Chapter 167 – This Body is Now Waterproof, Meow!

Cueng! Cueng!

[Cuengi is having a birthday party today! A birthday Cuengi can eat rice cakes!]

Cuengi, who had been waiting only to eat rice cakes for a few days, woke up early in the morning and opened the morning of the birthday party day with a thunderous cry.

However,

“Cuengi, wait!”

Se-jun, who had been up since dawn preparing food for the birthday party, restrained the excited Cuengi.

Cueng?!

[When is Cuengi going to eat rice cakes?!]

Cuengi, who thought he would eat rice cakes as soon as he opened his eyes, began to make his voice fierce. He was irritated because he was hungry.

“Here. Cuengi, eat this, and let’s hold back on the rice cakes until we cut the rice cake cake!”

Nom.

Se-jun put a handful of candied chestnuts preserved in honey and sugar into Cuengi’s mouth.

Munch, munch.

Cueng!

[It’s delicious!]

Cuengi, whose mood quickly improved from the sweet taste, began to dance while wiggling his butt.

“Ah… if you dance like that, your stomach will get empty quickly… guys, let’s hurry!”

Squeak!

Se-jun, who intended to finish the work while Cuengi was dancing, shouted to the rabbits who were helping him. He had to finish the work as quickly as possible before Cuengi’s stomach emptied and he became fierce again.

A moment later,

“Phew… it’s finished. Good work, guys.”

Squeak…

Se-jun and the rabbits, who barely finished setting up the birthday party, sat down with spaced-out expressions and took a brief rest.

Just then,

Moo!

The Black Minotaurs, led by the Bull Demon King,

“Kyut-kyut-kyut.”

and the wizards of the Black Parkae Magic Tower, led by Iona, arrived at Se-jun’s farm to attend the birthday party.

A message was received that the wolves could not attend the birthday party because they were tracking the enemies who had stolen the Sturdy Blade Green Onions through the cat intern Jeff, who had arrived yesterday.

“Now then, let’s start the birthday party!”

When all the attendees for the birthday party gathered, Se-jun declared the start of the birthday party.

Kuaaaah!

At Se-jun’s declaration, Pink Fur carefully brought over a giant rice cake cake.

-Kuhahaha. It is the Black Tower.

Kaiser, who immediately recognized that the cake depicted the shape of the tower, laughed with a pleased expression,

-Ugh… I am jealous.

and Kellion felt envious.

However, Se-jun had not only depicted the tower on the cake. The top of the tower was decorated with rice cake dolls that Se-jun had made by molding rice cakes late into the night yesterday.

At the very front was a small tree with three leaves made by cutting green onion leaves small, and it was Flamie. The detail was captured by making the color of each leaf different.

Behind Flamie, with Se-jun sitting cross-legged wearing a straw hat at the center, the Black Wolves, Silver Wolves, rabbits, and mushroom ants were positioned on the left and right.

Theo and Cuengi were sitting on Se-jun’s lap, happily eating Churu and honey. Cuengi sitting on Se-jun’s lap was a scene impossible in reality.

‘I will definitely become stronger and let you sit on my lap.’

Se-jun understood Cuengi’s heart well, knowing that even though he wanted to climb onto his lap, he could not do so out of fear that Se-jun would get hurt, so he granted Cuengi’s wish, at least through the decoration of the birthday cake.

Behind Se-jun and the animals, the Black Minotaurs, Pink Fur, and the Bull Demon King were decorated. And in the empty spaces of the cake, Poison Honeybees pinned on thin sticks were flying around.

Cueng! Cueng!

[Cuengi is sitting on Dad’s lap! This is exciting!]

Most of them were touched as they caught the detailed parts that Se-jun had paid attention to. It was a cake decoration that satisfied everyone.

“President Park, my dragon claw is missing, meow!”

Of course, there was a slight complaint, but still, most were satisfied.

Just then,

[The tower administrator is disappointed that she is not there.]

Aileen was disappointed that she was not in the cake decoration.

“Wait a minute. This isn’t all. Open warehouse. Iona.”

When Se-jun spoke to Aileen, opened the subdimensional warehouse, and gave Iona a signal,

“Kyut-kyut-kyut. Yes! Threads of mana, move according to my command. Marionette.”

Iona used her magic.

Kuaaaah!

Three roaring dragons made of rice cake emerged from the subdimensional warehouse, flapping their wings according to Iona’s magic. A small black dragon and a small white dragon flew on the left and right of the giant black dragon as if guarding it.

The giant black dragon was Aileen, and the dragons flying on Aileen’s left and right were the black dragon Kaiser and the white dragon Kellion.

[The tower administrator is extremely satisfied with her size.]

-Eh?! That is me?

-No?! Why am I so small?

Aileen was satisfied that Se-jun had depicted her as the largest, while Kaiser and Kellion expressed dissatisfaction that they were depicted as small.

“Now, we are going to sing the song I taught you beforehand! Happy birthday to you~”

Se-jun ignored the complaints of the two dragons and began to sing the happy birthday song.

“Happy birthday to you, meow~”

Cueng~

[Happy birthday to you~]

Kuaaaah~

Moo~

Squeak~

Kkack~

Everyone began to sing the song in their own style. There was no discordance quite like this.

“Dear~”

While the song was heading toward the climax like that,

“Kyut-kyut-kyut. Power of fire, unleash an unquenchable hellfire upon the enemy according to my command! Hellfire!”

Iona created a giant fire in the sky instead of candles. There were difficulties in placing candles because everyone had different ages.

And

“Happy birthday to you-!”

finally, the song ended.

“Now, blow out that fire with a ‘hoo’!”

Se-jun shouted toward the animals and blew his breath toward the Hellfire. Since there was no way the fire would be extinguished by a breath, it was decided that Iona would cancel the magic at an appropriate time.

“Hoo-!”

“Hoo, meow!”

“Hoo-! Kyut!”

Cuuuueng!

Kuuuuah!

Moooooo!

Starting with Se-jun, the animals blew their breath toward the Hellfire.

Just then,

Pshhh.

the Hellfire went out earlier than expected.

“Iona, it’s not time yet…”

“Kyu! I didn’t do it.”

Iona answered in a flustered voice and looked at the Bull Demon King and Pink Fur. The breath of the Bull Demon King and Pink Fur had been overlooked too much. The breaths of the two, who were on opposite sides, met in the middle and created a whirlwind.

If the two had not stopped blowing their breath when the Hellfire went out, the whirlwind would have grown and swept away the rice cake cake and everyone.

“Kyu-kyu-my Hellfire!”

Somehow, Iona’s pride was bruised.

Once the candle blowing ended like that,

“Pink Fur, lift me up.”

Se-jun called Pink Fur and climbed to the top of the cake. It was for the final cake-cutting ceremony.

“Thank you, Pink Fur. Vice President Theo, bring out your claws.”

“Understood, meow!”

Flash!

Theo extended his claws and infused them with mana. Puhuhu. President Park, look at the power of my dragon claws, meow!

“Happy birthday to everyone! Here I go!”

Se-jun congratulated everyone’s birthday once again and began to cut the cake while holding Theo’s claws.

Slice.

Thanks to the sharpness of the dragon claws, it cut well. Too well.

“Huh?!”

It felt like something was being cut beforehand even before Theo’s claws could cut it. This was because as Theo infused a large amount of mana to show off his claws, an invisible mana claw had grown.

“Argh!”

Thanks to that, Theo’s claws sliced through the rice cake cake in an instant, and Se-jun arrived at the first floor, the bottom layer of the rice cake cake, in no time.

Rumble.

The rice cake cake split into two in the aftermath.

Cueng!

[We can eat rice cakes now!]

When Cuengi, who had only been waiting for the moment the rice cake cake was cut, threw his body toward the rice cake cake,

Kuaaaah!

Moo!

the other animals also began to rush toward the rice cake cake.

Crash!

“This isn’t what I had in mind…”

Se-jun wore a despondent expression as he watched the rice cake cake being crushed by the animals. He had thought of a warm, friendly scene of sharing the cake and having fun…

Cueng!

Kuaaaah!

Squeak!

Ukki!

This was the wild.

Just then,

Moo!

when the Black Minotaurs pulled the green onion leaves spread on the ground to eat them,

Roll, roll.

Se-jun, who was on top of the green onion leaves, rolled along with the rice cakes. It was a complete mess.

However,

“Hehehe.”

laughter strangely came out. It was so fun.

“Ah! I don’t care anymore!”

Whatever it was, as long as it was fun, that was all that mattered. Se-jun rolled on top of the rice cake cake even more actively while holding Theo.

“Nyang! It’s sticky, meow!”

Theo was annoyed looking at his sticky fur covered in rice cake all over his body, but it would be fine if he washed it later. Since Theo was now a cat with a water-attribute talent.

The rice cake cake-cutting ceremony ended like that, and the birthday party began in earnest.

“Here, drink this makgeolli!”

When Se-jun brought out 11 flavors of makgeolli from the brewery,

-Come here and receive a glass of alcohol each! If it is a birthday, we must have a drink. A drink for me, a drink for you. Kuhahaha.

-Ahem. Receive my alcohol as well.

Kaiser and Kellion barged in. Se-jun tried to stop the two dragons’ trick to drink a lot of alcohol, but he gave up upon seeing the animals lining up in front of the two dragons with eyes that said, ‘It is an honor!’

Thinking about it, the authority of dragons in the tower was not light. It occurred to him that to the animals, receiving a glass of alcohol from the dragons representing the two towers could be a tremendous honor to brag about for generations.

While the adults received alcohol from the two dragons like that,

“Here, guys, eat this.”

Se-jun handed out sweet snacks such as candied chestnuts and sweet potato mattang to the young animals who could not drink alcohol yet.

And

“I should eat some too.”

Se-jun also sat down, sipping makgeolli and eating it along with other food.

Just then,

[The tower administrator says she congratulates you on your birthday.]

[The tower administrator says this is a present.]

Along with Aileen’s words, a document was placed in Se-jun’s hand. It was a document Aileen had found while searching the Pritani family’s warehouse to find a birthday gift for Se-jun.

[Land Deed for the Persimmon Tree Farm on the 49th Floor of the Tower]

“Oh! Persimmon trees?! Aileen, thank you. It’s such a great gift!”

Se-jun, who was now able to eat persimmons, rejoiced greatly at Aileen’s gift. It meant he could now eat sweet persimmons, dried persimmon slices, soft ripe persimmons, dried persimmons, and more.

[The tower administrator says she is sorry for not being able to deliver the gift in person.]

“It’s fine.”

Since he had heard about Aileen’s condition from Kaiser, if she said she was coming, he would have had to dissuade her instead.

[The tower administrator says she has a lot to tell you.]

[The tower administrator says she met a very high-ranking grandmother in the dragon heart fragment.]

“A very high-ranking grandmother?”

Aileen shared the story of meeting Kai-la’s thoughts in the dragon heart fragment that Theo had brought.

“Something like that happened?!”

While talking with Aileen like that,

“Yawn…”

Se-jun, who was tipsy from drinking alcohol, yawned. As the tipsiness rose, the fatigue accumulated while preparing for the birthday party also rose with it.

“President Park, your face looks rotten because you are tired, meow! But do not worry, meow! Vice President Theo, who has the power of healing, will massage you, meow!”

Theo began to massage Se-jun’s face with his front paws. Since Theo now had a healing skill, as soon as Se-jun received Theo’s massage, his fatigue was relieved to the point where the effect was felt immediately.

However,

Squish. Squish.

Theo’s front paws still had the rice cake on them from earlier. Every time he kneaded Se-jun’s face, an unpleasant stickiness followed.

“This won’t do. Let’s wash first.”

“Puhuhu. Understood, meow! Let’s go wash, meow!”

Perhaps because he was indeed a water-attribute cat, Theo did not refuse a bath.

Splash.

Se-jun and Theo went to the fountain like that and entered the water.

However,

“Huh?!”

the water did not wet Theo’s fur even when he entered the water.

“What is this?”

“Puhuhu.”

Theo smiled while looking at such Se-jun.

“Hey! Who told you to use the water attribute like that?!”

Se-jun got angry upon realizing what Theo had done.

“Puhuhu. This body is now waterproof, meow!”

Theo was using the water-attribute ability in a way completely different from Se-jun’s expectations.

Fortunately, only up to his fur was waterproof, so the rice cake stuck to the fur could be washed off.

Splash, splash.

In the end, Se-jun bathed Theo by lifting him and dipping him in and out of the water a few times, as if washing laundry.

“It is refreshing, meow!”

Theo, who finished his bath without getting a single drop of water on his body, smiled with satisfaction.