An Old Man Restaurant Owner Is Unparalleled by Relying on His Old Tricks. It Turns Out, He’s the Legendary Dungeon Conqueror. - 97

Chapter 97: Moe Moe Kyun!~♡

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【Heroic Spirit Part-Time Job】 Ken-chan’s Restaurant Part 118【Now Hiring More!】

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Turns out the new Heroic Spirit is none other than Himiko.

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I can’t believe such a legendary figure from ancient history is joining the part-time job team.

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She’s so tiny though, lol.

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Way different from what I imagined, lmao.

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Cute.

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How old would she be, anyway?

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She looks like an elementary school kid.

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Do Heroic Spirits even have an age concept?

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Supposedly, they appear as they did in life, right?

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Not sure about that.

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Maybe she’s been beautified a bit.

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Still, with Himiko, Abe no Seimei, and Masako Hojo… That’s quite the lineup indeed.

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Ever since Himiko-chan started working here, the place has become a lot more peaceful.

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When she speaks, you just feel like you have to listen to her.

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She definitely has some kind of special power.

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As expected of an ancient kingdom’s queen.

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Do all Heroic Spirits have special abilities?

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Probably. Abe no Seimei controls shikigami with his onmyujutsu.

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What about Masako Hojo?

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By the way, when I went today, the shikigami had turned into anime characters.

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Seriously?

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What do you mean?

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Here, check out this pic.

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No way, lolololol.

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What even is this, lmao?

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So this is the direction they’re taking now, huh? Lol.

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In which direction is Ken-chan’s Restaurant heading…? (Confused)

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Two-dimensional characters becoming three-dimensional…?

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A three-dimensional version of a two-dimensional thing… Yeah, that makes no sense.

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Bet this is gonna bring in a whole new crowd of customers.

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Doesn’t it look like the characters from ‘Maid Cafe!’?!

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Yeah, maybe.

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Looks way too similar, lol.

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They totally copied it, lol.

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Isn’t this straight-up plagiarism?

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Couldn’t they get sued for this?

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Who are they gonna sue? Lol. Abe no Seimei? Lmao.

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I doubt copyright laws even apply here, lol.

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Still, Nishida, the manager, would be the one responsible.

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Did Nishida actually request this himself?

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What the hell is he making Abe no Seimei do, lol?

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Is Nishida secretly an otaku?

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Maid Cafe! aired right after Let’s dance at Phoenix Mountain, right?

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“The suspect claims they were ‘just watching it on the side’…”

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From Maid Cafe!’s perspective, this is basically a free promotion.

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They should do a collaboration.

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If he uses shikigami, could they hold real-life events with anime characters?

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Since it’s not just a hologram, they could even do actual handshake events.

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That would attract a massive crowd of fans.

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I doubt Abe no Seimei ever imagined he’d be summoned to this era just to do something like this. (Feels bad man)

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Who’s the next Heroic Spirit going to be?

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Hoping for Nobunaga.

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There’s no way he could make Nobunaga work a part-time job, lol.

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Might as well bring in Nobunaga and Akechi Mitsuhide together.

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That pairing is downright hilarious.

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What about Yoritomo and Yoshitsune?

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That’s just cruel, lol.

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Maybe they’d set aside their past grudges and get along.

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I’d love to see Chacha-hime.

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Tokiwa Gozen for me.

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Ono no Komachi is a must.

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How about Murasaki Shikibu?

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It’s all famous women so far, lol.

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Since Masako Hojo turned out to be a beauty, our expectations are growing high.

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How about Taira no Masakado?

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Or Sugawara no Michizane?

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Don’t forget Emperor Sutoku.

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That’s the Three Great Vengeful Spirits of Japan, lol.

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Turning Ken-chan’s Restaurant into a horror-themed place, lmao.

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“Moe Moe Kyun♡”

A shikigami, transformed into an anime-style character, winked and formed a heart shape with its hands while letting out an adorable voice.

“S-Spectacular… I’ve finally succeeded in giving them voices…”

Of course, this was all Abe no Seimei’s doing. He flared his nostrils in excitement as he marveled at the shikigami he had created.

“B-But… Compared to the divine voices of legendary voice actors, it’s still lacking… And the mouth movements… They don’t match at all… There’s so much to improve…”

Having become completely obsessed with anime characters, Abe no Seimei was now experimenting with using shikigami to bring 2D characters into the 3D world.

At this point, I can’t even tell if it’s 2D or 3D anymore.

“I never expected him to get this absorbed in it. Well… I suppose it suits him.”

Back in the Heian period, onmyodo was essentially a form of science. In that sense, Abe no Seimei was like a researcher—someone who fixated on a single subject with relentless dedication.

If I thought of anime characters as just another one of his research topics… Maybe it made sense…? Lately, he had even started watching late-night anime every evening.

“What’s so great about those human-like imitations?”

“Himiko-sama, if you put it like that, you’ll anger Abe no Seimei-sama. Besides, different eras have different values. In this time period, this is just a normal part of the culture.”

Well, at least I managed to convince him to tweak the character designs so they weren’t the exact copies of real anime characters. It still didn’t quite match the aesthetic of Ken-chan’s Restaurant, but that was a minor issue… Yeah, a minor issue indeed…

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