I Quit My Job and Run a Café - Chapter 222



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Episode 222

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I finished today’s business after seeing the effects on the customers.

Today was Kang Do-yoon’s farewell party, so we finished early.

The guests were about to leave anyway.

After finishing up and cleaning up, I came out and saw Su-ah still looking at the illustration that the customer had left.

Should I say that his determination to burn the day before the start of school stands out even though he must be sleepy because he didn’t sleep well? Or did he really like that?

I even got it signed on the back.

“I really like this author. It’s so amazing.”

“Was it that much?”

“Yes! The style is really delicate. Look at this.”

“hmm.”

Suah showed me a picture.

It was a light illustration drawn on paper.

A simple piece of work that feels like just a sketch.

But I think I know what Su-ah meant.

The illustration the customer drew contained images of me and Su-ah.

But when I look at it, I feel like I can feel the air from that time.

How can lines drawn with a black and white pencil make us feel color, and even express invisible smells and temperatures?

‘It feels really different from Hansong.’

Ultimately, it seemed similar but was different.

That was really amazing.

And so it made more sense.

With such a delicate personality, those harsh words must have hurt so much.

Perhaps the wounds on his heart were greater than the wounds on his skin.

“Ah~ If there’s a good older sister around me, I’ll introduce her to you!”

“Around here? There are some.”

“Who are you? Are you Songi?”

“Oh. Songi also draws, so wouldn’t it be okay for the two of you to meet up?”

“Euuuuum… … It doesn’t seem that bad. No.”

“why?”

“Something about these two doesn’t seem to fit together.”

Are you some kind of compatibility expert?

Of course, that doesn’t mean I can step forward and do anything, so I have nothing more to say.

“Well, you’ll probably meet a good person~ After all, you’re the building owner above the Creator.”

“Having a lot of money doesn’t guarantee you’ll meet good people.”

“Hehehe! That’s true.”

What do you mean by that?

Suah’s answer made me chuckle.

We’re not talking seriously anyway.

By the way, I should start getting ready soon.

“Are you going to make a cake?”

“How did you know?”

“If you pretend, it’s pretend~”

“But since it’s a farewell party, there should be one, right?”

“Totally! Originally, Songi unnie spoke first, but I said it was okay. I thought you would prepare it. Did you do a good job?”

Hansong-i had asked anyway.

Should I prepare a cake?

I guess the stories overlapped.

Anyway, I told Hansong not to prepare anything, so there was no confusion.

“What kind of cake are you going to make?”

“Fresh fruit cake.”

“It looks delicious!”

“But aren’t you full? You ate a lot of Manju last night.”

It was Su-ah who ate three fist-sized dumplings in one night.

Since that was by no means a small amount, it was normal for my stomach to feel full.

As expected.

“Is that okay? I can eat more! We haven’t even started yet!”

“Wake up.”

“Really… … Huh?”

When Su-ah, who had been sitting still, got up, he must have felt something strange as well.

Well then, I guess I can’t not be full.

“Are you full?”

“Eek… … Yes.”

You might not notice it when you sit down to eat.

Because the stomach folded, the space seemed to expand for a moment.

But when you wake up, it’s different. As the folded space unfolds, the things inside expand as well.

I could feel my full stomach then.

In short, Suah was now full.

If that’s the case, I won’t be able to eat anything at the farewell party.

“Want to go and digest it? You can go play in the empty lot with Lang.”

“yes.”

Suah went out carrying one of Rangi’s favorite toys.

It didn’t matter since I was going to do it alone anyway.

Rather, it was more convenient to use one’s talents.

“The dough has fermented well.”

I took out the things I had prepared since yesterday, one by one.

First, we took out the dough for the cake sheets, airlifted them from the garden, and then took out the fruits that had ripened to make them even tastier.

And jams made from those fruits.

Fruit Bomb Cream Cake.

It was a cake made for Kang Do-yoon’s farewell party.

‘This would be perfect with a night latte.’

Adding an extra shot to the night latte would make it a perfect drink to go with cake.

Now that we’ve decided on a drink… …let’s start by making the cake.

With sharara~

“huh?”

Aura flew in.

What is this? Is that aura already coming from the guest who left earlier?

So, in the end, you found confidence and overcame the condition, separate from your skin… … .

‘That aside, what is this?’

Small fruits made of aura also flew in.

It was a fruit made with an aura that resembled a chestnut.

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The aura that had flown into the cafe permeated the space.

And it has to seep into me and absorb my talent… … .

This time it wasn’t like that.

[???fruit]

The fruit that was made of an aura that made it impossible to tell what kind of fruit it was was still there.

“Sujeong-ah. Can you see this?”

─Yeah! It’s pretty~

“Brownie, Miho. You too?”

Nod! Nod!

It’s not just visible to me, it’s visible to the spirits too.

But why can’t it be absorbed by talent?

‘Because it’s a fruit?’

─Yeah, yeah! It’s a fruit. You have to grow it quickly!

‘Raising it? This? What will happen if you raise it?’

─I don’t know! Is it just something really good?

Sujeong’s words were too abstract to be properly guessed.

But I knew one thing.

For now, I’m just going to keep it like this. The point is, if I want to see some other changes, I have to grow this.

‘Can I plant it in the ground?’

─That might work, but… …Can Soo-Jung take it with her?

‘Is it you, Soojung?’

─Okay! Soo-Jung will take good care of it!

I was wondering if I should give it to her, but considering how Miho and Brownie had grown before, I thought it would be okay to leave it to Soo-Jung.

If you raise them well, good things will happen, so nothing bad will happen.

‘Then you have to handle it carefully. Okay? Raise it well.’

─Yeah! But Soo-Jung can’t grow up easily. Tur-Ju has to raise her!

‘Okay. Then let’s raise him well together.’

─Yeah!

For the time being, I decided to do this with the unknown aura fruit.

Well, maybe we’ll find out someday.

It was okay, even though I didn’t absorb the talent.

It was probably a talent for illustration, but he already had talent of a similar level.

Hansong’s talent is actually quite broad, so it wouldn’t be necessary.

Ah! If it’s a similar talent, did you raise the talent level?

That’s a bit of a shame.

‘There must be something better.’

I made a cake hoping something better would happen.

The fruit bomb cake was literally a cake filled with fruit.

Green grapes, grapes, plums, etc.

I took out all the summer fruits that were stored in Tori’s cave.

And I put it all in the cake.

Here’s the jam.

Each layer of the cake sheet was generously spread with a different type of jam like syrup.

It was to act as a bond between the fruit and the cake sheets, and of course to make it taste even better.

If you stack them up like that… … .

“Is it a little big?”

It seemed a bit too big, but I guess we can share it all.

We didn’t spare any ingredients and put them in generously.

And finally, cover it with whipped cream and you’re done.

I just made it smooth with icing.

The purpose was to simply write a message above to bless Kang Do-yoon’s future.

Of course, I won’t do this.

“They’re still playing.”

Suah is not just shaking the toy, but is also running with it, and Rangi is chasing after it.

It was almost time to finish the cake, so I called Suah.

“Gasp! Gasp! I think I’m going to get hungry now.”

“… … Okay. Then come and try this. Just squeeze this little by little here and write some words.”

“Huh!? Yes! I want to do it. But what do I write?”

“Is there anything you just want to say to Doyoon?”

“Ugh.”

Sua, holding a chocolate pen, made a very puzzled expression and soon began to write each letter.

[Do-yoon, fighting! Let’s become a 10 million-star actor!]

It was a very natural thing to say.

And those were just the words that Kang Do-yoon needed.

Anyway, the reason I came here was to become a real actor.

If I’m going to leave, I’d like to succeed as an actor.

“Okay!”

“Well done.”

“Hehehe!”

“Now, shall we call everyone?”

“yes!”

The cake was placed in the refrigerator for a while and people were called to wait.

First, Hansong came, and then the village chief came.

After finishing the daytime game, Suho and the main character, Kang Do-yoon, and Lee Sun-ah arrive following them.

“I’m sorry I have to leave in such a hurry because I have to start filming soon.”

“What do you have to be sorry about? You have to do what you have to do. Hehe! Come down anytime. You know when you come, right?”

“Yes. Next time I come, I’ll bring a good drink.”

Perhaps because they lived together for three years in the village chief’s house, the two seemed quite close.

Well, the village chief couldn’t dislike it since he helped with the farm work.

Kang Do-yoon greeted each and every one of them.

That’s why I really felt like I was leaving.

“Go and suffer.”

“Yes, you too, brother.”

I also greeted him warmly.

And the long-awaited greeting with Lee Seon-ah.

What about the other side… … They probably already said hello or something.

“Okay! Then, Suah. Should I bring that?”

“yes!”

To make sure the mood doesn’t get any worse, I brought a cake to change the mood.

This is a farewell party, not a farewell party to say goodbye forever.

If you send it off feeling sad for no reason and then see it again not long after, isn’t that the same?

Of course, I don’t know when I’ll be back again.

“No, what kind of cake? These days, even wedding cakes aren’t this big.”

The atmosphere became lively again as people were surprised by the size of the cake.

I lit a candle and turned it on, then turned it off.

“Wow~!”

“Kang Do-yoon~ A great actor~”

“You can’t pretend not to know later when you become successful!”

The farewell party almost ended with congratulations to Kang Do-yoon for blowing out the candles.

And finally, the moment when Kang Do-yoon, who had blown out the candles, greets everyone!!

Pot!!

‘huh?’

An aura that only I could see was radiating light.

To be exact, it came from where the flower of talent was.

And as the light soon faded and the flower of talent became more clearly visible, I could sense the change.

The fact that the flowers have withered.

It wasn’t something to be sorry about, because instead, a small flower had formed in its place.

‘fruit?’

To be exact, it seemed to be at the stage just before it became a fruit.

Now that I think about it, I’ve never absorbed Kang Do-yoon’s talent… … .

What is that?

Could it be that the fruit of Aura that the guest named Udo-cheol gave me during the day was the same as that?

If it grows further there, will it bear fruit?

‘Somehow it seems right.’

For the first time, I felt regretful that I was the only one who could see and guess about this mysterious situation.

─Ah! That’s it!

‘huh?’

─This is the same thing, but different!

No, that’s not true.

Even if they weren’t people, there were spirits.

Soo-Jung said as she looked at the fruit sitting on Kang-Do-Yoon’s head.

There was something I wanted to ask, but now didn’t seem to be the time to ask it.

Anyway, the important thing is that it’s not a bad thing for Kang Do-yoon, so let’s move on from the curiosity.

“You can contact me when you go. And if you’re bored, come visit. You can come right away, right?”

“Yes. I think I’ll come more often than you think. My sister is also waiting, so she’ll come with me.”

“Then it’s better.”

I talked more with Kang Do-yoon.

And the farewell party is over.

Everyone was kicked out of the cafe and I was left alone to clean up.

Is it because it’s fall?

Being alone today made me feel even more lonely.

Of course, I didn’t care until I made the cake and blew out the candles.

“If I had known this would happen, I would have told you to clean it up together.”

I deliberately pushed him away and said I would do it alone.

─Turtle! The dishes are done!

Still, I wasn’t really alone.

Soo-Jung shouted with water splashed all over her body.

No, why is there a water stain on something made of water?

─Hehehe!

“Yeah. You’ve worked hard.”

I was trying to make tea.

He praised Soo-Jung with a sly smile.

Yeah, there were those guys.

And there was also a new family member.

“How is that?”

─Yeah! It’s growing well!