Chapter 361 – Heheh. This Time I Won’t Get Caught!

“Hehehe. Vice President Theo, pack them carefully so they don’t get scratched.”

Se-jun warned Theo as he looked at the gem gravel road paved by Peblos, the God of Gravel, on the 1-pyeong road.

“Puhuhut. President Park, don’t worry, meow! The paws of me, Vice President Theo, are very soft, meow!”

Theo replied confidently, showing his pink jellies.

“Is that so? Ahem. Shall we see how soft they are?”

Se-jun touched Theo’s paw pads under the pretense of checking. At the soft texture, the corners of his mouth crept up without his realization.

Thus, Se-jun enjoyed a brief moment of healing time and began picking up the gem gravels in earnest with Theo.

A moment later,

“There are 1,000 rough rubies, 1,000 rough sapphires, and 1,000 rough emeralds.”

Se-jun checked the number of rough gems he had gathered.

A total of 3,000 rough gems. Peblos, the God of Gravel, was a god overflowing with love.

“Puhuhut, President Park, can I burn the gravel, meow?”

Theo asked Se-jun, his eyes shining towards the rough gems.

“Of course.”

Since Theo had brought the Gem of the Earth, he had a sufficient share of the rough gems, so Se-jun willingly gave Theo one of each of the three types of rough gems.

They were the largest sizes, though there was no big difference since the sizes of the gravel were all similar.

“Puhuhut. Burn brightly, meow!”

Paat.

Theo smiled and burned the three gems simultaneously. As the sizes of the rough gems shrank, Theo’s body glowed brighter.

“Puhuhut. President Park, I have become stronger, meow! Bring your face over, meow!”

Emitting a bright golden light, Theo raised his two front paws and launched his body toward Se-jun’s face.

And,

Knead. Knead.

Hanging onto Se-jun’s face, he began to massage diligently. Today of all days, I will root out President Park’s rotten face, meow!

Thus, Theo massaged Se-jun’s face until the golden light vanished.

However,

“Meow… it’s a failure, meow… I couldn’t root it out, meow…”

Perhaps because he had not achieved his goal, he returned to Se-jun’s lap with a disappointed expression.

‘This guy…’

As the owner of that failed face, Se-jun felt displeased.

‘But it definitely feels like my senses get a bit sharper when I receive Theo’s massage.’

Se-jun recalled the distant vision, clearer hearing, and sharper sense of smell he had experienced while receiving Theo’s massage.

In return, he could also smell the savory scent of Theo’s paws better instead. Senses were definitely expanded when receiving Theo’s massage.

Perhaps what Theo meant by “rotten” was not his appearance, but was related to his nerves. Huhut. That was right. There was no way his appearance was rotten.

Thus, Se-jun deduced a satisfying conclusion.

However,

[You have overcome the unfortunate reality through mental victory.]

[The soul becomes full.]

[Mental Strength increases by 5.]

The system informed him otherwise.

“Why is this a mental victory?!”

Se-jun huffed for a long time at the unresponsive system, and then said,
“Be abundant!”

[ is applied to the solar pepper.]

[The amount of the next fruit to be harvested from the solar pepper doubles.]

He went to the solar pepper field and used the authority on the solar peppers.

***

-In the end, Tier became a Yongyong Market VIP too.

As even Tier became a VIP, Kaiser felt fear. The Yongyong Market VIP trial ticket lasted for 30 days.

And Tier had become a Yongyong Market VIP one day later than him.

-That meant…

Even if only for a single day, there would be a time when Tier’s rating would be higher than his own.

Moreover, what if Kellion became a Yongyong Market VIP even later?

Then Kellion alone would be a Yongyong Market VIP and mock him, Ramter, and Tier, who had been demoted to the normal tier.

-That is absolutely unacceptable!

Just imagining it made him feel dizzy. Although he reaped what he sowed, he did not want to accept such a result.

-I must find a way to extend the Yongyong Market VIP period.

Kaiser, not wanting to be demoted to the normal tier, went to find Se-jun.

While Kaiser went to find Se-jun in that manner, Kellion, the only one of normal tier, was leaving the Golden Tower.

“Tch. Rejecting me after only drinking the alcohol… That sneaky Artemis.”

Kellion had failed to pitch the Yongyong Market to Artemis Yul, the head of the Great Golden Dragon Clan.

“Now all that’s left is… the Great Brown Dragon Clan.”

Kellion flew toward the Brown Tower to meet Grave Lenma, the head of the Great Brown Dragons.

***

“I should go to the restroom.”

Se-jun, who had drunk a lot of mugwort juice potion due to using up his authority in the solar pepper field, went to the restroom.

And on his way out of the restroom,

“Huh? Why is it like this here?”

Se-jun said as he looked at the ground around where the Gem of the Earth had been embedded.

No vitality was felt from the ground. Before he knew it, the cherry tomatoes planted nearby had all withered.

“Ah. Did it absorb all the soil nutrients since they said it absorbs the power of the land earlier? Be abundant!”

Se-jun used the authority to restore the soil fertility.

[ is applied to the land.]

[The land becomes twice as fertile.]

“Be abundant!”

Only after using the authority five times, perhaps due to how much soil fertility had been absorbed, did the stems of the cherry tomatoes regain their health.

Gulp.

[You have consumed Life Mugwort Juice Diluted in Water.]

[HP is restored by 10%.]

Se-jun restored his consumed HP by drinking the mugwort juice potion.

At that moment,

-Se-jun!

Kaiser came to find Se-jun.

“Hello, Kaiser-nim.”

-Yes. Our Se-jun was working. As expected, our Se-jun is very diligent. Oh. Your face has also gotten a bit better.

What was this? There were too many compliments today of all days. As Se-jun looked at Kaiser with suspicious eyes,

“Puhuhut. Kaiser-nim, that is because me, Vice President Theo, prevented President Park’s face from rotting for the time being, meow!”

Theo bragged about his deeds to Kaiser, who had recognized his hard work.

-Yes. Theo is going through a lot of trouble.

“Puhuhut. That is right, meow! Because of President Park, me, Vice President Theo, is going through a lot of trouble, meow!”

“Vice President Theo, be quiet.”

As Se-jun spoke quietly to Theo while gritting his teeth,

“Understood, meow!”

Theo, who was obedient after all, rubbed his face against Se-jun’s lap and acted cute at Se-jun’s words to be quiet.

“…By the way, Kaiser-nim, what is the matter?”

After watching Theo’s cuteness for a moment, Se-jun asked Kaiser.

-Ah. I came to ask if there is a way to extend the Yongyong Market VIP period.

“A way to extend the Yongyong Market VIP period?”

-Yes.

Kaiser waited for Se-jun’s answer with desperate eyes.

“That is easy. If the cumulative monthly purchase amount exceeds 300 billion Tower Coins, the Yongyong Market VIP period is automatically extended by 30 days.”

-Really?! It is that easy?

“Yes.”

-Kuhahaha.

Kaiser rejoiced greatly at Se-jun’s words. 300 billion Tower Coins was an amount that could be filled just by purchasing three black beans.

If he diligently purified Fenrir’s core fragments and cleared the red mist outside, he could easily earn that much within a month.

That meant he could remain a Yongyong Market VIP for life.

‘I won’t have to be mocked by Tier or Kellion.’

As Kaiser felt relieved,

“And if the total cumulative purchase amount exceeds 5 trillion Tower Coins, you can become a VVIP, which is a higher grade than VIP.”

-What?! VVIP?!

Kaiser was shocked by Se-jun’s words. A grade higher than VIP existed? It was so thrilling.

He wanted to raise his grade faster than the other dragons to look down on them.

-Kuhahaha. Se-jun, first, I will buy three black beans.

Although Kaiser had 400 billion Tower Coins, he did not do anything reckless like spending his entire fortune right away.

‘Money must be spent strategically.’

If the cumulative monthly purchase amount was over 300 billion Tower Coins, whether it was 300 billion or 400 billion, it would equally extend the VIP period by 30 days.

Therefore, he spent exactly 300 billion Tower Coins to extend his Yongyong Market VIP period by 30 days.

Then, he quietly flew to the fountain so that the other dragons would not notice.

***

Brown Tower Administrator Area.

“Kellion, what brings you all the way here?”

Grave, the head of the Great Brown Dragon Clan,

Lenma asked as he looked at Kellion, who had come to find him.

“Ahem. We are not in a relationship where we only see each other when there is business, are we? I even brought this Samyangju to drink with you.”

Kellion took out the liquor and began his Yongyong Market pitch.

A moment later.

“So I have a lot of worries lately.”

“Indeed. You have gone through a lot of trouble. I know that feeling. I know. Our White Tower is also…”

Kellion agreed with Grave’s words while filling Grave’s empty glass. For some reason, he had a good feeling this time.

It did not seem like he would refuse after only drinking the alcohol like Artemis.

But…

‘I shouldn’t be hasty.’

If he failed here too, the Yongyong Market VIP would be out of reach. He had to be extremely cautious.

Therefore, he fed Grave a bit more alcohol,

“Grave, there is a place called Yongyong Market. In that place…”

He introduced the Yongyong Market, which sold crops with various abilities.

He explained that he and Kaiser were purchasing crops that helped them find the powers of light and darkness,

Ramter, Keen, and Brachio were purchasing crops that absorbed overflowing fire energy, water energy, and life force,

and Tier was purchasing crops that detoxified the poison accumulated in the body.

“Yongyong Market? Does such a place really exist?”

At Kellion’s words, Grave, who had been worrying a lot about the Brown Tower’s issues, showed interest immediately.

Especially since the situations of the Red Tower, Blue Tower, and Green Tower were similar to the Brown Tower’s situation, he became even more interested.

“I’m telling you! And the Yongyong Market definitely has crops that can solve the Brown Tower’s problems!”

Kellion said confidently.

‘If it’s Se-jun, he will manage it somehow.’

Kellion had watched Se-jun for a long time. Se-jun always brought out the necessary crops as if he were prepared.

“Then let’s set off immediately.”

“Sure. Follow me.”

Kellion flew toward the Black Tower along with Grave, who would upgrade him to a Yongyong Market VIP.

***

After Kaiser returned,

‘Hum hum hum.’

Se-jun, who had briefly eaten Aileen’s fist meat for lunch and was strolling around the farm, stopped.

Slurp.

Se-jun drank a sip of the coffee in his right hand while looking at the blue sky.

“Kueh. So relaxing.”

Se-jun was absorbed in the time alone that he was having for the first time in a while.

Purr.

Of course, he was not completely alone since Theo, who had eaten Churu and was sleeping on his lap, was there. Well… he felt that it would be lonely if he were actually alone, so right now was just perfect.

[The five-colored bean shows gratitude to the farmer’s footsteps and lends its strength.]

[Agility stat potential increases from 1,651 to 1,652.]

While Se-jun was enjoying a relaxing coffee time like that, letting the crops hear his footsteps,

Clank.

Kkihikit. Kking!

‘Hehit. Exciting!’

Fenrir, who had eaten his fill of semi-dried roasted sweet potatoes in the sub-space warehouse and slept soundly before waking up in a good mood, ran outside.

Five semi-dried roasted sweet potatoes were held in Fenrir’s mouth.

“Even though you can’t even eat them all…”

Knowing that Fenrir would obviously come back complaining of a stomachache at this rate, Se-jun stood up to take the semi-dried roasted sweet potatoes from Fenrir’s mouth.

At that moment,

Crash!

A glass bottle that rolled out from the sub-space warehouse fell to the floor and shattered.

Kking!

‘That’s what I was playing with earlier!’

Instantly realizing that he was doing something wrong, Fenrir quickly hid his body.

However, Fenrir, the wolf who hunts gods and the 1st Seat of the Apostles of Destruction, had only ever hunted and never hid.

“Blacky, what did you do inside?!”

Since he was only covering his eyes with a five-colored bean leaf, he was quickly caught by Se-jun and grabbed by the scruff of his neck.

And,

“Since you broke the glass bottle, this is confiscated.”

Kking!

‘That’s mine!’

As Se-jun took away four out of the five semi-dried roasted sweet potatoes that Fenrir was holding in his mouth as punishment for causing trouble,

Crack.

A sound was heard from where the glass bottle had shattered.

“Huh?”

When Se-jun looked at where the sound was coming from, a plump brown peapod was hanging at the end of the five-colored bean plant.

“What is that?”

As Se-jun picked the brown peapod,

[You have harvested the Kidney Bean of Soil Fertility.]

…

..

.

A message appeared.

“Kidney Bean of Soil Fertility?”

A bean with a name he was seeing for the first time. It was a new variety.

And,

“Was that a mutation elixir?!”

Se-jun realized what had been inside the glass bottle that just broke. My 300 billion Tower Coins…

Thump. Thump.

In the meantime, Fenrir moved quickly and hid again.

Kkihikit. Kking!

‘Hehit. This time I won’t get caught!’

Fenrir was confident that he was perfectly hidden, covering even his ears with the leaf.