SSS-Grade Cafe in Front of The Dungeon-SSS-Grade Cafe in Front of The Dungeon — Special Side Story 7

Translated by cabinfourtranslations.

Right after Choi Rona’s audition ended.

“Waaaah!”

Thunderous cheers filled the venue. Among them, the children seated in the front row were especially busy clapping, their eyes sparkling with excitement.

It was the image of a truly perfect, next-generation transformation magic hunter hero for kids.

“Ohoho, I never expected we’d meet again here as rivals.”

“That laugh won’t last long, nyaaargh!”

“Do your best. The victory will be mine anyway.”

With a confident smile, Choi Rona stepped down, and at last, the long-awaited turn arrived.

Mieum tried to stride proudly onto the stage. But the human beside her didn’t budge. When she turned to look, Jijon was staring at the ground, practically digging into it with his gaze.

“I don’t think I can do this…….”

“What nonsense are you talking about, waeolghh!”

“Miss Rona is going to win anyway. Maybe it’d be better for everyone if I just withdrew here…….”

It seemed his original lack of confidence, which he’d been hiding behind flashy clothes and theatrical antics, had resurfaced. The complicated psychology of humans was none of a cat’s concern, but it would be a problem if Jijon gave up now.

‘I haven’t even met Dios in the waiting room yet……!’

As it turned out, the judges, Karin and Dios, used a separate waiting room from the audition participants.

Instead, once the auditions were over, Karin and Dios would come to the contestants’ waiting room to offer encouragement.

In other words, if she wanted to meet Dios and have a one-on-one hunting game, she had to participate in the audition with Jijon.

Smack smack!

Mieum leapt up and delivered a flurry of meow punches to Jijon.

Thud!

“Ugh…….”

Hit by a fiercer-than-usual meow punch, Jijon collapsed onto the floor. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

“Get a hold of yourself, kyakyakyaolgh!”

“But, I … I can’t become a dazzling transformation magic hunter like Miss Rona…….”

“The time we spent working hard wasn’t meaningless. Didn’t you diligently practice your ultimate moves with me, waeolgh!”

“…Cat-nim! Do you believe in me?”

Mieum extended her front paw toward him. With trembling fingers, Jijon grasped it.

“Hic … thank you for believing in me!”

“Hurry up and get up, nyaong! It’s our turn!”

“Y-Yes! I’ll do my very best to become a transformation magic hunter!”

Honestly, what a high-maintenance human.

After finally making it onto the stage, the audition began.

[The virtual reality device has been activated. Summoning monster.

Please follow all safety guidelines while using the device.]

[Virtual Reality: Cave Polar Bear (VR) has appeared.]

Even knowing it was a VR monster prepared by the organizers, its appearance was intimidating.

All he had to do was recite the predetermined lines, demonstrate his ultimate move action, and defeat the VR monster in front of him.

Fueled by the cat’s encouragement and the burning embers of a belated first love, Jijon stepped forward bravely. He raised his prepared weapon (Miracle (…) Stick Ver. 3 Re-release edition, retail price 82,300 won) and tried to shout his line, but.

“Hup, hyaaah … Ultimate Cosmic…….”

“Wait, no! Not yet! Waolgh! The timing isn’t right yet…….”

Boom!

The VR monster’s attack sent Jijon flying backward. They said it was an easy-level VR monster, but the force was considerable. The movement was so realistic that the children watching from the front row gasped.

“Grrrraaah!”

The VR monster wildly swung its forepaw and tore into Jijon’s shoulder.

“N-No……!”

A fully immersed child in the audience flinched in shock.

It’s fine. It’s just a VR monster. It won’t cause real injuries…….

‘…It does?’

A sharp pain shot through him, and blood trickled down from his shoulder.

“What’s wrong, waeoong!”

“…….”

Cold sweat slid down his temple.

There was a wound. Which meant.

‘The monster is real?’

He didn’t know how things had turned out this way.

But it was certain that the monster before them wasn’t some virtual illusion created by cutting-edge VR equipment. It was real.

This was dangerous. They needed to inform the organizers immediately, stop the event, and evacuate the audience.

But.

“Grrraaaah!”

The monster roared and charged.

And right behind Jijon were the children. If he showed even a moment’s opening, the monster’s claws would fly toward them.

In that case…….

He couldn’t back down here!

“Please help me, Cat-nim!”

“Waeolgh! What are you trying to do!”

“I’m going to take that monster down!”

“What? … Waeolgh!”

Gripping the Miracle (…) Stick in one hand, Jijon dashed forward.

After training under the cat’s swift meow punches, the monster’s movements seemed slow to his eyes.

He ducked easily to evade the attack, and in the next instant.

“Now! Waeooong!”

Jijon spun once in midair and thrust his fist forward with all his strength.

“Hyaaah! Supreme Iron Fang!”

Boom!

With a dull impact, the monster staggered. Seizing that brief opening, he unleashed his ultimate move at the perfect moment!

A special ultimate attack, one that only he, a man who had studied the Supreme Swordsmanship for so long, could wield.

“Ultimate Cosmic Power … Supreme Swordsmanship!”

Bang!

“…Did I defeat it?”

“Waeolgh! You shouldn’t have said that!”

Did he just jinx it? The monster shook its head violently and began to rise again.

This time, it was Mieum’s turn to shine.

“Kyakyakyaogh!”

She leapt behind the monster in a flash and delivered a swift meow punch headshot.

Smack!

With their perfect coordinated attack, the monster finally collapsed completely.

“…W-Wow!”

A moment of silence passed, then a beat later, the children in the audience erupted into cheers.

“Wow, it looks so real!”

“So cool! But what’s Supreme Swordsmanship?”

“Ahjussi, you’re awesome! It’s a bit different from the Transformation Magic Hunters, though!”

Amid reactions more intense than ever before, the host stepped back onto the stage.

“And with that, we’ve seen our final participant. Now … huh? W-What? Why isn’t this monster disappearing? Is there a malfunction with the VR machine?”

“D-Don’t tell me that’s a real monster……?”

“It’s a b-broadcast accident! Turn the camera to the MC desk and call the judges!”

The staff members, who only belatedly realized what was happening, turned pale. They hurried to get the situation under control.

One of the staff offered to treat Jijon’s injury, but he simply smiled and said he was fine.

It would be necessary to investigate how a real monster had appeared on stage, but for now, at least, the crisis had been prevented.

Even if he failed the audition and couldn’t become a Transformation Magic Hunter, he felt proud that he had saved the children … huh?

Jijon suddenly noticed the murmur in the hall growing louder and turned his head.

At some point, Hyerin had come up onto the stage and was now standing right in front of him. Beside her was the actor who played the villain character, Dios.

Ah, now that the audition was over, it must be time for the judges to appear. For a brief moment, his heart fluttered at the sight of his belated first love.

“Hyerin-ssi?”

“…Ha.”

For some reason, Hyerin’s expression seemed strange. The way her lips twisted into a forced smile made her look both irritated and filled with rage.

“What exactly are you? Why do you keep getting in my way until the very end?”

“E-Excuse me?”

No, that’s not it. It wasn’t just that her expression felt unfamiliar… There was something more fundamentally off.

An unsettling, almost eerie discomfort, as if she wasn’t Hyerin at all, but a completely different person.

“Hyerin-ssi, what are you……”

Flustered, Jijon tried to step closer to her.

And at that moment.

“…Don’t move!”

Hyerin pulled a dagger from her bosom and pressed it against Dios’s neck.

***

What.

What on earth is going on?

Mieum-ah, why are you on stage?

And since when were you this good at acting?

Pow pow pow!

Sharp kitty punches struck the VR monster on stage. With her chubby little body drawing the children’s attention, Mieum leapt lightly through the air and even nailed the landing.

At home you don’t even walk 300 steps a day, so why are you suddenly pulling off such realistic action scenes here?

“Woww!”

“The cat’s so cute!”

Amid the enthusiastic cheers, Jijon and our cat’s audition came to an end. I hurried toward the front of the stage.

“Mieum-ah! Kwon Mieum!”

“…Wa-waeolgh. You’ve got the wrong cat. I don’t know any such cat.”

“Stop talking nonsense and get over here. If you don’t come right now, no snacks for a week.”

“Waeoong…….”

I grabbed Mieum as she tried to run away and gave her bottom a few firm pats.

“You should’ve told me before leaving! Told me!”

“Waeolgh, waeolgh!”

And because I was so focused on patting her little butt, I was a bit late in noticing the strange thing happening around us.

The actress playing Karin suddenly pulled a dagger from her clothes. Then she grabbed the actor playing Dios and said,

“…Don’t move!”

Huh?

Now what is this?

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