Chapter 240 – It’s All Your Own Doing

Squeak?! Squeak!

[Uncle, why are you doing this? Cuengi, let go of me!]

Struggle, struggle.

The Black Rabbit exerted force and tried to escape from the restraint,

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[No! Second brother must eat something good!]

Cuengi held on tightly and did not let go. It couldn’t be helped. Because there was no way he would eat something bitter on his own.

At that moment,

Slip.

“Black Rabbit, it’s for your own good. So chew it thoroughly.”

Se-jun said, putting a white kudzu root into the Black Rabbit’s mouth in a surprise move.

Squeak?

Chew, chew.

The Black Rabbit automatically chewed once something entered his mouth.

“Yes. That’s it. It’s very bitter, right? Still, endure it because it’s good for your body. We dug it up with difficulty to give to you. It’s absolutely not that I want to see you suffer, Black Rabbit. Hehehe.”

Kuhehehe. Kkueng!

[Hehehe. That’s right!]

Se-jun and Cuengi laughed and said, watching the Black Rabbit’s expression closely. Their faces were filled with anticipation.

However,

Chew, chew.

Chew, chew.

Contrary to their expectations, the Black Rabbit was simply chewing the kudzu root as if nothing were wrong.

Gulp.

He even finished chewing and swallowed the kudzu root.

“Huh?! Isn’t it bitter?”

Squeak? Squeak!

[It’s edible, though? Give me one more!]

At Se-jun’s question, the Black Rabbit opened his mouth, asking for more kudzu root.

“What?! It’s edible?!”

Kkueng?!

[You can eat that?!]

Se-jun and Cuengi were shocked by the Black Rabbit’s reaction.

“Here.”

When Se-jun gave a white kudzu root as the Black Rabbit requested,

Chew, chew.

Chew, chew.

the Black Rabbit ate it comfortably.

Squeak! Squeak!

[Cuengi, let me go! So I can eat properly!]

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[I understand! Second brother is amazing!]

At the Black Rabbit’s words that he would eat the kudzu root obediently, Cuengi let him go without suspicion.

But,

Hop.

the Black Rabbit put distance between them as soon as he was released.

And,

Spit! Spit!

Squeak!

[You are all dead!]

“Huh?!”

Kkueng?

Spitting hard to get rid of the bitter taste in his mouth, the Black Rabbit picked up his weapon, the squeaky hammer. The Black Rabbit had learned how not to show his feelings while living in the royal family.

Kkueng!

[Dad, second brother is angry!]

Cuengi felt the Black Rabbit’s angry energy, hurriedly hid behind Se-jun’s leg, and shouted. ‘I know too… but more than that, shouldn’t you be the one protecting me, Cuengi?’

“Nephew, why don’t we resolve this through conversation first?”

Se-jun, who was forced to stand in front thanks to Cuengi, asked for a conversation while looking at the Black Rabbit, but

Squeak! Squeak?!

[No! Do you know how bitter that was just now?!]

the Black Rabbit had no intention of forgiving the two who had forced him to eat the kudzu root.

Shudder.

The shudder-inducing bitter taste still remained on his tongue.

Squeak, squeak, squeak.

the Black Rabbit tapped his head with the squeaky hammer and slowly approached Se-jun.

***

“Kyut-kyut-kyut. The two rabbits do not fight each other…”

Iona, who was to officiate the wedding of the Black Rabbit and Pyupyu, headed down to the 55th floor of the tower while practicing her wedding officiant speech. Rolling the Theo Ball with her front paw.

At that moment,

Roll, roll.

“Ah!”

While Iona was focused on her speech, the Theo Ball rolled forward quickly. It seemed there was a slope on the path.

“Kyut-kyut-kyut.”

Feeling like she was playing with a ball, Iona excitedly chased after the Theo Ball. Running after the Theo Ball for about ten minutes like that, a fork in the road appeared before Iona.

“Kyut? Was there a fork in the road here?”

Iona hesitated at the fork that had appeared in a place where it originally wasn’t.

“Kyut? I feel a strange mana here.”

While Iona was examining the path due to the mana felt from the right path,

Roll, roll.

the Theo Ball rolled into the right path.

And,

Thud.

The right path closed. It had mistaken the Theo Ball for prey.

“Kyut?!”

– Huh?! Was there a companion?

Iona and the Jormungandr fragment’s eyes met.

– Hmph! Consider yourself lucky.

Rumble.

The fragment of Jormungandr withdrew its head to set up elsewhere, perhaps too lazy to open its mouth again and eat Iona.

But,

“Kyu-kyu-kyu-kyu… hand over… my Theo Ball… O power of the meteor…”

Furious that her Theo Ball had been swallowed, Iona began to chant a spell. Iona had no intention of quietly letting the Jormungandr fragment go after it had swallowed her Theo Ball.

– Hmph! Ungrateful… making strange noises.

Strange noises?! If it had known of the Mage of Great Destruction Iona’s Anger Kyu, it would never have made such a comment. Especially Anger Kyu Level 4…

Gape.

The fragment of Jormungandr opened its mouth to swallow Iona, who was emitting killing intent toward it.

“Fall toward the enemy. Meteor.”

Iona’s magic was completed in the meantime. Since it was not inside the tower, Iona used a more destructive magic.

Hummm.

Suddenly, a black hole opened above Jormungandr’s head, and

Rumble.

a giant meteor emerged at rapid speed from the black hole.

The meteor fell vertically, instantly closing in on the head of the Jormungandr fragment, and

Crash!

collided. Simultaneously, the head and a portion of the body of the Jormungandr fragment cleanly disappeared.

Sss.

The fragment of Jormungandr vanished, turning to ash,

Clink.

and white coins began to fall.

“O power of the wind. Levitate what I desire by my command. Levitation.”

Iona collected the white coins that were about to fall to the ground using her magic.

“Kyu-kyu-kyu… I’m suddenly tired.”

Iona said, still making Kyu-Kyu sounds as she hadn’t fully cooled down her anger. Perhaps because she used strong magic suddenly or because the Theo Ball was gone, fatigue rushed over her.

“Kyu-kyu-kyu… I must quickly wrap around Vice President Theo’s tail and sleep on Mr. Se-jun’s lap. O power of the wind. Show me your path. Flow of the Wind.”

Iona moved quickly to the 55th floor of the tower along the flow of the wind.

***

Squeak!

[If Uncle and Cuengi eat it too, I will forgive you!]

The Black Rabbit said he would forgive them if Se-jun and Cuengi also ate the kudzu root fairly.

“What?!”

Se-jun was flustered by the Black Rabbit’s words.

But,

[Kkueng? Kkueng! What should I eat? Cuengi eats well!]

Unlike Se-jun, Cuengi smacked his lips without realizing. ‘Cuengi, that’s not it.’

While Se-jun was debating whether he should tell Cuengi the truth,

Kkueng!

[Cuengi will eat Dad’s share too!]

Cuengi said he would eat even what Se-jun was supposed to eat.

‘Score! Cuengi, thank you!’ Suddenly, a halo seemed to shine behind Cuengi. ‘I won’t forget your sacrifice.’

“Cuengi, close your eyes. Dad will put it in your mouth.”

Worried that Cuengi might refuse to eat if he knew it was kudzu root, Se-jun told Cuengi to close his eyes.

Kkueng!

[I understand!]

Cuengi opened his mouth and closed his eyes tight at Se-jun’s words.

“Here. Food is entering.”

Kkueng!

Slip.

Slip.

Se-jun slipped two white kudzu roots consecutively into Cuengi’s mouth.

‘That fellow Cuengi, he used so much cheap tricks to avoid eating the bitter thing, but ended up eating it like this anyway. It’s all his own doing. Hehehe.’

Se-jun was excited that he did not have to eat the kudzu root.

Chew, chew.

Unaware of that, Cuengi chewed the kudzu root diligently.

But,

Kkueng?!

Ch…ew…

As the bitter taste of the kudzu root rose, his chewing speed gradually slowed down, and

Gulp.

he swallowed the two kudzu roots all at once.

And,

Kkueng! Kkueng…

[Dad tricked Cuengi! Cuengi is ang…]

Slip.

Se-jun quickly slipped a handful of pre-prepared Honey Jelly into the mouth of the raging Cuengi, and

“Here. Black Rabbit, you eat too.”

in the Black Rabbit’s mouth, he placed the Incomplete Platinum Royal Jelly received from the Poison Honeybee Great Queen, which increased all stats by 30 and forcibly awakened a talent.

Yum, yum.

Kkueng!

[It’s delicious!]

Squeak!

[It’s sweet!]

Thanks to that, the Honey Jelly melted inside their mouths, and their anger also melted away.

If he had fed the Black Rabbit the Honey Jelly in the first place, this wouldn’t have happened…

“By the way, what talent did the Black Rabbit get?”

Se-jun asked the Black Rabbit, regretting too late. With a trace of expectation.

But,

Squeak! Squeak!

[I awakened a talent called King of Fighting! It says I grow stronger every time I win a fight!]

As expected, the world was unfair.

“King of Fighting?!”

‘Wow. How cool… even the name has style.’

While Se-jun was envying the Black Rabbit’s talent,

“Puhuhut. If junior brother Black Rabbit is the King of Fighting, I, Vice President Theo, am the King of Lap, meow!”

Theo declared that he was also a king. ‘Puhuhut. Chairman Park’s lap belongs to me, meow!’

At that,

Kkueng… Kkueng?

[Then Cuengi… Dad, what king is Cuengi?]

Cuengi, who wanted to be a king like his brothers, contemplated for a moment and requested help from Se-jun.

“Cuengi? Cuengi is the King of Gluttony.”

Kuhehehe. Kkueng!

[Hehehe. Big brothers, Cuengi is the King of Gluttony!]

Receiving the royal decree from Se-jun, Cuengi approached his brothers and boasted that he was also a king.

(Bat-bat. Mr. Se-jun, what about me?)

The Golden Bat hanging on Se-jun’s back also asked cautiously.

“Golden Bat is… the King of Singers.”

Se-jun told him whatever came to mind.

(Bat-bat! Thank you! Big brothers! I am the King of Singers!)

The Golden Bat also went to where his brothers were gathered and boasted of his royal decree.

“Should I be a king too?”

Se-jun wanted to join in the king game while watching the animals.

“I should be the King of Kings.”

Se-jun thought of his royal decree. The King of Kings. A king who commands kings. ‘Koo. How cool.’

“Guys, I am the King…”

When Se-jun was about to say his royal decree,

“Chairman Park, cheer up, meow! I will make you a king later, meow! Just trust me, meow!”

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[Cuengi will help too! Cuengi will make Dad a king!]

(Bat-bat. I will help too. Cheer up.)

The animals said they would make Se-jun a king. For Se-jun, actually becoming a king was the first step.

***

The 99th floor of the tower.

– Oohahaha! The Great Red Dragon Ramter Zahir has arrived! Tower Farmer of the Black Tower, come out quickly and greet me!

When the red full-body armor controlled by the Red Dragon Ramter laughed and shouted,

– What’s all the noise… you here?

Kaiser came out upon hearing the noise.

– But you didn’t make the statue?

– There was a reason for that. But where is the Tower Farmer? How dare he be cheeky when the Great Red Dragon Ramter Zahir is calling…

– You should have come sooner. Se-jun is not here right now.

When Ramter looked for Se-jun, Kaiser told him that Se-jun was not here.

– What?! Where did he go?!

Ramter, who had wanted to buy Samyangju immediately, asked urgently.

– The 55th floor of the tower. He will be back in a few days, so wait. See. And the means of transaction has changed.

– to what?

– Well… I can’t tell you for free. I’ll tell you if you give me Tower Coins.

Kaiser, whose Tower Coins had run dry from buying Samyangju and wine, targeted Ramter’s money.

– Tower Coins? Why this useless stuff? Here. Take it.

Ramter was easily baited. Since he had little use for Tower Coins, Ramter took out the Tower Coins from his warehouse and gave them all to Kaiser.

Thus, Ramter was fleeced of 500 million Tower Coins without knowing anything.

– Khehehe. It’s Tower Coins.

Kaiser told Ramter with a laugh.

– What?

– The means of transaction is Tower Coins.

– You…!

Ramter realized too late that he was tricked by Kaiser. Thanks to that, Ramter had to go out of the Red Dragon territory in person to earn Tower Coins.

While Ramter was being extorted of Tower Coins by Kaiser on the surface,

[I will let you extend your roots up to here.]

[Thank you, Lord Flamie!]

[Eat this too.]

[Yes. Thank you.]

in the underground, Flamie was moving her roots to make space for Podori to extend his roots, feeding him supplements, and giving generously.

[Podori, hurry up and become a World Tree!]

[Yes! I will grow hard!]

It was Podori, being raised into a World Tree while receiving hard training from Flamie.