"Is life so bitter?"

As the sharp Violet asked, Sir Rendell began to laugh.

"Right. Anyway, coffee is much better than alcohol. If you talk while drinking alcohol, you will quickly get drunk and become unconscious. On the other hand, coffee actually clears the mind. So for male nobles who like to talk, there is no heaven like this."

"Do you like Rendell hardness?"

"Occasionally, I came here with the knights.... Because I don't like young coffee. Of course, I often enjoy it. It's the taste of life."

'Actually, it tastes like elementary schooling.'

Raphine knew very well that, contrary to what Lord Rendell bluffed, he was, in fact, a childish taste.

A few days ago, he had seen him eat chocolate with Luca and Lois.

Sir Rendell's face as he ate the chocolate was still vivid. That enchanted expression.

Before long, the waiter served coffee in a white cup. The coffee was steaming hot.

"Can't I try one too?"

When Violet asked, Sir Rendell frowned.

"It's going to be huge. And I have heard that coffee is harmful to women and children."

"Nevertheless! Just, just once! Just one bite!"

As Violet continued speaking, Lord Rendell nodded his head as if compelled to do so. Instead, he stirred in the expensive sugar he ordered with it.

Violet drank a small amount of coffee with a small spoon and frowned.

"Ahh! Why the hell are you drinking this? It's like poison!"

"Hahaha! Didn't I tell you! It's the taste of life. Since you are still a child, it is natural that you do not know this taste!"

"Ugh.... I really don't understand."

Raphine was on time.

While Violet is in agony and Sir Rendell grabs her stomach and smiles.

Raphine reached out his finger with a lightning strike, slipped it into the coffee cup, and slipped it into his mouth.

「Baby, eating with your fingers is Jiji.」

'I can't help it.'

「Master, it's okay to do that. It's cute, haha....」

Raphine closed her eyes and savored the coffee.

Then he tilted her head and secretly cocked her once more! She put her finger on the coffee cup.

'Hmm....'

「How does it taste, baby?」

Yes. no taste

Raphine closed his eyes tightly and bit his tongue, similar to the expression Violet had made a moment ago.

I lost my appetite....

I tried it one more time to feel the taste of the beans in detail.... It was really bad.

'How did you roast your coffee?'

Raphine shook her head, shaking her head.

Sir Rendell said that coffee was originally said to be bitter and tasteless, the taste of life, but that is not the case.

Really delicious coffee tastes very savory and sweet. There were coffees that deepen the flavor with a sour taste, and if the bitterness is just right, it makes the mouth fresh.

Besides, you don't know how sweet the scent is when you drink it.

However, this coffee had the worst smell and taste.

'Do you think we use tires like water?'

People here just enjoyed the bitter taste of vodka, and they seem to drink coffee the same way.

'Is this, would it be worthwhile to trade if only raw beans were taken away?'

It was obvious that people would be happy if they could teach them the true taste of coffee.

Besides, the guests here were only men.

Because, as Sir Rendell said earlier, there is a saying that coffee is harmful to women.

'Actually, it's bad for both men and women.'

In particular, drinking coffee on an empty stomach was one of the causes of gastritis.

Also, the guests here seemed to be the majority of people who had a cup of coffee and chatted for hours.

'The turnover rate is not good.'

The interior was also dull and dreary. By the way, isn't the flower of a cafe the interior?

If they sell desserts too.... this is a business

Raphine narrowed her eyes and began to roll her head vigorously.

And before returning home, Raphine glanced at the table top.

The coffee that Sir Rendell had ordered remained the same.

"...."

When our eyes met, Lord Rendell smiled sheepishly.

* * *

That evening.

Raphine waited for her mother and her father to read to her before she washed up and went to bed.

As I sat quietly on her bed, Dad, dressed in comfortable clothes, entered the room first.

'Why did you come first?'

It seemed that mother was still washing.

"Raphine, aren't you curious about what book you will read today? Today is just Raphine's favorite...."

"Wait!"

The Duke of Aston blinked her eyes in bewilderment when Raphine suddenly interrupted her.

"I have a story I want to hear today."

"Yes? What are you talking about?"

Dad went straight into bed and laid his arms on Raphine's side.

"I went to a coffee house in downtown today."

"Yes, I have heard the story."

"Yes. Sir Rendell drank coffee. They said it was very bitter."

"I see."

The Duke of Aston laughed at Raphine, who spoke like a baby bird as she reported her day.

"By the way. What is coffee made of?"

"Well, coffee is made from the seeds of the coffee cherry. Those seeds are usually called green beans."

"AHA. So where do you get those green beans?"

"I'm buying stuff from another continent far away."

"Wow, are you coming by boat then?"

At the innocent question, Duke Aston blinked and then smiled.

"Yes. They come to a place called the great port of Pertas in the Viscount of Tedler."

"AHA."

"Were you curious about that?"

"Yes."

Raphine thought as she nodded her head.

'The Port of Pertas in the Viscount Tedler....'

The coffee market will grow bigger and bigger. Coffee houses were just starting to appear in the capital, so the spread throughout the empire was instantaneous.

'The Hwangbi's family monopolizes the import of green coffee beans, so only they will become rich.'

In order to protect the Empress from the Empress's family, they had to take away their business and hinder them.

If the Queen's family had been a family that paid fair remuneration and remuneration to workers working in the trade business, Raphine would not have decided to take this business.

However, they did not pay attention to the late payment of wages, nor did they consider working hours.

It was a vicious company that even hired mercenaries to force and threaten workers.

In other words, there was no need to feel guilty about beating them up.

'I could rather bring the workers in for a better pay.'

It was a good thing that he could earn a lot of money through an agent called Orpana.

'But how do they get into the green coffee imports they monopolize?'

That was the time I was thinking. The Duke of Aston asked Raphine.

"Hey, Raphine. Wouldn't it be nice for your father to tell you interesting stories?"

"Yes."

"Then, maybe...."

Duke Aston said so and pulled something of him out of his pocket.

Then, with a desperate expression, he placed a small magic tool near Raphine's mouth and whispered.

"Can't he just say 'Daddy is my favorite'? Raphine?"

"...."

Are you asking me to be so polite?

'Luca and Lois must have been proud.'

How much did the twins tease their father and stir-fry them to make them look so nervous?

As Raphine nodded his head, the Duke of Aston went straight to Hwasaek and pressed his button.

"I like my dad the best."

"great. good...!"

It was then.

The door opened with a loud, small knock and her mother came in.

"honey? Why already...."

"Oh, no. honey."

As Sophia entered, Duke Aston put the magic tool in the back pocket. Then he jumped up.

"Raphine, are you thirsty? Daddy will bring you some water."

As the Duke stepped out, Sophia narrowed her eyes and walked over to the bed.

"You have to have a servant, but you go to get water yourself. Very award-winning."

Is it the instinct of a former investigator? As if her occupational disease still remained, the mother tilted her head and looked at Raphine.

"Raphine, do you know why your dad is like that?"

Even the witness papers...!

Raphine had no intention of lying, so he spoke frankly.

"I said 'I like my dad the best.'"

"You recorded it."

Sophia licked her tongue and took Raphine into her arms.

"Did you have fun today, Raphine?"

"Yes."

"okay? So, shall we go to bed early to make tomorrow a fun day?"

"like."

"You will grow taller while you sleep."

Hearing her mother's sweet whispers, Raphine became happy as she floated in her clouds.

The warm touch that patted her on the back, and the scent of her flowers was so nice.

So Raphine whispered a little.

"But actually, I like my mother the best."

"okay?"

Sophia smiled and stroked her hair.

But wait.

She clicked as soon as she just spoke, and what she heard was an auditory hallucination, right?

When she gently lifted her head, her mother smiled proudly as if she had succeeded.

'Everyone has a great desire to win....'

Raphine laughed inwardly, and she began to pretend that she was asleep.

Sophia patted Raphine on the back a little more and then got up from her bed.

And she just left the room with the peacock who had brought water into the room.

Exactly five minutes after her mom and dad left.

swoosh.

Raphine got up from her bed, as usual.

'Orphana.'

「Yeah! master!」

'I was thinking, raw beans. It takes too long to go through the proper import process. Of course, the queen's family will interfere.'

「Yes?」

'You don't have to obey the law to deal with them in the first place.'

「Well, then what do we do? If you do anything...!」

'Orphan. Then we....'

「Yeah?」

'Would you like to become a righteous pirate?'

A very simple way.

Let's kidnap a trading ship carrying green coffee beans monopolized by the royal family!