Chapter 249 – All Doubts Have Been Resolved, Meow!

Pyupyu!

“Kyut kyut kyut. Is that so?”

Pyupyu!

“Kyut kyut kyut. I will wait with you.”

Iona stayed with Pyupyu, who was waiting for the Black Rabbit that had not returned to the castle because he was tracking the murder case.

However,

“Kyut kyut kyut. So how did it go?”

Pyupyu!

As they chatted, before they knew it, the two completely forgot their original purpose of waiting for the Black Rabbit and fell into a state of intense gossiping.

While the two stayed up all night without realizing the passing of time, ate breakfast, and chatted excitedly until they ate lunch,

Pyak!

The Black Rabbit, who resolved the murder case thanks to Se-jun, came to find Pyupyu.

And,

Pyak!

Pyupyu!

The two went to sleep in a friendly manner.

“Kyut kyut kyut. I should go sleep too.”

Iona, left alone, also moved to find Theo for a deep sleep.

“Kyut kyut kyut. That way, indeed.”

Iona followed the signal of the tracking magic she had cast on Theo in advance, and

“Kyut kyut kyut. I see Theo-nim over there!”

She spotted Theo selling sweet potatoes to many onlookers at a far distance.

“Kyut kyut kyut. I should hurry and go sleep!”

In that way, Iona was rapidly approaching Theo.

At that moment,

“Kyut?! This is an immense power!”

Iona felt a massive power surging nearby.

“Kyut! Se-jun-nim is in danger! Power of mana, block all impacts according to my command! Force Shield!”

Discovering that the source of the power she felt was Cuengi, whom Se-jun was holding, Iona hurriedly cast magic to protect Se-jun.

Jiing.

Fortunately, before Cuengi’s power exploded, a cylindrical shield wrapping around Cuengi’s body was created.

Kkueeeeng!

At the same time, Cuengi stretched widely.

Se-jun saved his life by a split-second difference. If it had been just a little later, a real disaster almost occurred.

And,

Flash!

As a red light exploded from Cuengi’s body to a dazzling degree,

Kwagawang!

And the red energy shot out as if to shatter the sky.

Iona lacked the time to complete a strong magic that completely blocked Cuengi’s power.

Iona showed the wit to punch a hole at the top of the Force Shield, guiding Cuengi’s power toward the sky, and the result was successful.

Thanks to that, they were able to prevent Cuengi’s rampage without any damage.

No. There was indeed a little damage.

“Chairman Park, wake up, meow!”

“……”

Se-jun fainted from the shockwave spewed into the sky while being close to Cuengi. He saved his life this time too, thanks to the Black Dragon tattoo.

“It was dangerous, meow!”

Press.

Theo engraved a tattoo on Se-jun’s body using the Black Dragon scale he had, and

Slap. Slap.

He healed the unconscious Se-jun by slapping Se-jun’s face with his front paw.

Slap. Slap.

A sticky sound, as if slapping him on the cheek, resounded, but it was the sound of healing.

***

Slap. Slap.

“Mmm…”

Se-jun regained consciousness at the feeling of something slapping his face.

Slap. Slap.

“Chairman Park, did you wake up, meow?!”

Theo, who was healing (?) Se-jun, spoke in a glad voice when Se-jun regained consciousness.

“Yeah. But why did I faint… Ah! What about Cuengi?!”

Se-jun, recalling the moment just before fainting, hurriedly stood up and looked around.

Float. Float.

He could discover Cuengi floating at a height of about 1 meter from the ground, emitting a faint red light.

Kyurorong.

Seeing him sleep while even snoring, it did not seem to be a dangerous situation.

“Is Cuengi okay?”

“Kyut kyut kyut. Yes. He entered a state of temporary sleep to adapt to the suddenly increased power. As long as you do not touch him, it is fine.”

At Se-jun’s question, Iona, who was on Theo’s tail, answered.

“Is that so? Thank goodness.”

“Kyut kyut kyut. Still, this place is dangerous, so it would be better to return to White Castle!”

“Is that so? But how do we move Cuengi? You said I shouldn’t touch him?”

“Kyut kyut kyut. That is very easy. If Se-jun-nim moves, he will follow on his own.”

“Huh? What does that mean?”

“Kyut kyut kyut. Move for now.”

Se-jun did not understand what Iona was saying, but for now, he moved as Iona told him to.

Following.

Cuengi moving along with Se-jun. Cuengi tried not to separate from Se-jun unconsciously even while sleeping. ‘Following Dad!’

Thanks to that, it seemed they could move Cuengi to White Castle as long as they walked slowly so that Cuengi could follow.

“Then let’s go.”

Just as Se-jun was about to return to White Castle with Cuengi like that,

“Chairman Park, go first, meow! I will collect the money from Yuren before going, meow!”

Theo said he would remain to receive Se-jun’s money.

“Yeah. Got it. Then I will go first.”

“Understood, meow! I will bring back a lot of money, meow!”

“Just don’t overdo it.”

When Se-jun departed like that,

“Yuren, wake up, meow! Give me the money and sleep again, meow!”

Slap. Slap.

Theo slapped the face of the unconscious Yuren with his front paw and used the healing skill again.

***

“Is he following well?”

Se-jun, who was heading to White Castle, looked back to check if Cuengi was following well.

Float. Float.

Cuengi, still following well.

“It is really fascinating.”

Kyurorong.

Even though he was clearly sleeping, he followed behind him quite well.

“Hehehe. But our Cuengi is really cute.”

Se-jun spoke while looking at the soundly sleeping Cuengi. Although he was cute usually, he was indeed the cutest when sleeping.

“Ah. I want to touch him.”

He wanted to touch Cuengi’s chubby cheeks… it was so regrettable that he could not touch him.

In that way, Se-jun was heading to White Castle, checking from time to time if Cuengi was following well.

At that moment,

Ppak!

[Se-jun-nim!]

Coco, who went to the Black Rabbit and was returning to Se-jun, spotted Se-jun and ran over.

“Yeah. Did you deliver the land deeds to the Black Rabbit successfully?”

Ppak! Ppak!

[Yes! And the king asked me to deliver this to Se-jun-nim.]

Coco handed a land deed to Se-jun.

[Land Deed of the 80th Floor of the Purple Tower]

“Is this the Purple Tower land deed?”

Ppak! Ppak!

[It was mixed among the Black Tower land deeds! The king said the mastermind behind this incident is the Purple Tower, and asked Se-jun-nim for revenge!]

“I got it. Leave it to me.”

To dare attack the Black Tower, Se-jun thought that he should show the Purple Tower a lesson.

And the Purple Tower land deed…

[To move an item of 100 kg or less from the Black Tower to the White Tower, an inter-tower transportation fee of 1,000,000 tower coins is required.]

[Would you like to carry out inter-tower transportation?]

“Yes.”

He sent it to Ajax.

“Go! Ajax! Blow everything away with your breath!”

Se-jun instructed Ajax to bomb the 80th floor of the Purple Tower with breath.

***

A tavern in Rabbit City on the 55th floor of the tower.

“Is it really true that the golden cat Theo-nim, the subordinate of the Black Dragon, is coming here for this wedding?”

“I’m telling you it is! The big brother of the Black Rabbit who is getting married this time is the golden cat Theo-nim. Of course he is coming.”

“Correct! I also heard that rumor and came here.”

In the tavern, five monsters were sharing a conversation while drinking alcohol.

They had come here on behalf of the waypoint bosses of five floors in the 50s, who wanted to receive the Dragon Tooth Soldier helmet bestowed by the Great Black Dragon.

“But will Theo-nim meet us?”

“So I prepared this.”

Thud.

One monster placed a heavy money pouch on the table.

At that moment,

Clatter. Clatter.

“Is it true?! That the Black Dragon’s subordinate is here?!”

An entity sitting still wearing a ragged hood approached them and asked.

***

Slap. Slap.

Kquik…

Yuren, who had fainted from Theo’s healing technique, began to regain consciousness.

“Yuren, did you wake up, meow?”

“Yes… did Theo-nim wake me up? Thank you.”

“Puhuhut. You should consider it an honor to receive my healing, meow! Let’s just calculate quickly, meow!”

“Calculation? Ah! Of course! Creta!”

Yuren, who regained consciousness, hurriedly called Creta, the vice leader of the Madas Merchant Group he operated.

“Yes. Did you call.”

At Yuren’s call, Creta approached.

“Meow?! Good meeting, meow! Since Chairman Park won, give me the money, meow!”

Theo reached out his front paw, looking at such Creta. The seller who bargained with Se-jun and wrote the contract was Creta.

“Yes. I did not think Yuren-nim would lose… here is 20,000 tower coins.”

Creta pulled out money from his pocket, handed it to Theo, and

“The cost for the ingredients you provided, for the carrots…”

He calculated the cost for the carrots and sweet potatoes that went out of Se-jun’s sub-space warehouse.

“Here is 5,000,000 tower coins for the ingredient cost.”

Once the calculation for the ingredients ended like that, Creta went back to clean up the Food Fighter contest venue.

And,

“Puhuhut. Now let’s do another calculation, meow!”

Theo spoke to Yuren, letting his eyes shine.

“Another calculation?”

“That is right, meow! First, give me the Food Fighter winner’s prize, meow!”

Kquik?

At Theo’s words, Yuren looked at Theo with a flustered expression. ‘The prize was already taken by Se-jun-nim.’

“That was not the prize, but was inevitably lost (?) in the process of saving Yuren’s life, meow! Puhuhut. So, produce a new prize, meow!”

Although they had packed two good items, Theo was stimulated as he watched Se-jun’s wonderful appearance.

“My younger brother Cuengi is an extremely ferocious fellow, meow! If he finds out that he won but there is no winner’s prize, he will get angry, meow!”

He demanded a prize while making a threat.

“Ah. That could be so.”

Yuren was easily persuaded by Theo’s logic, which was close to unreasonable. It was indeed enough for Theo to consider him a pushover.

“I don’t have a prize right now… then at least this…”

Yuren spoke while touching the giant plates beside him.

At that,

Seureuk.

From the place Yuren’s front paw touched, the plate began to turn golden.

“Meow?! How did you do that, meow?”

Theo asked in surprise.

“Ah. I have a talent called Hand of Madas, which can turn the weight I ate into gold.”

An immense talent that could create gold. However, as a reaction to it, immense bad luck also followed.

Therefore, Yuren usually offset his bad luck by placing beings with strong luck around him.

“You have such a talent too, meow?!”

“Yes. Here.”

Yuren answered and handed ten giant plates to Theo.

“Yuren, give me a few more golden plates, meow!”

As Theo put the golden plates into his bundle and spoke to Yuren,

“Yes.”

Seureuk.

Yuren created golden plates again without a care.

And Theo watched that.

“Meow! All doubts have been resolved, meow!”

Only then were the unresolved doubts about Yuren cleared up for Theo. How Yuren, who had terrible bad luck and poor marketing skills, became a Great Merchant.

‘Yuren was just a pig with a lot of money, meow!’

Being a Great Merchant was a hobby, and Yuren was originally just rich.

“Puhuhut. Yuren, I look forward to working with you from now on, meow!”

As Theo put his arm around Yuren’s shoulder and spoke friendly,

“Yes! I also want to get close to Theo-nim!”

Yuren, who wanted to get close to Theo who offset his strong bad luck, replied happily.

The golden front paw that calls luck and the golden front paw that makes gold. No one knew what changes the meeting of these two would bring to the Black Tower.

However, that was for later.

“Puhuhut. Yuren, make ten more golden plates for me, meow! If you make ten golden plates, I will give you one of this, meow!”

Theo pulled out a Black Dragon scale, showed it to Yuren, and spoke.

“What is that?”

“If you have this, you will be able to pass a life-threatening crisis once, meow! Thanks to this, the weak Chairman Park saved his life several times, meow! It will be helpful to a luckless fellow like you, Yuren, meow!”

“Really?! I want to buy 10 of those!”

“Puhuhut. Then give me 100 golden plates, meow!”

“Yes!”

In that way, Theo filled his bundle with gold, selling even the Black Dragon scales in addition to the Food Fighter contest winner’s prize.

“Meow meow meow.”

Puhuhut. Chairman Park would be pleased if he saw the gold, meow! Thinking of Se-jun who would be pleased to see the gold, Theo ran to White Castle while humming excitedly.