Our Cafe is Open as Usual - Chapter 2

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Episode 2

“What on earth is this…?”

I stared blankly at the status window.

Right now, I needed some time to understand this sudden situation.

However.

“Oh my! What’s happening! Time has already gotten this late.”

This crazy game didn’t seem to want to give me even that much time. Basha was startled as if something terrible had happened and hurriedly straightened her clothes. Then she gestured toward the broken building and said.

“The train time is tight, so listen to the rest of the explanation from Hyu. Hyu is inside the shop.”

“…Where are you going?”

“Oh right! Don’t forget to come up with a new name for the cafe too! Well then, Lailah. I’m off! Run your own cafe well!”

Just like that, Basha rattled off everything she wanted to say and left.

I was left alone in an instant.

“Hah…”

It felt like a storm had passed.

I couldn’t believe the situation that had befallen me at all, so a hollow laugh naturally escaped.

So I just got possessed into a game I had just installed, and suddenly I’m in a position where I have to run a cafe?

“…But that cafe building is completely destroyed…”

Is this right? Huh?

I closed my eyes tightly and let out a long breath. Once wasn’t enough, so I repeated it a couple more times. Only then did my head seem to clear up.

Then my changed appearance from the possession gradually came into view.

Instead of my original black hair, light pink hair was swaying gently around my waist.

I could see delicate hands that looked like they had never suffered any hardship. They were completely different from my original hands that were full of calluses and reddened skin from housewife’s eczema.

‘My appearance must have changed a lot too.’

I caught a glimpse of myself reflected in Basha’s eyes earlier, and I had an impression resembling a gentle puppy.

Originally, I often heard that I looked fierce when I wasn’t smiling, but everything had changed.

“Ah…”

The family that held me back, the massive debt – none of that exists here.

A sense of reality I had never felt before came rushing toward me like a tsunami.

“Right. This is my reality now.”

I can live my own life, right?

An indescribable emotion swept through me. I clenched my fist tightly and then released it.

I let out a long breath, closed my eyes tightly, and opened them.

‘Quest?’

Now that I had acknowledged reality, what I needed to do was quickly assess the situation.

I read the system window in front of me again.

Transform the building before your eyes into the best cafe in the Jenen Kingdom within one year.

The building before my eyes.

I looked at the building again.

“Hmm, it’s still miserable even on second look.”

Shaped like crushed tofu… I sighed again, but there were no other options.

“So now I have to run a cafe here?”

The positive news was that among all the jobs I had done, cafe part-time work was what I had done most. It even suited my aptitude quite well.

Since there’s already a building, at least I don’t have to worry about cafe rental fees. It’s not a bad start.

“Oh, come to think of it, didn’t Basha tell me to decide on a cafe name before she left?”

My memory was already hazy because it had been so hectic.

The moment I slightly frowned.

Ding!

Tutorial!

-First step to becoming a cafe owner!

1) Decide on cafe name (-)

-Please decide on the cafe’s name.

Reward: Basha’s Legacy

2) Restore cafe building (-)

3) Interior design of cafe (-)

As if it had been waiting, a system window appeared.

Next to it, another window where I could input the cafe’s name had appeared.

“Oh, so it works like this?”

If this is the tutorial, does that mean opening the cafe is the start of the actual game?

If it’s going to tell me what I need to do step by step like this, well.

“There’s nothing difficult about it.”

I grinned and entered a name into the input window that appeared next to the tutorial window. That famous name that immediately comes to mind when you think of cafes!

“I can’t miss the chance to become the owner of StarX*cks.”

Just hearing it makes you think customers would be packed from opening to closing, right! I smiled proudly and waited for the cafe name to be decided.

However.

This name is already taken.

Please choose a different name.

“Agh!”

Even deciding on a name is so picky.

I squinted slightly and glared at the game window. Then I tried inputting several other words.

Paek*bang, E*ya, 1,000kmb Coffee, Compass, etc. Besides these, I tried simple words like rose or chocolate, but the result was the same.

All duplicate endings.

“…What should I do?”

All the obvious, cool, ordinary, or pretty words would probably come up as taken. That means I need to use a unique word that people wouldn’t have used…

“Hmm.”

I pondered for a moment and then entered one word into the input window.

“There’s no way this would work…?”

‘Yonggari’

Completed.

*Reward will be distributed shortly.

“…I’m doomed. Why does this one work?”

I covered my mouth with my hand and burst into a hollow laugh. If I had known it would work this easily, I would have chosen more carefully…

“More importantly, when are you giving me that reward you mentioned?”

I pouted and closed the completion window.

Then, I heard voices from inside the cafe.

“Oh! There you are! Hyu has been waiting for so long!”

An animal the size of an adult man’s hand came rushing toward me from the entrance. And it was fiercely aiming for my shins!

I desperately dodged. In the process, I lost my balance and fell over, but I was relieved that I had protected my shins.

“Phew.”

I let out a low breath and glanced at the animal that had rushed toward me.

“…Huh?”

Did I see something wrong?

Another glance.

I couldn’t believe it at all, so now I looked openly.

Golden fine fur and cute ears, chubby cheeks and round eyes. And neatly folded little hands.

With an expression that seemed somewhat wronged and flustered… So it was quite large in size, but this was definitely…

“…A hamster?”

That animal was definitely a hamster.

A hamster that far exceeded the size of ordinary hamsters!

I was so flustered that I leaned in close and stared intently at the hamster. As if I might turn into a turtle, the hamster opened its round eyes wide and spoke.

“Geez! If you staaare at me like that, Hyu gets embarrassed!”

“…Hyu?”

“Yes! I’m Hyu! Hyu has been waiting so eagerly at the cafe, masterrrr!”

I really, really wanted to see you!

The hamster who introduced himself as Hyu stood on two legs like a human and smiled brightly. Anyone who saw him would instinctively let out a gasp of how cute he was. However, I stared at Hyu with a different meaning.

‘…No way.’

So on that loading screen… that hamster that was on Basha’s shoulder?

More than that, the hamster isn’t the reward, is it?

I looked at Hyu without being able to hide my bewildered emotions.

Then Hyu blinked for a moment and stepped back slightly.

“Right! I should have given you this first when we met!”

Hyu opened his mouth wide and skillfully pushed his hand into his mouth. Up until this point, I was still quietly watching Hyu.

Originally, hamsters have the habit of hiding snacks in their cheek pouches.

But something was strange.

I thought he would take out something about the size of a sunflower seed… but what popped out of Hyu’s mouth was something I never imagined.

Hyu squeezed his eyes shut and worked hard to pull it out of his mouth.

When it finally revealed itself completely, I could only admire it.

“…Wow.”

A, a hammer is coming out, from that mouth….

Because it was a hammer bigger than Hyu’s body.

It wasn’t even an ordinary hammer.

The head part was suspiciously very large.

Large enough to drive five nails at once with that thing.

It was simply amazing that such a hammer had been stored in his mouth.

Thud!

Hyu carefully set the hammer down on the ground.

“This is something Basha left for master!”

Hyu has been keeping it preciously.

He looked at me with a very proud expression. At his gaze that seemed to want praise, I gently patted Hyu’s head.

“Good job, Hyu.”

“Hehe. Please check it out quickly, master.”

Hyu personally took my hand and moved it to the hammer.

The moment my hand touched the hammer.

Ding!

A system window appeared.

Craftsman’s Universal Hammer

-A truly universal hammer that can fix anything!

-Born from the hands of an excellent craftsman.

-Performance varies depending on the user.

How to use: Gently tap! the desired location.

Usage period: 48 hours from first use.

Then windows appeared one after another.

Tutorial!

-The first step to becoming a cafe owner!

1) Decide on cafe name (O)

2) Restore cafe building (-)

-Use the [Craftsman’s Universal Hammer] to restore the building.

Reward: 10 diamonds

3) Interior design of cafe (-)

‘…Yeah, this is how my life should be.’

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