right now? Your dad is almost home, it's better if you arrive earlier than him."
"Mom, the private plane you sent to pick me up just literally took off from the airport. It will take at least four hours for us to land there," Stacey rolled her eyes over her mom's question.
This was also a very unexpected matter, and it was out of her schedule. To be honest, Stacey was a little dissatisfied about the sudden arrangement of the private plane as she thought that she would spend the rest of the day with Roland.
However, her mom unexpectedly called and told her to get ready as the private plane was already on its way to pick her up.
"Hmmm? Why do you sound like you're blaming me? Girl, who told you to live and work in such a desolate city?"
Stacey's mom sounded a little dissatisfied over the phone.
Stacey graduated from college with flying colors, however, instead of working for her father, she actually chose to live and work as a small manager in a desolate city like the Fore City. How could she not be dissatisfied?
However, she and her husband had already agreed that they would not interfere with Stacey's life and that they would support her as best as they could.
On the other hand, if Roland were to hear her rants, he would surely spat a mouthful of saliva for such bold claims. Fore City, an H-Grade City, was actually just a desolate city in her eyes, just what city grade are you guys in?
On the other hand, Stacey was tongue-tied hearing her mother. For one, she knew that what her mother said was all facts. Fore City was indeed just a poor city in their eyes.
However, for Stacey, it was the perfect city to meet people who have secret identities. If she were to stay in a rich city, would there be any rich people pretending to be poor people there? Probably not.
"Mom, I told you. I just want to experience life and I promise, I will return once I have my fill, okay?" Stacey said.
"Experience life, or experience your fantasy?"
"Momm-" Stacey's cheek turned red immediately after. She got flustered as she did not expect for her mom to know her secret desire.
Fortunately, she did not put the phone on loudspeaker, or else, more people would surely know of her unique quirk after this call.
"Alright, alright. No need to get embarrassed. Me and your dad already know of this from the start, else, how could we allow you to live incognito in such a remote place?"
"All we want is for you to always look out for yourself, always be happy, and always stay safe, alright?"
"T-thank you, mom…"
"Alright Stacey baby, we love you, we'll always do, no matter what."
Butler Frank could only lead Roland towards the kitchen after hearing that he wanted to try a new recipe.
Even though Butler Frank was dubious, he no longer cared and just followed what his master was up to.
Before entering the kitchen, Roland looked at the Face-Slapping Store and secretly bought the Level 1 Cooking Skill for 5 Face-Slapping Points.
Earlier, he already confirmed from the System that, the products such as Skills, Knowledges, or Recipes would be handed to him in the form of a 'memory' and not a physical thing like the two potions he bought previously.
This time, he was about to try the chicken recipe, so he ought to make it first to make sure that it was up to standard.
However, although he knew how to cook basic things, he was actually quite a newbie when it comes to kitchen stuff as he mostly lived by eating instant noodles or canned goods before due to him living 'frugally'. Hence the reason why he decided to buy the Level 1 Cooking Skill for 5 Face-Slapping Points.
Previously, there were other Skills that were grayed out and were unavailable for purchase even though they were displayed in the System interface. However, after Roland consumed the level 1 Soul Enhancement Potion, a lot of these grayed out products became available for him to purchase, including the Level 1 Cooking Skill.
After he bought it, a surge of memory flooded his mind as Roland. Knowledge regarding cooking was immediately engraved on his mind, it was as if the knowledge was his in the first place.
A smile crept on Roland's face after the deed was over. In just a matter of seconds, he transformed from a newbie cook into a good one. And at this time, only he was aware of this achievement and only he was aware that it was just the start.
Butler Frank opened the door to the kitchen. A man wearing a white uniform and apron looked over the door the instant it was opened.
Gordon was a well-known chef from a higher-grade city.
Yesterday, he received a letter of invitation for him to work as a personal chef of a man named Roland.
At first, Gordon was skeptical as he hadn't heard of a man named 'Roland' that was famous before.
However, the letter was exquisitely made so Gordon was not arrogant enough to ignore it. It just so happened that he just retired from his previous work as a head chef in a popular restaurant because he doesn't like the boss changing his recipes, so Gordon decided to give this 'Roland' a try.
When Gordon read the entire letter, his skepticism grew as the promised wage was almost double his current wage as a head chef and that as long as he agreed, he will receive a deposit as well as remuneration pay for his flight towards the city that Mr. Roland was in.
However, the moment he thought of accepting the offer, he suddenly received a message on his phone that a deposit had been made, exactly the same amount as what the letter promised. The deposit and the remuneration pay included.
With that, Gordon, no longer thought about it anymore and just went to Fore City to work for the new master. This time, he just wished that what happened in the restaurant would not happen again.
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Sorry for the lack of updates. Just got back from the city.
As an apology, I will upload 2 chapters a day and the additional bonus chapters.
In total, I owe you guys 6 Bonus Chapters. I will slowly release them, or bulk release them, depending on my stock chapters.
Thank you very much for those who voted with their power stones even though I was not updating chapters.
Also, per Shivam_Goel_3687's suggestion, I will now try to create POV for the characters to make them more lifelike.
Thank you for the suggestions and I hope that others would also suggest their own ideas for me to learn them.
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