Our Cafe is Open as Usual - Chapter 7

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Episode 7

What are you talking about, you crazy bastard…?

I was muttering quietly when I suddenly gasped and sat up. Drool was pooled at the corner of my mouth.

‘Why am I sleeping on the floor?’

I blinked in confusion as I wiped away the drool, taking in the situation before me.

“Kyarururuk!”

“Really, is that what happened?”

“Hyu saw it clearly! Really!”

What on earth is that situation about?

I crossed my arms and looked at them. One was the hamster I’d been looking for, and the other was…

“Ugh.”

A guy who made me sigh automatically. Seeing that face, I could roughly understand the situation.

‘Come to think of it, I went straight to sleep after talking yesterday, didn’t I?’

Sleeping roughly on the cafe floor made my shoulders stiff…

I stretched my shoulders in circles and stretched my lips into a long line.

“How do I keep that bastard here?”

‘Should I lock him up so he can’t go anywhere? Dig a basement here?

Change the game genre to something dark?’

I looked at him with sinister eyes.

So, the man who had forced me to buy a potion yesterday and said he had business with me.

The helper I needed most right now.

“…Tool Artisan, Millen Bashe.”

‘I’m definitely going to capture you.’

I briefly recalled the moment I learned his identity.

* * *

About 4 hours ago.

I looked suspiciously at the man who said he had business with me.

‘You were suspicious from when you were pushing that potion on me, you bastard.’

Perhaps noticing my gaze, he frowned as if it were absurd.

“Look here, Miss Leilah Token. You shouldn’t be looking at me suspiciously right now.”

“First, reveal your identity.”

“Well, let’s do that first.”

He swept back his hair and smiled, pulling up the corners of his mouth. It was a smile that seemed to say ‘go ahead and listen, then regret it.’

“I’m a Tool Artisan who makes magical tools, Millen Bashe. I’m Basha’s long-time business partner.

So please drop the suspicion. Even though I look like this, she entrusted you to me.”

‘What? A Tool Artisan?’

So the person who made that ‘Craftsman’s Universal Hammer’?

It felt like I’d been hit hard in the head.

“Ah!”

‘Come to think of it, when I first received the diamond, Hyu said a Tool Artisan would come soon!?’

The game had faithfully given me hints… but I forgot because of the first customer’s intense entrance.

Ahem. I cleared my throat unnecessarily and extended my hand to him. It was a handshake requesting reconciliation in my own way.

“Ah, Hyu told me about it, but I didn’t know you’d come this early. Sorry for not recognizing you.”

“Can’t help having no eye for talent.”

“Ah…”

“More than that, seeing the state of this cafe, I’ve lost all desire to help.

Really… I can only think that I wasted my steps coming to this place.”

To think this thing is Basha’s cafe.

He ignored my hand with obvious mockery.

And at that moment.

Ding!

A Quest window popped up as if it had been waiting.

Tutorial!

-First step to becoming a cafe owner!

1) Decide on cafe name (O)

2) Restore cafe building (O)

3) Interior design of cafe (-)

-Use [Tool Shop] (-)

-Use [Furniture Shop] (-)

Reward: 10 diamonds, 1,000 gold

*You can use [Tool Shop] if you obtain the Tool Artisan’s token.

*[Furniture Shop] is activated when you actually visit it.

‘…I need a token?’

Now that I’ve ruined the first impression, I have to get a token from that… annoying tool merchant?

I could only grit my teeth and smile grimly.

‘Let’s not forget. I have to make this cafe the best within a year.’

Otherwise I die.

So I didn’t have time to curse the game or resent it.

First, I had to complete the tutorial to properly open the cafe, attract customers, and make it the best.

This was a necessary step in that process.

‘I’ll definitely get that token.

As soon as possible.’

I smiled benevolently while thinking of ways to keep him here. Looking at him now, Millen seemed ready to leave at any moment.

Rolling my eyes busily, I clapped to get his attention.

“Ah, you don’t have to help me… but shouldn’t you at least show your face to Hyu before leaving?”

“…Ah. Since I’m already here, I should see Hyu before leaving. Where is Hyu? That’s not a kid who would leave this place.”

‘Got it!’

I smiled slyly and answered.

“Hyu isn’t here right now. You’ll have to wait a bit.”

“…What did you say?”

“Hmm, I’m going to sleep for now. I can’t buy another potion, you know.”

I glanced at my remaining energy. Currently 30%. Even though I’d only been talking, it was dropping very quickly. It was probably because I’d recovered with an energy drink.

But sleeping was the right choice now. If I fell into another energy shortage, I didn’t know when I’d wake up.

‘Let’s sleep for exactly 4 hours and wake up.

After I wake up, let’s find a way to keep the Tool Artisan here.’

I left the bewildered Millen behind and lay down flat on the floor. Once I closed my eyes, sleep came very easily.

“…What kind of woman is this?”

Even though I could hear Millen’s muttering voice, I immediately fell asleep.

* * *

And so now.

Having woken from sleep, I looked at Hyu and Millen and started thinking. Then I got up abruptly and approached them.

They continued their conversation, not even knowing I had come near.

“Hyu is so happy to see Millen-nim again!”

“I’m also happy to see my little cutie again. But why have you gotten so thin? Isn’t your owner feeding you?”

“Ah! Hyu is an adult now, so I can take care of my own meals!

I took good care of myself yesterday too! And the owner is busy with cafe work!”

“Huh? Really? Too busy to feed a hamster?”

Millen’s gaze turned toward me. I thought he didn’t know, but apparently he knew and was just pretending not to.

More than that, it was a very guilt-inducing statement, so I pressed my lips together like a sinner.

Even if I didn’t know about my own meals, I should have taken care of Hyu’s… So that’s why he disappeared to eat in the middle yesterday.

I gently patted Hyu’s head with a heart full of apology. Millen, who had been watching this scene, frowned and spoke up.

“I hate to ask, but are you eating proper meals?”

“…Hmm.”

“Hah. I knew it would be like this.”

Millen let out a deep sigh.

“I shouldn’t have come here in the first place…”

He muttered quietly and looked at us as if we were troublesome.

“Get ready, both of you.”

“…Why?”

“Instead of casually asking ‘why?’, hurry up and get ready to go out. I can’t keep looking at your pitiful state, so I’m going to treat you to a meal.

What were you planning to do without even eating?”

Millen poured out his words as if he couldn’t understand. I could imagine how Hyu and I must look in his eyes. We probably looked like beggars.

Even so, I had no intention of correcting him.

‘He’s offering to take us himself, so why would I?’

He’s even buying us food.

Just thinking about eating made my quiet stomach feel like it was churning. I smiled brightly and answered.

“I’ll get ready right away, benefactor! Hyu, hurry up and say thank you!”

“Gasp! Thank you!”

“…Whatever, just hurry up and get ready. There are no restaurants around here so we have to go to the capital, so I’m giving you exactly 5 minutes. If you’re even a second late, I’ll leave you behind.”

“Okay!”

At my boisterous voice, Millen shook his head.

“…Hah.”

Along with the sound of a deep sigh.

* * *

At that time, Noren, the capital of the Jenen Kingdom, was in a festive mood.

“Hey, did you hear the news? A miracle happened! A miracle!”

“I already heard! Everyone gathered here came after hearing the news. They all flocked here to see the divine statue.”

“I heard we can’t see the statue yet though.”

“Still, the important fact is that a miracle occurred. You should enjoy this festival too.”

It was only natural.

The broken divine statue had been restored!

The divine statue wasn’t perfectly restored. The light was still quite weak and there were still some scratches remaining.

Even so, a miracle was a miracle.

The miracle that occurred the day before was immediately spread far and wide, and waves of joy filled the air. In just one day, it had led directly to a festival.

Among all the places, Temple Square was undoubtedly the most crowded.

Although the repaired divine statue hadn’t been revealed yet, people flocked to witness the miracle. At the same time, offerings to the god piled up in front of the temple.

From small things like wheat to large things like jewels and gold…

Knights were even dispatched to guard these offerings. They were knights specially sent from the royal palace for the temple that had no paladins.

“Oh, are you Sir Valter?”

“Yes, Your Holiness.”

“You came at just the right time. You came at the perfect time.”

Parhan, the leader of the Dael Sect, looked at Valter with his hands clasped tightly together. In his eyes, Valter looked like a savior. It was as if much-needed help had walked in on its own feet when even two bodies wouldn’t be enough.

Parhan expressed his gratitude repeatedly once more, then shifted his gaze to the offerings piled up behind him. Valter’s gaze also followed to the offerings.

“Here is the work I need you to do, Sir.”

“Should I guard the offerings?”

“Yes, please guard the offerings. However, there’s one more thing I’d like to ask if it’s possible?”

Valter nodded his head in place of an answer. Then Parhan smiled brightly and explained.

“Please set aside any coffee, which is known as the beverage the god enjoyed drinking. It hasn’t come in yet, but… if it does come in, I’d appreciate it.”

“Is that really all?”

“Yes, Sir Valter. Actually, I received a revelation around dawn. A revelation to offer coffee!”

Valter looked at the moved Parhan and thought of Yonggari Cafe.

‘Yonggari Cafe… Even though the name is unusual, the coffee was really delicious. It makes me want to drink it again.’

At this point, he never dreamed that the next day, he would be drinking Yonggari Cafe’s coffee again.

And right here in this very place!

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