I Quit My Job and Run a Café - Chapter 203



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Episode 203

A call from an unknown number late at night. I was going to not answer, but I did.

─Hello. Are you Cheon Yu-jin?

“Yes, that’s right. Who are you?”

─Oh, my name is Woo Da-yeon. I went to the tiger shelter before.

The guests who came?

I tilted my head at the identity of the person who was calling, but then quickly remembered it.

Beginner carpenter Woo Da-yeon.

I came to the cafe and suddenly started doing some heavy lifting. And I gave the contact information to the master carpenter, Mr. Heo Jeong.

I heard that you found it well back then… … But why did you suddenly contact me? Did I give you my number before?

‘Well, even if you didn’t give me your contact information back then, I could have asked the teacher.’

Rather, I was curious as to why he suddenly called. If this person had a reason to call me… … .

“Is something wrong with you, teacher?”

This is all I could think of.

─Master told me not to contact him… … But I think it would be better to do so anyway.

As expected. In addition, Udayeon’s voice was not bright. It was clear that there was something wrong.

─Master, please just drink alcohol.

“yes?”

What’s the problem? You liked drinking to begin with.

─That’s why I’m so addicted to alcohol. It’s not like my master is drinking alcohol, but the alcohol is eating my master.

“Is this too much alcohol?”

─That might be better. Just drink without saying anything. If you don’t drink, you won’t be able to sleep.

Woo Da-yeon’s voice was full of worry.

Is the situation more serious than I thought?

Come to think of it, although he likes alcohol, he doesn’t really drink it; he just drinks a little bit as an accompaniment to a drink, or when he gets some good alcohol.

But what I just heard was pretty serious.

Can’t sleep unless you drink alcohol?

‘Are you an alcoholic?’

How did it come to be like that?

“Can you tell me what happened to you recently?”

─So.

First, I decided to calmly listen to Woo Da-yeon’s story.

Woo Da-yeon was a little agitated just a moment ago and couldn’t explain properly, but when I asked her calmly, she slowly calmed down.

That’s the story of what happened to the teacher.

─One day, he suddenly stopped working. And from that day on, I started to have more days where I would blank out while working.

“Is there a hospital?”

─I think you saw him, but he didn’t say anything. So I asked if he was in bad health, and he said he was fine and not to worry about it.

“… … Is that so? Then, could I possibly bring the teacher here with me? I’m sure he’d be even angrier if I went… … .”

He was a man whose pride was as strong as his skills.

He is naturally a very irritable person, so it would be even more so if his health was deteriorating.

First of all, even if I don’t know what it is, it’s a priority to get treatment at a hospital…

‘I guess I should cheer you up a little.’

When a strong person becomes weak, you can really feel the person becoming smaller.

If possible, it would be best to go to the hospital first, but if you have already gone and seen the results, there may be no point in taking the patient again right away.

So, I decided to first relieve that feeling and then take a closer look at the condition.

Of course, that won’t be easy either.

“If I just tell you to come here, you won’t come, so if you have any good wood, would you like to tell me that you asked for it?”

─I also thought of your cafe, so I contacted you. But I don’t think you’ll go if I ask you to go to your cafe… … I think that’s a good idea. Can I sell your name?

“Yes. You can sell it as much as you want. If that doesn’t work, please contact me again.”

If this doesn’t work, I’ll have to go and see for myself.

If it were someone else, I wouldn’t know, but if it were Professor Heo Jeong, I could definitely go.

After I finished the call, the guys who had been quiet for a while while I was talking started talking again.

But why don’t they go home?

“Ah, two kids who are still on vacation, one who will be leaving soon, two freelancers… … .”

They were the kind of guys who could sleep late without anyone saying anything.

Was I the only one going to work in the morning?

“If you’re done eating, go.”

“Boss, you’re so rude~!”

When I tried to kick them out, they resisted. In the end, they each had a drink and left.

Daecheong left alone.

It was such a quiet night that you wouldn’t think there had been so much noise just a moment ago.

But instead, my head was noisy, unlike before.

‘Teacher, you still don’t keep in touch with your children?’

Or maybe Woo Da-yeon didn’t know about the teacher’s children and just contacted me first.

Well, I don’t think contacting you would have made any difference.

But what really happened? It was a very nerve-wracking night.

* * *

A quiet morning came, as if the village had never been so noisy.

Strangely enough, it only lasted two days.

Even if we include the time that Go Na-eun stayed here, it was a week.

But really, the space where a person leaves feels quite large.

“Is it because there are no brownies? It’s even worse.”

─There’s a correction!

“Yeah, yeah. There’s Soo-Jeong and Mi-Ho too.”

Kiyung!

But thanks to these guys, the emptiness quickly went away.

It seemed like we would soon be able to return to our daily lives.

“It has matured well in the meantime.”

The first thing I checked when I came to the cafe was the strawberry syrup that was made yesterday.

Of course, I already made it into juice yesterday and ate it, but the aged taste was different.

Should I say that more sourness has been added and the sweetness has become more fragrant?

“Tori’s oysters are truly versatile.”

It was a bit of a hassle to go back and forth, but it was really useful.

Moreover, it has become more convenient since you can now run errands through Sujeong.

Booooo~

“Huh? Bongbong is here too?”

Perhaps smelling a sweet scent, Bongbong came to visit again after a long time.

This is a good thing. I was going to get some more honey anyway.

Boom boom!!

─Heehee. How rough.

As Bongbong came in, taking a seat on the apron, Soojung showed interest.

But Bongbong didn’t like it and chased it away with his wings.

As the saying goes, Soo-Jeong couldn’t help but be a prickly guy.

Of course not for me.

“Bongbong-ah. Can I have some honey today?”

Boo~ Boo~

Bongbong flapped his wings as if it was okay.

It’s amazing that communication is possible with this.

I could feel that she liked it when I touched her fluffy hair.

But somehow it seems a bit bigger than before.

Does the queen bee keep growing?

“Does it grow bigger here?”

Boohoo~?

“no.”

Although Bongbong was also a spirit-like being, unlike Miho and Sujeong, he had a physical body.

So, I guess it will grow to some extent realistically.

“Shall we go and collect honey?”

─Me too! I want to go too!

“Yeah. Well, I guess I won’t shoot.”

Sujeong was a being that had substance but did not exist, so she did not get stung by a bee.

It’s made of water, so I guess it’s okay if you get shot.

In the end, we all climbed the mountain behind us.

Boohoo! Boohoo!

There, worker bees could be seen working hard to collect honey and carry it away.

“huh?”

But the number was larger than expected.

I knew they were increasing their power… … but was it to this extent?

As we approached the hive, worker bees began to fly in from all directions.

‘At this rate, there must be a penalty for going all the way to the village chief’s field and coming back?’

The size of the force was so great that it was impossible to handle it with just our own garden, so it was quite possible.

It was a good thing for the field.

The fact that there are a lot of bees means that there are many helpers to help you produce good fruit.

The bees benefited from the honey, so they helped each other out.

“You’ve been increasing your power all this time?”

Booooo~

“That’s amazing.”

I went from being a worker bee to a queen bee and I did better than I expected.

So, it is possible that the queen bee passed the throne to Bongbong.

I found out that when the original queen bee dies or suddenly migrates, one of the new queen bee candidates becomes the queen bee.

And that queen bee candidate was born to become a queen bee.

But Bongbong was a worker bee who became a queen bee, so it was definitely not an ordinary situation.

So maybe that’s why his abilities are extraordinary?

“Was the bee a society based on ability?”

Huh?

“It’s just nonsense. Don’t worry about it.”

As I reached the place where the beehive was, I scratched Bongbong’s head with my finger as he stuck his head out as if to ask what I meant.

And the moment I saw the beehive, my mouth dropped open.

“… … It wasn’t just empty talk.”

It seemed like he was chosen based on his true abilities.

The size of the hive has almost doubled from its original size.

And that was only the hive inside the tree, there were also hives in the surrounding trees.

‘There’s no way a honeycomb would expand like this…’

It was clear that this was all Bongbong’s doing.

I thought it was because he hadn’t been to the cafe for a while and was feeling uncomfortable because of Soo-Jung, but it seems like he just didn’t have time because he had grown so much in power.

But even so, how can this be done?

Booooo~

“Huh? Oh. Okay.”

I guess I was thinking too much about honey.

At Bongbong’s signal, we decided to start by collecting honey.

─Wow! There are so many friends here!

Meanwhile, Soo-Jung was pestering the flying worker bees.

Of course, the worker bees didn’t pay any attention and just worked silently.

─Heehee. Nobody wants to play with me.

“I’m going to a cafe and hanging out with Miho.”

─No!

“… … Then go and take a look.”

─Yeah!

He started collecting honey with a strange guy.

It wasn’t difficult.

First, I’m going to cut the entire honeycomb and take it with me.

Of course, I got permission from the landlord.

‘I’m robbing the house and the bees don’t even care.’

This makes me feel even more sorry.

It seemed better for my conscience to get shot once or twice and collect the honey.

Booooo~ Booo~

Did he read my thoughts? Bongbong kept trying to say something.

But since it’s just flapping wings, I can’t understand it at all.

─Turju! Bongbong said that thanks to Turju, Tur’s energy has improved and it can be made this big, so you can take as much as you want!

“Huh? Did Bongbong say that?”

─Wow!

Sujeong interpreted what Bongbong said.

I didn’t know that this fix would help.

By the way, it’s thanks to my help that the hive has grown this big.

I think my recent growth by breaking down the wall between wood and earth has helped Bongbong too.

‘Because as I grow, the earth grows and the spirits grow too.’

In fact, it was the same even if I only looked at Brownie and Miho, so why did I think Bongbong was an exception?

“I need to pay more attention.”

Booooo~

He’s a generous guy, but I guess I didn’t pay enough attention. I’ll have to pay more attention to all the spirits from now on.

Of course, modifications too.

─Turju, can I eat this?

“Honey? Oh, Soo-Jung hasn’t tried honey yet. Try it.”

─Wow! Wow!! This is so delicious!

The honeybees who tasted the freshly harvested honey were so happy that they flew around.

Although Bongbong pretended not to notice the reaction, he seemed to be secretly pleased.

Are things getting better between you two now?

“What does it taste like?”

─Euuum~ It’s sweet~ It smells like flowers and fruits!

“Flowers? Fruits?”

─Yeah! It’s similar to the scent from the fields, but there’s something else mixed in there!

Is it because you harvested honey from your backyard garden?

The other thing that was mixed seems to be because the honey was collected from somewhere other than the garden.

I also got a taste of that.

‘Really?’

Sujeong’s expression was accurate.

And one more surprising thing.

[Bongbongi’s Honey]

*situation

─Earth Immortal Level

*effect

─Nutrient and tonic (1 year)

─Anti-aging (1 year)

─Mental and physical stability (1 month)

It showed a different condition and effect than other crops I have seen so far.

The taste was extraordinary, and the effects were even more extraordinary.

‘Jiseon-geup? Is this why?’

I thought the best level was the highest, but I didn’t know there was more to it.

That means there is still potential for the crops in my garden to grow further… … .

But it’s a bit different from the carrots my grandfather grew. Those were the best, but the effect lasted longer than this.

What? Is it possible that growth and direction change depending on who raises it?

The one I’m raising has a short duration of effect, but the effect itself is strong, so it’s grown… …?

I felt like I needed to look into this more.

─Huh? Whoa! Who’s here!

“Huh? Customer?”

─Yeah! There are two of them!

Before that, we decided to welcome the guests first.