Coffee Expert 3
“This shade of blue is truly remarkable. Human. It means I can trust and entrust Liria to you.”
“Indeed. Thank you for trusting me.”
“Then, shall we proceed? Mr. Hong Doowon?”
“I apologize. While I’m grateful for the opportunity you’re offering, I don’t believe I deserve such a good chance.”
“Liria wishes to work with you. Finding a coffee expert with such a deep blue color is difficult.”
“I’ll think about it. For now, it doesn’t seem possible.”
Hong Doowon had been involved in coffee-related work for a long time, but he had no choice but to quit his job a while ago.
Fortunately, he had saved enough money during that time, so there was no problem with eating and living, but he couldn’t work even if he wanted to now.
He had quit his long-held job to care for his daughter and his wife who was lying in the hospital.
If his wife recovered, he could start working again, but he had no intention of doing so at the moment.
“May I ask why you are refusing?”
“My wife is hospitalized. I have no intention of working in coffee at the moment.”
When Hong Doowon went out for lunch to clear his mind, he happened to see a free coffee tasting event near the hospital, which reminded him of the coffee work he had done.
Moreover, seeing the cute Liria who didn’t hurt the eyes, he thought of his daughter from his childhood.
He took some time, thought about it, and tried the coffee, and Hong Doowon was greatly shocked.
Although he had quit the job, because he was sincere about coffee, he became interested in the mysterious Eleas Coffee.
Of course, he had no intention of starting the job right away.
He was just curious if his thoughts as an expert were correct.
Moreover, if his wife recovered and returned later, he thought this experience would be a great help.
“Is that all?”
“My wife has been unconscious for a long time.”
“Is she in a vegetative state?”
“Yes. It’s been six years already.”
“What is a vegetative state?”
Silvia didn’t understand the term vegetative state.
There were plant spirits in Selenia, but there was no such existence on Earth.
“It’s a state where one lives but can’t wake up because of some incident.”
“Why did such an incident happen?”
“It was a drunk driving hit-and-run accident.”
“Drunk driving? Hit-and-run?”
It meant driving after drinking alcohol, but it didn’t make sense.
Humans shouldn’t drive after drinking, she thought.
“Drunk driving means driving after drinking, but humans lose concentration when they drink and can’t drive properly. Therefore, drunk driving is an act that violates the law. Hit-and-run is a crime.”
“I see. So the driver is a bad person.”
“In the Earth, drunk driving accidents happen often. It’s unfortunate.”
“I will help.”
Silvia learned that drunk driving was a very bad human.
From what she heard from Park Dahye, humans have bodies so weak that they can die from being hit by a car.
Liria felt sorry for Hong Doowon, who looked depressed after the drunk driving hit-and-run.
She wanted to help Hong Doowon somehow.
“How can you help?”
“I can use healing magic.”
“Healing magic…?”
Hong Doowon was desperate, like grabbing at a straw.
Seeing Liria’s confident expression, he had to grab the hope.
“Please, I beg of you. If you help, I will never forget the favor for the rest of my life.”
“I will do so.”
Liria nodded her head and answered.
Hong Doowon let out a sigh of relief.
Finally, could his beloved wife wake up?
The hospital said she might never wake up, but seeing the strange phenomena they showed, he was sure they could save his wife.
“Then Liria and I will go and come back. You stay here.”
“Yes. Lady Silvia.”
“We’ll be back.”
“We’ll be back.”
“Excuse me, how old are you two?”
“Me? Sixty years old?”
“Liria is twenty years old.”
“What?”
Hong Doowon was surprised that Silvia was older than him.
She looked similar to his daughter, but since she was a dragon, that made sense.
Moreover, Liria who looked like she was only ten years old was twenty.
“I was surprised that Lady Silvia was older than me. Was Liria twenty years old? I don’t know how to address you from now on.”
“Call me as you like.”
“Liria is Liria, so you can call me Liria.”
“Yes. Understood. I’ll call Lady Silvia as Lady Silvia, and Liria as Liria.”
Hong Doowon got into the car with Liria and Silvia.
The car was larger than the one Park Dahye rode in, and Liria wanted to sit in the back seat with Silvia.
“There were cars like this. What kind of car is this?”
“In Korea, cars of this kind are called vans.”
“Vans?”
“Yes. Depending on the vehicle, up to twelve people can ride. Among personally driven vehicles, it might be the one that can carry the most people.”
“I see. If I can ride with Liria, it doesn’t matter what it is.”
“Liria likes it if she can ride with her sister Silvia too.”
Indeed, it was much larger and roomier than Park Dahye’s small car, but for Silvia, it didn’t matter.
What mattered was riding with Liria.
“Then, let’s get going.”
Hong Doowon started driving, and within five minutes, the hospital came into view.
The hospital was located not too far from the cafe.
Hong Doowon parked and hurriedly opened the back door for them.
Liria and Silvia got out of the car and followed Hong Doowon.
“Liria can do it, right?”
“Yes. Sister Silvia.”
Liria had learned healing magic from Silvia, though it wasn’t her specialty, but a very useful magic.
But she had never used it in real combat.
Liria was excited about using healing magic for the first time in real life.
“Here it is.”
The hospital room Hong Doowon guided them to was a private room.
Hong Doowon, who had earned a lot of money with coffee, insisted on a private room for his wife.
After six years in the hospital, there was no sign of improvement, and she was gradually tiring out.
When he entered the hospital room guided by Hong Doowon, there was a woman who looked like Hong Doowon’s daughter sitting there, and on the bed was Hong Doowon’s wife lying down.
“Dad.”
“Jihye-ya.”
“Have you decided to go back to work?”
“That’s the thing.”
Hong Doowon was hesitating on what to say about the mysterious event that had happened to him today.
Hong Jihye saw Silvia’s figure from behind Hong Doowon.
It was a woman who seemed mysterious and intimidating.
“Dad, who is the woman behind you?”
“Come and greet her. She is the owner of the cafe I went to.”
“What? The coffee you were talking about? Nice to meet you.”
Hong Jihye thought it was amazing that Silvia was a cafe owner at such a young age.
Her father also had knowledge about coffee, but six years ago when her mom got sick, he quit his job.
Liria checked their good and evil, and found that Hong Doowon was the same.
Both were good people, as expected.
When a good man and woman meet, their children often have good personalities.
Hong Jihye was surprised to see Liria appear behind Silvia.
It was a young elf-like girl who didn’t even look ten years old.
Could there be such a cute person in the world?
Hong Jihye couldn’t hide her excitement upon seeing Liria in front of her.
The elf cosplay looked so perfect and adorable.
“Wow, so cute. Hello. I’m Hong Jihye. What’s your name?”
“Liria.”
“Ah, so cute. This is not good, I can’t help but smile.”
“You can smile now.”
“Thank you. This sister is having a hard time.”
Hong Jihye couldn’t smile because she couldn’t see her mom getting better.
She hadn’t met her close friend for six years, and she was taking care of her mother by alternating with her father.
“It’s okay because Liria is here.”
“Yeah. I’m grateful just for the heart.”
“Liria will make you better.”
Hong Jihye was really grateful to Liria who comforted her.
She thought she had to gather strength for Liria who came all this way.
Liria approached Hong Doowon’s wife lying on the bed and cast the healing magic.
Then, intense light was absorbed by her, and Hong Jihye couldn’t help but be surprised.
“What? What is this?”
The light appearing from Liria’s hand was strange, but she witnessed it being clearly absorbed by her mom.
What am I seeing?
Hong Jihye started doubting with her two eyes.
There was no way to explain this situation now.
“Jihye-ya. It may be hard to believe, but the two of you are from another world.”
“Another world?”
“Yes. A High Elf and a Dragon from another world.”
Hong Jihye couldn’t understand at all what her dad was saying.
From dad’s explanation, Liria had healed her mom.
She learned that dad’s words were true after hearing mom’s voice.