TL: Hanguk
PR: MiniPixelZ
The main base of the Kamo Pirate Crew, <Grondra>
“You’re saying we’ve lost contact with the ships in the 375th dimensional sea?”
“Yes. The last report said they were heading for a rescue, and then communication was lost.”
The bored-looking leader of the Kamo Pirate Crew, Grand Pirate Kamous, was answered by his lieutenant in an excited voice.
Every time Kamous was steeped in boredom like this, he moved personally, and each time, a storm of blood would follow.
And then,
“This sounds fun. I was just bored, this works out well. Prepare the ship. We depart immediately.”
“Good.”
At the words of the lieutenant, who had anticipated this situation, Kamous stood up with a smirk.
Slash.
He beheaded the lieutenant without warning.
“Trying to predict me? I don’t like that. We’re departing!”
“Yes!”
The main force of the Kamo Pirate Crew set sail toward the 375th dimensional sea where Earth was located.
Grand Pirate Kamous, leader of the Kamo Pirate Crew.
His unofficial title was Kamous, the Butcher of Whim.
***
Early morning on the 99th floor of the Black Tower.
Snore.
Gororong.
Kyurorong.
Kkirorong.
…
..
.
Sejun and his companions were sleeping peacefully together.
Then,
Sneak. Sneak.
Baektang quietly, ever so carefully, approached Sejun’s knee.
Nice! I’m almost there!
Perhaps because he was asleep, Theo didn’t open his eyes even though just one more step would’ve gotten Baektang on Sejun’s knee.
And just as Baektang extended his front paw, about to climb Sejun’s knee,
Success…!
Slap.
Kyaung!
Without opening his eyes, Theo precisely smacked Baektang’s paw with his own and then hit Baektang’s head right away.
Gororong.
Though clearly asleep, Theo reflexively guarded Sejun’s knee like an impenetrable wall.
What a scary hyung.
Kyaung…
[It hurts…]
Baektang gave up on Sejun’s knee, feeling dejected, and nestled as closely as possible against Sejun’s foot, closing his eyes.
A little while later.
“Alright!”
Unaware of the fierce battle for the knee that had occurred, Sejun woke up from deep sleep.
Gyarorong.
“Huh?”
Baektang?
He found Baektang sleeping soundly with his face buried in the sole of his foot.
I even gave him a room, so why is he sleeping here? And specifically against my foot?
Sejun had given the room next door, where Piyot and Uren stayed to them, but he couldn’t understand why Baektang chose to sleep while smelling his foot.
It was actually Baektang’s fallback plan after failing to win the battle for the knee, but Sejun had no way of knowing that.
Of course, Theo, who had been Baektang’s opponent in that battle, was also unaware of it.
Only Baektang knew the truth.
“Meow…”
Kking…
After tending to the Theo couple and the Blackie Family,
Kyaung…
Sejun moved Baektang to a bed where the other Beasts were still sleeping soundly and stepped outside.
Then,
Clang.
He entered his Void Storage to check on the Calamity Farm, and while hunting the White Locust and other final evolved forms of calamities…
“I wonder if Flamie made it safely.”
Sejun thought of Flamie, who had left for the World Tree School yesterday, with a worried voice.
As Flamie became a World Tree, her power to appear before Sejun grew stronger, and she could no longer use the excuse that she needed rest.
She needed a new reason to leave Sejun’s side.
104.28.193.250
So, she made up a new lie, that she had to attend World Tree School. No, it wasn’t really a lie.
[Starting tomorrow, I will open World Tree School! World Trees, prepare for admission!]
Because the World Tree School actually came into existence.
Flamie didn’t want to lie to Sejun, so she personally founded the school.
Although she wasn’t a student but the principal, she only said she was going to the school, so it wasn’t a lie.
[Podori-nim, what do I do? I don’t want to go to school.]
Sausage, who had to enroll in World Tree School, whined about not wanting to go to school.
[You must go. It’ll be painful if you go, but if you don’t, it’ll become so painful you’ll wish you were dead.]
Podori gave Sausage some very realistic advice, born from firsthand experience.
A little while later,
[Hehe. Is everyone here?! Then let’s begin!]
I should ask Sejun-nim to name the school later!
Feeling really good after meeting Sejun yesterday, Flamie gathered the World Trees and began the entrance ceremony.
[Hehe. Just a little more and it’ll be over.]
At the same time, Flamie No. 290 was transforming <Aerial> into a land brimming with life.
The fourth trial to become a Tree of Creation was nearly complete.
***
Thump. Thump.
While walking through the farm on the 99th floor of the Tower after finishing the hunt in the Calamity Farm, Sejun was approached by Pink-fur carrying Cuengi in her mouth.
Kuoong.
[Good morning, Sejun-nim.]
“Yeah. Good morning to you too, Pink-fur.”
Pink-fur greeted him and handed Cuengi over to Sejun, and the two naturally turned their steps toward the kitchen.
Sejun entered the kitchen and…
“Cook.”
He created choco pies previously prepared by Sejun No. 12 and filled Pink-fur’s snack pouch to the brim.
“Here. Take this.”
He handed it to Pink-fur.
Kuong.
[Thank you.]
Thump. Thump.
With a happy expression, Pink-fur slung the snack pouch over her shoulder and went off for special training.
“Cook.”
Sejun continued producing seaweed soup and choco pies to send to Aileen.
After a short while,
“Puhuhut… Chairman Park, I’m hungry, meow…”
“I’m grilling fish, so wait.”
Kuehehehe… Kueng!
[Hehehe… Dad, Cuengi’s hungry!]
“Yeah. Let’s eat once the grilled fish is done.”
Kihihit. Kking!
[Hehe. Butler! Feed me now!]
One by one, the group began waking up and whining about being hungry.
“All done. Cuengi, go bring the others.”
Kueng!
[Got it!]
At Sejun’s command, Cuengi quickly flew off and brought the guardian beasts, who had been playing on the bed.
“Alright. Let’s eat.”
Sejun had breakfast with his companions.
“You all eat plenty too.”
Kyaung!
Nyomnyom!
Pok pok!
Jjak jjak!
The guardian beasts decided to stay in the Tower for the time being until a proper place to live could be found.
Originally, the plan was to find a place for them in <Aerial>, but Iona, Pink-fur, and others concluded that the guardian beasts were still too weak to survive there.
Krishnak hadn’t worried for nothing.
And so, after breakfast,
Slurp.
“Ah. This is nice.”
Sejun happily sipped the coffee Cuengi had brewed.
“Puhuhut”
Kuehehehe.
Kihihit.
Theo, Cuengi, and Blackie settled into their spots with content expressions.
The guardian beasts also huddled together and rested, but
I want to steal it!
Only Baektang stared intensely at Sejun’s knee, burning with resolve.
“Haak!”
Of course, when Theo hissed in warning,
Kyaung…
Baektang instantly lost his courage and turned away. Theo usually went around smiling like an idiot, but when protecting the knee, he was frightening.
A little later,
“Well, we’re heading off to work now, so you guys rest here.”
Leaving the guardian beasts at home, Sejun moved to the 10th floor of the Tower and planted crop seeds.
“All done! Let’s eat!”
After lunch,
“Alright, time to get back to work?”
He headed to the Kamyeoldaeseong and planted seeds of Destruction Pioneers and Destruction Devourers.
At that moment,
[As a reward for completing the quest, you have obtained 1 million drops of Great Growth Elixir.]
A message appeared in front of Sejun, and 5,000 glass bottles filled with red liquid appeared.
Emila had fulfilled her quota.
“I’ll store them in the Void Storage for now.”
Sejun stored the bottles in the Void Storage.
“Wow. How many bottles is this.”
He proudly looked at the 20,000 glass bottles, each containing 200 drops, neatly displayed on the shelves.
Ah, I should drink some though…
Despite having a total of 4 million drops of Great Growth Elixir, he felt guilty for not drinking them.
Honestly, no matter how sick he was of the strawberry flavor, he could just close his eyes and gulp it down. Or mix it with strawberries to make strawberry juice.
But there was something holding him back.
“I should go home once…”
Sejun hesitated because once his stats increased from drinking the Great Growth Elixir, the stay fee would increase as well.
Honestly, compared to the other companions, Sejun’s stay fee was like a speck of dust, so drinking the Great Growth Elixir wouldn’t significantly increase it, but Sejun, overestimating himself, was worried anyway.
After finishing his work at Kamyeoldaeseong and returning home,
“We greet the Boss and Sejun-nim!”
The Black Bears of the Kueng Faction rushed over and bowed at a 90-degree angle to Sejun and Cuengi.
Kueng?
[What are you guys doing here?]
“Sejun nim’s friend, Oh Kyung-chul, asked us to deliver this to Sejun nim.”
“Kyung-chul?”
“Yes.”
Black Bear No. 1 handed Sejun an envelope made of luxurious-looking paper.
What is this? I have a really bad feeling about this.
Sejun frowned at the high-end envelope.
The Kyung-chul he knew wasn’t someone who’d send such a fancy envelope. No, he wasn’t even the type to use envelopes at all.
And when he opened the envelope and checked the paper inside,
-The two who once walked different paths now wish to walk one together. Please come and bless the journey of Oh Kyung-chul and Choi Mina as they embark on their journey.
Date: 2024…
Location: Nonhyeon-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul…
Sejun immediately understood why he had felt such foreboding.
With Santa Sejun’s Christmas gift, Kyung-chul had managed to get married.
“…Kyung-chul is getting married?”
Kyung-chul, who’s uglier than me?!
Before me?!
As Sejun’s face filled with envy and jealousy…
“Meow?! Chairman Park, your face is rotting, meow!”
Stomp. Stomp.
Theo quickly climbed onto Sejun’s face and stomped on it with his front paws. A faint glow meant money was being burned.
Kuehehehe.
Kihihit.
Following Theo, Cuengi and Blackie also began stomping on Sejun’s face.
Being trampled by the three brought peace to Sejun’s heart.
“I was planning to go to Earth anyway.”
So when’s the date?
He checked the wedding date,
“What?!”
It’s tomorrow evening?!
“What?! Why give me the invitation this late?!”
He flared up again.
But it wasn’t Kyung-chul’s fault.
Kyung-chul had entrusted the invitation to the Black Bears three months ago, but they’d gone off on tangents along the way and only now arrived.
First, I’ll pay the congratulatory money in Tower Coins…
And the wedding gift will be Great Growth Elixir…
“Ah. I don’t have anything to wear for the wedding.”
He did have the suit he wore at the Black Rabbit wedding, but that style didn’t match Earth’s fashion.
“Guess I’ll have to buy clothes on Earth…”
I’ll leave early tomorrow morning.
“Hehehe. Cuengi, let’s go eat Grandma’s kimchi stew on Earth tomorrow morning.”
Kuehehehe. Kueng!
[Hehehe. Sounds good!]
Cuengi cheered at Sejun’s words.
“Puhuhut. Has the time come for Chairman Park’s Chairman’s knee to be conquered once again, meow?!”
Theo got excited at the idea of going to Earth and climbing on Sejun’s father, Park Chun-ho’s, knee to show off.
Kihihit. Kking!
[Hehe. Tomorrow, with great Blackie’s charm, I’ll win over the butler’s mom!]
Blackie was fired up, planning to melt Sejun’s mother, Kim Mi-ran, with his cuteness.
When Sejun and his companions’ trip to Earth was suddenly decided due to Kyung-chul’s wedding…
Piyo?
[How much farther to Earth now?]
“At this speed, we should arrive smoothly within 10 hours.”
“Uhehehe. I want to hurry and eat the food Sejun-nim makes.”
“Mohehe. I want to feast on Sejun-nim’s misfortune after so long!”
The pirate ship carrying Piyot, Uren, and Poyo was also heading toward Earth.
At this rate, it seemed like the pirate ship might arrive before Sejun.
But that was only if everything went smoothly,
“Ten enemy ships detected behind us! Huh?! Twenty! Thirty! They’re still increasing!”
With Misfortune King Uren on board, a smooth voyage was, of course, impossible.
From Earth’s perspective, it was a huge relief that Theo would arrive before Uren.
*****
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