Our Cafe is Open as Usual - Chapter 15

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Episode 15

At the same time, at a certain furniture shop.

“What on earth is this…?”

Millen crouched down, hiding his bewilderment.

Then a young child came into his field of vision.

Passionate red-colored hair. And eyes that reminded him of someone.

So this child was…

“When did you have a daughter, Frizia?”

It was the child of Prizia Robotoung, the owner of [Prizia’s Wonderful Furniture Shop], who had said she couldn’t come to the store because she was busy with work.

The child resembled her so much that anyone could definitively say this was Frizia’s child.

‘So this is why she was busy. She could have at least said something.’

His incredulous gaze reached Iliyana and Frizia, who were standing next to the child.

Iliyana maintained her ignorance and quickly turned her head away. And Frizia, who still maintained her short hair, shrugged her shoulders.

“I thought you knew everything. Millen, there’s nothing you don’t know, right? Besides, I told Lady Basha about it. So it’s not entirely my fault.”

“…Ha, Basha.”

Millen didn’t particularly like children.

They couldn’t communicate properly and were just bothersome. Someone had criticized Millen for not remembering his own tadpole days, but he had been perfect since childhood.

So Millen found this situation very annoying.

‘…Ha. If it weren’t for that damn cult leader, it would have been Lailah coming here instead of me.’

She would have smiled foolishly the moment she saw the child. Or she would have shown kindness for the young customer.

Millen let out a long sigh.

‘This is all my fault.’

A self-deprecating smile spread across his face.

‘How did it come to this?’

The answer to that was simple.

“I have something to do in the afternoon. So I don’t think I’ll be able to keep my promise with Iliyana. So I was wondering…

Could Millen go with Hyu?”

It was because of Lailah’s request.

When he first heard her request, Millen thought that Lailah was getting carried away after receiving the token.

Perhaps reading his bewildered expression, Lailah hurriedly continued.

“It’s the shop you introduced me to, Millen. You must have connections there… I’ll only ask this once. The person I can ask for a favor… no, the only person I can trust is you, Millen.”

After receiving the token, Lailah began treating Millen more casually. The disappearance of the honorific ‘sir’ after his name was proof of that.

Anyway, Lailah made the most pitiful expression possible and poked at Millen’s conscience.

Therefore.

“So Frizia. What does Basha… no, what does Lailah want?”

He had personally come a long way to grant her request. Together with Hyu.

Hyu was already captured by the child and showering her with affection.

The giggling sounds of Hyu and the child filled the shop. Being larger than an ordinary hamster, he seemed to be a good playmate for the child.

Millen briefly looked at Hyu before standing up. Then Frizia’s gaze followed upward.

“Ugh, you beanpole. It’s hard to look up at you, so let’s go inside. We have a lot to talk about.”

“Let’s do that.”

“Iliyana, please take care of the children.”

After confirming Iliyana nodding with a bright smile, she gestured for Millen to follow her.

Millen let out a long breath and followed behind her.

Prizia Robotoung.

She was a furniture craftsman acknowledged even by Basha. She was someone with considerable skill, as much as Millen’s, so Basha cherished her greatly. Thanks to that, even Millen had been jealous.

However, the moment he saw her furniture, Millen had no choice but to acknowledge her.

Furniture that moves people’s hearts.

Furniture that captures both the user’s taste and heart simultaneously.

Frizia created these things as if it were nothing.

Therefore, to Millen, Frizia was remembered as quite a useful person.

So the moment he decided to give the token to Lailah, the person who came to mind was Frizia.

She would surely become a good connection for Lailah too.

But.

‘I brought her all this way only to find she wasn’t there.’

And when I came back, she had a child.

The daughter even appeared to be about 5 years old.

Rather than disappointment at not being told, bewilderment came first. And that bewilderment was destined to last longer than he thought.

The place where Frizia stopped was the workshop inside the furniture shop. Unfinished wood and strong chemicals were scattered here and there.

“You still don’t organize things.”

“So what. I know where everything is, so don’t worry.”

“What if the child gets hurt?”

“…My daughter, Rumi, is forbidden from entering here.”

It was natural since there were many dangerous items. However, her expression was strangely filled with sadness.

Soon he could understand the reason.

“Rumi is sick right now. It’s been a year already.”

“What’s wrong with her that she’s been ill for a year? Besides, she didn’t look like a sick child.”

“Today she was strangely fine, so I brought her along.”

“Then?”

“…The thing is.”

She told him a long story with a voice full of worry.

A year ago, Rumi began to fall seriously ill, she said.

She told him about unexplainable high fevers that came every night and seizures that occurred, preventing her as a mother from properly running the shop.

Then she looked at Millen with a desperate expression.

“But there were days when Rumi wasn’t sick.”

“…When was that?”

“When Lady Basha visited. At that time, Lady Basha gave Rumi some kind of drink. I think it had an effect on Rumi.”

“…I see.”

“So I wanted to ask for that drink.

From Lady Basha’s granddaughter.”

The moment her words ended, the world briefly wavered.

Those present didn’t notice, but the world definitely reacted.

Millen closed his eyes for a moment, then opened them and ran his hand through his hair.

It seemed like this was a problem that Lailah would have to solve directly. If so, there was no reason for Millen to stay here any longer.

“Let’s continue this conversation after I bring Lailah.”

When the sunset was falling, the first meeting with Frizia ended like this.

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After the sun had completely set, people began leaving the cafe one by one. Some left with repeated promises to come again.

I smiled with satisfaction.

I had made quite a bit of money too.

‘I sold 20 cups of 15-gold drip coffee…’

A whopping 300 gold profit!

Right now when I only had places to spend money, this income was very precious.

I carefully put today’s earnings in my pocket. Then I checked the system windows that had appeared earlier.

First.

Special Quest!

Day 1 Success!

-Rewards will be provided.

Reward: 1 Diamond

It was the success status of the Special Quest.

It was just one day out of ten, but as they say, a good start is half the battle, so I wasn’t too worried about the remaining days ahead.

More people would come if anything, they wouldn’t decrease. Word of mouth spreads in an instant.

I put one diamond in my pocket and checked the next window.

“Oh…”

Reed Field is added to the cafe’s attractions.

-People who see the Reed Field will have increased favorability toward the cafe.

So this was a thing.

I was slightly surprised by this unexpected result. This game seemed to have many hidden features.

‘No wait. If I had played this even once, I would have known all this, right?’

Thinking about it again made me feel wronged. If I had known the game well, it would have been much easier than now.

I closed the system window with a sullen expression. Then the last remaining window caught my eye.

Frizia’s Request!

-Fulfill Frizia’s request within 48 hours

(47:59:59)

Reward: Intimacy with Frizia & 1,000 gold

Failure: [Prizegia’s Lovely Furniture Shop] unavailable

As I stared quietly at the system window, I pulled up the corners of my mouth fully.

“I knew it would work out.”

I did well sending Millen and Hyu.

This is what they call auto-hunting? Well, something similar to that.

More than that, I still can’t forget Millen’s expression when I made the request.

That subtle expression of Millen’s – absurd and disapproving, but annoyed because he had to grant my request anyway.

Hyu was quite excited next to him, saying he was going on a date with Millen. He clearly hadn’t seen Millen’s expression.

“I should praise them when they come back!”

I should tell them about today’s work too.

If I tell them about today’s results, wouldn’t Millen acknowledge me more?

I began clearing the tables where customers had left with a proud expression.

How much time had passed like that?

“Lailah.”

Millen had returned.

But he came back with quite a serious expression.

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