Our Cafe is Open as Usual - Chapter 21

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Episode 21

“Oh no, this is terrible!”

I hurriedly got out of bed, hastily threw on some clothes, and rushed out of the room.

I realized this was an unfamiliar place, but that wasn’t important right now.

At this rate, I’d fail the Special Quest by a day and receive a debuff!

Like someone with their feet on fire, I rushed and ran. Grabbing the stair railing, I practically slid down like it was a slide.

As soon as I came down to the first floor, I locked eyes with someone.

“…Why are you rushing out like that?”

It was Millen.

Millen’s head tilted slightly as if he’d seen something strange. After a moment, he set down the teacup he was holding onto the table.

His manner was even more elegant than royalty.

I was the one who became flustered by that attitude.

“…Isn’t it afternoon right now?”

It definitely felt like afternoon, didn’t it?

The feeling you get when you wake up after oversleeping.

The sensation of having more than ten missed calls from your part-time job boss on your phone!

I blinked and looked at Millen.

Millen’s expression crumpled bizarrely. I could feel his emotion of ‘How can a person act like that?’ directly.

He seemed reluctant to even explain. After moving his lips for a moment, Millen opened his mouth to give me an answer.

“Unfortunately, it’s still morning, Lailah. So please, I hope you’ll keep your wits about you.”

“Ah…”

A sigh of relief escaped me automatically. If it’s still morning, that’s fortunate. I can stop by the grocery store to buy ingredients and then go to the cafe to prepare.

Even if time is a little tight.

As soon as my expression relaxed, Millen shook his head a couple of times.

“Let’s eat first. Yesterday when you collapsed, Lailah, more than a few people were startled. Tell them you’re okay first.”

“Of course. Ah, then this must be the furniture shop.”

“Then where did you think it was?”

“Well… I expected Millen would have moved me to a nearby inn. Though I thought the probability was low.”

That cold gaze was directed at me again.

I cleanly ignored Millen’s gaze. As my mind became more at ease, I began to notice my surroundings.

It was clearly a kitchen touched by Frizia’s hands. The furniture was fancy, but the overall interior was neat.

It’s exactly the interior I want.

I began taking in the appearance of the kitchen with my eyes. Then a voice suddenly popped out from beside me.

“Do you like it here?”

“…Ah, Frizia. I really like it.”

“Were you surprised? Sorry… But are you feeling okay? I was really worried yesterday.”

“Ahaha. Were you worried about me? I’m… usually sturdy, but lately I’ve been so busy preparing for the cafe opening. I’m really sturdy. Don’t worry.”

“Then that’s a relief…”

Frizia made a relieved expression and carefully took my hand.

“But… I wanted to thank you first. Thanks to you, my daughter Rumi became healthy.”

“Hey, this is how we help each other. We should watch her a bit more though. But if she gets a fever again, tell me. I’ll make another strawberry latte for her.”

“If you do that… I’d be so grateful. Lailah, tell me anytime too. If it’s Lailah’s request, I’ll do it all for free!”

‘Free…!’

It was the sound of my eyes widening greatly. They say you’ll go bald if you get this happy about hearing ‘free,’ but…

‘Furniture isn’t cheap either…’

If Frizia says she’ll do it, there’s no reason to refuse, right?

Of course, I don’t plan to ask for everything for free.

This is all give and take. I have to give back as much as I receive. So accepting moderately is the wise choice.

But free is still good.

I barely held back my rising smile and answered Frizia.

“Hey, but not everything. You’ll go bankrupt that way, Frizia. Do you know how much furniture I need to commission right now?”

“I’ll do all of that for you. I’ve been resting for almost a year now, so my whole body is itching. I’m thinking of making my comeback by supporting Lailah’s cafe with furniture.”

“Really?”

“So leave all the cafe furniture to me. I’m also possessive, you know.

No furniture other than mine is allowed in Yonggari Cafe!”

Frizia spoke with great vigor.

For a moment, I even felt my heart racing. Is this why people say they like vigorous, spirited women?

When I nodded as if enchanted, Frizia gave a thumbs up. Then she asked about furniture styles.

What kind of style I wanted for decorating the cafe. Whether there were any details I wanted to emphasize.

What furniture was needed overall, and how much was needed.

Frizia even took out a notebook and pen, showing passionate enthusiasm. I looked at her and pondered for a moment.

‘I do have an interior design in mind.’

Given Yonggari Cafe’s location characteristics, the interior needed a concept too.

Outskirts of the capital, and the only thing nearby was a reed field.

No matter how special the menu is… it won’t be easy to draw customers all the way here.

So I needed a way to make customers come to the cafe and stay for a long time.

‘First, getting them to come to the cafe is solved…’

All that’s left is finding a way to make them stay longer.

‘Then first, the chairs must be comfortable. And the tables need to maintain an appropriate height too.’

Let’s decorate the overall atmosphere cozily.

‘Since I used the reed field as a focal point, it would be good to make the cafe feel similar.’

Then the cafe’s concept is nature.

But if I focus too much on natural materials, it’ll feel messy. The rest was something I could decide while discussing with Frizia.

The overall atmosphere depends a lot on furniture.

I explained the interior direction I had in mind to Frizia in detail. Frizia chimed in with a few words here and there while filling up her notebook.

After filling quite a few pages like that.

“Let’s stop here for now. I think I need to see the cafe directly for the rest.”

“Sure. Come anytime. The inside of the cafe is a mess right now… but if that’s okay with you.”

“That doesn’t matter.”

Frizia shrugged as if it was fine. Seeing that, I asked carefully.

“When might I be able to receive the furniture?”

“Hmm? When do you need it by? Since there’s a lot… it’ll take a week. Simple things like chairs and tables are possible in two days. I’ll send them as they’re completed, so don’t worry too much.”

“…Then everything is really possible in a week?”

“Of course. I’m the famous Prizia Robotoung.”

Oh, Frizia.

If Millen wasn’t watching us, I surely would have praised Frizia.

‘A week!’

That’s earlier than the Special Quest!

Then when the Special Quest ends, it means the cafe opening is possible.

This would definitely be better for drawing in the maximum number of customers.

If I just tell customers from now that the opening date is set, word will spread quickly.

I grabbed Frizia’s hand while holding back my racing heart. Then she smiled refreshingly.

“When you’re this happy, it makes me feel even better. But shall we eat first? Millen is glaring so much that half my face might freeze, Lailah.”

“Ah… But I have work to do right now…”

“You mean buying ingredients? Millen already bought all of that earlier. You can have breakfast here and then go to the cafe.”

“…Millen did?”

“Yes, that Millen.”

I doubted my own eyes too.

Frizia shook her head as if she still couldn’t believe it.

I felt the same way. Even though Millen watched what I was doing yesterday and would know what ingredients were needed…

‘He’s not the type to do that willingly though….’

What’s this? Did he eat something weird?

When I gave him a puzzled look, Millen quickly turned his head away. Then he elegantly took a sip of his tea.

‘That guy, he must be embarrassed about helping me.’

I smiled warmly and took the seat next to Millen. Then Iliyana, as if she had been waiting, placed a bowl in front of me.

Softly cooked bacon and two fried eggs. It was a combination I had seen somewhere before.

Somehow, laughter escaped me.

“Well then, I’ll enjoy this meal!”

It was a morning that made my heart feel full.

At the same time.

Tutorial, Complete!

-The first step to becoming a cafe owner!

Reward: 10 Diamonds, 1,000 Gold

*Rewards will be distributed immediately.

The tutorial had come to an end.

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