"Good morning, Mr. Manager!"
Noelle was already waiting outside the shop. The moment she saw him approaching, she greeted him politely.
"You’re here this early? You must’ve been waiting for a while."
With the sound of a key turning, the heavy wooden door swung open.
"Come inside. The morning sun is pretty harsh. If you get tanned standing out here, I’ll feel bad."
"All right. Thank you, Manager."
Noelle smiled sweetly and followed him inside.
"Here, take this spare key. From now on, you can open the shop yourself instead of standing outside waiting like a dummy."
Kamisato Satoru casually handed her the key.
"Okay!"
"Today, I’ll demonstrate the entire process for you. Tomorrow, we’ll officially open for business."
"Once I leave Mondstadt, I’ll hand over complete management of the shop to you. You’ll basically be the little boss around here."
"Huh? I can’t do that! I’m sure I’d mess everything up..."
Noelle hurriedly waved her hands, looking extremely flustered.
"Trust me. You’re more than capable."
Kamisato Satoru encouraged her from the side.
This girl was actually a hidden treasure. If she could get her hands on the right Artifacts, she might even be able to pilot a Gundam across Teyvat someday.
When it came to cooking, housework, and all the other little details of daily life, there was probably no one in all of Mondstadt who could compare to her.
The process of making cold drinks was actually quite straightforward. Kamisato Satoru only needed to demonstrate it once before Noelle displayed astonishing comprehension.
Before long, the drinks she made were already virtually indistinguishable from his own in both appearance and taste.
"Perfect. We open tomorrow!"
Kamisato Satoru slapped the table decisively and set the date.
"No problem!"
...
On opening day, Kamisato Satoru deliberately got up early.
Eula and the others also got ready, planning to stop by later and show their support.
By the time the sun had risen high into the sky, Mondstadt’s residents were gradually passing by the shop with its strangely named signboard.
Quite a few entered out of sheer curiosity.
"Boss, give me one of those Lemon Mint drinks and an order of fried chicken!"
"I’ll try a cup of that bubble tea everyone’s talking about!"
"I’d like a Wolfhook Nectar, please."
Business was unexpectedly booming. Many of Mondstadt’s residents were fascinated by these strange new foods and drinks they’d never seen before.
The shop itself also had a quiet, elegant atmosphere, so customers were more than happy to sit at the natural wooden tables and chairs and leisurely enjoy their orders.
"Wow, business is actually this good?"
By the time Eula and the others arrived, the first-floor dining area was nearly packed.
Even Good Hunter, the most famous restaurant in Mondstadt, probably only drew this many customers during peak mealtimes.
"Welcome! Find yourselves a seat wherever you like!"
Kamisato Satoru emerged from the kitchen wearing an apron.
With Noelle handling things inside, he was practically bored out of his mind.
"What would you like to drink?"
"Let’s start with the bubble tea everyone’s been talking about lately."
"No problem. Noelle, send six bubble teas upstairs!"
Kamisato Satoru shouted toward the kitchen.
"Okay! They’ll be ready right away!"
"We’ve got private rooms upstairs. Let’s go up there and talk."
Kamisato Satoru led the way, guiding everyone to the second floor.
"Judging by how things are going, the opening of your shop might deal quite a blow to the city’s traditional taverns."
Eula couldn’t help commenting as she watched the customers happily enjoying their drinks.
Teyvat had similar beverages before, but the selection had always been far too limited.
"Wouldn’t that be a good thing? Just looking at a bunch of drunks who spend every day drinking themselves senseless gives me a headache."
Kamisato Satoru curled his lips dismissively.
It was the middle of the day, yet there were still so many people soaking themselves in alcohol instead of working.
"You do have a point."
Eula nodded in agreement.
"By the way, Brother, what exactly is the ’turtle’ on that sign supposed to mean?"
Kamisato Ayaka smiled sweetly at him, but her voice carried a chill that sent shivers down the spine.
"Hahahaha!"
"Ayaka, it means exactly what you think it means. Trust your instincts."
Kamisato Satoru couldn’t hold it in anymore and doubled over laughing.
Shing!
A visible wave of cold instantly radiated from Kamisato Ayaka’s body, as though the temperature across the entire second floor had dropped several degrees.
The Mistsplitter Reforged, gleaming with an eerie violet light, slid half an inch from its sheath with a crisp metallic ring.
"Kamisato Art: Sou..."
"Hey, hey! Don’t be impulsive! Calm down!"
Seeing Cryo rapidly gathering around them, Kamisato Satoru hurriedly stopped her.
This wasn’t some virtual game.
If she actually unleashed that move here, the second floor he’d worked so hard to renovate would probably be reduced to ruins.
"Phew..."
Kamisato Ayaka took a deep breath, forcibly suppressed her anger, and slowly slid her sword back into its sheath.
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