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Chapter 938 The Last Routine 117

Chapter 938 The Last Routine 117

The café run by the Axis Church reopened on the morning of its reopening—

"Wow, Kobayashi!" Aqua exclaimed in surprise at the bustling scene outside the shop, "The shop isn't even open yet, and there are already so many customers queuing up!"

Of course, Kobayashi has done a lot of preparation for this coffee shop, from making sauces and soup bases since yesterday to the advertisements that Darkness has put out. It seems that it has already been quite effective.

"Hmph hmph hmph...!" Cecily's eyes lit up with excitement when she saw so many people. She said, "I never expected there to be so many money trees... no, I mean so many lambs to the slaughter... cough cough, wrong, I mean believer candidates!"

"Big sister, please don't go too far in your preaching."

Huihui said this with a lot of helplessness. You see, what's most worrying is not that the store's goods and prices will not be accepted by customers, but that the endless harassment from the Axis cultists will scare away customers. Huihui couldn't help but worry that such a thing might happen.

Kazuma Sato clenched his fist happily and said, "There are more customers than I expected! We have to thank Darkness for helping us distribute the flyers!"

"No, I just spent a long time and persistently handing out flyers."

Darkness shook his head.

At this point, Xiaolin couldn't help but twitch her lips. After all, this girl had been handing out flyers since early yesterday morning until this morning—a job that seemed like a form of asceticism. Even Xiaolin couldn't help but feel sorry for her. But seeing how much she enjoyed it, she didn't say anything more.

“However…” Darkness scratched his cheek, somewhat embarrassed, and said, “Because these are leaflets related to the Axis cult… when I was handing them out, many people talked badly about me behind my back. Things like ‘the Axis cult is cold-blooded animals’ and ‘traitors to the Eris cult.’ I not only received a lot of criticism, but sometimes I was even pelted with stones…”

As he spoke, his voice grew softer and softer, and his body began to tremble slightly.

Youyou comforted her with some sympathy, saying, "Miss Darkness, you've gone through something so painful. It's okay to give up along the way..."

"How could I possibly do something so wasteful!" Darkness scolded Youyou instead, then added, "Xiaolin, thank you for letting me handle the flyers!"

"Ah, ah... well, although this wasn't my original intention, but... fine, whatever makes you happy, whatever makes you happy... hehe..."

What else could Xiaolin say but respond with an awkward yet polite smile?

"Alright everyone, it's almost time to open the shop!" Cecily said to everyone. "Are you ready?"

"All ready!" X5

"Well then, I'm going to open the door now...!"

Then, Cecily flung open the café's doors, beaming with smiles as she called out to the huge crowd outside, "Welcome—!" X6

The coffee shop is doing much better than expected.

"Hehehe..." Kobayashi looked at the crowded coffee shop, and even a large group of customers queuing outside, with a clear greedy and mercenary smile on his face. "Haha, it's really going too smoothly!"

It must be stated that these people were not actors that Kobayashi hired out of his own pocket by using the internet or traffic. Rather, it was through his and his companions' tireless efforts, using delicious coffee, fried noodles, and flyers, plus word-of-mouth recommendations from satisfied customers, that they gathered so many customers. In other words, they achieved great success!

Seeing the smile on his face, Aqua quickly came over and couldn't help but ask, "Kobayashi, Kobayashi, how much revenue have you made so far?"

"I haven't thought about it in detail yet, but it's pretty good, even better than expected!"

Kobayashi said this confidently.

After all, they had already mentally marked their efforts as successful, and a simple calculation would tell them that their sales today would be phenomenal. Although the holy water purified by Aqua was not selling well, the cost was almost zero, so it wasn't a big problem.

"It's delicious! Thank you for the treat."

A customer patted his belly contentedly and said this happily after paying the bill.

"Thank you for coming!"

"see you next time!"

Huihui and Youyou, with their professional, friendly smiles, saw the customer off. And several groups of customers like them had already left.

Kobayashi, who was watching from the side, stroked his chin and said, "Hmm, I can think of a few reasons why they are popular, but the factors of those two people account for a large part of it."

“Yes.” Darkness, who was observing him, nodded in agreement and said with a smile, “Everyone in town is talking about how cute the waitresses are. They must attract a lot of customers.”

"Yes. Huihui and Youyou are both pretty girls as long as they don't talk. They look even more stunning in their uniforms!"

Kobayashi was quite satisfied with the two's hospitality.

If things continue like this, today's revenue could increase by more than one level, and we might even raise enough money in just one day to repair the roof of the Church of Axis.

"Kobayashi—! I'm a little tired." Huihui looked a bit unwell, and she complained to Kobayashi, looking exhausted, "Could you take me to get some sex to change my mood?"

Did this really happen?

Huihui struck a strange pose with her gloved right hand and shouted in a melodramatic, almost childish way, "Unleash an explosive spell to sweep away the fatigue accumulated from working as a hostess in unfamiliar places! It'll make you feel refreshed!!!"

"Please wait until you finish your work before going."

Kobayashi said this almost pleadingly. Admittedly, Kobayashi was aware that smiling and greeting various unfamiliar guests could build up stress, which usually needed to be released. But wouldn't quitting and leaving at this moment mean all her previous efforts were wasted? Most importantly—

"After you cast the explosion spell, it's completely useless..."

"But……!"

Huihui seemed a little unhappy; she must have been under too much pressure. I really hope she can hold on until the end of the day's business; Xiaolin will definitely accompany her to release that pressure then.

Just then, the door to the café opened, and a customer walked in.

Youyou went to greet her, and the shy, timid girl nervously received her, stammering, "Ah...w-welcome!"

"Ah!" The adventurer's eyes lit up when he saw Youyou. A lewd smile appeared on his face and his eyes gleamed with lust. He said, "I heard there are cute waitresses here, so I came to check it out."

It seemed he wasn't there to savor the coffee's rich flavor and delicious fried noodles, but rather because he heard about the cute waitresses. Although Kobayashi knew people like this would come, and in fact, this was his intention to attract customers, Kobayashi wasn't about to serve someone who dared to say it so openly and even try to touch him inappropriately.

Just as Kobayashi was about to kick him out, Cecily skipped up to him with a big smile and said, "That must be me! Young man, you're so lucky to be served by such a beautiful lady!"

"Uh-huh……!"

Startled by Cecily's advances, the male adventurer's face immediately turned bright red. It seemed he wasn't the womanizer he appeared to be, nor some thug... Even so, why was he blushing so much?

"She truly lives up to the rumors of being a beautiful older sister," the adventurer retorted, not to be outdone. However, he added with a hint of regret, "But to be honest, she's more of a pretty girl than a cute one..."

For a moment, it was unclear whether he felt regret or satisfaction.

A smile of enjoyment graced his face.

Cecily, who had effortlessly defused the adventurer's harassment, winked at Youyou and received a grateful look. Then, Cecily gestured to the adventurer and said, "Come, come this way. We have a guest here. Welcome!"

With a shout, the two arrived at a corner table in the café. Cecily then handed the adventurer the menu, smiling as she asked, "Here, the menu. What would you like to order? My recommendation is grape-flavored agar slime!"

"I don't like sweets."

The adventurer said this haughtily, a slight look of disdain on his face, seemingly indicating he genuinely disliked sweets. But after carefully examining the menu, he fell into thought and said, "Let me think... how about... the initiation set meal?"

He suddenly saw something strange.

Suddenly, Cecily shouted excitedly, "Oh my, sir, you have excellent taste! You want to join the church, right?! Hmm, that's a great idea! I'll get your membership application right away!"

"Wait!? No, that's not right—"

The adventurer was startled; he had no intention of joining the Axis Cult. But before he could react, Cecily had already run back from behind the counter, holding up her application for cult membership, and then slammed it down in front of the adventurer, impatiently urging him on, saying:

"Here, please sign!" The pen was shoved into the adventurer's hand, and the hand was pressed down to write the name in the name field. "Here, here, just sign here!"

"no, do not want……"

"This is wonderful...! If you join the cult now, you'll even get a free grape-flavored agar slime!"

"So I said, uh—"

"Come on! Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry!!!"

Cecily's eyes gleamed, and she demanded that the adventurer quickly write down his name, like a demon. Seeing her soliciting customers like this, Kobayashi thought for a moment but decided not to stop her. After all, this adventurer was a villain with ill intentions from the start, and it would be good for him to suffer a little.

Just as she was thinking this, she saw the adventurer suddenly shove Cecily away, shouting angrily, "...This, this kind of awful shop, I will never come back to it again—!!!"

Then he fled in panic.

"Ah! A guest—!!"

Seeing the adventurer stagger away, Cecily sighed with regret, touching her cheek and saying sadly, "It seems you were shy because I'm too pretty, what a pity!"

"No, no, no, just how optimistic are you?!" Kobayashi couldn't help but slap her on the head and yelled, "I told you not to proselytize so casually!"

Actually, Kobayashi wasn't that angry, but if he didn't stop her, Cecily would only become more and more arrogant. Therefore, he wanted to nip any such signs in the bud. However, Kobayashi was completely overthinking it; even after he tried to stop her many times, it was to no avail. And so, despite Cecily's persistent and forceful proselytizing style hindering them, the café remained bustling with customers—

As evening approached and dinnertime arrived, even more customers came to the shop to enjoy the delicious food. Thanks to the day's word-of-mouth and the return of adventurers, their business flourished.

"Mr. Kobayashi, two orders of fried noodles, please!"

"no problem--!"

Hearing Youyou's order from the kitchen, Xiaolin responded loudly. To be honest, although Youyou was initially shy and hesitant to serve guests, she gradually became more open as the number of guests increased. It seems that to change her shy personality, we should use things like this to stimulate her.

As more and more stir-fried noodles were served from the kitchen, more and more customers were drawn in by the aroma and ordered them, keeping Xiao Lin busy for a while. However, he also received a lot of positive reviews.

"...This dish called fried noodles is very delicious."

“Really?”

"The rich flavor is so addictive! I can eat as much as I want!"

The guests wore happy smiles on their faces as they enjoyed the delicious food.

Darkness, seeing this, happily exclaimed, "Wow, amazing! You're really popular, Kobayashi!"

"Yes, it was worth it after I started preparing the day before." Xiaolin also felt that her efforts had not been in vain; making the guests satisfied was the most important thing.

"This will work..."

Seeing the increasing number of customers, even more than during the day, Aqua couldn't contain her excitement and muttered to herself, "If business can stay this good in the future, not only can we repair the ceiling, but we could even rebuild it into a luxurious church!"

The more he talked, the more excited he became.

Cecily looked at the guests and said excitedly, "Next, we need to figure out how to efficiently convert these guests to the Axis cult. Let's all think of a way!"

"You really never learn your lesson..." Kobayashi sighed and said, "If bad rumors spread, this shop will become deserted again."

Seeing their expressions, Kobayashi sighed helplessly and threatened the two of them.

(End of this chapter)