Chapter 38: Welcome to the Kindergarten of Destruction! (38) / 762 |
TL: Hanguk
PR: MiniPixelZ
It was the fifth day since Pobi arrived on Earth.
Pobi had grown accustomed to his role as a teacher.
“Teacher Pobi, please wash the kids.”
“Okay! Kids who want to play with water, gather here!”
“Me!”
He washed the kids.
“Teacher Pobi, please feed the kids.”
“Nooo! It’s Pungpung’s!”
He fed them.
“Teacher Pobi, please play with the kids.”
“Yes! Now, starting tag! If you catch me, I’ll show you Poruru!”
“Poruru?! Teecher-nim, just wait!”
He became very skilled at taking care of the kids. As expected of a great dragon, he learned quickly.
Though Pobi’s child-caring skills had improved, things hadn’t gotten any easier for Sejun.
No matter how good Pobi was with the kids,
“Sejun Teecher-nim, Dongdong is hungry!”
“Sejun Teecher-nim, play with Rangrang!”
“Sejun Teecher-nim, YamYam is sleepy….”
The one the kids looked for the most was still Sejun.
And so, the chaotic morning passed.
“Kids, it’s lunchtime!”
At Sejun’s call,
““Yay~!””
The kids came running and gobbled up their lunch.
Then,
“Hehe. Nene, let’s go play over there later.”
“Okay.”
“Chacha, wanna race?”
“Sure!”
“Captain Taecho, what should we play now?”
“Do you need Captain Taecho to tell you?! Tongtong should decide on his own!”
“Then shall we draw pictures?”
“Okay!”
They chatted and played among themselves.
Nod. Nod.
One by one, they began to doze off on the floor.
“Kids, let’s lie down and sleep.”
Sejun and his companions carried Taecho and the kids into the children’s bedroom, where 22 small beds were laid out.
And then,
Slurp.
They had a short coffee break.
“Ahh. This is great.”
“Heehee. Of course, chocolate cake goes best with coffee.”
Sejun and Aileen had coffee.
Kuehehehe. Kueng! Kueng?!
[Hehehe. Chocolate milk is tasty! It’s good for you too, Pobi hyung?!]
“Yes! Ahh. Cuengi, your chocolate milk is the best! Ahh. It’s really great.”
Pobi, who had the same childlike taste as Cuengi, kept praising the chocolate milk Cuengi had made by melting real chocolate, smiling happily.
Sejun and the group enjoyed a short break like that.
“Alright. Let’s get started.”
While the kids slept, they began preparing the next traditional story to perform, The Myth of Dangun.
Yesterday, they had performed The Devoted Tiger for the kids, and it had been a far greater success than Sejun expected.
The biggest success was that Theo cried during the performance without any special effects. And he gave an incredible performance.
Sejun smiled warmly as he recalled yesterday.
It was the scene where the character hears that their father died.
“Sniffmeow! Sniffmeow!”
Theo truly sobbed and shed a flood of tears.
Originally, Sejun hadn’t expected Theo to cry at all, so Theo’s tearful acting deeply moved him.
Later, when asked how he managed to cry, Theo said he imagined not the father in the story, but Sejun, who played the father, dying, and it made him so sad that he cried.
As he said that, he held Sejun’s knee tightly, and Sejun’s heart swelled with emotion.
Besides that, there were many parts that made it a great performance.
“If you go into the mountain, you can meet tiger hyung!”
“Not noona? I like tiger noona better…”
“Noona works too, probably?”
“Heehee. I’m excited! Teecher-nim, let’s go to the mountain!”
Once again, they failed to deliver the proper morals to the children.
[[Children of Creation Tainted by Destruction] 21 of them have reached the realization that they can meet tiger hyung or noona if they go to the mountain.][As a reward for granting enlightenment, evolution experience for <Earth (Lv. 4)> has increased by 7%.]
The realization wasn’t meaningful, but fortunately, the reward wasn’t bad.
Hmm. So you get a reward just by giving enlightenment?
Sejun decided not to worry too much about the content of the enlightenment in the future. He could teach them proper lessons in daily life.
Just then,
“Sejun, what role do I get?”
Pobi called out to Sejun in a voice full of anticipation. After watching the performance yesterday, he really, really wanted to join.
“Hmm. Pobi, you can be…”
The tiger was obviously Theo, the bear was Cuengi, Woongnyeo would be Aileen, and if Sejun played Hwanung…
Since the story involved Hwanung and Woongnyeo getting married, Aileen would be participating in the play this time.
The remaining roles were Poongbaek, Usa, and Unsa.
“You’ll be Poongbaek. Flamie can be Usa, and Blackie will be Unsa.”
“Pohihihi. Poongbaek, huh? Great! I’ll give you the best Poongbaek performance ever!”
[Hehet. Sejun-nim, I’ll do my best!]
Kihihit. Kking!
[Hehe. Butler! Just trust the great Blackie!]
The three were happy to receive their roles.
With the roles assigned, the rehearsal began.
“Iona, clouds.”
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot. Okay.”
At Sejun’s signal, Iona created pure white clouds for Sejun, Pobi, Flamie, and Blackie to ride on.
Sejun could make clouds too, but the ones he created were dark clouds, so they didn’t suit the performance.
“Alright. Let’s go up.”
Sejun and the other three boarded the cloud Iona made,
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot.”
and Iona raised the cloud high into the sky.
Then.
“Long ago, in the very distant past, there was a very clever and hand.some. prince named Hwanung who served the god that ruled the heavens. Hwanung used to watch the human world below the sky every day, and one day, he asked his father for permission to descend to the human world.”
Sejun began narrating the story. The original narration didn’t include the word “handsome” but Sejun added it on his own.
“Granted permission by the god, Hwanung descended to the earth with three divine relics called Cheonbuin and three spirits: Poongbaek, Usa, and Unsa.”
As Sejun narrated, Iona gently lowered the cloud.
Once the cloud touched the ground.
Step.
Sejun and the three behind him stepped down onto the floor.
Kihihit. Kking!
[Hehe. Disappear!]
Blackie, playing the role of Unsa who controls the clouds, barked with charisma, and the cloud was sucked into Blackie’s mouth with a whoosh.
It was a special effect created by Iona’s magic.
Even though Blackie barked in a silly tone, thanks to Iona’s special effects, he could still act out Unsa with charisma.
Kkietchwi! Kkietchwi!
But the coughing and silliness couldn’t be hidden. It seemed the wind had tickled his nose.
Sejun had no choice but to pause the rehearsal.
“Park Blackie, are you okay?”
Kkih… Kkietchwi! Kking… Kkietchwi!
[He… etchwi! Butler, great Blackie is oka… etchwi!]
Pat pat.
Sejun patted Blackie’s back as he kept sneezing.
A little while later.
Kihihit. Kking!
[Hehe. Butler! Great Blackie is all better now!]
Blackie barked with confidence now that his sneezing had stopped.
“Alright. Then let’s continue.”
Sejun resumed the rehearsal.
“Hwanung descended to the earth, took good care of humans, and spent peaceful days. One day, a tiger and a bear came to find Hwanung.”
“Puhuhut.”
Kuehehehe.
At Sejun’s narration, Theo and Cuengi laughed and entered the stage.
“Roar-meow! Hwanung-nim, I, Theo Tiger, want to become human, meow!”
Kueng!
[Cuengi wants to become human too!]
“If you want to become human, you must eat only mugwort and garlic for 100 days inside a dark cave. Can you do that?”
“Puhuhut. I, Theo Tiger, can do anything if it means becoming human, meow!”
Kueng!
[Cuengi will do it too!]
“The tiger and the bear accepted Hwanung’s proposal and took mugwort and garlic into a pitch-black cave.”
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot.”
Matching Sejun’s narration, Iona moved magic lights to represent two dark caves.
The two entered their respective caves.
“Ugh-meow! It’s just as tasteless as I thought, meow! Puhuhut. I knew this would happen, so I brought lots of Churu and grilled fish! As expected, I, Theo Tiger, am a thoroughly prepared and excellent tiger, myahahat.”
Theo tasted the mugwort and garlic once, gave up quickly, and started eating the Churu and grilled fish he had packed.
Kuehehehe. Kueng!
[Hehehehe. There are lots of tasty dishes you can make with mugwort and garlic!]
Cuengi acted out a scene where he used mugwort and garlic to make various dishes like mugwort rice cakes and aglio e olio, enjoying them deliciously.
“Time passed, and after 100 days, the tiger who broke Hwanung’s command and only ate Churu and grilled fish could not become human.”
“Meow?! Why am I still the same after 100 days, meow?!”
Theo performed a despairing act.
“But the bear who faithfully ate mugwort and garlic for 100 days, as Hwanung instructed, became human.”
Poof.
“I’m human now!”
With Sejun’s narration, a smoke effect burst out, and in that moment, Cuengi and Aileen switched places.
As Sejun’s narration built toward the climax of the performance.
Ding-dong.
The doorbell rang.
“Hm? Who could it be?”
Sejun opened the door and stepped outside.
But.
“Huh?”
There was no one there.
“Bbyabyah.”
Instead, a baby’s babbling came from below.
As Sejun turned his gaze toward the sound, a newborn baby in a basket was smiling brightly up at him.
-Sejun, I’m leaving this child to you too. Please, name this one Cervantes this time. -Creator God.
Along with a note from the Creator God.
Once again, the Creator God had left just the child and ran after ringing the bell.
“Seriously. If you’re gonna do this, just give me a quest.”
Sejun grumbled. At least with a quest, there’d be a reward. This way, there was nothing.
“Sigh.”
Sejun let out a deep sigh, then,
“Upsy. Peekaboo!”
“Hehehe.”
He picked up the baby, made it laugh, and walked back into the kindergarten.
“Byabyah!”
The baby, seemingly having a blast, waved its arms excitedly and lightly tapped Sejun’s body.
“Ugh!”
Sejun grimaced in pain as if he’d taken a strong punch.
And then.
“You hit me?! Alright, your name is now Ttaettae.”
He named the baby Ttaettae, pouring his frustration into it. Once again, Sejun ignored the Creator God’s request.
“Bbyabyah.”
The baby beamed with a wide smile, whether it knew its name was now Ttaettae or not.
And so, the 22nd Child of Creation Tainted by Destruction joined the Kindergarten of Destruction.
‘He said there would be 28 total, so six left now.’
As Sejun calculated the number of children left.
[A quest has occurred.][Quest: Please find the [Children of Creation Tainted by Destruction] left behind in <Hellis> and bring them to the Kindergarten of Destruction.]
Reward: Stored capacity of [Brilliant Darkness Earrings] increases by 5%, <Earth Lv. 4> evolution experience +3%
A quest appeared before Sejun.
“What? Why does a quest always pop up whenever we’re doing performance practice? Guys, let’s go to the Tower.”
Sejun grumbled as he called his group.
“Puhuhut. Great hybrid Chairman Park, where are we going, meow?”
Kuehehehe. Kueng!?
[Hehehehe. Time to move out, right?!]
Kihihit. Kking!
[Hehe. It’s time for the great Blackie to take the stage!]
Theo, Cuengi, and Blackie ran up to Sejun.
“We’re heading to the Tower for a bit.”
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“Okay. Be careful.”
Too bad. It was about to be the wedding scene with Sejun…
[Sejun-nim, come back safely!]
I want to go with Sejun-nim too.
Aileen and Flamie were very disappointed.
“Pohihihi. Have a nice trip!”
Now I can play.
Pobi was overjoyed that Sejun, who always made him work, was gone.
“Pobi oppa, let’s do a full cleaning.”
Of course, that was just Pobi’s misunderstanding.
“Huh? I was going to watch Poruru though…”
“Follow me.”
While a deep clean began at the Kindergarten of Destruction.
[You have arrived at the Level 10 world <Hellis>.]Sejun and his group arrived in the world where the next Destruction-tainted child awaited.
At that moment.
Kking?
[Huh?]
This energy feels familiar?
Blackie tilted his head.
Then.
…!!!
Suddenly, he realized.
Kking!
[Butler! This is the world where the great Blackie was born!]
This was his hometown.
After 30,000 years, Blackie had returned to his homeland.
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