Chapter 259 – Do You Know Who I Am

The 1st floor of the Black Tower.

Kim Dong-sik, who hurried and arrived at the 1st floor of the tower to convey Se-jun’s words to Se-jun’s mother, Kim Mi-ran.

At that moment,

“Dong-sik!”

Someone called out to such a Kim Dong-sik. It was a familiar voice.

“Master?!”

It was Han Tae-jun, who had heard the story from Lekton sent by Kim Dong-jun and was just about to set off toward the 4th floor of the tower.

“Dong-sik, did you not find Se-jun?”

“That is… I did meet Se-jun, but…”

Kim Dong-sik spoke about what had happened with Se-jun.

“You, Dong-sik, could not withstand Se-jun’s energy and fainted?!”

“Yes. Even though I was more than 1 km away from Se-jun, I suffered internal injuries from Se-jun’s energy and fainted.”

“For Se-jun to be that strong…”

Han Tae-jun was greatly surprised upon hearing Kim Dong-sik’s words. It had now been about a year since Se-jun entered the tower. In that short period of time, he had risen to an overwhelming realm that no one could dare approach.

Han Tae-jun, who had intended to request a sparring match when he met Se-jun later, quickly erased his thoughts.

Since he would faint even before getting close… let alone sparring, even meeting face-to-face seemed difficult.

“By the way, to think that Se-jun was staying in seclusion in the tower on his own and not coming out, in order not to cause harm to people…”

“Master, we must help so that there is no reason for Se-jun to come out of the tower! If Se-jun comes out of the tower…”

“Right. We must help.”

Han Tae-jun replied, recalling the time in the past when the Three-Headed Society targeted Se-jun’s family.

If they had failed to stop the Three-Headed Society back then and Se-jun’s family had died or been kidnapped… Se-jun would have certainly come out of the tower, and humanity would have had to face an immense disaster.

‘What a relief.’

Han Tae-jun felt relieved that such a thing did not happen.

And

“Did Se-jun say he needed anything?”

He asked in order to take care of Se-jun.

“Ah. Even without that, Se-jun…”

Kim Dong-sik told Han Tae-jun what Se-jun had requested.

“As expected, Koreans need kimchi!”

Han Tae-jun felt incredibly proud at the words that Se-jun requested kimchi stew and kimchi.

“Dong-sik, quickly convey Se-jun’s words to Miran and come to me.”

“Yes? Why?”

Feeling a sense of foreboding at Han Tae-jun’s words to come find him, Kim Dong-sik asked in a quiet voice.

“Why?! Special training, of course!”

“Yes?! What special training all of a sudden?”

“Only when we quickly become stronger will Se-jun be able to talk to us comfortably!”

“Co… comfortably talk?”

‘I feel like that wouldn’t be possible even if I died and woke up again…’

Kim Dong-sik had personally experienced Cuengi’s energy.

However, he could not bring himself to spit out the words that rose to his throat. His master was a person who would roll him even harder, saying, ‘Then let’s die and be reborn.’

“I will give you 5 hours. Stop talking nonsense and go quickly!”

“Yes!”

With special training reserved 5 hours later like that, Kim Dong-sik ran quickly toward Se-jun’s house.

‘Still, I can see my family’s faces before I go.’

Kim Dong-sik thought it was truly fortunate that his house was next door to the house where Se-jun’s family lived.

***

On the way out of the room to the dining hall.

Sniff, sniff.

Cuengi!

[Dad, a delicious smell is coming from over there!]

“Let’s go quickly, meow! I’m hungry too, meow!”

(Baet-baet! Me too!)

The other animals also got excited in turn. Since they had even taken a bath as soon as they woke up, it was only natural for them to be hungry. Especially Cuengi, he had endured a lot.

And that was the same for Se-jun, who had bathed the animals. He was extremely hungry.

“Let’s go quickly.”

Se-jun hurried his steps and walked toward the dining hall.

As the hungry Se-jun and the beasts arrived at the dining hall like that,

Slurp.

“Kyu-kyu-kyu. Good morning, everyone!”

Iona, who had already finished eating and was drinking coffee, welcomed Se-jun and the animals.

Iona was dressed in a cute amber-colored dress and wore a red ribbon around her neck.

The dress code was black bow ties or ribbons for the groom’s side, and red for the bride’s side.

At that moment,

Growl.

Cuengi!

[I’m hungry!]

Cuengi frowned as his belly clock rang.

“Here, first, anything that comes out the fastest! Cuengi, let’s eat this for now.”

Se-jun bought time by giving honey so that Cuengi would not turn from a cute beast to a wild beast, and in the meantime, the servants began to quickly bring out the food.

A moment later, once the urgent breakfast was over,

“Now, let’s go to the wedding hall.”

Se-jun moved with the animals to where the wedding hall of Black Rabbit and Pyupyu was located.

Step. Step.

Golden Bat clung to Se-jun’s shoulder, and Theo, Cuengi, and Iona clung to his legs, so if only Se-jun walked, everyone could move.

The wedding hall they arrived at like that.

Hundreds of tables were arranged to the left and right based on the path where the groom and bride would enter, which led to a huge platform.

It was a scale that could accommodate about 3,000 people. Of course, it was impossible for the guests of the king and queen’s wedding to be only 3,000.

He was told that this was a place where only key figures participated, and in several squares outside the castle, areas that could accommodate hundreds of thousands of people, which were much larger than this, had been set up.

“Many have already arrived.”

Although there was still quite a bit of time left until the wedding, more than half of the tables were already filled.

Since there had been no such large-scale events in the Black Tower recently, many emerging forces trying to expand their networks had participated.

“Where is our seat?”

“I will guide you.”

At Se-jun’s words, Coco, the captain of the escort guard who was concealing himself, appeared and guided Se-jun.

As Se-jun was walking toward the table at the very front where his seat was located under Coco’s guidance like that,

“Where do you think you are to dare come here, you mere metalworker?!”

A loud shout reached Se-jun’s ears.

“Huh?”

As Se-jun turned his head in the direction of the sound, crocodile-headed monsters were persecuting a penguin. A penguin wearing a small bag with a blue back.

“Huh?! Vice President Theo, isn’t that Kona?”

Se-jun recognized Kona and asked Theo.

“Meow? That’s right, meow! Who dares to bully Kona, the subordinate of me, Vice President Theo, meow?! Chairman Park, let’s go scold them, meow!”

Discovering Kona, Theo waved his front paws in excitement.

And

“Got it!”

Se-jun ran eagerly toward Kona.

***

“Honey, I’m home!”

Kim Dong-sik, who conveyed Se-jun’s words to Kim Mi-ran and hurried home.

“Honey, I have to go out right away, so please make some food.”

“Alright.”

Kim Dong-sik asked his wife to prepare a meal in order to eat home-cooked food before entering special training, and took a quick shower.

Since he would not be able to come out of the tower for at least a month once he entered this time, this was his last shower.

When he came out after showering like that and went to the kitchen, his wife was preparing the meal, and his daughter Se-ra was sitting at the dining table.

“Se-ra, you don’t have any schedule today?”

“Yeah. Today is a day off…”

Stare.

While speaking, Kim Dong-sik’s daughter, Se-ra, looked intently at Kim Dong-sik’s face.

“Why? Is there something on my face?”

“Yeah. Handsomeness is smeared on Dad’s face?”

“Hehehe. What is this? Se-ra, you are saying that to make Dad feel good, aren’t you? Are you out of allowance lately?”

Kim Dong-sik, whose mood improved at Se-ra’s words, laughed and took out his wallet.

“No. I’m not saying it to make Dad feel good, Dad’s face really became handsome. Mom, look at Dad’s face! It looks like Dad went somewhere by himself and got some work done!”

Being a celebrity, Se-ra recognized the touch of a professional (?) as soon as she saw Kim Dong-sik’s face.

“What?! Huh, it really is! Honey, which clinic is it?!”

“Huh?”

The atmosphere flowed in a somewhat strange direction.

“Honey, are you really not going to tell me which clinic it is?”

“No. I’m telling you I’ve never been to a clinic.”

“Dad, if it’s awkward to say, just whisper it to me!”

“It’s really not.”

Not knowing why he had become handsome, Kim Dong-sik was badgered by his wife and daughter so much that he did not even know if he was eating his food through his nose or his mouth, and barely managed to escape using the special training as an excuse.

***

Kona, who attended the wedding as a representative of the Blue-Backed Penguin tribe to present the gift they had made to the new king of the Red Ribbon Kingdom.

“Peng! This is delicious!”

He was spending a pleasant time eating the high-quality food set on the table for the guests waiting for the wedding.

At that moment,

“Peng-peng. I should try that too.”

As Kona stood up slightly to eat the food placed far away, the chair was pushed back a bit, and

Thud.

The giant hammer placed leaning against the chair fell.

And,

“Who is it?! Who dares block the path of Elge Caiman, the 3rd prince of the Caiman Kingdom?!”

As the handle of the hammer fell, the being at the head of the passing crocodile-men began to shout at Kona.

“Peng?! I am sorry…”

Kona apologized first. However, he had a look on his face that showed he had no idea why the opponent was acting that way.

It was bound to be so because there was a distance of about 5m between the place where Elge Caiman was passing and the tip of the hammer handle.

This meant that even if the hammer fell, it had absolutely nothing to do with Elge Caiman passing by.

Even though Kona apologized despite that,

“Where do you think you are to dare come here, you mere metalworker?!”

The opponent went a step further and began to scold in an even louder voice.

“Peng… I am sorry… I will just deliver the gift and leave…”

Kona apologized again, not knowing what to do. Even though Kona had entered under the guidance of the kingdom’s guards, he somehow felt as if he had done something wrong.

However, the opponent was not causing such an uproar just to receive an apology.

“Good. If you are truly sorry, I, Elge Caiman, the 3rd prince of the Caiman Kingdom, will specially forgive you by accepting the hammer that blocked my path.”

From the very beginning, what Elge Caiman targeted was the hammer that Kona possessed. The moment he saw the hammer emitting an unusual energy, he had decided to take it.

“Peng?! N-no! This hammer is a gift to be presented to the King of the Red Ribbon Kingdom!”

Kona, who was momentarily flustered by Elge Caiman’s words, hurriedly grabbed the hammer and shouted.

“Hmph! To think you would offer this kind of hammer as a gift?! Is it not too large for Black Rabbit, who will become the king this time?!”

“That is…”

When the hammer, which all the artisans of the Blue-Backed Penguin tribe were put to make, was disregarded, Kona flared up and tried to reply earnestly, but

“There is no need to even listen. You guys, take that hammer.”

“Yes!”

Even before Kona could answer, Elge’s subordinates moved to snatch the hammer.

For a prince of another kingdom to dare attempt to rob a gift being presented to the King was an extremely rude act.

However, all the guests around ignored what Elge Caiman was doing.

The Caiman Kingdom was a kingdom on the 84th floor of the tower, and competed for the 1st or 2nd place in military power among the kingdoms in the Black Tower.

If they stepped forward in vain and the matter grew so that the military of the Caiman Kingdom moved, their own forces could be completely erased from the Black Tower.

‘Hehehe. Who would dare touch me?’

Since the existences who truly influenced the Black Tower would only arrive right before the ceremony began, to Elge, this place was currently his own world where he could run wild as much as he wanted.

He had already taken dozens of gifts to be presented to Black Rabbit in this manner, but no one could say anything to him.

“Peng… this cannot be…”

While Kona was helplessly being robbed of the hammer to be presented as a gift to Black Rabbit like that,

“Stop!”

Se-jun, who hurried over, shouted toward Elge Caiman.

‘Where does he think he is abusing his power? And he dares to try and steal Black Rabbit’s things?!’

While Se-jun was angry like that,

“How dare a mere insignificant fellow raise his voice at me?! Do you not know who I am?!”

Elge Caiman scolded Se-jun in a highly arrogant voice.

‘This guy!’

Se-jun’s anger flared up even more, reacting to the word insignificant.

However, unlike his burning chest, his head became even colder, and

“No. Of course I do not know who you are. But do you know who I am?”

Se-jun asked back toward Elge Caiman in a cold and calm voice.