[Welcome to Kobayakawa hell, where if he's not screaming and crying, he's being the magical cooking hero we all need in life. He's almost literally sparkling from his excitement, it's ridiculous!!

And oh, Scarlet wants to see the premises???? OHHHH that only makes him happier; he'd spin if her hand wasn't on his shoulder, because tearing that away would both be rude and also make him feel bad. (Someone really doesn't get much positive attention and it shows.) Instead, Hideaki just...Vibrates excitedly, even as his expression gets very stern. This is the culmination of all of his culinary experience, after all!]

Scarlet...If you're really sure that you want to join in, then of course I'll show you! It's all the way over in Seagull Village, and I'd give you a lift but...My pot can only carry me, I'm sorry! We can walk though! It's all cleaned up, and I managed to get some simple tables and chairs and whatnot. Nothin' fancy because I hear that...That Katakura Kojuro is growing vegetables here, and I have to buy lots and lots of those!

[Cue dreamy sigh. Ah, to cook with Katakura vegetables...Nothing could make Kingo's dreams come true faster than that.] --but yeah! Because it's all really simple right now, I should have enough money to pay you and stock up on ingredients too! You can tell me what you want to get paid on the way over, okay? I'll do my best to be a great boss, I promise it! [Even though he's a teenager and a warlord in his own right, Hideaki still...Holds out a hand. More to make sure that she doesn't leave him behind with her long legs, but also just for positive contact. He's a simple kid.]

[OH NOOOOOO SHE SAID A NICE THING. Even worse, now that they're simply holding hands, he has the freedom to actually, literally do a little skip of joy. There's no way this can go wrong if he has such a nice employee, he's sure of it. The future is lookin' up for the Kobayakawas! (ha ha ha ha not really he goes mad and dies thanks history)

Except...Wait, no pay? Wait wait wait that's...That's...UNACCEPTABLE.]

NO.

Noooo no no no no no, you have to get paid. I don't have recipes, it's all just typical nabe stuff that everyone back home could make if they had the perfect ingredients...And you have to get paid, Scarlet! Every day, I'm going to pay you so many of the weird coins they use here, and that's that. How many do you want?

[He's going to insist on walking while talking though, even if it's hard for a dope like him and there's occasional tripping over his own feet for it. This is very serious though! He won't let the name of Ujou be sullied just because people think he's a bad payer, and she's just...So nice. He couldn't scam her like that!]