I Became the Handyman That the Heroines Are Obsessed With

Episode 40 – A small commotion in the student cafeteria

After the lecture on basic etiquette, which was the last class of this morning, the professor began to organize the textbook.

“Okay then, we’ll end today’s class here. “I hope you all enjoy your lunch, and I’ll see you tomorrow.”

“Thank you.”

When the professor finished class and left the classroom, the students also got up from their seats and started to leave the classroom.

Raina, who sat next to me and took class with me, also got up from her seat, and I followed her.

“Where does everyone eat at lunch time?”

“Unless I buy something from the cafeteria on campus, I usually get my meals at the student cafeteria.”

On the way to the student cafeteria, I asked Raina some questions, and she answered my questions in detail.

“Are they selling food at the concession stand?”

“It’s not as good as what’s served in student cafeterias, but I tend to use it because it tastes cheap.”

It was a little surprising that food was sold at the store.

Because the level of civilization in this world fluctuated between the medieval and modern times, it was rare to see food prepared and sold in advance, except for the staple food, ‘bread’ or ‘stew’.

“What… “It’s supposed to be food, but in reality, it’s all leftover bread from baking in the student cafeteria the day before and dried or salted meat.”

Bread left over from baking. Jerky. Salted meat. They were all items that focused on ‘convenience of preservation’ rather than ‘taste’.

“Are you saying there are students who buy those things?”

“Not all students have enough money to buy meals in the student cafeteria every day.”

I heard that students attending Glessius Academy are paid monthly maintenance fees.

“From what I heard, each student is charged a fee to maintain dignity, so shouldn’t that be enough to buy lunch?”

“The dignity maintenance fee is literally money given to maintain dignity as a student at Glessius Academy. However, if you use it to buy lunch, you will not have enough money to spend on other things, which will interfere with your life at the academy.”

“How much does it cost to maintain dignity?”

“I get about 20 silver coins a month.”

20 Silver coins per month. In terms of fairy tales, 2000. This is enough money to spend about 200 days at an inn that provides lodging and meals.

I thought this was enough, but through Raina’s subsequent explanation, I understood why she said she would not have enough money to spend on maintaining her dignity.

“A meal served in a student cafeteria usually costs about one silver coin. So, if you buy lunch every day, the cost of maintaining your dignity will drop in just 20 days.”

“One silver coin? “Isn’t it too expensive?”

“It’s expensive. However, the lunch served in the student cafeteria is worth it.”

I was intrigued when he said that one meal costs only one silver coin, and that it is worth paying.

“Are you saying it’s worth paying even one silver coin to eat?”

“Yes. You will find out once you go and eat there. By any chance, did you bring any money?”

“No, I didn’t bring anything separately.”

All the money I have was stored as a deposit in the Central Bank of the Gelevrio Empire.

So there wasn’t a single coin in my hand right now.

“It’s okay. “If you have an account with the Imperial Central Bank, you can use the bracelet to make payments.”

If you look at this, modernization has occurred in some areas, but the food sold in the canteens is actually poor quality.

If this were not a game world, it could be said to be full of incomprehensible things.

“Huh?”

“What happened?”

While talking to Raina, she arrived in front of the student cafeteria, but no one was allowed into the cafeteria.

When I approached her to see what was going on, I saw that there was a piece of paper with writing on it attached to the entrance to the student cafeteria.

[Notice]

[The student cafeteria will be closed for the time being due to damage to the cooking utensils placed in the student cafeteria kitchen and the food preservation device in the food storage warehouse. We will strive to normalize it as soon as possible.]

[Glesius Academy Administration]

What was written on the paper was that the operation of the student cafeteria would be suspended for the time being.

I don’t know the exact cause, but it was reported that the cooking utensils in the restaurant and the food preservation device in the food storage warehouse were damaged.

Cooking equipment and food storage are presumed to be equipment that can cause difficulties in preparing food if either one goes wrong.

If the cooking utensil is broken, you will not be able to cook even if you have ingredients, and if there is a problem with the food storage warehouse, you will not be able to cook because there will be a problem with the food stored in it.

Accordingly, the current student cafeteria faces many difficulties in operating the cafeteria even if one problem is resolved.

“No, what does this mean!”

“If they were going to stop operating, they should have told us in advance!”

The front of the student cafeteria was a mess due to protests from students who came to eat.

Reina and I had to step back for a moment after seeing the students protesting violently in front of the cafeteria.

“I guess I’ll have to eat at the canteen today.”

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In front of the student cafeteria where countless people were gathered, Raina turned around and tried to head toward the cafeteria.

But unlike Raina, I had no intention of going to the cafeteria.

‘It will take a long time for the cooking utensils and food storage to be repaired.’

I first sent a message to the president, who is involved in all major and minor matters within the academy.

[President. I heard that there was a problem with the student cafeteria within the academy. What exactly was the problem?]

I sent a message to the president and waited for her reply.

And not long after I sent the message, a reply arrived from the president.

[For unknown reasons, an explosion occurred in the kitchen of the student cafeteria. So, all the cooking utensils were damaged, and the artifact installed in the food storage warehouse malfunctioned. Fortunately, no one was hurt, and they have sent someone to call a magic tool repair expert, but they say it will arrive tomorrow at the earliest. So, we are contacting all restaurants throughout Arcanium and making packed lunches for lunch and dinner. A notice regarding this will be issued within 30 minutes at the latest. So don’t worry. We will definitely solve the problem and catch the culprit.]

When I looked at the president’s message, I saw circumstances suggesting that the incident that occurred in the student cafeteria was someone’s terrorist attack.

It seems that the president is trying to solve the problem in his own way, but that alone will not be enough.

Even if a magic tool repair expert comes tomorrow, will he or she be able to repair the artifact? I think so.

‘But, shouldn’t I just fix the cooking utensils and artifacts?’

Maybe this is the simplest answer.

Using my abilities, I can repair broken cooking utensils and return malfunctioning artifacts to normal.

Then, the academy will no longer have to wait for a magic tool repair expert to come, sucking their fingers or fingers, and students will no longer have to feel hungry until the cafeteria is repaired.

I left a message for the president and headed to the dormitory.

The reason I headed to the dormitory was because I didn’t have a hammer in my arms right now.

I stopped by the dormitory, picked up a hammer, and carefully headed behind the student cafeteria.

‘Wow, it’s all chaos.’

However, the situation on site was more serious than what was written on the paper posted in the student cafeteria.

One wall of the student cafeteria was completely blown away, as if something had exploded, and broken cooking utensils were strewn about.

Right next to it appeared to be a food storage warehouse, and an artifact that appeared to be a food preservation device was crackling and emitting sparks.

For a moment, I thought I had come for no reason, but I realized that it was just spilled water since I was already here.

I first approached the food storage warehouse.

One wall of the food storage warehouse was slightly collapsed as a result of the explosion that occurred in the galley, and a pipe that appeared to extend from a food preservation device was torn and cold air was gushing out between the walls.

As I got closer, I felt a tremendous coldness, so I held my breath and walked towards the food storage warehouse.

Then he lifted the hammer and struck the pipe from which cold air was gushing three times.

Then the pipe was enveloped in a halo of light and began to return to its original state.

I hit the collapsed wall three times with the hammer as I threw it away.

Of course, a faint halo of light seeped into the collapsed walls and bricks, flew through the air, and began to come together as one.

When all the halo of light had finally disappeared, the food storage warehouse had returned to its completely repaired appearance.

I had no intention of stopping here. Once a man takes out a hammer, he has to hit at least a nail.

I went into the kitchen holding a hammer, sat down in the mess of the kitchen, and started hitting the broken cookware with the hammer.

―Kang! Kang! Kang!

I continued swinging the hammer without stopping while listening to the beautiful harmony of the metal hammer and the metal cooking utensil clashing together.

How much time has passed?

Lastly, I tried to finish solving the accident that occurred in the student cafeteria by swinging the hammer three times on the collapsed kitchen wall.

“Ha, ha. Pathos, where on earth have you gone… to?”

At that time, Raina appeared at the back of the student cafeteria, out of breath, probably looking for me.

“Ah.”

She saw me swinging the hammer.

―Tap, click, click.

A hammer swung three times toward a collapsed wall.

“Just a moment.”

And the fragments of the collapsed wall wrapped in a halo of light.

“Now.”

The fragments that rose into the air eventually flew towards the wall and became one.

“What happened?”

Reina, who was watching the whole scene, had a shocked face.

Her eyes looking at me were shaking seriously, perhaps because she was seeing an unbelievable sight.