Volume 4 - CH 3

The Youth-Killing Coffee Game

After that, the Youth-killing Coffee Game was explained to me by Sakuya.

To put it simply, it’s a game where she prepares 2 cups of coffee, Cup A and Cup B, then have me guess which one was brewed by Sakuya and which one was brewed by Master.

“I see…….so that’s the Youth-killing Coffee Game huh.”

“Is it something popular with you kids these days? This is my first time hearing someone other than Sakuya talking about such a game so nonchalantly like that though…….”

“I like how well Hideyori is going along with me, you know.”

“Ah, ok.”

Sakuya was calling me a kid until earlier so when she’s suddenly saying a positive thing about me, I just acknowledged it.

“Alright, Master and I will prepare the coffee so just go wait outside Hideyori.”

“What a pain…….”

I was told to wait outside the shop for a few minutes.

It’s just a pain since I’ve nothing to do though.

I’m still a kid so I don’t have a smartphone and I don’t have anything else to kill time with either.

In the end, I just blankly stared up at the sky.

While I was doing that, Sakuya leaped out of the shop and told me that they’re ready.

Just like that, she guided me to a seat inside.

“So, how much chance do I have of guessing this right?”

“1 percent.”

“Hou…….”

I can only smile bitterly as her answer reminded me of [Challenge the Tragedy. Correct Answer Rate: 1%], the tagline of a certain doujin game I know in my previous life.

(TLN: It’s Higurashi.)

I was only trying to check how much chance she think I got though.

“Haha, Well, good luck, Hideyori-kun.”

Even though he was dragged into this by his daughter, the fact that Master still gave it his all really made me fascinated by his adult power.

I can feel professionality radiating from him.

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First off, I picked up Cup B.

“Are you some kind of contrarian, you mongrel!”

“Fine, how annoying……”

I put Cup B down and picked up Cup A instead.

“Hmph, how typical.”

“Am I just gonna get berated either way!? Aren’t you treating me too terribly here!?”

After enjoying its aroma, I sip on Coffee A.

“I see, this one has quite a rich aroma isn’t it.”

“You faker! You just tried commenting like that to sound cool right!”

“Um….., why am I being looked down on like this by Sakuya though……..?”

“I’m not looking down on you. It’s just an honest impression.”

“Don’t think you can just get away by saying that it’s your honest impression alright.”

Meanwhile, Master smiles as he watches that exchange while muttering [They really do get along huh.] to himself.

Rather, Sakuya’s character is just so strong!

She’s not even a mob character from the game but for her to have such a strong character trait is just making me even more terrified by this game world.

“Alright, try B next.”

Now she urged me to have a sip of Coffee B.

“……….”

“You bastard! Where’s the comment at!”

“You still get angry at me even though I didn’t say anything!?”

This Youth-killing Coffee game is really deep.

“So, how was it Hidedyori-kun. Are you confident?”

“Let’s see……., There’s a little something on my mind though……”

“Something?”

“It felt kinda like a childish prank you see.”

“Heee~~”

Master grins.

Meanwhile, Sakuya, who doesn’t understand my words, has a [?] floating on her head.

“So, can a kid like you tell the difference in coffee?”

“Both of these are Master’s coffees.”

“Eh……..?”

“This is probably Sakuya’s prank anyway right.”

In my previous life, my mother was a big coffee lover so I was influenced by her and was taught a lot of things.

That’s why I can somehow tell whether a coffee I drink was brewed by an amateur or a pro.

The thing that led me to my conclusion was that both cups of coffee were delicious.

“I’ve had a lot of coffee in my life. As a coffee lover, I can easily tell when a kid tries to brew me a coffee you see.”

“I see. A coffee lover at your age huh. You will become a caffeine addict in the future you know.”

“Being a coffeeholic is just fine with me.”

“This is my first time seeing an elementary schooler calling himself a coffeeholic though……..”

Despite his fed-up tone, Master seems to be happy at how I correctly guessed the answer.

His daughter on the other hand………

“CHEATER~~!”

Has the exact opposite reaction.