"Heath, how come you're free to come out so early? Aren't you opening today?" Cynthia, who had hurried over, looked at Heath curiously and handed him a cup of still-steaming soy milk. Heath quickly thanked her before taking it.
"Yeah, today I'm planning to let Farfetch'd and the others try serving the customers themselves. Farfetch'd is really interested in becoming a chef, after all, and I think he should be able to do his job well." Heath smiled. Of course, he couldn't say that this also had to do with the requirements of his Golden Finger. He was also very curious about what reward he would receive this time. If he got another Upgrade Ticket, that really couldn't be better. Heath had plenty of things he wanted to upgrade.
Cynthia stared at Heath in shock. She really hadn't expected him to put Farfetch'd in charge of serving customers. A remarkable profession like Pokémon Chef had never appeared before-or if it had, the records were very old. Even Psychic-type Pokémon interested in cooking wouldn't use it to run a restaurant and serve customers, and Farfetch'd was a Normal-type Pokémon.
Still, seeing how serious and confident Heath looked, Cynthia nodded without saying anything. As long as Heath was confident, that was enough. Although she hadn't known him for very long, she did understand this cheerful young man somewhat. If even Heath was that confident, it meant this really was a sure thing, and there was no need to worry about any problems.
"Cynthia, by the way, where's that exhibition you mentioned?" Heath didn't intend to keep talking about the restaurant. He had been worried sick earlier, after all. He had only managed to force himself to stop worrying by talking himself into it, which was why he could now stand here and