Our Cafe is Open as Usual - Chapter 3

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Episode 3

The second tutorial Quest that appeared along with the craftsman’s universal hammer.

What those two were telling me was simple.

“This is completely manual labor.”

There was even a time limit.

The Quest content had no time limit, so at first glance, it seemed leisurely.

But the hammer had a limited usage time! They also said the universal hammer’s performance varies depending on the user.

‘This… well, the intention is clear.’

It’s about establishing discipline for the possessor, something like that.

It was exactly like making part-time workers clean toilets first when they start.

At least the fortunate thing was.

‘I’m actually good at this kind of tough work…’

I’m Baek Ha-kyung, who worked at a meat restaurant during year-end and New Year, carrying grills and stone bowls all day long!

I shrugged my shoulders and lifted the hammer.

Despite its heavy appearance, the hammer was very light.

It even had surprisingly good grip.

“It really was made by a craftsman, wasn’t it?”

As I quietly held the hammer, Hyu urgently spoke to me.

“Is, is there some problem?”

With a very tense expression, Hyu blinked and asked. I stared at Hyu intently, then gently patted his head.

“No problem at all, Hyu.”

“Then was Hyu helpful?”

“Yes, extremely helpful.”

Hyu’s eyes widened, then he hopped up and down in place. He seemed so happy about being helpful that his expression was flushed.

I smiled lightly and extended my hand to Hyu.

“Come up on my hand, Hyu. Let’s go try out the hammer.”

“Huh, really? Can Hyu really get on master’s hand?”

“Of course!”

Hyu hesitated for a moment, then slowly climbed onto my hand. His steps were very careful.

After confirming Hyu was perfectly settled on my hand, I stood up.

“Now let’s see how this hammer performs.”

I’m confident in hammering, you know.

I even worked part-time building stages, and naturally acquired a skill back then.

‘Hammering isn’t just about using brute force.’

Using wrist strength instead of shoulder strength, utilizing centrifugal force to lightly tap!

I grinned and swung the hammer with that feeling ingrained in my body.

Thunk. The hammer made a dull sound as it touched the heavily cracked outer wall.

Then.

Flash!

A light of completely different dimension from before burst out from the wall.

It was enough to envelop an entire side of the building.

Before long, the light gradually subsided, revealing the state of the outer wall.

“Wow…”

This is amazing?

At a glance, the outer wall had become clean.

Small scratches still remained, but all the large cracks running across the wall had disappeared. I was slightly worried since they said performance depends on the user, but apparently the basic performance was very good.

“At this rate, I’ll fix it quickly.”

At most ten to twenty times?

I was dizzy thinking I’d have to hammer all day, but fortunately that wasn’t the case.

While I was busy estimating with my eyes, Hyu suddenly stood up on my hand.

“H-how did you do that? When Hyu tried it, it wasn’t this much!”

“I’m pretty good at hammering.”

“Even so!”

Hyu stared at the repaired outer wall as if he couldn’t believe it. While doing so, he muttered that even Basha couldn’t do this, and the craftsman who made this hammer probably didn’t expect this either.

I glanced at the dazed Hyu and moved my steps.

No matter how good the performance, I had to repair the entire 2-story building, so it would take quite some time.

So I began tapping the building with the universal hammer.

Without knowing at all the aftermath this work would bring.

* * *

While some cafe was being repaired with tap-tap-tapping sounds.

The Dael Temple, the only temple in the Jenen Kingdom that worships a god called Dael. This so-called Dael Temple was located in the very center of Noren, the capital city of the Jenen Kingdom, but it was very quiet.

The reason was simple.

“…Please return.”

Five years ago, the god had left.

Parhan, the sole leader of the Dael Sect, muttered while looking at the divine statue that had completely lost its light and was full of cracks.

Just five years ago, the divine statue before him had been emitting beautiful light.

This was proof that the god was watching over the Jenen Kingdom, and many people used to visit the temple to see this divine statue.

However.

“Was it that day…”

Yes, the day when sudden natural disasters struck the Jenen Kingdom.

It was the first time since the Jenen Kingdom was established. Earthquakes, tsunamis, and even torrential rain. For the Jenen Kingdom, which always had mild climate, it was like a disaster.

The consecutive disasters were terrible enough to easily devour a country, but fortunately the actual damage wasn’t that great.

Because there was the Dael divine statue that blocked all that damage instead.

“But…”

Parhan closed his eyes tightly, then opened them and looked at the deepest crack in the divine statue.

A deep crack that seemed ready to devour the divine statue at any moment.

Originally, it should have been a divine statue that protected the Jenen Kingdom with Dael’s divine power, but after that crack appeared, the divine statue lost its light.

No matter how excellent jewelers or tool craftsmen were brought in, they couldn’t fix the crack in the divine statue.

Instead, only small cracks would appear.

Because of this, rumors spread that the god had left, and people stopped visiting the Dael Temple.

So there was only one thing Parhan, the religious leader, could do.

“May the god watch over the Jenen Kingdom again…”

Only earnestly hoping for a miracle before the broken divine statue.

Five years had already passed like this.

It had already been five years since he prayed to the god while watching the gradually deteriorating Jenen Kingdom.

Now even hope had faded away, leaving only despair in its place.

Just now…

Parhan was quietly looking at the divine statue, then turned around powerlessly. It was to guard alone the temple that even the priests serving the god had abandoned.

It was exactly when he took one step.

Flaaaash!

Intense light burst out from behind him.

At the sudden situation, Parhan immediately turned around to check where the light came from.

And then he muttered faintly.

“…It’s, it’s a miracle!”

Bright light was filling the deep crack in the divine statue!

Moreover, the light filling the crack was the most brilliant among all the lights Parhan had ever seen.

This meant only one thing.

“Oh, my god…”

The god who had left the Jenen Kingdom was returning!

Parhan looked at the divine statue as if he couldn’t believe it. Then, as if realizing something, he quickly turned around.

“Th-this isn’t the time to be doing this…”

‘Offerings… That’s right, I must offer Lake.

For the god alone! Jewels that shine with brilliant light!’

For the day when the god would return, he had saved exactly 10 Lake even as his finances grew increasingly dire.

Parhan rushed out to the warehouse where the jewels were stored. So he didn’t see that the light filling the gold of the divine statue had briefly dimmed.

* * *

A few hours later.

“Hmm, now this looks somewhat decent.”

I wiped the sweat flowing from my forehead and smiled with satisfaction. The miserable appearance of that building had disappeared, and now a proper-looking building stood before my eyes.

There were still some scratches and you could definitely feel the passage of time…

“Well, it’s a building I got for free, so I should be able to tolerate this much.”

If I decorate it well, it could be reborn as an aesthetic cafe worthy of Starstagram!

Even though it’s located away from the bustling capital city, it’s a 2-story building in front of an open reed field. There’s a spacious yard and a nice terrace, and unlike the white walls, there’s a roof with red brick accents as a focal point.

What I liked most of all was the small mini bar attached to the arched windows. Though it was modest in size, depending on how it’s used, it could change the entire atmosphere of the cafe.

“Very nice.”

I used to be someone who couldn’t even afford a car and was just paying rent for a semi-basement apartment, but now I’m a building owner!

I struck a confident pose with my hands on my hips. But that was only for a moment.

“But then again, what should I do about the building’s interior…”

The big problem of the cafe’s interior design remained.

What good is just having a building? I need to operate a cafe with this and make money.

I let out a deep sigh and looked at the building’s interior that I had been avoiding for a while. Through the door I had left wide open for ventilation, a miserable scene was visible.

First, the bar for making coffee only had its basic structure remaining, and other furniture like tables, picture frames, chairs, and so on were completely smashed.

Besides that, in the mini kitchen inside the bar, there existed a graveyard of broken glass dishes.

“I don’t really have to fix all of this one by one with the all-purpose hammer, do I?”

That would be a bit too harsh…

I squinted my left eye and looked at the hammer in my hand.

“Ah, let me receive the reward first.”

I called up the system window again.

Quest Complete!

Would you like to receive your reward?

-10 Diamonds

[Accept]

The system window lit up before my eyes with a flashy rainbow-colored light.

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