A Stay-at-home Dad’s Restaurant In An Alternate World (WN)

Chapter 1315: Chowhounds Of The Demon Islands, It’s Time To Welcome Your King

Carapace Island was never short of fishermen. Nobody would buy dead fish. Even if someone bought them, the price would be very low.

Two customers fainted right in front of his stall when they touched those two weird-looking prawns earlier. They almost tore down his stall after they woke up, so these two prawns most likely wouldn’t be sold.

If they only needed to eat for survival, these fish would at least last them for two days, but their Ten Kings Palace’s protective amulet was going to expire that day. Their protective amulet would be taken back, and they would lose the Ten Kings’ Palace’s protection if they couldn’t submit 500 copper coins. Those vagrants who had been eyeing their hut would chase out of their home that very night, and even throw them into the sea.

“Give it up, old man. Nobody is going to buy that. You can’t even touch it, so who’s going to eat it? I’ve seen dozens of them on the beach today, and I didn’t even bother with them. How could you even think of selling them? They were found everywhere these few days, and quite a few of our fishermen had been tricked by them. You’re really not well-informed. How could you have brought them back as if they’re precious goods?” a young fisherman remarked sarcastically. His fish were almost all sold, and it was yet another bountiful day for him.

Tuck sighed deeply. Although the young demon’s words were hurtful, they were right. It seemed like he was not going to sell them today. He could only go to the beach to try his luck to see if he could catch some more fishes while the day was still early.

“How much is this prawn?” a voice asked just as Tuck was about to get up.

Tuck quickly lifted his head up to look at the demon who was standing in front of the bucket. He had a beard and a pair of weird asymmetrical horns on his head. There was a pincer-shaped black marking on either side of his face. He couldn’t make out what kind of demon he was, but he wouldn’t be weaker than he was, as he was the lowliest bada demon.

And this demon was holding a little demon who had a pair of pincers on her head and looked utterly cute.

Tuck didn’t dare to look at that beautiful female demon behind Mag as he quickly looked at Mag, and answered, “If you want them, my lord, you can have them both for 500 copper coins, and I’ll give you all these fish.”

Mag looked at the dead fish that had all turned over, and he could already guess their cause of death. The toxins on these crayfish’s shells were simply too aggressive.

“Although these fish are dead, they’ve only just died, and they were just caught at noon,” Tuck swiftly explained as he gazed at Mag nervously. This might be his only chance to sell all these fish and prawns today.

“I don’t want the dead fish. But 500 copper coins is too much for these two prawns, am I right?” Mag frowned a little. He had overheard the conversation between these two fishermen earlier.

Currently, only he would be buying the crayfish on Carapace Island. For subsequent large-scale promotion, the current price of these crayfish wasn’t a wise choice.

“Can’t we agree on 500…?” Sweat began to appear on Tuck’s forehead, and he looked very anxious. He only had 10-odd copper coins now; he couldn’t accept a cheaper price.

There’s really an idiot who wants this prawn? The young fisherman at the side stared at Mag in surprise. However, his gaze swiftly landed on Irina, and he was shocked by her beauty, but he quickly retrieved his gaze. Being a low-caste demon, he knew very well that staring could sometimes get one killed.

“I want this prawn, but it’s too expensive. If they are 50 copper coins each, then I’ll take both,” Mag said calmly. If this prawn was on Earth, it would have cost at least 1000-2000. The king crab and the rest simply couldn’t compare to it.

“50 copper coins!” The young demon standing at the side glared at them. The ghost-face fish which was very difficult to capture only cost 50 copper coins for 500 g. He had seen dozens of these huge prawns when he was rushing out to the sea earlier. If he had caught and sold them to this guy, wouldn’t he have earned thousands of copper coins today?

Tuck was also tempted by the price. If he didn’t need to earn 500 copper coins today, he would have sold these two prawns and gone back to the beach to look for them again.

Thud!

Tuck knelt down in front of Mag straight away, and begged, “My lord, if you want this big prawn, could you please give me 500 copper coins in advance? I will catch another 10 more of these big prawns for you in the next few days. I beg you, please give me 500 copper coins today as I need to extend the protective amulet. If I couldn’t extend it today, my wife and I are not going to survive.”

That had given Mag quite a shock, and he quickly pulled Tuck up to his feet. After a moment of pondering, he nodded. “That is fine with me too. I will take these two big prawns first, and I will come to the harbor every evening from today on. I will buy every big prawn you caught for 50 each. No matter how many of them you catch, I will buy all of them.”

“Thank you! Thank you very much!” Tuck was going to kneel down again, but Mag quickly grabbed him to stop his action. Then, he swiftly reached out to catch those two prawns.

“You should catch it with a cloth wrapped around your hand. This prawn is called crayfish. There’re toxins on its shell, and they sting,” Mag reminded him.

“So this thing is called crayfish. You’re really an expert. My hand still feels numb now after I was stung.” Tuck stared at Mag with amazement. He didn’t expect that he knew that this prawn stung. He used his clothes to grab one, and he indeed didn’t feel numb. He used a string to tie up their pincers before handing them to Mag.

Mag took out five gold coins, and gave them to Tuck before taking the big prawns.

Tuck and Mag’s deal had attracted many fishermen’s attention. They had seen plenty of these big prawns on the beach in the past few days, but nobody wanted them, and they couldn’t eat them, either. They didn’t expect someone would buy them for 50 copper coins each. That was really a big sucker.

The young fisherman who was squatting at the side couldn’t help asking Mag, “My lord, I knew where to catch this kind of prawn too. Do you need them?”

All the fishermen started to eavesdrop on them. That would be much quicker than catching fish.

“If you can catch this prawn, I will take all that you caught. The price will still be fixed at 50 each.” Mag smiled and nodded.

“That’s marvelous.” The young fisherman’s eyes lit up. He grabbed the fish basket in front of him and stood up, ready to go and catch the crayfish now. He had seen plenty of them today, and if he went now, he would be able to catch many of them before the sun set. However, his steps faltered shortly, and he turned around to ask Mag, “Then, how am I going to pass these crayfish to you?”

“I will come to the harbor once in the morning and once in the evening. You can sell the crayfish to me if you catch them,” Mag replied.

“Alright. I will catch many crayfish for you by tomorrow morning.” The young fisherman turned and jogged toward the beach.

Many other fishermen also got up and walked rapidly toward the beach. They, too, had seen many crayfish today. They could make a killing simply by catching a few of them at 50 copper coins each, and they didn’t have to worry about selling it. They had really met a big sucker today.

“Let’s go now.” Mag glanced at the fishermen rushing to the beach before picking the crayfish up and walked toward the town. A crayfish supply chain had been set up, and he didn’t have to worry about ingredients temporarily.

300,000 crayfish was a 15,000,000-copper-coin industry. He believed these fishermen would do their very best to catch the crayfish for him, and he only needed to make eating crayfish into a new industry.

“Chowhounds of the Demon Islands, it’s time to welcome your king.” Mag held onto the crayfish as he walked with the aura of a “king”.