<strong>TL: Hanguk</strong>
ck Tower Administrator’s Area.[Sweetie, the Demigod Poisonous Queen Bee, speaks in a sulky voice, saying that the Non-Combat Gods misunderstood her as Sejun-nim’s partner.]
When Sweetie, who had returned from the tour of the Seed Shop Headquarters, tattled to Aileen about the Non-Combat Gods’ misdeeds,
“What?! They thought you were?!”
Those Non-Combat Gods dared to pair up Sweetie with my Sejun?!
Aileen, enraged, began to gather her energy.
Then,
Kuooooo!
Aileen’s overwhelming aura spread around her.“Puhihi… Hiiik!”
Ace, who had been ying happily nearby, turned pale with fear.[Sweetie, the Demigod Poisonous Queen Bee, says that she cleared up the misunderstanding of the Non-Combat Gods by telling them that Sejun-nim’s girlfriend is Aileen-unnie.]
“Hmm. Alright. Thanks for letting me know.”
Just as Aileen’s mood improved slightly after hearing Sweetie’s words,
Thud!
Several dragons entered the Administrator’s Area, each holding baby dragons in their arms.
“Aileen, we’re here!”
“Hello!”
“It’s been a while!”
The baby dragons, as soon as they left their parents’ embrace, ran to Aileen and greeted her.
“Wee, everyone!”
Aileen also greeted them warmly.
“Wee. You must have had a hard time getting here.”
She didn’t forget to greet the adult dragons as well.
Normally, baby dragons wouldn’t need to be so polite since adults would dote on them regardless, but
Khehehe. If I build up my reputation like this, it’ll help Sejunter!
Thinking of Sejun, Aileen treated the adult dragons with great respect. Some of this she had even learned from Sejun.
“What do you mean ‘hard time’? Aileen has it harder than us.”
“Yeah, we heard the Dragon Market has been super busytely.”
“It’s fine since unnie and oppa have been helping out now and then.”
“Hohoho. Is that your way of asking us toe more often?”
“Khehehe. Did you catch on?”
“Hohoho. Alright, we’lle more often.”
“Well, we’ll chat with Elizabeth for a bit, so call us if you need anything.”
“Yes.”
The parent dragons, after having a pleasant conversation with Aileen, left the Administrator’s Area to find Elizabeth.
While Aileen was seeing them off,
“Huh?! Ace, what’s wrong with him?”
Garrick noticed Ace, who was revving up for a dramatic wail.
“Puhing! I was scared!”
Ace finally burst into tears.
“Ace, don’t cry! We’ll y with you!”
“Yeah, stop crying ande y with Sylvia noona!”
“What are you talking about?! Of course, Ace should y with Pobi hyung!”
As the baby dragonsforted Ace,
“Puhihihi. What are we gonna y?”
Ace grinned and asked.
“Superheronding?”
“Hide and seek?”
When the baby dragons mentioned games Aileen had taught them,
“Puhihihi. Let’s y something even more fun!”
“Something more fun?”
“Puhihihi. Yes! Let’s y farming!”
“Huh?!”
“Eh?!”
Ace beamed and pulled out a shovel.
And then,
“I tried it with brother-inw, and it was really fun!”
“Really?”
“So this is the game that the Tower Farmer Park Sejun ys?”
Hearing that this was the game yed by Sejun, who was very popr among dragons, the baby dragons’ interest piqued.
***
99th Floor of the ck Tower.
“That’s weird. I’m sure I got stronger…”
Whiir.
Kkwek.
Sejun frowned as he watched Poisonous Bees and Mushroom Ants pass by him.
His stats had increased tremendously, yet the Poisonous Bees were still faster than him, and the Mushroom Ants were still stronger.
“Why?”
I got stronger!
Sejun began to doubt his own growth.
I should go see the Minotaur King and get tested after a long time.
Determined, he stood up.
Then,
“Meow?! Chairman Park, where are you going, meow?!”
Kueng?
Kking?
Theo, Cuengi, and ckie also got up and asked.
“I’m going to see the Minotaur King.”
“Puhuhut. Let’s go, meow!”
Kueng!
Kking!
With that, Sejun and hispanions set off to find the Minotaur King.
Moo.
[Sejun-nim, yousted 2 minutes and 50 seconds under my two fingers.]
The Minotaur King had measured Sejun’sbat power.
However,
“Huh? 2 minutes and 50 seconds?”
Hearing the Minotaur King’s words, Sejun was shocked.
I actuallysted 10 seconds less?!
His endurance against the Minotaur King’s fingers had decreased.
While Sejun had been growing, the residents of the 99th floor of the Tower hadn’t been cking off either.
And the main culprit behind the 99th floor’s power intion was,
[Hehe. Sejun-nim, keep it up! If you take lots of the supplements I gave you, next time you’llst five minutes!]
“Mm. Thanks.”
It was mie, who wasforting Sejun while offering him more supplements.
Not only the Poisonous Bees and Mushroom Ants, but even other beings in the Tower had been absorbing mie’s energy, cooperating to help her stay there. ?аΝ???ЕS?
Naturally, the Minotaur King and Pink-fur, who had greater potential than the others, had consumed multiple doses of mie’s lowest-tier supplements, resulting in their massive growth.
However, the Blessing of Sacred Fire from the Fire Apple that Sejun had eaten wasn’t present in any of the other supplements.
That was something mie had to put extra effort into making, so only Sejun received it.
Despite all this growth,
“I’m still the weakest again…”
Since everyone had grown together, Sejun had once again be the bottom rung, leaving him feeling dejected as he returned home.
And then,
“Ugh, I feel down. I need something spicy.”
After sweating it out with Tteokbokki made with Sundried Red Pepper gochujang and Cheongyang chili peppers,
“Phew. That hit the spot.”
Sejun’s mood improved in no time.
Kueng!
[Since Dad ate something spicy today, it’s time for sweet chocte milk!]
On top of that, Cuengi, showing great sense, brought cold chocte milk instead of coffee.
“Hehehe. Thanks.”
Slurp.
Thanks to that, Sejun’s condition bounced back to peak levels as if he had never been down in the first ce.
As he rxed with his group, sipping on chocte milk,
“Aileen, did you enjoy the Tteokbokki?”
He asked Aileen.
Then,[The Tower Administrator says that only she and Sylvia-unnie ate the spicy one, while Ace and the others only had the soy sauce Tteokbokki.]
[The Tower Administrator says she’s upset that the oppas don’t appreciate the taste of spicy Tteokbokki.]
That was Aileen’s response.
Hearing that baby dragons from other towers hade to visit Aileen, Sejun made more Tteokbokki and sent it to her.
One batch spicy, the other soy sauce-based.
“Well, that’s understandable.”[The Tower Administrator says that if Tteokbokki were sold at the Dragon Market, it would sell really well.]
“Would it?”
Well, making it isn’t difficult. I can just mass-produce it using my cooking skill.
As he continued chatting with Aileen,
Kking… Kking…
At some point, ckie, who had been apologizing to souls again, encountered Corruption and began whimpering.
He’s working too hard.
Seeing ckie excessively devoted to his apologizingtely, Sejun gently rubbed his belly.
A little whileter,
Kking!
[Butler! Give me Roasted and Dried Sweet Potato!]
Having snapped back to reality, ckie urgently demanded dried sweet potato slices.
“Alright.”
On any other day, Sejun might have teased him, saying, ‘Did you leave some here?’ but today, he didn’t.
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Because ckie was acting extremely anxious. Though it didn’t seem like he had caused any trouble.
Chomp. Chomp. Chomp.
Unlike usual, ckie didn’t smile but devoured the dried sweet potato slices in a hurry,
Kkirorong.
Then, he once again bit into the World’s Energy and fell asleep.
Going to apologize to the souls again.
What’s going on with him?
Sejun watched ckie with concern.
No matter how he looked at it, this wasn’t like him. He seemed to be rushing, as if something was chasing him.
“I feel like I shouldn’t just leave this alone… Vice Chairman Theo, help me out.”
“Puhuhut. Great Hybrid Chairman Park, what do you need help with, meow?! I, Vice Chairman Theo, will help with anything, meow!”
Theo asked excitedly at Sejun’s request for help.
“Help me enter ckie’s mental world.”
“Puhuhut. Understood, meow!”
Super Giant Chairman Park No. 2,e help, meow!
Theo ced his front paws on Sejun’s forehead and ckie’s head, calling for assistance from the Super Giant Chairman Park No. 2 within his mental world.
The ultra super giant Chairman Park bing Santa Sejun, the God of Christmas, in Theo’s empty mental world.
However, during Christmas, the Great ck Dragons had visited, leaving behind an overflow of powerful energy.
Puhuhut. Now I can quickly grow Chairman Park No. 2, meow!
Using his Talent: Energy Absorption, Theo greedily absorbed the abundant energy of the Great Dragons.
Thanks to that, Chairman Park No. 2 rapidly grew into Super Giant Chairman Park No. 2 the moment he was born.
Kurrrr.
Gororong.
Kkirorong.
…
..
.
As Sejun, Theo, and the ckie Family fell asleep,
Kueng?
Even Cuengi, imitating Theo, ced both of his front paws on the heads of passing Poisonous Bees and Mushroom Ants as if trying to do the same thing.
***
ckie’s Mental World.
“I’m sorry. Here’s a gift of apology.”
“I’m really sorry.”
ckie and his subordinates handed out Roasted and Dried Sweet Potato slices to the souls, apologizing and asking for their forgiveness.
But,
“We’ve apologized properly now. Can’t you just forgive us already?”
Why aren’t they forgiving me quickly?!
Growing anxious, ckie started to get frustrated with the souls that weren’t immediately forgiving him.
Naturally, his discontent showed on the surface.
“Cannot… forgive…”
The more ckie acted that way, the redder the souls’ eyes became, refusing to forgive him.
And then,
Grrr…
Feeling uneasy, ckie grew angrier, trapping himself in an endless vicious cycle.
The more the cycle continued, the greater his anxiety became.
If I be a burden like this, I’ll be abandoned again! Butler will betray me!
His biggest fear was Sejun betraying him.
Unbeknownst to him, the seed of distrust that Corruption had nted had begun to take root in his trauma.
At that moment,
Boom!
“ckie! What kind of apology is that?!”
“That’s right, meow! Apologize properly, meow!”
Sejun and Theo, watching from the shoulders of Super Giant Chairman Park No. 2, shouted.
“Huh?! Butler?! I, uh…”
Caught off guard by Sejun’s sudden appearance, ckie fumbled, trying to exin himself.
But,
“I knew this would happen!”
“That’s right, meow! I knew it too, meow!”
“Theo, slice this up for me.”
“Puhuhut. Got it, meow!”
Sejun and Theo, having descended from Super Giant Chairman Park No. 2, quickly began making Roasted and Dried Sweet Potato slices.
“I know our ckie did wrong, but he’s still learning how to apologize properly. Eat this and calm down, okay?”
They handed out sweet potato slices to the souls.
Since this was the mental world, summoning food was effortless, and the Roasted and Dried Sweet Potatoes were made in an instant.
“Puhuhut. Forgive our ckie, meow! Otherwise, I’ll stamp you with my seal-”
“Hey, you!”
Just as Theo was about to stamp the souls with his seal, Sejun grabbed him. Now, Theo dangled quietly from Sejun’s knee.
“Meow, meow, meow.”
Of course, for Theo, this was an even better situation.
As Sejun diligently handed out sweet potato slices to the souls,
“Forgiveness is something you grant, not something I should force onto you… I’m truly sorry.”
“I’m sorry…”
ckie family, following Sejun’s example, sincerely apologized to the souls once again.
Fortunately, the souls’ once-red eyes began to clear one by one.
“I forgive… you.”
Some of the souls finally forgave the ckie Family.
Compared to before, the process was painfully slow, but with Sejun by his side, ckie felt less anxious and was able to apologize wholeheartedly.
Considering how poorly ckie family had acted earlier, just having some souls forgive them was already a blessing.
Fwoosh!
This time, the red aura that had seeped from the souls dispersed and vanished the moment it reached Sejun’s gaze.
Thanks to that, there was no confrontation with Corruption, and Sejun and hispanions were able to apologize to the souls in peace and
“…!”
“Huh?”
Kueng!
[Dad, wake up!]
Sejun snapped back to his senses at the sound of Cuengi’s voice waking him.
“…?”
Why is it bright around me?
When I closed my eyes, it was dark, but now it’s bright?
Kueng!
[Dad, it’s morning!]
“It’s already morning?”
Kueng!
[That’s right!]
Turns out, Sejun had been handing out Roasted and Dried Sweet Potato slices in ckie’s mental world all night long.
…So now I have to work again?!
And so, another new day began for Sejun.