TL: Hanguk
“Flamie, come here!”
“Puhuhut. Flamie, hurry over, meow!”
Kuehehehe. Kueng!
[Hehehe. Flamie noona, nice to see you!]
Sejun and his companions greeted Flamie warmly.
And then,
“Ah, Flamie, this is something Santa Claus said to give you because you’ve been good. Right, Vice Chairman Theo?”
Sejun pulled out a gift he had prepared for Flamie and winked at Theo.
However,
“Meow?”
Theo stared intently at Sejun and then,
Wink.
He gave Sejun a wink back.
And then,
Puhuhut. Chairman Park, how’s that, meow?
He looked at Sejun with a great sense of pride.
No, not that! Plan F!
Sejun subtly shook his head to avoid drawing attention and mouthed the words.
For reference, F stood for Fire, referring to Flamie.
Plan F, meow?! Got it, meow!
“Meow! That’s right, meow! I saw Santa telling the great hybrid Chairman Park to give it to Flamie, meow!”
Finally understanding Sejun’s signal, Theo enthusiastically supported him.
However,
“What?! Theo hyung, did you see Santa Claus? But brother-in-law said Santa comes secretly?!”
“Meow?! Great Hybrid Chairman Park will explain that, meow!”
Plan F was extremely flimsy.
“Uh… well, that’s because…”
Just as Sejun was flustered,
Kueng!
[Uncle Ace, that’s because Dad is friends with Santa Claus!]
“That’s right. Sejun is friends with Santa Claus. Isn’t that right, Sejun?”
Cuengi and Aileen came to Sejun’s rescue.
“Uh! Yeah! I’m kind of friends with Santa.”
Since his clone acted as Santa, it wasn’t exactly a lie.
However,
Uncle Ace, I’m sorry for lying. Actually, there is no Santa.
Cuengi believed Santa didn’t actually exist.
This was because when Santa Sejun had appeared, Cuengi had been asleep, and he had seen Sejun preparing Christmas presents.
Still, Cuengi pretended to believe in Santa to protect Sejun’s heartfelt intentions of preserving his childhood innocence.
Thanks to Cuengi and Aileen’s help, Sejun managed to avoid the crisis.
“Here, Flamie, let me put this on you.”
Sejun placed a necklace with a glowing orb around Flamie’s neck.
→ It was a necklace made by carving a hole into a pea-sized sunstone emitting a faint sunlight and weaving it with Ggomi’s spider thread.
Sejun had prepared this gift for Flamie, who was “frail” because she couldn’t get sunlight underground.
[Hehe. Thank you, Sejun-nim!]
Flamie expressed her joy and gratitude to Sejun.
“No, it’s not from me. It’s from Santa Claus.”
Sejun remained a professional until the end, sticking to the concept.
[Hehe. Okay. Thank you to Santa, too.]
Flamie tactfully played along with Sejun and
[Hehe. It’s a gift.]
She quickly examined the necklace hanging around her neck.
On the front of the sunstone was an engraving of Flamie’s disguised form, and on the back was inscribed [Park Flamie].
[Hehehe.]
Happily, Flamie stroked the necklace with her leaves.
But then,
Crack.
Ah! No!
Perhaps too excited, Flamie accidentally scratched the sunstone with her leaf, damaging it slightly, which saddened her.
After Flamie’s gift presentation concluded,
“Oh, right. Santa left Aileen’s gift with me too.”
Sejun handed over a gift to Aileen. Having successfully lied once, he was now quite bold about it.
“Oh! What is it?”
Aileen looked at him with high expectations.
“This.”
Sejun handed Aileen a black seed.
It was a transcendent-grade seed created with great effort by Dark, the God of Darkness, which Sejun had purchased from the Seed Shop.
When Sejun had first obtained the Seed of Darkness, he had pondered how to plant it.
Suddenly, a message appeared before him, providing additional information about the seed.
[Seed of Darkness]
→ ???
→ Options can only be checked after harvesting.
→ It contains immense power of darkness, and when consumed by a great black dragon, it grants one dark attribute power.
“Oh, this would make a perfect gift for Aileen.”
Thus, Sejun decided to give the Seed of Darkness as Aileen’s Christmas present.
This was unfortunate news for Dark, the God of Darkness, who had been eagerly waiting for his seed to hatch.
“Sejun, thank you.”
Gulp.
Aileen immediately swallowed the heartfelt gift from Sejun.
“Huh?!”
Sejun was startled by the sudden change in Aileen’s aura.
Aileen had obtained the <Power: Radiant Even in Darkness>, exuding an even more captivating charm.
“Wow….”
Thanks to this, Sejun was once again captivated by Aileen’s charm and
“Meow?! Now Chairman Park can’t catch up, no matter how hard he tries! Chairman Park is finished, meow!”
Watching Aileen’s radiant charm, which Sejun could never match, Theo fell into despair.
At that moment,
Kihihit. Kking?!
[Hehe. Butler! But didn’t Santa give a gift to the great Blackie?!]
Blackie, already having received roasted and dried sweet potatoes as a gift, shamelessly demanded more.
“There’s no more gift. But Santa left a message for you.”
Kking?! Kking?!
[What is it?! What did Santa say?!]
Believing firmly in Santa’s existence, Blackie barked excitedly.
“Santa said that Blackie received too many gifts this time and will come back later to take some back.”
Kking?!
Dadada
Hearing Sejun’s words, Blackie hurried to his secret stash.
He quickly devoured the remaining roasted and dried sweet potatoes to ensure Santa wouldn’t take them away.
After the gift-giving ceremony concluded, Sejun entered the kitchen to cook.
“Ahem. Son, I smell something delicious.”
“Indeed. It seems to be coming from over there.”
Seeing Aileen enter the kitchen alone, the great dragons, who had fled earlier, began gathering around the kitchen one by one.
***
Seed Shop Headquarters.
“Oh, look! I got a one-star divine relic from Santa Trust-in-Park as my Christmas gift!”
Dwell, the God of Wells, emerged from his home holding a small water goblet and shouted excitedly.
“Puhuhut. Just one star? Dwell, you must not have done enough good deeds! I received a one-and-a-half-star divine relic from Santa Trust-in-Park!”
Har, the God of Basalt, who was already outside, proudly displayed a basalt statue in the shape of a human figure.
At that moment,
“Oh. How unfortunate. Since when did us non-combat gods do so few good deeds? Everyone, try harder! I received a two-star divine relic from Santa Trust-in-Park!” řÅꞐ𝔬𝖇ƐṨ
Pearl, the God of Pearls, appeared, riding on a giant pearl oyster. It even allowed him to sleep while traveling.
The square in front of the Seed Shop Headquarters was bustling with a gift battle among the non-combat gods, who had brought out the presents left at their bedsides that morning.
The gift battle continued all morning,
“Tada! I got a three-star divine relic! Puhuhut. Santa Trust-in-Park must have recognized my hard work.”
The battle ended with Leah, who revealed her three-star divine relic.
However,
“Hohoho. How ridiculous.”
Hel, the God of Merchants, challenged Leah.
“Hmph! Hel, how many stars does your divine relic have for you to act so smug?”
“A three-star divine relic.”
“What? Same as me? Hel, you must have done many good…”
“But I have three divine relics.”
“What?!”
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“Look!”
Hel displayed the gifts she had received from Santa Sejun.
She received three veto rights that could be used to reject Theo’s impeachments.
Considering how much Theo had taken from her, Hel had received rather generous gifts.
Of course, even if she used the vetoes, Theo could simply initiate another impeachment vote, so they weren’t particularly useful.
‘I can now veto impeachment attempts!’
Still, it provided Hel with a sense of psychological stability.
The reason why the gods, who hadn’t seen Santa Sejun, were convinced he was the one who gave the gifts was,
[By Santa Sejun]
The name was clearly inscribed on the divine relics.
“Why is no one thanking me?”
Thus, no one acknowledged the efforts of the Creator God.
***
99th Floor of the Black Tower.
“Kuhahaha! I can’t believe I’m eating a dish made by Sejun right away like this!”
“Uhaha! Exactly. This is why you have to come and eat in person instead of ordering delivery!”
Around the cooking area, the dragons of the Four Dragons Council and the great black dragons were enjoying their lunch.
Meanwhile, the other residents of the tower were having their meals 5 kilometers away from Sejun’s kitchen.
“Do you dare to eat in the same space as us?!”
It was because of the great dragons.
Originally, eating on the same floor as the dragons wasn’t even allowed, but,
“Food doesn’t taste good when it gets cold.”
“Kuhum. Then we’ll grant you the honor of eating 5 kilometers away from us.”
At Sejun’s words, the dragons begrudgingly allowed others to eat within a 5-kilometer radius.
They truly look down on others…
Though Sejun, showered with praise from the dragons, didn’t realize it, the dragons, with their immense pride, also harbored strong contempt for lower beings.
Thanks to this, Sejun came to understand just how valuable his <Title: Dragon Race’s Helper> truly was, as it allowed him to escape their disdain.
A short while later,
After the meal was finished,
“Flamie, what should we do for fun?”
[Hehe. I’m happy as long as I’m with Sejun-nim!]
“Hehehe. Really? Then shall we go for a walk together? Aileen, would you like to join us?”
With Flamie perched on his shoulder, Sejun stood up and extended his hand to Aileen.
“Sure!”
Aileen grabbed Sejun’s hand and stood up.
And then,
“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, take me, Vice Chairman Theo, with you, meow!”
Kueng!
Kking!
“Brother-in-law, take me with you too!”
The group began to follow Sejun.
Sejun walked around with Theo, Cuengi, and the Blackie Family clinging to him, holding Aileen’s hand in one hand and Ace’s hand in the other.
Ah. This is nice.
Even though they were simply walking, Sejun felt immensely happy.
Of course, the others felt the same way. No one thought it was boring.
Just being together with everyone made this moment wonderful.
As evening approached, Sejun began to cook.
(Pip-pip! Hello, everyone!)
Paespaes woke up earlier than usual and greeted them.
(Pip-pip! Aileen-nim, play with me too!)
Paespaes wanted to play with Aileen.
“Shall we? Then how about we sing together?”
(Pip-pip! Yes, I’d love that!)
Hearing Aileen’s suggestion, Paespaes grabbed the magic microphone necklace he had received as a gift with his wings.
“One. Two. Three.”
The two began to sing.
“What?!”
Sejun was astonished by Aileen’s singing voice.
Her regular voice was already beautiful, but her singing voice possessed a completely different charm. Moreover, her singing skills were impressive, rivaling even those of Paespaes, the King of Singers.
“Hmm hmm hmm.”
“Meow meow meow.”
Kueng. Kueng.
Kking. Kking.
Thanks to their duet, Sejun, who was cooking, and Theo, Cuengi, and the Blackie Family, who were watching, all began to hum along joyfully.
After cooking happily like that, Sejun.
“Dinner is ready!”
Called the Great Dragons who had settled around the kitchen to eat together.
At that moment,
[Flamie-nim, I am feeling it!]
Podori’s roots subtly crept toward Flamie and whispered to her.
[Huh?! What are you feeling?]
It couldn’t be, right?
Feeling a sense of foreboding, Flamie asked Podori.
However,
Why are bad premonitions always right?
[Hehe. Flamie-nim, I think I’ll be able to evolve into a dimensional tree soon.]
Completely oblivious to Flamie’s concern, Podori laughed cheerfully.
Why didn’t you evolve when I told you to before…?
[No! You must hold it in!]
[Huh?! How can I hold it back…?]
[No, I said no! You must hold it in!]
[Understood! I’ll try my best!]
As Flamie erupted in anger, Podori felt his life was in danger and began to suppress his evolution into a dimensional tree.