TL: Hanguk
Early morning on the 99th floor of the Black Tower.
“Alright.”
After a refreshing and deep sleep, Sejun woke up earlier than usual.
[1% absorbed.]
[2% absorbed.]
…
..
.
[<Power: Sunfish Core> has been upgraded to <Power: Super Sunfish Core>.]
“Huh?!”
[Due to the effects of <Power: Super Sunfish Core> and <Power: Resilient Young Dragon’s Solid Bone>, all stats have increased by 6.]
In front of Sejun, messages began to appear, informing him of the events that had occurred while he was asleep.
“Super Sunfish Core?!”
Sejun, flustered upon reading the messages, immediately felt his temper rise.
The culprit behind this…
The image of the perpetrator appeared in his mind instantly.
“Was it you?”
Kkurorong.
Sejun looked at Blackie, who was sprawled out and sleeping peacefully on his chest.
Blackie, you little brat!
With an irritated hand,
Pat. Pat.
Sejun scratched Blackie’s belly.
Then
Kihihit.
Blackie giggled, seemingly pleased by Sejun’s touch, completely oblivious to the tension in the air.
You cheeky rascal, if you weren’t so cute… Does being cute solve everything?!
Buck. Buck.
While giving Blackie a hearty belly rub, Sejun began to examine the details of the newly enhanced power.
→ The core created by Blackie Park and the seven subordinates after long deliberation for Black Tower’s Tower Farmer Park Sejun has been enhanced.
→ Butler! Get stronger!
→ All stat potential +5000
→ All stat potential increases by 50 daily.
→ All stats increase by 5 daily.
→ Butler! Don’t die!
→ Vitality +700%
→ Butler! Never die!
→ For 1 minute and 30 seconds, you can convert all stats into stamina.
The stat potential had increased by 2000, and the daily stat potential increase had gone up by an additional 20.
Moreover, a new feature had been added, increasing all stats by 5 daily.
Vitality was boosted by an extra 200%, and the time for converting all stats into stamina was extended by 30 seconds.
“It’s gotten much better.”
Even so, Sejun was still annoyed.
This was clearly Blackie’s revenge for Sejun calling him Super Sunfish.
And to be fair, it was Sejun’s fault for calling Blackie that, but he refused to consider it as his comeuppance.
“But since I’m a namer…”
Can’t I just change the name of this power too?
Alright. I’ll give it a great new name.
“Hyper Ultra Sejun Dual Super Core.”
As Sejun came up with this extravagant name, throwing in every good term he could think of,
A message appeared, informing him that it was not possible for him to rename powers.
However,
Hehehe. ‘Not yet’ means someday I’ll be able to…
Sejun saw hope in the message.
As he continued to mull over names for the power,
Aileen spoke to him.
“Yeah, I woke up early. Why?”
“What?! Hamk is being moved to the 0th floor?!”
Then what about Earth?
In a worried tone, Sejun asked.
“Multiple worlds can coexist on the 0th floor?”
Knowing what Sejun was worried about, Aileen provided a detailed explanation to ease his concerns.
“Really? Whew, that’s a relief.”
“Oh! That’s great.”
Sejun was delighted by Aileen’s words.
After chatting with Aileen for a while,
“Meow…”
Kking…
Sejun headed outside with Theo and the Blackie family.
Step. Step.
Sejun let his footsteps resonate among the crops, accelerating their growth. In return, he received potential stat as a reward.
A little while later.
Kueng!
“Brother-in-law!”
Just like the day before, Cuengi and Ace came to find Sejun, who took the two of them and headed to the cooking area.
As Sejun was about to start cooking,
Kuhehehe. Kueng! Kueng!
[Hehehe. Dad, Cuengi has a dish he wants to eat today! Cuengi is using his coupon!]
Cuengi pulled out a “Sejun’s Cooking Request Coupon (1 Day)” from his treasure hunt and declared it confidently.
“Alright. What does our Cuengi want to eat?”
Sejun asked with a satisfied smile, seeing the seriousness on Cuengi’s face.
Kueng! Kueng!
[Today, Cuengi wants to eat whatever Dad wants to eat! Since Dad never gets to eat what he wants, Cuengi will use his coupon today so you can eat whatever you like!] R
With a proud expression, Cuengi looked at Sejun and said this.
At that moment…
Sejun was certain.
There was no doubt about it.
He must have saved the nation dozens of times in his previous life.
The world’s most beautiful woman, Aileen, as his girlfriend, and now a filial son like Cuengi.
There was no other explanation.
“My Cuengi, you’re using your coupon for Dad?!”
Kuhehehe. Kueng!
[Hehehe. That’s right!]
Sejun, moved, hugged Cuengi and rubbed his face against Cuengi’s.
But does Cuengi know?
That not cooking at all is the best. And even better than that is eating food cooked by others.
Of course, Aileen’s cooking is excluded.
“Then let’s have garaetteok today!”
For Cuengi, who used his coupon for him, Sejun chose garaetteok.
Kueng!
[Cuengi actually wanted to eat garaetteok dipped in honey today, and Dad and Cuengi’s thoughts matched perfectly!]
Cuengi raised both of his front paws in celebration at Sejun’s words.
Cuengi, you’re just happy as long as you can dip something in honey, aren’t you?
As Sejun chuckled at Cuengi,
“Brother-in-law! Guess what I want to eat too!”
Ace shouted with wide eyes, clearly wanting to share a connection with Sejun like Cuengi did.
Jealousy was written all over his face.
“Hmm…”
Sejun locked eyes with Ace and pretended to think for a moment.
Then,
“Yonggary Chicken!”
He shouted confidently.
“That’s right! Puhihihi.”
Ace burst into laughter, grinning widely at Sejun’s answer.
Knowing everyone’s favorite food was far too easy for Sejun.
“Grilled fish!”
“Roasted and dried sweet potato!”
Riding the momentum, Sejun also guessed the foods that Theo and Blackie wanted to eat.
Puhuhut. As expected, the Great Hybrid Chairman Park understands me perfectly, meow!
Kihihit. Kking!
[Hehe. As expected, my butler knows what I like!]
Theo and Blackie were thrilled as well.
Hehehe. Simple ones.
Watching their reactions, Sejun smirked to himself.
Then, he set about preparing the dishes, garaetteok, frying Yonggary Chicken, grilling fish, and taking roasted and dried sweet potatoes from the Void Storage.
Although Cuengi had used his coupon to let Sejun eat what he wanted, in the end, Sejun prepared all the dishes that the group wanted.
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After finishing their breakfast,
Slurp.
As Sejun sipped the coffee Cuengi had brewed,
Boom!
Suddenly, a powerful energy wave exploded from afar, sending shockwaves rippling toward Sejun.
…?!
What was that? That’s where Mother-in-law is!
As Sejun turned to look in the direction where the energy wave had occurred,
Flap. Flap.
-Sejun, are you alright?!
-Son-in-law, are you okay?!
Kaiser and Anton’s dragon statues flew toward Sejun with all their might, worried that he might have been injured by what just happened.
“Of course, I’m fine. I’m strong now.”
As Sejun answered confidently with a smile
Boom!!
Another wave of energy erupted, this one even stronger than the previous one.
“But are Mother-in-law and Ace okay?”
When Sejun asked them
-Yes, it’s because my daughter-in-law’s body is recovering, and her power is surging. As for Ace, he’s a dragon, so this much is nothing for him.
Ace possessed <Bloodline: Great Dragon>, which allowed him to nullify over 90% of the energy from other dragons.
Additionally, he was protected by <Power: Young Dragon’s Blessing>, which lasted until he turned 100 years old. This blessing reduced the remaining 10% of energy that his bloodline couldn’t offset to one ten-thousandth of its original strength.
On top of that, there were several other powers that specifically protected young dragons, such as absorbing the energy of surrounding dragons.
Without these safeguards, a dragon would likely die from their parents’ energy the moment they were born.
Moreover, Ace had grown much stronger than other dragons his age, thanks to receiving a name from Sejun and eating Sejun’s crops.
Ace was born with both a dragon’s silver spoon and Sejun’s silver spoon.
-But son-in-law, wouldn’t it be better if you went somewhere else for a while?
-Yes, Sejun, go visit another floor. It’ll take some time for Elizabeth’s energy to settle.
Kaiser and Anton spoke with concern for Sejun.
“Nah. I told you I’m fine.”
Just as Sejun was confidently saying this
[All stats boosted by 20,000 and magic power boosted by 70,000 due to <Power: Master of Magic (Replica)> have disappeared.]
The effects of <Power: Master of Magic (Replica)> vanished from Sejun.
A message appeared before him.
“Huh?!”
Suddenly, with 150,000 total stats gone, Sejun felt an overwhelming sense of weakness.
At that moment,
Boom!!!
Elizabeth’s energy wave struck Sejun once more.
“Ouch!”
This time, it hurt a little.
“…I’ll go down for a bit.”
It’s always best to listen to your elders.
Thus, Sejun decided to temporarily leave the 99th floor of the Tower until Elizabeth’s energy stabilized
Guess I’ll do some shopping.
Sejun and his companions headed down to the 75th floor of the Tower.
Five hours later,
“Got it.”
Hearing Aileen’s words, Sejun, who had been shopping, returned to the 99th floor of the Tower.
That evening,
“Brother-in-law, Mom says she’s planning to return to the dragon’s territory next week.”
Ace, who was now eating with Sejun while Elizabeth rested after recovering her strength, delivered the news of her return.
“Puhing… So that means Ace will have to sleep alone at night now.”
Ace spoke in the most pitiful voice he could muster, staring at Sejun with pleading eyes. It was clear he wanted to sleep with Sejun.
Ace naturally assumed he’d stay behind with Sejun.
But…
“I don’t think so”
That wasn’t going to happen. If Elizabeth returned, Ace would obviously go with her.
“And I think Ace will go with your mom.”
“Puhing….”
Ace began to cry at Sejun’s straightforward words.
He had been fine with the thought of being separated from his mom, but the idea of being apart from Sejun made tears flow uncontrollably.
“Why are you crying? You can come back anytime you want. And if there’s anything you want to eat, just tell me, and I’ll send it to you.”
Sejun patted the giant Ace on the back, soothing him.
“Puhihihi.”
Ace’s spirits lifted, and a smile returned to his face as the corners of his mouth curled up.
“Hey! If you cry and laugh like that, you’ll grow hair on your butt!” (TL: Check my note at the end on Chapter 222)
When Sejun teased Ace like this,
“Meow?!”
Kueng?!
Kking?!
Theo, Cuengi, and Blackie gave Sejun strange looks, as if to say, What’s so weird about that?
The three already had hair there.
“Uh….”
Realizing his joke had backfired, Sejun, embarrassed, tried to act like nothing had happened.
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