Chapter 4: Liria Becomes the CEO
Liria pulled a pack of Eleas coffee beans weighing roughly ten kilograms from her dimensional storage.
The group stared at the beans in her hands and shook their heads.
“This is worth thirty million won? We don’t have money right now.”
“The taste is incredible, and the fatigue recovery effect is too strong. We might not even be able to sell it if we don’t have it.”
“But if Liria stops supplying, our cafe will be finished, won’t it?”
“Exactly. The cafe will depend entirely on Liria.”
“Still, we can’t give up on Eleas coffee.”
“Money can be paid slowly. Liria received great help from you all after arriving on Earth.”
“That’s a good idea. Let’s make Liria the CEO of our cafe.”
Without them, Liria would have suffered greatly while recovering her mana.
It was only natural to repay their kindness without any conditions.
Kim Gayoung had decided to turn the cafe they were preparing into one dedicated to Liria.
Since they would focus on Eleas coffee, they couldn’t operate without her.
There was still plenty of time until opening day, so they could make Liria the official business owner before then.
Kim Gayoung explained her full plan to everyone.
Liria would be the CEO, but the cafe would be operated by three people.
Without Liria, they wouldn’t have succeeded even if they had opened the cafe themselves.
Moreover, the building had little foot traffic, which made it even more difficult.
But with Liria as CEO, they were certain it would succeed.
They would only sell Eleas coffee, so the taste would be guaranteed.
They planned to use Liria as a promotional model to attract customers.
Of course, this required Liria’s permission.
“Liria, it’s a wonderful idea.”
“Really?”
“It seems like a brilliant plan.”
“I like it too. We’ll get to see Liria often.”
“That’s the biggest point. If we only supply, we’ll only see her face briefly, but as CEO she’ll appear much more frequently.”
As Kim Gayoung had said, with Liria as CEO there was a good chance she would stay in the cafe longer than just for supplying.
Liria accepted their proposal.
If she wanted to earn money on Earth, she would need the help of Earthlings, so it was convenient for her as well.
“Then shall we make a contract?”
Liria signed the contract with them, and a means of generating revenue on Earth was created.
Liria wanted to share this happy news with her parents.
For that, she needed a gift for them as well.
“Liria needs a lot of desserts and snacks.”
“Want more to eat?”
“Just say. I’ll make everything.”
“What would you like to eat, Liria?”
“I plan to tell my parents about the contract today. I’ll bring desserts and snacks for them.”
“Ah, Liria becoming CEO, but she’s still just a child.”
“I completely forgot.”
They suddenly realized Liria’s age.
She looked no older than ten, yet she knew how to run a business.
They found Liria incredibly impressive, but kept it to themselves.
“Well received.”
Liria placed all the desserts they had prepared into her dimensional storage.
She also received countless snacks and drinks from the convenience store.
Liria suddenly realized that on Earth there was a drink called cola.
Coffee was good, but cola was one of the drinks Liria liked.
While Liria rested in the cafe, they bought plenty of snacks she would enjoy from the convenience store.
Of course, elves had the stereotype of being vegetarian, so they chose only non-meat items.
“Thank you. I’ll eat well.”
Liria put all the snacks they gave her into her dimensional storage.
Since she wasn’t yet ready to stay in Korea, they decided to help her.
This coffee business was Liria’s first important venture, so they had to help her settle in Korea somehow.
They decided to handle all preparations for Liria and the business.
Liria planned to return home as soon as she recovered the mana needed for spatial movement.
They wanted to take a photo with Liria.
“Can I take a photo with Liria?”
“Of course.”
Kim Gayoung took out her smartphone and snapped a group photo.
Liria tilted her head at the unfamiliar device.
“What is that?”
“It’s a smartphone. Ah, Liria wouldn’t know.”
“Smart phone?”
Liria tilted her head again.
She didn’t understand the word ‘smart’ attached to ‘phone’.
Liria watched the smartphone they showed her.
Besides the camera, it could do the internet, television, games, and many other things.
Liria couldn’t hide her surprise. Had Earth’s civilization advanced this far?
It was far more advanced than when she had been on Earth.
Liria decided she would buy that smartphone as soon as she earned money.
On Selenia, the internet might not be available, but other functions could be used, and she needed a way to contact people on Earth.
“Liria wants to buy a smartphone.”
“I’ll buy one for you.”
“Ooh.”
“You gave over three million gold coins, so this is nothing.”
“It’s hard today, but I’ll give it to you next time.”
“If you need anything else, just say.”
Liria couldn’t hide her excitement at the promise to buy the smartphone.
She had thought something with so many functions would be extremely expensive.
But she had planned to buy it eventually by selling coffees, yet Kim Gayoung said she would buy it right away.
She thought it might not be as expensive as she expected.
“Liria, can I pet you once?”
“No, I’ll buy it. I want to pet it too.”
“I want to pet it too.”
“Then let’s decide to give something else besides the smartphone.”
“That’s a good idea. There are plenty of things to give besides the smartphone.”
“Wonderful.”
“Do as you like.”
They began petting Liria with tense expressions.
Liria was expressionless at first, but gradually her face softened.
She had been petted many times by her parents, Silvia, her brothers, and even the elves.
Her heart felt at ease, so her expression naturally relaxed.
“What? Really, her hair is amazing.”
“Liria smells so good. I want to keep smelling.”
After petting, they stopped, feeling a bit regretful.
They had wanted to touch her face too, but that would have been improper.
“An elf royalty, is it okay to pet like this?”
“Ah, I forgot. Liria is a princess?”
“Isn’t it okay if Liria keeps her mouth shut?”
“That’s right.”
“It’s fine. Other elves have petted Liria a lot.”
Liria had allowed many elves to pet or hug her.
Liria was loved by all elves.
Thanks to Liria, other humans and demi-humans were careful around the elves.
Even if they started a war to seize land, humans wouldn’t be able to defeat elves, let alone High Elves.
Moreover, High Elves and dragons were close allies, so if the elves were threatened, the dragons would become their enemies.
High Elves and dragons had been close friends since ancient times, and with Liria they had become even closer.
“Ah, Liria is so cute that other elves receive so much cuteness from her.”
“Elves often ask for favors.”
“Huhu, Liria should be appropriately cute. Is there anyone as cute as Liria in this world or that world?”
“Truly, even though she’s an elf, how can she be this cute?”
“Real virtual characters aren’t this cute.”
“Yes. Her voice is too good.”
Liria was very familiar with the word ‘cute’.
So she didn’t react to their praise.
She simply looked at them expressionlessly.
Liria had recovered enough mana to return to the cafe after sufficient rest.
“Then Liria will come again next time.”
“Liria. Thank you. See you next time.”
“Liria. Really thank you.”
“Liria. Thank you.”
They sincerely thanked Liria.
They had made Liria the CEO, but it would actually benefit them far more.
Instead of a normal cafe CEO, having Liria as a special cafe employee would be better.
After Liria left, they fell into deep thought.
They had never imagined such good fortune would come to them.