Chapter 353 – Hehehe. Commendable Slave

“Hum, hum, hum.”

*Shake, shake.*

While Cuengi, Ajax, and Fenrir played in the water, Se-jun hummed in the kitchen and shook the tumbler diligently.

And,

“Is it done?”

He poured the liquid from the container into a cup and drank it. A thick yellow liquid. It was banana milk, a mixture of bananas and milk.

Although he couldn’t replicate the taste he had eaten outside, he still wanted to feel the mood of drinking banana milk after finishing a bath.

“Is it a bit less sweet?”

*Glug.*

Se-jun added 1 glug of honey to the banana milk and drank it again.

“Mmm. Good.”

As the honey went in, the sweetness was enhanced, and delicious banana milk was completed.

Like that, he made enough banana milk for everyone, chilled it, put it in the subspatial warehouse, and headed back to the bathhouse.

“Come to think of it, my senses aren’t as clear as before?”

Se-jun said, feeling that his senses had become slightly duller, unlike before.

With the feeling that breathing was a bit stuffy and his vision was blurry, the sense of drawing things in his mind just by hearing the sounds had also vanished.

If it were before, he wouldn’t have known, but because it was after having experienced the expanded senses once, Se-jun clearly distinguished the difference between before and after.

“What is this?”

While Se-jun was wondering,

“Mew! Chairman Park, your face has rotted again, mew!”

Theo, who was clinging to Se-jun’s lap, pointed at Se-jun’s face with his front paws and shouted.

‘10 billion Tower Coins are nowhere near enough, mew…’

Theo shook his head as if resigned.

It felt strangely bad.

No. It just felt bad.

This fellow!

So he entered into retribution by stretching Theo’s cheek fat.

“Mairman Park, I wath wrong, mew!”

“Are you going to call it rotten in the future or not?”

“I will, mew! I cannot lie, mew!”

Theo answered Se-jun’s question resolutely. He could not tell a lie in front of Se-jun, who possessed the great lap.

“Then change the word rotten to something else!”

“That is…”

Theo thought for a moment.

“Understood, mew! Then from now on, instead of rotten, I will change it to decayed, mew!”

“No… just don’t change it…”

He had at least adapted to the word ‘rotten’, but he did not want to adapt to ‘decayed’ again.

In the end, Se-jun gained nothing.

Entering the bathhouse after moving again,

Kkihit… King…

‘Heh… hit. Today, I was noble too…’

Fenrir, who was exhausted from dog paddling, came out of the tub and collapsed flat on the floor, unable to bear his own weight soaked in water.

King… King…

‘Tired… I’m going to sleep now…’

Fenrir closed his eyes.

But,

“Blackie, why did you come out when you haven’t even washed yet?”

Fenrir, who had not washed yet, could not leave the water.

Se-jun dipped Fenrir back into the tub and washed him while scrubbing his body vigorously with his hands.

Kkihit… King… King…

‘Heh… hit. That feels refreshing… scrub more…’

Fenrir was experiencing paradise, entrusting his body to Se-jun.

A moment later,

*Kkirorong.*

Fenrir, who had his moisture wiped off with a towel, lay face down on a dry towel and fell asleep, snoring.

“. .” (Wait, in English: “Now. Next.”)

“Now. Next.”

Cuengi!

[Now it’s Cuengi, cueng!]

At Se-jun’s words, Cuengi stood before Se-jun raising both arms. Se-jun washed Cuengi’s body by scrubbing it vigorously too.

Kkuhehehe. Cuengi!

[Hehehe. It feels good, cueng!]

Cuengi was dying of joy from Se-jun’s touch.

Like that, Se-jun washed Cuengi’s entire body,

“All done.”

Se-jun covered Cuengi with a giant towel and wiped all the moisture from his body.

“Cuengi, wait quietly next to Blackie.”

Cuengi!

[Understood, cueng!]

Cuengi sat on the dry towel laid out next to Fenrir.

“Hyung! Now it’s my turn!”

Ajax, who was the next turn, also stood in front of Se-jun raising both arms.

Se-jun washed Ajax’s body by gently sweeping his hand along the direction of Ajax’s scales.

‘I must be careful.’

Unlike with Fenrir and Cuengi, Se-jun was extremely careful. He must absolutely not move his hand in the opposite direction of the scales, even by mistake.

Because dragon scales were so sharp, the skin would just be sliced open.

Like that, Se-jun carefully washed Ajax.

“End.”

Se-jun said after removing Ajax’s moisture.

Since Ajax had no fur, all the moisture could be removed just by patting him down with a towel.

“Ajax, wait too.”

“Yes, Hyung!”

At Se-jun’s words, Ajax sat next to Cuengi.

*Kkurorong.*

Before he knew it, Cuengi, unable to bear the sleepiness after the bath, was nodding his head and dozing off.

“Now, next is…”

*Grab.*

Se-jun grabbed the scruff of Theo’s neck, who was diligently licking his back leg fur in a seductive pose.

“Mew? Chairman Park, what is it, mew?”

“What do you mean what is it? It’s time to wash.”

Se-jun replied, dipping Theo into the water.

Theo, who could absolutely avoid getting wet due to his water-attribute talent. That was why his savory smell was stronger than anyone’s.

“Puhuhut. I, Vice Chairman Theo, never get wet in water, mew!”

At Se-jun’s words, Theo snorted. In fact, Theo’s fur was not wet at all.

However, Se-jun had an invincible weapon to deactivate Theo’s waterproofing ability.

“If you bathe, the exclusive right to my lap is extended by one day.”

“Understood, mew!”

Theo naturally chose Se-jun’s lap. At the same time, Theo released his waterproofing ability, and his fur soaked in the water like dissolving paint.

Se-jun washed Theo’s body while scrubbing vigorously, and washed Iona who was sleeping on Theo’s tail at the same time.

“Kkyut kkyut kkyut.”

Iona, enjoying the bath while making pleasant sounds at Se-jun’s touch even while sleeping.

However,

“Nyaaa…”

‘If I endure only this, I can monopolize Chairman Park’s lap for one more day, mew!’ Theo frowned and only hoped the bath would end quickly.

“End.”

“Get away from me, mew!”

At the same time as Se-jun’s words, Theo turned on his waterproofing ability to shake off the water.

“Vice Chairman Theo, go and rest with Iona too.”

“Understood, mew!”

Once Theo also climbed onto the dry towel, Se-jun began to wash his own body.

As the bath ended like that,

“What? Is everyone sleeping?”

*Gororong.*

*Kkyurorong.*

*Kkurorong.*

*Arorong.*

*Kkirorong.*

Everyone was piled up, sleeping peacefully together.

“Aah. Good. Aileen, eat too.”

[The tower administrator says she will eat well.]

[The tower administrator says it is sweet and delicious.]

Se-jun, who could not wake up the sleeping children, shared the cool banana milk with Aileen.

And,

“These guys will catch a cold at this rate.”

Se-jun said as he held everyone in his arms. Ah. Am I the only one who would catch it? He did useless worrying again.

“No. Blackie could catch one.”

Since Blackie was weaker than him.

“Hehehe.”

Se-jun, who felt good for some reason, headed to the bedroom with a laugh.

***

Green Tower’s 99th floor.

*Pitter-patter.*

“What is this? Why is this guy, Park Se-jun, not giving me work?”

Ophelia planted carrot seeds in the ground while expressing annoyance.

She was angry that Se-jun ordered her to work, but since he didn’t give her work, she was angry about that in its own way.

A feeling like she was being ignored.

“Just how good are my farming skills! Grow.”

With a confident voice, Ophelia used her skill on the carrot seeds.

*Creak.*

The carrot seeds quickly rooted in the ground and grew.

A moment later,

“Good. I must harvest.”

*Pluck. Pluck.*

Ophelia pulled the carrot stems that rose high above the ground, and one carrot the size of a radish was pulled out per stem.

Because carrots were root plants, there was no case where they didn’t bear fruit like cherry tomatoes. Instead, they were still tasteless.

“Ahem. If you eat this, you will know just how outstanding my skills are. Transport.”

Ophelia sent 1,000 carrots she harvested to Se-jun with a proud expression. While paying 8 million Tower Coins for inter-tower transport costs.

***

Cuengi!

[It’s the smell of pancakes, cueng!]

Cuengi woke up after smelling a delicious scent from the bed.

*Sniff, sniff.*

He headed to the kitchen following the smell and found Se-jun baking pancakes to eat for dinner.

“Cuengi, are you awake?”

Cuengi! Cuengi!

[That’s right, cueng! It was a honey sleep, cueng!]

Cuengi answered with a broad smile at Se-jun’s question.

“Since dinner is ready, go bring the kids.”

Cuengi! Cuengi!

[Understood, cueng! Leave it to Cuengi, cueng!]

A moment later,

*Float, float.*

Cuengi floated the sleeping ones with telekinesis, brought them over, and seated them in their respective places.

As they did so, (Wait, “” -> Then,)

Then,

“Mew?”

“Hmm? I smell something delicious?”

King?

‘Is it time to eat?’

Smelling the food, they woke up one by one, stretched, and prepared to eat.

“You’re hungry, right? Let’s eat quickly.”

Se-jun said as he placed a plate with pancakes and a cup filled with banana milk in front of each of them.

Cuengi!

[I will eat well, cueng!]

“Hyung, I will eat well!”

King! King!

‘Hey! I’m sitting here! Hand mine over quickly too!’

Fenrir barked, eagerly appealing that he was waiting underfoot.

“Understood. Our Blackie, let’s eat too.”

Se-jun gave him a mini 5-tier pancake along with banana milk in a small bowl.

So the meal started. (Wait, ” ” -> Thus began the meal.)

Thus began the meal.

Kkuhehehe. Cuengi!

[Hehehe. My cooking genius dad made something amazing again, cueng!]

Cuengi drank the banana milk and looked at Se-jun, thinking ‘As expected of my dad’, and

“Ehihit. As expected of Brother Se-jun!”

Ajax also looked at Se-jun with eyes full of respect, calling him ‘Brother’.

And,

King! King? King!

‘Hey! You shouldn’t run away anywhere! You remember that I saved you, right? You are my butler forever!’

Fenrir made sure his skilled butler would not run away anywhere.

“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, I am hungry too, mew!”

“Here.”

Se-jun started eating pancakes with his right hand while feeding Theo handmade Churu with his left hand.

At that moment,

*Flash.*

[1,000 Agility Carrots Imbued with Mana have arrived.]

A bright pillar of light fell in front of Se-jun, and then 1,000 carrots the size of radishes appeared.

Thanks to that, Se-jun’s pancake was completely squashed.

“What?!”

Se-jun frowned and picked up the carrot that suddenly appeared in front of him to examine it.

[Agility Carrot Imbued with Life Force]

It is a carrot grown by absorbing high mana and life force in a short period of time.

It is tasteless because it was cultivated by an immature farmer who barely knows the first thing about farming.

Upon consumption, Stamina and Agility permanently increase by 1.

Cultivator: Green Tower Farmer Ophelia

Expiration date: 100 years

Grade: C+

“Green Tower Farmer Ophelia?”

Last time, the description said she didn’t even know the first thing about farming, but this time she barely knows the first thing. Did she grow?

“But why did she send this to me?”

Se-jun thought about Ophelia’s intention in sending him the carrots.

The first thought that came to mind was:

“Carrot terror?”

In fact, since she ruined his dinner, it was terror.

On top of that, sending tasteless carrots that only raised stats contained a message(?) full of ridicule: ‘A weakling like you should eat tasteless carrots and get stronger.’

“Wow. I feel so bad.”

The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. Retribution!

Just as Se-jun was about to bestow a baptism of fire on Ophelia, who hated hot things,

[The slave of the Green Tower asks if you have seen her farming skills.]

Ophelia spoke to him.

“I saw it. Very well.”

That’s why I was going to punish you.

[The slave of the Green Tower asks why you aren’t giving her work even though you saw her farming skills.]

“Huh? Why aren’t I giving you work? It’s obvious. Because you’re extremely bad at it.”

[The slave of the Green Tower is enraged.]

“Why, it’s the truth?”

Ophelia was angered by Se-jun’s words.

[The slave of the Green Tower says she cannot accept this and requests a match to see who is better at farming.]

She requested a farming duel with Se-jun.

“Sure. If you want.”

If it were any other competition, he wouldn’t know, but if the category was farming, he was confident.

[A quest is generated.]

[Quest: The foolish slave of the Green Tower has requested a farming duel with you, the outstanding farmer. Win the farming duel.]

Upon Defeat: Liberation of the slave of the Green Tower

Upon Victory: Slave period +500 years

Along with Se-jun’s words, the quest message appeared.

“Offering to work as a slave for 500 more years on her own… Hehehe. What a commendable slave.”

Se-jun walked out of the kitchen with a pleased smile.