Our Cafe is Open as Usual - Chapter 36

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Episode 36

 

The new employee was very much to my liking.

 

Quiet but diligent and good at work! The kind of talent every boss would covet!

 

Of course, since it wasn’t a living being, its actions sometimes got tangled up.

 

For instance, it should look at the order slip first before making drinks, but sometimes it would make them first and then look.

 

Still, well, this much wasn’t a problem.

 

It performed the actions I programmed perfectly. It even thought about the order by itself when orders piled up and made drinks accordingly.

 

Of course, the taste was… quite ordinary.

 

‘But I can adjust the taste myself.’

 

With [Automation], that is.

 

After making the ‘Strawberry Latte So Good Just to Look At’ last time, there was content written in the window that appeared.

 

*When made 100+ times, [Automation] will be added.

 

I was too busy to check it right away at the time, but it was a very good feature.

 

If I made ‘Strawberry Latte So Good Just to Look At’ 100 times, from then on I could fix the taste of all strawberry lattes to ‘Strawberry Latte So Good Just to Look At’.

 

Even without me setting up automation separately, drinks with good effects would be configured automatically.

 

Thanks to this, I obtained quite a few automated menu items.

 

[Automation] List

 

-Ordinary but Memorable (Drip) Coffee

 

-Ordinary but Memorable Espresso

 

-Pretty Good Americano (Hot/Iced)

 

Fortunately, I had made over 100 cups each of espresso and americano since opening.

 

Otherwise, I would have had to keep brewing coffee in the middle of the night again.

 

Also, except for espresso and drip coffee, people didn’t order them much anyway.

 

So this much was sufficient.

 

At least for me to briefly leave the cafe.

 

So the taste issue was resolved.

 

But if there was one disappointing thing about the new employee…

 

“A bit slow.”

 

I wasn’t expecting it to be as fast as me. But it seemed like it could move a little faster, yet everything was slow.

 

It would be really nice if it moved just a little faster.

 

So I casually made a request to Millen, but his response was this:

 

“That’s incredibly fast, Lailah.”

 

In the Jenan Kingdom where meals take two hours to come out, making a drink in under 10 minutes is considered fast speed…

 

I understood, but this was still a disappointing aspect.

 

Well, I was satisfied anyway, so I gave my new friend a name.

 

“Diligent and quiet but slow, so…”

 

Therefore.

 

“Ninbuki!”

 

Nin* turtle shortened to Ninbuki!

 

Right now it’s slow like the turtle in the tortoise and the hare, but I named it with the hope that later it would become as swift as a Nin* turtle.

 

Then everyone became curious about the name Ninbuki.

 

“I felt this before too… Lailah, your naming sense is strange.”

 

“Huh? Why? Ninbuki, isn’t it fine?”

 

“…Are you serious?”

 

Millen frowned.

 

What kind of combination of letters came from where, he began interrogating me.

 

“To give such a name to something I made… This is really hard to tolerate.”

 

“The meaning is good though. Look, I put in the meaning of becoming a little swifter. Hyu, what do you think, isn’t it fine?”

 

“Umm… Hyu doesn’t really know…”

 

Even Hyu turned away from me. She even turned her back completely!

 

‘Even Hyu?’

 

I urgently looked at Iliyana. But she was already far away.

 

“No, why is everyone treating me like this? The only name I came up with is Ninbuki!”

 

“…Lailah, I suppose the name of this cafe doesn’t count as a name to you?”

 

“…Why not? I named the cafe well.”

 

‘Why though? Didn’t I name the cafe well?

 

When you first hear it, it has immediate impact, and even though you don’t know what it means, it’s a word that sticks to your tongue.

 

Kids my age really love this word…’

 

I tilted my head as if puzzled. Then Millen sighed.

 

“Where exactly are you looking?”

 

“Then everyone thought it was strange…?”

 

“It would be harder to find someone who doesn’t think it’s strange.”

 

“Surely customers won’t avoid coming because of this…?”

 

“For those who value reputation, it will apply as quite a troublesome factor.”

 

‘Ah, damn.

 

The name played a part too.’

 

Only then did I grab my head.

 

But I had already finished opening under the name ‘Yonggari Cafe’.

 

The ship had already sailed, so here I should rather act confidently.

 

“Millen doesn’t even know what Yonggari means.”

 

“There’s meaning to that too?”

 

“Of course. Don’t all words have meaning? This is a really cool word.”

 

“It’s the first time I’m hearing this word. You’re saying it’s not a word Lailah made up?”

 

“Yes, it’s an existing word.”

 

“What on earth does it mean for you to be like this?”

 

Millen even crossed his arms and grilled me thoroughly. If it was such a cool word, he interrogated me to quickly confess its meaning.

 

Since he already looked stern and was asking with narrowed brows, I became completely timid and confessed.

 

“…Dragon head.”

 

“…What did you say?”

 

“Dragon head! So here it would be dragon? It means dragon head.”

 

“It’s not head but more like noggin though…”

 

Millen, who heard even my quiet muttering, froze in place.

 

He blinked slowly and then scrunched up his face.

 

“Ha!”

 

Menacing.

 

Menacing and full of killing intent. At the same time, cold air flowed from him.

 

‘What, what… Why is he like this…?’

 

At Millen’s sudden reaction, I froze in place. I was completely frightened.

 

I watched Millen’s mood and slowly backed my body away.

 

But I quickly got caught on the chair’s backrest and couldn’t go any further back.

 

I rolled my eyes around.

 

But then.

 

“Ha, hahaha!”

 

Where did that murderous atmosphere go? Millen began laughing loudly. He laughed loudly with his head slightly bowed.

 

Then he looked at me. His cold blue eyes glinted sharply.

 

“This is not a situation to take lightly.”

 

‘…What, what is it?

 

What’s not a situation to take lightly…? Give me some explanation…’

 

I just blinked in confusion. But Millen swept his hair back, skipping any explanation for his attitude just now.

 

“If Basha finds out, she’ll laugh all day.”

 

He muttered quietly and stood up from his seat. Then he extended his hand to me.

 

Though the murderous atmosphere from earlier was gone, I nervously looked back and forth between his hand and face.

 

“Aren’t you going out?”

 

“I am going out, but…”

 

“Take my hand. Since you startled me, I’ll give you compensation.”

 

“…That was you being startled just now?”

 

“It’s the most startled I’ve ever been in my life.”

 

He spoke very nonchalantly. Then he wiggled his hand. As if there would be no compensation unless I grabbed it quickly.

 

I hurriedly grasped his hand. He muttered in that incomprehensible language like before.

 

And soon.

 

Flash!

 

Bright light enveloped our bodies.

 

* * *

 

At the same time.

 

Antonio Viola Baron was experiencing quite a troublesome situation.

 

“Why did you cause such a commotion without even consulting with me?”

 

His wife, Milena Viola’s interrogation was continuing. There was only one reason she was angry with Antonio.

 

“Thanks to you, my position has become difficult. If it was about Ashe’s matter, that was something I could have handled with discipline. We could have gotten through it just fine with that alone.

 

But because you planned that ridiculous tea party!”

 

It was because of the tea party Antonio had decided to hold.

 

If it had been just a regularly scheduled tea party, she wouldn’t have been angry either.

 

But this tea party was different.

 

Since it was an occasion that invited even high-ranking nobles, the Viola Baron Family had to host the finest tea party possible.

 

And to such an occasion, he had invited that much-talked-about ‘Cafe Owner.’

 

All the ladies who associated with Milena didn’t particularly like that cafe owner.

 

Thanks to this, Milena’s position had become awkward. It was all the more awkward since it was a gathering of noble ladies she had barely managed to establish herself in.

 

‘If only he had at least consulted me! If he had!’

 

She had wondered where her youngest daughter’s initiative came from…

 

It was the moment when Milena, biting her lip, was about to confront Antonio.

 

Knock knock knock.

 

Along with a brief knock, the butler’s voice could be heard.

 

“Lady Token has come to visit.”

 

It was news that made their teeth chatter.

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