I Didn't Lull You to Sleep Only for You to Be Obsessed With Me - Chapter 58
RP: Haebaragi_syk
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Chapter 30.1
Hannah thought for a moment.
“It was delicious, but… umm. As you know, I’m not a person who’s moved easily…”
April chuckled. Even though she laughed in a seemingly innocent manner, in Hannah’s eyes, her smile seemed sinister.
“If you want to hear the recipe, you’ll have no choice but to join me.”
“Why?”
April exclaimed.
“The cream was made by me whipping the espresso for thirty minutes!”
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In conclusion, April’s plan was a success, and Hannah was halfway convinced.
“So, in order to drink that, I have to whip it for thirty minutes every day?”
“Yes. That’s why I want to partner with you. I want to invent an automatic whipping machine.”
“An automatic whipping machine?”
Hannah looked as if she was thinking about what absurd nonsense that was.
‘It’s understandable.’
April wondered why tools such as electric whisk hadn’t been invented in a place where alchemy was so advanced, and the reason was simple. It was because labor here was cheap compared to Korea. Therefore, it was much cheaper for bakers to simply use whisks rather than for a high-level alchemist to research and develop an electric whisk.
However, April was different. There was no need to spare any expense when one of the wealthiest men in the empire personally offered to hire an alchemist.
“So, did Miss April whisk it yourself for thirty minutes to make this for me?”
“If you count practice sessions, even more.”
“Oh, my goodness.”
At her words, Hannah covered her mouth with both hands, and before long, tears welled up in the corners of her gray eyes.
‘H-Huh?’
While she was taken aback by the sudden turn of events, Hannah grabbed her hand again.
“I’m so touched. I’ll do it! Let’s do it! Let’s open a cafe together!”
April was dumbfounded.
‘…Isn’t the point a bit off?’
However, the Hannah in front of her had a truly touched expression, and the ending was a happy one. Moreover, since she liked the dalgona coffee, it seemed like a good ending for everyone.
April closed her eyes and smiled faintly.
“Well then, please take care of me from now on.”
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April spent the whole day discussing with Hannah what the cafe needed—electric whisks, steamers, and so on. Hannah, who had been hesitant at their first meeting, now actively participated.
In particular, she showed interest in the steamer, though April’s favorite reaction was this.
“I apologize for disregarding coffee. April was as passionate about coffee as I am about alchemy. Even though my master taught me never to ignore someone dedicated to their studies, I seem to have momentarily forgotten his words.”
“Hahaha. To that extent…”
“So, from now on, I’m going to try drinking coffee little by little, starting with dalgona coffee.”
It truly was a good ending.
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‘Oh, my God, I’m dying.’
It was dinner time.
April let out a groan as she picked up her fork to eat the salad served as an appetizer. It was the aftereffect of days of diligently making dalgona cream. She then glanced at her slightly trembling right hand as if it could turn into dalgona coffee.
‘Four hundred times…’
Although she hadn’t counted the numbers precisely, she now knew that four hundred times was far from enough to make all that dalgona cream. It was probably not four hundred, but maybe four thousand times.
And the cost of those four thousand times paid off.
‘…I can’t lift my right arm.’
What she had overlooked was that ‘April’ was a noblewoman.
Despite being mistreated by her family, she was still a member of the Renoen family, so even though she was treated like a troublemaker, she didn’t work as a servant. Having never lifted anything heavier than cutlery, the dalgona coffee project was overwhelming for her.
‘Still, I thought I’d gained some stamina while working at a cafe for the past month, but I guess not.’
As April sighed, Asher, who had been quietly watching her from the side, asked with worry.
“Sister, are you okay?”
The child set down the fork and gently massaged her arm. Even though he diligently massaged it with his small and delicate hands, there was still no feeling.
“Asher. Sister is okay, so eat your meal. You’re hungry.”
“I’m okay.”
Asher, who responded quite courteously, picked up the food with his fork before offering the salad to her. April hesitated for a moment but smiled proudly as she took a bite.
“What’s going on?”
At that moment, Claude, who had been reading a newspaper across the table, looked over.
“Did you hurt your arm?”
“No!”
As April quickly denied it, Asher was also startled and hid his hand holding the fork behind his back.
“It’s because I worked a little too hard making coffee for Miss Hannah.”
“Coffee?”
“Yes. I developed a new menu item.”
“Oh. Yes, that’s right. Thanks to you, the mansion was filled with the scent of sugar.”
“That’s dalgona! I made Miss Hannah a dalgona coffee. It’s coffee topped with dalgona cream made by whipping coffee diligently.”
Asher added.
“She whisked it for thirty minutes!”
Pride shone through the child’s face as if he was saying, ‘My sister is amazing, isn’t she?’
However, Claude was different. As he folded the newspaper he was reading twice and set it down on the adjacent seat, he asked with a solemn tone.
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