All eyes in the room were reverted to the book, Kit felt his palms start to sweat. The smile on his face was so wide it was starting to hurt, there was no way he could dim it down though. The pounding in his heart increased to a full blown gallop, Kit could now hear an accompanied pounding in his ears.
Claire reached out her hand towards Kit. “I’ll need the payment before I can proceed Kit. It will be 5 gold crowns.” Kit almost spat out blood, what the hell kind of jump in payment was this! Last time it was 250 silver crowns, 5 gold was day light robbery!
Kit had the money, but he had earned it with blood, sweat and tears! He sucked in a calming breath, this was for his restaurant promotion! With a stinky face he took the crowns from his pouch and placed them in Claire’s waiting hand.
All his annoyance disappeared when he watched Claire place the gold crowns on the book, Kit watched as they disappeared. Then the magic show began, his token started to rattle on top of the book. Kit felt his heart rattling along with the token.
The coin started to glow as it picked up speed, Kit gulped in a reflex nervous action. He wiped his increasingly sweaty palms on his pants. Suddenly the token shot straight up into the air then stopped in suspension just before hitting the roof.
Kit felt his heart stop with the token, without warning the token fell straight back onto the book. Kit’s heart went into overdrive waiting for the familiar sound to let him know his promotion was done.
Ding!
[CAL]
Congratulations Player Kit on becoming a Beginner chef!
Create 10 dishes: 15/10 complete.
Create 6 drinks: 6/6 complete.
Unlock 10 chef skills: 15/10 complete.
Reach level 35: 49/35 complete.
Reward: Yellow mystery box, 100,000 experience, 5,000 culinary points.
Requirements to next tier, Advanced Beginner chef.
Create 15 dishes: 15/15 complete.
Create 10 drinks: 6/10
Unlock 15 chef skills: 12/15
Reach level 50: 49/50
Complete 1 Culinary Guild quest: 1/1complete.
Reward: Yellow mystery box, 200,000 experience, 10,000 culinary points.
Kit ran his eyes over the next requirements for promotion with a pounding heart. Holy pink peppers! It wouldn’t be long before he could rank up again! Thrills of excitement coursed around his body as he stared at the rewards.
He had unlocked a Yellow Mystery Box! Kit felt his finger itch to open the box full of surprises, he quickly turned sparkling eyes to Kate. Opening the box was just as exciting as getting his promotion! “Kate, can you get the mystery box for me now! I can’t take the suspense!”
Laughter erupted from Kate’s lips as she stared at his eager eyes. “Kit don’t look at me, I don’t have your mystery box.” She laughed even harder when Kit’s face dropped. “Don’t look at me like that, it’s inside the culinary guild interface remember?” Kate continued to laugh at him as he quickly opened the culinary guild shop.
He looked all over the tabs searching for a rewards section, he started to panic when he couldn’t find it. He decided to go into the platinum section of the shop that contained the mystery boxes to see if it was in there.
A smile split across his face from ear to ear as the looked at the Yellow mystery box on the screen. It was currently flashing and had a large 1 printed on the box. Excitement started to build at a rapid rate, before he clicked on the box, Kit remembered to add some luck to himself, he pulled out a candy apple and a bottle of apple cider.
He choked down the candy apple, not pausing to chew properly and washed it down with the apple cider. When his luck was as high as he could get it without poisoning himself, Kit sucked in a deep breath in anticipation, then reached out with a shaky finger.
As soon as the tip of his finger connected with the box the other two boxes disappeared and the yellow box moved to the centre of the screen. The yellow box then started to shake, glitter flew all around the screen as the box shook.
The energy inside his body started to go haywire, Kit felt his whole body start to shake with anticipation. The box started to pick up it’s intensity, the shaking movements could no longer be followed with the naked eye. It had turned into a blur.
Unauthorized tale usage: if you spot this story on Amazon, report the violation.
A rattling sound came from inside the box igniting his suspense to the extreme. Kit wanted to reach out and rip off the lid. Waiting to see if it would be something useful or garbage ramped up his excitement.
The suspense was killing him, when it reached the point where he wanted to scream, the box suddenly stilled. Kit held his breath waiting for the box to open. Kit started to become red in the face from holding his breath as the seconds stretched out, when he sucked in a breath the notification finally rang.
Ding!
[Congratulations! Yellow mystery box opened]
Player received:
Self stirring wooden spoon x 5.
Magical multiple burner stove top.
Toilet blueprint.
A big cool room blueprint
Animal café blueprint.
Waiting to enter area blueprint.
A singing room blueprint.
Elation erupted when he read what was inside the box this time. Five blueprints! Silent laughter burst from his lips in his excitement. Then his gaze was caught by one of the blueprints, how had he managed to run a restaurant without having a loo!
This was insane! Seriously how had he never found this to be a problem, he thought about what he did to relive himself. He would just walk outside to find a tree, he then started to wonder how his employees and customers hadn’t complained about the missing toilet situation.
Kit really did have the best employees and customers in the world! He didn’t dwell long on the toilet, his gaze was soon riveted back to the information on the screen. The stirring spoons didn’t cause any emotional fluctuations for him, but the Magical multiple burner stove top did!
Joy swam all over his body, this was something he really needed right now. It would make cooking in his kitchen a lot easier. It was just a pity he didn’t get an oven as well. Kit eyes moved down the list, the cool room would be a big bonus, it would add more storage for the items that needed to be kept cold.
The last three blueprints caused Kit to frown. He wasn’t 100% sure what they were, he just hoped they would be a nice surprise, like when he found out what the shop in the shop was. He quickly closed the interface then opened his mouth to ask Kate what the last three blueprints were.
No sound came from his mouth, his mouth only flopped open and closed like a fish. A frustrated hand swept through Kit’s hair. Damn it! In his haste to add luck he forgot that he couldn’t talk for 30 minutes after consuming the apple cider.
Kit spent a whole minute getting mad at himself before he remembered that he could still communicate, he just needed to write it down! While he had been lost in his frustrations Mars had started laughing like a crazy person at him.
His middle finger flipped towards Mars, that sent the rest of his friends off into a laughing fit. Kit ignored them and pulled out a piece of paper and started writing frantically. Once he was done, he handed the paper to Kate with a smile.
Kate looked down at the paper in her hands then smiled. “I was wondering why you weren’t speaking.” An amused expression appeared on her face, Kit had explained why he couldn’t talk in the letter.
“These questions are easy to answer Kit, the Animal café is well just what it says. You can employ animals to come to the café and people can interact with them. Just make sure you only employ friendly animals, you don’t want accidents.” Kate glanced down at the paper again to read his next query.
“The Waiting to enter area is a designated place for people to well basically wait to enter your establishment. Most of the ones I have seen active offer little snacks as a thanks for being patient when waiting for a table. It also gives your customers a place to sit and rest instead of standing in a line out the front of the building.”
Kate’s brow shot up as she returned her focus to the paper. A smile played on her lips and a laugh escaped. “Oh, Kit you are one lucky man! I’ve always wanted to visit one of these rooms!” Kate continued to chuckle, she then turned to show Claire the piece of paper.
Kit’s frustration skyrocketed when Kate didn’t explain the blueprint, instead Kate and Claire were making plans to visit his restaurant! Kit couldn’t take the suspense, so he walked over to Kate and waved his hand at the piece of paper.
“Kit sorry! I got swept up in my own excitement.” A sheepish smile was thrown at Kit, he made an ok sign, so Kate would know he wasn’t angry with her, he was just damn anxious! Kate finally opened her mouth to speak. “The last blueprint is a room people can sing in!”
Excitement was clear in Kate’s voice as she talked about the singing room, there was a sparkle in her eyes as she stared at him. “It is even soundproofed so it won’t disturb the other customers inside the restaurant. I will be able to sing as loud as I want!”
Kit’s brows shot up at Kate’s description, that sounded like a karaoke room! He didn’t even know a karaoke room would be a possible addition to his restaurant. This would be a great addition though, how many people loved to sing and drink! He could make a killing in alcohol sales!
Excitement flared and Kit made plans to expand his alcohol menu. If the karaoke room was successful, he could even increase his operating hours to late into the night. That would give him more time to make a profit each day!
Dollar signs started to swim in his eyes, he couldn’t wait to see the room completed. He just hoped it was a large room or had multiple rooms inside the addition to his restaurant. If it was a small room, then he wouldn’t make much revenue from it. It would just be a perk to drawing customers that loved to sing.
As Kit was picturing what the room hopefully looked like, he remembered the animal café and waiting area. Pictures of the Piabbits playing with customers crossed his mind, then switched to a lounge area with multiple couches where people could enjoy themselves while waiting for a table.
Kit was immensely happy with his haul from the yellow mystery box. He couldn’t wait for his next promotion to gain another chance at collecting more blueprints.
Kate interrupted his musings. “Kit, do you want the self stirring wooden spoons and magical multiple burner stove top now or do you want me to send them over to your restaurant?”
Kit took out another piece of paper and asked Kate to give him one self stirring spoon, the rest could be sent to the restaurant.
Kate nodded her head and then caught Kit in another hug. “Congratulations again Kit! I really can’t wait to see your restaurant and singing room in person!”
He also couldn’t wait to see the new additions available to his restaurant completed. Right now though, he needed to finish his market stall. Kit once again opened the interface for the culinary guild to look for items for his market stall.