Isekai Shoukan chapter 59: Coffee shop master
A few minutes after I started running. I arrived at a cozy coffee shop that has a sign where the word “Coffee” is written outside the store.
A dry bell sound rings after I push the door open. Immediately afterward, the interior of a wood shop that gives off a relaxing vibe, jumps into my view. A man who grew a beardless whisker and might be the shop owner raised his face from across the counter before opening his mouth.
“......Welcome. Oh a new face......well, there's no one here right now. Just sit around there. Do you have an order?"
He grinds coffee beans with a wooden coffee mill by hand as he takes a quick glance at me, Immediately returning his gaze to the coffee mill. With the sound of grinding coffee beans, a coffee aroma drifts around.
“Ah,emm......blend coffee”
“......Alright, a cup of coffee.”
I was told to sit anywhere in this shop so that I could face the coffee shop owner. Because the arrangement was by stools with equal spacing, I sit down on a stool at the farthest end near the entrance.
And I was asked "What I want to order?", so I reflexively said blended coffee.
After all, if it's a person who I meet for the first time it would be difficult to engage in a conversation......it is already an incurable disease.
“.....I´m sorry for keeping you waiting, here is your coffee.”
Several seconds later, a cup of coffee with a spoon, two small containers of milk and two large cubes of sugar are served.
After sniffing the coffee aroma once, I put the sugar cubes inside the coffee. Next, I took the handle and drink this steaming hot coffee. That’s what I thought, but as soon as I was about to do that, I was interrupted by the owner and then he asks.
"Na, Naame...what’s your name? Oh, it's okay if you don't want to say it."
The owner keeps grinding the coffee beans and sometimes throws short glances at me after he asked a question.
“My name? Ah, Saginomiya Iori.”
“.....I see I see, your name is Tom......a good name.”
"No, my name is Saginomiya Iori, didn't you hear it properly?"
I enjoyed the smell of the coffee that was served and answered while pouring milk, but because I wasn't sure why he misheard my name, I said it again without getting overworked.
I go crazy......
“......Hey, Tom......you're an adventurer, aren't you?”
Despite being corrected once, the way he called me still hasn't changed at all. And it was troublesome to repeat the same thing all over again, I’ll become a joker at this rate, so I decided to not complain anymore and let him call me Tom.
“......Haa, that's enough......ah, but what about it?"
“......Ah, I see I see. Even this, some adventurers and I have been doing things for about 10 years......well, I got the idea to tell you how to improve your ability dramatically......I'll ask you......are there any women in your party?”
The shop owner suddenly stopped grinding the coffee beans that had been going on for a while and began talking with a serious look and both hands on the counter.
“......Ye, Yes. Dramatically......? Please tell me how to do that!!"
Certainly, if I get intoxicated by blood, I never lost to an enemy, so I never needed a way to make myself stronger, but a thought kept swirling around inside my head and I kept it only to myself to properly protect Kaede and Tifal. I wanted it so badly that I missed the owner’s remarks.
“......Okay, let me tell you. Well, that was ten years ago. I was an adventurer who trained with strong weapons every day. I'm not saying it's wrong. But that day, I teamed up with a party for the first time. There......I noticed――――womens armor and clothing tends to not restrict any difficult movements and giving motivation to their companions who can increase their attack and defensive power."
He was recalling the events of the past, and he began to speak with emotion while looking up at the ceiling. The shop owner made a skid face purposely and crisp the important part. Although there was a hint of persuasion, I could not understand his words due to it not making any sense.
"Ah, I'm sorry. I've been talking too much......well, if you were a woman......where do you feel the charm of a man?"
I shook my neck left and right when I was still confused without knowing the translation regarding the performance of the equipment and costumes. While the owner apologized, a new question came up. No longer have any intention of answering the previous question or whatsoever.
“What if I was a woman? ......Well, let's see......strength......tenderness or appearance."
"......Ah, yes. Yes, that's right. They are all wonderful. ...... Then, where does a man feel the charm of a woman?”
Again, a question that I didn't understand the meaning of, but when I say what I thought, the owner consent deeply and ask yet again another question.
"......Let's see......as expected......is it the chest?”
"Yes, there are a lot of people like that. I used to think that breasts would decide the value of a woman. However, I'm really scared of youth.”
The owner deeply nods, his glance shifted to the ceiling while suspending his cheek, and it seems he thought of something and was going to say, then master nod two, three times, then he looks to the distant scene, and change his view again to the ceiling.
"But, actually, it's different. The answer I found is――――legs!! That minor glow that exists only between the rubber and the bottom of socks. I guess if I say it in detail, that is the source of all the charm and driving force of a man!"
Immediately after saying something like a front speaker, he suddenly raised the tone of his voice and banged the wooden counter.
Clearly, he was just a perverted old man with a foot fetish.
"Those who are firmly wearing long pants are out of the question, out of the question!"
And the topic of talking about women’s legs won't stop and continues. While waving his right hand to the left, he denied all the clothes that were against his fetish.
"That's it. Let's do this knee-high socks special for you. Anyway, I thought that you were being deceived and asked a party member to head down at once. You'll feel it when you see what I said."
As he said that, did he took out a white paper bag from the bottom of the counter and put it next to the coffee cup that was in front of me.
“You might be praising me tomorrow. Ahhaahaahaahaaha!!”
With the good mood of the shop owner, I was drinking the blended coffee which was steaming hot and tried to put a silver coin to leave, but I was forced to take the paper bag containing high-knee socks with me.
Why? Why did I go to this coffee shop?
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After the coffee shop, I was heading towards Seafis´s house. In the old days, I was full of joy when I received a gift from Davis, but I thought it was good to give it a try and carry a paper bag with one hand.
Walking in silence for a few minutes. I thought I didn't know what was passed to me from the owner, so I started to check the contents of the paper bag.
And the thing that was inside......
――――It was leopard pattern knee socks.
Originally, I was ignorant to women's clothing because I thought it was merely a pair of socks or something, but seeing this pair of real knee socks gave my brain a considerable shock.
And those shocking events still continue. There was a boy who was watching me taking out this leopard knee socks at a good timing of luck.
――it was Seafis.
Seafis who saw me doing a perverted act from the side...decided to ignore my existence and returns his heel and moves away from me. And I only tried to explain myself neatly.
“......Hey, this is a misunderstanding!! It's a misunderstanding!! ...... Listen to meeeeee!!!"