I Quit My Job and Run a Café - Chapter 264



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Quitting the company and opening a cafe Episode 264

‘The place of recovery was uncomfortable, and Tori’s cave was uncomfortable too… ‘

I thought it would be really great if this was possible.

Of course, it was late today, so I cleaned up first.

I put the ledger and diary somewhere out of sight, and after some thought about the rosary beads, I just hung them on my wrist.

Even though it was called a prayer bead, it was in the form of a short bracelet, so it wasn’t strange to just wear it.

Even when I actually got in the car, I didn’t really feel the weight.

‘Are you okay?’

The color, finish, and texture are luxurious, but not overly flashy.

I thought it would be okay to drive while working, as long as it didn’t get in the way.

Since I wear gloves when I’m doing something like baking where my wrists will be touching the ground, there’s no problem with hygiene.

What I liked most was that I could use all of my current life’s talents at a two-star level.

When should I look for these items?

But, you have to know where it is to look for it.

Since no one can see this, no one will know about it and sell it.

“Should I go somewhere like an antique store?”

But I didn’t think it was worth going that far to get it.

At least for me now.

Because the Manseonggong I have now is enough to run a cafe.

‘Well, if it’s meant to be, I guess I can get something like this.’

Just knowing that something like this existed was a blessing.

By the way, it was a day where I experienced all sorts of things.

I turned on my phone and opened Notepad.

I opened a note briefly listing today’s events.

Today, I feel a little sorry to just write like this and move on.

‘Should I write it like a diary?’

Um… … No, okay.

I found it easier to write my own way.

It’s just a record, I’m not going to show it to anyone.

I supplemented the content I had written briefly from time to time.

And while reading someone’s diary, I also wrote down one thought.

I don’t know exactly who wrote the diary, but I can tell for sure that I’m writing Manseonggong better than that person.

In many ways.

And one more thing.

‘If you use this power recklessly, you could end up dead.’

This was not accurate.

It was just a guess.

Since the head monk said that the pulse was cut off, the person who followed him would not have been able to obtain abilities like Manseonggong.

It is likely that they used the tools or simply took advantage of the temple’s reputation.

Even if he had been punished by heaven for something like that, it was still just a hypothesis whether it had anything to do with Manseonggong.

“I didn’t intend to use it in a bad place… … But I guess I should think about it and use it anyway.”

I didn’t really have any intention of doing good deeds. I was just careful not to do anything that would lead to divine punishment.

So, why don’t we just do as we’ve been doing so far? Or, well, there’s nothing we can do.

“Sujeong-ah.”

─Huh?

“Am I a bad person or a good person?”

─What is that? He’s just a person who gives a shit?

“Huh? Really?”

─Hehehe! Are you an idiot?

I asked the pure spirit just in case and got a bone-chilling answer.

Just a person.

Good and bad were also human standards.

I couldn’t help but laugh out loud when I felt my head get hit.

Then Soo-Jung tilted her head and laughed along.

I felt a sense of reverence in the clear laughter of the water spirit shining in the moonlight.

“I see. I am a human, and Soo-Jung is a spirit?”

─Sujeong is Sujeong.

Phew!

Honey, you’re also a correction.

Then I was going to ask, “Am I Cheon Yu-jin?” but I stopped myself because I thought it would be childish.

And because it was true, I felt like I was losing by bringing it up.

It’s ridiculous, but my mind has completely emptied.

I finished writing my notes, put my phone away, and looked outside.

‘Is this your first time here at this hour?’

Now that I think about it, it seems like that.

When you think too much, you probably don’t even realize things like this.

But it would have been better if you had done it now.

But there was one problem. Maybe it was because my biological rhythm was completely off, but I couldn’t sleep at all.

Rather, it seemed like it was becoming more and more drowsy.

“… … Should I do some work?”

Since I had the day off, I didn’t have time to prepare the dough or anything like that.

It would be better to do it if you want to open for business tomorrow… … .

I don’t want to work, but I can’t sleep and the only thing I can do here is work. What should I do?

“Let’s do it when we have time to worry.”

I got up from my seat right away.

And then I just turned on the lights in the kitchen and started doing the work necessary to prepare for business.

First, let’s start with the basic bread dough.

Even if you don’t plan on using it tomorrow, if you make it in advance and store it in Tori’s oyster, you can use it tomorrow or the day after.

‘It would definitely be a good idea to move Tori’s den near the tiger shelter.’

I don’t know how to recover, but I decided to try it as soon as the sun rose.

The landlord is probably sleeping right now, so it’s a nuisance.

Knock! Knock!

In the meantime, the dough was kneaded very well.

I left it for a while to ferment, and then decided to try making some yakgwa this time.

I made it there and it was really delicious.

I want to let Su-ah taste it when she comes tomorrow.

“I think he’d like it if I gave him milk.”

When I looked it up, I found out that yakgwa is trendy these days.

It’s not because the holidays are approaching, but because there are a lot of desserts that are variations of yakgwa.

There were versions with cookies on top, and versions with yakgwa like a sandwich and butter added.

But the essence is still original.

I decided to make it using Gyu-seung Lee’s mother’s recipe as is.

‘I didn’t mean to, but I also received the tea that you made yourself.’

To be exact, it was my grandmother who gave it to me as if pushing me.

anyway.

He made a house and, unlike other places, fried the dough he had just made while freely performing his martial arts.

‘It feels refreshing.’

Is it that feeling so exhilarating to be able to use your full power instead of just sparingly?

It felt like all the valves in the blood vessels in my body were open.

Actually, if that happens, the blood will flow backwards and you will die. But if you could circulate the blood strongly enough to prevent that, wouldn’t it be different?

It seemed like Aura was really taking care of that.

‘Can it be faster?’

Are you a little drunk from the moonlight?

Or maybe it’s because there’s no one there.

I suddenly became interested.

What if you really show off your martial arts skills?

What if we could fully display Manseonggong’s talents?

The excitement that arose spontaneously did not die down but only grew stronger.

This is why people shouldn’t work at dawn. Because when no one is watching, they can do things they normally wouldn’t do.

Of course, this was also a time when I discovered something amazing.

Just like now.

“uh?”

Was it because I was too excited?

The blood circulating in his body was now out of control and running wild without stopping.

More precisely, it was an aura that flowed like blood, but no matter how hard I tried to suppress it, I couldn’t control it.

It was as if the aura’s pump, which replaced the heart, had broken down, as if the circulation of blood could not be artificially stopped by a human being.

‘Is this okay?’

No way, it had to stop.

But how easy is that?

Even though it broke, it seemed to be solid.

─Turtle! Eat this!

“Huh? Now is not the time to eat that.”

─No! You have to eat it now!

Then suddenly Soo-Jung flew in and shouted urgently.

And he urged him to eat the essence of karma.

I’m already running out of energy, and to add to that… … it’s absolutely crazy.

But since it was Soo-Jung’s words, I couldn’t just ignore it.

“What will happen if I eat it now?”

─It doesn’t hurt!

It doesn’t hurt… …Is there an intuitive reason for that?

In other words, if you don’t eat, you will get sick. You will be in a very bad condition.

“Can I just eat it?”

─Yeah, yeah! Just eat it and use it!

“Huh? That? This is it?”

Looking at the prayer bracelet, Soo-Jeong explained further.

I don’t know how to use it, but it’s become difficult to even have a conversation like this anymore.

Time to choose.

‘Let’s go and see.’

The aura circulates so quickly that I feel a tingling sensation in my blood vessels every time it passes by.

If you do it wrong, you could end up spewing blood like a real seven-ball.

I guess people shouldn’t work at dawn.

‘Let’s do it.’

The essence of karma was taken out.

I was going to write about it later if I had any use for it, but in the end, it became my job.

Food!

I spread the equation towards the essence of karma, just like I did last time when I absorbed the essence of greed.

Then, a fist-sized essence of karma naturally seeped into me. As more auras came in, it was now a real mess.

Control has long since been completely out of the question.

Now, the only way left was to focus on the bracelet that Soo-Jung had mentioned.

‘I was making medicine and what is this?’

Stop grumbling for a moment.

I was so focused on the bracelet that all distracting thoughts disappeared. And as I focused on it, it became as calm as if I had entered the eye of a typhoon.

For a moment, I was left alone in a pure white space.

‘What is this?’

I don’t know how it happened, but isn’t this what Soo-Jung wanted?

If so, then the method is also here… …!?

─Wood and metal are in conflict with each other. Wood suppresses metal, and metal squeezes wood.

Suddenly, an unknown voice rang out in the pure white space.

A person? No, it felt like something more than that.

I realized it in that moment.

This pure white space was created by the ‘Bracelet of the Turquoise Stone’.

─But that was also the standard for humans. The wood also needs gold, and gold supports the wood and becomes one. Under the discussion, gold and wood ultimately become mutually beneficial.

The conversation continued again.

Actually, I don’t know if this can be called talk.

It just felt like the echo was being translated into my own language in my head.

Just like… …when I was talking to Langi.

When I talk to him by mixing his talents of transmission, resonance, communication, and immersion, Rangi’s words are often interpreted like this. Rangi also seems to understand what I say in a similar way.

So is this the voice of the bracelet?

Or is it the voice of someone who has placed it in a bracelet?

I couldn’t figure it out.

─Gold originally doesn’t like to mix with other things, so it’s like a human in puberty. The method of appeasing it is also the same.

─Embraced by water, tempered by fire, gold also becomes one of all living things… … .

Woohoo!!

I feel the vibration.

Now it’s time to get out of here and face the storm.

‘Gold… … Right now, it’s all because of the energy of this life.’

I desperately recalled the voice that echoed in the pure white space.

And then he figured out a way to calm the storm.

“Embrace it with water and quench it with fire.”

The last sound was a hint.

I thought about the talents of this life.

▶Geumsaeng (2 stars): charm, coordination, communication, immersion, sense, charisma, influence, acting, trust, disguise, embodiment, Jisinbalgi, analysis, planning, full house

It was the most absorbed talent.

So many talents running wild like adolescent children wanting to express their individuality.

That was the situation now.

It was probably like this from the beginning, but when he started wearing the turtle shell bracelet and all of his current talents became 2-star grade, his condition seemed to have gone out of control.

So, I had to embrace it, pickle it, and lead it through its adolescence to maturity.

The talents of aquatic and chemical life also came to mind.

▶Hwaseng: Sacrifice, belief, overcoming, unity, rebirth

▶ Aquatic (3 stars): Growth (2 stars), Affinity

The ranks are not balanced, but I got them roughly right because Hwaseng had more talent.

Pickled with fire.

Embraced by life.

I didn’t fully understand what he was saying, but I knew I had to spread it.

He first displayed his talents in aquatics.

I wondered if it would be effective since growth and friendliness aren’t talents that actually show noticeable effects.

‘Aura follows.’

The aura that had been moving strangely and wildly followed the talent of the water spirit.

What about Hwaseng then?

Swish!!

As soon as he displayed his talent for chemical transformation, the energy of gold began to shrink as if it was being compressed.

To be more precise, the talent of Hwaseng was originally a talent that consumed a lot of aura, so it was compressed to consume that much more.

‘That’s why I told you to open both at the same time.’

If he had only been born in the chemical world, he probably wouldn’t have listened. Since he had developed his water life first, his talent for the chemical world followed suit.

The opposite was also true.

“Hoooo─.”

Anyway, thanks to that, the gold energy that had been running wild began to condense and calm down.

But this time, strangely, the gold energy was scattered and settled into its own place throughout the body.

Hands, feet, neck, head, stomach, etc.

And the energy of the neck wrapped around the golden energy as if it was grasping it, and it became connected as one with the tips of the feet.

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