TL: Hanguk
The Great ck Dragon, Aelin Pritani, had been in a great moodtely. The human who had entered herir due to her own mistake turned out to be a blessing in disguise.
‘I want to brag, but I have to hold back.’
She couldn’t risk exposing her mistake.
“Kroong. Kroong. Kroong.”
Aelin hummed a tune as she went to the collection warehouse, where the Pritani family had stored items they had collected for generations. The warehouse was enchanted with a preservation spell, so the items inside would always maintain their current state.
Creak.
Aelin opened the door to the warehouse. On the shelves inside were items worth billions once they were unleashed on Earth.
Aelin walked past the disyed items and stood in front of an empty shelf.
Then,
Rustle. Rustle.
She carefully ced her item on the shelf, making sure it wouldn’t break, and looked at it with pride.
The newly added collection wasbeled in Korean as “Yeosan Washed Apples.”
It was the bag of washed apples that Se-jun had used to hold the dried sweet potatoes. The Yeosan Washed Apples bag had earned the honor of upying a spot in the collection room of the Pritani family, which boasted a history of millions of years.
“Heheh. I should check what delicious food the human is making now.”
Aelin left the warehouse and sat in front of the crystal ball, watching Se-jun’s cave.
“Oh! The cat merchant has returned. That cunning fellow, just try to deceive our human again, hmph!”
The ck Dragon, Aelin Pritani, stared intently at the crystal ball, wondering if Theo would deceive Se-jun.
***
Buzz.
Announcing his arrival, Theo jumped down from the cave’s ceiling hole as soon as he heard the buzzing of the poison bees.
“We’re on the same side, meow!”
He shouted and ran, slipping into Sejun’s clothes. Then, Theo poked his head out of Sejun’s cor.
“What? You’re stretching my cor.”
“Poisonous bees are scary, meow.”
“Don’t worry. They won’te.”
The adult poisonous bees told their offspring that Theo was on their side, so it was fine.
“Phew, that’s a relief, meow.”
Theo finally came out of Sejun’s clothes after confirming the poison bees didn’t pull out their stingers.
“Did you do what I asked?”
“Of course, meow! Ipleted all tasks and sold everything, meow!”
Theo answered confidently.
“So, the contract to send news to my family went well?”
“It should have, meow. Here’s the contract, meow.”
Theo handed the contract to Sejun.
As Sejun grabbed the contract,
Whirr.
At that moment, the contract burned with a blue me, indicating it had been fulfilled. It meant that Sejun’s wellbeing and 50 million won had been sessfully sent to his family.
“Good job. Let’s settle our ounts first.”
“Here it is, meow! 50 Tower coins for the contract and 14.2 Tower coins spent for the store errands, meow.”
Theo handed Sejun the amounts spent and reported.
“208.8 Tower coins?!”
Sejun was surprised by the amount, which was more than double what he had expected.
“I met a sucker this time and sold everything at a high price, meow!”
What? If a sucker is called a sucker by Theo, how much of a sucker are they?
Not knowing the trading situation, Sejun was confused about whether to believe Theo’s words.
“Alright, here’s the incentive. It’s originally 10.92 Tower coins, but I’m giving a bit more.”
Sejun yfully handed over 15 Tower coins to Theo.
“Thank you, Sejun! And I have this too!”
Theo, seemingly wanting more praise, quickly stood up and shook out the contents of his bag.
Thud.
Seasonings, churu, and items Sejun had asked Theo to run errands for spilled out of the bag.
“What’s this?!”
Sejun carefully tasted the powder in a transparent bag.
‘Salty!’
A wave of saltiness filled his mouth.
‘With this… grilled fish…’
Sejun was mentally simting various ways to use the salt when Theo asked:
“How is it?”
Theo confidently climbed onto Sejun’sp.
“Huh?!”
“Am I a representative now?”
Only then did Sejune to his senses and pat Theo’s head while examining the items Theo had spilled out.
There were only two seasonings: salt and pepper. And 15 coffee mix packets. At a nce, it seemed like Theo could get about 20 one-hour representative coupons.
“Alright. I’ll appoint you as the representative for 24 hours.”
Since Theo had taken care of his request without any issues, Sejun decided to spend a little more time.
“Great!”
“Representative Theo, good job.”
Sejun picked up a dropped tuna-vored churu, tore open the end, and held it out in front of Theo.
Chomp, chomp, chomp.
While Theo ate the churu, Sejun examined the items he had asked Theo to buy.
Pot,dle, bowl, spoon, dagger. They were items for cooking and eating.
Sejun first picked up the pot to examine it.
[Cast Iron Pot]
Made of cast iron, it’s sturdy.
The handle is wrapped in wood forfortable use.
Usage restrictions: None
Maker: Private
Grade: D
“Private?”
Sejun also picked up thedle to examine it.
[Cast Iron Ladle]
Made of cast iron, it’s sturdy.
The handle is wrapped in wood forfortable use.
Usage restrictions: None
Maker: Private
Grade: D
The rest of the bowls and spoons were the same. All private.
“That’s strange.”
Chew, chew, chew.
Theo’s churu-eating speed slowed significantly as he observed Sejun’s reactions.
Sejun finally picked up the dagger to examine it. He intended to ask Theo why the maker was private after checking this item too.
The dagger was heavier than Sejun had thought.
[Dagger]
???
Usage restrictions: Lv 10 or above, Strength 5 or above
Maker: Private
Grade: E
“Huh? Why are there question marks?”
Where there should have been a description of the item, there were only three question marks.
Snap.
Sejun, meeting the usage restrictions, gripped the dagger and cut some dried leavesid out for bedding.
Slice.
Although thin, the dried leaves, which became as hard as wood when dry, were cut too easily. It seemed sufficient for cooking.
“Representative Theo, where did you get this?”
“Huh?! I bought it from the cksmith’s lucky draw corner.”
Theo was flustered as Sejun asked about something other than the private maker.
“Lucky draw corner?”
“That’s right. The cksmith was selling it at a discount, so I bought it there.”
The cksmith owner told Theo to pick one from the lucky draw corner, a collection of equipment that they couldn’t appraise when Theo asked for a knife to use while cooking.
“Give me a discount!”
Theo, having learned from Sejun, tried to bargain for a discount three times at the lucky draw corner and managed to reduce the price from 20 Tower coins per draw to 13 Tower coins, obtaining a single knife.
“Good job.”
It didn’t matter what kind of knife it was. As long as it was cheap and worked.
It was heavy, but as long as it cut well, that was enough.
At that moment,
[The Tower’s administrator says that using unidentified items could cause trouble and offers to appraise it for you.]
“Really? Then do it.”
[A quest urs.]
[Quest: Send the unidentified knife to the Tower’s administrator.]
Reward: None.
If rejected: Unable to appraise
[An additional quest urs.]
[Quest: Give the Tower’s administrator dried sweet potato as a gift.]
Reward: Appraised knife
If rejected: Unable to receive the knife
“…Do we have to do this?”
[The Tower’s administrator says that using a quest is necessary for the items to be sent and received.]
[The Tower’s administrator strongly denies that they want to eat dried sweet potato.]
A strong denial is a confirmation, isn’t it?
[The Tower’s administrator wipes away their drool.]
[…!!!]
I knew it.
[The Tower’s administrator admits that while they have a little desire for dried sweet potato, it’s also true that a quest is necessary.]
“Fine.”
Sejun decided to have the knife appraised. Listening to the Tower’s administrator made him feel uneasy about using an item with unknown information, and giving away a few dried sweet potatoes wasn’t a difficult task.
‘I was going to give them moreter, but this should be enough.’
“Take it.”
The knife disappeared from Sejun’s hand.
[You havepleted the quest.]
[The Tower’s administrator uses an appraisal skill on the knife.]
[The Tower’s administrator says that, fortunately, it’s not an item that causes harm.]
“Really?”
Sejun took a handful of dried sweet potatoes from the leather pouch where he kept his potatoes.
“Here you go.”
As the dried sweet potatoes disappeared from Sejun’s hand, the knife appeared.
[You havepleted the quest.]
[As a questpletion reward, you have acquired the appraised knife – Keinz’s Training Dagger.]
“Keinz’s Training Dagger?!”
The equipment now had a name. Then this must be a named equipment!
Outside, the starting price for named equipment is in the hundreds of millions. Sejun hurriedly checked the dagger.
[Keinz’s Training Dagger]
This is a dagger used for training by the Red Mountain Ranger Keinz.
It’s heavy for a dagger, using ck iron to give it a sense of weight.
When crafting the dagger, a small amount of mithril is mixed in so that the sharpnesssts longer after being sharpened once.
Usage restrictions: Lv 10 or higher, Strength 5 or higher
Creator: cksmith Revn (ck Hammer Dwarf)
Grade: B
Skill: [Proficiency Increase Lv. 1]
[Proficiency Increase Lv. 1]
The proficiency of all skills used with this dagger increases by 5% faster.
All information, including the information about the creator that was restricted by the Wandering Merchant Association due to the powerful appraisal skill used by the tower administrator, was revealed.
Thanks to this, Sejun’s thoughts of asking Theo about the creator disappeared.
Chop chop chop.
Theo’s Churu-eating speed picked up again. He must have felt Sejun’s good mood.
And
“Sejun-nim, please scratch my back too, meow.”
Theo boldly requested.
“Alright.”
Pat pat.
Sejun, who was mesmerized by Keinz’s training dagger, scratched Theo’s back and looked at Theo again with newfound appreciation.
What’s this? I thought this guy was just a pushover…but Theo had other talents.
To have such a golden hand, no, a golden front paw… The world is indeed fair.
Suddenly, Theo’s front paws looked so pretty.
“Representative Theo, do you want more Churu?”
Sejun touched Theo’s plump front paw and asked.
“Of course, meow. Hurry up and give me more, meow!”
Theo arrogantly replied. Sejun had touched his front paw first, which he had been saving as his secret weapon. And then the voice full of affection followed.
‘Phoohoot. As expected, Park Sejun, you’re human after all, I knew you’d do this, meow.’
He fell for it. As expected, all humans kneel before his front paws, meow.
What’s this? This cheeky attitude?
Sejun became ufortable with Theo’s cocky attitude.
And his thoughts of permanently reinstating Theo as representative began to fade.
Theo missed the opportunity to be Representative Theo right in front of him.
Chop chop chop.
Unaware that he had just missed the chance to be representative, Theo diligently licked Churu.
At that moment, a presence approached Theo, who was sitting on Sejun’sp, with difort.
Peang!
The ck rabbit red at Theo and shouted. That’s my spot!
“What are you talking about, meow? This is the representative’s seat, meow!”
Peang!
The ck rabbit took out his hammer and replied. I don’t know! Get out right now!
A battle of nerves began between Theo and the ck rabbit on Sejun’sp.
“Hehehe. Cute creatures.”
Watching their battle of nerves was fun, but now it was time to sleep.
Whirl.
“Let’s all sleep together.”
Sejunid down on the spot, holding Theo and the ck rabbit tightly so they couldn’t escape.
“What, meow?!”
Peang?!
At first, they struggled to escape from Sejun’s chest, but soon both of them fell into a deep sleep while listening to Sejun’s heartbeat.
On the 161st day of being stranded, Sejun, Theo, and the ck rabbit shared warmth and enjoyed a good night’s sleep.
*****
That’s all for today. I’m going to sleep now. Goodnight, or have a good day!