A/N: Sorry for the lack of editing! My laptop broke and one layer of editing became too cumbersome T_T. I'll edit when I can, sadly that could mean some paragraph comments disappearing when I edit.

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That said, since the shops weren't selling much yet, the points might only be attractive if they could buy the food he made.

What if he made his food only available by points? His C-class food could be exclusively bought by points, and he could charge more in turn, and without people noticing it.

That said, he didn't forget to grab the black-and-white teddy bear who was eating a jam sandwich. "Can't we have a system like this?"

He proceeded to explain the points system and the bear's face morphed from annoyance (from being interrupted from his sandwich, to some sort of morbid admiration).

"I knew you were evil."

"Hey!!" he kneaded the white bear's chubby face. "Answer the question."

"Erm…I guess."

He then fed him a handful of awakened cores before his mouth turned to an asterisk again.

"Fine."

At this, the system panel appeared in front of the bear and Finn watched him press random windows at speeds he could not follow.

"Do you have values already?"

Only his food was the option for now, so that wouldn't be difficult. What he needed to value well was other things that would be available for points purchase.

The goal was to buy things for cheap and to charge more for his food, which was a win-win for him.

He thought for a couple of moments, grabbing paper so he could doodle his calculations.

He was not good with blocks of texts, but he was decent in basic accounting as a business owner.

After a while, for simplicity's sake, he decided to use how much the Hearth Market valued awakened cores as points. For example, the Hearth Market would buy three awakened cores for 1 gold, when it could be sold for at least twice of that in the Town.

So, since he was selling a C-Class food for 10 gold, the required points would be 21 points. Rounded up because he could, he then priced it to 25 points.

On the other hand, D-Class food would then be priced at 10 points, and E-class food for 5 points.

Doing this, he'd also be far less pressured to cook for others, and earn more of the materials he needed in the process.

As for buying things with it, the ultimate win would be to buy something for half its usual price by using points, but a bit of discount would suffice. It would all depend on who he was talking with (people he didn't like would definitely need to pay up a lot) and the haggling that came with it.

For example, if an item would cost him 1 gold, he could—maybe—exchange it for a lesser amount of points, but they would still exchange it because some things could only be bought with points.

Of course, he'd have to list things he actually needed, and then assign a range of points to getting ingredients he did not have. That'd depend on the quality of the ingredient (including its state when it was given to him), and he'd definitely give a good price if it was uprooted properly and could be replanted.

He got Tumble to create a peg board for him and then they'd write or carve the letters in wooden blocks they could snap into place. This way, they could adjust the announcements accordingly.

It was also quite convenient for other staff members to make their own notes and announcements as long as they didn't lose the small letters by accident.

He placed them in front of the island counter so anyone who wanted to go to the kitchen would be able to read it immediately.

[Food made by the innkeeper can now be purchased with points. A maximum number of dishes per day would still apply, but will have higher numbers now compared to before. Extra points might be needed if order is beyond this threshold. Otherwise, please purchase your food in the canteen!]

As for Micc and Ranran, they were free to make food in the kitchen, but he would also recommend that if they manage to make essence food, they'd price it according to the point board.

"Eh? What is this?" This was Maria, who was among the adventurers left behind to continue training.

Remus appeared next to her, and then looked at the staff. "Can we buy some of your food?"

Finn had declared a limit beforehand so many people had been trying to find a way to convince him to cook more. Before, he literally cooked just once a day at most. Now, he was open to a few more, albeit still with limits.

Hearing them ask this question, many others in the vicinity also went over, curious, definitely wanting to taste before they left the inn.

Their trip would be perfect if they could eat that food again!

"Yes, with some conditions."

"Starting tomorrow, my food will be bought by points!" Finn said. "This means that, other than cores, you can exchange certain materials we need for points."

"What?!"

"Are we going to start foraging now too?"

"Wow…"

Finn smiled. "Not just materials, but also some other…resources. Some of them are in Level 2, however, but I assure you that the points paid will also be fair."

"Resources in Level 2, eh?"

"We're only awakened, so we're stuck around here."

"That's fine, there are plenty of things I need here, too."

"Just out of curiosity, what are some of the things you wanna take from level 2?" Remus could not help but ask. He had hung around the markets and merchant guilds before. He wanted to have a better idea about the exchange rates.

Finn smiled. "Some of those heading in level 2…might become part-time miners."

"Miners?"

Was it just them or was Finn getting odder and odder sometimes?

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