Chapter 40: Restaurant
“You two are trying steak for the first time, aren’t you?”
“That’s right.”
“Then, if it’s your first time, I recommend the medium or medium-well doneness.”
“I understand.”
Silvia didn’t quite grasp what she was saying, but she nodded anyway.
Liria had never once tasted steak while living on Earth.
She had never imagined that after becoming an elf, she would be eating steak.
If she hadn’t come to Earth, she wouldn’t have thought of eating meat at all.
Since she had eaten meat several times and found it fine, she believed steak would be okay too.
Liria hoped that the steak would suit her palate.
“Liria’s steak-eating video would be so fun, don’t you think?”
“Yeah. It would be an amazing hit.”
“It would look super cute.”
Na Sujeong clenched her fist and said.
Liria seemed to understand why she was doing YouTube.
Liria would earn a lot from YouTube, but the cafe’s profits would also be substantial.
“You’re doing YouTube for Liria’s business.”
“That’s right.”
“If one day her identity is revealed, wouldn’t it be better to reveal it on YouTube instead?”
“That would be fine. You two don’t have a problem revealing your identities.”
After all, if they were going to reveal Liria and Silvia’s identities, it would be better on YouTube.
Revealing their identities would have both good and bad points, but good points would also arise.
Especially if magic was uploaded to YouTube, the ripple effect would be enormous.
“If I release the polymorph, it would definitely be revealed to humans.”
“But Liria likes her current appearance.”
“Of course, since I haven’t shown my dragon form in front of Liria, I have no intention of releasing it anytime soon.”
Silvia didn’t want to imagine Liria feeling alienated by her appearance.
So for twenty years, she had never released her polymorph in front of Liria even once.
It was only when she occasionally went to human villages alone for fun.
“How did you two come to Earth?”
“Liria came from another world. Space travel is possible.”
“Wow, space travel?”
“It seems you can go anywhere you want.”
“Then what about you, Silvia?”
“Me? It’s possible, but not to the extent of Liria.”
Na Sujeong immediately realized Liria’s space travel ability was immense.
It was astonishing to jump between worlds with magic.
Na Sujeong found it incredibly surprising that there were planets with intelligent life besides Earth.
Scientists kept searching but had never confirmed life on another exoplanet.
Even within the solar system, they expected life on some moons but hadn’t proven it.
She wondered what reaction scientists would have if they learned about Liria and Silvia.
“Does Liria know which direction Earth is from the Selenia planet and how far away it is?”
“I don’t know.”
“I think it might be another universe. After all, there’s no mana on Earth.”
If there was mana on Earth, mages would have appeared long ago, but she hadn’t seen even one.
Na Sujeong’s guess was that Liria came from another universe.
In the same universe, the same physical laws would apply, so mana should exist on Earth too.
But contrary to Na Sujeong’s expectation, there was faint mana on Earth.
“There is faint mana even on Earth.”
“What? Then is it possible for Earthlings to become mages?”
Na Sujeong was extremely surprised that there was mana on Earth.
There was hope that Earthlings might become mages.
“Earth’s mana is very scarce. Even on mana-rich Selenia, humans find it hard to become mages, let alone Earth.”
“Is that so?”
Na Sujeong felt a pang of regret inwardly.
Thinking about it, she had never seen anyone using magic on Earth even once.
If she had, she would have blown up the YouTube channel long ago.
Even without that, it would have been a big news on the internet.
“If you show space travel on a live YouTube broadcast, the ripple effect would be immense.”
“That’s right. As long as the passport issue is resolved, you can go anywhere in the world immediately.”
“You can travel the world eating mukbang videos.”
Na Sujeong thought it was amazing that there were endless ways to use space travel in broadcasting.
You could travel the world quickly every day and do mukbang.
While doing cafe work, you could take a short break during lunch to go abroad and come back.
“Upon thinking again, instead of revealing Liria’s identity directly, how about revealing it indirectly?”
“Indirectly?”
“Yes.”
Na Sujeong thought that showing strange videos indirectly to make subscribers realize there was no editing would have greater impact than revealing magic and her origin from another world from the start.
If Liria showed space travel live right now, some people might believe it, but it wouldn’t be fun.
If she subtly showed abilities beyond human in the video, things like CG or editing would start being talked about among subscribers.
Then, when experts determine if it’s edited or not, the game is over.
During that time, people would rewatch the videos many times, gaining views, and it would be beneficial in many ways.
“That’s a great idea.”
“It would be fun, don’t you think?”
“Liria agrees.”
Liria also agreed with Na Sujeong’s opinion.
“For Liria, logistics would be the best way to make money,”
“Just one large cargo ship would make an enormous profit?”
“It’s said that transporting one large cargo ship to the US costs hundreds of thousands of dollars. Plus, it takes over ten days.”
“Honestly, even just one day of logistics would earn more than a year of cafe work?”
“I haven’t thought about it yet.”
They could feel how unbelievable Liria’s ability was.
It took at least ten days to transport to the US by cargo ship, but it could be reduced to ten seconds.
If Liria did logistics, she could become the richest person in the world, but she hadn’t thought about it.
She didn’t know what would happen later, but for now, the cafe was enough.
“Looking at it this way, Liria seems even more amazing.”
“Liria likes the cafe. She wanted to do it since long ago.”
“So, you’re running a cafe.”
“Liria can use spatial magic and pocket dimension magic too, right, sister Silvia?”
“Ah, that’s right.”
Although Silvia’s pocket dimension magic lacked time magic, since it doesn’t take even ten seconds to move cargo, time magic is meaningless.
It only shines when storing food for a long time.
“Even if you do logistics, you’ll continue the cafe?”
“That’s what I plan to do.”
Liria nodded.
The cafe was her first business, and she had wanted to do it since her previous life because she loved coffee.
Opening the cafe was also fate.
Becoming the owner of the building was great too.
The group that arrived at the destination followed Hong Doowon to the restaurant.
Silvia had enormous anticipation for eating out on Earth for the first time.
Upon arriving at the restaurant, a woman who seemed to be a staff member was greeting the guests.
“Hello. Have you made a reservation?”
“Yes. It’s under Hong Doowon.”
“How many people are in your group?”
“Nine.”
The female staff checked the people behind Hong Doowon and was startled upon seeing Liria.
It was the girl she had seen briefly at the free tasting event.
Liria looked like she was cosplaying as an elf, and she was so cute that she wanted to hug her.
The staff member guided the group for Hong Doowon’s party and they sat down.
“We’ve never been to this restaurant before.”
“We haven’t either.”
Only Hong Doowon’s family had been to the restaurant, and everyone was experiencing it for the first time.
Silvia was excited about the steak.
The food they had eaten so far had been quite delicious, but how delicious would a high-end steak that Hong Doowon called premium be?
Although taste is subjective, she believed high-end food was always delicious.
“What doneness of steak would everyone like?”
The group, who had searched in advance in the car on the way to the restaurant, all started ordering medium or medium-well.
On the other hand, Liria and Silvia were pondering what to order.
“I don’t know what to eat.”
“I don’t know either.”
“You don’t have to worry about that. The beef here is top-grade.”
“Then Liria will go with medium-well.”
“Then I will go with medium.”
Everyone decided on their orders, and Hong Doowon called the staff.
The female staff who had greeted them first came, glancing at Liria.
While taking the order, she forced herself not to smile at Liria’s cuteness.
After the order was placed, bread and soup drinks were served first.
She immediately talked to her junior when she returned.
“How was it?”
“It was super cute. Seeing it up close made it even cuter.”
“I should have gone to the free tasting.”
“Then, shall I bring the steak for you?”
“Really?”
“Yes. Since I saw it up close, it’s enough.”
“Thank you so much.”
She hugged her junior tightly and said.
Because she was a kind senior who helped her when she was in trouble, she had no problem giving up the chance.
Her boss was a person who was crazy about cute things, and she fell for Liria at first sight from afar.
But since her junior was the one who had the free tasting, she had to watch from afar and was very regretful.
When she heard about the free tasting from her junior, she regretted not going then.