TL: Hanguk
“Kuhahahaha.”
Kaiser laughed joyfully, watching the dragons stare blankly at the cream cake that Sejun had made.
“Here. Aileen, this is for you.”
Kaiser broke off the entire top section of the black tower and handed it to Aileen.
“Grandpa, thank you so much!”
Aileen expressed her deep gratitude for Kaiser’s consideration.
Taking the most delicious and beautiful portion for oneself when hosting guests would have been extremely rude.
However, Kaiser, the granddaughter-fool that he was, had the mindset of “Who cares about some rude behavior? Just let them complain.”
Who would dare complain to me anyway?
Actually, he was just shameless.
“Alright, let’s eat now.”
“Yes!”
The dragons, who had been eagerly waiting for Kaiser’s words as the host of the meeting, began eating the food in front of them.
“Khhihihi. I’ll put this in my collection storage.”
Holding her chocolate statue, Aileen headed toward the collection storage room in the Administrator Area, where treasures passed down through generations were kept.
And then,
“Ancestors, I’ll borrow some space here.”
Clink.
She used her tail to push aside ‘Extreme Ice’ a sword made of eternal ice, which was part of the collection belonging to Oily Pritani, the former head of the family, using her tail.
Thud.
Carefully, she placed her chocolate statue on the now-empty spot.
Next to her chocolate statue, there was still a spot on the display case taken up by the ‘Washed Apples bag’ that Aileen had placed there long ago. (TL: Chapter 23)
“Khhihihi. So pretty.”
Aileen indulged in admiring the chocolate statue of herself to her heart’s content.
“Huh? What’s this?”
She belatedly noticed the writing Sejun had left behind.
[To Aileen, the Most Beautiful Dragon in the World – From Sejun♥]
A heart?! Goodness gracious, a heart?!
‘Kyaaaah! I’m so happy!!!’
Aileen let out a silent scream, worried her inner voice might somehow leak out, as she read Sejun’s message.
“Khhihihi. Later, I’ll have to tell my Sejun he’s the most amazing person in the world too. Ah, I’d better get going now.”
She had been away for too long.
Aileen calmed her fluttering heart and headed back to the dining area.
At that moment,
“But isn’t Aileen unusually mature for her age? She doesn’t look for her mom.”
“Right? I’ve never seen her ask for her mom. Doesn’t she miss her mom?”
“If it were me at that age, I’d be throwing a tantrum saying I wanted to see my mom.”
“Isn’t that just because it’s you? You’ve always been like that.”
“What?! No way! When I was a hatchling, I had an amazing sense of independence!”
The voices of the other dragons’ conversation reached Aileen’s ears.
Pause.
Aileen quietly turned and walked back to the Administrator Area.
I want to see my mom too…
She had wanted to see her every day.
But she couldn’t show it.
Whenever she asked about her mom, her grandpa would wear a sorrowful expression, and her dad would look guilty.
So, to avoid seeing those expressions, she deliberately refrained from bringing up her mom. She did it so everyone could keep smiling.
But strangely, the smiles felt bitter. Not once had she truly laughed from the heart. Not until Sejun came along.
Thanks to Sejun, Aileen no longer had to force bitter smiles.
“Sniff…”
Aileen buried herself in a corner of the Administrator Area and quietly cried, ensuring no one could see her.
At that moment,
[Park Sejun, the Tower Farmer of the Black Tower, is asking what you’re doing.]
Sejun, the man who could make Aileen smile, had sent her a message.
However,
‘Sejun, I can’t respond right now. I’m sorry.’
Not wanting him to know she was crying, Aileen couldn’t bring herself to reply.
***
99th floor of the Black Tower.
[……]
“Is she busy?”
I was going to tell her Theo wrote it without my knowledge…
Sejun, hopelessly pathetic until the end.
“Huuuh! This is great.”
Lying flat on the outdoor platform, Sejun flailed his arms and legs as he enjoyed a rare moment of solitude. Theo and Cuengi were both at work.
Hehehe. I’m not going to do anything today.
Having been extremely busy preparing food for the dragons over the past few days, he planned to take the day off.
Yeah. I should take at least one day off.
Sejun spent the past week not only preparing dishes but also scurrying around various towers to gather fruits needed to brew liquors matching the attributes of the nine dragon clans.
For the Red Dragon, there was already the Well-aged Extremely Fiery Cherry Wine that Sejun had made before.
For the Black Dragon, he made cherry wine using Thick Darkness Cherries. For the Golden Dragon, kiwi wine was crafted using Electrified Golden Kiwi.
The Green Dragon’s drink was made from Golden Kudzu Root of Life as kudzu wine, and the Blue Dragon’s was crafted using Drought-Inducing Watermelon as watermelon wine.
However, for the remaining four dragons, there were no fruits suitable for their attributes.
He could have simply served them Well-Aged Golden Samyangju made with Level 1 Golden Rice Seed, which would have sufficiently pleased the dragons. but
I want to make them!
Having already set the goal of crafting liquors that matched the attributes of the nine dragon clans, Sejun couldn’t resist his ambition.
‘And I need to leave a good impression on Kaiser-nim too. Hehehe.’
Thus, to find the fruits with specific attributes, Sejun summoned other Tower Farmers and began updating the Experienced Farmer’s Plant Encyclopedia, which he had previously overlooked.
Since he was at it, he updated information from all the towers.
For someone like Ophelia, whom he couldn’t meet directly, Sejun resolved the issue by leaving the encyclopedia on the 99th floor of the Green Tower. Ophelia would then update it herself.
In this way, Sejun learned the location of all the plants in the nine towers.
Fortunately, with the land deeds he owned from various towers, he was able to solve everything except for the Silver Tower, where he didn’t own a single land deed.
So,
“Go, Kwin!”
For the Silver Tower, Sejun sent Kwin to the 75th floor to fetch Whirlwind Lemons. Using these, he brewed lemon wine.
As for the remaining three towers, Sejun personally went with his companions.
From the Lime Farm on the 55th floor of the White Tower, he obtained Light-Infused Limes and made lime wine. From the Grapefruit Farm on the 89th floor of the Purple Tower, he retrieved Paralyzing Poison Grapefruits to make grapefruit wine. Lastly, from the Pear Farm on the 32nd floor of the Brown Tower, he harvested Rock-hard Pears Overflowing with Intelligence to make pear wine.
“Ugh. Next time I’m definitely not going to work this hard.”
Sejun vowed not to push himself so hard next time. But he seemed oblivious to the fact that his personality always drove him to give his all when work came up.
As Sejun continued to laze around,
Kkihihit! Kking!
[Heehee! Butler! Let’s play!]
“Alright. Go fetch this!”
Kkihihit! Kking! Kking!
[Hehe! Butler! Look at this! I found something interesting!]
“Great. Now go fetch again!”
The Blackie Family was having a blast because Sejun kept playing with them.
After running around energetically like that, the Blackie family.
Kking…
[Butler, I’m sleepy…]
“Alright. Time to sleep.”
Hop.
As if it were the most natural thing in the world, they climbed onto Sejun’s chest.
Kkirorong.
Eomrorong.
…
..
.
They sprawled out and fell asleep.
Snore.
So did Sejun.
While Sejun and the Blackie Family were sound asleep,
“Puhuhut. Great Hybrid Chairman Park, I’ve returned, meow!”
Kueng!
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[Cuengi is back too!]
Theo and Cuengi had come back.
“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, are you sleeping, meow?!”
Finding Sejun asleep, Theo naturally climbed onto his lap and made himself comfortable.
And,
Cueng…
[Dad said if you don’t work, you can’t eat, but Dad isn’t working…]
If Dad doesn’t work, we won’t have food today! This is a big problem!
Cuengi, who believed that skipping even one meal was catastrophic, was deeply worried as he watched Sejun laze around.
But,
“I cooked already.”
Son, cooking isn’t as easy as you think.
Kueng!
[That’s right! Dad did work! That’s a relief!]
Dad will be able to eat!
Relieved by Sejun’s words, Cuengi let out a big sigh of relief.
Kuhehehe.
Feeling reassured, Cuengi clung to Sejun’s side, showing off his cutest antics.
As Sejun lay with his companions, enjoying a leisurely moment,
[The Tower Administrator is asking if there’s any food because she’s hungry.]
Aileen called out to him.
She had cried so hard earlier that she now felt hungry.
“Huh? Food?”
There should be plenty of food over there. Why ask me?
Although puzzled, Sejun replied,
“Alright. What do you want to eat?”
Thinking she might have her reasons, he jumped up and headed to the kitchen.
[The Tower Administrator says she wants something spicy.]
Is she feeling down?
Wanting spicy food often meant someone was feeling gloomy.
Without asking why Aileen was gloomy, Sejun quietly began making food to comfort her mood.
First, he started with Spicy Cheese Braised Chicken. He added various ingredients like rice cakes, sweet potatoes, and sausages.
Especially since Aileen loved rice cakes, he decided to triple the amount.
As the spicy cheese braised chicken filled with rice cakes began to cook, he prepared a sweet and tangy Cherry Tomato Juice to help offset the spiciness.
“Aileen, eat this first.”
Sejun handed Aileen the spicy cheese braised chicken and cherry tomato juice before continuing to make more dishes.
He planned to recreate every dish served at the dragons’ meeting today—just for Aileen.
A Sejun buffet dedicated solely to Aileen.
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[The Tower Administrator says she misses her mom so much.]
[The Tower Administrator says but her mother is somewhere else so she can’t see her.]
Aileen began sharing what she had kept in her heart, and
…
Sejun silently continued cooking as he listened to Aileen’s story.
So Aileen’s mother is alive.
From the atmosphere, he had thought it was best not to ask about her mother and had never brought it up.
Sejun continued to quietly cook as he listened to Aileen.
[The Tower Administrator says her mom descended to a place called Omid 150 years ago and went missing.]
Pause.
She’s trapped somewhere?!
Sejun stopped moving and carefully listened to Aileen.
According to Aileen, the Black Tower of Omid was the last one remaining at that time. Aileen’s mother, the Tower Administrator, descended to Omid.
However, when Aileen’s mother descended, a specific magic had been triggered.
A dimensional spell that severed all connections with other worlds, isolating itself.
A isolated world.
Because of this magic, Omid became a place no one could locate.
This was because Omid, having severed all connections with other worlds, kept drifting through dimensions like a raft adrift in a vast ocean.
“Aileen, don’t worry. I’ll find your mother-in—no, I mean, Aileen’s mother! I promise!”
Sejun comforted Aileen with a confident voice.
Not that he had any specific plan in mind.
He just had a feeling he could somehow make it happen.
Vice Chairman Theo would surely pull off something miraculous this time too, right?
As Sejun looked at Theo with a gaze full of trust,
Lick, lick.
He saw Theo enthusiastically licking between his legs.
Hmm…
Maybe not Theo this time?
Suddenly, his confidence plummeted.
At that moment,
[The Tower Administrator says she saw your message.]
Aileen unexpectedly brought up the message Sejun had left earlier.
“Ah
Sejun was about to hurriedly make the pathetic excuse he had prepared earlier.
But,
[The Tower Administrator says she thinks you’re the most handsome person in the world too.]
Aileen spoke just a beat faster.
“Hehehe. Really?”
Sejun grinned ear to ear at Aileen’s words.
And then,
“Meow?!”
That’s the method, meow! If Aileen noona’s eyes get blinded from love, then Chairman Park’s ugly face might not matter anymore, meow!
Theo suddenly had an epiphany.
***
The Sea of Dimensions.
Countless worlds floated like islands, while many others drifted freely along the currents of the dimensional sea.
At that moment,
[Hehe. Got it!]
Flamie grabbed hold of one drifting world with her roots.
The name of the world Flamie caught was Omid.
The one who pulled it off this time wasn’t Theo—but Flamie.