I am the Entertainment Tycoon

Theo's Bedroom, Third Floor, Pedrarruna Forest Manor, Elffire City.

03:48 PM, Tuesday, January 12th.

The silver-haired man slowly opened his eyelids as he woke up.

He was a little lost for a while as he tried to understand where he was and what he was feeling.

His body felt extremely comfortable on top of the comfy bed and covered by fluffy blankets. He tried to look around him, but he wasn't able to see anything as it was completely dark around him.

It was only after a while that Theo remembered that he was back home.

'I must have fallen asleep as soon as I hit the bed.' Theo thought contentedly.

'Sylph must have close the curtains while I was sleeping, otherwise, I would have been woken up by the light.' He said to himself as he noticed the darkness around him.

"Where's my phone?" He muttered softly.

He wanted to know what time was it.

After not finding the phone after searching around him, Theo was forced to ask Sylph what was it.

"Sylph, what time is now?" Theo asked.

"It is 03:53 PM, master." Sylph replied.

"Wow, I slept for almost 5 hours." Theo exclaimed in admiration.

 'I must have been really tired.' He chuckled inside, 'Well, I'm not tired anymore, but I'm feeling hungry...'

"I should cook something for Aurora and me." Theo muttered as took off the blankets and stood up from his comfy bed.

"Did Aurora wake up already?" Theo asked as he walked away from his bed and left his bedroom.

"She didn't." Sylph promptly replied.

Theo nodded in understanding as he already expected that answer.

He soon arrived at the familiar sight of his kitchen, Theo let out a brilliant smile when he saw his beautiful and shiny kitchen.

"I missed this place." Theo laughed as he put his hand on the cold stove.

After not being able to cook for almost 2 weeks, Theo was dying to cook once again. 

During his travels, Theo had so many inspirations as he experienced magical wonders that he was able to find his path to the next level of his cuisine.

Therefore, Theo couldn't wait to be back in his kitchen to put into practice all the experiences and ideas he had during this time.

"Sylph, get the spices I bought at the Kokoro Islands and in Sakura City for me, please." Theo asked as he opened his pantry.

"Yes, master." Sylph promptly replied.

During his travels through the Kokoro Islands and Sakura City, he bought dozens of spices, condiments, and other exotic ingredients. These items would be essential to his journey to the next level.

Theo's observant and critical eyes looked at the ingredients inside the pantry, he was trying to decide what he should cook.

Sylph always maintained the Pantry filled with all kinds of ingredients.

Therefore, Theo could make a wide variety of dishes with these ingredients.

While he was choosing the ingredients, Sylph's drone arrived carrying bags of the things that Theo bought.

"Great!" Theo smiled when he saw the bags, "Thank you, Sylph." He said as he grabbed the bags.

Theo pulled everything outside the bags and placed them on top of the kitchen bench as he would organize these spices, condiments, and ingredients himself.

Just like that, he lost track of time as he spent the next 30 minutes tasting each item and placing them in a particular section of his kitchen.

His kitchen was extremely organized as everything had its place, even after the addition of dozens of new ingredients, there was still space for the new additions.

After putting the last spice in its dutiful place, Theo had finally decided what he was going to cook.

he would cook traditional ramen, but he would use some exotic spices, condiments, and ingredients he bought in his travels.

What Theo was trying to do basically was to create a new dish recipe.

Among many other steps, a Chef had to pay close attention to two points when they were creating new dishes. (There were other factors involved in the process, but Theo would focus only on two for now.)

Innovation, a chef may come up with a new dish by experimenting with different flavors, ingredients, and techniques. They may draw inspiration from different cuisines, historical dishes, or new food trends. They may also experiment with unusual or unexpected flavor combinations to create something unique. That's exactly what Theo was doing, he was experimenting with the different flavors and ingredients he found on his travels.

Adapting existing recipes, a chef may take an existing recipe and adapt it to create something new. For example, they may substitute certain ingredients, adjust cooking times and temperatures, or add new spices and flavors to create a unique variation of the original dish. Again, Theo was adapting the traditional ramen recipe to a new set of flavors.

It could end very badly if the person experimenting and adapting the recipe didn't know what it was doing. But Theo was extremely skillful and had profound gastronomic knowledge. And because of that, the chances of his dish ending up badly were much smaller.

However, even if it ended up tasting bad, he wouldn't get upset. It only meant that his approach was wrong, and he had to find another approach. One less wrong approach was one step closer to success.

Theo was having so much fun cooking that he didn't even notice the passage of time. At a certain moment of his cooking, an amazing smell started to drift away from the kitchen.

On the third floor of the house, Aurora sniffed around as she slowly woke up.

"What smell is that?" She muttered as she sat on her bed.

Aurora picked up Maya that had been sleeping with her during all this time and walked away from her bedroom.

When she was about to fall asleep, Maya entered her room and attacked her.

It seemed like she was furious because of Aurora's long absence.

Aurora could only appease and try to calm the kitty down.

A while later, it seemed like Maya claimed her pillow as punishment, so Aurora could only fall asleep with another pillow.

A minute later, Aurora entered the kitchen while carrying Maya in her arms.

"Big brother?" Aurora asked as she saw his focused face while he cooked.

Theo was startled when he heard her voice, but as he lifted his head and saw her and Maya he let out a brilliant smile as he said, "Aurora! Maya! You guys are awake?"

"Yeah, I was starting to get hungry." Aurora giggled as she seated on one of the stools of the kitchen bench.

"You came at the right time then. I'm about to finish cooking our meal." Theo laughed as he started cooking again.

"What are you making?" Aurora asked curiously due to the amazing smell coming from it.

"Kokoro Ramen!" Theo didn't even hesitate as he replied with a smile.