I Quit My Job and Run a Café - Chapter 309



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Quitting the company and opening a cafe Episode 309

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The box containing the turtle bones left with the Jeju Island family.

Before leaving, he gave the turtle some dried tangerine peels, which had a strong tangerine scent, in the box and gave him a few words of advice.

These people will take you back to your hometown, so trust them just this once and don’t harm them.

Actually, this was the most important.

Of course, I didn’t completely trust the Jeju Island family.

I just thought it was trustworthy because it had an aura of clear and bright light.

‘There is a way for me to send it back myself, even if it takes time.’

The turtle wanted to go to Jeju Island with his family.

I don’t know if I want to go back as soon as possible or if I trust my family in Jeju Island.

Anyway, that’s why I sent it like that.

Because it’s good for the turtles, for me, and for the Jeju Island family.

“It’s like giving a turtle a disease and then medicine.”

─Huh? Why are you giving me a bottle and medicine?

“That’s right. If you don’t give them the bottle in the first place, there’s no need to give them medicine.”

─Yeah, yeah! That’s right!

I snickered at the sight of Soo-Jung nodding her head.

Sujeong, who was a pure spirit, seemed unable to understand.

That is what kind of being a person is.

It was people who cried out to protect and rebuild the environment after destroying it.

It was people who did something bad to the turtle and also people who gave it back to him.

People were such beings.

So, it’s understandable.

In reality, people did not understand each other.

“Well, whatever. It would be nice if there were more people like that family.”

Even if you don’t understand, you can still hope.

I had a thought that if there were more people like that, things like today would happen less.

Well, I’m not sure if that’s easy.

“If the turtle is now reduced to nothing but bones, it must have been a long time ago. There were people like that in the past, and there must be people like that now, right?”

Even if you just look at the article, the release of crocodiles into rural fields was recent.

It seems like it won’t be an easy task.

Anyway, I hope the turtle goes home and relieves some of his resentment.

But it seems like a pretty old bone. It was quiet until now, so why is it like this now?

─Because it can’t become a spirit right away?

“Ah. Does that also take time?”

─Yeah!

“But Pinkie is done right away, right?”

─Because Pinkie came to the tiger shelter first! She came here first and became a spirit!

I was a little confused by Soo-Jung’s words.

So, a being that wasn’t originally a spirit came to the tiger shelter and became a spirit?

Of course, to come to the tiger shelter first, you have to be free of negative energy like Pinkie?

─That’s right!

“The conditions are strict.”

So, to sum it up, it basically takes time to become a spirit, and it seemed like Tiger Shelter could drastically reduce that.

However, this is on the condition that there should be no negative energy.

And if there was any negative energy, it would not be possible to enter the tiger shelter, and it would take a long time to become a spirit.

In the end, Pinkie belonged to the former, and Turtle belonged to the latter.

Even that was a regrettable fact.

If it weren’t for the negative energy, I would have come straight to the tiger shelter and healed myself.

Oh, what was this place when the turtles were here? Can you heal?

I’m not sure about that.

Besides, from the beginning, the turtle was in a situation where it was impossible for negative energy to not arise.

Because it was a life full of injustice itself.

Maybe I had felt that subconsciously, and that’s why I kept worrying about it after I found out about the turtle’s existence.

That’s a consequential statement, though.

“If you harbor negative energy, will you not be able to receive any help from the Tiger Shelter?”

I had a feeling something like this would happen again.

Fortunately, the turtle was able to get through the persuasion… … .

‘What if he’s a guy with a deep grudge?’

If it was a guy with more negative energy, that kind of persuasion might not work.

I’m okay now, but if I continue to have that negative influence on those around me, it won’t be good for him or those around him.

You could tell just by looking at Choi Hyun-wook and the Jeju Island family. And if that happens, the turtle’s negative energy will deepen even more.

“If I do bad things, I will accumulate bad karma?”

─Yeah, yeah!

This is what Soojung told me.

I received a lot of help in many ways.

Anyway, I need to think about this a bit.

Of course, a method won’t come out right away. But it doesn’t seem like there’s no way at all.

‘I was able to overcome the Manseonggongdo without the blessing of Ssuksuk. Let’s keep the possibility open.’

I wasn’t trying to do anything grand. I just felt sorry for the turtle.

“The Chuseok holiday passed by so quickly.”

The first day of the holiday was Suho’s baseball game, camping on the same day, and today was the turtle spirit incident.

I wondered if there had ever been a Chuseok that was this hectic.

Of course, other than working.

“I’m losing my mind.”

Now that I think about it, I’ve also used up a lot of aura.

Just running to the place where the turtle bones were and back was not a small amount.

At the time, I was in a hurry so I didn’t pay much attention to that.

‘It doesn’t matter now.’

Because it was an aura that I had been collecting to use at times like this.

I thought maybe I was just feeling tired from overexertion.

I sat down at the table. The scenery was peaceful, perhaps because the storm had passed.

An empty lot that has passed the full autumn and is now preparing to wear winter clothes.

Knock! Knock!

Although it was a little early, the sight of the wood burning in the fireplace and the crackling sound of it gave me a moment of respite.

And then I fell into a deep sleep.

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The next night.

I came into the dream again.

This time it felt like I was underwater again.

But it wasn’t cold. Rather, it felt warm.

‘And bright.’

Instead of a dark landscape, I saw an emerald-colored underwater landscape with light streaming in.

Thanks to that, I could tell for sure that this place was underwater.

It was a sea with waves crashing.

Why did I have this dream again? Did the turtle come back because he didn’t like it?

It didn’t feel like that.

Rather… … this was like a turtle’s dream. A happy dream in the Jeju sea that he returned to.

The clearly visible underwater scenery was both mysterious and beautiful.

It was a sight you couldn’t see outside the water.

The rocks and the sea cucumbers attached to them, and the small, pretty fish hiding inside them.

Schools of fish sometimes passed by.

‘Is this the turtle’s point of view?’

The scenery that was visible changed as if moving slowly.

We passed by creatures that looked shy in the sand, and sometimes we even went up to the surface of the water to bask in the sun.

At times like that, the clear blue sky also welcomed us. And the vast horizon of the sea.

It was a beautiful and peaceful scenery.

A place where you can feel what freshness is.

But then, the turtle’s gaze turned urgently somewhere.

There was land there.

Of course, the turtle didn’t go up there. It just hovered around there.

As if waiting for something.

‘What are you waiting for?’

Just as I was thinking about it, something jumped into the water, causing a terrifying splash.

I wondered if it was something trying to hunt turtles… … .

‘Huh? A person?’

It was a person.

He’s still young, too.

He was a boy of middle school age who seemed older than Su-ah and younger than Su-ho.

The boy swam around the turtle, already knowing it, and the turtle followed the boy.

Could this really be a dream showing the turtle’s memories?

I just thought it was a turtle’s dream…

‘No, it’s a dream that shows past memories.’

This was clearly the turtle’s past.

Because the boy’s clothes and the cleanliness of the sea water were not like the Jeju sea now.

They say that Jeju’s sea is relatively clean, but from what I saw, it wasn’t like this.

Of course, I haven’t seen all of Jeju’s sea. Anyway… … That’s not important right now.

‘It’s a bit disconcerting that I suddenly have a turtle memory.’

Unlike before, the bright feeling made me guess that the turtle returned to Jeju Island in good health.

It seemed like the Jeju Island family had a good time at the sea.

I was worried inside, but there didn’t seem to be any particular problems.

‘Are you trying to tell me that I had a good time?’

I think so.

But I didn’t know I could convey it like this. It seemed like there were so many amazing things in the world.

─Bokbok! Come here!

─Kkuuung!

While they were thinking about something else, the boy and the turtle headed somewhere.

It seemed like a playground just for the two of them.

The boy and the turtle were floating on the water, like jellyfish.

Sometimes I swim with all my might as if I was competing in a swimming competition.

The two played quite well.

‘It still seems like a small turtle.’

I didn’t know there was a turtle like this.

Even turtles, which are usually considered spiritual creatures, are said to live for over 100 years to be called such creatures… … .

This turtle appears to have been a spirit since it was young.

─Okay! Eat! Eat!

A boy who was playing on a small rock island in the sea took something out of his pocket and threw it at a turtle that was unable to climb up.

It was a tangerine.

The turtle took it in and ate it.

‘ah!’

That’s why you like tangerines.

Actually, at first I thought, how can a turtle eat tangerines? But then I remembered this.

The friendship between a man and a turtle. And the taste and scent of tangerines that are kept as a common memory.

Suddenly, I wondered how the relationship between these two began.

‘uh?!’

But as if reading my thoughts, the scenery changed quickly as if the screen was rewinding.

And then, going back further, a young boy appeared.

From the perspective of a turtle struggling between nets thrown by humans.

Swish!

“… …Are you awake?”

The dream ended like that and I woke up.

Pororoong~ Chirp chirp!

The sound of birds chirping outside the window announced the early morning.

“It felt like watching a nature documentary in 4D.”

I got up from my seat, realizing that I had had a truly special dream and experience.

That’s that. I have to spend today’s time again.

Of course, I was still a bit taken aback, so I went out to the main hall and stared at the sky for a moment.

Even though it was morning, the clear blue sky looked just like the sea.

“Phew─.”

To be honest, I wasn’t particularly impressed by the friendly memories between the turtle and the boy.

Oh, if I say that, Su-ah will say that she has T-disease again.

To be precise, the storyline is a touching story, but it feels like a fairy tale for adults who are tired of their time.

Rather than the content of the memory, I felt like the turtle just left with good memories.

But… … that clear blue sea felt a little different.

I don’t know exactly what time it is.

10 years? 20 years? Maybe even longer.

I felt somewhat envious and regretful of the natural treasures that had not been touched much by human hands.

‘I wonder if we can still find such a sea? I’m not saying it can’t exist, though.’

First of all, there was no sea in my memory.

Even the East Sea beach I went to recently in the summer was so crowded with people that I didn’t get that feeling.

“There’s nothing we can do about it.”

Yes. It was already inevitable.

But… …Why do I keep feeling regretful?

‘I can’t create a sea like that… … Me?’

Suddenly, that thought occurred to me.

That was exactly how far the power of the earth could go.

‘It’s infinite.’

Here, we are not only talking about the tiger shelter.

Because I realized at Hyeonseonsa Temple that there are other places in the world besides tiger shelters.

Of course, it seems like this is all the remaining space.

‘I can make it.’

A new territory. And it could be moved again.

“… … But still, wouldn’t that be a bit of a vain dream?”

I guess I got so absorbed in it without realizing it that I thought too seriously.

Is it because of the turtle dream?

Just when I was thinking that I should go get ready for work!

With sharara~

An aura came rushing in.

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