I Didn’t Lull You to Sleep Only for You to Be Obsessed With Me - Chapter 64

RP: Haebaragi_syk

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Chapter 33.1

Holding Asher’s hand, the two of them looked around the cafe from the first floor to the third floor. It was flawless. The more she looked, the more impressed she was.

‘The kitchen, in particular, is perfect.’

The kitchen was equipped with the best of everything, including a refrigerator, coffee bean roaster, grinder, espresso machine, and more. It was the dream kitchen that any barista would want.

There was also a large commercial oven.

‘I’m sure Sophia would squeal with delight if she saw it.’

Now, all that was left was to work with Hannah to build an espresso machine with a steamer.

‘No, wait a minute.’

April suddenly remembered another thing she had forgotten.

‘We need a barista too, don’t we?’

Although she was in charge of coffee, she needed to find a barista to make drinks together at the cafe, just in case she might need to step away or there might be a lot of customers. However, unlike Sophia, whom she met by chance as if a match made in heaven, or Hannah, whom Claude introduced, finding a good barista seemed uncertain.

‘I’ll have put out a recruitment notice soon.’

April, who finished her last thought, held Asher’s hand tightly.

“Well, now that we’re done looking around, shall we go to other cafes for market research? Oh, but before that, Asher might be hungry, so we should eat first.”

And so, the four headed to a nearby restaurant.

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“This is the most famous cafe in the capital.”

After finishing their meal, Lloyd guided the three to a cafe on Beris Street. It was as large as the place Claude had called April’s cafe.

The staff went into a frenzy when they heard that the Duke of Winterville had arrived. They moved busily and escorted the four to a luxuriously decorated room. The store manager even came out to greet them personally.

“It’s an honor to have the Duke of Winterville visit our store. Please make yourselves comfortable.”

Although he was curious about Asher and April’s identity, who were with Claude, he hid his expression and skillfully accommodated them. April looked at the menu, secretly impressed by his demeanor, but she soon became disappointed.

‘As expected, there aren’t many options for coffee.’

In the Lezion Empire, where April lived, tea culture was more inherently prevalent. Coffee culture began to spread among the nobility a few years ago after they began full-fledged exchanges with the Holy Kingdom, with which they weren’t on good terms. Even though coffee was introduced, it wasn’t yet as widely known as black tea.

Naturally, the main menu items in cafes were mainly tea. So, the main menu of this cafe was also tea or infusion.

At that time, her eyes, as she was looking at the menu, turned to ‘Hand drip coffee.’

“Oh, there’s hand drip coffee here too.”

The manager responded proudly.

“Hand drip coffee is the pride of our cafe.”

“Great. In that case, I’ll have the hand drip coffee. Oh, they have affogato here as well.”

April let out an exclamation as she noticed the word ‘affogato’ written at the bottom of the menu.

Affogato, an Italian term meaning ‘drowned,’ described a dessert featuring ice cream drowned in coffee. It had the characteristic of enjoying the sweet and smooth taste of ice cream and the bitter taste of coffee at the same time..

Moreover, when hot espresso met cold ice cream, it slightly melted the ice cream, which was also a delicacy.

“I’ll have an affogato too. Asher, what would you like to have?”

“I’ll have an iced chocolate!”

“All right, since you didn’t have hot chocolate today, let’s do that. And what about you, Your Excellency and Lloyd?”

“I’ll have black tea.”

“I’ll have tea as well.”

“Understood.”

The waiter skillfully took the orders and went outside.

A moment later, along with the store manager, several employees came in. They placed a teapot and teacups in front of Claude and Lloyd and a glass containing iced chocolate in front of Asher. In the middle, they placed a dessert plate with vanilla ice cream.

“We’ll serve the espresso.”

“Wait a minute.”

April stopped the waiter before scooping a spoonful of vanilla ice cream with a teaspoon and placing it on top of Asher’s glass.

“Here, Asher. Try this, too, since you shouldn’t drink coffee.”

A look of confusion crossed the face of the employee, but they quickly concealed their expression skillfully.

Instead, Lloyd asked on their behalf.

“By the way, Miss April, I’ve been wondering for a while now, why shouldn’t the Young Master drink coffee? Other kids also drink coffee.”

“Ah…”

As expected, it seemed he also didn’t know about caffeine. April explained, leaving out the word ‘caffeine.’

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