105 – Symbol of Peace (2)
-Tonight, there was an attack by a monster at an apartment in D City. The magical girl who received the report was immediately dispatched, but unfortunately most of the residents were missing…
A mass disappearance occurred in this city last night. Jo Ah-yoon clicked her tongue while watching the news. There is only bad news recently.
“I can hear the news from here that customers are stopping….”
I secretly wanted it to be a hidden attraction known only to those in the know, but that doesn’t mean I wanted it to be a shabby place that no one visits. There are only a few days left until the opening of business, but the only rumors that dominate this city are repeated disappearances and deaths.
“Wouldn’t it be better to open a store and talk about things like that?”
Challang. The door bell rang and Inyoung came into the store. As the snow was falling outside, he shook off the white particles that had accumulated on his shoulders and smiled bitterly.
“What was your motivation even before opening the store? “You have to be prepared to launch a franchise.”
“My goal is a hip attraction. “I have no intention of becoming famous.”
“You shouldn’t even think about ruining it.”
Han Jaejoong chuckled and pulled up a chair in front of the bar table and sat down. Jo Ayun gave Han Jaejoong some pre-boiled coffee and praised him for his hard work.
“Yes, yes. I will think positively. Good job scouting. “What… did you find anything?”
Han Jaejoong, who took a mouthful of coffee, exclaimed “Oh” And answered the question.
“As expected, nothing special.”
“Ha….”
Within a few seconds of saying positive thoughts, Jo Ayun let out a deep sigh. It was frustrating to have power but not be able to find something to use it on.
It is clear that the culprit of recent murders and disappearances is a monster. If you were human, you would definitely leave traces. The mass disappearance incident that occurred yesterday. Is it possible for someone other than a monster to make so many people disappear without a trace?
The problem is that although the circumstances are clear that there is a monster, the monster is never found. This was the same for the two transformed humans with the ability to track monsters, and it was heartbreaking.
If it is near D5, it will be caught by the belt’s reaction, and if it comes in from outside, it will be reported before that and the magic girl will be dispatched. Of course, if the criminal is an S-class monster capable of using disguise, there is a possibility that he will not be reported until the disguise is removed.
Nevertheless, in the process of escaping, he must be caught by two transformed humans or a magic girl.
Once discovered, rescue itself is easy. But its discovery is impossible.
“You bastards like cockroaches… You hid so well, damn it!!!”
The risk of going bankrupt even before opening. Jo Ayun took a sip of coffee in anger. The thousand dollars in my heart was hotter than the hot coffee. So much so that I can cool down right away…
“Oh f*ck, it’s hot.”
I couldn’t cool it down.
The steaming coffee attacked Jo Ayun’s delicate skin. Instead of cooling down, my stomach burned even more. Jo Ayun, who was startled, spit out the coffee in her mouth.
“Oh my, you b*tch, I told you to kill your personality. Are you okay? “Are you hurt anywhere?”
Han Jaejoong quickly took out a tissue and wiped her mouth. Jo Ayun pretended to cry and leaned against his gentle touch.
“Ugh hehehe oppa….”
“I should have chosen more carefully.”
“I have a feeling… This store is my destiny… Just like when I saw my older brother or Seolhwa.”
Originally, it was just interest and liking. However, as time passed, Jo Ayun developed an intuition that this store was the only place she could go. Blind faith rather than certainty. Like Romeo and Juliet, whose love consumed her life in just a few days, she was imbued with the determination to put down roots in this place.
It was truly a fateful meeting.
However, if you make a passionate decision, you will also have to deal with the spicy smoke. Looking at D5 o’clock, where people were leaving day by day, Jo Ayun felt a keen sense of responsibility.
It was a mistake that young entrepreneurs often make, thinking, ‘I can be successful.’
‘What should I do with this…?’
Han Jaejoong patted the back of Joa Yoon, who was pressing her cheek against his chest, and suppressed a sigh. Anyway, the president is Jo Ayun. She knows that she can’t argue with her own decisions.
I know that, but I couldn’t help but feel mixed feelings when someone who said he wanted to enjoy a happy slow life was going through hardships on his own.
“Let’s take a look around one more time later. Huh? You can’t fall down already. This is Jo Ah-yoon, whom I adore. “You can do your best, right?”
“Ugh….”
Jo Ayun repeatedly pressed her cheek into his broad chest. It was a movement similar to that of a kitten rubbing against its mother.
Challang. When the doorbell rang, Jo Ayun quickly released her hug from him like a butterfly and assumed a relaxed, hostess-like posture.
Han Jaejoong glanced at her as if she was dumbfounded and then turned around to yell at her uninvited guest.
“This place hasn’t opened yet….”
“What, you really opened a cafe?”
“I said I didn’t open it.”
Without pretending to listen to what he said, the uninvited guest slyly moved his feet into the store. His eyes were fixed on Jo Ayun.
“It’s been a while. Pink Deneb.”
“…What. “How did you know about this place?”
The two seemed familiar. As Han Jaejoong was quietly examining the face, a flash of light appeared in a corner of his consciousness. Han Jaejoong also unilaterally knew about this uninvited guest.
“Altarimu.”
Orange Altair. She is a long-distance magic girl who uses bow magic to snipe from several kilometers away.
I know that he played a decent role in the original work. Above all, the character was so unique that it was bound to be memorable.
“…How long are you going to call me that damn nickname?”
“Why does it stick to your mouth so well, Altarimu?”
“Whoa… that’s it.”
Because she used to pick fights with Pink Deneb and Jo Ayun. She is an unusual person who has an inferiority complex to Pink Deneb, who is the number one anti and has the lowest win rate.
“What can I say to a girl who isn’t even a magical girl anymore?”
“Hey, it’s been a while since I last saw you, and you’ve lost even more cheesy stuff, Altarimu.”
“Shut up…!”
Han Jaejoong admired Jo Ayun. If it were like the old days, I would have immediately thrown the cup in my hand at that nerve-wracking tone of voice. I don’t know if it’s because I’ve matured or because I’m used to it, but I’m slyly accepting it.
Han Jaejoong was moved by Jo Ayun’s more thoughtful tone of speech. My child has already grown so much. I also get along well with my friends.
“So what is it? “How did you find out about this place?”
“You don’t need to know that.”
She cut off her sentence with a sneer and looked around the inside of her store.
“When I asked what I was going to do after quitting being a magical girl… Were you thinking about this? “Does this mean you’re going to quit this world altogether?”
I thought I had stopped walking, but somehow I got caught up in it. Have you ever transformed into a belt? Do you want to be struck like a butterfly? The anger boiling deep inside was cut away with reason like a blade.
Ayun Jo smiled and spoke to the grateful customer who gave her early access to the truth experience even before business began.
“No, customer, don’t be damned… If you don’t want to drink tea, leave.”
“What are you selling?”
“We are not open for business yet. “I’m not selling it.”
“What should I do?”
“It means get out.”
Huh, indeed. Orange Altair let out a hollow laugh several times and swept up his hair. He violently took off the sunglasses he had used for disguise and focused his burning eyes on Jo Ayun.
“Yes, you can just leave. “What a boring store!”
“Oh, what a fun interior! Is it hip? YOUNG? Omoshiroi….”
Challang. After that, another uninvited guest came in. This time, Jaejoong Han was also someone I knew.
“Mr. Dabih….”
“Hey, don’t call me so harsh! Let’s call it a day! I give you the right to call me by my name!”
White Dabih, Otonashi It was a day. A new uninvited guest grabbed her by the shoulders and pushed her in the face from behind.
“You also have the right to call me by my name! “In the past, I wish you had treated me well!”
Red Vega. It was Baek A-hee. Jaejoong Han immediately learned how the first uninvited guest, Orange Altair, came to this store. Jo Ayun was like that too.
“You guys told me…?”
“Huh? Nani (what)? Aha. Yes! “I started the rumor!”
Haru looked back at Joayun and Altair and confidently affirmed.
“Senpai is opening a store, but I can’t just sit there and watch! I promoted this to every magical girl I met! How is it! Boku, erai (I’m in trouble)?”
“Hey you b*tch.”
In the end, Jo Ayun couldn’t bear it anymore and threw the coffee bean. He looked rough and without hesitation, like when he was chasing a ghost. For a moment, he wondered if coffee beans would drive away ghosts, but Jaejoong Han was convinced that they would be good at catching Western ghosts.
“There are people to inform and there are people not to inform. “Why did you tell him?”
“Eh, Senpai. As for Ijime, no. Stop the violence! “Telling only some people and not others is bullying!”
“That’s not bullying, you b*tch.”
There was an indescribable goal between Orange Altair and Pink Deneb.
The two work in the form of support for magical girls who go on missions from afar.
If they had become closer because their scope of activities was similar, things would have been easier, but their personalities could not allow that.
The rift between Pink Deneb, who prioritizes rescuing civilians, and Orange Altair, who prioritizes overthrowing monsters, has become increasingly deeper.
Even among the reds, pinks, and oranges that are often grouped in the summer triangle, the relationship gradually worsened as the oranges often bitten the worst-performing pink.
You dim even our light. Orange Altair’s verbal abuse did not have much of an effect on Jo Yun’s defeatism, and each time he did so, he only got more heated and scolded her. Are you trash with no desire to improve?
“She’s crazy about those grades….”
The confrontation between Altair and Jo Ayun, who glared at each other like two dogs, ended with Jo Ayun retreating first.
“Ha… That’s it. Yes, it would be nice if more people knew me. Since I’m here to play, I’ll give you something to ride. “Do you know how to drink coffee?”
“I don’t like it!”
“Ehehehe, hey… Me too.”
“It’s going to turn.”
Joayun looked at the two and then glanced at Orange Altair.
“By the way, I don’t have yours.”
“I know! “Even if I give it to you, I won’t eat it!”
Boom! He left, slamming the door shut.
“Close gently, b*tch!”
“…That friend is upset. Are you okay?”
“Not a friend. “Whether you sulk or not, you’re my alpha.”
Han Jaejoong was worried about Jo Ayun, but her voice was extremely cold.
Jo A-yoon put her arm on her bar table and rested her chin on it, looking at the other two uninvited guests.
“So, what are you guys here for? “I can’t even drink coffee.”
“Let’s play!”
“I missed you after a long time… Oh, was it a nuisance…?”
Baek Ah-hee’s eyes became more like a gloomy crescent moon, and she hesitated and clutched her stomach. The object of attention was Han Jaejoong.
“Jaejoong?”
“No, what is that? “Have fun to your heart’s content.”
“Oppa. “Do you know what kind of playground this is?”
“Well, I’m an adult now too!”
“Even so, I’m still a kid.”
“Jiknyeo is taller!”
“You got caught later.”
White Davich, who ran away while laughing, was hit with a violent drop kick to the back of the head.
Han Jae-joong, who was looking at the scene happily, approached Baek A-hee and asked.
“So? “Would you like coffee or something else?”
“Ah. Are you okay. “I brought my own drinks.”
Baek Ah-hee rummaged through her bag and she took out a large bottle of vodka.
“…What is this?”
“You couldn’t drink alcohol before. So.”
“But why this?”
“…? Because it’s cool…?”
Han Jaejoong sighed deeply and looked around at the vodka bottle.
“Hey, Mr. Vega. This is really cool. “It’s 40 degrees?”
“Well, still. “I wanted to give it a try…”
Baek Ah-hee looked at Han Jae-joong with bright eyes. It was a look filled with hope.
“I wanted to have my first drink in my life with Jaejoong… Was it a nuisance?”
I subtly pressed my abdomen to his waist. Jaejoong Han, who was not unaware of the threat contained in his words, frowned and stepped back.
“Okay.”
And then headed to the refrigerator.
“Instead, I will mix something for you. That’s okay, right? “I feel bad if I drink something like this from the beginning.”
“Yes~”
“Please give me some of mine too!”
“You will end up drinking porridge in the emergency room today.”
“Kaaa! Joints…don’t break them!”
The gloomy atmosphere until now has become brighter. Han Jae-joong smiled happily as he saw Jo Ayun’s tension noticeably increase. He’s an uninvited guest, but it’s not that bad.
Baek A-hee spoke in front of him who took out ice and juice.
“Oh, and this isn’t a big story.”
“Yes. “What is it?”
“You said Dabih promoted this store to his seniors, right?”
“Yes. “Why is that?”
“It looks like it reached the headquarters.”
“Yes.”
“They say they want to use this cafe as a base for the D5 City incident.”
“Yes… Yes?”
Why is that not a big deal? When I shot Baek Ah-hee with those eyes, she just smiled slyly.
“Compared to me and Jaejoong sharing a drink, it’s not that big of a story, right…? “Why do you look at me like that?”
Something like fireworks. Han Jaejoong swallowed a curse in his mind.
