Chapter 154 – Would You Like to Suck Some Honey at Our Farm

Shake, shake.

“Ah. How refreshing.”

When Se-jun, who had bathed together while bathing Theo, was shaking off the water from his hair with his hands with a refreshed expression,

“How could you put me in the water, meow?! I am angry, meow!”

Theo, furious at being bathed, showed his sulking in every possible way.

However,

Cling.

Even though he was sulking, Theo did not separate from Se-jun’s lap at all. In that state, he groomed his body, diligently licking his entire body.

“Ayy. Vice President Theo, why are you like that?”

Stroke, stroke.

Se-jun appeased Theo’s anger while stroking Theo’s belly and body.

“Meow~ Heung-meow! Do you think I will yield to just this much, meow?!!! I am very angry, meow! Stroke my lower belly as well, meow!”

Flustered by the pleasant purr that came out of him unconsciously, Theo hurriedly pretended to be sulking again and tried to get more strokes from Se-jun.

“Here?”

“Yes, meow! Stroke more diligently, meow! I am still angry, meow!”

“All right. Vice President Theo, let go of your anger.”

“I will decide whether to let go of my anger depending on how you do, meow!”

It seemed like he had already completely let it go, but Se-jun pretended to be fooled for now even though he knew.

When he stroked Theo’s body for over an hour like that,

“Out of respect for Chairman Park’s sincerity, I will specially let go of my anger, meow! And this is an item I got from the draw, meow!”

Theo put his front paw into the bundle with a satisfied expression, as if showing generosity.

“Oh! Really? As expected of Vice President Theo!”

“Puhahat. Chairman Park, praise me more, meow!”

Theo waited for Se-jun’s praise with an attitude that he would not pull his paw out of the bundle unless he was praised more. Go ahead and praise me more, meow!

“Draw! Genius! Theo Park! Draw! Genius! Theo Park!”

When Se-jun clapped and created a chant to praise Theo,

“Puhahat. That is right, meow! I am the Draw Genius, Lord Theo Park, meow!”

Theo, satisfied with Se-jun’s praise, pulled out his front paw that had been placed in the bundle with a wide grin on his face.

“Here! This is it, meow!”

Theo pulled out a small black stone fragment.

“Huh? That’s it?”

Se-jun showed a disappointed expression without realizing it.

At that,

“Are you doubting me, the Draw Genius, right now, meow?!”

Theo flared up and tried to put the stone fragment back into the bundle.

“N-No! There is no way I would doubt Vice President Theo! So, what kind of stone is that?”

“I do not know either, meow! But if Sister Aileen appraises it, something great will definitely come out, meow!”

Even though he did not know himself, Theo was very confident.

“Is that so?”

Although it looked like just an ordinary stone, it was an item Theo had brought. For now, he received the black stone fragment and examined it.

[Black Stone Fragment]

???

Grade: C

For a mere stone fragment, its grade was C. It was the highest grade before appraisal among the items Theo had brought so far. His expectations naturally rose.

“Aileen, please appraise this.”

[The tower administrator told you to wait a moment.]

Along with Aileen’s answer, the black stone fragment that was in Se-jun’s hand disappeared.

After a moment,

[The tower administrator said she had to use this and asked you to give it to her.]

“Huh? Aileen is going to use it? What does that mean?”

[The tower administrator said that the black stone Theo brought was a Dragon Heart Fragment of the Great Black Dragon.]

“What?! A Dragon Heart?!”

At Aileen’s words, Se-jun was greatly surprised and looked at Theo. Theo wore an expression on Se-jun’s lap that said, ‘I do not know anything, meow!’ In a word, he was just zoning out.

‘Theo, you amazing guy! Where on earth did you get something like this?!’

Although he did not know why there was a Dragon Heart of a Black Dragon in the tower, Theo was bringing more and more amazing items as time went on.

“Puhahat. Am I amazing, meow?”

Seeing Se-jun’s gaze, Theo, who caught onto the opportunity, spoke in an arrogant voice and lay flat on Se-jun’s lap. His eyes were full of expectation. Stroke me quickly, meow!

Stroke, stroke.

“If you consume that, will it help with treating Aileen’s Dragon Heart?”

Se-jun asked Aileen while stroking Theo’s body.

[The tower administrator said that there was no need to consume it because just having the Dragon Heart Fragment next to her would resonate with her own Dragon Heart and stimulate it.]

“Is that so?”

It was not that he begrudged giving the Dragon Heart Fragment to Aileen, but it was good news to hear that she did not have to consume it.

[The tower administrator said that even if she did not consume it, it was dangerous for you to hold the Dragon Heart Fragment now.]

[The tower administrator said that the mana of the Dragon Heart Fragment could run wild.]

“All right. Then, Aileen, please keep it.”

[The tower administrator said that from now on, she would enter training to grow her Dragon Heart talent by one level using the Dragon Heart Fragment.]

[The tower administrator said she might not be able to answer for a few days.]

“Okay.”

[The tower administrator said she would definitely finish before your birthday.]

“All right. Do not push yourself too hard.”

***

The administrator’s area of the Black Tower.

“Khehehe. With just this, I can grow my Dragon Heart.”

Aileen grew excited as she looked at the Dragon Heart Fragment in her hand, which emitted a dark blue light.

Aileen had been strengthening her Talent: Slightly Soft Dragon Heart with the Honey Jelly Se-jun had given her, but recently, she had reached a limit.

She had not mentioned it out of concern that Se-jun would worry, but currently, she was only maintaining the status quo so that her Dragon Heart would not deteriorate with the Honey Jelly.

At that very moment, Theo had brought a Dragon Heart Fragment. With this Dragon Heart Fragment, she could stimulate her Dragon Heart using mana resonance, which was sufficient to grow her talent by one level.

“Khehehe. Good job, Theo!”

Aileen decided to reward Theo separately later, and

“Polymorph Release.”

She returned to her main body. Because she had to concentrate all her nerves on the Dragon Heart from now on, her main body was more comfortable.

“This time, I will definitely appear in front of Se-jun with a ta-da!”

Aileen smiled happily as she imagined herself appearing in front of Se-jun in her polymorphed state during the birthday party by growing her Dragon Heart.

And

“Huuuu.”

She breathed deeply and focused on the mana of the Dragon Heart.

Hummmm.

The Dragon Heart Fragment in her hand and Aileen’s mana began to resonate.

***

The day after Se-jun returned from the 83rd floor of the tower.

Se-jun immediately began making roasted chestnuts and started producing chestnut makgeolli and sweet chestnuts. He had to hurry to complete them by the birthday party.

While Se-jun was preparing for the birthday party like that,

Buzz!

A Poison Honeybee visited Se-jun with Honey Jelly.

“Did you come to give me Honey Jelly? Thank you.”

When Se-jun spread his palm,

Buzz.

Plop.

The Poison Honeybee laid down the Honey Jelly on Se-jun’s palm.

[You have acquired 1 Poison Honeybee’s Cherry Tomato Honey Jelly.]

[The proficiency of Beekeeping Lv. 7 slightly increased.]

[The proficiency of Beekeeping Lv. 7 was filled, and its level increased.]

“Oh!”

The level of his Beekeeping skill rose after a long time.

[Special Job Skill – Beekeeping Lv. 8]

-Beekeeping was possible when owning a beehive.

-The active range of honeybees from owned beehives greatly increased.

-The speed at which the queen bee laid eggs greatly increased.

-The speed at which the bees gathered honey greatly increased.

-The amount of honey gathered by the bees greatly increased.

-The probability of pollination greatly increased.

-Honey jelly with special effects could be produced.

-Affinity with honeybees greatly increased. (Even honeybees that were not raised by you felt friendliness toward you.)

-Currently owned beehives (7/8): 7 Poison Honeybee beehives

When the Beekeeping skill rose to level 8, the content stating that affinity with honeybees greatly increased was added.

“Even honeybees that I do not raise feel friendliness toward me?”

Se-jun hurriedly wrapped up the remaining work and called Cuengi.

Cueng?

[Dad, did you call Cuengi?]

At Se-jun’s call, Cuengi, who was rolling on the stone bed, ran over.

“Yes. Let’s go to the east to meet our Poison Honeybee friends.”

Cueng?!

[Did you say Poison Honeybee friends?!]

“Yes.”

He had to secure one more beehive, and according to the skill description, since even the Poison Honeybees that did not belong to the beehives Se-jun owned would not be hostile to him, it seemed he could make those Poison Honeybees gather honey as well.

Cueng!

[Dad, let’s go!]

Like that, Se-jun rode the giant-sized Cuengi and moved to the east. Of course, Theo, who was clinging to Se-jun’s lap, and the Golden Bat, who was clinging to Se-jun’s back, followed as standard options.

Thump. Thump.

After Cuengi giant-sized and ran at full speed for about 30 minutes,

Cueng!

[We have arrived!]

They entered deep into the eastern region in no time.

Buzz!

Buzz!

Two Poison Honeybees, who were guarding the surroundings, approached to attack Se-jun and the animals that had entered their territory.

However,

Rub, rub.

As they approached Se-jun, the Poison Honeybees showed friendliness by rubbing their bodies against him. As expected, the Poison Honeybees were not hostile toward Se-jun.

“Guys, would you like to eat some of this?”

Se-jun began marketing honey to the Poison Honeybees.

Cueng!

[Cuengi also wants to eat honey!]

When Se-jun gave honey to the Poison Honeybees, Cuengi pestered him, asking for honey for himself too.

“Right. Let’s eat honey, Cuengi.”

Se-jun took out a glass jar and gave it to Cuengi.

“Chairman Park, give me a Churu too, meow!”

When he took care of Cuengi, this time Theo demanded a Churu. Everyone seemed to be hungry.

“Let’s just eat here and then go.”

Se-jun decided to have a meal here and then move on, since things had turned out this way. The outing to recruit the honeybees instantly turned into a picnic.

“Here, Golden Bat, eat this watermelon.”

(Yes! Thank you!)

Se-jun handed a slice of watermelon to the Golden Bat sitting on his shoulder.

And

Crunch.

With his left hand, he ate raw sweet potato,

Chwap, chwap, chwap.

And with his remaining right hand, he fed Theo the Churu.

While they were eating like that,

Buzz.

Buzz.

Over a thousand Poison Honeybees gathered and ate the honey. The Poison Honeybees that had eaten the honey first had brought their other friends.

“Guys, how about it? Would you like to suck some honey at our farm?”

Buzz!

At Se-jun’s words, the Poison Honeybees drew circles to express their consent.

“Then, guide me to your beehive.”

The Poison Honeybees consented, but the queen’s consent was required.

Buzz!

The Poison Honeybees guided Se-jun to their beehives.

However…

“Uh?! You are not from the same family?”

The Poison Honeybees split in several directions.

Buzz!

Buzz!

The Poison Honeybees began to fight each other to take Se-jun to their own beehives.

“Whoa, whoa. Guys, I will go to all of them, so calm down.”

For Se-jun, it was a relief since he did not have to do the work multiple times.

At that time,

Cueng!

[Dad, let’s go there first!]

Cuengi pointed to the dark eastern edge.

“Why there?”

Se-jun instinctively felt a sense of rejection. It looked dangerous just by looking at it.

Cueng!

[For some reason, if we go there, it seems like we can eat a lot of delicious honey!]

Buzz!

At Cuengi’s reaction, one Poison Honeybee was greatly pleased. It was a Poison Honeybee whose beehive was located at the eastern edge.

“All right. Let’s go.”

Even though it looked dangerous, there was no risk of being attacked by the Poison Honeybees, and even if by any chance they were attacked, he had Theo, Cuengi, and the Golden Bat. Besides, since he even had the bone armor, there was no need to be scared.

“Let’s go to your beehive first. You guys wait here while eating honey.”

So that the other Poison Honeybees would not leave, Se-jun placed several plates filled with honey on the ground and moved to the east, following the Poison Honeybee whose beehive was at the eastern edge.

***

The southeastern outskirts of Brasilia, the capital of Brazil.

“Hurry up and plant the green onions!”

“Yes!”

The hunters moved quickly at Han Tae-jun’s instructions.

“Plant them a bit closer together over there! The maximum spacing is 30 centimeters!”

“I apologize! I will correct it!”

At the scolding of the member of the first generation of the Earth Defense Force, the second generation members hurriedly shouted.

All members of the Earth Defense Force gathered in Brasilia and were planting Sturdy Blade Green Onions to build a defensive line to prevent the spread of the locusts.

The Earth Defense Force’s counterattack against the locusts began.