Chapter 42: Welcome to the Kindergarten of Destruction! (42) |
TL: Hanguk
PR: MiniPixelZ
Swaaah.
The rain was pouring down heavily. It was strong enough to sting a little when hit.
“Okay. There’s a threshold in front, so step out carefully.”
Sejun and his group didn’t mind. Their raincoats and boots were enchanted with waterproof magic, temperature-maintaining magic, humidity control magic, and dozens of other defensive spells.
For reference, the still-not-walking Jjokjjok and Ddaeddae were left in the care of Pobi. Sejun had considered taking them along in a stroller but decided against it because their strength control was still unsteady, and he couldn’t predict what might happen.
Sejun could at least manage the other children, but babies sometimes exploded emotionally at unpredictable moments.
And so, the children stepped out of the Kindergarten of Destruction.
“Wow-!”
They let out exclamations as they exited the entrance.
They had come out once before, but that time they had run out to escape Aileen’s food, so they hadn’t had the chance to enjoy the outdoors. And now, with the rain, it felt different again.
At that moment.
Thud.
Gomgom, wearing a hippo raincoat, stumbled over the threshold while trying to look around outside.
“…….”
It didn’t hurt, but my hand got dirty.
Gomgom, therefore, is mad!
Gomgom thought for a moment about how to react and decided to try crying first.
“Woo…waaah….”
Just as Gomgom was revving up the engine to cry,
“Oh?!”
Sejun noticed.
“Gomgom, stop.”
He quickly popped something into Gomgom’s mouth and pulled a tissue from his pocket to clean Gomgom’s hand.
The situation was urgent, but Sejun’s actions were gentle and composed. If he had shown panic, the child would have cried even more.
“U… huh?!”
Surprised by Sejun’s response, Gomgom stopped crying.
What’s this?
It’s sweet?
With eyes wide open, Gomgom rolled the thing in his mouth with his tongue, focusing intently to figure out what it was.
The outside was cold, hard, and sweet.
When he bit into it slightly.
Crunch.
The hard outer shell cracked easily, and the soft contents spread through his mouth.
“Hehehe. Is this grape can…?”
“Shh. This is a secret between you and Teacher.”
When Sejun gently pressed his finger to Gomgom’s lips and winked,
“Okay!”
A secret between me and Teacher!
“Hehehe.”
Excited to have a secret with Sejun, Gomgom quickly chewed up the grape candy in his mouth and ran off to join the other children.
And then.
Thud.
“U….”
As another child stumbled over the threshold while exiting the entrance, Sejun rushed over.
“Stop. This is a secret with Teacher.”
“Okay!”
He repeated what he had done with Gomgom. Thanks to that, the number of secrets between Sejun and the children increased, but world peace was preserved.
While Sejun was comforting the kids at the doorway,
““Wow!””
Dadada.
““Wow!””
Dadada.
The children, thrilled for some reason, ran back and forth across the waterlogged ground.
Water splashed in all directions, but the group was fine thanks to their raincoats and boots.
“Alright. Stop running now and line up behind Teacher!”
““Okay!””
At Sejun’s words, the kids immediately ran over. They lined up in a single file behind Sejun, looking up at him with eyes full of anticipation.
Their first outing with Sejun.
Teacher, if we follow you, fun things will happen, right?
We’ll eat lots of yummy stuff too!
The children’s expectations were sky-high.
“Alright, we’re heading out now, so don’t wander off. Just follow behind Teacher.”
““Okay!””
The children answered energetically. Their responses were perfect.
Kueng!
Kihihit.
At the very back of the line, Cuengi and Blackie followed, watching to make sure no child wandered off.
Kihihit. Kking! Kking?
[Hehe. Cuengi hyung, look over there! It’s butler’s mom’s house! Should we go say hi?]
Kueng! Kueng!
[No can do! We must follow Dad!]
To be precise, even Blackie was being managed by Cuengi.
“Okay, let’s head out.”
““Okay!””
As Sejun began to walk slowly, the children followed behind him like baby ducklings following their mother.
A short while later.
As they were about to leave the residential area, the rain started to let up.
And shops began to come into view around them.
“Should we each have an ice cream from there?”
When Sejun asked,
““Yay~!””
The children’s response was even more enthusiastic than before.
“Wait here for a bit. Teacher will go buy them.”
““Okay~!””
Not wanting to cause any trouble for the store, Sejun alone was about to enter when.
“Sejun, can I place the order instead?”
Aileen spoke up. It was because all the employees working inside the store were women. There was no way she could let Sejun go into a place like that.
That’s what the book had said. For the peace of the household, it’s best to minimize any contact between the husband and other women.
For reference, the book Aileen had read was over 50,000 years old and found in the Great Black Dragon Library.
“Can you do it?”
“I must!”
Aileen answered Sejun’s question with determination.
“Alright. Got it.”
Pushed by Aileen’s overwhelming confidence, Sejun handed her his card.
Crunch.
The card in Aileen’s hand turned to powder. It couldn’t withstand Aileen’s strength.
“Ah… sorry.”
Aileen apologized, flustered, as she looked at the powdered card.
“It’s okay. That can happen. It was my fault for not enchanting it in advance.”
Sejun comforted Aileen.
5.251.205.82
In fact, every item Aileen used was imbued with the highest-level enhancement magic.
It had to be, so it could at least endure her strength a few times. Of course, that was only if Aileen controlled her power as much as possible.
“Iona, can you apply some enhancement magic?”
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot. Yes.”
At Sejun’s request, Iona cast top-tier enhancement magic on the new card Sejun took out, the ice cream shop they were about to enter, and the entire building.
If they didn’t do that, the moment Aileen opened the shop door, the glass would shatter.
Thanks to this, the building owner received free top-tier enhancement magic on the entire building. In Earth’s terms, it saved them hundreds of millions in won. The downside was that remodeling was now impossible.
Aileen could also use enhancement magic, but this was outside the Kindergarten of Destruction. If Aileen’s immense magic power moved here, it would inevitably affect the surroundings.
Of course, the impact would not be light. A place the size of Hannam-dong would easily be blown away. Meaning, it would be erased.
“Sejun, I’ll be back soon.”
“Okay.”
Holding the enchanted card, Aileen, unlike her bold expression, carefully opened the glass door and stepped inside.
“Thirty ice creams, please.”
She placed the order at the counter just as Sejun had instructed.
She’ll do fine, right?
Sejun looked around the shop nervously.
Then.
“Huh?”
He noticed the part-time employees suddenly starting to take pictures of Aileen.
“What?!”
They can’t do that!
Sejun hurried toward the shop to intervene.
The Great Black Dragon was a being of immense pride.
There was no way she would forgive a human trying to take her photo…
“Huh? What’s this?”
Aileen, standing in front of the employees, was slightly adjusting her poses and allowing them to take pictures.
A short while later.
Aileen came out of the shop holding loads of ice cream.
“Huh?”
‘I didn’t see her swipe the card?’
Don’t tell me… she threatened them?
As Sejun grew uneasy.
“Hehehe. Sejun, those humans in there were so admirable! They said they’d offer me ice cream if I let them take pictures of the Great Black Dragon Aileen Pritani, so I let them take a few shots!”
Aileen spoke proudly. In exchange for allowing them to take pictures, she got the ice cream for free.
As expected of our Aileen.
She just pays with her face.
‘If you pay with your face, is that face-pay?’
“Hehehe.”
Sejun smiled with satisfaction at the power of Aileen’s overwhelming beauty.
That’s my girlfriend?
Pride swelled inside him for a moment, but
Ah! Gotta hold it in.
He reminded himself not to get carried away, especially in the middle of a rainy street where he could get stepped on by his own companions.
And then.
“I’ll go buy from this one.”
The next bakery had only male staff, so Sejun went in.
“That’ll be 205,000 won total.”
“By any chance… if I let you take a picture of me, can I get it for free…?”
“What did you say?”
“Nothing. But I bought a lot, don’t I get any freebies?”
“No.”
He paid full price.
“Okay.”
Tsk. What a cruel world.
Sejun hated the world. It wasn’t about the money, but because the comparison with Aileen was just too much.
As Sejun walked away.
“Seriously. He’s got a wife like that, and he’s asking for freebies?! Huh?! How many kids does he have?! I hear raising kids costs a lot… maybe I should’ve given him something? Haah… Still, I’m so jealous….”
The bakery employee, saying something that would have made Sejun smile if he’d heard it, looked at the backs of Sejun and his group with eyes full of envy.
“Daddy, this time Taecho wants to try!”
At the next hotdog stand, Taecho went in holding the card.
“Hehehe. Daddy, the owner said I could just take it!”
Taecho, too, brought back a free hotdog using face-pay.
“As expected of my amazing daughter!”
“Hehehe. Taecho is Daddy’s daughter, after all.”
“Hehehe.”
Sejun was delighted.
Tch. I’m the only one who can’t pull it off.
And at the same time, he was a little sad.
After that, Sejun and his group stopped by a few more shops, bought snacks, and headed toward Namsan.
The rain had lightened, and people were starting to come outside, making it hard to walk.
Even a light brush from a passerby against anyone in Sejun’s group could turn into a shattered shoulder bone, so he had to be extra cautious and couldn’t freely move around.
On top of that, the group’s appearance stood out way too much.
The children in animal raincoats, at the peak of cuteness, and Theo, Iona, Cuengi, Blackie.
And lastly, Aileen with her celestial beauty.
“Wow. Seriously cute.”
“Oh my! That hamster is wearing a cat raincoat. So adorable!”
“She’s the one from that Stargram post earlier! The photo doesn’t even capture half of what she looks like in real life.”
People stopped in their tracks just to look at the group, making the streets even more crowded.
But I’m here too…
Of course, Sejun was thoroughly ignored. If he were alone, he’d definitely attract attention, but the charm of his companions was just too overwhelming.
Then.
Crash!
A driver who had been staring at Aileen caused a traffic accident, throwing the area into even more chaos.
“Blackie, clear the path.”
Kihihit! Kking! Kking! Kking!
[Hehe. Butler! Trust in great Blackie! Great Blackie is coming through! Make way, everyone!]
At Sejun’s command, Blackie, the weakest in the group, barked loudly and made a path.
Thankfully, people mistook Blackie for a baby puppy and stepped aside to avoid stepping on him, allowing the group to escape the crowd by following behind him.
And so, Sejun and his group safely arrived at Namsan.
As they climbed the mountain and reached a flat area,
“Iona, cast some illusion magic around us.”
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot. Yes. Power of magic…”
At Sejun’s request, Iona cast illusion magic around the area.
Then.
“Okay. Come and get one each.”
Sejun pulled out water guns and handed them to the children. They were wearing bulletproof raincoats, there was nothing to fear.
“Teecher-nim, what’s this?”
“Hehehe. What is that, you ask? Here, try pulling this part.”
Sejun answered Chacha’s question and demonstrated pulling the trigger on the water gun.
“Like this?”
Chacha imitated exactly what Sejun did.
Splash.
“Ugh!”
The water from Chacha’s water gun shot straight into Nene’s face, who had been standing next to her.
“Pffft. Puhahaha.”
Sejun burst into laughter at the sight.
“Eek!”
Soaked and angry, Nene pulled her own water gun’s trigger.
“Ugh!”
Wait. Why me?
She shot her water gun right at Sejun’s face. He didn’t even realize how annoying his own laughter had been.
“Hahaha. You dare attack Sniper Park?! Take this!”
Sejun immediately launched a counterattack.
But.
“Don’t bully Nene!”
“Attack Teecher-nim!”
Splash!
Splash!
The children quickly retaliated, forcing Sejun into a defensive position.
“Guys, help me!”
Sejun called for help from his companions.
And while Sejun and his group were having a water gun fight on Namsan.
Swaaah.
The rain began to pour heavily again, turning into a downpour, but Sejun and his group didn’t care.
“Hehehe. Take Sniper Park’s attack!”
“Puhuhut. Also take Snangiper Park’s attack, meow!”
While being hit by rain stronger than the streams from their water guns, they continued having fun with their water fight.
Meanwhile, the dark clouds in the sky grew even darker, and darkness fell over the entire Earth.
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