The Coffee Shop in a Different World Station

"I'm so sorry about today. We look forward to using you again."

Usually, by the time the ticket for the final train leaving this station began, Takumi kept her head down, apologizing one by one to the guests making the queue. The Roses-Harper line, which had been hit by an out-of-season storm since morning, was greatly disrupted in operation. And by the time it was plugged in at 16: 00, it was notified by emergency telex that all trains would be discontinued by the end of the day due to the increased risk of danger to train operations due to river water increase and storms along the way. When contacted, Takumi, acting station manager, had immediately closed the ticket and started handling refunds and transfers to flights from the following day onwards.

Due to the opaque departure of the train as of noon, Takumi had guided those who were due to board to the station building's coffee shop, Tsubame. Although an unfortunate voice was raised by the passengers who were waiting to explain Takumi's decision to take the leave, it showed an understanding of whether everyone was prepared for today's leave of absence, which felt like there was no choice in this weather.

"You're sorry about today. This is a service from the master."

"Oh, thank you. Well, there's no choice in this weather."

"Really. Even if the train is forced to run like this, the danger is dangerous. Oh, don't hesitate to call me when you need a replacement."

At the behest of Takumi, Nyarch was behaving coffee to customers waiting for the order of the procedure and pick-up. Coffee was served with a single baked treat - sweet cookies. A soft dough made from a mixture of corn flour and comedy flour, egg yolks, sugar, butter, etc., thinly spread one piece at a time over the top plate with a spoon and cooked carefully in an oven warmed to medium temperature. The cookies had a crisp finish, with plenty of added sugar and butter, plus egg yolks for a rich sweetness.

"Mmm, this is delicious. It's the sweetness that soothes my standing heart."

A male customer who throws a cookie he receives from Nyarch into his mouth accidentally leaks words of admiration.

"Thank you. You're welcome. The master planted it during lunch."

"Heh, you're going around a lot."

"Exactly in this weather, lunch sales were calm. If you don't mind, this one too."

A takumi with a paragraph dealing with the refund, etc. gives a small package while speaking to a male customer. When the male customer opened the package with interest, a small baked treat in a bite size - the cookies were packed. As Takumi gauges, male customers respond with a smile.

"Well, I'm afraid the train didn't leave, but on the contrary, we got a good souvenir. Well, I guess I'll just have to wait a little longer."

"If you don't mind here. Let the staff know if you need a coffee replacement."

When Takumi thanked the male guests, she returned to the ticket office of the station building to see if there were any remaining passengers who were scheduled to board the final train. It's usually time for the train to leave soon. Once the ticket side is separated if there are no customers left who have not yet been processed...... I heard footsteps running through the front door of the station building in the rain with Bashabasha as Takumi tried to get back to the coffee shop that is the waiting room thinking so. Looking at you, a couple of guests rushed into the station building without an umbrella in the rain where their vision was so strong that they could see. A man of the two called out as soon as he found out what Takumi looked like.

"Excuse me! Please put two people on the train! A third class car is fine! Phew, could you do me a favor?

One hand of a man in a rushed condition held a large Boston bag and the other held the hand of the woman accompanying him firmly. The woman also held back the man's hand with her right hand, with a travel bag on her left hand that was slightly smaller but firmer than the man's. It was also obvious to Takumi's eyes that there was some circumstance. But in the present situation......, Takumi turned back to the platform and stared again at the rain shaking hard from the sky before slowly opening her mouth.

"Sir, I am very sorry. Due to such rough weather today, it is difficult to ensure the safety of train operations. For this reason, today's final train is no longer operational."

The moment Takumi told them of a reality that was not in keeping with their will, the sound of Dosun sounded. He dropped the bag that the frightened man had in his hand. Men unwittingly cram into takumi.

"I really do! I really have to be today! WHY, WHY DON'T THE TRAIN EXIT!!!

Takumi put her hands gently in the hands of the male guests who had stuffed her and grabbed her shoulders, quietly returning the words.

"I'm so sorry. It's just that in this weather, if you can't run a train, you'll endanger all your passengers. Our job is to get our guests to the desired station safely and safely. In case, don't you understand that we can't force you to pose a risk to you?

Men can't argue with Takumi's right words. The man groans and eats his teeth while grabbing Takumi's shoulder. The woman, who had held hands until earlier, was only sitting on the spot and leaking a whimper. The rain pouring down the station building was even more intense, and the sound of rain like a waterfall called Goh wrapped around it.

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"I'm sorry, I said that I messed up all that, but I took such good care of you..."

Takumi led the two earlier guests to the upstairs room to change clothes that had become completely wet. The other passengers waiting at the coffee shop arrived on their way home in a shared carriage and only these two were left in the store. The two wiped their wet hair with a large towel provided by Takumi, dressed in the clothes they had in their bags (something that was barely wet) and came down.

"No, it's mutual when we're in trouble. Your body will be completely cold too, so keep warm with coffee"

Takumi invited the two men, dressed and descended, to the table and offered them a pre-warmed cinnamon coffee. Takumi felt maybe younger than she thought when she saw the two of them dressed a little rougher than earlier. The man, feather-woven in a work clothes-style blue jacket, looked somewhere still unobtrusive when it came to youth. The woman was also making herself feel younger than she had previously impressed, either because she had changed into a loose, high-waisted, long piece outfit.

"By the way, what do customers do after this? If you are coming home, we will arrange another ride..."

When Takumi speaks gently to them, they stare at each other silently for a while. And first, men began to return words to potpourri, potpourri and takumi.

"Actually... we... we can't go home..."

Then women go on to say the same thing.

"It is. If I go home... we..., we can't be together anymore..."

They both have a serious look on their faces as if their lives were going to end. Takumi waits quietly for the two of them to continue their words. Time for silence comes again. - Eventually, men looked to Takumi more as if they had decided to, and uttered words.

"I know this would be very annoying to say...... but can you let me wait here until tomorrow's starting train leaves? It doesn't matter if you're home or... or just a bench in the station's home! Please, can't you please?

Women also stare at Takumi as if to match a man's words. Takumi, stared at him with a serious look from both of them, replied with a smile after a frequent tour.

"Yes, I did. There is an empty room upstairs, so we will be ready for you to stay there. Would you like to join us for dinner, if you don't mind?

"Is it true! Thanks!!

Takumi's words received a joyful reply from both of us. The two young men stared at each other, hands in hand to show joy. As Takumi stared at the condition for a while, she noticed her gaze, and the two began to greet Takumi in a somewhat hasty manner, getting in shape.

"Hey, speaking of which, I didn't even properly greet you. I'm very sorry for your loss. My name is Serio, this is..."

"My name is Emma. Thank you for taking the time to ask."

Takumi also returns a greeting as she feels the splendour of being young in the greeting where the two breathed.

"This is Takumi, acting station manager and coffee shop owner. We are each other in trouble, so don't hesitate to stay. Yeah, well, I know I'll have dinner for the evening, but is there anything you don't like?

"That's right... no, I'm fine, especially. Nothing Emma didn't like, either, did she?

"Yeah, I'm fine too"

"Yes, I did. Now, I know this is going to be an easy dish, but please don't hesitate in your room until we will also prepare dinner. Hey, Nyarch, if you're free, can you show the guests to the upper room?

When Takumi also spoke to Nyarch, who was cleaning around the counter, she returned the same energetic voice as usual.

"I don't know! Should I get you a bath, too?

"Right. So, can you do me a favor?

"Even though it's aiming! Well, I'd like to show you two to your room first. I'll take care of your stuff, too!

"You say Mr. Nyarch. My name is Emma. I'll take care of you today, but please stay close."

"Of course it is! It's a pleasure to meet you!

Nyarch and Emma seemed to be able to break it right through their luggage interactions. Looking sideways at it, Serio spoke to Takumi as she shrunk a little.

"I'm really scared to take care of you from what to what. Well, I'll take care of you overnight, thank you."

"It may not be like at home… but please take your time and be patient. See you later."

Takumi walked into the kitchen, returning her words calmly to relieve Celio's feelings. The rain outside, visible through the window, seemed to be calming down a little.

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Takumi, as usual, wraps a black cafe apron around her waist and goes on to prepare dinner for four. Even after business hours, the person serving the meal is no different than the "customer”. If so, Takumi wanted to serve you a 'proper dish' rather than the proper bribe as usual.

(The problem is, the ingredients, right? What was left......

Since it was rough weather this morning, the purchased ingredients were limited. Gard brought me some milk, cheese, and morning tightened chicken in the morning, and unfortunately we were unable to purchase the seasonal vegetables today because we were unable to do the harvesting in the field at this time of year. For this reason, the vegetables currently available were limited to such things as root vegetables, tomatoes, seboria (onions), and patterns (potatoes) that were always available.

(Well, you can still do it in a single form......

Takumi, who entered the pantry, had conceived the ingredients by arming them forward. From Takumi's previous experience, there were several menus that I could come up with if it simply meant a delicious meal. However, when I deduced the circumstances of today's "customer”, I could not feel that I would simply serve a “delicious” meal. Maybe a little blame, but I'd like to dedicate two young people to looking back at themselves again... Takumi narrowed it down to one from the menu that came to mind and started preparing for cooking

(You have enough rice left. Shall I run out of onions on tomatoes, and this chicken, too?

Takumi peels over half vertically after cutting off the top and bottom of Sebolia removed from the pantry. Then, the knife is also inserted laterally after being finely cut vertically and minced. It's Takumi's flush to chop as fine as you can without throwing it away at the edges. The minced seboria is immersed in salted water made in a bowl and set aside for a while. In the meantime, the chicken and cheese were finely chopped, then the minced seboria dipped in brine was taken into monkeys and the water was cut off.

Takumi then places a medium sized copper pan on the oven stove ceiling where she kept the fire on, adding more butter and slowly dissolving it. When the white butter turns into a clear liquid, add the minced seboria and saute carefully. If you put it on a strong fire in a hurry to get it through, Sebolia will burn in the pan and it will come in color, so it's a task that requires your attention. As you pass through the fire carefully stirring, the minced seboria that smoked the butter gradually clears up. And where enough butter stained the minced seboria, the chopped chicken was added in.

At the stage of adding the chicken, sauté gently together with the salt and pepper on the bottom flavor, and lower the pan from the oven in anticipation of the fit when the fire came through to some extent. When the arrows (rice) that were cooked for lunch were put into the copper pan, the arrows and ingredients were mixed as soon as they were cut with a wooden hella, and the fat from the butter and chickens became familiar with the arrows. And, overall, where you've been snorting oil and moisturizing, add only half of your homemade tomato sauce to the moistened tomatoes and seboria, combined with the spiciness and sweetness boiled with added sugar, salt, vinegar, red wine and spices. Then it was mixed with sashimi, and the flavor was involved.

(All you have to do is transfer this to the plate...

Takumi will prepare four oval gratin dishes and lay the arrows with added ingredients and sauces. Then, I put the tomato sauce I had left half of earlier on top of the arrows and sprinkled it with plenty of chopped cheese on top of it.

At this stage of preparation, Takumi checks the temperature inside by placing her hand in the lower section of the oven stove.

(Yeah, the temperature's good enough.

Takumi, who checks the temperature of the oven, arranges a prepared 4-person gratin dish on an iron dish and puts it into the furnace. Then, of the hourglasses placed on the kitchen table, flip the biggest and start measuring the time to bake. While waiting for baking, chopped sanaolia (carrots), shaken with salt and soaked with lemon (lemon) juice and colza (vegetable seed) oil, combined with sugar, soothed the sweet and sour dressing, and finally prepared a special sanaolia and pasas salad sprinkled with pasas (dried grapes), which also warmed up the bacon and repolillo (cabbage) soup that had been made for lunch.

(Now, is it time to call you two?

Takumi checked the baking time from the condition of the hourglass and spoke up to Celio and Emma, who are upstairs, and to come down to Nyarch. From the stairs, both the patchy Nyarch footsteps, as usual, convey the two coming down. Feeling the look with his ears, Takumi worked on the final finish of today's dinner.

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"Thank you for waiting. The dishes are so hot, be careful not to touch them."

Takumi carefully transports the freshly baked chicken doria to the table. In the meantime Nyarch was splitting the salad and soup between Serio and Emma.

"There's plenty of soup over here."

"Thank you, Mr. Nyarch. I'm already hungry for all the delicious stories I've been talking about."

Emma and Nyarch seem to have gotten along perfectly, laughing and chatting. Serio, who was smiling and staring at the two like that, turns again to Takumi to say thank you.

"Thank you very much, Takumi, Nyarch"

"No. Enjoy it while it's hot. Your body will warm up."

"Oh yeah! But if you rush, greedy, cheeky, you burn all over your mouth, so be careful!

In Nyarch's words, the table is wrapped in a warm laugh. Taking that as a signal, the four offered their thanks to the grace of heaven and earth in each of their words, and today's warm supper began.

Emma first brought the bacon and repolya soup to her mouth. The repolya, which would have been simmered over plenty of time, was soft enough to be crushed with the tip of the tongue. The taste of bacon also blends well into the soup. Besides, something with characteristic spiciness and flavor was added as a hidden flavor.

"Takumi, this soup is delicious. Is there a hen-hybre in this?

"Yeah, I'm just putting in a little something that moped down the roots of the henchbre. Could it be that you weren't very good at it?

"No, I really liked it. But I'm surprised this was the first time I've ever matched a hen hivre to a soup like this."

"The soup was made for lunch, so I thought I'd add a little flavor. Most importantly, if you like. Thank you."

Takumi used Henhivre for another reason. Henhybre - This spice, known as “ginger” in the world where Takumi was found, has the effect of warming the body and encouraging sweating. Takumi was adding it as a hidden flavor in an attempt to warm her up a little bit by two people who had been completely hit by the rain and cooled down her body.

"Ahhh!...... yeah, this one is so delicious too! I can't believe Arrows had this way of eating!

"It's called Doria. It's not good with cheese!

Serio and Nyarch are continuing to eat Doria while huffing. If you spoon and remove a teaspoon, the cross section involves an arrow dyed in tomato red with sufficiently hot and melted cheese. When the hot air rises and carries it into your mouth, the aromas, full of oil, overlap with the taste of a slightly spicy tomato sauce, enveloping them with a mellow cheese flavor. With the heat, the taste and richness flood the mouth, and the spoon keeps going.

"Mr. Serio, the soup is delicious, too. I hope it doesn't get cold either."

"Oh, Emma should try Doria, too. Arrows make a very tasty dish. Just be careful, it's really hot."

Serio and Emma were enjoying a warm dinner while recommending each other. And after a moment, before the two completely filled bellies, there was a line of plates that were clean and empty.

"It was really delicious. Thank you very much."

"It was just a surprise dish. No, it was really delicious. Thank you."

"You're welcome. Would you like some coffee after dinner?

"You can have Nyarch! Wait, wait, wait, wait!

Faster than Celio and Emma replied, Nyarch got out of the chair just fine and went to make coffee. Takumi accidentally gave them a bitter laugh, but both Serio and Emma smiled back amicably.

"I was very surprised at all of today's dishes, all original. How can we think of something like this?

"No, I just remembered where I used to work. By the way, today's dish is also the first dish I've served to a 'customer'. It took me three years to get this out to my customers."

"What? Three years...?

Serio unwittingly rounds his eyes and returns his words to Takumi. Takumi nodded at Celio's words and continued the conversation.

"Of course, by then, I'd let you do the downing and serving. This was the first time I let myself make everything from scratch. I worked part-time as a student... even though I went to the store to help, at the time I couldn't really get the food to be entrusted to me, and there were times when I was a little obstinate."

Serio and Emma look at each other unexpectedly.

"But now that I think about it, I think the last three years have been a good opportunity to get the basics right, right? I never thought I'd have a store like this at the time, but still, I think the experience was alive."

"I know it takes time to get the basics. But still, if I don't leave you with anything, can't we just move on?

Hit the word on Takumi so Emma can eat a little. Takumi also tells Emma gently with a slightly more serious look.

"Hmm, that's unspeakable at all. But if we're going to accomplish something, if we're going to make it ultimate, isn't it important that we patiently repeat what we learn from every single thing we're doing right now? I'm sorry that sounds great, but I'm still studying too."

"No, I feel really good about it. But why are you telling me this story?

To the simple question posed by Serio, Takumi revealed the seeds.

"Excuse me. Mr. Serio, Emma. I knew both of you. Emma's father is a shoemaker, and Serio is Emma's father's apprentice, right?

"Huh? How could you do that?

It's time for the two of them to raise their voices of surprise.

"I've asked the store about new shoes before. That's when I was seeing you. Weren't you two going to get run down?

"And it's no use stopping it. We've already made up our mind!

Emma's tone gets unexpectedly tight. Serio rushes to control it to forgive it.

"Did you know that from the beginning? Or, Master... what did Emma's father already tell you?

"No. But if you come running in during your departure with your luggage while it gets a lot wet, I can deduce that there is some circumstance. And seeing how you two are doing, I was wondering if I could squeeze your answers a little bit. This is still" acting station manager. "

"I see. So you're going to stop us here and let us go home?

Serio gets a little tighter with words, too, but he couldn't afford to care less about it.

"That's not true. If you're going to be traveling at the best of tomorrow, we'll have tickets for you again. But..."

"But...?

"Before I left my parents or my hometown, I just wanted to share with you a little bit of my experience, old fashioned. Can I just go on with one more thing, please?

"Yeah, yeah."

"This is my master's takeover and sale, but three days, three weeks, three months, three years... the timing of“ three ”like this makes me want a lot of change, right?"

"Ah..."

Serio seemed to have a verse in mind. Takumi continued her words, perceiving how Cerio was.

"At a time like this, I was taught that if you want change cheaply, you need to be careful because it can break down what you've built because of it. But on the other hand, it can be a turning point, so if you want to think about it and decide on a change, that's important."

The two of them have a magical face and are listening to Takumi's words.

"In that sense, maybe this rough weather today is also heavenly grace for both of you. Because it gave me at least one night to think about it. Finally, Nyarch is back."

Nyarch, who was brewing coffee in the kitchen, returned with a metal basin lined with four cups.

"Even though I smell like we were talking about something difficult. Well, I'm enjoying my after-dinner coffee more than that! Yeah, well, besides, I brought cookies. It's a gift for both of us."

To the words of Nyarch, who had returned, the place was at once soothed and the tensions between Serio and Emma had also been eased. And as I glanced and nodded, I smiled and thanked Nyarch and received my coffee and cookies. Only at some point was the rain outside dwindling and the wind gradually quieter.

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"We apologize for any inconvenience you plan to take yesterday. Today we expect to be able to operate on time. Let me now begin the ticket for the starting train. If you are boarding, please come to the ticket office"

The next day was clear sunny weather. Takumi, who was contacted through telecommunications as being normally operational, arrived at the work of "acting station manager” as usual and, speaking to each and every passenger, proceeded with the ticket. Serio and Emma watched the situation from afar for a while, but eventually, as they thanked Takumi, they headed outside the station building.

The road that has been running in the rain yesterday, by the way, left a puddle of water, which was never an easy situation to walk in. Not to mention, I honestly get limp when I think there's a "tremendously huge thunder” waiting for me at the end of this road. Still, let's take our hands together, take firm steps down the road, and learn one by one from what we've just been given for the future that we spent the night discussing - Celio and Emma took firm hands together and walked one step at a time to the "house”.