Chapter 27: Welcome to the Kindergarten of Destruction! (27) / 751 |
TL: Hanguk
PR: MiniPixelZ
March 1996.
An obstetrics and gynecology clinic in Bucheon.
“Honey, how about Sejul for our son’s name? Park Sejul. Sounds good, right?”
“What?!”
Hearing the name that her husband Park Chun-ho had come up with after days of thinking, Kim Mi-ran realized.
Ah. This man doesn’t have a shred of talent when it comes to naming.
“It means three lines. You know the brand I like, right? I got the idea from that! Isn’t it brilliant? Hehehe.”
“…….”
As Park Chun-ho excitedly rambled on, Kim Mi-ran was so dumbfounded she was at a loss for words.
She had just given birth and was exhausted, and yet he was saying such nonsense…
I’ll have to register the birth on my own without him.
Kim Mi-ran quietly smiled and made up her mind.
She named the child Sejun using the characters for ‘world’ (世) and ‘talented’ (俊), meaning to become a great person recognized by the world, and secretly registered the birth without telling Park Chun-ho.
“Huh?! Why is the name Sejun and not Sejul?!”
By the time Park Chun-ho found out, it was already too late.
And when they had their second child
“Dear~! I’ve come up with a fantastic name for our second child! How about Sedol? Park Sedol. It means three stones.”
Park Chun-ho once again came up with a strange name that left Kim Mi-ran speechless.
“Hehehe. I figured you wouldn’t like it, so this time I went ahead and registered the birth myself!”
And this time, he had even gone ahead and completed the registration in advance.
“Hey! YOU!”
Although Kim Mi-ran decided she would change the second child’s name later
“Mom, I don’t really like the name Sejun. I want a name like Sedol too….”
“Sedol, you don’t like your name? Do you want to go and change it later with mom?”
“No. I like my name. You should change hyung’s name instead. Don’t tell hyung, but I think his name is kind of lame.”
Watching her two sons who had inherited their father’s naming sense, she gave up completely.
“Anyway, it’s clear that there’s a curse on this Park family that prevents them from naming properly.”
As Kim Mi-ran finished her story
Crunch. Crunch.
“Grandma! Then is Taecho’s name weird too? Daddy gave me that name!”
Taecho, who had joined in midway and was smartly munching on peanuts, asked with a face on the verge of tears.
She had come to the main house with Flamie’s help after waking up and realizing Sejun wasn’t there.
“No! Luckily, our granddaughter’s name was well-chosen by your daddy!”
Kim Mi-ran hugged Taecho tightly and answered,
“Hehe. I like the name Daddy gave me too!”
Taecho beamed with a bright smile.
Crunch. Crunch.
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot. All the mysteries have been solved.”
Watching the two of them, Iona smiled as the long-standing puzzle was finally resolved.
Sejun-nim’s name was normal because it was given by Mi-ran-nim!
No. It’s clear that thanks to Mi-ran-nim naming him, Sejun-nim became such an outstanding person!
Having learned the truth, Iona made a decision. She would ask Kim Mi-ran to name the child she would have with Theo.
Kyoot kyoot kyoot. Of course, secretly from Theo-nim.
As a devout follower of Sejun, Theo would obviously ask Sejun to name their child.
But whether things would go as Iona hoped was uncertain.
Because Sejun had already prepared about 20 names for each gender in anticipation of Theo and Iona’s future child.
Sejun was thoroughly prepared in the most unnecessary ways.
At that moment
“Alright. Let’s name the cafe Cuengi Cafe and register the business under Kukakukaro.”
Kuehehehe. Kueng!
[Hehehe. Sounds good!]
After finishing a conversation with Sedol, Sejun came out of the room talking with Cuengi.
“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, I, Vice Chairman Theo, want to register a business too, meow!”
“Really? Then I’ll register yours as MeowHam Company.”
“Puhuhut. I like it, meow!”
At Theo’s request, Sejun even decided on his business name.
Watching that unfold
It’s just like Mi-ran-nim said. There really is a curse in this Park family that prevents them from naming properly!
Iona was convinced that Kim Mi-ran was telling the truth. Moreover, it seemed that just having the surname Park was enough to bring the curse.
When the older brothers registered their businesses
Kihihit. Kking!
[Hehe! Butler! Great Blackie also wants to register a business!]
Blackie also asked Sejun to register a business for him.
“Blackie, you…”
Sejun pondered for a moment.
“Hehehe. Sunfish Corporation.”
Kking! Kking! Kking!
[No! Great Blackie is not a sunfish! Butler is the sunfish!]
“What?! Why am I the sunfish?! You’re the sunfish!”
Kking! Kking!
[No! Butler is the sunfish!]
As Sejun and Blackie growled at each other, having a sunfish battle
“What’s all this noise? Have some fruit.”
Kim Mi-ran came out of the kitchen with some fruit.
I’ll let it slide because Mom is here.
Butler, I’m letting it slide because of your mom.
The two sat down quietly and enjoyed the fruit Kim Mi-ran brought out.
After finishing the fruit
“Kids, let’s go.”
When Sejun stood up, gathering his companions
“Sejun, before you go, take these with you!”
Kim Mi-ran pointed to the stack of side dish containers on the table.
“Why did you pack so much?”
Sejun grumbled with his mouth, but his actions were the opposite.
“Oh. Mom, did you make this seasoned octopus yourself?”
“No. I bought it and just added onions, cheongyang pepper, and red pepper powder.”
“Hehehe. Spicy and tasty!”
Checking each side dish, he cheerfully stored them in his Void Storage. Mom’s side dishes were impossible to refuse. How could he turn down a taste he had eaten for over 20 years?
“There’s perilla leaves too?”
“Yeah. I seasoned them one by one with…”
As Kim Mi-ran joyfully explained the process of making the perilla leaves, Sejun held back tears.
How should I explain this? I was happy but tears came out.
Is this what it means to be overwhelmed with happiness?
To keep the tears from falling, Sejun widened his eyes as much as he could and hurriedly packed the side dishes and stood up as if fleeing. He felt embarrassed for no reason.
Then
“Mom, I’m going!”
He headed to the Black Tower with his companions to pick up Aileen.
A little later.
Ding.
Sejun’s unspoken feelings were deposited into Kim Mi-ran’s bank account.
***
Black Tower Administrator Area.
“Grandpa!”
As soon as they arrived at the Black Tower, Aileen crossed over to the administrator area and called Kaiser with a very angry voice,
“Khahaha. My granddaughter, did you come because you missed your grandpa?”
Kaiser ran over with a hearty laugh.
But
“Grandpa, this is no time to laugh! Do you know the White Tower and Red Tower appeared on Earth?”
Hearing Aileen’s words,
“What?!”
These guys were so quiet lately that I thought they had given up, but they moved entire towers because I wouldn’t let them go to Earth?!
He burst into a fiery rage.
Then
-Kellion! Ramter! What are you two doing?!
He moved his dragon statue to question the other tower leaders.
But
-What do you mean? I can do what I want with the tower I manage.
-Pfahaha. Right. There’s no law saying there can only be one tower in one world, right?
-Dhahaha. Just wait a little longer. The Purple Tower will arrive soon too.
-What?! The Purple Tower too?!
-The Green Tower as well.
-My tower will head over soon too.
-My as well…
Not only Kellion and Ramter, but the other leaders also mentioned ominously that they were moving their towers to Earth.
-Huh?!
Earth is Level 3 right now, and if all nine towers get established there…
Hearing that, cold sweat suddenly broke out on Kaiser’s forehead.
-You fools! Do you think a Level 3 world can handle all nine towers?!
Realizing the gravity of the situation, Kaiser shouted.
-Who are you calling fools?! You think we don’t know that?!
-Yeah! Of course a Level 3 world can’t withstand it.
-Even the Nine Towers themselves can’t handle it.
The leaders still hadn’t grasped the situation fully.
-If you know that, why are you all crowding onto Earth?!
-Huh?! Was Earth Level 3?
-Yeah!
-…We can’t stop this now.
-…We’re screwed.
With Kaiser’s additional explanation, they finally realized the situation. They had completely forgotten that Earth was like Sejun, a fragile sunfish.
-What do we do?
-First, slow down the tower transfer as much as possible!
-Got it!
The leaders hurried to come up with countermeasures.
“Sigh. What should I say to Sejun?”
Aileen, who had to deliver the news to Sejun, let out a heavy sigh.
***
[You have arrived on the first floor of the Black Tower.]“Kaiser-nim, please tell Aileen that I’m here.”
As Sejun entered the Black Tower and called for Kaiser
[The tower’s administrator says he understands and asks you to wait a moment with an apologetic voice.]“Kaiser-nim, there’s no need to apologize between us. Sure, the White Tower and Red Tower showing up will be annoying, but it’s not like something huge will happen. It’s not like Earth will be destroyed or anything, right?”
Sejun assumed Kaiser was apologizing because of the White and Red Towers and tried to act cool.
And then
[……]
Kaiser couldn’t bring himself to tell Sejun that Earth was actually on the brink of destruction.
Just then
“Sejun, big trouble. Earth might be destroyed.”
Aileen appeared before Sejun and said with a grave voice.
“Huh?”
Is Earth really going to be destroyed?
I was just joking…
Sejun, who had jokingly mentioned Earth’s destruction to sound cool, froze.
“Earth’s gonna go boom?”
Next to him, Taecho asked with an innocent expression.
“Puhuhut. Youngest, don’t worry, meow! Great hybrid Chairman Park will handle everything, meow!”
Theo confidently declared.
“Right! Daddy’s good at everything! He can do it!”
Taecho nodded vigorously.
A little later.
“So, there’s about a year left before the remaining towers are established on Earth?”
After returning to Earth and listening to Aileen’s explanation, Sejun asked.
“Yeah. It looks like one tower will appear every two months.”
Fortunately, the leadershad slowed the tower transfer as much as possible, buying about a year of time.
“To raise Earth to Level 7 in that time…”
According to Aileen’s explanation, each world level can withstand about two regular towers, and great towers are about 1.5 times stronger than regular towers.
For example, Earth is currently Level 3, so 3 × 2 equals 6 regular towers. If you convert to great towers, Earth can endure up to 4.
So, to withstand 9 great towers, Earth would need to be around Level 7.
So I need to raise one level every three months?
“No.”
As levels go up, more experience is needed to raise the level further, which naturally means more time is required to gather that experience.
For now, I should level up as quickly as possible.
Sejun made up his mind to rapidly raise Earth’s level.
“Aileen, let’s hurry back!”
He quickly returned to the Kindergarten of Destruction with Aileen and the party.
It was the best place to raise Earth’s level.
And as Sejun arrived home
““Teecher-nim~!””
The children ran out to greet Sejun.
Then
“Alright. Let’s eat some delicious food!”
Sejun quickly prepared dinner and fed the children.
[Nutritionist Park Sejun of the Kindergarten of Destruction has fed 16 [Children of Creation Tainted by Destruction] until they were full.][As a reward for feeding them fully, lifespan has increased by 16 hours.]
[As a reward for feeding them fully, you have earned 1.6 billion Tower Coins.]
[As a reward for feeding them fully, <Earth (Lv. 3)>’s evolution experience has increased by 0.016%.]
He received the rewards.
It’s still far from enough.
“Alright. Then shall we have snacks now?”
““Yes~!””
While Sejun worked hard making snacks, the children happily ate snacks, all working together for the peace of Earth.
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