Chapter 76: Welcome to the Kindergarten of Destruction! / 800 |
TL: Hanguk
PR: MiniPixelZ
Theo’s mental world.
Mini Chairman Park No. 6 was shouting at the top of his lungs toward the massive mountain of grilled fish.
However,
“Ah….”
Mini Chairman Park No. 6’s voice was too small to reach the grilled fish mountain, and not even an echo returned.
“Ah…!”
Mini Chairman Park No. 6 shouted again with all his might.
Next time, I’ll give him a proper scolding!
Because it was so frustrating that he couldn’t properly scold Jo Kyung-su, who had stolen the main body Sejun’s song, with his own voice.
And so, Mini Chairman Park No. 6 practiced for a long time.
“Ah…!!”
His voice grew louder than before
-Ah……
Mini Chairman Park’s voice reached the grilled fish mountain, and a faint echo returned.
He had gained a bit of vocal power.
Nice!
Mini Chairman Park No. 6 clenched his fist and silently cheered. He was timid and very shy, so he wasn’t even good at shouting alone.
Time to get to work now.
“Hyap……!
Ppyong.
Perhaps thanks to his vocal breakthrough, even his shout was a bit louder than before.
Someday, I’ll build a giant grilled fish mountain and Churu Lake too!
Mini Chairman Park No. 6, imagining his future, stacked anchovy-sized grilled fish to create his own little grilled fish mountain.
***
<Earth>
On the way home after leaving the dentist’s office.
“Hahaha. Everyone probably already knows. Just now, the reason I shouted was for Taecho. I acted like I was scared to stimulate Taecho’s sense of responsibility.”
Sejun earnestly made excuses about what had happened at the dentist.
“Puhuhut. Youngest, you did well, meow! You wonderfully defended the great hybrid Chairman Park, meow!”
“Ahem. Taecho was cool, right?”
“Guys…?”
Who am I even talking to?
Kueng! Kueng!
[Youngest was really cool! From now on, whenever we can’t step up, Taecho has to protect Dad!]
“Hehe. Just trust Taecho!”
No one was listening.
Kihihit. Kking! Kking?
[Hehe. Butler! Great Blackie held back from disciplining those who scared you! Great Blackie did well, right?]
“Yeah. Good job.”
Sejun trudged along the road while patting Blackie’s head. On the way home, he took his time, leisurely enjoying the neighborhood for the first time in a while.
As he was walking like that,
[The Festival of Abundance has begun in Level 8 World <Motri>.]
[You have been invited to the Festival of Abundance.]
[Will you accept the invitation?]
A message appeared in front of Sejun.
Invited to the Harvest Festival?
He had always hosted the festival, but this was the first time he had been invited.
“Yeah. I’ll go.”
Sejun accepted immediately, feeling a new kind of excitement.
Shoo.
Sejun disappeared.
“Meow?! Chairman Park, where did you go, meow?!”
Only Sejun. The invitation was for Sejun alone.
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot. It’s dimensional travel!”
Kueng! Kueng!
[We have to find Dad quickly! Dad’s in danger!]
Kking!
[Butler! Didn’t I tell you to stick close to Great Blackie!]
“Dad will be protected by Taecho!”
The group worried only about Sejun’s safety.
“Puhuhut. Don’t worry, meow! I, Vice Chairman Theo, can find Chairman Park, meow! Iona, follow with tracking magic, meow!”
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot. Yes.”
Shoo.
Theo, surpassing all limitations, used Light Speed Meow-Step to travel to where Sejun was.
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot. Power of the dimension…….”
Iona extracted the dimensional coordinates of where Sejun and Theo had gone and activated dimensional travel magic.
Flash.
The rest of the group also disappeared.
***
[You have arrived at Level 8 World <Motri>.]
“Huh? I came alone?”
104.28.193.250
It was a mistake.
Since they were always together every day and always moved together, Sejun had assumed they’d all come with him.
Paespaes must be here, right?
Sejun placed his hand on his left shoulder.
Hehehe. There he is.
A soft sensation was felt. Paespaes was always so closely attached to Sejun’s body while sleeping that he was practically considered one with him.
Thank goodness.
Confirming that Paespaes was there, Sejun looked around with a relaxed expression.
He was surrounded by a cornfield. And not just any corn, it was corn stalks about 5 meters tall.
But then,
“Why is it so quiet?”
It was the Harvest Festival, but it was too quiet. Not quiet for a festival, truly silent. The tall corn seemed to block out sound.
Just then,
Rustle. Rustle.
The rustling of corn leaves stirred noisily as something approached,
“Capture them all! Capture them!”
“What… what the?!”
“We just came to enjoy the Harvest Festival!”
Voices of arguing could also be heard.
“Something seems off…”
Just as Sejun tensed up at the unusual atmosphere,
“Puhuhut. What’s going on, meow?!”
Before he knew it, Theo, who had clung to Sejun’s face, asked in a calm voice.
And at the same time, Sejun’s confidence swelled.
“Hehehe. No, it’s nothing. Vice Chairman Theo, you came quickly?”
“Meow….”
Sejun grabbed the scruff of Theo’s neck, detached him from his face, and placed him on his knee, speaking in a welcoming tone.
“Puhuhut. That’s right, meow! I, Vice Chairman Theo, am a capable cat who can find Chairman Park no matter where he is, meow!”
“Yeah. Our Vice Chairman Theo’s ability is amazing.”
“Puhuhut. That’s right, meow! Keep the praise coming, meow!”
Sejun’s confidence was lifted by Theo, and Theo’s confidence was lifted by Sejun’s praise and his lap, a very desirable virtuous cycle.
“Then shall we check what’s going on?”
“Puhuhut. Sounds good, meow!”
With Theo on his lap, Sejun strode confidently toward where the noise had just come from.
“Hmm? No one’s here?”
Only a minute or two had passed since the noise, but it seemed everyone had already left.
“Where could they have gone? If only Cuengi were here, his sense of smell would’ve found them right away.”
“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, Cuengi will be here with Iona soon, so just wait a bit, meow!”
“Alright.”
Then, shall I pick some corn while I wait?
Looking around at the corn spread out before him, Sejun spoke.
And then,
“Eok-Samchiri, does this corn have an owner? Is it okay if I harvest it?”
He checked with [System Eok-Samchiri]. Since he’d had experiences in the past where taking someone else’s crops led to rewards or turning them into full-time employees, he was cautious.
[Yes. This corn has an owner.]
[But don’t worry! Who do you think I am?]
[I am the competent [System Eok-Samchiri]! I will take care of it properly.]
“Oh. Eok-Samchiri, you sounded pretty cool & competent just now.”
[Thank you!]
[I will strive to become an even more capable [System Eok-Samchiri] in the future!]
[System Eok-Samchiri] burned with enthusiasm, moved by Sejun’s praise.
“Then, can you also take care of planting these corn seeds well?”
Since the corn was taller than normal, the yield per area would be higher, so Sejun thought of taking some to plant later.
[It’s fine. Upon verification, this seed cannot be claimed under exclusive rights.]
“Good. Theo, let’s harvest the corn.”
“Puhuhut. Understood, meow!”
Upon hearing [System Eok-Samchiri]’s reply, Sejun and Theo began harvesting corn in earnest.
Pluck. Pluck.
[You have harvested Tall Corn.]
[Your job experience has increased ever so slightly.]
[The proficiency of Harvesting (Master) has not increased.]
[You have gained 1 experience point.]
So it was called Tall Corn?
Only the name was different, its cob size was similar to regular corn.
While Sejun harvested one ear and checked the name,
Swish swish.
“Chairman Park, do you need more, meow?! The incredibly competent I, Vice Chairman Theo, can harvest even more, meow!”
Crash.
Theo dumped out his bag and spilled corn everywhere, looking at Sejun with intense eyes.
Just earlier, Sejun calling [System Eok-Samchiri] competent had triggered Theo’s competitive spirit. Thanks to that, there was no harvestable corn left within a 100-meter radius.
“No, it’s enough.”
“Puhuhut. Then, am I also competent, meow?!”
“Of course. There’s no Vice Chairman more capable than Theo.”
“Puhuhut. I know, meow!”
Theo clung to Sejun’s knee with a proud expression.
“Exclusive knee rights for 5 hours!”
Sejun, finding it too cute and admirable, instinctively issued a 5-hour exclusive knee-rights pass.
Compared to how he had just felt, it was a stingy reward, but
“Puhuhut. Thank you, meow!”
Theo looked touched and wore a happy expression.
“Hmm hmm hmm hmm.”
“Meow meow meow.”
The two cheerfully hummed out-of-tune nose songs as they began steaming the corn. Of course, Theo was just clinging to Sejun’s knee, while Sejun did all the actual work.
While Sejun waited for the corn to steam,
Slip. Slip.
There came again the sound of something approaching. This time, it was much more cautious than before.
And then.
“Oh! There are two of them!”
“Lucky us!”
Beings appeared, rustling the cornfield. Upon closer look, they were a lion, a rabbit, a bear, and so on.
Magic?
As Sejun carefully observed them,
“You must be very surprised, right? From now on, we, the Resistance, will protect you, so don’t worry.”
A lizard revealed itself from the bear’s head, changing its color from brown to green as it spoke. It was a chameleon.
“The resistance?”
“Yes. And I am Kokkokkokke, the great wizard of disguise and leader of the resistance.”
“Wow. That’s a great name?! Who came up with it?”
Sejun was being sincere, but
“Ugh….”
Kokkokkokke let out a groan at Sejun’s words. Its body color turned darker as well.
“Everything must seem suspicious to you now. But you must trust us.”
“If it weren’t for the leader’s disguise magic, we all would’ve been captured and turned into slaves to work the cornfields.”
“It’s all thanks to Kokkokkokke-nim’s disguise magic.”
The resistance members seemed to think Sejun was being cautious because they hadn’t earned his trust yet, so they tried hard to explain and gain it.
Otherwise, they wouldn’t be flattering Kokkokkokke’s name like that. Sejun was curious how their expressions would change later when they learned the names of the Blackie Family.
“Kekeke. No, it’s not that big of a deal….”
Kokkokkokke, the great wizard of disguise, failed to hide his expression under his comrades’ praise. His body even turned pink, as if embarrassed. A very transparent great wizard of disguise.
“Leader, we don’t know when they’ll return. Let’s move quickly.”
The lion spoke.
“Got it. Alexander. Let’s move out for now. There’s a hideout nearby.”
“Yes.”
Since Sejun wanted to ask why the Harvest Festival was so quiet, he packed up the pot full of steamed corn and followed them without resistance.
He still had to wait for Iona and the others, but with Iona’s tracking magic and Cuengi’s sense of smell, they would have no problem finding him.
“Here it is.”
Boom.
The bear opened the door to a hideout disguised as a cornfield, and Sejun crawled into the underground tunnel following the other resistance members.
After about 10 minutes of crawling at a 45-degree downward angle,
“This is our hideout.”
A cozy space with several tunnels appeared.
“This is all we can offer. You must have come here after being invited to the Harvest Festival, right? So did we. We accepted the invitation excitedly, not knowing it was a trap.”
Kokkokkokke led Sejun to his tunnel and offered corn tea as he began to speak.
“A trap?”
“Yes. A vile scheme by the Winged Monkey Tribe.”
Kokkokkokke’s explanation was as follows.
The Winged Monkey Tribe had discovered a way to artificially host the Festival of Abundance using the Corn Altar.
Using that method, they invited others to the festival and then enslaved them, forcing them to cultivate the cornfields.
“And we, the resistance, are those who escaped their clutches and gathered one by one. Our goal is to liberate the slaves. Will you join our resistance and lend us your strength?”
Kokkokkokke looked at Sejun and asked.
“I refuse, meow!”
If we liberate the slaves, who will do the work, meow?!
Theo snapped back, answering fiercely.
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