George awoke to the sound of birds chirping. He groggily opened his eyes and slowly stood up.
Once George got rid of the dust in his eyes, he saw rays of the sunbeam through the dirty window and into the room.
He looked at the room, Mileena was beginning to wake up as he heard her yawn and Grim was still sound asleep in bed.
George made his way towards the bed and promptly shook him.
What he did not know was that Grim was a pretty heavy sleeper. He was also hugging a huge rat.
"Aahhhh!!!" George jumped in surprise as he saw Grim hugging the rat. He carefully looked at the rat and saw that it was also asleep. Grim was beginning to stir awake because of the shout.
Mileena, now awake and standing up, greeted her master.
"Good morning..." She mumbled groggily. She then exited the room. George just stared at her as she did so. He then decided to wake up Tina and Emily, leaving Grim and the huge rat in bed. George also left his sword as it was impractical for the job.
Just right after he opened the door, he heard a commotion downstairs. Confused, he decided to check it out. He expected that there was a huge fight or something like some criminals there but once he went down the stairs, he was dumbfounded.
Emily and Mileena were holding a very angry Tina down. Tina looked incredibly angry at Anna and Alice.
"Why the fuck do you have average boobs but I don't?!" Tina shouted angrily at the two. George sweatdropped.
'She's jealous...' George said in his mind.
"Stop it, Tina!" Emily exclaimed. "You are being very rude!"
"You are so muscly..." Mileena muttered as she was holding her arms. She was blushing profusely. George just looked at the whole situation.
"Can't you just use magic to restrain her, Mileena?" George commented. Mileena then felt a wave of realization.
"Oh right..." Mileena muttered to herself as she weakened her grip on Tina which was a mistake as she finally got out of the two's hold.
Then suddenly, the ceiling above them broke and a bed came falling. Emily and Mileena got away but Tina wasn't that lucky.
"What are you guys looking at?" Grim asked, now awake and still holding the huge rat.
"Good morning." George answered. Grim then got out of bed and stood beside George to which he tilted in confusion. "Why do you always go beside me?"
"I don't know. I just feel safer since you got that fatherly vibe." Grim answered. George was heartbroken.
'I'm...I have a f-f-fatherly vibe?!' George thought. 'I'm not even married yet...Am I that old??'
George got out of his little stupor as the bed got thrown a few inches away from them. It was Tina from under the bed who threw it away from her.
And she was pissed.
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"What took you guys so long?" Isaac asked George and the others who just arrived.
Yu and Isaac were waiting for them by the entrance of the tavern. They arrived on time and were waiting for them. George and the others arrived after 30 minutes of waiting. Isaac looked at George and the rest.
"And why is Tina gagged and being carried by Emily?" Isaac asked again as he saw the two.
George replied with the most simple of answers.
"Women."
"Oh." Isaac replied with a solemn tone. "Well, we should enter now then."
"Yup."
As the group entered the tavern, Ted and Fred were waiting by the counter with Ted on it whilst Fred was behind it. There were no other people inside. They then made their way toward them.
"You got the cookbook?" George asked Ted.
"You got it!" Ted answered, bringing out a huge book with the title 'Recipes to Cook For Beginners.'
"Great! Let's get going." George was about to go to the gate but then remembered. "Oh right, Isaac, you and I will be Ted's cooking assistants and girls! you are the waitresses."
The group, excluding Grim, nodded in reply.
"Wait, you guys agree with that?" Grim, who was unconscious last night, asked the group.
"Well, George is older so, he's wiser." Isaac replied. George and Grim felt heartbroken by that statement. "Plus, I'm decent at cooking."
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"Yeah, and I'm bad at cooking." Yu replied.
"Us too." Tina and Emily replied at the same time.
"A-and me." Mileena shyly replied as well.
"So, you guys are okay with being waitresses?" Grim asked to which the girls just nodded. Grim then gave off a sinister smile. "Hey George, I'm going to help the girls. Is that okay?"
"Huh? Yeah, sure." George said as he then entered through the gate.
"Great." Grim said in a happy and innocent tone. "Hey Ted, where's the break room?"
"Oh, it's upstairs. You can get through the kitchen." Ted answered as he followed George who was now inside the kitchen. The rest followed, leaving Fred there to clean.
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"So, have you picked which dishes to make?" George asked. The three were in the kitchen as the others were upstairs. Isaac was just beside George as they waited for Ted's answer.
"Yes." Ted replied.
"What are they then?"
"Well, One is a roasted chicken. The second one is vegetable soup. The third one would be steak. The fourth would be mashed potatoes and the last would be...a sandwich!" Ted listed off the dishes he wanted to make.
"Great. Now, all we need are the ingredients which I and Isaac would buy then we can try and make them." George replied.
"Great!" Ted replied happily.
"Now. Give us the money to buy them." Isaac spoke up. Ted then gave them a sack of coins which totaled 5000 silver coins.
"Now, let's get going." George said to Isaac. The father and so-I mean, the two adventurers then made their way outside the building and to the marketplace.
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"You want us here, why?" Tina asked Grim. The girls, plus Grim, were upstairs in the break room. Grim was standing in front of the girls.
The room was just like any other room. There were tables, chairs, and some cabinets. The sun lit up the whole room.
"Well, my girl friends..." Grim silently cringed at what he said. "We are going to change your outfits."
"What's wrong with our outfits?" Yu asked with concern.
"What's wrong?? What's wrong is that those outfits." Grim pointed at their clothes. "Are not clothes that waitresses wear...and like a third of those are mine."
"So, what do we do then?" Emily asked.
"First. You have to wait here as I get some outfits." Grim opened a portal next to him and hopped in it, leaving the girls to their own devices.
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Grim was inside a dark room. The portal dissipated behind him as he turned on the lights. The whole room was lit up by a light bulb. The place was messy, clothes were everywhere. Socks and other things were everywhere as well.
In front of him was a door. He then slid the door open, revealing a huge trunk that had a lock. It also had the word, 'Do Not Open' engraved on it.
He held out his left hand and in the blink of an eye, a key formed out of thin air. He used it on the lock and it opened. Now with the lock gone, he opened it.
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Isaac and George returned with the needed ingredients. It was a lot and George had a hard time carrying them all. He then put all of it on a table nearby.
"Was...that...all?" George said between pants. Isaac nodded and proceeded to awaken Ted who was sleeping on a chair.
"You're done! Now we can cook!" Ted then skipped over towards a weird machine that was on a table. The machine was metallic. On the sides, four switches were located. All four of which could be turned to the left and the right. At the top were metal rods that looked like the grates of a stove. There were at least four spherical disks below the graters and little holes at the sides.
'It's a stove.' George inferred, looking at the machine that Ted was going to use. Ted then got out some metal pots and pans that were inside a cabinet.
"Now let's get cooking!" Ted said as he turned one of the switches, turning one of the burners on. "First is the sandwich."
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A few minutes later
"What...the..." George muttered weakly before giving his voice some power and a British accent. "HELL IS THAT!?!?"
George was looking at burnt bread. Burnt bread that Ted cooked.
"WHY WOULD YOU EVEN COOK BREAD?!?!" George shouted with a British accent.
"To add crunchiness!" Ted replied calmly.
"THE BOOK DIDN'T EVEN SAY TO COOK IT!" George shouted while Isaac just stared into the soul of the bread.
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Meanwhile, with the girls.
The girls were just sitting down on chairs while waiting for Grim to come back. It was peaceful, except for the random outbursts of screaming that happened down below from time to time.
A portal appeared in front of the girls. They turned their heads toward it, hoping that Grim came out of it.
Suddenly, a huge trunk appeared and flew a few centimeters before falling to the ground. A large thud filled their ears. Then, from the portal, a head appeared. It was not Grim nor did it look like him. Instead, the head looked like that of a cat girl's. The cat girl then revealed her body.
She was the same height as Grim and had a slender body. She had straight blue hair that reached only her shoulders and bangs that reached only her forehead. Cat ears were poking out of the hair. Though, the most shocking part was that the cat girl was wearing a maid outfit.
"Nya~" The maid spoke up. It definitely sounded like a girl's voice.
A shrill scream came from Yu's mouth as she did not know who the person was. She then did what most people would do...
Quickly stand up and roundhouse kicked the cat girl. The cat girl flew a few good feet before hitting the wall. The cat girl was now unconscious as she hit the wall.
The other girls were more shocked at Yu's kick rather than the sudden appearance of the cat girl. The portal then dissipated.
"What should we do about her?" Tina asked, pointing at the maid.
"Tie her up?" Mileena asked shyly.
"Tie her up." Tina said more firmly. Mileena then summoned a rope out of nowhere.
As they tied the cat girl to the chair, George entered the room to see what the commotion earlier was.
"..." George looked at the girls and then back to the cat maid that was tied to a chair. Then back to the girls and then back to the cat maid. He did this for over five seconds until he spoke up. "Why is there a cat maid tied to a chair?"
"I-intruder?" Yu replied. George looked at the tied-up maid again. Then spoke up after a few moments of silence.
"To be safe, check the private area. I've watched too much anime to be skeptical." George then left.
The girls whipped their heads towards the cat maid who was starting to stir awake.
'Is that really a girl?' Yu asked the question in her mind. The only solution to the problem was obvious. George already said it. She then started to reach out to the maid's private area. The cat maid looked at her in fear.
"P-please don't." The cat maid begged in a girly voice. She squirmed and squirmed in her seat though it did not help since she was tied up to the chair.
'She sounds like a girl...' Yu hesitated. 'but...to be sure.'
Yu then touched the private area. She blushed heavily as she touched one specific part. She then retracted her hand as she finally knew. The cat maid stopped squirming.
The cat maid was looking down and blushing heavily as well. Yu then touched the cat maid's hair and grasped it firmly before yanking it.
It was a wig. The girls widened their eyes at the 'cat girl.'
It was Grim. Grim, who was dressing up as a cat maid. The whole room was silent as they realized it. The silence was broken when Grim spoke up.
"P-pervert." Grim said in a girly voice, still looking down.