Chapter 352 – Is My Face Really Rotten

Black Dragon Tower Administrator’s Area.

“Grandma Brachio, I am forgiving you just this once.”

“Hohoho. I understand. Didn’t I stamp my seal here? Appease your anger.“

Brachio replied, pointing to the contract that included the clause that she would not harm Se-jun.

”Understood. You can choose from here.“

Aileen proudly handed over a paper she had personally written containing the names, options, and prices of Se-jun’s crops.

“O. There are so many varieties?!”

Brachio, who was only thinking of black beans and Samyangju, was surprised and soon excited when she saw dozens of kinds of crops.

“If you like sweet things, I recommend sweet potatoes or corn. If you like savory things, peanuts too…”

Aileen recommended the crops to Brachio from the side.

“Really? Is it not possible to taste them?”

“That is difficult. Instead, if you buy a lot, I will give you some freebies.”

Hearing the conversation, it sounded like a conversation between Earth’s middle-aged women, but it was a conversation between dragons.

A moment later,

“For now, could you give me 1 black bean, 10,000 bottles of Samyangju, and 10 of each other crop?”

Brachio bought all of them by type to judge after tasting the other crops.

“Yes! Just a moment! Se-jun, it’s an order!”

Aileen hurriedly delivered Brachio’s order list to Se-jun.

A moment later,

“Here you go. These 100 Honey Jellies are freebies.”

Having received the crops from Se-jun, she handed them to Brachio.

“Indeed. Thank you. Here is 120 billion Tower Coins. Buy yourself something delicious with the change.”

“Yes. Thank you! Goodbye! Grandma, come again next time!”

“Hohoho. Sure.”

Brachio smiled as she looked at Aileen, who was seeing her off with a bright expression. As expected, there was nothing better than allowance to get close to children.

As Brachio left like that,

“Khehehe. Se-jun! I sold a lot!”

Aileen bragged about her performance to Se-jun.

***

*Slurp.*

“Ah.”

Good. Good. Se-jun, who finished eating lunch, wore a pleased smile while drinking the coffee he had personally brewed.

Then,

[You have consumed a bitter medicine.]

[Talent: Good Medicine for Stamina is Bitter is activated.]

[Stamina increases by 3.]

The message appeared.

“Huhut. I can easily endure this level of bitterness. Because I’m an adult.”

In the end, having failed to brew delicious coffee, Se-jun adapted to the bitterness.

While he was enjoying the coffee like that,

[The tower administrator says she sold your crops and earned 120 billion Tower Coins.]

Aileen made him feel even better by refilling Se-jun’s empty treasury.

“120 billion? Wasn’t it 115.5 billion?”

[The tower administrator says Grandma Brachio gave her the change to buy something delicious.]

As expected, the scale of the dragons was immense. To give 4.5 billion Tower Coins to buy something delicious.

“Really? Then Aileen can keep the change.”

[The tower administrator says that since it was obtained by selling your crops, it is also yours.]

That honesty of not skimming even a single Tower Coin.

Splendid. Very splendid.

“Aileen, is there anything you want to eat?”

Out of appreciation, Se-jun asked Aileen.

[The tower administrator says she is fine since she is happy if you are happy.]

She spoke so beautifully as well.

[The tower administrator says she contacted the hatchlings she knows via magic to come check out the Yong-Yong Market, so customers might increase.]

On top of that, her marketing power was also immense. Bringing hatchlings?

Of course, hatchlings had no money. Since it was a time when they did not even go out much yet.

However, if a hatchling moved, a parent or adult dragon had no choice but to move together to protect them.

And parents had lots of money.

If a hatchling who came with their parent like that lay on the ground and threw a tantrum just once?

“Hehehe. It’s game over.”

Should I make and send a book only to the hatchlings later, like ‘If you do this, you can buy what you want. 54 Ways to Open Mom and Dad’s Wallet’?

“Chairman Park! Your face is severely rotting, mew!”

When Se-jun laughed deviously at the thought of ripping off the hatchlings’ parents, Theo noticed it like a ghost and kneaded Se-jun’s face.

This fellow!

He couldn’t get angry because he thought he looked a bit ugly just now.

But it was cheeky.

For the guy who completely cleared out my treasury to call me ugly. Retribution!

“Pffftttt.”

Se-jun placed his mouth on Theo’s belly and blew.

“Nyaaa! Don’t do that, mew! Chairman Park, I will cure your rotten face, mew!”

While Se-jun was playing with Theo like that,

Kkuhehehe.

“Ehihit.”

Cuengi and Ajax, who sneakily exposed their bellies and waited for their turn.

And,

King!

‘Hey! You must swear loyalty only to me!’

Fenrir.

Fenrir mistook the belly raspberry for a pledge of loyalty.

A moment later,

“Our Blackie gets a belly raspberry too! Pfffttt.”

Se-jun blew a belly raspberry on Theo, Cuengi, Ajax, and lastly on Fenrir’s belly.

Kkihit. King! King!

‘Heh. Nice! Since you swore loyalty to me at the end, you are my subordinate!’

While he was blowing a belly raspberry on Fenrir’s belly like that,

“Kkyut kkyut kkyut. Lord Se-jun, hello!”

Iona flew over and wrapped herself around Theo’s tail.

“Puhuhut. Is Iona here, mew?”

“Kkyut kkyut kkyut. Yes! Lord Theo, but why aren’t you taking this?”

Iona spoke as she pulled out a small pouch slightly larger than her hand.

“Mew? What is that, mew?”

“Kkyut kkyut kkyut. The golden statues we packed from the Caiman Kingdom last time.”

“Mew? That’s right, mew! We had this, mew!”

When Theo opened the small pouch he received from Iona,

*Clatter.*

An quantity of golden statues poured out from inside the pouch.

“Puhuhut. Chairman Park! It’s the gold that Chairman Park likes, mew!”

Thanks to that, more wealth was piled in Se-jun’s subspatial warehouse than before.

And Theo’s treatment also changed significantly.

“Hehehe. Our Vice Chairman Theo, is there anything you want to eat?”

Se-jun asked while massaging Theo’s legs.

“Puhuhut. I am full, mew! Instead, I want something else, mew!”

“Hmm? What?”

“I want to knead Chairman Park’s rotten face, mew!”

“Is my face really that rotten?”

“Puhuhut. Yes, mew! It is freshly rotten, mew!”

What on earth was freshly rotten?

“Alright. Give it a knead.”

“Understood, mew!”

Se-jun lay down and entrusted his face to Theo’s front paws.

*Knead. Knead.*

A rotten face cannot be tolerated, mew! Theo massaged Se-jun’s face with a solemn expression, as if defeating a great evil.

Theo was diligently massaging Se-jun’s face like that.

“Chairman Park, can I burn wealth, mew?”

Perhaps it was not enough, so he tried to replenish his strength by burning wealth.

But,

“No.”

Since he had seen Theo burn all the wealth just a moment ago, there was no way he would permit it.

“Understood, mew…”

Theo was disappointed by Se-jun’s answer.

A moment later,

*Zzz.*

As Se-jun fell asleep,

“Kkyut kkyut kkyut. Lord Theo, burn this at least.”

Iona handed her money to Theo.

“Puhuhut. Thank you, mew!”

Theo massaged Se-jun’s face with his glowing golden front paws by burning 10 billion Tower Coins.

***

Brown Tower’s 99th floor.

“O Great Brown Dragon. Suddenly, the speed at which the land decays is accelerating!”

The Brown Tower farmer Orik shouted toward the brown dragon statue made of stone.

-Which floor has decayed up to?

A solid voice flowed from the brown dragon statue. It was Grave Lenma, the leader of the Great Brown Dragon Clan.

“Currently, the 61st floor of the tower is decaying.”

-What?! Already the 61st floor of the tower?!

Grave, who had received a report just a few hours ago that the 60th floor of the tower was starting to decay, was greatly shocked.

‘An entire floor decayed in just a few hours?!’

This was too fast, even if it was fast.

While Grave, flustered, hurriedly watched the situation of the 61st floor of the tower through a crystal ball,

-Hmm?

The decay speed of the 61st floor of the tower gradually slowed down.

***

Deep underground, beneath the ground of the towers.

[Phew. Since I’ve rested, shall I work again!]

Flamie started working while shouting to motivate herself.

Red Tower, Blue Tower, Green Tower, Brown Tower, Purple Tower.

Flamie moved energy again through the roots connected to the five towers.

[Hehe. Theo, thanks to you, my roots are completely recovered and I’m bursting with energy! Moving energy has become much easier.]

Thanks to Theo burning all of Se-jun’s wealth to heal the roots, the damage that had been gradually accumulating on the roots without her realizing it was completely healed.

[I should extend my roots a bit more.]

*Creak.*

Flamie connected one more giant root to each of the five towers.

***

“Mmm.”

Se-jun opened his eyes. When he slightly raised his head,

*Kkirorong.*

On his chest, Fenrir, who was in the sling bag, was sleeping while smacking his lips, dreaming of eating,

*Gororong.*

*Kkyurorong.*

On his lap, he saw Theo, who was sleeping while loafing, and Iona, who was sleeping while wrapped around Theo’s tail.

And,

*Kkurorong.*

*Arorong.*

On both sides, Cuengi and Ajax were sleeping while hugging Se-jun’s ribs. Just by hearing the sounds, their appearances were drawn in his head.

“I fell asleep too deeply.”

Se-jun said, lowering his head again.

At that moment,

“Huh?”

Se-jun felt that his senses were strange. Something was too refreshing and clear?

His breathing was refreshed and easy, and the things in front of his eyes appeared clearer. The sounds were also heard more clearly.

*Kke-ek.*

He could hear even the sounds of the Mushroom Ants working outside. He felt like he knew how far away they were.

He opened the status window first to see if anything had changed, but nothing was different.

“What is this?”

Did my face really rot? So Vice Chairman Theo cured it and it got better? Se-jun looked at the snoring Theo in wonder.

“No way.”

Se-jun shook his head in denial. That his face was rotten… he could absolutely not acknowledge it.

*Zzz.*

Se-jun, who was diligently denying and denying, fell asleep again.

One hour later,

*Kkiiiiing.*

Fenrir stretched lazily in the sling bag and came out,

*Thud. Thud.*

He stepped on Se-jun’s chest and headed toward Se-jun’s face.

King! King!

‘Hey! Wake up! I’m hungry!’

Fenrir climbed Se-jun’s face and demanded food.

“Ugh!”

Se-jun opened his eyes at the funky smell.

King? King!

‘Are you awake? Give me food quickly!’

Fenrir, who made eye contact with Se-jun who had opened his eyes, hurriedly sat on Se-jun’s face. Thanks to that, Se-jun smelled an even stronger funky odor.

‘Come to think of it, have I ever given Blackie a bath?’

Holding his breath, he thought about whether he had ever bathed Fenrir, and realized.

‘I haven’t…’

That Fenrir had never taken a bath before.

*Grab.*

“Blackie, let’s take a bath today.”

Se-jun said as he grabbed the scruff of Fenrir’s neck.

King!

‘Let me go!’

Sensing instinctively that he must avoid this, Fenrir struggled to escape from Se-jun’s hand.

Of course, it was useless.

“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, are we bathing, mew?”

“Kkyut kkyut kkyut! Bathing with Lord Theo is great!”

Cuengi!

[Cuengi is good at bath-playing, cueng!]

Cuengi, in his excessive excitement, had merged bathing and playing in the water.

“I am clean, so I do not need to bathe, but if it is with Hyung Se-jun!”

I saw in a book that if you bathe together and scrub each other’s backs, you get close!

The group headed to the bathhouse following Se-jun, who was holding Fenrir.

“Come to think of it, this is the first time using the bathhouse.”

As the dragons occupied the fountain, Se-jun, who felt burdened, had made a separate bathhouse.

Upon arriving at the bathhouse,

Kkuhehehe.

Cuengi entered the tub first and soaked his body with warm water,

*Cling.*

Theo clung to Se-jun’s lap. Naturally, since they were a package deal, Iona was with him too.

And,

‘When should I scrub Hyung Se-jun’s back?’

Ajax only watched for an opportunity to scrub Se-jun’s back.

Of course, if Ajax scrubbed Se-jun’s back with his strength, his back skin would be completely peeled off, so there was no way Se-jun would entrust his back to Ajax.

*Splash.*

Se-jun entered the water first,

King! King!

‘No! I said no!’

and scooped water with his hands to wet the body of the resisting Fenrir.

Then,

King?

‘It’s warm and nice?’

Fenrir stayed still.

After some time passed, perhaps having overcome his fear of water,

Kkihit. King! King!

‘Heh. Hey! Look! Look at the noble swimming of this body, a noble wolf!’

*Paddle. Paddle.*

Fenrir started to dog paddle.