Chapter 182 – Kkueng Wants to See Kkueng’s Grandmother!

[Farmer’s Footsteps Shoes]

These were shoes for a farmer made by hand, stitch by stitch, using the wool of a golden sheep by Emila Evenus, an apostle of the Creator God.

This was a demigod-grade equipment not registered in the Black Tower.

Crops grew listening to the footsteps of the farmer.

Walking around the fields wearing these shoes increased the growth rate of the crops.

Usage Restriction: Tower Farmer

Creator: Emila Evenus, Apostle of the Creator God

Grade: Demigod

Skill: [Gratitude of the Crops (Master)]

[Gratitude of the Crops (Master)]

Crops that heard the farmer’s footsteps reacted to them and added their strength to the farmer, growing the farmer’s potential.

“An apostle of the Creator God?”

Se-jun realized who the being that had spoken to him a moment ago was. The Creator God, who had created the tower and then perished. To think that such a Creator God had an apostle. It was a surprising fact.

“But it’s a pity.”

He recalled the crop he had failed to pick in Emila’s Flower Bed. The crop Se-jun had tried to pick was a peach. It would have been nice if he could have taken just one bite… it was such a pity.

“By the way, as expected of our VP Theo.”

Knead, knead.

Se-jun spoke while playing with the soft pink jellies of the sleeping Theo. To think he had the detection ability to find even the apostle of the Creator God, whose existence no one knew. Even dragons probably could not do this.

While Se-jun was looking at Theo laudingly like that,

Kkueng!

[Kkueng filled up his snack pouch completely!]

Kkueng came out of the subspace warehouse with a proud expression, patting his bulging snack pouch.

Kkueng?

[Is it nap time?]

Kkueng asked, looking at the sleeping Theo and Golden Bat.

“Are you sleepy, Kkueng?”

Se-jun asked, intending to take a nap here before leaving if Kkueng said he was sleepy.

However,

Kkueng!

[Kkueng is not sleepy yet!]

Kkueng shook his head and answered Se-jun’s question. Since he had to eat the food in his snack pouch from now on, there was no way he could feel sleepy.

“Then let’s return to the farm for now.”

Kkueng!

[Understood!]

Se-jun returned to the farm riding on the giant-sized Kkueng.

***

Incheon International Airport.

“It’s been a while since I’ve been to Korea.”

A man wearing a black suit with slicked-back hair spoke as he came out of the arrivals hall. A long sword scar ran down the left side of the man’s face, so people tried not to get close to him.

At that moment,

“Welcome, Tamuro-nim!”

Four robust men who were waiting greeted Tamuro.

“What is the situation?”

“It is the same as usual. There are 50 bodyguards at the house, and about 30 at the workplace and school. It has been confirmed that some of the bodyguards have firearms.”

“What about our side?”

“Thirty hunters and all one hundred organization members are armed with firearms and on standby.”

“It’s going to get noisy. It would have been easy if we had solved it inside the tower…”

Tamuro said in a heavy voice. If they had prevented the Sturdy Blade Green Onions from coming out to Earth in the tower as originally planned, he would not have had to move.

However, as the silver wolves joined the transportation of the Sturdy Blade Green Onions, the organization’s plan began to creak. Because of the Sturdy Blade Green Onions supplied from the tower, the number of locusts was not increasing rapidly.

On top of that, Akiro and Pablo suddenly lost contact. As things kept getting tangled up, Mr. 2, the organization’s second-in-command, moved personally.

They intended to kidnap the cat wandering merchant Theo to find out Park Se-jun’s location, take over the crops Park Se-jun sold, and eliminate the Sturdy Blade Green Onions.

“But to think even Mr. 2 would lose contact…”

Thus, they ended up in a situation where they had no choice but to carry out the operation in Korea, even though they knew it would get noisy.

“Then, we will escort you!”

“We are going to the scene first.”

“Yes!”

Tamuro rode in a car and moved to Bucheon.

***

Kkueng!

[We arrived!]

“Yeah. Our Kkueng worked hard, so eat some snacks.”

Se-jun said to Kkueng, who had run all the way to the persimmon tree farm.

Kkueng!

[Understood!]

At Se-jun’s words, Kkueng took a spot near Se-jun and began to empty his snack pouch.

And

“Does potential really increase if I do this?”

Step, step.

Se-jun was testing the Gratitude of the Crops skill on the Farmer’s Footsteps Shoes, diligently making footsteps in the Sturdy Blade Green Onion field.

Since the Sturdy Blade Green Onions on the 49th floor of the tower had to grow quickly so they could be sent to Earth fast, his business was finished, but he did not go up to the 99th floor of the tower and instead performed tests here, accelerating the growth rate of the Sturdy Blade Green Onions.

Step, step.

Even though Se-jun kept making footsteps, no special message came out or anything.

Step, step.

Purr.

Berorong.

Se-jun’s footsteps and the snoring sounds of Theo and the Golden Bat formed a harmony. Perhaps because Emila had put them into a deep sleep, Theo and the Golden Bat were still sleeping.

At that moment,

[The administrator of the tower says that the appraisal is finished.]

[The administrator of the tower says that you will like it very much.]

“Really?”

Along with Aileen’s words, a bronze mirror appeared in front of Se-jun. A wave pattern on a silver background was engraved on the rim and handle of the bronze mirror, and strange characters were engraved on the surface of the mirror that reflected objects.

Although the appraisal was finished, it looked difficult for it to perform the role of a mirror. Se-jun decided to check the options first.

[Bronze Mirror of Longing]

It was a divine artifact of Dimena, the God of Space, who was in charge of the space divinity in ancient times.

If you input mana and think of the target you want to see, you can see them through the mirror. (You must have seen the target’s face at least once to see them in the mirror.)

With the passage of a long time, the power of the divine artifact had weakened.

It was a god-grade equipment not registered in the Black Tower.

Some information had not yet been revealed due to insufficient information.

Usage Restriction: Magic Power 100 or higher

Creator: Dimena, God of Space

Grade: God

Rather than the fact that the mirror’s grade was God,

“I can see the target I want to see?”

this phrase caught Se-jun’s eyes more.

“Show me Mom.”

Se-jun infused mana into the mirror and brought his mother’s image to mind.

At that,

Ripple, ripple.

The characters engraved on the bronze mirror turned like water, and the appearance of Se-jun’s mother, Kim Mi-ran, preparing dinner appeared. As expected, tonight’s menu was also kimchi stew. Subsequently, Se-jun checked the appearances of his other family members.

His dad was on his way home from work, and his younger brother, Se-dol, was…

“Argh! My eyes are ruined.”

Se-jun hurriedly turned his gaze away from the mirror. To think he was taking a shower.

“What a relief. Everyone is healthy.”

Se-jun was relieved after confirming that nothing special was happening to his family.

And

‘It would have been nice if I could see Aileen’s appearance too…’

Se-jun felt regretful that he could not see Aileen. Although they had already met, Se-jun, who had been hit on the back of his head, could not even remember the fact that he had met Aileen.

While Se-jun was feeling regretful like that,

[The administrator of the tower says you are wearing shoes she hasn’t seen before.]

Aileen asked, looking at Se-jun’s shoes that had changed while she was away listening to her grandfather’s story. Her intuition felt strange.

“Ah, this?”

Se-jun explained the situation of how he climbed the giant land floating in the sky by riding the sky-reaching beanstalk and obtained the shoes.

“But have you heard that the Creator God has an apostle?”

[The administrator of the tower says she will ask her grandfather about that first.]

[The administrator of the tower asks if the voice heard in your head was by any chance a woman’s voice.]

“Ah, the voice? Of course…”

Se-jun, who was about to answer, felt a sudden, unknown chill, but

“It was a woman, though?”

he spoke honestly. He thought lying would be worse.

[The administrator of the tower says she understands.]

Since then, Aileen had no words.

And

“I can’t forgive this! How dare she give a gift to our Se-jun?!”

Aileen registered the apostle of the Creator God on her watch list.

***

Step, step.

Se-jun spent time again, making footsteps for the Sturdy Blade Green Onions.

When about two hours had passed like that,

[The Sturdy Blade Green Onions thank the farmer’s footsteps and add their strength.]

[The potential of the Stamina stat increases from 99 to 100.]

The awaited message appeared, and the limit of his stamina increased by 1.

“It’s real.”

Se-jun confirmed the effect of the Gratitude of the Crops skill.

“Okay. Test finished. Now I should return. Kkueng, let’s go!”

Se-jun called Kkueng. It was time to return to the 99th floor of the tower.

However,

Kkueng…

[Kkueng is sleepy…]

Kkueng grew sleepy after becoming full while emptying his snack pouch.

“Then let’s take a nap before we go.”

Kkueng!

[Dad, sleep together next to Kkueng!]

Se-jun’s Kkueng pointed to the space next to him and spoke.

“Got it.”

As Se-jun sat down next to Kkueng,

Kkuhehehe.

Kkueng pressed his butt against Se-jun’s hip and began to sleep in earnest.

Stroke, stroke.

Then, Se-jun stroked Kkueng’s head and the head of Theo, who was clinging to his knees, and fell asleep together.

A moment later,

Kuuuu.

Kkurorong.

Berorong.

“Meow?! Where is this, meow?!”

Theo woke up from his sleep.

And

“Thank goodness, meow!”

Knead, knead.

Confirming that he was on Se-jun’s lap, he pressed Se-jun’s body with his front paws to check if there was any abnormality.

“Although his face looks a bit rotten, there’s no abnormality, meow!”

Theo, having checked Se-jun’s condition like that, lay down flat on Se-jun’s lap.

Ten minutes later.

“Meow! I can’t sleep, meow!”

Perhaps because he had slept too much, sleep did not come.

At that moment,

“Isn’t that the thing I brought, meow?”

Theo discovered the Bronze Mirror of Longing in Se-jun’s pocket.

“I want to see President Park’s lap, meow!”

Theo, holding the mirror, infused mana into it and thought of Se-jun’s lap.

As that,

“Oh! It’s me, meow!”

Se-jun’s lap along with Theo’s appearance on top of it appeared in the mirror.

“Puhuhut. As expected, I am amazing, meow!”

Theo grew proud, praising himself for the excellent function of the item he had brought.

“I want to see Elka, meow!”

“I want to see Urchi, meow!”

“I want to see big sister Aileen, meow!”

While Theo was playing with the bronze mirror alone like that,

Kkueng?

[Big bro, what is that?]

Kkueng, who woke up from sleep, asked looking at the mirror Theo held. [The thing big brother has seemed fun!]

“Puhuhut. Kkueng, look at this, meow! If you infuse mana here and think of the target you want to see, they appear in the mirror, meow!”

Theo boasted while showing the appearance of the Black Rabbit on the bronze mirror.

Kkueng!

[It’s second bro!]

“Puhuhut. How is it, meow? Does Kkueng want to try it too, meow?”

Theo spoke as if showing generosity. It was time to show the dignity of the big brother, meow!

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[Yes! Kkueng wants to try too!]

At Theo’s words, Kkueng spoke in excitement.

“You have to use it carefully, meow!”

Kkueng!

[Understood!]

Theo handed the bronze mirror to Kkueng, giving him a warning.

And

Kkueng!

[Mirror, Kkueng wants to see Kkueng’s grandmother!]

Kkueng, who received the mirror, held it with both front paws and infused mana.

However,

……

Nothing appeared in the mirror. It was natural. Because Kkueng had never seen Se-jun’s mother, Kim Mi-ran.

Kkueng? Kkueng?!

[Why isn’t this working? Why isn’t Kkueng’s grandmother appearing?!]

Kkueng spoke while shaking the mirror.

“Are you a fool, meow?! You have to know the face to see it, meow!”

Kkueng! Kkuweeeng!

[Kkueng is not a fool! But Kkueng doesn’t know Kkueng’s grandmother’s face!]

At Theo’s words, Kkueng began to cry sorrowfully.

At that moment,

“Umm… why are you guys fighting?”

At their clamor, Se-jun woke up from sleep.

Kkuweeeng!

[Dad, Kkueng wants to see Kkueng’s grandmother!]

Kkueng rushed toward Se-jun with a tearful voice.

“Heck! Kkueng, stop… ugh!”

Se-jun hurriedly shouted, but

Thud!

Kkueng was much faster.

Kyuoooo!

Fortunately, the dragon tattoo on Se-jun’s left arm disappeared, saving Se-jun.