Chapter 275 – Won’t You Do Part-Time Work with Us, Meow

“Why is Lord Theo here…?”

When the Great Merchant Zeto, who belatedly discovered Theo next to Ppiyot-i, asked in confusion,

“That kind of thing is not important, meow! What are you going to give our Ppiyot-i, meow?!”

As if receiving what he was naturally entitled to, Theo proudly stretched out his front paw to Zeto and shouted.

Ppiyot-i was his subordinate. Therefore, if Ppiyot-i received something good, it was his.

‘And if I give that to Chairman Park, I can lie on Chairman Park’s lap and be loved, meow! Puhut.’

Theo Park, a lap fanatic whose beginning and end were Se-jun’s lap.

And,

Ppiyot! Ppiyot!

[Give me mine quickly! I’m going to give it to Vice President Theo!]

Ppiyot-i, the self-proclaimed right front paw of Theo. Rejoicing that he had something to offer to Theo, Ppiyot-i chirped quickly to Zeto to give him his share.

“First, calm down…”

Zeto made an embarrassed expression because of Theo and Ppiyot-i, who were frantically pressing him.

At that time,

Slink.

Kkueng…?!

[Why are you not giving what you should give…?!]

“Not now, Cuengi. Put it away.”

Se-jun hurriedly stopped Cuengi, the apostle of justice, who was pulling out the Club of Justice from his snack bag to help Theo and Ppiyot-i.

Kkueng?

[Is it not time for Cuengi to punish the bad guy now-da-yo?]

“Yeah. Not now. Here. Come here.”

When Se-jun opened his arms,

Flop.

Cuengi came into Se-jun’s arms, and Se-jun held him up.

Kkuhehehe. Kkueng!

[Hehehe. Dad’s chest is fluffy-da-yo!]

Cuengi, who was burying his face in Se-jun’s chest and rubbing against it, was delighted.

“Huh? It’s not that fluffy, right?”

Shocked by Cuengi’s words, Se-jun asked seriously.

But,

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[No-da-yo! Dad’s chest is very fluffy-da-yo!]

Cuengi’s innocent and honest answer.

‘I am going to exercise now!’

Se-jun resolved to work out hard from now on to build solid muscles.

While Se-jun was talking with Cuengi like that,

“Hand it over, meow!”

Ppiyot!

[Hand it over!]

Theo and Ppiyot-i were still pestering Zeto.

“Guys, stop it. We’ll be late for the founding ceremony at this rate.”

In the end, Se-jun stepped in and stopped the two.

“Tch. A failure, meow!”

Ppiyot! Ppiyot!

[Tch! It’s a failure!]

At Se-jun’s words, Theo and Ppiyot-i pouted their lips once and turned back coolly.

At that time,

“Excuse me… by any chance, are you the Great Black Dragon?”

Seeing Se-jun giving instructions to Theo, Zeto asked cautiously.

Theo was a subordinate of the Great Black Dragon. Se-jun, who was giving instructions to such a Theo, was one of two things.

He was either the Great Black Dragon himself, or a subordinate of the Great Black Dragon with a higher rank than Theo.

Of course, considering the feeling felt from his appearance, it seemed like he was neither.

However,

‘It cannot be explained unless he is the Great Black Dragon.’

Seeing Se-jun, who had no energy at all, holding the bear that possessed tremendous energy, Zeto was convinced that Se-jun was indeed the Great Black Dragon.

Puhut. Chairman Park’s lap energy is great, meow! Because of Theo’s Energy Drain talent, all the energy emitted by Se-jun was being absorbed by Theo, but Zeto did not know.

“Puhut. That’s right, meow! Chairman Park is the Great Black Dragon, meow! And this great self is…”

When Theo, upon Zeto’s question, began his own self-introduction under the guise of introducing Se-jun,

Salute!

[We must go now!]

Coco stepped in and cut him off appropriately.

“Understood. Let’s go quickly.”

As Se-jun moved quickly, Zeto followed Se-jun for now.

Like that, the place Se-jun and the animals arrived at under Coco’s guidance was a giant hall. Unlike the wedding which was held outdoors before, the founding ceremony was scheduled to be held indoors.

Stand.

At Se-jun’s appearance, Urchi the Werewolf Chieftain, the Great Merchant Uren, and the Great Merchant Mimir stood up from their seats and bowed to greet Se-jun.

At that time,

“Kyut-kyut-kyut. Lord Se-jun, welcome!”

Iona quickly flew over, greeted Se-jun, and

Slipped.

Entered inside Theo’s tail.

And,

Ppiyot! Ppiyot! Ppiyot?

[Hello! I am Pirrrr Yacht of the Long-Tailed Tit tribe, who will be Vice President Theo’s right front paw from now on! But who are you?]

Ppiyot-i greeted Iona, whom he met for the first time.

“Oh my…”

Zeto was terrified seeing Ppiyot-i asking who Iona, the tower master of the Black Parkae Magic Tower and the Mage of Great Destruction, was. I must stop him quickly!

Just as Zeto was about to step forward quickly to prevent the situation from escalating,

“Kyut-kyut-kyut. Yes. Nice to meet you, Ppiyot-i. My name is Iona. Work hard in the future to become Vice President Theo’s right front paw.”

Ppiyot! Ppiyot!

[Yes! I will work very hard!]

“Kyut-kyut-kyut. Yes.”

Iona could be seen encouraging Ppiyot-i. That cranky mage is encouraging him? Is it because she is in front of the Great Black Dragon? Or because she is next to her lover?

While Zeto was marveling at seeing the gentle Iona after always seeing the cranky Iona,

Ba-bam-ba-baaa!

With the sound of trumpets, the founding ceremony began.

And,

Thud.

As the giant door of the hall opened,

Pyupyu!

Ppyak!

Pyupyu and the Black Rabbit, wearing gorgeous golden crowns, walked toward the thrones and sat down, and

“The entrance of the delegations celebrating the founding of the Red Ribbon Kingdom will now begin.”

Delegations from various organizations and countries entered and began to deliver credentials and gifts to Pyupyu and the Black Rabbit.

While the delegations entered one by one in order and paid their respects to Pyupyu and the Black Rabbit like that,

Ppiyot?

[Vice President Theo, should I act as the delegation or not?]

Ppiyot-i, who had heard from Zeto that he had to pay respects to the King as the delegation of the Cobb Kingdom, looked at Theo and asked.

“Puhut. Nothing is free…”

Naturally, Theo intended to make a fortune out of this.

However,

“Of course you should do it.”

Se-jun said, stopping Theo’s mouth. Seeing Zeto speak like that, it seemed like an important matter.

“Oh! Thank you! O Great Black Dragon.”

Zeto expressed his gratitude to Se-jun, who stepped forward for him.

“Just call me Se-jun.”

“Yes! Lord Se-jun.”

Ppiyot-i, who decided to be the delegation like that.

But,

Ppiyot…

To carry the gifts Zeto took out, Ppiyot-i’s size was too small, and the dignity of the delegation was not maintained.

At that time,

“Puhut. Zeto, don’t you need part-timers, meow?! We will act as the delegation as a part-time job, meow!”

Theo stretched out his front paw again toward Zeto. So hand over the part-time wage, meow!

“That is…”

While Zeto was contemplating whether he could accept this,

“That’s a good idea!”

Se-jun, excited at the thought of putting beaks and wings on Theo and Cuengi, agreed. It would be fun.

Thus, Theo and Cuengi came to work as the delegation part-timers.

After a while,

“Next, the delegation of the Cobb Kingdom from the 79th floor of the tower will enter!”

With the attendant’s shout, the four members of the Cobb Kingdom’s delegation entered.

Ppiyot!

Ppiyot-i, standing at the very front, walked out majestically.

But,

Trot. Trot. Trot.

Because his legs were short, even though he walked hard, his walking speed was quite slow.

And Theo and Cuengi, wearing beaks and wings made of green onion leaves, slowly followed behind Ppiyot-i.

“Puhut. I am not a cat, but a bird, meow!”

Kkuhehehe. Kkueng!

[Hehehe. Cuengi can fly-da-yo!]

Theo and Cuengi walked while flapping their wings diligently.

“Guys, move gently. Otherwise, the wings will tear.”

Behind Theo and Cuengi, Se-jun spoke as quietly as possible.

Originally, he naturally intended to send only Theo and Cuengi, but

“Nyan?! Chairman Park, aren’t you doing the part-time work with us, meow?”

“Yeah. I’m not going to.”

“You can’t, meow! We are one, meow!”

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[Cuengi wants to do the part-time work together with Dad-da-yo! We are one-da-yo!]

He could not refuse the words he had uttered himself, ‘We are one!’ Because one had to take responsibility for their words.

Like that, Se-jun also wore a beak and followed at the very back of the delegation.

Flap. Flap.

The wings were handled by the Golden Bat clinging to Se-jun’s back, and thanks to that, they received the labor cost for four individuals.

Trot. Trot. Trot.

When Ppiyot-i and the group, who walked diligently at the front toward the place where Pyupyu and the Black Rabbit were, arrived at the place for audience,

‘Uncle, what are you doing there with Theo Hyung and Cuengi?’

The Black Rabbit asked Se-jun with his eyes.

‘Don’t ask anything.’

At the Black Rabbit’s question, Se-jun shook his head imperceptibly and answered with his eyes.

Meanwhile,

Ppiyot…

[The Great Queen of the Red Ribbon Kingdom…]

Ppiyot-i spoke the words he had memorized.

But,

Ppiyot…

[Uh…]

Ppiyot-i began to stammer from the very first line. To think the delegation did not know the name of the queen of the opposing kingdom? It was a major accident.

What was the Queen’s name again?

Ppiyot-i looked at Se-jun with tearful eyes.

‘It can’t be helped. Plan B.’

Seeing earlier that Ppiyot-i could not memorize well, he had prepared a method just in case.

“Golden Bat.”

When Se-jun called the Golden Bat quietly enough that no one could hear,

(The Great Queen Pyupyu of the Red Ribbon Kingdom and King Black Rabbit…)

The Golden Bat on Se-jun’s back looked at the script and transmitted the lines to Ppiyot-i via telepathy, and thanks to that, their delegation part-time work ended safely.

***

Pyupyu!

Ppyak!

While Pyupyu and the Black Rabbit, who had received all the gifts from the delegations, were granting offices to the founding contributors,

“Elge, is that fellow the one who took your inner core?!”

A beastman with a crocodile head like Elge Caiman sitting in the VIP seat asked, looking at Se-jun who was dozing off after returning from his delegation part-time work.

“Yes! That’s him!”

“The job will be easy.”

Hearing Elge Caiman’s answer, the Second Prince Komodo Caiman smiled fishily while looking at Se-jun.

Three days ago, the Second Prince Komodo Caiman heard news of Elge from his subordinate whom he had planted as Elge Caiman’s escort.

Not only had his brother become a slave, but he was also stripped of his inner core? A prince of the Caiman Kingdom?

Komodo Caiman, furious at Elge for bringing shame to the family.

Komodo Caiman hurriedly explained the situation to his father, Croco Caiman, and requested support of elite soldiers.

Saying he would take responsibility and solve the problem.

Just like that, Komodo Caiman obtained the King’s permission and descended to the 55th floor of the tower with 100 elite soldiers.

“Just wait a little. Keke-keke.”

Elge Caiman laughed while looking at Se-jun.

And,

‘Foolish fellow, to have his inner core taken by such a trivial fellow?’

Komodo Caiman glared at his younger brother. Komodo Caiman did not come to rescue his brother.

‘I will use your inner core well. Instead, I will bury your corpse in the royal cemetery.’

To kill Elge Caiman, the disgrace of the royal family, and eat the inner core held by Se-jun himself. That was Komodo Caiman’s plan.

Of course, he intended to kill all the bastards who looked down on the Caiman Kingdom.

At that time,

Bam-!

With a long trumpet sound, the founding ceremony ended, and

“Move.”

“Yes!”

With Komodo Caiman’s command, the waiting elite soldiers began to move.

***

Bam-!

Dozing.

“Huh?”

Se-jun, who was dozing off, snapped out of it at the trumpet sound.

And,

Pat. Pat. Pat.

“Guys, wake up. It’s over.”

He patted and began to wake up the animals sleeping gathered on his lap.

“Meow-!”

Kkueng-!

Kyut-!

(Bat-!)

Ppiyooot-!

As Se-jun woke them up, the animals stretched vigorously and got up.

“They are already all gone.”

Because the banquet hall was prepared in a different location, everyone had moved to the banquet hall except for a few who were talking, leaving the hall almost empty.

“Let’s go quickly and eat something too.”

Having just woken up, he was very hungry.

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[Dad, let’s go quickly! Cuengi is hungry-da-yo!]

Cuengi, who had the same mind as Se-jun… no, who was even more desperate, urged Se-jun.

“Understood. Let’s go quickly. Okay. In position.”

Se-jun’s words, Theo and Cuengi positioned themselves on Se-jun’s legs, while the Golden Bat and Ppiyot-i positioned themselves on Se-jun’s shoulders.

“Kyut-kyut-kyut…”

Although Iona was not fully awake yet, she had no worries since she was clinging well to Theo’s tail.

Just as Se-jun was about to go to the banquet hall to eat,

“Shall we talk for a moment?”

Komodo Caiman surrounded Se-jun and the animals along with his elite soldiers.

Kkueng…

[Cuengi is angry because he is hungry-da-yo…]

Cuengi, who got annoyed, pulled out the Club of Justice from his snack bag, but Se-jun did not stop Cuengi.

“Who are you guys?”

Se-jun was also in an annoyed state because he was hungry.

It was the worst timing for Komodo Caiman.