SSS-Grade Cafe in Front of The Dungeon — Chapter 7
‘I think I’ll find out if I drink it one more time.’
The next day, Jina headed to the cafe right away.
Was it really true that she drank coffee in a cafe in this area? Her memory was blurred because she was dazed back then.
Contrary to Jina’s worries, the cafe from yesterday was still standing there.
‘It wasn’t a dream….’
There’s no signage yet.
However, the cleanly cleaned building stood out from afar. The retro-style red brick building has been carefully cared for by the owner.
An old but cozy space, with the smell of sweet coffee flew from somewhere. Jina slipped inside, attracted by the smell of coffee.
“Meooow!”
A calico cat sitting on the bread-shaped cushion cried when it saw Jina. It was a cat with plump flesh and a soft belly.
‘I want to touch it once.’
Jina inadvertently tried to stroke the cat’s belly.
“Kiyaooong!”
The cat screamed and dodged her hand. The creature got up, then it turned around and went inside.
“Mieum, what’s wrong?”
The cafe owner she met yesterday came out with a cereal box in her hand and found Jina.
“Jina, did you go home safely yesterday?”
“Ah, yes, I did!”
The cafe owner poured cereal into the bowl and put it in front of the cat. The cat began to chew and devour the cereal.
‘Do cats eat cereal?’
Still, that’s not what matters right now. Jina mustered up the courage to speak.
“Umh, the coffee you gave me yesterday….”
“Oh, would you like a drink?”
Rieul quickly made a coffee mix and handed it to Jina. The warmth of the paper cup gently wrapped Jina’s hands. Jina couldn’t delay it any longer and took a sip straight away.
… Gulp.
One more sip.
The sweetness, rich taste of milk, and bitter coffee scent formed a golden ratio in her mouth.
And the moment she emptied the cup….
As her head felt refreshed, her body began to overflow with energy. Her shoulders were also light, and she felt better with an unknown sense of happiness.
As expected, this coffee. This coffee gave Jina strength.
“Really … it really tastes great! How can coffee taste like this? Besides, I just drank a cup of coffee, but my head feels refreshed and my body is full of energy! Oh my gosh, this is the first time I’ve had coffee like this.”
Rieul was listening to Jina with a smile.
Jina, who belatedly came to her senses, felt embarrassed because she was talking too much alone. She coughed a little and continued.
“Please, tell me where I can buy it!”
“It’s just a coffee mix.”
“But … it’s so delicious and it’s also pretty effective! Do you have any special tricks?”
“There’s no special tricks, but … If you come, I’ll brew you some, so come often.”
… are you an angel?
Later, Jina recalled the incident like this.
That day, she met an angel who protects office workers.
A few years later, it was included in the interview when Jina took the head position of the Dungeon Management Office.
***
“Thank you. It’s so delicious today.”
Jina bowed her head as she received a cup of coffee mix. I also looked satisfied at the quest window in front of me.
[Tutorial Quest: Coffee is My Dream
A thousand miles starts with one step.
Let’s learn to use the skill, starting with the simplest coffee.
Brew 100 cups of Coffee Mix: 79/100 ]
As soon as Jina finished her coffee, the number changed to 80.
Finally, 80.
Thanks to Jina, who comes to drink coffee every day, the number of quests has been filled up a lot.
At this rate, we will be able to complete the quest in a few days. When I thought of receiving 5 million won, I naturally smiled.
“….Meoooow. (You’re drooling).”
I wiped my chin in surprise at the whisper of Mieum, but it was clean. I glared at Mieum.
“By the way, Mieum, you’re able to do ventriloquism?”
Clearly, her mouth was making a cat cry, but I heard her voice in my head.
“Waaeong, Waaeooooong (Ventriloquism! Don’t compare it to something like that! This is the ability to communicate directly with a special wavelength)!”
“But why are you crying?”
It’s like telepathy. Then there’s no need to make a cat sound, right?
“Meoong (That … because I’m not used to it yet….).”
“That….“
Anyway.
Of course, 5 million won is important, but I also wanted to get an Americano recipe quickly.
When it comes to Caffè Americano, it’s the drink menu that Koreans love the most. It is also the most popular menu in cafes, so it will be essential to learn Americano in order to open a cafe in the future.
Above all, this coffee mix is delicious, but I wanted to try a different menu.
“Ha, I think I will live.”
The newly brewed coffee mix was also emptied at once.
Her complexion was better than before, but she was still working late. Even now, it is already evening, but after drinking only coffee, she said she will go to the great dungeon “Abyss“.
Is there something going on in Abyss?
“Ah, that….”
Jina answered my question with a dark complexion.
“There will be a Tutorial Dungeon soon. Since it’s a tutorial, it won’t be dangerous, but a veteran hunter will join in.”
“Is that so?”
Gathering and educating the newly awakened hunters that year is called a ‘Tutorial Dungeon‘.
Even if it was an education, it was not a class, but a real dungeon attack in a practical form, and it is usually conducted on the first floor of Abyss.
“But everyone hates to do it….”
That’s understandable. There aren’t many senior hunters who want to go to the tutorial rather than dungeons with advanced rewards.
Because of that, Jina, an ordinary person, said she was busy with preparations.
“Besides, this time around, a Hunter from the United States also decided to visit, so I’m in a rush. Still, thanks to the coffee that Miss Rieul gives me, I feel energized.”
“…”
“Miss Rieul?”
There’s a small chance that a forgotten memory comes up like a single thread.
Hearing Jina’s words, I suddenly remembered the incident before I returned to the past.
At that time, the news was only talking about it all day, so why did I forget about such a big deal?
During the tutorial dungeon before my regression, a monster suddenly popped out of the dungeon.
The level was average enough for an experienced hunter to deal with it, but they couldn’t get rid of the monster right away because it appeared in the middle of tutorial dungeon.
A Dungeon Break occurs.
A monster that left the gate attacked a nearby private house, and just in time, an American hunter who was visiting Korea died.
And the place where the monster attacked….
‘Dungeon Gate 3 Street.’
Uh? Right in front of this store?
Could it be that this cafe is the nearby private house they mentioned?
“Miss Rieul, are you okay? Are you sick?”
Jina looked at me worriedly.
Let’s calm down. Huuu, haaa …. Huuu, haaaa…..
I can’t remember the date of the incident. There might still be a lot of time left.
“Ah, it’s nothing. When is the tutorial?”
“It’s in three days later.”
There’s not much time left!
***
After Jina left, I put my hand on my forehead and fell into agony. What should I do if a monster appears in front of me in three days?
In my last life, I was getting caught in a rift, and now I am destined to face the monster that appears in my front yard in this life? I guess I had to do the exorcism first before preparing to open a cafe.
‘Should I run away?’
Although I have awakened, I am an F-class cafe owner with no combat skills. If I run into a monster, I must get killed in an instant.
Just because you know what’s going to happen doesn’t mean you know how to fix it.
Yes, it is best to avoid danger.
Let’s run away.
“What’s wrong with you?”
As I made a serious expression, Mieum, who was lying on the floor, raised her head and looked at me.
Mieum does not know that I have returned from the future.
Can I tell her? Wouldn’t she think it’s an absurd story?
I hesitated for a moment but decided to speak. There are talking cats, though, and returning from the future to the past may not be a big deal.
“Actually, I….”
I roughly told Mieum about the past. After living as a company slave and getting caught up in a rift, I returned to three years ago, and, according to my memory, a monster will come to this area three days later.
Mieum listened to my regression story like it wasn’t a big deal and said something unexpected.
“Welp. It’s weird. It’s unusual for a monster to pop out of that gate.”
“Really?”
“The original system of Abyss is ███ ████….”
“What?”
I couldn’t hear Mieum’s voice well as if it were noisy. She raised her fur as if she felt uncomfortable, and spoke again.
“Meeeong! Oh my, listen correctly. Abyss is ████ ████ ██….”
I couldn’t understand only the important words as if it was intervened by someone.
What is it?
Furthermore, a system window suddenly appeared in front of my eyes.
[System Error: —. —.—]
[System Error: —. —.—]
[System Error: —. —.—]
The window flickered in red and did not disappear.
I have opened the system window several times, but this is the first time something like this happened. Somehow, it felt kind of creepy.
[Next]
“Dialogue in italic” : Rieul speaks to Mieum via their telepathy
‘Dialogue in italic‘ : Rieul’s thoughts, internal monologue to herself.
“(Cat noise translation)” : what Mieum said to Rieul via their telepathy.
They didn’t explain it in detail for now, so let’s treat it like it’s a telepathy.
