Translated by Demonic Dog
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Chapter 308 – Call Me Hyung
Stop.
At Se-jun’s word, Ajax stopped throwing a tantrum.
And,
Slide.
Ajax raised his body.
“Grandfather…”
Ajax, who stood up for now at Se-jun’s command, looked at Kellion, seeking help.
Because he was Se-jun’s slave, he had to unconditionally listen to Se-jun’s words.
But,
-Ahem. Se-jun, then I leave him in your care.
-Khahaha. Se-jun, go easy on him.
Flap. Flap.
Leaving the words to take care of Ajax to Se-jun, Kellion flew to the fountain with Kaiser,
“Gr… Grandfather abandoned me!”
As Kellion left, abandoning him, Ajax, left alone, was greatly shocked.
And,
“Heuing!”
Since there was no Kellion to tolerate his tantrum,
Drip. Drip. Drip.
Ajax only shed fat tears. A look of fear toward Se-jun was clear on his face.
“Hey. Why are you crying? I’m not a bad person.”
Feeling like he had become a villain, Se-jun began to soothe Ajax.
“Ajax, do you want to try this?”
Naturally, he coaxed him with the food he was most confident in.
Pluck.
As Se-jun plucked a Daebong persimmon from the Sure-Hit Daebong Persimmon tree next to him and offered it,
“Heuing! Heuing!”
Shake. Shake.
Ajax only shook his head while crying.
“Is that so? If Ajax doesn’t eat it, who will eat this?”
As Se-jun put on a terrible acting performance, pretending to ponder,
Kkueng!
[Dad! Cuengi wants to eat it!]
Cuengi, getting excited, raised his right front paw high and shouted. ‘That is delicious!’
“Okay. Then I must give it to Cuengi.”
As Se-jun spoke, glancing at Ajax,
“……”
Ajax, who had stopped crying at some point, was in conflict looking at the Daebong persimmon.
Just how delicious is it that he wants to eat it like that?
It was originally mine… Should I just say I’ll eat it?
He was shaken, seeing Cuengi’s intense reaction.
But,
‘No! I have my pride as a dragon!’
As a great White Dragon, he could not show himself smiling right after crying.
Ajax, who overcame Se-jun’s temptation like that.
‘Ajax, can you really not eat even after this?’
Ajax’s crying had already stopped, but from now on, it was the realm of pride.
The one trying to feed and the one refusing.
‘And this is my victory.’
Beside Se-jun was Cuengi, a promising mukbang star who ate anything deliciously.
If Cuengi were to do a mukbang on YouTube, he would easily gather 500,000 subscribers.
‘If he even dances his butt dance, 1 million would be possible, right? Hehehe.’
Se-jun fantasized for a moment.
“Okay. Then Cuengi will eat this Daebong persimmon.”
When Se-jun, snapped out of his fantasy, handed the Daebong persimmon to Cuengi,
Kkueng!
[I’m excited!]
Crack.
Cuengi, who received the Daebong persimmon, first split it in half,
Slurp.
Munch. Munch.
And began to eat the contents inside deliciously. As expected, Cuengi knew how to eat.
Kkueng!
[It’s so delicious!]
Eating the Daebong persimmon, Cuengi let out a roar of happiness.
‘Suddenly, I want to eat it too.’
Seeing Cuengi eating so deliciously made Se-jun’s mouth water. It was even more so because he could imagine what it tasted like.
At that moment,
“Um… I could eat it too…”
Ajax, who had approached at some point, spoke while gently grabbing Se-jun’s pants.
Ajax eventually raised a white flag at Cuengi’s mukbang.
“Is that so? Just a moment.”
Pluck. Pluck. Pluck.
Se-jun plucked an armful of Daebong persimmons,
“Here. Eat.”
One for Ajax, one for Cuengi, and one for me.
And,
“Aileen, take this.”
He gave all the rest to Aileen.
Slurp.
Meanwhile, Ajax buried his face in the Daebong persimmon and ate it hurriedly.
“Whew. I already ate it all…”
Having eaten the Daebong persimmon in an instant, he made a regretful expression.
“Ajax, do you want to eat more?”
“Yeah! I will help you this time!”
Flap. Flap.
‘I must look good!’ Ajax, with the thought of looking good to Se-jun, flew toward the Daebong persimmon tree and,
“Wind Cutter!”
Used magic to cut the stems connected to the Daebong persimmons with wind.
And naturally, the Daebong persimmons fell to the ground according to the law of gravity.
About half of the Daebong persimmons that were on the tree fell to the ground.
Splat.
“No!”
Se-jun screamed, looking at the Daebong persimmons that fell to the ground.
***
The outskirts of destruction.
“It is taking a long time.”
Halphas, who took over the command instead of Fenrir, spoke while looking at the Black Tower.
He had thought Fenrir would return quickly, but it was taking longer than expected.
“Surely he hasn’t been captured, right?”
‘No. With Fenrir’s personality, he would rather die than be captured. He must be wandering somewhere.’
Halphas, who thought that Fenrir was wandering like that,
Began to command again.
At that moment,
“What is this?!”
Among the dimensions being encroached by destruction, a dimension where the locusts, the first calamity at the very forefront of destruction, were strangely few in number was visible.
It was none other than Earth.
“I must command it personally.”
Halphas’s attention turned to Earth.
***
Kking…
Fenrir, who was sleeping curled up inside Se-jun’s vest pocket, woke up.
Kking?
‘Where is this?’
Peek.
Fenrir stood on tiptoe in the pocket, put his head at the edge of the pocket, and looked around.
“Ajax, look closely. You just have to bend the stem like this.”
Se-jun was showing Ajax a demonstration of plucking persimmons in front of the Sure-Hit Daebong Persimmon tree.
But,
“I know!”
Ajax threw a tantrum at Se-jun, who was demonstrating.
This was because Se-jun had banned the use of magic when doing farming work from now on.
“What do you mean you know?! You know so well that you turned all the Daebong persimmons into mush?!”
“Ugh… Nagging!”
Ajax covered his ears with his front paws as if he didn’t want to hear it.
“Nagging?! It’s all to help you succeed!”
Of course, the price was Se-jun’s nagging bomb.
Kking. Kking.
‘He is indeed an amazing guy. To stand up to a dragon despite being weak.’
Fenrir, who was watching Se-jun scolding Ajax like that.
At that moment,
“Blackie, you’re awake?”
Se-jun discovered Fenrir sticking his head out of the pocket,
“Go play.”
Step.
He took Fenrir out of the pocket and released him on the ground.
Sniff. Sniff.
Kking?
‘But what is this smell?’
Fenrir, who descended to the ground, placed his nose on his body and began to sniff diligently.
And,
Kking?!
‘What is this?!’
Fenrir, who learned the identity of the smell coming from his body, was flustered. ‘Why has my hide changed into dragon hide?!’
While Fenrir was flustered by the unbearable humiliation he suffered,
“Puhuhut. Blackie, are you that touched, meow? It’s all thanks to me, meow!”
Theo laughed beside him, turning Fenrir’s stomach inside out.
Kking!
‘Don’t laugh!’
The angry Fenrir rushed at Theo,
Chomp.
And bit him hard. However, Theo had the same dragon hide as Fenrir.
Crack.
Kking?!
Rather, Fenrir’s tooth chipped.
“Puhuhut. Blackie, did your tooth fall out, meow?! Puhuhut. Don’t worry, meow!”
Grab.
Theo grabbed Fenrir and ran to the dragons drinking alcohol at the fountain.
To receive a dragon tooth. ‘Puhuhut. I will change your teeth too, meow!’
While Theo and Fenrir went to find the dragons like that,
“Okay. Today’s work ends here. Let’s eat this and sleep.”
Se-jun, who finished nagging, stood up and lifted a bowl containing a thick red liquid.
It was what Cuengi had scooped up with telekinesis, taking only the upper parts of the Daebong persimmons that fell to the ground because of Ajax.
“Hmph! I won’t eat it.”
Ajax turned his head away sharply, appealing that he was sulking.
And,
Kkueng!
[Thank you!]
Cuengi was grateful for Ajax’s refusal.
Because he could eat that much more since Ajax wasn’t eating.
“Okay. Then don’t eat. Ice Cube.”
Se-jun did not recommend it further, created ice, placed the Daebong persimmons on top, and rubbed them with ice until a crunchy texture came out.
It was none other than ripe persimmon slushy.
‘Hehehe. How delicious this is.’
“Here. Let’s eat.”
Kkueng!
[Thank you for the food!]
Scoop. Scoop.
Se-jun gave Cuengi a spoon, placed another spoon next to him, and ate the ripe persimmon slushy deliciously.
A message that hit rate increased appeared, but neither Se-jun nor Cuengi cared.
Scoop.
Ajax, who stealthily approached, lifted a spoon and scooped some ripe persimmon slushy.
“Oh! Eating it cold makes it even more delicious!”
“Right? Eat a lot.”
“Yeah! But can I call you hyung?”
Ajax, who wanted to get close to Se-jun, spoke. Anyone who gave delicious food was a hyung.
“Sure. Call me hyung.”
Se-jun readily permitted it.
“Got it! Se-jun hyung!”
Ajax, rejoicing at Se-jun’s permission, diligently scooped and ate the ripe persimmon slushy again.
In that way, the 500-year-old Ajax decided to serve the 27-year-old Se-jun as his hyung,
Kkueng?
[Then is he Cuengi’s uncle?]
Cuengi got an uncle.
The three ate the iced ripe persimmon deliciously and fell asleep.
***
The next morning.
“Heave-ho.”
[Stored 10% of the life force you had while sleeping.]
[The Bead of Life is 0.6% completed.]
‘Still, it rose a little.’
Perhaps thanks to the stats rising a lot lately, the completion rate of the Bead of Life increased by 0.15% per day starting from yesterday.
Gororong.
Kkirorong.
Ppirorong.
The sounds of the soundly sleeping animals were heard by Se-jun’s ears.
Arorong.
One more sound added. It was Ajax, who came to the Black Tower yesterday.
Ajax lay down proudly next to Se-jun, saying he wanted to sleep with his hyung.
Thanks to that, Kaiser had to receive a visit from the excited Aileen.
“Grandfather! I want to sleep next to Se-jun too! Seal my power!”
Fortunately, at the words that polymorph was not possible if the power was sealed, Aileen returned regretfully.
“I should get up.”
“Meow…”
As Se-jun lifted Theo, wore him on his lap, and was about to go outside,
“Hyung, where are you going?”
Ajax woke up from sleep and called Se-jun.
“Yeah. I have something to harvest for a moment.”
“Then I’ll go with you.”
“Sure. Follow me.”
“Yeah!”
Flap. Flap.
Ajax flew up and followed behind Se-jun closely.
And,
“Oh! It’s fully grown!”
Where Se-jun headed, a walnut tree with plenty of walnuts hanging on it was visible.
Compared to the other nine walnut trees, which had only grown to Se-jun’s chest height by now, it was a rapid growth.
This was because Se-jun had given it one drop of the Elixir of Harvest before sleeping yesterday.
It was to give as a gift to the returning rabbits.
“Here. Let’s pluck them.”
Creak.
Se-jun harvested the walnuts by making the Divine Tool, Guardian Wooden Shield, like a dragonfly net,
“Yeah!”
Ajax flew around and harvested the walnuts one by one with his front paws.
[You have harvested a Walnut of Training.]
[Your class experience increases slightly.]
[The proficiency of Harvesting Lv. 8 increases slightly.]
[You have acquired 70 experience points.]
…
..
.
[You have harvested a Walnut of Special Training.]
…
..
.
“Huh?!”
Se-jun found and examined the Walnut of Special Training.
[Walnut of Special Training]
It is a walnut that grows with a rare probability on a walnut tree grown inside the tower, which is delicious because it absorbed sufficient nutrition.
It is a walnut with a harder shell than the Walnut of Training.
Every time you break the shell, Strength increases by 10.
If you eat the walnut kernel inside, satiety lasts longer than usual.
Grade: A
Unfortunately, it was not a new variety.
“How will it taste?”
Se-jun applied force to his right hand holding the Walnut of Special Training.
Although it was harder than the Walnut of Training, Se-jun’s Strength was in a state of nearly approaching 800.
Crunch.
The Walnut of Special Training was easily broken.
And,
[You have broken the shell of the Walnut of Special Training.]
[Strength increases by 10.]
Looking at the message that his Strength increased, he put the walnut in his mouth and chewed it.
Munch. Munch.
“It is certainly nuttier.”
It was certainly more delicious than the Walnut of Training, which increased Strength by 1.
As Se-jun was eating the walnut,
“Hyung-nim! I want to eat too!”
Ajax hurriedly flew toward Se-jun.
Seeing Se-jun holding the food, respect suddenly grew from somewhere, and the honorific ‘nim’ was attached to hyung.
Day 2 of studying abroad in the Black Tower. Ajax’s delicious morning began.