Chapter 64: Welcome to the Kindergarten of Destruction! (64)/ 788 |
TL: Hanguk
PR: MiniPixelZ
<Shyongk>
Swish.
“Huh? Where is this?”
A child who suddenly appeared in front of Sejun looked around curiously.
[You have subdued the Giant of Dissonance who was tormenting the orioles of <Shyongk>.]
[You have completed the quest.]
[As a quest reward, <Shyongk> has regained peace.]
At the same time, a quest completion message appeared in front of Sejun.
As soon as Theo subdued the child, Iona hurriedly sent the child away with a teleportation spell for their date.
Now two remain.
“Hi.”
When Sejun spoke to the child,
“Uh, hello.”
The child greeted him back.
He speaks well?
And has a nice voice too.
It was hard to believe he was the Giant of Dissonance.
At that moment,
“Huh?”
The child spotted Kwerolloe
“Ppuchika~”
and began making noise with a bright smile.
Perhaps because he had shrunk in size, the sound wasn’t as loud as earlier. Although, from nearby, it was still quite noisy.
And then,
He was singing?
Sejun realized the child was singing. The child had just been singing with the orioles, but since he was tone-deaf, the orioles had suffered.
Now that Sejun had figured out the identity of the strange sound,
Our little Tone-of-Destruction, we need to teach him how to sing.
He opened a tone-deaf clinic for the Child of Destruction, who had now received a new name, Tone-of-Destruction.
For reference, the name Tone-of-Destruction was shortened from ‘Tone-deaf of Destruction’. Originally, Sejun had considered shortening it further to just ‘Destructone’, which, in retrospect, might have been worse for the child.
“Tone-of-Destruction, you want to sing well, right?”
“Yes! I want to sing well! But… who is Tone-of-Destruction?”
“You.”
“Oh. So my name is Tone-of-Destruction… Tone-of-Destruction… Hehe.”
“For now, how about you follow me and try just up to Do-Re-Mi-Fa-So~?”
Good. That was natural.
Sejun demonstrated up to So without revealing he couldn’t go higher than that,
“Ddo↑ren
mim
pba→ssol↑↑”
And Tone-of-Destruction copied him. It was completely off.
What is this kid? How can he not match a single note?
At the very least, he should be able to hit Do.
And his voice turns strange whenever he sings.
Sejun, encountering a severe tone-deaf patient for the first time, was greatly flustered.
At that moment,
“Tone-of-Destruction-nim, try pulling your chin in a bit and make your lips round when saying ‘Do~.’”
Kwerolloe gave advice to Tone-of-Destruction,
“Do~”
and with that one-point lesson, Tone-of-Destruction succeeded in hitting ‘Do’ at once.
“Very good, Tone-of-Destruction-nim. Now next is…”
“Re~”
He succeeded in ‘Re’ as well.
“Ahem. Kwerolloe needs experience otherwise I would have done it.”
As Sejun quietly muttered to himself, unable to hide his gloom,
“Puhuhut. Of course, meow! Our great hybrid Chairman Park is perfect except for being weak, meow!”
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot. That’s right! Sejun-nim is perfect!”
Theo and Iona appeared on Sejun’s lap and shouted.
Iona, clinging to Theo’s tail, had a beaming smile, seemingly satisfied with the date.
Kueng! Kueng!
[That’s right! Dad lacks nothing except being weak!]
Following Theo, even Cuengi praised Sejun.
“You guys….”
Sejun was touched.
Kihihit. Kking! Kking!
[Hehe! That’s right! Butler is perfect except for being weak!]
Even Blackie barked to follow his older brothers in praising Sejun.
However,
“Huh? Park Blackie, what did you just say?”
Did he say I’m weak?!
Hearing that from Blackie, who was just as much weakling, made Sejun’s blood pressure rise.
Kking?
Run away!
Sensing danger, Blackie hurried to flee,
“Where do you think you’re going!”
but got his cheek pinched by Sejun again.
When the difference between two people is great, no matter what the other says, it doesn’t matter. But when someone who is similar or lower says something, it hits hard.
Kking! Kking!
[Butler! It hurts! Great Blackie says it hurts!]
Jingle. Jingle.
Blackie’s whining and Kkobangi’s bell sounds echoed noisily.
A little while later.
“Look at this! I can sing well now! Do-Re-Mi-Fa-So-La-Ti-Do. Do-Ti-La-So-Fa-Mi-Re-Do.”
After receiving lessons from Kwerolloe, Tone-of-Destruction gained perfect pitch.
“Kwerolloe, could you teach me too?”
Watching that, Sejun decided he should learn from Kwerolloe as well, but
“Sejun nim, you can’t do this? Ti~”
“Ti
”
“No. That’s not it at all!”
Throughout the lesson, Sejun was only scolded by Kwerolloe.
“Sejun-nim, give up on singing. You have no talent for it.”
I can’t sing?
A fact Sejun had never known because no one around him had ever told him.
Just as Sejun was falling into despair after learning the truth,
“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, it’s okay if you can’t sing, meow! You just have to sing with us, meow! Meow meow meow.”
Theo began humming a tune.
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot.”
Kueng. Kueng.
Iona and Cuengi hummed along too.
“Hmm hmm hmm.”
Sejun joined in as well.
Kking! Kking!
[Butler! Great Blackie will sing with you too! Kking kking kking!]
“Taecho too! Heng heng heng.”
Blackie and Taecho also joined in.
Jingle…
[Me too…]
Kkobangi tried to join in without reading the room.
Yolyol.
[Youngest. Read the room.]
Kabulto stopped him.
And so, the Sejun family sang in a perfectly discordant mess of tones and rhythms that didn’t match at all.
However,
What is this?
Listening to the music, Kwerolloe experienced something mysterious.
Why does this sound nice?
As he listened to the humming of Sejun and his group, his heart felt at ease.
Yes. There’s no need to sing well.
As long as you can sing joyfully.
Sejun and his group, who gave Kwerolloe that realization, continued humming for about 30 more minutes before,
“Well then, we’ll be going now.”
“Yes. Please travel safely.”
After saying goodbye to Kwerolloe, they left <Shyongk>.
Some time later.
Will this really work?
“Want to eat together if you haven’t had a meal?”
Just before singing a courtship song, Kwerolloe followed Sejun’s advice as a love coach and shared roasted peanuts with Kkyosoonie.
Although he didn’t trust Sejun’s words too much, it was already common knowledge among the orioles that proposing when the other was full greatly increased the chances of success, so there was nothing to lose.
“Okay.”
Peck. Peck. Peck.
Kkyosoonie seemed hungry and eagerly pecked at the peanuts.
Peck. Peck. Peck.
Kwerolloe also joined in eating.
Then, after about three minutes of eating roasted peanuts,
“Kkyosoonie, I love you!”
“Kwerolloe, I like you!”
The two confessed to each other at the same time.
Huh?! I didn’t even sing the courtship song yet?!
Kwerolloe was extremely flustered by the unbelievable situation.
Could it be thanks to Sejun-nim’s coaching?
At the same time, Kwerolloe recalled Sejun’s coaching.
However.
‘Hehehe. I added Confession Carrot Juice, so of course it worked, right?’
It was thanks to Sejun’s cooking, where he had stir-fried the peanuts with Confession Carrot Juice.
Nice. Seven couples matched!
And thus, Sejun became a matchmaker who successfully brought together seven couples.
“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, take this, meow! I got it from a lottery, meow!”
“Huh? Isn’t this a music box?”
“Puhuhut. It’s something good for the night, meow!”
“Oh! Really?!”
For reference, what Theo got from the lottery was a music box item that cured insomnia patients.
***
A month had passed since their return from <Shyongk>, and it was early morning at the Kindergarten of Destruction.
“Alright, shall we head out for the opening ceremony?”
Sejun got ready to leave.
“Puhuhut. Sounds good, meow! Cuengi, congrats on becoming the president, meow!”
Kuhehehe. Kueng! Kueng!
[Hehehehe. Thank you, big bro! Cuengi is now president Cu, yep!]
Today was the grand opening of Cuengi Cafe’s main branch.
Kihihit. Kking?!
[Hehe! Cuengi hyung! If Cuengi hyung is the president, then great Blackie must be the vice president?!]
Blackie tried to butter up to Cuengi to get a position,
Kueng! Kueng!
[Nope! Paespaes is going to be the vice president!]
He had already settled things with Paespaes beforehand.
Kking…
[Great Blackie wanted to be the vice president…]
Blackie was dejected after being rejected by Cuengi.
“I’ll make you the president of the Extremely Delicious Royal Honey Sweet Potatoes on the 10th Tower later.”
Kking! Kihihit. Kking!
[Okay! Hehe. Great Blackie is the sweet potato farm president!]
His mood immediately improved at Sejun’s words, and he wagged his tail vigorously.
“Then, I’ll leave the kids to you.”
“Yeah. Don’t worry.”
[Hehe. Sejun-nim, don’t worry.]
Sejun left the kids with Aileen and Flamie, then headed to Cuengi Cafe.
Three minutes later.
“Oh. This looks awesome.”
Flying through the sky, Sejun arrived in front of the cafe and admired the building.
The structure was a remodeled traditional hanok, surrounded by a wide exterior wall. The wall was neither too high nor too low, creating a moderate separation from the outside world.
On the outer wall were many cute illustrations of Cuengi’s character, and people lining up along the wall were taking photos with the drawings. The line was so long that it wrapped around the wall multiple times.
This was because on the first day of the opening, Cuengi himself would be brewing coffee. Of course, besides that, there were various opening events prepared, like a limited edition mug with Cuengi’s illustration (only 1000 prepared) and Cuengi figures.
For reference, since Cuengi was busy accompanying Sejun, the cafe would usually be run by the manager and staff, and Cuengi would come in occasionally to brew coffee.
Chuk.
With a light jump, Sejun entered the building and saw Se-dol doing the final checks with the staff before opening.
“Se-dol.”
“Oh, hyung, you’re here?”
“Yeah. There’s still an hour until opening, but the line is crazy long.”
“Oh, those people outside? They’ve been lining up since last night. I was checking inventory and heading home when I saw people setting up tents. I was shocked.”
“What? Since last night?”
In this heat?
To think they waited so long just to drink coffee brewed by our Cuengi.
Hearing Se-dol’s words, Sejun felt even more grateful to the people standing in line.
‘They must be thirsty while waiting. I should give them watermelon juice.’
So, Sejun served watermelon juice in paper cups to the people in line as a complimentary service.
“Puhuhut. Our great hybrid Chairman Park made watermelon juice for the humans, so drink up, meow!”
Theo was in charge of serving.
However.
That’s not free, right?
People hesitated to take the watermelon juice Theo was offering. Theo’s cat-gangster antics were too well-known on the internet.
“Puhuhut. Humans, rest assured, meow! This was given freely by the generous Chairman Park, meow! It’s free, meow!”
“Really? Then I’ll have some.”
“Wow, this is really refreshing!”
People who drank the watermelon juice handed out by Theo said so.
“Puhuhut. But did you know, meow? If you take free stuff too much, you’ll go bald, meow!”
Theo mentioned the baldness curse to those people.
“Ahem. I can’t risk going bald….”
“What a wicked guy. Of all things, a baldness curse?”
“Pfft. As expected of a cat-gangster.”
Some people laughed at Theo’s words and happily paid. As expected, if you’re cute, all is forgiven.
“Puhuhut. For the humans who paid to lift the baldness curse, I’ll graciously allow you to take a photo with this great being, meow! It’s a service, meow!”
Though it wasn’t quite the amount Theo wanted, he was satisfied just making some money and generously offered photo services. Suddenly, people rushed to pay.
“Theo, I don’t have cash… do you take cards?”
“Puhuhut. I do, meow! How much will you swipe, meow?”
37.150.24.137
“Ten thousand won.”
“Puhuhut. Got it, meow!”
Theo pulled out a system connector and swiped the card.
[[System SJC] Requesting deposit to Sejun-nim’s account!]
[Yep! How much is it?]
[After deducting a 1% transaction fee, 9,900 won.]
[What? You dare deduct a fee from Sejun-nim’s money?]
[Come on. I’ve got to make a living too. Fine, I’ll only take 0.5%. Sent 9,950 won.]
[Confirmed 9,950 won. Transferring the amount to Sejun-nim’s account!]
The systems automatically withdrew the money from the card and transferred it to Sejun’s account.
Meanwhile.
Kueng! Kueng!
[Lots of customers came to drink Cuengi’s coffee! Cuengi is excited!]
Cuengi was brimming with enthusiasm as he prepared to serve customers.
A short while later.
It was time for the cafe to open.
“Come on in.”
The customers poured in.
“One Cuengi iced americano, please. Also, a Cuengi tiramisu cake, and ah- one of the watermelon juices I had earlier too.”
Customers began ordering coffee along with the watermelon juice they had tasted earlier. It was so good that they wanted more. As a result, the staff had to hastily add watermelon juice to the menu, and Sejun had to rush to blend more watermelon.
Fortunately, Cuengi, using telekinesis to handle ten kettles at once, displayed an impressive feat of brewing ten cups of coffee simultaneously, drastically reducing wait times for customers.
He’s making it so sloppily?!
Among the crowd was a coffee expert who had lined up just to criticize Cuengi Cafe, but
The pause time between brewing hot and iced coffee is different. Well, that’s the least he should do.
What-?! How can he control the water quantity like a machine?
What is this flavor?! Is this heaven?
Realizing that Cuengi wasn’t brewing sloppily at all, he changed his mind.
And then.
-I grudgingly admit it’s frustrating, but I don’t think there’s any coffee out there that can beat Cuengi Cafe’s. I reflect on how I foolishly dismissed it before. Everyone, come try it yourself. I’m going back in line now.
He posted on his SNS.
And just like that, Cuengi Cafe gained another regular customer.