The magic merchant who mingled with Fairy Tail

Three days later, it was sunny.

The stage of the 'Food Competition' is in the central square of the town. According to Kira's knowledge during this period, this square has a history of thirty years and has existed for many years before Irene, the city leader, took office.

After it was determined that the location of the food competition was the central square, dedicated staff cleaned it every day just to wait for this important day.

Today is the day of the competition, so the square is crowded with people coming and going.

In addition to the men, women, and children who originally lived in this city, there were also many tourists from other surrounding cities. Their eyes were filled with golden stars of expectation when they talked, and there was a strong smell of fireworks when they walked.

Most of these people come here because of their reputation. As for whose name they admire...of course it's Irene! Otherwise, could it still be Kira?

With titles like 'Crimson Despair' and 'The Strongest Female Mage', almost everyone in the Albares Empire knows about her, so it is normal to have fans.

Twenty years ago, ever since Irene took over the management of this place under Zeref's request, she had canceled all 'food' related activities in the city. Although the citizens did not know the specific reasons, in order not to be arrested by the imperial soldiers Drinking tea, they still obeyed obediently, which resulted in there being almost no food-related activities in this place in the past twenty years, because they all heard that 'Ms. Irene doesn't like others to eat good food' rumor.

Similarly, they didn't know why the event that had been canceled for more than 20 years was suddenly restarted. They only vaguely speculated that it had something to do with the newly appointed mayor's assistant, the man named 'Kira'.

When the announcement came out, restaurants across the city were in a frenzy. The 300 owners began to recruit outstanding chefs, decorate their stores, and even form a 'Food Chamber of Commerce', just to get a good result in this competition. Rank, spread your own brand, and go to the entire empire.

The reason for this confidence is that this is a place directly managed by Lord Irene. It is considered a first-tier city in the entire empire, and its status is almost equal to that of the royal capital, Vistarion.

In addition to the floating tourists, there are also many food vendors and food suppliers who have been popping up in the city a few days ago. These people took advantage of the 'Food Competition' to set up business here.

Kira did not use strong force to evict these unexpected vendors. Instead, he asked people to come forward to manage the planning and collect stall fees from them. Thus, a prosperous food street was formed.

The residents eat well, the vendors are doing brisk business, Kira collects the money, and everyone has a good time.

In the center of the central square was a one-meter-high arena, which was where competitions were held. On one side of the arena was the judges' seat, where Kira was sitting.

The handsome face, paired with slightly curly red hair, the alluring eyes like sapphire, and the gentle smile at the corner of the mouth, show an outstanding temperament, attracting the attention of many young, beautiful, bold and enthusiastic, and beautiful girls in their prime. Surging, screaming again and again.

Kira is still just a judge this time. After all, we can't let the mayor's assistant be the host. That is simply disrespectful to Lady Eileen!

Kira came on behalf of Erin, so he sat in the C seat on the judges' table.

On his left is the president of the city's Food Chamber of Commerce, a middle-aged stubbled uncle with a pink whip; on his right is a reporter from the Food Newspaper, a man in his twenties. A bookish young lady.

As for the host, his seat is on the other side of the president of the Food Chamber of Commerce, but he needs to move around the stage all the time, and there is basically no chance to sit down.

"Dear residents, as well as people from nearby cities, welcome everyone to the long-awaited 'Food Competition'!! I, xxx, will be the host!!"

The host held up the microphone and excitedly announced the start of the game. The loud voice quickly attracted the restless spectators around him.

"The judges for this competition are:"

"The mayor of XX city who just took office helps Mr. Kira!!"

"Miss YYY reporter from XX newspaper!!"

"Mr. ZZZ, President of the Food Joint Chamber of Commerce in XX City!!"

"And 100 diners who will be randomly selected on site!!"

"The ingredients for this competition are provided by... many restaurants. Thank you for their strong support!!"

Bang bang bang...

Under enthusiastic applause and cheers, the host continued to announce the competition process.

"The process of the competition is as follows: Single registration for the competition, the registration deadline is 10 o'clock this morning!"

"The first five levels are limited questions. The participating chefs need to use the ingredients and kitchen utensils provided by the competition within a limited time to cook! Those who overtime will be eliminated! Those who do not get more than half of the votes to pass will be eliminated!"

"After five rounds, the remaining contestants will be randomly chosen by the judges and the time will be set, and they will compete one by one in the form of drawing lots. After three rounds, the remaining contestants will be free to play in a big showdown, and the one with the most votes will win!!"

"Rewards for the champion of this competition include: the official trophy of 'XX City's First God of Cooking' and a bonus of 300,000 yuan, free national coverage from XX newspaper, and a two-meter-long black elephant trunk presented by the XX City Food Joint Chamber of Commerce. A tuna!!”

"Oh oh oh!!!"

Hearing such a reward, the audience cheered loudly again.

"God of Cooking!! It's God of Cooking!! God of Cooking trophy!!!"

"XX Newspaper is the leading food newspaper in the empire. It is unthinkable to allow them to report nationwide for free!!"

"There is actually a 2-meter-long tuna in this world?!"

Since Kira had done enough publicity in advance, there were a lot of people signing up for this competition. At a glance, there were no less than 200 people. After the contestants signed up again, they would be taken to the lounge backstage, so it was more for people to watch the excitement. of.

Kira was bored sitting at the judges' table, and could only start talking nonsense with the two people next to her.

After chatting, I discovered that the president of the Food Chamber of Commerce actually had a legendary experience.

The president's father was once a famous chef, and his mother was a traveling gourmet. The two met and fell in love during a gourmet competition. Under the influence of his parents, the president learned cooking since he was a child. He became famous at a young age with his superb cooking skills. However, he offended someone because of his arrogance and had one of his hands cut off.

Just when his life hit a low point, he met his current wife, a female chef who had lost her sense of taste.

His wife eliminated his inner demons with love and provided support. The president finally regained his strength. With his strong will and unremitting efforts, he overcame various difficulties, learned the magical skill of cooking with one hand, and regained his second spring as a chef. Eventually became the current president.

Kira was stunned for a moment after listening to this classic passionate + love novel. For a moment, she even thought that she was in an anime world about cooking. The reporter girl next to her burst into tears and cried. She shouted and asked the food association president to let her find an opportunity to write this story into the report to promote the spirit of cooking.

"You said you had one of your hands cut off? But this..." Kira pointed to his body, looking puzzled.

Because now both of the president’s hands are sound!

"Is this what you're talking about?"

The president of the Food Chamber of Commerce smiled, stretched out his hands to show off in front of Kira and the reporter, as if to say, 'Look, I have two hands,' and then explained: "This It was an unexpected surprise! A few years ago I went to Kirtina to participate in a food competition, and I met a man there, and that man healed my hand.”

Kira:? ? ! ! !

"Nani?! Can a person's broken hand grow back again?!" The reporter asked in shock, "Is it some kind of magic? Could it be the legendary 'lost magic'?"

The president of the Gourmet Chamber of Commerce shook his head regretfully: "I don't know about that. That person was very satisfied after eating the food I cooked. Because he happened to have no money, he treated my arm as a fee. After that, I didn't know anything about it. I’ve never seen that person before!”