episode_0066
by fnovelpiaA cat cafe opened in Edenbar, District 6.
It seemed too early to buy the entire building, so we decided to rent it for now.
The shops are crowded together and are connected to the street, making them easily accessible. Of course, the rent is expensive, but you have to accept that.
Because time is limited. If you open a corner store, it takes a long time to attract customers.
In fact, it is a good location, so it is hard to get one even if you have money, but thanks to Bolt, I was able to build a bridge with the building owner. I came to Bestia and benefited from Bolt in many ways.
After renting the building, all we had to do was bring in the necessary items and finish the interior.
“Welcome.”
“Oh my, the atmosphere here is nice. The cat people are wearing maid outfits. What is this place?”
“It’s a cat cafe. It’s a place where you can drink while playing with cats.”
The first floor is an ordinary cat cafe.
It consists of a wide space where cat people can roll around and guests can sit and rest. You can use it by paying an admission fee.
The drink menu is simple enough that anyone can make tea and coffee. It is not easy to find staff and ingredients right away.
However, the prices are slightly more expensive than regular cafes. This is because they have to make a margin on the drinks.
There is one product that is more important than those drinks.
“Warm milk is 1 silver…? Manager, why is this milk so expensive?”
“Oh, that’s a drink for cat people.”
“Are you asking me to give milk to the store clerk with my money?”
“This is just a way to quickly narrow the distance between you and Cat People. You can still use it even if you don’t buy it.”
“Um… .”
A woman in distress.
A cat approaches her. It lies down on the floor and licks her hand, acting cute.
“Meow.”
“Oh my, you must be hungry. Yeah, it’s only about 1 silver. Here, give me some warm milk.”
“We will bring you fresh milk.”
The first floor is a place to play with cats like this.
The key is the second floor.
“Oh, there. Just there.”
“Is it cool here?”
“Haa… That’s good. This is absolutely the best. I’ve never had such a refreshing massage.”
“That’s right. The store manager came up with a really brilliant idea.”
A space filled with fragrance.
Guests lying comfortably in bed.
Cat people are pressing their backs.
The second floor is a massage space and is connected to the first floor.
If you raise the cat people’s favorability rating and get selected, you can get a massage on the second floor. They give customers a back massage using their kneading skills.
Of course, the price is separate.
As it is a massage, it is much more expensive at 20 silver.
A vicious double-charge structure.
It may seem like it wouldn’t be very popular, but it’s not at all.
Just looking at a pretty piece of data makes me want to do it. But the chance to get a massage from a cute employee?
I absolutely can’t stand this.
I have a regular customer who says he will collect all the cat people, so I have nothing to say.
In addition, there were often cases of competition between guests.
“Of course, Rona is the cutest.”
“What does that mean? Of course it’s Nero. Can’t you see that sleek, shiny black fur?”
“Huh, this lady doesn’t seem to know much. How can she say that after seeing Rona’s fluffy tail?”
“What a man with really poor eyesight. Right, Nero?”
“Meow~”
You guys can talk amongst yourselves or not.
Nero and Lorna rolled around with the happiest expressions on their faces, eating the snacks they were given.
The customers’ money is used to feed the employees, and the snack money goes directly to the company. There is no separate copying of money.
As I was looking around the store with a happy heart, Seira came up next to me.
“I can’t believe the report at all.”
“Haha, if that’s a compliment, that’s fine.”
“Not you, but them. What on earth is it that the humans are pouring money into?”
Seira asks a very fundamental question.
Cats are the most fussy animals. It’s not for nothing that they say they would be extinct if they weren’t cute.
People spend a lot of money to get some attention from such cats. Even if they are grumpy, they love it when cats rub their faces against them.
“You don’t know. That’s the original taste of raising cats.”
Even though he said that, Seira still seemed to not understand. It was the difference between humans and beastmen.
Just then the store door opened and Bolt came in.
“Look here, Karami. I’ve done everything you asked me to do.”
“Is that so? It happened much faster than I thought. You did it anonymously, right?”
“Of course. No one will know you’re the store manager.”
“Thank you.”
“Truly, the more I look at your business acumen, the more amazed I become.”
As Bolt and I were exchanging words that only we could understand, Seira sent us a suspicious look.
“What are you plotting again?”
“Nothing much. Just… .”
I said, looking at the store that was under construction on the other side of the street.
“People really like to compete.”
***
It’s been two weeks since the cat cafe opened.
The store has become quite stable.
I hired staff to sell high-end teas and coffees, and I also brought in a few more cat people.
It was quite a sight to see the expression on the face of a male customer who was relieved and said, “Finally, the full collection. I have no more regrets here.” change in real time.
But then he came back and was busy trying to seduce new cat people.
I just gave a little warning to the newcomers that it’s easy to get over the cat’s shame. The rest will figure it out on their own.
Customers of all ages and genders keep coming in. I thought he was a decent tycoon.
“Come out here, boss!”
Until one day, a commotion was heard outside.
Outside the store was a group of Wen ajumma women.
“What’s going on?”
“Are you the boss here?”
“Yes, but who are you?”
“We are a human rights protection group!”
There has been an absolute and immutable truth since ancient times.
The group called ‘~protection group’ is generally not normal. It gives off a cheap feeling.
“I know everything. You’re kidnapping and abusing cat people?”
“Yes?”
“Kidnapping those poor things and using them as you please. Are you even human after doing that? Don’t you have any blood or tears?”
“… ?”
what.
Did I do something wrong again?
If you free a slave, it’s like abandonment, and if you bring in a child wandering the streets, it’s like kidnapping.
I took a quick look around the store. While the customers were confused, the cat people, who had no sense of friendliness, were lying on the floor, eating snacks.
Is that the behavior of someone who has been kidnapped?
‘Hey, please have someone kidnap me too~’
If a pretty older sister or a cute girl kidnapped me, I wouldn’t have any wishes. Even if I didn’t do anything, she’d feed me and put me to bed. Huh?
“The parties seem okay?”
“They’re young kids so they can’t express themselves properly!”
What the hell, you’re a cat mom.
I got the wrong number.
Lin’s misfortune has come true.
I think it would be better to not make a big deal out of this and just let it go.
“Well, let’s say that’s true. … What do you want?”
The moment you bring up the idea of negotiation, the expressions on the women’s faces change completely.
It’s like everything I was angry about until now was a build-up to this. It’s like watching a WWE episode.
“Release those kids and set them free!”
“That’s organic, right? If you do, you’ll be arrested.”
“What kind of organic is that! It gives you freedom!”
What?
My brain was a bit messed up for a moment, but I quickly sorted it out.
So, let’s organize them one by one. The original passive of a group is nonsense. It is a group that stubbornly pushes forward with sophistry by packaging it plausibly.
This is the key.
Their sophistry and Bestia’s bizarre values intertwine.
In a world where freedom = organic is common sense, the abnormal way of thinking of the protection group for water people is normal by my standards.
Minus x Minus = Plus!
“That’s right. That’s right. The old lady is a hundred times right. How is letting go abandoning someone? It’s giving them freedom, so of course it’s a good thing.”
“Huh? Oh… That, that’s right. We communicate better than I thought.”
Finally, I’ve met someone I can talk to.
When Archimedes shouted Eureka, didn’t I feel exactly the same way?
“Then you’ll let me go?”
“No, that won’t work.”
But not now.
I have to earn money.
“You won’t let me go? Then at least pay the adoption fee and the responsibility fee!”
These cat moms are finally showing their true colors.
You brought me those dirty, unkempt babies and made them healthy and pretty, and now you’re claiming ownership of them? If they were that precious, you should have taken care of them a long time ago.
You guys just can’t do it.
“Persia, come here.”
I called out to Percy, who was sitting there like a proud princess. Percy is the most popular cat person in our store.
In the back alleys, she was nothing more than a dirty vagabond, but after washing up, she became as beautiful as a princess.
“What’s going on, boss?”
Wow, boss.
It sounds good.
Anyway, that’s not important right now.
“These ladies want to take Persia.”
“Yes?”
“Send it back to where it came from. If Persia wants to go, I will send it.”
“Miss, don’t be stuck in a place like this. Come with us. Okay?”
It’s shocking that cat moms exist in this world, but the environment is different from Earth.
What I mean is.
“You don’t like it? Why should I follow the ladies?”
“Huh?”
The thing is, cats here can talk.
Persia narrows her eyes sharply.
“I remember the faces of the ladies very well. Sometimes you would come to the back alley and take my friends, right? No one came back after being taken away by the ladies. Where did you take them all?”
“What, what are you talking about? I think you’re someone else, but you’re… .”
“Don’t even think about evading. Our noses can’t be fooled.”
Cat moms flinch.
Their pupils are slanted to the side.
When I look back, the cat people inside the store are glaring fiercely at me. A dozen or so cat eyes are glowing with a murderous light.
“Hmm, I think that’s what you want, so I’ll release the cat people as you wish. Oh, but I won’t take responsibility if you harm me. You’re not my employee. ”
“Okay, okay. Oh, no. Okay. It seems like our kids are doing well enough, so let’s just let this go this once. That, that’s it.”
The cat moms quickly leave the store. They run away, but they get up and fall down several times.
Could it be the effect of misfortune?
Well, it depends on your perspective, so I decided to interpret it as luck.
***
“Boss, we’re in big trouble!”
Percy, who had seemed so dependable only yesterday, came to me in a fit of commotion.
“Why are you suddenly like that?”
“Bar, outside… outside… !”
I went outside with my staff. Across the street, a new store had opened where construction was in full swing.
[Dog Cafe]
“You know we have a cat cafe, so you’re opening a dog cafe! This is a clear provocation!”
“Boss, shouldn’t you go and say something?”
“That’s right! Go and say something sharp!”
“Haha… I’m scared so I’m a bit… .”
The cat people are looking at me with eyes of utter disappointment, and there’s nothing I can do about it.
That’s my store too.
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