Chapter 42
Chapter 42
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 42
Chapter Title: Seriously?
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Seriously?
Of course, the main attraction of a maid cafe is obviously the maids.
Generally speaking, maids are women.
For men, it's butlers.
However, there are always exceptions.
Due to various complicated adult circumstances, there are times when men dress as maids.
Like right now.
"...Wh-what are you talking about?"
"Honey... it's me, don't you recognize me?"
I was that exception.
'Ah, this is ridiculously embarrassing.'
Using a feminine speech pattern was something I could manage with a bit of adjustment.
But this thoroughly business-like, customer-service tone just wouldn't stick to my tongue.
So I had hoped my first customer would be a regular one.
But Lera suddenly shows up with Yorang Garden RP and challenges me to WWE as the first customer.
- This is quite the pickle
- Heh heh
- Why is everyone suddenly using polite speech?
- Just go with it lol
- ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
- Dalaran† Gotta match Mungki sir's polite tone^^
- ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
I decided to play along moderately, ignoring the excited chat.
"So that's how it is."
"That's it? Isn't that casual speech? I'm your designated customer, you know."
"...Understood."
- But it's actually 4 hours in real time?
- Obviously, it's real time lol
- We spent an hour prepping the maid cafe and doing simulations lol
- 3 hours left
- 3 hours till liberation drums
But honestly, there wasn't anything special about running a maid cafe.
'The maid outfit is worn by the character, not me... I just have to act the part.'
So I figured once I got a little used to it, the embarrassment would vanish.
That was before Lera got serious.
"I'll add every service on the menu here, and of course, I'll tip... so you can give me your all-out service, right?"
'No, is she really this serious?'
Why is she in full serious-customer mode?
I panicked inwardly for a moment but quickly switched back to pro service mode.
"Services like... memorizing orders while eating, that sort of thing... right?"
"You can sing too, right? No dancing in real life, but singing is fine, I hear?"
"Yes, that's possible. But VIP song service is pricey, public songs are way better value...."
"No, VIP song service it is."
VIP service wasn't anything special.
You just move to a private space just for the customer, away from everyone else, and sing.
But despite it just being private vs. public, the price was three times higher.
'And she's going for that?'
How serious is she about my maid service?
Lera continued, unconcerned with my doubts.
"Sing 'Phone Cert' by 10cm... you know it, right?"
"Uh, y-yeah... I know it. But I might need to listen a few more times to nail it perfectly...."
"Then do that."
"Y-yes?"
"You heard me?"
"Yes."
But she seemed subtly annoyed—was that my imagination? Not exactly anger, though.
How to put it—bratty? Sulky?
'But why would she be sulky with me?'
Probably just my imagination.
Muttering to myself, I moved spots with Lera.
"But is it different from singing publicly?"
"Why ask that all of a sudden?"
"No reason, just... the price difference is three times...."
Truth be told, VIP wasn't anything fancy.
You just switch Discord rooms to a private one.
Turn off the Mark in-game mic, move your character to the "private room" area, and done.
Then sing.
'But how's this different from singing publicly?'
It's not like listening alone changes the experience.
- This guy's face shows he genuinely doesn't get it, so frustrating
- No dating experience? No dating experience? No dating experience? No dating experience? No dating experience?
- Seriously, no idea at all? Even manga would clue you in lol
- Doesn't watch his own forehead lol
- Romance novels would explain it
- Fr real, at least watch "Even Student Council Has Holes";;;
- No clue on trends
- Mungki sorry but clueless male leads are out these days ㅜㅜ
- At least watch "100 Girlfriends Who Really Really Really Really Really Love You" ㅠㅠ
- What's that lolololol
- Ah... Dropped some bait and the 'real' ones are crawling out
- Dalaran† Excessive anime talk will be chat-banned, please refrain
- Normiecon is anti-Dalaran as expected
- Mungchu
But viewers acted like my reaction was incomprehensible.
Funny thing was, they didn't seem to truly understand either.
Just nitpicking my words endlessly.
And this wasn't the first or second time.
Customer service lasted about 45 minutes, with 15 for store breaks.
So roughly one customer per hour.
The next after Lera was.
"Jjining lady...?"
"Call me Jjining master!"
Jjining.
And she did the same.
"VIP service! Absolutely!"
She requested VIP song service.
"For me, singing... 'Phone Cert' by 10cm."
"That song's popular today—Lera requested it too."
"Oh, then something else. Sing 'Garden Tree' please."
- Mentioning another customer while serving one -_-
- Lives without watching anime?
- No romance webnovels at all?
- Wanna recommend some lol
- Know "True Love Through Regression"?
- Zero service spirit
- 1 hour till liberation drums
Sing the song, chant the love spell on the omelet rice.
Chat a bit more, and another hour gone.
The last slot was EV lady.
And she too requested VIP song service.
"Already sang 'Phone Cert'? And 'Tree' too?"
"Yes, yes. Those are popular today."
"...Then any song recommendations? Like a song menu...."
- Whoa, been to a maid cafe IRL
- Real ones show dance lists sometimes
- Meow Bark Bark or Bark Meow Meow, that was good
- How's Mungmaid's karaoke service?
"Uh... 'Snow Flower' by Park Hyoshin?"
- What era song is that
- Fact: still charts in karaoke
- I'm early 20s and still belt out Snow Flower and ER
- True
- Suddenly smells like grandma's wardrobe
- ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
- Liberation drums soon
"Then sing that one please."
"Yep!"
After providing the same services to EV as the previous two.
The full 3 hours finally ended, and I could shed the maid skin.
"Mungki sir! Great job! But if you're up for continuing... or coming in tomorrow...."
"Ka-mung-sari."
"W-wait a sec!"
- ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
- Still sees me as staff?
- Just village PKs the place clean
- Maid me was actually a Knight?
- Time of long humiliation and oppression over—back to Knight Mungki
- Ka-mung-sari right to the chest
After settling my personal grudge against Dalgeun sir refreshingly, I left the maid cafe.
'Whew, never doing that again.'
Lucky it was just 3 hours.
A full day of it might've driven me insane.
"So now only the One-Day Date content later, right?"
- But night streams too frequent lately? Mark needs real-time participation too
- It's not like Mungki wants to go
- Nah, you want it too heh heh
- Ehhr
- I always want Mung-po *3*
After sorting things out.
I checked the Vacation Server roadmap online.
"Starting tomorrow, Exploration Zones 3 and 4 open simultaneously... and full Reinforcement Island from tomorrow too."
- Yeah tomorrow's the real deal
- So doing One-Day Date in this situation?
- Adventure King or bust?
"No, you're all misunderstanding. One-Day Date isn't tomorrow—it's later, like they said."
- Oh right
- Ah, that's it?
- Then full Mark grind tomorrow?
"Yeah, gotta seriously raid... fully reinforce Knight's sword too."
- Solid
- Mark focus solid
- But MongTube at 50k subs, no celebration?
"Suddenly?"
The MongTube mention popped up, so I checked the channel right away.
"No way, it's real."
I confirmed MongTube had hit 50k subscribers.
Truly emotional.
Halfway to 100k already.
'At 100k, I could show my YouTube for verification later.'
ID, driver's license, passport.
Beyond the usual three, I'd have a fourth.
A full YouTube channel!
Not that I'd actually use it.
Just knowing I could felt amazing.
- Already 50k
- What at 100k?
- Fan meet once
"Already drinking kimchi soup? But at 100k... maybe a Q&A? Fan meet's a bit much...."
How many would show for a male streamer's fan meet?
Chatting online vs. attending IRL are different.
Even with surveys, no-shows are common.
Honestly, no clue what to do at a fan meet, so not keen yet.
- Q&A good
- Panties what color heh heh
- Skirt what /Banned viewer
- Dalaran† Crazy lololol
- Too direct is Mungchu lololol
- Quick ban ㅇㅇ
- Time to prep Mungki for mainstream, chill guys
- Mungdroid dreams of the light
"Posting a 100k Q&A on MongTube community sounds nerve-wracking."
- I'm nervous too Mungkiyam
- Mungcheong viewers nervous for other reasons—Mungchu
- ㅁㅊ
- ㅁㅊ
- ㅁㅊ
- Mungchu baiting is kinda shameless lol
"Alright, Mark stream ends here for today—time to set up subs and fan cafe?"
- Dalaran† Finally doing it
- Fr
- Crazy bastard
- Doing it now?
- Super slow rower style huh
Subs mean steady monthly income.
Fan cafe: viewers post content themselves—free valuable stuff.
Downside: mismanage and it dies.
But I had a capable manager, no worries.
'And recruit more cafe admins....'
As I calculated endless growth ahead.
A new email alert hit the business inbox.
I opened it and was stunned.
'Hm? Inviting me to a big tournament?'
Garden platform had tons of tournaments.
Popular ones: LoL, StarCraft mainly.
Valorant, PUBG rising lately.
But hard to top LoL/Star.
LoL had top-tier streamer tourneys.
But mid/low-tier ones too.
And the low-tier LoL tourney 'Mud War'.
From there.
'Seriously?'
They contacted me for recruitment.