“I can’t buy all of this.”

However, the camping market effect items started at 500C and the expensive ones exceeded 5,000C, so buying everything was unrealistic.

“I’ll have to buy them one by one and test them out.”

The first thing I bought and wore was the ‘Earmuffs That Make Books Audible (B)’. A small piece of styrofoam the size of a fingernail fit snugly into my ear.

I took out a book and as I looked at a sentence, I really heard a voice.

“Huh? It’s my voice?”

But it was a bit awkward hearing my own voice.

“Was my voice always this bland? Can’t it be someone else’s voice?”

It was especially uncomfortable hearing the Northern Grand Duke saying he’d slice someone up in my voice. I tried fiddling with it, but there was no function to change to a different voice.

Once I played it, it would automatically play without having to read the sentence, and if I wanted to listen to a different part, I just had to look at the book briefly again.

“It’s a bit disappointing that it’s only in my voice.”

Next, I put on the ‘Lens with Scenery (B)’ that I was most curious about. After blinking a couple of times with the lens in, text appeared in my vision.

“Wow. This is amazing!”

I could read a book with the sky as a background when looking at the sky, or with mountains as a background when looking at mountains. At night, I’d be able to read with the night sky as a background.

“This could be used like a projector inside a tent.”

Also, I could change the color of the text just by thinking about it, so it would be good to read with black text in the morning and white text at night.

Not only the Lens with Scenery, but the ‘Fountain Pen That Turns Pages (C)’ was also incredibly useful. Like a magic wand from a movie, when I waved the fountain pen, the book floated in the air and the pages turned one by one.

“Hmm, they all look good. Which one should I buy?”

Even after trying each one, it was still hard to decide. I needed to buy several for many customers to use, so I had to choose more carefully.

“I’ll have to test them with other people before deciding.”

In the end, I closed the system window without choosing.

I was planning to try each cafe menu item before opening anyway, so it seemed good to thoroughly understand the pros and cons during that time.

There’s also someone who will actively help with testing. He will be of great help.

That evening, we all gathered together for the first time in a while. The table under the pergola with the canopy attached was wide enough to accommodate everyone.

With lights installed on the fence, it was bright around despite being night.

I invited Mo Gyeon and Hunter Chae Dong Hwa, Hunter Ju Cheong Yeon who had returned from reconnaissance, and even the monsters helping at the campsite to the outdoor book cafe and served them cool drinks and coffee.

“Master, this is too bitter. Ugh… this doesn’t taste good.”

I gave Teddy an iced Americano when he asked what was most popular at the cafe. He downed it in one go and made a crying sound while frowning.

“Really? Coffee might not suit your taste. It would be better with some syrup. I’ll add some for you.”

I went into the coffee shop and added two pumps of syrup. This time, Teddy carefully sipped it through the straw.

“Oh! Now it’s delicious!”

“I’m glad.”

His expression brightened immediately.

“What’s bitter. It’s too weak.”

In contrast, Gold drank coffee very well. No, could something be wrong with his taste buds?

Gold was drinking espresso filled to the brim in a mug.

‘Something seems off…’

Is he drinking it out of stubbornness rather than for the taste?

Glancing over, I saw a hand made of black smoke dumping the coffee into a box.

“Ah, I feel alive after drinking this. I thought I was going to die from low blood sugar.”

Mo Gyeon was sprawled out, crunching on ice as he drank. He was drinking a sweet iced chocolate.

“Do you usually like sweet things?”

“Yeah. I don’t drink coffee unless it’s a caramel macchiato. What about you, Bom?”

“It depends on my mood that day, but I mostly drink iced Americano.”

I like coffee, but caffeine doesn’t agree with me well. If I drink too much, my heart races and I can’t sleep well.

So on days like today when I’ve had a cup in the morning, I drink a cafe latte in the evening.

It might be just my feeling, but cafe latte seems to have less of a caffeine effect than Americano.

“Hunter Chae Dong Hwa, do you also like iced Americano usually?”

An iced Americano was prepared in front of him. He took a sip of coffee and answered slowly.

“I don’t particularly like it. When I first went to a cafe, I asked for anything and they gave me this, so I’ve just been drinking this ever since.”

“Is that so? Then you haven’t tried anything else?”

“No.”

“Then try everything while you’re here. Ah, would you like to try a sip of mine? This is also rich and delicious.”

When I casually suggested it, he readily reached out his hand.

Whether he really just happened to only drink iced Americano or not, he didn’t seem to have any aversion to new food.

“Wait. Why are you drinking this?”

At that moment, Mo Gyeon grabbed the opposite side of the cup that Hunter Chae Dong Hwa was holding.

“Yu Bom said to drink it.”

“I asked if you’d like to try it, I didn’t say to drink it?”

“Yes. I’m trying it because you asked.”

Suddenly, an inexplicable tug-of-war began. The cup held by the two swayed back and forth.

The cafe latte sloshed around enough to make anyone watching nervous.

“So why are you drinking something someone else has been drinking!”

Mo Gyeon irritably snatched the cup completely. My eyes widened at the sudden loud noise.

‘Are they really fighting?’

Mo Gyeon belatedly checked my expression.

“I’ll, I’ll buy you a new one, drink a new one!”

Then he handed the cup back to me. As I took it in bewilderment, he went to order another cafe latte from Lora, making loud footsteps.

‘What? I thought they were about to fight for a moment. He was just trying to take care of him, wasn’t he?’

As expected, Mo Gyeon was kind. Hunter Chae Dong Hwa had a somewhat puzzled expression.

The two didn’t seem to get along well from what I’ve observed over the past few days, but they didn’t seem uncomfortable either. Hunter Chae Dong Hwa already seemed to be out of sync with others, so it was very reassuring that Mo Gyeon was taking care of him like this.

I gently patted Mo Gyeon’s head when he returned after placing the order.

“Why?”

“Just because. You’re kind.”

This time Mo Gyeon made a puzzled expression before grinning and accepting the touch. At that moment, feeling a gaze, I turned to see Hunter Chae Dong Hwa watching us.

No, more precisely, my hand patting Mo Gyeon.

‘Why. What is it. Why is he staring?’

With a feeling like I’d done something wrong, my movements gradually slowed. The skin where his gaze touched felt prickly.

“This is really funny. Yu Bom won’t be bored.”

“Pardon?”

At that moment, laughter was heard from across. Hunter Ju Cheong Yeon, who was reading a book wearing the ‘Fast-forward Glasses (B)’ with speed reading function, had briefly taken his eyes off the book and was looking at us.

‘Wow… It survives even in that design.’

The fast-forward glasses were rimless glasses that looked like something news anchors from the old days would wear, with a somewhat outdated design. But when Hunter Ju Cheong Yeon wore them, he looked trendy like a young CEO of a startup.

I thought anew that glasses were innocent, but then I hesitated about buying more since not everyone looks like Hunter Ju Cheong Yeon.

“Everyone likes Yu Bom.”

I like everyone here too. They’re all kind to me and help me.

‘But what does that have to do with not being bored?’

I just blinked, not quite understanding, when he added while looking back at his book.

“This item is quite useful too.”

There was a rustle as a page turned. Using the speed reading item, he seemed to be turning pages about every 5 seconds.

As expected, he visibly liked the book cafe.

Hearing that books with dungeon legends had been stocked in the outdoor book cafe, he usually showered first after finishing reconnaissance, but he forgot even that and kept reading.

Hunter Ju Cheong Yeon is probably the happiest person about the book cafe being created.

“But it seems like there are more guests than usual today. How many groups are there now?”

I couldn’t greet the guests even when they came because I was going around the campsite with Lora. Today especially, I stayed on the second floor most of the time, focusing on the book cafe.

Teddy, who guards the main area, is the first to notice when guests arrive, so he summarized and informed me.

“A total of eleven groups. It seems like a lot because they keep extending their rental period.”

“You mean they’re all long-term guests?”

“Yes. Oh, that’s right! One of the guests asked if they could stay at the campsite for more than a week because it’s the expedition period now and they shouldn’t be wandering around the dungeon.”

So that’s why they couldn’t leave. I immediately understood the situation at the mention of expedition.

It’s already been a month, I guess. During the expedition period, if hunters from guilds without expedition rights wander around, they could be misunderstood as interfering with the expedition.

The campsite guests couldn’t leave for that reason.

“And there’s a strange rumor going around? They say the number of monsters in the dungeon has decreased lately.”

Mo Gyeon added another new piece of information.

“The monsters?”

“Yeah. I overheard the guests talking about it.”

Come to think of it, when I went out with Hunter Ju Cheong Yeon and came back, we didn’t see many monsters either. When I first went backpacking with Hunter Chae Dong Hwa and rode the griffin, it didn’t seem that scarce.

“I noticed it too during reconnaissance. The number of monsters appearing at night is the same, but the daytime monsters have decreased significantly.”

Hunter Ju Cheong Yeon had also noticed this phenomenon.

“Is someone hunting the monsters?”

“I don’t know who’s brave enough, but if they get caught by the expedition guild, they’ll be buried on the spot.”

“Which guild has the expedition this month?”

“Cheongwoon.”

The answer came immediately. Mo Gyeon’s expression wasn’t very good as he said this.