Creative projects

The next morning, Julian catches up to Luca as he makes his daily visit to Bora’s cafe. The two are greeted by Grandma Amelia which throws the two off. What is she doing there? Where is Bora? Grandma Amelia explains that she’ll be working at the cafe for the time being and hands the two guys the menu. Just like her cafe in the mountains, the menu at the college cafe is the same exact one.

And just like their visit to Amelia’s cafe in the mountains, Luca finds something in his cup again. This time, it’s a piece of leaf which Grandma Amelia has placed in his cup so as to prevent him from drinking his coffee too fast. Luca is confused as to why Grandma Amelia would make such an assumption, but there’s a reasoning behind the willow leaf. In the past, Amelia’s husband would down a cup of water quickly without taking the time to catch his breath or to rest. Since Amelia believes Luca might be her husband, she placed a willow leaf in his cup so he wouldn’t down his cup of coffee like he did with water 699 years ago.

Of course, Luca grows flustered and angry and he walks away with Julian. He remains in disbelief that Grandma Amelia is at the same college campus where he works. He also doesn’t believe Julian when he calls Grandma Amelia a fairy. How is she a fairy? But Luca answers his own question when he watches Grandma Amelia quickly transform into fairy Amelia for a few seconds. She asks him to meet her at the cafe once again at the dog of the hour.

Grandma Amelia’s special coffee gains special attention by Julian and Luca’s two lab partners. Luca himself is suspicious of the coffee after he takes a sip of it. He finds himself asleep for half an hour and dreams of a little boy crying after being abandoned by his mother. To see if there’s anything in the coffee, Luca visits the same lab Julian is in and conducts a lab test on it. Though the lab test shows up with nothing, Luca is convinced that there’s something in the coffee.

He has a talk with Doctor Charlotte about the coffee and assumes the coffee must be what’s causing him to sleep so well. Plus, he keeps seeing Grandma Amelia transform into Amelia as well as into a fairy which only makes things more confusing. As if that wasn’t enough, Luca had a different dream in that half hour nap he took in his office earlier. Doctor Charlotte assumes it must be because Luca is avoiding all his bad memories in his life and is locking them inside of his subconscious.

Using a house as an analogy, Doctor Charlotte describes that Luca must have placed all his issues and concerns in the basement of the house with a lock attached to it so that no one – not even Luca himself – can open it. Maybe Amelia who keeps appearing in front of Luca is knocking at that basement door and wants to get inside somehow.

Speaking of Amelia, she occupies herself with some creative projects. Using some gourds, she connects the three pieces of gourds together with a red string and hangs it from the ceiling of the room. Amelia places a few of her and Stella’s items inside each gourd and decorates the overall piece with some vines.

Back in the mountains, Teacher Park, Fairy Emiley, and Mountain God Calix (he’s also referred to as a Wizard) have a discussion about Amelia. They’re worried about her and fear that she must be in danger since they haven’t heard anything from her yet. However, Teacher Park isn’t too concerned and is confident that she’s found her late husband since he helped her in the process. Wizard Calix expresses his doubt about Teacher Park’s help so the two get into a small argument with each other. Fairy Emiley has to remind the two about Amelia to get them to stop bickering and suggests that they visit Seoul to follow up on her.

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