Reporting Is a Hands-On Job

The Imperial Newspaper sent a reporter.

At first, I thought I'd misheard him.

If he meant the Imperial Newspaper, it was the one read by capital nobles, high-ranking officials, and wealthy merchants.

They occasionally posted summaries on bulletin boards outside village taverns or government offices, but it was fundamentally a publication for the upper class.

And someone from a place like that had come to report on Maison Monbel.

The reporter's name was Leon Verck.

He was a young man in neat clothes, carrying a notebook and pen, and his gaze was fairly sharp.

Judging by his expression, which was full of a sense of mission, he didn't seem to have come to write a food-tour piece.

As soon as he sat down in the drawing room, he bowed politely.

“Stories about Maison Monbel have recently spread all the way to the capital. If possible, I'd like to spend a day reporting on how the kitchen operates.”...