Chapter 389 – Unbelievable, Meow! Chairman Park is Holding Out for 10 Seconds, Meow!

[Quest: Make all the leaders of the nine great dragon clans drink a cup of golden Samyangju each.]

Kaiser Pritani, the Great Black Dragon (0/1)

Kellion Mamuve, the Great White Dragon (0/1)

Artemis Yul, the Great Golden Dragon (0/1)

Chrysella Heathron, the Great Silver Dragon (0/1)

Ramter Zahir, the Great Red Dragon (0/1)

Keen Aste, the Great Blue Dragon (0/1)

Grave Lenma, the Great Brown Dragon (0/1)

Brachio Iolg, the Great Green Dragon (0/1)

Tier Peten, the Great Purple Dragon (0/1)

Reward: 15 drops of Elixir of Harvest

To make the dragons, who drink even ordinary Samyangju so well, drink golden Samyangju—what kind of quest was this?

“If I just give it to them, they will naturally drink it down readily. Hehehe.”

The quest was too easy, yet the reward was too good, so Se-jun couldn’t help but laugh.

On top of that, since all the leaders of the nine dragon clans would gather soon, there was no need to go find them. It was as good as already completed.

“But what are the effects, that it asks me to make the leaders drink it?”

Se-jun checked the effects of the golden Samyangju.

[Golden Samyangju]

This is alcohol brewed three times using golden rice as the ingredient.

The alcohol content is strong.

Upon consumption, a powerful curse-dispelling effect is activated.

If mental strength is weak, consumption causes the status condition: Dead Drunk.

The fragrance is sweet, and the taste is deep.

Chef: Park Se-jun, the Tower Farmer of the Black Tower

Expiration date: 100 years

Grade: SSS

It wouldn’t be to make the dragons dead drunk… and there was no way the dragons’ mental strength would be weak, so it didn’t seem like they would get drunk either.

Then…

“Curse-dispelling?”

‘Did everyone get caught by some kind of curse?’

Of course, it also made no sense for unimaginably strong dragons to be cursed, but at least this side had a higher possibility.

And Se-jun’s thoughts were correct.

The curse of oblivion cast on the dragons.

The Samyangju made from the rice powder of the relic, Wealth-Swallowing Rice Dough, only temporarily lifted the curse of oblivion and had no capability to lift it permanently.

It was the reason why the dragons were obsessed with Samyangju. The taste was one thing, but it was also to lift the curse of oblivion.

Of course, there were also dragons who drank it for the taste.

-Khahaha. Drink!

-Ehahaha. As expected, our Se-jun’s alcohol is the best!

-The snacks are the best too. Phehehe. Eating this spicy Cheongyang chili pepper… and drinking a cup of Samyangju… Kheu. It’s killer!

-Dehahaha. Our Se-jun was making a new alcohol, so I’m already looking forward to the dragons’ meeting.

As usual, Kaiser, Kellion, Ramter, and Tier, who were drinking at the fountain, were conversing.

At that moment,

-Ramter, but… I think about 1,500 of our Purple Dragons will go…

Tier spoke cautiously.

-What?! No way. I clearly said a thousand.

Ramter flatly refused.

-I know. I know. But rumors have spread widely among the hatchlings that there is delicious food at the dragons’ meeting. That’s why our Pobi chattered about it all over the place, and the other dragons found out…

-Don’t lie! How would hatchlings know that?!

-Ahem. My apologies. It seems my granddaughter told the other hatchlings that she would help Se-jun.

-What?!

At Kaiser’s words, Ramter was left speechless.

‘The hatchlings of the other dragon clans all know?! Then the other dragon clans will bring at least a thousand each too…’

Anger welled up in Ramter toward Aileen, who had put him in a difficult position.

However, he couldn’t do that. Aileen was a young dragon who was only 200 years old, but she was the administrator of the Black Tower.

If he raised his voice at Aileen and got kicked out of the Black Tower, the route to meet Se-jun face-to-face would disappear.

-I will ask Se-jun if he can increase the food amount first and then decide.

-It’s because of us, so let’s go together.

The four of them went to find Se-jun like that.

“Ehehehe… Kids, come here. I’ll give you a kiss.”

“Meow! I don’t want to, meow!”

Kkueng!

[Dad’s mouth smells bad, yo!]

Kking?!

‘How dare you put spit on me, the noble wolf Lord Fenrir, who hunts the 1st Seat of the Apostles of Destruction?! What are you doing?!’

What they saw was Se-jun hugging Theo, Cuengi, and Fenrir as they struggled, and puckering his lips to kiss the three.

Of course, because the strong Theo and Cuengi pushed Se-jun’s face away with their front paws, Se-jun’s kisses were monopolized by the weak Fenrir.

Se-jun had intended to drink a cup to just taste the golden Samyangju before sleeping, and then go to sleep immediately.

Se-jun’s drinking habit was falling asleep. Even if he became dead drunk, it didn’t matter much.

However, the status condition Dead Drunk was slightly different from the drinking habit Se-jun had thought of. The drinking habits were activated randomly.

‘It’s a chance!’

The dragons realized that now, while Se-jun was drunk, was their chance. So they hurriedly stated their business,

“Of cawse… let’s just make it 20,000.”

Just as they expected, Se-jun readily permitted it.

But

“In return, you must receive my kiss. Ehehehe.”

-……

A major obstacle called Se-jun’s kiss was waiting.

‘Should we just knock him out and say we got permission?’

‘Shall we?’

‘Ramter, you can just close your eyes tight and receive it as the representative.’

‘Are you crazy?!’

When the dragons’ opinions were leaning toward knocking Se-jun out and insisting they got permission,

“Great dragons, sister Aileen just has to kiss Chairman Park, meow!”

Theo presented a solution.

-Aileen?

-Oh. That would work.

-What?! Absolutely not, over my dead body! A kiss?!

The other dragons thought it was a good method, but Kaiser opposed it in great excitement.

‘My cute, pretty, beautiful… granddaughter kissing?! Even if I approve of Se-jun, this grandfather is not ready to accept it yet… It’s still 100,000 years too early!’

100,000 years later Se-jun would already be dead, but to Kaiser, his granddaughter kissing another man was something he couldn’t even imagine.

The two had already kissed once before, but Kaiser was unaware of it.

Even though Kaiser opposed it strongly like that,

[The tower administrator says it is an excellent opinion and that Vice President Theo is indeed Se-jun’s right arm.]

“Puhuhut. That is right, meow! I, Vice President Theo, am Chairman Park’s excellent right arm, meow!”

[The tower administrator says that she will be brushing her teeth, so Vice President Theo should prepare to activate the Absolute Protection engraved on Kai-la’s Necklace.]

“Understood, meow!”

Aileen and Theo were already preparing.

“Khehehe. A kissy Se-jun is very precious!”

And

-Ahem. Shall we step aside?

-Yeah. It’s a bit awkward if old folks are around.

-You guys! Until dirt enters my eyes…

-Hold him!

The dragons dragged Kaiser away and disappeared.

They were the ones who had recorded Se-jun’s words saying that if he got a kiss, he would increase the number of dragons invited to the dragons’ meeting to 20,000.

A moment later,

“Sister Aileen, Absolute Protection is activated, meow!”

Once Theo finished preparing,

“Se-jun, I missed you!”

Aileen appeared in front of Se-jun.

“Aileen?”

“Yes. It’s me!”

“Oh! It’s Aileen! Ehehe. Let’s kiss!”

“Okay!”

Se-jun puckered his lips toward Aileen, smiling like a fool, and Aileen quietly closed her eyes and puckered her lips.

Chu.

Although a lot of time passed with their lips pressed together, Se-jun did not faint. No, perhaps 1 second felt like eternity.

It was a heartbreaking truth, but it was normal for Se-jun to faint the moment he kissed her.

Since Se-jun had grown stronger in the meantime, Aileen had grown much stronger during that time.

But

“Meow! Unbelievable, meow! Chairman Park is holding out for 10 seconds, meow!”

Hearing Theo’s words, that did not seem to be the case.

‘Our Se-jun held out for 10 seconds?!’

At Theo’s words, Aileen hurriedly opened her eyes.

Then she saw Se-jun’s handsome face with his eyes closed. Seeing him standing on his own, he hadn’t fainted.

At that moment,

Gently.

Feeling Aileen’s gaze, Se-jun’s eyes opened.

And

“Aileen…”

Flop.

Se-jun fell down, bleeding from his nose. 12 seconds was Se-jun’s limit. Still, it was a massive improvement.

It was thanks to the core fragment of Fenrir absorbed into Se-jun’s body.

But

Kkihikit. Kking!

‘Heh. Delicious!’

The only being who could explain that, Fenrir, was enjoying the dried roasted sweet potatoes inside the void storage for safety.

“Theo, take care of Se-jun then!”

“Sister Aileen, understood, meow!”

Aileen, who entrusted Se-jun to Theo, hurriedly moved to the administrator area to avoid causing harm to Se-jun.

“Khehehe. I was together with a non-fainted Se-jun for 12 seconds!”

While Aileen was rejoicing at having spent the longest time with Se-jun who hadn’t fainted,

“Hehehe.”

Se-jun was dreaming a happy dream of meeting Aileen and going on a picnic together with Theo, Cuengi, Fenrir, and others.

And

“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, leave it to me, meow! I, Vice President Theo, will definitely fix Chairman Park’s rotten face, meow!”

Knead. Knead.

Theo pressed down with his front paws and massaged Se-jun’s face diligently.

Theo was someone whose resolve always surged when he looked at Aileen’s face and then at Se-jun’s face.

***

75th floor of the Black Tower.

Traveling Merchant Association President’s Office.

“A new Great Merchant candidate has appeared after a long time!”

President Mason of the Traveling Merchant Association, sitting at his desk, spoke in a joyful voice as he looked at the document that had just arrived.

[List of Great Merchant Promotion Candidates]

Best Traveling Merchant Theo

As the money he earned in the meantime exceeded 10 trillion Tower Coins, Theo finally met the requirements for promotion to a Great Merchant.

“I should contact him to take the promotion exam.”

Mason sent a letter telling Theo to come take the Great Merchant promotion exam via a messenger bird.

And

Ppiyot!

[I will deliver that letter!]

Ppiyot, who had a messenger bird license and happened to have business on the 75th floor of the tower, took the letter addressed to Theo.

Since Theo could not leave the 99th floor of the tower to help the busy Se-jun, Ppiyot was collecting Uren’s money together with Uren.

Naturally, the split was 50-50.

Since Ppiyot did not yet have the skill to collect money splendidly(?) like Theo, she was accumulating experience by going around to collect small amounts of 10,000 Tower Coins or less.

‘Phehehet. I will work hard and become Lord Theo’s excellent right front paw!’

Ppiyot!

[Lord Uren, let’s go see Lord Theo!]

“Sure!”

In that way, Theo’s right front paw and left front paw, Ppiyot and Uren, moved to the 99th floor of the tower.

Ppiyot!

[Run away!]

Ppiyot!

[Lord Uren, not there!]

Ppiyot!

[Stamp it!]

Of course, thanks to Uren’s misfortune, the path to the 99th floor of the tower was arduous.

***

The next morning.

“What?! I told you to invite 20,000 dragons?”

-Yes. Phehehe. You clearly said so, that if you got a kiss, you would let us increase it to 20,000.

“A kiss?”

Se-jun was bewildered by Ramter’s words, who came to find him as soon as he woke up. ‘I did?’

‘I clearly drank the golden Samyangju before sleeping… and I didn’t sleep?’

Although his memory was cut off, there were memories in between. Including the kiss with Aileen.

Recalling the kiss with Aileen, Se-jun’s face flushed red.

“Ahem. I understand for now.”

-Phahaha. Yes. Thank you. I leave it to you then. Refresh.

Perhaps feeling sorry, Ramter used recovery magic and returned to the fountain.

“In that case, I should change the plan slightly.”

Se-jun had originally planned to make fried fish with the fish.

As the amount he had to make doubled, he quickly changed the menu to spicy fish stew.

‘When increasing the amount, soup is the best.’

“Then, since I need red pepper powder first, I’ll have to harvest the Sun Peppers. Summon Ajax.”

“Brother! Good morning!”

Se-jun harvested Sun Peppers with Cuengi and Ajax.

[You have harvested Sun Peppers.]

[Your job experience increases very minutely.]

[The proficiency of Harvesting Lv. 8 increases very minutely.]

[You have obtained 70 experience points.]

…

..

.

While Se-jun was harvesting the Sun Peppers like that,

…i…

a small stem from the Sausage Tree seed peeked its head above the ground.

And

[Huhut. Sausage, you woke up? Here. Eat this quickly. It’s a nutrient for sprouts.]

Flamie, who had been waiting only for the Sausage Tree seed to germinate, handed over a very small nutrient.

It was Flamie beginning early education to become a World Tree.