Our Cafe is Open as Usual - Chapter 51

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Episode 51

 

I was able to return to the cafe after a week.

 

Even though I had been lying in the fluffy bed at the Viola Estate all day long.

 

“Home really is the best!”

 

Home was definitely the best.

 

‘Right, even though I can sleep anywhere, I always tried to sleep at home.’

 

Whether it was one hour or two hours, no matter how little time I could sleep, I was someone who absolutely had to go home.

 

I knew well the preciousness of having my own space where I could rest with peace of mind.

 

‘I suffered so much when I worked part-time jobs that provided room and board.’

 

No matter how much they provided a place to rest, I never felt truly comfortable. The fact that I had to constantly watch the boss’s mood was quite an exhausting aspect.

 

But now…

 

‘My home, my space!’

 

This is even my building!

 

Just looking at it brought a sense of stability to my heart.

 

Wasn’t this my building that I had fixed and created from one to ten with my own hands!

 

With a happy smile filling my face, I opened the cafe door.

 

Since I had returned right at Yonggari Cafe’s closing time, there were no customers at all.

 

Instead.

 

<!Congratulations on your safe return!>

 

“…What is this?”

 

A placard that looked familiar was attached to the cafe wall.

 

‘That looks like the fabric I used when making wreaths.’

 

Do they have placards like this here too?

 

As I looked around with curiosity, familiar faces were standing in the hall.

 

Among them, Frizia, who had the sharpest eyes, approached me.

 

She began examining me very thoroughly from head to toe.

 

“Lailah! I told you to take care of your body while working! You don’t have any lingering problems, do you? Hm?”

 

“Frizia, I’m really, really fine now. I’m fine enough to run around all day, you know?”

 

“Really, Millen?”

 

“That’s Lailah’s personal claim.”

 

Again, she’s asking Millen about my health.

 

No, Millen isn’t even my guardian, so why does she keep asking Millen?

 

I looked at Millen with a sullen expression.

 

“Why, is there a problem?”

 

“Oh, no.”

 

Millen let out a snicker, then patted my shoulder a couple of times.

 

“I have work to do, so I’ll go up to the 2nd floor first.”

 

“Oh, really?”

 

“Aren’t you being a bit too happy about it?”

 

“It’s a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding.”

 

“Sigh… Don’t do anything unnecessary and rest well until today.”

 

“Of course.”

 

I smiled brightly and pushed Millen’s back toward the stairs to the 2nd floor. He wrinkled his brow as if dumbfounded, then went up to the 2nd floor.

 

I finally felt like I had escaped from an overly protective guardian.

 

I savored my freedom after a long time and looked around at those I hadn’t greeted yet.

 

‘Iliyana is next to Frizia, and Tonik is with Hyu?’

 

Even though I had seen their faces once before, I was still glad to see them. Seeing that I was even happy to see Tonik, whom I hadn’t exchanged many words with, I must have been too bored during this time.

 

I immediately approached Hyu. Hyu was proudly occupying the top of Tonik’s head.

 

The combination of the flashy-looking Tonik and cute Hyu was quite pleasing to the eye.

 

“You two seem to have been getting along well.”

 

“Master! I missed you so, so much! Hyu tried to visit you many times, but I couldn’t go because I had cafe work that Master entrusted to me! Hyu did well, right? Right?”

 

“Yes, very well. Iliyana praised you a lot. She said we could trust only Hyu with the cafe.”

 

“Hehe! Hyu educated Tonik very well too!”

 

Hyu stood with his chest puffed out. He was so confident that I couldn’t help but laugh.

 

I moved Hyu onto my hand and looked at Tonik.

 

With his black hair that slightly covered his neck neatly tied back, he didn’t look as wild as he did at first impression.

 

Rather, he looked even more refined now.

 

‘Looking at him like this, he is handsome.’

 

Since Millen was next to me, I didn’t notice well, but Tonik was a handsome man who could follow after Eldora.

 

Millen was the most… inhuman-looking among the people I had seen. Of course, that’s in a positive sense.

 

I inwardly admired Tonik’s appearance and extended my hand.

 

“Thank you for watching the cafe during this time. I heard you did an excellent job?”

 

“Of course. When I work, I tend to do it properly. Thinking that I was working for the boss made me even more motivated.”

 

“…You’re still the same.”

 

Tonik smiled gently with his eyes and kissed the back of my hand.

 

“I need to show only my good side to the boss if I want to work here for a long time. I did receive training from Millen, but… it seems I’m still lacking in appeal…”

 

“…Ahaha.”

 

“So if you give me a chance, I’ll serve you properly, boss.”

 

I almost got charmed by his sweet words if I wasn’t careful. The butler wasn’t worried for nothing. I shook my head and pulled out my hand that was still being held.

 

“It would have been perfect if not for that.”

 

“Ah. Well… then I’ll restrain myself. I like the boss, but I like working at this cafe even more.”

 

“Why do you like it? Weren’t you thinking of following in your father’s footsteps?”

 

“Well, I… prefer a lively atmosphere rather than that kind of static atmosphere. This place is exactly my taste.”

 

He spoke seriously, erasing the eye smile he had been wearing just moments before. He said that the few days working at Yonggari Cafe had been incredibly happy.

 

Hearing those words made me feel strangely good. Isn’t that the highest praise for a boss?

 

‘Well, I did need employees anyway…’

 

No boss would refuse when someone says they want to work.

 

I smiled and took his hand again.

 

“Then please work for me. I’d like you to work for as long as possible.”

 

“Don’t worry about that, boss. I’m quite diligent.”

 

“Really? You can’t go around charming customers.”

 

“I also distinguish between work and personal matters.”

 

He shook my hand a couple of times and smiled brightly. It wasn’t a fake smile but an expression of genuine happiness. It was enough to make me smile too.

 

As Tonik and I continued our conversation, Iliyana and Frizia approached us.

 

After that, we continued the conversations we hadn’t been able to have. The trap was that about half of the conversation was mostly about worrying over me.

 

I also learned the truth about the placard hanging in the cafe at this time.

 

“Oh, that? I suggested it. I remembered how you took that congratulatory message before. If we put it on flowers, why can’t we put it in the cafe?”

 

“So this is a party for me?”

 

“That’s right! A party to celebrate your health recovery!”

 

Frizia laughed cheerfully and hit my back a couple of times. Since her hand was quite strong, I rubbed where she hit me.

 

“Then we’ll need drinks too. They’re essential for parties!”

 

“Oh, will you make us some?”

 

“Since you all gathered for me. It’s a secret from Millen.”

 

“Everyone heard that, right? Shh, shh!”

 

Frizia brought her index finger to her lips and made a serious expression. Everyone burst into laughter at her appearance.

 

I left them behind and entered the kitchen. The sound of lively conversation continued from outside.

 

“Nice.”

 

Good.

 

Spending time with good people. There couldn’t be anything happier than this.

 

Before I was transported to this place, I had been too busy to have leisure time and had missed out on living like this.

 

I needed money to meet people, but I didn’t even have money to survive on my own…

 

And from working part-time jobs where I’d seen so many troublesome people, I had become jaded when it came to dealing with people.

 

So without realizing it, I might have been wanting this kind of life together with good people.

 

Therefore.

 

“I can’t die like this.”

 

I’m still in a terminal state with one year left.

 

“I need to hurry and grow the cafe.”

 

No matter how much our reputation had improved, it was still far from enough.

 

First, I need to resolve whether this is a curse or disaster from the gods.

 

Only then can I promote that we’ve overcome the disaster and leave the impression that Yonggari Cafe is fine.

 

I closed my eyes tightly with a determined heart, then opened them.

 

It was the moment my next course of action would be decided.

 

However, just as my next move was about to be decided, there were things that came to interfere.

 

A few days later.

 

“Ha, crazy bastard…”

 

I muttered curses through gritted teeth.

 

Even Tonik, who supposedly loved people so much, had his face hardened.

 

Why, you ask?

 

“Hey, why are you throwing coffee at people!”

 

The villain of this game had finally appeared.

 

It was the emergence of a troublesome customer.

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