Chapter 383 – I Also Got a Lot of Stamps from Slaves, Meow!

“Now I should work.”

Having eaten breakfast, Se-jun went to Podori to harvest the remaining grapes from yesterday.

Kkurorong.

Clinging to Se-jun’s waist was Cuengi, who had whined and fallen asleep. Se-jun had given him replacement allowance for the lost money, but it seemed the mental shock of losing his allowance was quite large.

Naturally, Cuengi was not the only one hanging onto Se-jun’s body. On his chest was Fenrir inside the sling bag, and on his knees was Theo.

‘Am I some kind of koala?’

After Se-jun lamented his lot in life lightly,

“Podori, good morning.”

he greeted Podori.

[Yes! Lord Se-jun, good morning!]

Podori replied in a polite voice to Se-jun’s morning greeting.

Ever since becoming a World Tree, there had always been arrogance in his voice, but starting from yesterday, he had suddenly returned to the Podori of old.

Thanks to that, Se-jun, who felt relieved of the burden, harvested grapes while chatting about various things with Podori so as not to be bored.

And

“Podori, by the way, how can our Flamie become a World Tree?”

halfway through, he consulted with Podori, who had become a World Tree, about Flamie’s career path.

[What?! A World Tree?!]

Podori was greatly flustered by Se-jun’s question.

Although his fluster meant, ‘Lady Flamie has already transcended the World Tree,’

‘Is our Flamie that hopeless?’

Se-jun interpreted it differently and harvested the grapes in silence thereafter.

After harvesting the grapes, he went to the brewery and made wine with the harvested grapes to be drunk at the dragons’ meeting.

Normally, wine could not be made in just 10 days, but

“Fermentation.”

[You have used Fermentation Lv. 4.]

[The fermentation period is shortened by one day due to the effect of Fermentation Lv. 4.]

[It becomes slightly faster due to the effect of Fermentation Lv. 4.]

[The taste becomes slightly deeper due to the effect of Fermentation Lv. 4.]

[The proficiency of Fermentation Lv. 4 increases slightly.]

Se-jun had the Fermentation skill, which he had diligently leveled up in the meantime.

Once the Fermentation skill reached level 4, the effect of being able to shorten the fermentation time by one day once a day was created.

After aging the wine like that, Se-jun also made Samyangju with golden rice.

Until now, Se-jun had made Samyangju using rice powder obtained from the Wealth-Swallowing Rice Dough.

Now that there was plenty of rice, he wanted to try making Samyangju made from his own crops.

When Se-jun steamed the hard-boiled rice to be added to the yeast mash,

Kkueng?

[Is it time to eat, yo?]

At the savory smell, Cuengi opened his eyes.

“Cuengi, are you hungry?”

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[Yes, yo! Cuengi is hungry, yo!]

Cuengi replied confidently to Se-jun’s question. What was there to be confident about?

“Let’s eat this for now.”

As Se-jun peeled a boiled egg fruit and handed it over,

Kkuhehehe.

Cuengi ate it deliciously.

At that moment,

Tap.

Fenrir tapped Se-jun’s chest with his front paw and called him.

Kking! Kking!

‘I want to eat that too! Give it to me quickly!’

“Alright. Here.”

When Se-jun cut the boiled egg fruit into quarters and gave him a piece, Fenrir began to eat it greedily.

“Chairman Park, I want the yolk too, meow!”

True to his habit of aiming for the yolk of power, Theo only ate the yolk.

“Alright. Here.”

Se-jun gave the yolk to Theo and ate the egg white.

While the four of them were eating the egg fruit like that, the steamed rice was completely cooked, and Se-jun, after brewing the alcohol in the jar, went to the kitchen to prepare lunch.

“First, I’ll wash the rice…”

When Se-jun poured water into the bowl containing the rice,

Kkueng!

[Cuengi will also help Dad, yo!]

Cuengi, who wanted to receive the last five-star stamp and get his allowance, shouted while raising his front paw.

“Sure. Then Cuengi, wash the rice for me.”

Kkueng!

[I understand, yo! Cuengi will wash the rice well, yo!]

Cuengi replied, washed his front paws clean, and then washed the rice.

Dadada.

In the meantime, Se-jun took out egg fruits and vegetables from the void storage. Today’s lunch menu was omurice, putting a fried egg on top of fried rice.

“Ah. I must also take out the tomato sauce.”

As Se-jun took out the glass jar containing the tomato sauce and stepped out of the void storage,

Kkueng!

[Dad, I finished washing the rice, yo!]

Cuengi, who had finished washing the rice, called Se-jun.

“Yeah. Got it.”

When Se-jun put the washed rice on to cook,

Present.

Kkuhehehe. Kkueng!

[Hehehe. Cuengi did a good deed, so I get a stamp, yo!]

The waiting Cuengi held out the paper to receive the stamp with twinkling eyes.

“Sure. Good job. Since you received all the stamps, here is 1,000 Tower Coins.”

Kkuhehehe. Kkueng!

[Hehehe. Dad, thank you, yo!]

When Se-jun gave him the money,

Kkuhehehe. Kkueng? Kkueng!

[Hehehe. Big bro, do you need anything, yo? Cuengi got 10 five-star stamps and received allowance, yo!]

Cuengi bragged about his allowance to Theo.

“What is it, meow? Does he give you allowance every time you get 10 stamps, meow?”

Kkueng!

[That’s right, yo!]

“Puhuhut.”

Upon hearing Cuengi’s reply, Theo smiled brightly. ‘Speaking of stamps, it’s me, Vice President Theo, meow! I also received a lot of stamps from slaves, meow!’

Although he had not counted the stamps received on the slave contracts, they easily exceeded 100,000 times.

“Chairman Park, I, Vice President Theo, also got a lot of stamps, meow! So give me the back pay for my allowance, meow!”

In that way, the confident Theo demanded allowance from Se-jun,

“That stamp and this stamp are different.”

Se-jun diligently explained that they were different stamps, but

“I don’t know about that, meow! Give me my unpaid allowance, meow!”

Theo had no intention of listening.

“Alright.”

Se-jun gave 1 million Tower Coins as allowance to Theo, who had no intention of understanding even after a long explanation.

“Puhuhut. I also received allowance, meow!”

Theo carefully put the allowance received from Se-jun into his bundle.

In the meantime, the rice was completed,

Dadada.

and Se-jun began cooking while chopping vegetables.

He stir-fried chopped onions, carrots, and other vegetables in a heated frying pan, then added butter and ketchup, mixing them well.

Then, he added rice to the well-mixed vegetables and mixed them once more to make fried rice.

Next, he fried eggs in a large frying pan, put in the fried rice, and wrapped it with the eggs to complete a giant omurice.

“It’s done. Here. Draw whatever you want to draw on top of the egg, Cuengi.”

When he gave the tomato sauce to pour over the omurice to Cuengi, Cuengi began to draw diligently.

Kkuhehehe. Kkueng!

[Hehehe. Cuengi will get 10 five-star stamps again and receive allowance, yo!]

Cuengi drew 50 stars. He was someone truly sincere about stars.

Kkueng!

[Cuengi finished drawing the picture, yo!]

“Then let’s eat.”

Kkueng!

[Understood, yo!]

At Se-jun’s words, Cuengi ate the omurice excitedly.

“Blackie, enjoy your meal too.”

Se-jun put the omurice for Fenrir into Fenrir’s dedicated bowl, gave it to him, and then began his meal.

Having eaten lunch like that,

“Theo and Cuengi, please catch some fish.”

“Puhuhut. Understood, meow! Speaking of fish, it’s me, Vice President Theo, meow!”

Kkueng!

[Understood, yo!]

Se-jun had Theo and Cuengi catch fish, while he himself went to the kitchen and made rice cake dough for garae-tteok.

Se-jun began preparing food for 5 million servings to be eaten at the dragons’ meeting.

A moment later,

Thud. Thud.

[Guard Theo has defeated a Giant Tuna.]

[You have obtained 5,000 experience points, which is 50% of the experience points obtained by Guard Theo.]

[Herb Collector Cuengi has defeated a Giant Mackerel.]

[You have obtained 7,000 experience points, which is 50% of the experience points obtained by Guard Theo.]

…

..

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Messages poured in front of Se-jun’s eyes as he worked on the rice cake dough. A message appeared almost every second.

“Were there really this many fish in the pond?”

Se-jun, who did not know that Flamie’s roots were driving monsters into the pond from the distant sea, wondered.

[You have leveled up.]

[You have obtained 1 bonus stat.]

[Your strength increases by 10.]

Thanks to that, Se-jun leveled up comfortably while making the rice cake dough.

Because the amount to be made was immense, even though he kneaded and kneaded, the amount left to make was still a long way off.

And

“Chairman Park, I brought the fish, meow!”

Kkueng!

[We caught a super huge amount, yo!]

Seeing the fish that Theo and Cuengi had caught,

‘This is not going to work…’

he realized that it was impossible to prepare 5 million servings with this group alone.

“Summon slaves!”

So he summoned Ajax, Veronica, Zelga, and Orik, and assigned roles to each of them.

“Cuengi and Ajax do the rice cake dough, Theo and Veronica do the fruit prep, and Zelga and Orik do the fish prep.”

When he had assigned the tasks and returned after stirring the alcohol in the jar at the brewery,

“Hey! Who preps fish like that!”

Se-jun shouted as he looked at Zelga, who was completely crushing the fish when he had told him to prep them.

“No. If I do it like this… to make extract…”

“Who told you to make extract? Just take out the guts.”

“Yes!”

“Kelkelkel. Lord Se-jun, I was doing it properly.”

Orik smiled slyly and showed the fish he had prepared to Se-jun, who was scolding Zelga.

“Yes. You are doing well.”

“Kelkelkel. Thank you.”

“Zelga, this is how you do it.”

Se-jun taught Zelga how to prep fish again.

And just as he was about to do his own work, Se-jun witnessed a shocking scene.

Scratch. Scratch.

Orik put his hand into his pants to scratch, then picked his nose, picked his ears once, and was prepping the fish again with that hand.

“Orik.”

“Kelkelkel. What is the matter?”

“Who told you to touch food with hands that scratched your butt, picked your nose, and picked your ears?”

“Kelkelkel. Is there any problem with that?”

Orik asked in a voice that indicated he didn’t know what the problem was. It seemed that goblins had no concept of hygiene.

“You eat all of that…”

“Kelkelkel. Oh. Thank you.”

Orik readily took the fish at Se-jun’s words. He even took all the fish Zelga had made for extract.

Did he plan this?

Se-jun thought while looking at Orik, who smiled slyly.

Afterward, he assigned Orik to clean up the trash.

In that way, two days passed just prepping the ingredients.

And Day 392.

The 14th Blue Moon Se-jun welcomed since entering the tower rose.

The blue moon floating in the black night sky.

Finally, a background matching the name Blue Moon was prepared.

“It’s beautiful.”

Se-jun said while looking at the Blue Moon.

At first, it was a terrifying moon that drove monsters wild, but now it was just a beautiful moon.

“Hehehe. It’s also a moon that makes crops grow well.”

Sss.

Se-jun smiled warmly as he looked at the fields where blue energy was gathering.

At that moment,

[Stella Heathron, the helper of the 10th tower and great Silver Dragon, has sent a voice message marble.]

[To receive the voice message marble, 1 million Tower Coins are required.]

[Would you like to accept the voice message marble?]

The voice message marble sent by Stella arrived.

“She really sends them diligently. I’ll accept it.”

Se-jun received the voice message marble like that.

[As 3 fragments of the gate leading to the 10th tower are gathered, the gate is incompletely connected.]

[Now you can send a reply to Stella Heathron, the helper of the 10th tower and great Silver Dragon.]

A new message appeared in front of Se-jun.

“You’re saying I can send a reply?”

Moreover, sending it did not cost Se-jun any money.

“Then I will send this.”

Se-jun sent the voice message marble that Stella’s mother, Chrysella Heathron, had requested to Stella.

The voice message marble flew to Stella like that.

“Hmph! He finally replied.”

Stella played the voice message marble.

And…

“This guy!!! To insult me!!!”

Stella was furious after listening to the voice message marble.

Before she knew it, instead of Chrysella’s voice, the voice message marble had only recorded the sounds of Se-jun and his group playing for an hour.

It was Se-jun who had accidentally put mana into the voice message marble and activated the recording magic.