As the saying goes, when men and women work together it doesn't feel tiring.
'A three to one male to female ratio,' Ethan thought, 'is the most suitable ratio for now.'
"Those who are good at cooking, step forward!", Ethan asked again.
Right away 5 female subjects stepped forward. They were all subjects who were pretty good at cooking.
Ethan immediately tapped one open to take a look.
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[Subject (ID 005): Gender: Female]
[Special abilities: Cooking, growing flowers, identifying herbs.]
[Loyalty: 60 percent]
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"Not bad."
Ethan nodded with satisfaction. Just thinking about having someone take care of his daily life made him feel pretty happy.
After the cooks stepped forward, Ethan handed the 998 pieces of broken red dragon meat to them to process.
Thankfully the Mist World suddenly sent so many people over to him. Otherwise, relying on himself alone to handle this pile of meat like a small mountain could absolutely kill him.
Unless he sold all the meat, maybe then he could avoid working himself to death.
But based on Ethan's experience playing games, this red dragon should be a small boss that came to hand over experience points. If he wanted to meet another one next time, it probably wouldn't be that easy.
Plus the red dragon meat had special attributes, so selling it casually would be a bit wasteful.
"May I ask, lord, where is the kitchen?"
The cooks looked at the mountain of dragon meat and were shocked.
Even though their self-awareness had been erased, it didn't mean their common sense and knowledge had also been removed. So they still knew the meat needed to be taken to a kitchen to be processed properly.
But the cook's question made Ethan fall silent.
Before this he had been relying on the fireplace to roast meat. Where would a kitchen come from?
But with so much meat, using the fireplace to roast it. Was he supposed to plaster the whole fireplace with meat and turn it into a meat furnace?
No matter how he thought about it, it didn't feel reliable.
He opened the Upgrade Tree.
Ethan decided to build a kitchen.
[Kitchen: How can a proper home not have a proper kitchen? Requirements to build: High grade stone 570/100, mud 430/50, earth core 3/2, fire core 8/2]
[Available locations to build: Inside villa / Outside villa]
Naturally, outside the villa.
His small villa was pretty much getting stuffed full of all kinds of things already.
And Ethan also wanted a bit of private space. Otherwise, with those cooks chattering endlessly in the kitchen, as a grown man, listening or not listening would both be awkward.
"Build outside the villa!"
[High grade stone -100, mud -50, earth core -2, fire core -2]
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Outside the villa came the sound of clanging.
Ethan went out to look, and on the right side of the villa there was now a square kitchen, about 50 square meters in size.
And the kitchen had two doors.
One door could be entered directly from outside the villa. It was probably for conveniently bringing food and other things into the kitchen, and also convenient for the cooks to enter.
The other door was connected to the inside of the villa, leading straight to the living room.
This way, once the cooks finished cooking, they could deliver the food directly to the villa's dining room for the lord to eat.
'Not bad, not bad. Very reasonable design.'
"Wow!"
A group of cooks instantly lit up with excitement.
"Lord, will this kitchen be entrusted to us to use from now on?"
"My god, this kitchen is so pretty!"
"Being able to work in a kitchen like this, I feel very honored!"
"Yes," Ethan nodded and said, "This kitchen will be for the five of you to use from now on. Without permission from me or you five, no one else is allowed to enter."
"Yes, my lord!"
They all agreed at the same time.
And when the five cooks heard this, their eyes shimmered and they looked at Ethan with worshipful eyes.
[No. 004 - Cook: Loyalty +5]
Above one cook's head, a red exclamation mark even popped up.
Ethan took a look. Her loyalty had risen to 65 percent, which made him very satisfied.
Right then, this cook stepped forward and asked, "My lord, I have something that needs your approval."
"What is it, go ahead."
"The kitchen is missing some necessary facilities," The woman with a high ponytail and wearing a JK uniform knelt on both knees and requested, "Lord, could you grant us partial access to the warehouse so we can add some supplies for the kitchen?"
"Hm?"
Ethan looked at this woman. She was subject No. 004.
This subject was kind of interesting, actually able to think on her own and contribute to building the home.
"What is your name?"
"My lord, I am No. 004."
"No name?"
"My lord, No. 004 is my name."
"Interesting."
Ethan smiled.
He hadn't expected that after having their personal awareness wiped, these subjects didn't even remember their own names.
Ethan nodded and said, "To make it easy to remember, from now on you'll be called Cook Four. It sounds like Kitchen Number Four."
"Thank you for giving me a name, lord!"
Cook Four touched her head to the ground gratefully.
Then Ethan said, "Alright, get up. You don't need to kneel again. From now on you're the head of the kitchen. You'll be in charge of managing everyone in the kitchen. Also, whatever the kitchen needs, as long as it's not wasteful, the warehouse can be open to you."
"Thank you, my lord!"
Cook Four had just stood up, but when she heard Ethan trust her so much, she immediately knelt again and bowed repeatedly, "Thank you for trusting me. Cook Four will definitely do my best to handle everything."
"I said you don't need to kneel. Get up."
"Yes, my lord!"
[Subject 004 (Cook Four) - Cook: Loyalty +10]
Just by granting the cook some permissions, her loyalty jumped straight to 75 percent. Subjects really were easy to fool.
Then, Ethan waved his hand, letting the cooks get to work.
Now that he was a proper lord, he had too many things to prepare, so he couldn't put all his focus on a few women.
But right then he received several notifications saying materials had been taken.
[Wood -10, vines -5]
Then, from inside the workshop came the sound of clattering.
The warehouse quickly gained 5 wooden barrels.
[Wooden barrels +5]
And the next second, these wooden barrels appeared in the hands of the 5 cooks.
The cooks began using these barrels to collect the meat scattered all over the ground, putting them in one by one and carrying them to the kitchen for processing.
'Holy crap! An all-purpose kitchen steward?'
Ethan hadn't expected Cook Four to be so capable. Just giving her partial authority and she already became this responsible on her own.
Really not bad. This way the time he'd waste on trivial matters would naturally shrink by a lot.
At this moment, among the 29 male subjects, one of the leaders didn't want to be overshadowed by the women, so he immediately took the lead and knelt on one knee.
"Lord, may we ask what we can do to serve you?"
"Please allow us to serve you!"
The other male subjects saw this and all knelt on one knee as well, hoping Ethan would give them some tasks.
They definitely did not want to fall behind the female subjects.
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