TL: Hanguk
Lick.
“Mohehe. Sweet.”
When Poyo licked Sejun’s hand lightly, savoring Sejun’s misfortune,
Grrr.
Get away from my butler!
Blackie growled as ferociously as he could at Poyo.
Sejun was already unable to find opportunities to surpass his limits due to Theo and the people around him. If even his misfortune disappeared, Sejun’s growth would be further delayed.
At the end of all growth, there’s a wall. To cross that wall, trials must follow. And the stronger the trials, the greater the growth when the wall is surpassed.
Of course, overwhelming misfortune beyond one’s capacity could become poison instead. However, the misfortune Sejun possessed was not yet at such a level.
Naturally, this didn’t apply to Uren, who hadn’t grown enough to encounter a wall yet.
“Yes…”
When Poyo, unable to consume Sejun’s misfortune due to Blackie’s furious outburst, looked sullen,
“Uheheh. Theo~nim, you trust on me from now on! Delectable misfortune!”
Uren shouted boldly and used his newly acquired skill.
Whoosh.
A crimson energy spread out from Uren.
Delectable misfortune?
Sejun watched the situation with curiosity.
A moment later.
The sound of many footsteps began to echo.
“That’s the guy! Catch that pink pig!”
“Don’t interfere! That pig belongs to Lady Nina of the Chain Scythe!”
“No! That delicious pig is ours!”
Hundreds of criminals, drawn to Uren’s delicious misfortune, began to swarm in.
What is this?!
Indeed, the skill Uren had acquired was a large-scale provocation skill…
→ A divine skill imbued with the power of Misfortune, the God of Misfortune. It spreads the scent of one’s delicious misfortune across a 10km radius, attracting those who bring misfortune to others.
→ Each use of the skill consumes 10% of the misfortune the user possesses.
It was a divine skill that only followers of the god could learn.
“Puhuhut. Uren, you did well, meow!”
Thwack thwack.
As criminals drawn by Uren’s large-scale provocation collapsed one by one, Theo gleefully stamped them out.
“Puhuhut. These guys have a lot of money, meow!”
In less than 30 minutes, they managed to earn 5 trillion Tower Coins. Truly, the synergy between Theo and Uren was incredible.
“Mohehe. It’s delicious!”
Poyo was also thoroughly satisfied.
“For now, let’s take them to Jeras and collect the bounties.”
Sejun and his party tied up the criminals, stored them in the Void Storage, and headed to Jeras to collect a bounty of 1 trillion Tower Coins.
Then,
“Jeras, where are the areas where criminals frequently appear?”
Sejun asked about the locations of crime-prone areas.
“Areas where criminals frequently appear? Hmm. For now, to the north of the shop street…”
After learning the crime hotspots from Jeras, they went to those locations.
“Uheheh. Delectable misfortune!”
Uren used his large-scale provocation once again.
Thanks to this, Theo was able to capture and subdue more criminals while making a huge profit, significantly improving the safety of the crime-prone areas.
Thus, a day passed, and by lunchtime the next day,
“This time, the bounty is 3.5 trillion Tower Coins.”
“Puhuhut. Thanks to great hybrid Chairman Park, I’ve completed my job quest, meow!”
While receiving the bounty from Jeras, Theo successfully completed his job quest.
“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, I’m now a Evil Legendary Merchant, meow!”
Theo proudly boasted about his new job title to Sejun. For reference, after completing his job quest, Cuengi was promoted to Senior Herbalist.
“Evil? That’s an insult, though?”
“Meow?! That was an insult?! Hel~nim, come out, meow! Why am I a Evil Legendary Merchant, meow?! Change it right now, meow! If you don’t, I’ll impeach you, meow!”
At Sejun’s words, Theo became utterly furious and began directly confronting Hel.
“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, instead of Evil Legendary Merchant, what should I change it to, meow?!”
Obtaining the right to change his job title freely, Theo asked for Sejun’s opinion.
“How about Lucky Legendary Merchant?”
Hehehe. After all, Theo is a lucky cat.
“Puhuhut. I like it, meow! Hel~nim, change my title to Lucky Legendary Merchant, meow!”
Thus, Theo’s job title was changed to Lucky Legendary Merchant.
[The name ‘Lucky Legendary Merchant’ has been imbued with a special effect.]
[A job trait is added: All stats increase by 777 every time you level up.]
[A job trait is added: A 7% refund of the purchase amount is granted every time you buy something.]
Good things happened right away.
“Puhuhut. As expected, great hybrid Chairman Park is amazing, meow!”
As soon as something good happened, Theo immediately praised Sejun.
Oh?! I want to change mine to Lucky Tower Farmer too!
Sejun, seeing Theo’s success, attempted to change his job title as well, but,
[You need to reach a higher stage to rename it.]
He was told to grow more and come back later.
I’m not envious. Not at all.
Sejun, trying his best not to show any jealousy, patted Theo on the head.
“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, does your stomach hurt, meow?”
“Uh… well…”
This clever cat noticed right away.
“Chairman Park, holding it in is bad for your health, meow! Let’s go to the bathroom quickly, meow!”
Of course, his guess was way off.
With Theo’s job quest completed,
“Let’s go home now.”
Sejun returned to the 99th floor of the Tower to prepare dishes for the 4th Dragon Meeting that was to be held at the White Tower.
There was a lot to prepare, including the Dragon Meeting and the Christmas party.
“Everyone, let’s get to work!”
Kkwek!
With the help of tens of thousands of mushroom ants that had multiplied,
Wiing!
[Sejun~nim, we will help you!]
Wiing! Wiing!
The Poisonous Queen Bee, Sweetie, and her swarm of poisonous bees assisted with transporting and preparing ingredients.
Moreover, at midnight, the Blue Moon, which Sejun was seeing for the 20th time in the Tower, appeared.
Ppeek!
Ppeek!
Ppyak!
The moon rabbits Wolgang, Wolha, and Heuk Wol-bok arrived via a Blue Moon jump.
“Oh. You guys are here!”
Since the three had worked together with Sejun cooking for a long time, so they had to help Sejun prepare the food.
For this Dragon Meeting, he planned to use the newly obtained ingredients, cinnamon and avocado, to make sujeonggwa (cinnamon punch), cinnamon rolls, guacamole, avocado juice, and more.
As for the cake, he planned to bake a giant hotcake, Ajax’s favorite, and make a 100-layer giant whipped cream hotcake tower.
Fortunately, Sejun 2 had worked hard in Sejun’s absence to brew enough attribute wine, so there wasn’t any shortage.
Thanks to the many helping hands, Sejun found some breathing room. At night, he planned the Christmas party with Theo and the dragons of the Four Dragon Council, while during the day, he prepared dishes for the Dragon Meeting.
As he spent his days busily, the day of the Dragon Meeting finally arrived.
“Kellion~nim, here’s the food.”
– Hahaha. Sejun, thank you. You’ve worked hard!
Receiving the dishes prepared by Sejun, Kellion was delighted.
The dishes with cinnamon had a unique sweet aroma that was hard to resist, while the avocado dishes impressed with their creamy texture and nutty flavor.
‘This can hold its own even compared to the Dragon Meeting held at the Black Tower a month ago.’
Feeling proud, Kellion smiled inwardly as he made the final preparations for the Dragon Meeting. The other dragons of the Four Dragon Council also moved to the White Tower to attend the meeting.
“Phew. It’s done.”
Letting out a sigh of relief after completing a major task, Sejun relaxed a bit.
But then,
“Alright! Time to start preparing for the Christmas party.”
There was no time to rest.
There were only two weeks left until Christmas.
There was still so much to do: sending out invitations for the party, decorating the Christmas tree, preparing party food, and arranging gifts for the attendees.
Thankfully, with the help of the Kingdom of Kov, messenger bird Piyot and other messenger birds were already delivering the party invitations.
Naturally, Uren and Poyo followed Piyot on his delivery rounds.
Thanks to everyone’s efforts, only three tasks remained: decorating the tree, preparing food, and arranging the gifts.
However, the real challenge was…
‘We can decorate the tree and prepare food together, but I need to prepare the gifts in secret…’
The gift preparations had to be done without anyone knowing.
To do so, Sejun needed to distract Cuengi, Paespaes, and the Blackie Family, but he couldn’t come up with a good plan.
What should I do?
As Sejun was deep in thought,
[Your soul is greatly fulfilled by the high praise of numerous beings of high rank.]
[Mental Strength increases by 500.]
…
..
.
Due to the praise of the Great Dragons who had eaten Sejun’s food, his Mental Strength began to rise.
Kking!
[Everyone, it’s coming!]
Of course, the Blackie Family, in tune with Sejun’s condition, adjusted the incoming Mental Strength appropriately for him.
[You have achieved 10,000 Mental Strength.]
[Your weak willpower has begun to exert a small influence on the world.]
Sejun reached Mental Strength 10,000 and became a being that could have a small influence on the world.
My will can influence the world a little?
“Rise!”
Sejun shouted while staring intently at a stone.
……
Of course, the stone didn’t budge an inch.
“Well, of course not.”
Sejun sighed, realizing his insignificance yet again, and moved to the place where he had planted pine trees.
When Sejun arrived, he was greeted by a lush pine forest with hundreds of pine trees.
Originally, he had started with just five pine tree seeds, but using the Harvest Elixir to rapidly grow the trees and harvest seeds, Sejun had managed to expand the forest significantly.
“Transplanting.”
Crack.
[Your proficiency in Transplanting Lv. 5 has increased slightly.]
[Due to the effect of Transplanting Lv. 5, the roots have not been damaged.]
[Due to the effect of Transplanting Lv. 5, the pine tree will remain in a stable condition for 5 hours.]
Sejun uprooted the pine trees and arranged them in a circle near his house. The remaining trees were planted along both sides of the path leading from the entrance of the 99th floor to the farm.
Kueng!
While Cuengi planted 30 trees, Sejun could only manage one,
Kuehehehe. Kueng!
[Hehehe. It’s fun because I’m doing it with Dad!]
“Hehehe. Me too.”
The two of them were simply enjoying themselves.
Once all the pine trees had been transplanted,
“Alright, everyone, let’s decorate the Christmas tree. Hang whatever you want on the tree.”
Sejun and his companions began decorating the Christmas tree.
“Puhuhut. As Vice Chairman Theo, I will hang the fish bones I’ve eaten so far, meow!”
Kuehehehe. Kueng!
[Hehehe. Cuengi will hang garaetteoks!]
Theo and Cuengi enthusiastically decorated the tree with their personal preferences.
“Hm. It’ll look better if we add something shiny.”
Sejun added extra decorations to the tree Theo and Cuengi had decorated.
Then,
Kihihit. Kking!
[Hehe. Butler! Great Blackie will help you!]
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Blackie, determined to do a good deed, followed closely behind Sejun.
Chomp. Chomp. Chomp.
Kihihit. Kking!
[Hehe. Delicious!]
After eating three of the garaetteoks Cuengi had hung as decorations,
Kking… Kking…
[Great Blackie is full… going to sleep now…]
Blackie crawled into one of the socks Sejun had hung on the tree and fell asleep.
A little while later,
“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, it’s all done, meow!”
Kuehehehe. Kueng!
[Hehehe. Dad, Cuengi is done too!]
Theo and Cuengi, having finished decorating the tree, clung to Sejun’s knees and sides.
“Just wait a moment. I’m almost done too.”
As Sejun was nearing the completion of his tree decorations,
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot. Sejun-nim! Theo-nim! I’m here!”
Iona arrived, carrying the magical lights Sejun had requested.
The lights were made by embedding light magic-infused magic stones into colorful glass jars.
“Iona, can you evenly hang the lights on the trees?”
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot! Yes!”
Using her magic, Iona evenly distributed the lights across the trees.
“Light.”
When Iona activated the magic, colorful lights began to twinkle among the trees.
And yet,
“Hm… something’s missing.”
Why doesn’t it feel like Christmas?
As Sejun stared intently at the Christmas tree,
“Ah! Carols!”
He realized there was no music.
It was time for Paespaes, the singer king, to step up.
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