TL: Hanguk
99th floor of the Black Tower.
“Hehehe. So Toryong, you’re saying there are treasures hidden in the five worlds you mentioned?”
“Yes. To be exact…”
At Sejun’s question, Toryong explained in more detail about the places where the treasures were buried.
“Thanks for telling me, Toryong.”
Sseuk. Sseuk.
When Sejun said that while patting Toryong’s massive head, Toryong wiggled with joy.
And then
[I’m jealous…]
Sweetie looked at Toryong with envy.
I’ll make sure to bring back good information on the next field trip!
She decided to visit Hel’s Pawnshop soon, carrying lots of liquor, determined to get useful information for Sejun.
After finishing the conversation with Toryong,
“Alright. Let’s eat.”
Sejun and his companions ate the dinner prepared by Sejun No. 12.
“Puhuhut. Chairman Park’s grilled fish is the best, meow!”
Of course, because of Theo, the grilled fish was grilled personally by Sejun.
Kking?
[Butler. Can’t I just run one lap?]
“Nope. One extra dried roasted sweet potato strip for 10 laps.”
Blackie exercised and ate the dried roasted sweet potato strips under the diet rule of eating as much as he moved.
Kihihit. Kking?! Kking?
[Hehe. Butler! Did you put honey on this?! Why is it so sweet?]
After running 10 laps with great effort, Blackie devoured the dried roasted sweet potato strips and asked Sejun.
“Huhuhut. It’s Park Sejun’s secret recipe.”
Sejun laughed slyly.
Blackie, it’s because you’re tired.
Food always tastes better when your body is worn out.
After finishing dinner,
“Puhuhut.”
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot.”
Kuehehehe.
Sejun lay down with his companions
Kkek. Kkek.
Watching Blackie run hard to eat more dried roasted sweet potato strips,
But how do I get to the places Toryong mentioned?
He pondered how to find the worlds Toryong had told him about.
The worlds Toryong had discovered were places Sejun had never heard of and weren’t connected to the Nine Towers either.
But that didn’t mean it was completely impossible.
“Huhuhut. We have Paespaes, don’t we.”
“Puhuhut. That’s right, meow!”
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot. That’s right!”
Kueng!
The companions agreed with Sejun, not even knowing what he meant.
Iona’s dimensional travel magic was an option too, but dimensional travel magic required precise coordinates.
Without exact coordinates, you wouldn’t know where you might end up. You could even fall into a rift in the dimension.
In contrast, Paespaes’ dimensional gates always connected safely to another world.
But this might take a while…
What Sejun worried about was whether Paespaes would suffer. He would have to keep opening and closing dimensional gates until he found the right world.
However,
Pip-pip, I’m counting on you. You’re the only one.
Having no other way, Sejun wrote the names of the five worlds they needed to find on a note and placed it on the table along with fruit for Paespaes, then played with his companions until they fell asleep.
A short while later.
(Pip-pip. Good night, everyone.)
Paespaes’ time had come.
***
Chomp. Chomp. Chomp.
<Dren>, <Uen>, <Kpies>, <Nyamyok>, <Tsuyne>
These are the places where the treasures are hidden, right?
As he sucked on fruit, Paespaes checked the note Sejun had left.
(Pehihi. I’m going to find them and make Sejun~nim happy!)
‘And then we’ll go treasure hunting together!’
Now fully motivated, knowing he could both make Sejun happy and play with his brothers, Paespaes closed the dimensional gate connected to Skybean Planet. With his current abilities, he could only maintain one dimensional gate at a time.
And then
Shwoop. Shwoop. Shwoop.
Paespaes started going in and out of dimensional gates connected to other worlds, searching for the five worlds Sejun had written on the note.
After opening about a hundred dimensional gates, he arrived in one world.
(Pip-pip. What kind of world is this?)
“World?”
The resident, who looked like a bat just like Paespaes, tilted their head in confusion at his question.
It was a natural reaction. It was like asking a Korean person for the name of their country while in Korea.
(Yes. The name of this world.)
“Ah. It’s Uen. Now, if you’ll excuse me.”
Is this bat mentally unstable?
The resident hurriedly answered Paespaes and then walked away.
(Pip-pip. I found it!)
Paespaes was overjoyed by the quicker-than-expected result.
There are hundreds of millions of worlds. The chances of finding the desired one among them were astronomically low.
But he had managed to succeed in just a few hours…
Guess I’m kinda lucky.
Paespaes felt very proud of himself.
After memorizing the location of <Uen>, Paespaes closed the dimensional gate and reopened the one connected to Skybean Planet.
(Pip-pip~)
He played while humming a tune, and when the darkness of the sky began to fade,
(Pehihi. Another fulfilling night!)
With a satisfied expression, he settled on Sejun’s left shoulder.
Baerorong.
And fell asleep.
Paespaes’ long and fruitful night had come to an end.
***
“Alright!”
Sejun woke up in the morning.
“Meow…”
Kking…
He gathered his companions and strolled slowly through the farm.
While walking around the farm,
[System 371 access device has twisted causality by 1% in your favor.]
2a09:bac1:4080:10::3a5:30
[Great Blessing of the Crops (Master) activates, and your Magic power stat potential has increased from 155,752 to 155,782.]
Messages appeared in front of Sejun.
“Oh. Not bad for just 1%.”
Normally, Great Blessing of the Crops should raise the potential by 10, but it went up by 30, three times the usual.
On top of that, the magic power consumed to twist causality wasn’t as large as he expected.
“Nice. I like it.”
Sejun, feeling pleased, continued walking through the farm, but afterward, the stat increases returned to the usual 10, as if to indicate the causality twist wasn’t a regular benefit.
At that moment,
Thud. Thud.
Kuoong.
[Hello, Sejun~nim.]
Pink-fur appeared, carrying Cuengi.
“Yeah. Good morning.”
Kuoong. Kuoong?
[Here’s Cuengi. But Cuengi seems to have lost a lot of fur. Did something happen?]
Handing over Cuengi, Pink-fur asked in a serious tone.
I plucked them as subtly as possible, how did she notice?
Flustered, Sejun hesitated over what to say, and then
“Well, actually… I used Cuengi’s fur to make gloves…”
He confessed.
Kuoong. Kuoong.
[That’s a relief. I was worried it might be hair loss or something.]
Since Pink-fur had been worrying about something as serious as alopecia, Sejun’s explanation brought her great relief, and she just let the fur-glove thing slide.
“Wait a moment. I’ll give you Choco Pie.”
Kuoong.
[Okay.]
Sejun headed to the cooking area and approached the table stacked with Choco Pies to replicate one made by Sejun No. 12.
And then
-Sejun~nim, I found <Uen>! And please go treasure hunting with me for sure!
He discovered a note on the table, meticulously written by Paespaes.
“Already? That was fast.”
Hehehe. So Paespaes wanted to play with me too.
Understanding Paespaes’ feelings, Sejun folded the note in half and carefully put it into his pocket, then hurried to replicate the Choco Pies and fill Pink-fur’s snack pouch.
“Here.”
Kuoong!
[Thank you.]
Thud. Thud.
With her snack pouch in hand, Pink-fur headed north at a seemingly relaxed yet brisk pace.
“She’s gotten a lot healthier.”
Sejun spoke while watching Pink-fur’s changed physique.
Thanks to recent special training and the high-calorie food, Pink-fur’s body had become more muscular and larger every time he saw her.
So Sejun kept supporting her. He did feel a bit jealous when his companions grew stronger, but the fewer dangers they faced, the better.
Plus, they’d be able to protect him when things got dangerous.
“Hehehe.”
Very reassuring.
Smiling with satisfaction at the thought that his chances of survival had increased, Sejun eagerly replicated the seaweed soup made by Sejun No. 12 and,
“Aileen, here.”
Sent it along with the Choco Pies to Aileen and had breakfast with his companions.
After eating breakfast,
Slurp.
Sejun drank his morning coffee, crossed through the dimensional gate, and arrived on Skybean Planet.
“Summon door.”
Thud.
He opened the gate leading to the 10th tower.
“Cuengi, bring it over.”
Kueng!
He ordered Cuengi to bring Kraken’s body to Skybean Planet.
To expand the size of Skybean Planet using Kraken’s body and turn it into a proper front yard.
And then
Pook. Pook.
[You have planted the Sky-reaching Beans in the body of Kraken, the sea-devouring monster and 6th seat of the Apostle of Destruction.]
…
..
.
He diligently planted beans.
Meanwhile
“Puhuhut. Hel~nim, hurry up and give me the Harvest Elixir, meow! Chairman Park is waiting, meow!”
Theo hurried Hel,
“Leah, how much longer?!”
and Hel, in turn, rushed Leah.
“Well… I’d like to rest a bit while…”
Leah wanted to take it easy while making the elixir, but
“What are you talking about?! Resting?! Are you out of your mind?! You’ve got to row while the money’s coming in! Hurry up and make it!”
Because of Hel, who was blinded by welfare points, Leah couldn’t rest.
And so, a single drop of Harvest Elixir was finally completed.
“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, here it is, meow!”
“Thanks.”
“Puhuhut. If you’re grateful, then rub my belly right away, meow!”
With one drop of Harvest Elixir, Theo earned ten minutes of Sejun’s petting, and
“I’m going to sleep now. Don’t wake me for an entire day!”
Leah finally got a good sleep after a whole month.
“Hehehe. Alright. Time to go collect the chocolate bricks next?”
Just like someone collecting loan payments, Hel checked off a paper and headed off to find Mud, the God of Mud.
Knock. Knock.
Mud did not open the door.
***
“Alright. Today’s work is done. Let’s eat lunch.”
Sejun and his companions returned to the 99th floor of the Black Tower through the dimensional gate.
“Puhuhut. Nice, meow!”
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot.”
Kueng!
Kking!
His companions were excited about lunch.
Of course, Sejun saying “done” was just a figure of speech, farming never truly ends.
After lunch, I’ll set up the cornfield.
All Sejun could think about was getting back to farming after eating.
To Sejun, farm work was as natural as breathing, so he didn’t even consider it work.
While they were having lunch,
-Sejun, I see you’re having lunch.
Artemis came to see Sejun.
“Yes. Hello, Artemis~nim. Did you get the land deed?”
-Yeah. Here’s the land deed.
Artemis handed Sejun the land deed for the 1st floor of the Golden Tower.
-I’ll leave it to you then.
“Okay.”
After delivering the land deed to Sejun, Artemis left.
Guess the cornfield will have to wait.
“Guys, pack up.”
Sejun began preparing to leave with his companions.
A little later.
“Aileen, I’ll be back.”
“Yes. Don’t worry. I have everyone with me.”
Sejun couldn’t bring himself to say, “Trust me.”
And so, after saying goodbye to Aileen,
Chwarurur.
He unfolded the land deed and vanished from the spot.
***
1st floor of the Golden Tower.
Piyo?!
[No way. How can someone be this unlucky?!]
Piyot chirped in disbelief.
“Mohehehe. Delicious.”
Without a clue, Poyo was busily licking Uren, who was getting scolded.
Piyo!
[Poyo! This isn’t the time for that!]
“Okay…”
At Piyot’s words, Poyo looked downhearted and pulled his tongue back in.
And then
“Uhehe. Sorry.”
Uren scratched his head and giggled awkwardly. He clearly let Piyot’s words go in one ear and out the other.
The three of them had been moving between floors through the merchant corridor.
Kuik~!
Uren suddenly fell into a hole that opened in the ground, and Piyot and Poyo followed after him.
However, the place they landed wasn’t the Black Tower, but the 1st floor of the Golden Tower.
That’s why Piyot was so dumbfounded.
At that moment,
“Huh?! Uren?!”
“Puhuhut. It’s Uren, meow!”
Sejun and Theo recognized Uren and called out to him.
This feels…
“Pretty good.”
Sejun grinned as he looked at Theo and Uren.
And then
Piyihehe. Piyo!
[Hehe. Theo~nim!]
Piyot, who had been fuming just a moment ago, now smiled brightly, rubbing his face against Theo’s front paw.
*****
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