After I had finished my breakfast, I cleaned everything that I had used for cooking and the dish...Everything was done, now just wait if some customers were coming... I decided to take a moment to relax and make a cup of coffee while waiting for potential customers...As I sipped my coffee, I checked my smartphone for some entertainment...

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Hours had passed, even until almost the sun would be set...I felt today, there would be no one coming... I began to raise a question of whether it was worth waiting any longer or if I should start closing up for the day...I decided to wait a little longer...

The sun was set, and some hours after it, there was no one coming here...The fear of no one coming slowly became a reality...So I decided to close it...I walked towards the front door to lock the door, and suddenly I could hear a knock on the door...I carefully and slowly opened the door...

As the door opened, slowly I could see the figure in front of the door, or I could say two figures instead of the figure...I saw one had long green hair, and the other had orange hair...Yet, the biggest surprise for me, was that they had some roots of plants in their heads and their lower bodies...Their attire was like the elves before; Aella and Noella...I assumed they were the dryad like in fantasy stories...

After I opened the door, I asked them, "Are you two confused about this place??"

The green-haired one said with a surprised face, "Oh mine own, how doth dou knoweth t?"

doth dou? what? and they talked like the elves before. "Because some creatures came here, and were confused about this place...So how about you walk inside first?" I opened the door as wide as possible, so they could see the inside of it...

I walked towards the counter, yet while I was walking, I looked at them; they seemed not too eager to walk inside...I went to them and asked, "Is there anything wrong? that makes you don't want to come in?"

They exchanged hesitant glances before one of them finally spoke up, "Is the flo'r madeth of wood?"

Hearing that, immediately in my mind, These Dryads may be environmentalist freaks or maybe vegan freaks...I answered, "No, it's not made of wood...Yet, some of the chairs and tables are made of wood..."

"Most wondrous, we couldn't setteth a foot on something madeth with plants 'r trees" and they stepped their foot inside the place...

SEE!! THESE TWO VEGANS...

"You can take seats in there..." I pointed at the counter because the chairs in that spot weren't made of wood...

"Art these chairs madeth of wood?" asked the orange-haired...

"No...they are made with steel.."

"Steels??

"Yes, you can take a seat in there..."

They took seats in the steel chair in front of the counter...

"Yet the table is made with wood; is that okay for you two??"

Hearing that, the two suddenly pulled out their hands from the table; it seemed they tried not to touch it...It seems these two are protective of plants and trees...

You could be reading stolen content. Head to Royal Road for the genuine story.

Without touching the table, their hands immediately went into their laps...

"So what is this lodging.." asked the orange-haired one..

"This is a coffee shop..." I answered...

"What is this coffee dhee talking about??" asked the green-haired one.

"Well, you can see in this jar, these are beans of coffee, so from these beans can produce a drink named coffee, like tea, if tea came from leaves, coffee came from beans or seeds...Is that okay for you to drink that came from beans or seeds of plants?"

"Dhee mean all o' these inside jar are seeds o' plant"

"Yes... all of the beans inside the jar are seeds of a plant called coffee...So when we grind these beans and mix them with hot water, it creates a flavorful and aromatic drink known as coffee..."

They come to glance at each other, expressing surprise and curiosity, as one of them says, "Our basic ruleth is not to englut 'r destroyeth plants-"

"Yet, your life force is from a tree..." spontaneously, I said that maybe it was my reflection as I talked with some vegans in my previous world, "I apologise for my spontaneousness; you may continue.."

She continued, "Dhou art right, our life f'rce is from the tree, yet, dhee human, seemeth und'rstand not, we destroyeth not 'r consume the tree. We just abs'rb'd t..."

"What's the difference about it?"

"We abs'rb'd t without destroying t, yet humans englut t by destroying the tree..." said the green-haired one...

Suddenly, the other "May dhee bringeth one se'd to me??" asked the orange-haired one...

"Sure..." I immediately went to the jar, opened it, and brought her one bean of coffee...

Then, she gripped the bean in her right hand...Times flew by, and nothing happened...

I know this will be going...

I asked her, "Are you doing some magic??"

Her face showed some concern, and said, "Yes..."

"I may tell you, this place can neutralise any power, like magic or spell...If you want to use magic, I can disable it, and you may use your power in here..."

They were just nodding at me, so I deactivated the cafe's skill...I said, "Now you may use your spell.."

Again, the orange-haired one gripped her hand with the bean inside of it...In a second, a light came out of her hand...The light grew brighter and brighter, illuminating the entire cafe...Then, she opened her gripped hand, I saw her expression was shocked...I looked at her hand, it was just the coffee bean...

I asked her, "Is there something wrong? And what are you going to do with that bean?"

She startled and said, "I wa-wa-want to groweth this se'd with mine own magic.."

She wants to grow that roasted bean, of course, you can't do that.

"You can't grow that bean because that bean has been processed or roasted, so that bean is unable to grow like normal seed..."

"WHAT!!!" she surprised... Her eyes widened in disbelief as she realised her magical powers wouldn't work on the roasted coffee bean. She looked disappointed...

"So can you drink it from these types of seeds, which are already being processed??" I asked them...

The orange-haired answered, "I believeth, we can't englut these beans..."

"It's okay, so how about water?"

"We can englut yond..."

"While I am taking your water from behind, I will give you a menu and an illustration of the menu..."

"Illustration???" asked the green-haired.

"It's a painting of what is on the menu...So you two will not be confused about what is the product or the food or the drink..."

I give the menu to each of them, and the book of illustrations of some on the menu...

Again, the same question is being asked of me...

"Didst dhee painteth these?" asked the orange-haired. They were so focused on the illustration, and each it, matched the words from the menu to the illustration...

"Take your time, to see the menu and the illustration, I will get you the water, and come back here..." I went back, to get some water...

As I was in the back of the kitchen, I realised, did Dryad need good water or filtered water? So went to the sink, I filled two glasses of water from the sink...I went back to the front counter, and I saw they were still focusing on the illustration and the menu...I put the glasses on the table in front of them...

I said, "Here is your water!!"

Hearing that, they focused on the glasses of water...And suddenly, their expressions changed after looking at the water...

The orange-haired asked, "Is yond very much wat'r??"

"Yes..." Sink water...

They took the glasses and drank it...Again, out of a sudden, their expression became different after drinking the water...They put the glasses on the table, and immediately they pulled their face in front of me...And they said at the same time, "What the hell is this watereth?"

Did they find out that it was sink water?