I Quit My Job and Run a Café - Chapter 215



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Episode 215

It was an aura that felt completely different from the aura I had received during the day.

This is… …yeah, it seemed like an aura that came from an indirect influence.

My gaze turned to where the news was coming from.

After the interview with Lim Byeong-gwan and Kang Seo-jun, the children who were rescued by them came out.

It felt like the owners of the aura flowing in right now were those kids.

─How did you get the idea to block the bathroom door crack with wet toilet paper?

─I heard it at school. The firefighters came and told me. If you can’t go outside, it’s better to leave the water running in the bathroom and block the cracks in the door with wet tissues.

The child spoke in a broken voice.

It may seem like nothing special, but it’s not something that just anyone can do.

In that situation, it wouldn’t have been easy even for adults.

But I was surprised that a kid like that did it.

─When I grow up, I will be like the firefighter who saved us.

The child’s interview ended with these words as the screen rolled back.

I felt strange.

“A firefighter saves a reserve firefighter, and then that reserve firefighter becomes a firefighter and saves a reserve firefighter… … .”

Of course, there was no way to know whether that child would actually grow up to become a firefighter.

Dreams can change at any time, and there is a lot of time ahead.

Still, for some reason, seeing something like that made me smile.

I felt the innocence of a child who saw a certain job with his own eyes and admired it.

‘I think I’d be proud if I looked that way to someone like Su-ah.’

Since Su-ah is a girl with a firm dream, it wouldn’t be difficult for her to hear such words.

Well, you can just hear it from other kids. But you’ll have to work hard to do that.

‘I’m already working hard, but I feel like I need to work even harder.’

Someone’s idol.

I never thought about it, but it seemed pretty cool.

─Come on! Let me have another glass of this!

“… … Have you already finished drinking?”

─Yeah!

Sujeong, who was sitting with me on the veranda, climbed onto my shoulder and aimed for the perilla leaf mojito I was holding.

But I couldn’t give this to you because it contained alcohol.

I had some leftover soju at home, so I tried adding it, and it was good for a light drink.

Is this the original recipe?

But that’s why I gave it to Soo-Jung.

“Can spirits get drunk too?”

─Huh? Is that alcohol? Soo-jeong can drink alcohol!

“Really? But I don’t think that’ll work. Drink it when you grow up.”

─Sujeong is all grown up!?

“You know, that look you had last time? The look of an adult. If only you could be like that.”

─Ah! That’s… … .

At least I felt like I wouldn’t have to feel guilty or anything if I drank it as an adult.

So in a sense, I decided to drink this just for myself.

The original recipe was also really tasty.

As I told Su-ah, the taste was focused on fragrance rather than sweetness.

The unique bitterness of soju was added to it, and that went well with the scent of perilla leaves.

I think you could add sugar here if you wanted it to be sweeter.

Of course, I was in the best mood right now.

“Okay. Eat this.”

─Ah! Hehe! Thank you so much!

I made a new non-alcoholic mojito for Soo-Jung.

He sits down next to me again and eats while stomping his feet.

“delicious?”

─Yeah!

“Okay. Eat a lot.”

With that correction, I took another sip of my mojito, which also had alcohol in it.

There was no need for a separate side dish.

In the quiet night sky, the occasional chewed piece of perilla leaf was a side dish.

“Autumn is autumn.”

The night sky also seemed to have gotten higher.

By the way, I wonder when Brownie will wake up.

I think it’s time to wake up now.

I hope it happens sometime tomorrow.

I felt that way because I heard that someone was leaving tomorrow.

“Those who are going, should go.”

Those who stay here must stay again.

I’m sure there are places like that everywhere, but I guess I can’t help but feel regretful.

But that regret was short-lived.

I thought back to what happened today again.

And your newfound talents.

‘It’s my nature.’

As I live, I think it might be a really important talent.

Because we can’t always live in a round and smooth way.

Here you get stabbed, somewhere else you get hurt, and somewhere else your heart gets deeply wounded.

They can be too painful to endure with patience alone, so patience is necessary.

It might be okay as long as it’s below a certain threshold.

Not just to endure, but to ignore.

Those are also traces of wounds that were ultimately created as they healed.

‘No need.’

Sometimes old wounds can be so helpful.

That’s what introspection is all about.

It’s a strange saying that a wound helps a wound.

Anyway, this seemed like a good general effect for many people who visit cafes.

Because there is no one who does not need introspection.

‘I don’t know what will happen if this meets the protection of the earth again.’

May it be more effective when combined with mystical powers.

“You drank it all.”

While I was thinking about that and sipping my drink, I ended up finishing the perilla leaf mojito.

It seemed as if Sujeong had already returned to the well, leaving only an empty cup behind.

But he still washed the dishes cleanly and left them there.

I smiled at the clean, empty cup and went into my room to fall asleep.

Now, it’s a little chilly to sleep on the veranda, so if you sleep wrong, your mouth might turn red.

But I didn’t realize it when I was outside, but I was starting to feel a little tipsy.

If you don’t think of this as alcohol, it’s more like a soft drink, so it’s perfect for drinking more than your usual drinking limit.

It’s a good thing I drank slowly, I’ll have to be careful next time or just drink the beverage.

Still, I feel good.

I got ready and fell asleep right away after lying down.

* * *

The next day I heard a strange rumor.

There was a rumor that I was the only one at home drinking alcohol, holding two cups and laughing out loud.

Who saw it while passing by?

“I was worried that maybe it was because you were too lonely.”

“who?”

“That’s the old lady with the pepper roof over there.”

“Okay. I told you it was okay. One was a drink and the other was alcohol, but I was just comparing the tastes.”

“Well, I guess so.”

I glanced at the guy at Suah’s answer.

Judging by the smile on her lips, I had a feeling that the pepper roof grandma was just an excuse and that this guy was the one who started the rumors.

It was also likely that he had seen it over the fence.

We need to make the fence a little higher.

“But what brings you here so early in the morning?”

“Why? Because I can’t spend my last summer vacation like this!”

“… … That’s a great reason.”

“What does that old man do? What is that stick?”

“Oh, didn’t I tell you? I’m going out to pick it up tonight.”

“Night? Where do you get the night?”

“Picked from the mountain.”

The village chief told me that behind his field, there are chestnut trees and chestnut buds have already formed there.

This year it opened a little early so hikers could grab what they need before it was all gone.

Of course, it was the village chief’s mountain.

How much land do you actually own?

Anyway, for that reason, I decided to go out and pick up some chestnuts.

“hello~!”

The member is, of course, Han Song-i.

I decided to just grab a drink and some bread at a cafe.

“I want to go too!”

“you also?”

“yes!”

“Then you should wear long clothes and a hat just in case. Do you have a thick hat?”

“I’ll look for it!”

Su-ah said she would go too and ran over, putting on her clothes.

In the meantime, I prepared some drinks and bread to eat simply.

The bread was just freshly baked bread with jam.

For drinks, I and Hansongi have coffee.

“Sua, you must be a mint leaf, right?”

“Wouldn’t that be so?”

We have now created a menu that our regular customers are familiar with.

And I packed it in my cooler bag.

Originally, we were going to eat at a cafe, but since Su-ah had some time to go home, it seemed like it would be better to just go to the mountain and eat.

It’s a picnic, not a picnic.

Kiyung~

‘Do you want to go too?’

Miho, who is always excited about new places, decided to follow along.

The empty space of Brownie feels a little bit like today.

He was the kind of guy who would silently guard this place.

“I’m here!”

“… … And then you’re going to leave?”

“why?”

“No. Let’s go.”

Sua appeared with her head shaped like a mushroom, wearing two layers of beanies.

It was even funnier because he was wearing a hoodie.

Now you’re making me laugh with clothes.

It was a foul, but they let it slide.

“Huh? What is that?”

“Mint.”

“Oh! Are you going to go eat? Can’t you eat now?”

“You can eat it, of course. But can you eat it with those hands?”

Where did you get those thick ski gloves?

If you’re going to be picking mushrooms, red coated gloves would actually be better than those.

‘Why didn’t you tell me that you were wearing gloves?’

‘You don’t say anything either. It’s funny.’

‘Heh.’

I smiled as I looked at Su-ah’s outfit with Han Song-i.

Anyway, the two were in the same boat.

Eventually, Su-ah took off her ski gloves and took a drink. And while chatting about this and that, we arrived at the bottom of the mountain.

“It seems like it’ll be pretty rough. Are you okay?”

“sure!”

“But just in case, come and stick close to me.”

This was a story told to both Hansong and Suah.

It wasn’t an easy climb up the mountain.

Of course, there were narrow mountain paths that were frequented by hikers, but they were not comfortable either.

Basically, it is because the mountain is owned by the village chief, so they did not bother to build a road.

In fact, it is private property, so hikers are not allowed to enter, but the village chief just left it alone.

Anyway, the road was rough.

It seemed like it would be a difficult climb, perhaps because the mountain was quite steep.

‘Compared to the mountain behind, this is a real hike.’

I was good.

“Don’t worry. Even this body has been trained through dance.”

“What does dancing have to do with mountain climbing?”

“Oh, my. Just let it be, Mr. T.”

“……okay.”

It seems like he’s become more spoiled than before, or maybe we just became close.

I couldn’t get angry because Hansongi was giggling next to me, so I started hiking.

Fortunately, the village chief said we wouldn’t have to go up too much. There was plenty down there, he said.

Kiyung!

“huh?”

At that moment, Miho called out as if she had found something. I went closer and looked at the ground… … .

“It’s a night song.”

“Oh! Already!?”

“Yeah. I guess it fell down?”

First night song.

It was a chestnut mushroom that was not completely brown, but was not green like a tennis ball either.

If you try to open it with your hands, you might get hurt by the thorns, so try to spread it by pressing it with your feet… … !

“Wow! They’re cute! These are three chestnuts!”

Three eggs came out at night.

Just as Su-ah said, the chestnuts were plump and ripe, like ripe chestnuts.

The inside of the chestnut is not ripe yet, so the head is white. Although it is not edible right away, I decided to share one with others as a souvenir since it is the first chestnut.

“This is my first time taking a chestnut out of a chestnut pod. I don’t think I can eat this.”

I was about to say that I couldn’t eat it anyways at Hansong-i’s words, but I saw Soo-ah’s reaction and swallowed it secretly.

Su-ah nodded and gave a thumbs up, wondering how he knew that.

Isn’t this being trained?

‘Okay. Miho, can you find more like this?’

Kiyung!

I decided to look for more night owls.

If I had rolled down here, it seemed like I would still be seeing the night owls.

“Chestnuts~ Chestnuts that are full~ Honey chestnuts~ Honey-flavored honey chestnuts~”

Sua followed me, singing a strange song.

But strangely enough, it’s addictive.

Before I knew it, I was startled by the sight of Hansong humming along next to me.

I could have been like that too.

‘I need patience.’

He followed Miho up the ladder, displaying his talents.

“Sir! But what are you going to make for dinner?”

“Not a lot.”