Chapter 158 – Draw Me Too, Meow!

“It is done.”

Kellion, who returned to his residence after hearing about the fragments of the Creator God’s stone tablet from Artemis and Brachio, connected his soul to the white dragon statue again.

Flutter. Flutter.

-You’re here? You’re late.

Kaiser said in a sullen voice as he looked at the white dragon statue flying toward him.

-Kaiser, are you still sulking?

-What?! Sulking?! Do I look like I’m sulking?! You makgeolli thief!

Kaiser blew up in anger at Kellion’s words.

-What?! Makgeolli thief?! You brought it for me to drink!

-When did I say you could drink it all?!

-Drink it all? I left some!

-Is leaving just a single sip of each considered leaving some?!

If it were up to their temperaments, they would have already engaged in a messy brawl, but they only bickered verbally and never physically fought. This was because if the statues were destroyed in a fight, it would become difficult to obtain the crops and dishes made by Se-jun from then on.

And what if Se-jun got hurt or died in the aftermath of their fight? That would truly be an act of cutting open the belly of the goose that laid golden eggs. They were being very careful in their own way.

While the two dragons were fighting like that,

“Kaiser, Kellion, please help me!”

Se-jun, who had made cool(?) claws for Cuengi, ran over and asked for help as soon as he saw the two dragons.

In the meantime, he had even mobilized Pink Fur and the Bull Demon King to sprout the Elixir: Cherry Tomato Containing Powerful Mana, but ultimately failed. Se-jun was requesting help from the two dragons as a last resort.

Flutter. Flutter.

-Se-jun. You don’t need any help from that fellow, Kellion! What do you need me to do?

Kaiser quickly flew to Se-jun’s side and shouted.

And,

-More importantly, around when will the makgeolli be completed?

He set up a barrier so Kellion couldn’t hear and quietly asked when the makgeolli would be finished.

“I think it will take 4 to 5 days to age.”

-Khehehe. Really? Let’s go quickly! I will solve everything.

Kaiser, who had tried to solve everything on his own like that.

However,

[You have planted the seed of the Elixir: Cherry Tomato Containing Powerful Mana.]

[The environment does not have strong enough mana for the seed of the Elixir: Cherry Tomato Containing Powerful Mana to take root.]

[Failed to plant the seed of the Elixir: Cherry Tomato Containing Powerful Mana.]

Sss.

Along with the message, the seed turned into powder and disappeared.

“Um… Kaiser, it seems it is too difficult for you alone.”

-Ahem! The output of the mana stone was insufficient…

Kaiser said in an aggrieved voice. If he could only use his main body’s mana, he could use a hundred times the current mana, but the capacity of the mana stone mounted on the black dragon statue was insufficient.

-Ahem. I must step in.

Kellion, who had been watching from behind, cleared his throat and said. Normally, he would have found it more satisfying to watch Kaiser’s failure, but he could not do so today.

The reason was because of the seed of the Elixir: Cherry Tomato Containing Powerful Mana that Se-jun had taken out. The cherry tomato, which was said to grow only in places with strong mana, seemed like a crop that existed just for his grandson, Ajax.

‘This is an opportunity. With just this crop, Ajax can farm too!’

That was why Kellion had quickly helped Se-jun instead of enjoying watching Kaiser struggle.

He wanted to quickly check if the Elixir: Cherry Tomato Containing Powerful Mana could truly withstand Ajax’s mana.

Hummmm.

In that way, Kellion infused all of his mana into the ground where Kaiser’s mana was imbued. It was slightly more than the mana Ajax normally emitted. If it could withstand this level of mana, it could sufficiently grow in the White Tower as well.

-Now, try planting it.

“Yes.”

Se-jun once again planted the seed of the Elixir: Cherry Tomato Containing Powerful Mana in the soil imbued with Kaiser and Kellion’s mana.

And,

[You have planted the seed of the Elixir: Cherry Tomato Containing Powerful Mana.]

[You have successfully planted the seed of the Elixir: Cherry Tomato Containing Powerful Mana.]

[Due to the effect of Mana Sowing Lv. 6, the crop’s growth speed will increase for 24 hours.]

He succeeded in planting the elixir-grade cherry tomato.

“It worked!”

Se-jun cheered, having finally succeeded in planting the elixir-grade cherry tomato.

At that moment,

[The mana of the ground where the Elixir: Cherry Tomato Containing Powerful Mana was planted is dispersing.]

[The growth speed-accelerating effect of Mana Sowing Lv. 6 is reduced to 20 hours.

[If the mana of the ground falls below a certain amount, the Elixir: Cherry Tomato Containing Powerful Mana will die.]

As the mana infused into the ground dispersed, a message appeared prompting to supply mana again. The amount of mana infused into the ground by the two dragon statues had to be continuously maintained.

“Huh?!”

Since the two dragons had consumed all their mana, Se-jun infused his own mana for the time being, but

[The mana of the ground fell below a certain amount, and the Elixir: Cherry Tomato Containing Powerful Mana has died.]

There was no way it could be sustained with Se-jun’s mana. The Elixir: Cherry Tomato Containing Powerful Mana died in vain.

“It’s difficult…”

Se-jun was disappointed.

And,

‘Hehehe.’

Conversely, Kellion smiled. It was a crop that required a continuous supply of strong mana.

‘This is a crop for Ajax!’

It was the perfect condition.

-Good!

Kellion spoke his true feelings without realizing it.

“Pardon?! What did you just say?!”

Se-jun, who had become sensitive because the elixir-grade cherry tomato died, raised his voice at Kellion without realizing it. He was already in a bad mood because the crop died, and yet Kellion said ‘Good!’.

-No… no. I said, ‘Not good’…

Kellion quickly made an excuse and began to think of a way to smuggle the seeds in his head. As long as he had the seeds of the Elixir: Cherry Tomato Containing Powerful Mana, Ajax could farm as well.

‘Grandson, wait just a little longer!’

Kellion boosted his resolve as he thought of his grandson, who would be working hard with dirt on his hands.

And,

‘Suspicious…’

Kaiser looked at Kellion suspiciously.

***

The 99th floor of the White Tower.

“Hey! You lots! Three seconds of break time have already passed, and you are still sitting down?! Get to work right now! Have you been having it very easy lately, huh?! Shall I show you hell?! Huh?!”

“W-We are sorry!”

At the white-haired boy’s roar, the monsters trembled in fear and quickly picked up the seed sacks, starting to sow them diligently.

The seeds the monsters were sowing were those transported from each floor of the White Tower.

‘If you can’t handle my mana, I’ll compete with quantity!’

Ajax was trying a method to disperse the mana by planting a large quantity instead when the seeds died because they couldn’t handle his mana.

“The line over there is not straight!”

Contrary to Kellion’s worries, Ajax, who was only instructing the monsters with his hands behind his back, had very clean hands without a single speck of dirt.

***

Kkueng! Kkueng?

[Big brother, Kkueng is showing you my claws! Aren’t my claws cool?]

Cuengi bragged to Theo about his claws, which Se-jun had coolly made for him. On each of Cuengi’s claws, drawings of majestic, great beings were painted.

And,

“I’m envious, meow…”

Theo looked at Cuengi’s claws with envy. Having been demoted from Vice Chairman to President, and now seeing Cuengi’s cool claws. Theo’s ears drooped after suffering two depressing events in a row.

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[Big brother, cheer up! One day, big brother will also get cool claws!]

Cuengi comforted Theo.

The situation had reversed like this three hours ago.

‘It’s hard. So hard.’

Se-jun was contemplating how to make Cuengi’s claws look cool while eating. However, no matter how much he thought, nothing suitable came to mind.

While he was lost in thought like that,

‘Ah! Will this work?!’

A good idea came to mind.

“Cuengi, try giantifying.”

Se-jun instructed Cuengi, who had finished eating and was dozing off again with his butt pressed against Se-jun’s butt, to giantify.

Kkueng…

[Understood…]

At Se-jun’s words, the half-asleep Cuengi giantified.

And,

“President Theo, stick out your claws.”

Se-jun said as he grabbed Theo’s front paw.

“Why am I President Theo, meow?!”

“You were demoted.”

“Nyang… I understand, meow…”

Shring!

When Theo sullenly extended his dragon claws,

Scratch. Scratch.

Se-jun began to draw on Cuengi’s claws using Theo’s dragon claw. What Se-jun had thought of was nail art.

Zzz.

While Cuengi sat and dozed off again like that, Se-jun held Theo and, using Theo’s dragon claw, wrote ‘Cuengi Park’ on Cuengi’s right thumb.

Now, Se-jun also felt like Cuengi was just like his own child. So he engraved his own last name as well.

After engraving the name on the right thumb like that, Se-jun began to draw diligently on the remaining nine claws.

Two hours later,

“Cuengi, wake up.”

Se-jun woke Cuengi up after completing his masterpiece.

Kkueng?

[Is it done?]

Cuengi quickly checked his claws.

“I engraved Cuengi’s name on your right thumb. Cuengi Park. How is it?”

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[I like it! My name is Cuengi Park now!]

Cuengi rejoiced while looking at his thumb. Although he hadn’t spoken about it until now, Cuengi had been envious of Theo’s name, Theo Park.

Kkueng?

[But what is this?]

Cuengi asked as he looked at the nine completely unrecognizable drawings painted on his claws.

“I’m curious too, meow!”

“Huh?!”

‘Why can’t they recognize this?’

What Se-jun had drawn on Cuengi’s claws were Se-jun, Theo, Flamie, the Black Rabbit, Cuengi, the Golden Bat, Pyupyu, Iona, Hegel, and Elka.

Honestly, he admitted that Hegel and Elka might look like a two-headed dog because he drew them together on a single claw out of laziness and only drew one body. But they should have recognized the rest.

But judging by their reactions, it seemed like trouble if he told them the truth.

“These are beings called the Ten Heavens.”

So he quickly made it up on the spot.

“If it’s the Ten Heavens, why are there only nine drawings, meow?!”

Theo asked, unexpectedly sharp. It was a mistake born of speaking in haste.

However,

“That’s because I haven’t seen the last of the Ten Heavens. I’ll draw the remaining one for you when I see it later.”

Se-jun answered calmly and got over the crisis.

At that moment,

Kkueng?

[But Papa, what are the Ten Heavens?]

Another crisis arrived.

“Well… the Ten Heavens refers to the ten strongest powerhouses in the world. Excluding the dragons, of course.”

They said lies only grow the more you tell them… at this rate, he might change his class to a tower scammer soon…

Still, he had a conscience, so he excluded the dragons. The dragons were beings on a completely different scale. Comparison was impossible.

Of course, though for some reason he felt like Cuengi might be able to face off against the dragons as well later on…

Kkueng!

[The Ten Heavens are amazing!]

Fortunately, Cuengi fell for Se-jun’s words completely. Cuengi liked the drawings drawn on his claws.

And,

“President Park! Draw me too, meow!”

Theo pestered him to draw the Ten Heavens on his claws too.

Now that his work had a fan,

“Sure.”

Se-jun, excited, grabbed Theo’s right front paw and began to draw on one of the claws of his left front paw.

However,

Screeech. Screeech.

“It’s not working…”

The dragon claws were too hard to engrave drawings on.

“Nyang… I’m envious, meow!”

Even though Theo possessed the incredible dragon claws, he still envied Cuengi’s claws.

While Theo was looking at Cuengi’s claws with envy like that,

“What are you doing?”

“Nyang?!”

Grab.

Se-jun, who had failed to plant the elixir-grade cherry tomato, grabbed Theo’s sides and placed him onto his lap.

And,

Kkueng…

Cuengi, who couldn’t climb onto Se-jun’s lap due to his body weight, stared at Theo with envy.

‘Puhut! That’s right, meow! I have President Park’s lap, meow!’

“President Park! Give me Churu, meow!”

Theo, whose mood had improved thanks to this, demanded Churu from Se-jun.

And,

Slurp. Slurp…

Purrr.

Perhaps because today had been hard due to his great heartbreak, Theo fell asleep while eating the Churu deliciously.

Kkuhehehe.

Cuengi, who was eating honey and sucking his toes nearby, brought the remaining Churu that Theo had left to his own mouth.

313th day of being stranded. Four days remained until the birthday party.