Our Cafe is Open as Usual - Chapter 79

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Episode 79

Liandro was a person with very good initiative.

As soon as he finished his self-introduction, he immediately showed me the ‘location’.

Honestly, nothing was prepared yet, so it would have been fine to show me later.

But still, he moved quickly.

“I have quite an impatient personality.”

He said this strange thing.

Of course, seeing his behavior of coming to find me because he was curious… his words seemed to make sense.

However.

‘He must not have seen a truly impatient person…’

If he saw the real thing, he wouldn’t be able to say such words.

Since I’m from the “hurry hurry” nation, I couldn’t agree with his words.

A truly impatient person would have shown me the location first before I even mentioned building justification.

Anyway.

The place I arrived at, led by Liandro, was a familiar sight.

There was a fairly large town square in the center with various shops around it. Behind it were rows of mansions…

“Oh… Volman’s shop is right across the street.”

It was the street where Volman’s [Volman! The Clothes are Volman!] was located.

In particular, the building provided by the Crown Prince was positioned closer to the town square than Volman’s clothing store.

‘He’s really going to give me this place?’

Will he… charge rent?

This was a place where many nobles came and went, and the commercial district was very active.

Moreover, it wasn’t just nobles who came and went.

If you moved just a little from here, you’d reach the market and restaurant district that commoners frequented.

Most of the servants working in the nobles’ mansions were commoners, and since this was their workplace, streets had formed around the area.

So it was a perfect location to start something.

‘Conversely, that means it’s an expensive place.’

Since success was guaranteed here.

I quietly examined the building.

The building was about 4 stories high, quite tall.

Considering that most buildings in Noren were 2-3 stories, this building could be said to be quite large in scale.

Also, the first floor of the building had very large windows.

If handled well, it seemed like the windows could be opened completely to operate the shop in an open style.

‘More importantly, does it seem empty?

From the 1st to 4th floor?’

This was the most important point. I absolutely refused to have existing shops evicted just to give me a location.

But why would such a good building be empty?

I looked at Liandro with this question in mind.

As if he read my doubt, he answered lightly.

“The owner of the shop that occupied this place had to vacate the building for health reasons. It’s been about two months.”

“Then I was lucky.”

“Indeed. It just so happens that the building with the best location among those I own became vacant, so you’re extremely lucky.”

“…The gods must be helping me.”

“Haha, that’s also a valid point. The gods can intervene in this world more deeply than you’d think.”

His voice carried laughter.

However, the Crown Prince didn’t look happy at all. His eyes were quieter than ever.

He quietly looked at the building, then shifted his gaze. Where his gaze landed, Volman’s shop was located.

“…Volman was a tailor who worked in the Royal Palace. After marriage, he followed his wife outside and opened a shop.”

“…But why are you suddenly telling me this story?”

“I’m saying that I also provided that building, Miss Token.”

Ah, is this bragging?

‘Rather than bragging…

Don’t tell me…!’

I looked at Liandro with wide eyes.

He wore a faint smile as if telling me to quickly say what I had figured out.

“Without rent?”

“You’re quick to catch on.”

“Then until when is the contract period?”

“Hmm… until Volman says he no longer wants to operate the shop, I believe.”

Wow, crazy.

Wait, he just gave that away? Bewilderment and surprise mixed together, and I almost cursed. In a good way… he really seemed like a crazy person.

‘Is this some kind of charity work? Does he have that much money overflowing?’

Of course, since he’s the Crown Prince, he probably has money overflowing.

Even so, I felt it was all such a waste.

Isn’t the dream of modern people to be a building owner who receives monthly rent! But the major building owner in front of me wasn’t collecting rent that should be at least several thousand gold…

‘Is this the leisure of the wealthy?

No, this is just the Crown Prince having a good character.’

I stared at Liandro with my mouth hanging open like an idiot.

I see him in a new light. I opened my mouth while admiring him inwardly.

“Then, might there be more buildings you’ve provided like Volman’s?”

“Do I look that benevolent to you?”

“…You already look benevolent.”

“I see. There’s only one building I’ve provided like this so far. Instead, Volman still takes care of my clothes.”

“…Ah.”

If that was the case, I could understand.

Right, if the Crown Prince wasn’t being completely philanthropic, there should be some reasonable mutual benefit.

I nodded slowly. I don’t know why I was so invested in something that wasn’t even my business.

While I was breathing a sigh of relief, Liandro turned his gaze to me.

“The same goes for you. If you properly bring the justification I mentioned, I’m saying I can provide you with a building without rent, just like Volman.”

“…Really?”

“Instead, your beverages would have to be supplied to the Royal Palace, in place of rent. Wouldn’t this be beneficial for you?”

“Of course!”

It’s not just beneficial, it’s incredibly beneficial.

You couldn’t find such groundbreaking conditions anywhere else.

If there hadn’t been a precedent, these would definitely be conditions suspicious enough to be mistaken for a scam.

However, if it’s a condition that’s already been established, and if the person proposing it is someone in a high position like the Crown Prince.

‘Definitely go for it.’

I really have to get this no matter what!

It’s something I have to do anyway.

Not only the main quest but also the hidden quest were organically connected, so it was something I absolutely had to succeed at.

But if a building comes with such work… I’d have to do it even if it meant selling my soul to the devil.

My motivation was overflowing beyond burning. I looked at the building in front of me with sparkling eyes.

After hearing Liandro’s words and looking at the building, it felt refreshingly new.

‘That good building will come into my hands from now on, right?’

Even if it wasn’t my building, it was almost as good as mine.

Also, it would be a building that could serve as a continuous link to the Royal Palace.

I looked at Liandro with a deep smile.

“I’ll try to get this building as quickly as possible.”

“I don’t think I said I was giving it to you.”

“…It’s just a figure of speech, Your Highness.”

“Haha!”

Despite his serious appearance, he laughed a lot. After laughing heartily, he showed me around inside the building.

Thanks to the previous tenant keeping the building so clean, there didn’t seem to be much that needed fixing.

Frankly speaking, if I just roughly moved in some furniture and equipment, I could probably start doing business from tomorrow.

‘…I’ll need to buy things first when Millen comes.’

If I’m thinking about a second branch, I’ll need more tools.

The tools I had could only cover Yonggari Cafe alone.

The coffee machine especially was problematic since I only had one.

‘I can’t exactly beg God for another one…’

That was practically an error-level Quest.

So I’d have to set up the kitchen without a coffee machine, using only Millen’s tools.

‘Hmm, thinking about it this way… I should start with making the kitchen.’

There’s no place where water would come out.

I must have been too eager since I hadn’t even thought about the facilities. I roughly surveyed the space with my eyes while following Liandro around.

The building had a total of 4 floors, with the 1st-2nd floors used as a shop and the 3rd-4th floors used as living space.

“You could use it all for the shop if you want.”

Though Liandro said that, there was no elevator installed inside the building.

In the first place, in a game that seemed set in the period transitioning from medieval to modern times… looking for an elevator would be unconscionable.

So the 4th floor would inevitably have to be used as personal rest space.

That is, if I got this building and opened a second branch.

The place I needed to focus on right now was just the 1st floor. If many people started crowding in, I could open the 2nd floor then.

There didn’t seem to be any need to think about it from now.

I smiled with satisfaction and started planning in my head how to decorate it.

The sooner the better.

A few days later.

I heard unexpected news.

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