Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear (Chapter 75-260)

Chapter 175

Chapter 175 – Bear-san Does Cliff Another Favor

「I’ve got bad news, Gran-sama!」

Meshun-san said after rushing into the room with a pale face.

「What happened?!」

「The head chef Botts-san was attacked and is badly injured.」

「………」

「………」

Gran-san and Cliff were both lost for words for a while.

「How’s his condition? Will he be okay?」

「His wounds are currently being treated.」

「Where is he? Take me to him.」

Gran-san left the room with Meshun-san, leaving Cliff and me behind.

「It has come to that, huh.」

Cliff murmured to himself.

「What do you mean?」

「Like I told you earlier, many influential people have been invited to Gran-san’s party so that we can try and get them on our side. Now, the head chef is injured and will most likely be unable to cook for us, meaning we won’t be able to serve food at the party. We’ll have to postpone the party, which will ruin Gran-san’s image.」

「Why don’t you just call in some other chefs?」

「Botts worked as an assistant head chef at a first-class restaurant in the capital. A regular chef is no good for such a grand party. If we cannot serve food that will convince those influential people that our side is still in power, the prestige of the Faren Gramm family will collapse, and all of the people currently lending us their support will also disappear.」

Even though it was just cooking, it was still a very important part of the negotiations, huh.
People always ate delicious food during negotiations. Politicians discussed things while eating at traditional Japanese restaurants, while big companies held receptions.
It only made sense that people would get angry if they were served a simple cup ramen during an important meeting.
Good food made people happy, which made them more open to negotiations.
That was how important cooking really was.
Without good food, the mood would be ruined, discussions would turn stale, and negotiations would become harder.

「Is this the Salbert family’s doing?」

「That seems to be the case. Now, it might be difficult to find another chef with enough skill in this town.」

Cliff pondered what to do next with a fist on his forehead.

「Hmm, could I maybe ask you to bring someone for us? Who, though… with the time we have left, we really have to find someone in this town.」

Well, I couldn’t really prepare all the food myself. To begin with, I didn’t even know how to make food suitable for a noble’s party. The most I could do was probably make a big cake.
I could maybe use the Bear Gate to get some food from Crimonia or the capital and bring it here by using my Bear Box.
Well, I could also bring the cooks through the Bear Gate, but I really didn’t want to reveal I had it even though I felt bad for Gran-san.

「Yuna, with your bears, maybe… No, never mind.」

Cliff was about to ask me for something but changed his mind.
I already knew what he was going to say. He wanted me to use Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear to bring him cooks from elsewhere.
Yeah, that was the best method. This way, people wouldn’t learn about the Bear Gate. The Bears were also well known in Crimonia if we were to get some cooks from there.
A round trip to Crimonia would take the Bears two days, so it was indeed possible to get them here in time.
Wait, they would probably need several days to prepare all the food, and it would be too late by then…
As we were searching for a solution, Gran-san reentered the room.