Chapter 439 – Can’t Tolerate Backbiting!

The Seed Shop headquarters.

“It’s already been a week…”

When no one visited her temple for a week, Rhea spoke with a face full of despair.

Rhea was still unaware that Podori had blocked Rhea Road.

“What is it?”

‘What did I do wrong to make Park Se-jun angry at me?’

Rhea thought about the reason Se-jun was angry.

And,

“Ah! Is it that?”

One reason Se-jun might be angry came to mind.

‘Could it be that he’s angry because I delayed making the divine artifact?!’

Since she had been throwing parties to eat, drink, and play whenever the seals on the gods were released lately…

“I played almost every day.”

‘It’s understandable for him to be angry.’

“But how do I appease Park Se-jun’s anger?”

While Rhea was worrying,

[The Black Giant Tower Farmer, Park Se-jun, has received a class quest.]

[Issue a test to the Black Giant Tower Farmer, Park Se-jun, to check his farming skills. If you like his farming skills, say ‘recognize.’]

a message appeared.

‘A test for Park Se-jun?!’

This was an opportunity. An opportunity to appeal how much she trusted Park Se-jun.

‘There’s no need for a test between us! Because I trust you completely, Park Se-jun!’

“Recognize!!!”

So she recognized him quickly without even issuing a test.

[You have recognized the farming skills of the Black Giant Tower Farmer, Park Se-jun, first.]

‘Oh! First place!’

“Hehe. Now Park Se-jun’s anger will appease a little, right?”

‘Please appease it quickly!’

Rhea clasped her hands tightly and prayed for her divine power to gather.

And,

[The Black Giant Tower Farmer, Park Se-jun, has expanded your temple by 15 pyeong.]

[Divine power increases by 50.]

[The Third Apostle of Creation, Kkamang-i Park, has passed by your temple.]

[Divine power increases by 10.]

[1,000 Calamity Sentry Destruction Devourers have passed by your temple.]

[Divine power increases by 5.]

…

..

.

Along with the message that Se-jun had expanded the temple, Kkamang-i and the Destruction Devourers passed by the temple, raising Rhea’s divine power.

“Park Se-jun! Park Se-jun!”

‘Park Se-jun, what a generous man! I knew I could trust you!’

Rhea chanted Se-jun’s name, who had appeased his anger so quickly.

“Huh?! Kkamang-i Park, the Third Apostle of Creation?!”

‘There’s a third?! Then who is the second?’

She was puzzled to discover Kkamang-i’s name late.

The only Apostle of Creation the gods knew was Emila Evenus.

“Ah. That’s not what’s important right now!”

‘Because Park Se-jun shouldn’t get angry again.’

Rhea quickly crafted the divine artifact.

***

The 99th floor of the Black Giant Tower.

“I must give preferential treatment to first place.”

Se-jun decided to expand Rhea Road as a reward for Rhea, who recognized him first.

So he went to where Rhea Road was located, and

“Move Earth.”

used the skill with Myler’s Hoe to expand Rhea Road by another 10 pyeong.

And,

[Rhea Road]

-Rhea, the Goddess of Abundance, who will enrich our pockets with the Elixir of Harvest. She was a good god.

-Recognized 100-level class quest in first place.

He carved one more line into the achievements.

While Se-jun was expanding Rhea Road like that,

“Kkihihit. Whimper!”

“[Heheh. Guys, follow me!]”

“Kiki!”

“Kiki!”

Kkamang-i was playing around Se-jun, leading the Destruction Devourers.

Although his spirits had dampened slightly from the mental training, Kkamang-i had become high and mighty again after becoming an Apostle of Creation.

Especially after obtaining ,

‘I protect the butler!’

it was even more so after the sense of duty to protect Se-jun developed.

So Kkamang-i lingered around Se-jun, leading his subordinates, and

Kkamang-i and the Destruction Devourers naturally stepped on Rhea Road, raising Rhea’s divine power.

And,

[I must absolutely not get caught.]

Podori, who had been blocking Rhea Road, quickly pulled out his roots to avoid being caught by Se-jun.

He had vented his anger to some extent, and he felt he would be scolded if Flamie found out he had been blocking Rhea Road.

He would probably face immense nagging along with being forced to take an immense amount of nutrients.

“Done.”

Se-jun, who finished expanding Rhea Road, wondered,

“But how do I get the recognition of Hamer, the God of Farming?”

A curiosity suddenly arose.

Since Patrick, the God of the Earth, was sealed on the 35th floor of the Golden Tower, he could just receive recognition as compensation for releasing the seal.

However, there was no information at all about Hamer, the God of Farming.

“Well, he’ll show up eventually, right?”

Se-jun put off the matter he could not resolve immediately and

“Guys, let’s eat!”

went to the kitchen to prepare dinner.

“What should we eat today?”

Se-jun pondered today’s dinner menu while looking around the sub-space warehouse.

“Since we’ve been eating only delivered food lately…”

‘I should eat lightly today.’

As Se-jun passed the area where delivered food was gathered and went inside, fresh beef, pork, and chicken came into view.

‘Then…’

“Maybe a light pork belly today?”

Pork belly would be lighter than five-layered pork belly. Surely it would.

After picking up the pork belly, Se-jun took lettuce and perilla leaves, which were not on the farm, and came out of the sub-space warehouse.

*Sizzle.*

As Se-jun grilled the pork belly,

“Chairman Park, are you grilling my grilled fish too, meow?!”

Theo, who had been sleeping while hanging onto Se-jun’s leg, woke up and asked.

“Yeah. Of course. You see it grilling here, right?”

Se-jun showed the fish skewered and being grilled golden brown next to the brazier where the pork belly was grilling.

“Puhuhut.”

While Theo was looking at the grilling fish with a satisfied expression,

“Cuengi!”

“[I smell something delicious, da-yo!]”

“Kkihihit. Whimper! Whimper.”

“[Heheh. Butler! Give me food… please.]”

Cuengi and Kkamang-i came in.

Perhaps because the effect of the mental training still remained, Kkamang-i looked at his older brothers’ reactions and quickly attached “please” at the end.

A moment later.

“Here. Let’s eat.”

When Se-jun put the grilled pork belly on a plate and placed it in the center of the table,

“Cuengi!”

“[Cuengi will wrap a ssam for Dad to eat, da-yo!]”

Cuengi, who had eaten pork belly once, gallantly began to wrap a ssam.

Placing two perilla leaves on top of the lettuce, then five pieces of pork belly, three cloves of garlic, five slices of Cheongyang chili pepper, and three spoons of white rice?

“Huh?! Cuengi, that seems a bit too big?”

Se-jun spoke with a voice full of concern.

But,

“Cuengi!”

“[It’s fine, da-yo! It’s delicious only when done this way, da-yo!]”

Cuengi, who walked his own path of ssam by adding a handful of seasoned green onion salad, half a spoon of red chili paste, placing five pieces of pork belly on top again, and covering it with lettuce and perilla leaves.

And,

“Cuengi!”

“[Done, da-yo!]”

He handed the giant ssam to Se-jun.

“…Oh my. It looks delicious! Cuengi, thank you.”

‘This isn’t a ssam, it’s more like a rice ball?’

He could not bring himself to speak the words in his mind and accepted the ssam.

“Cuengi!”

“[Dad, you have to put it in in one bite, da-yo!]”

Unable to turn away from the expectations of Cuengi, who looked at him with eyes wishing for him to eat it deliciously, Se-jun forced the giant ssam into his mouth.

*Chomp. Chomp.*

It was hard to put in, but the taste was good.

*Thumbs up.*

When Se-jun showed a thumbs-up to Cuengi,

“Kkuhehehe. Cuengi!”

“[Hehehe. Now it’s Cuengi’s turn, da-yo!]”

Cuengi satisfaction-filledly made his own ssam, putting in three times the amount of ingredients than when he made Se-jun’s ssam.

Of course, the size was also three times larger.

“Cuengi!”

Cuengi put the ssam into his mouth after shouting. Shouting even when eating was indeed a feature worthy of the Food Fighter competition winner.

“Kkihihit. Whimper! Whimper!”

“[Heheh. The great Kkamang-i cannot lose! I will eat in one bite too!]”

‘I used to eat well too!’

Feeling competitive at Cuengi’s sight, Kkamang-i put a whole piece of pork belly in his mouth and raised his head.

He planned to gulp it down in one go.

However,

Huh?!

the pork belly, which was too large compared to Kkamang-i’s throat, did not go down completely and got stuck in Kkamang-i’s throat.

*Ack! Ack!*

“Hey! Why would you swallow that whole?!”

Se-jun, who was watching Kkamang-i, quickly grasped Kkamang-i’s state, pressed his abdomen, and performed the Heimlich maneuver, and

“Kkyaaa!”

Kkamang-i spat out the pork belly from his throat while letting out a bizarre scream.

“Kkamang-i is banned from meat for a week.”

“Whimper!”

“[No!]”

Thanks to that, as Kkamang-i was frustrated at being unable to eat meat,

“I’ll give you roasted sweet potato jerky instead.”

When Se-jun took out roasted sweet potato jerky,

“Kkihihit. Whimper! Whimper!”

“[Heheh. Great! Give it to me quickly!]”

Kkamang-i instantly escaped his frustration, wagging his tail furiously.

***

The Tower Master’s room of the Black Parkae Magic Tower.

“Kkyu-kkyu-kkyu. I like it so much.”

Iona smiled contentedly, looking at the Gravity Staff of Oppressive Subjugation in her hand.

Lately, the atmosphere in the Black Parkae Magic Tower was the best.

Thanks to that, the ten vice presidents who took tests every day were truly happy.

In the past, they would have been dragged away immediately and subjected to gravity torture until they fainted…

“Kkyu-kkyu-kkyu. I explained this yesterday. Try solving it again while looking at this.”

“Yes!”

Lately, Iona gave them hints and opportunities multiple times until they solved the problems.

While the ten vice presidents were taking the tests like that,

‘What is it that Lord Se-jun needs?’

Iona pondered over a gift to give Se-jun.

Although Theo’s contribution was naturally there in making the staff, Iona was only thinking about Se-jun’s gift.

There was a reason for all of this.

Even if she gave a gift to Theo, Theo would end up giving it to Se-jun anyway.

Furthermore,

‘Kkyu-kkyu-kkyu. To win Lord Theo’s heart, I must win Lord Se-jun’s heart first!’

If Se-jun, who was Theo’s spiritual pillar, liked it, Theo would naturally like it too, which was killing two birds with one stone in a way.

While Iona was pondering the gift for Se-jun like that,

*Scribble. Scribble.*

the sound of someone diligently scribbling something next to her was heard.

Kkyu?

When Iona turned her head, she saw Blackster, who had already passed the test, drawing a blueprint.

“Blackster, what is that?”

“Ah. This? It is the magic equipment that Lord Se-jun requested from me last time.”

Se-jun, who had visited to give Iona the staff a few days ago, had told Blackster the options of the magic equipment he wanted while waiting for Iona.

“Kkyu-kkyu-kkyu. Is that so?”

The magic equipment Se-jun wanted.

‘Kkyu-kkyu-kkyu. There is no gift more certain than this!’

At Blackster’s words, Iona looked closely at the blueprint.

Iona looked at the blueprint diligently.

‘It’s excellent.’

Just as expected of Blackster, who had a high understanding of magic, it was an equipment design with good mana efficiency.

However,

“Kkyu? What does this ‘Jjangsegeon’ mean?”

There were unfamiliar words on the blueprint one by one.

“It is a shortened name for ‘Super Strong Gauntlet’ (Jjang Sejineun Gauntlet).”

“Then what about ‘Jjangsebu’?”

“It is short for ‘Super Strong Boots’ (Jjang Sejineun Boots).”

“Then ‘Jjangsebel’ must be ‘Super Strong Belt’ (Jjang Sejineun Belt). Lord Se-jun named these, right?”

A name that seemed quite lazily made. The moment Iona heard the names, she thought of Se-jun.

“Yes. That’s right. Honestly… because of these names, I don’t feel any motivation to make the equipment.”

“Kkyu-kkyu-kkyu. I understand. Honestly, Lord Se-jun’s naming skills are…”

Having witnessed Se-jun’s atrocious naming skills several times, Iona understood Blackster’s feelings.

“Right?! You think it’s strange too, Lady Iona?! I’m not the only strange one, right?!”

“Kkyu-kkyu-kkyu. Of course. Honestly, even Blackster…”

“Keuh. I’m so glad you understand!”

As Iona and Blackster were gossiping about Se-jun’s naming skills like that,

Can’t tolerate backbiting!

“But didn’t the yellow cat who came a few days ago look a bit lacking?”

Vice President No. 7, Grun, whose lips had been twitching with the urge to speak, opened his mouth, and

‘You fool! Not that!’

Blackster, who was sensitive to the atmosphere like a great thief, saw Iona emitting a frosty aura, shook his head at Grun, and signaled him.

However, the wizards had only studied magic and never learned how to read the room.

“Not just a bit. He looked very lacking.”

“That’s right. Laughing like ‘puhuhut’ is too frivolous.”

Unaware that the atmosphere was freezing, the other vice presidents also began to gossip about Theo.

‘You guys, read the room!’

Blackster kept signaling them with intense eyes, but the wizards did not notice.

And,

Huh?! Why is the atmosphere like this?

By the time the ten vice presidents noticed that the atmosphere was strange, it was already far too late.

“Kkyu-kkyu-kkyu. Everyone except Blackster, follow me!”

In the end, they were dragged away by Iona, and

“Kkyu-kkyu-kkyu. How dare you insult Lord Theo?! Subjugation!”

“Argh! We were wrong!”

“Lady Iona, save us!”

became the first testers of the Gravity Staff of Oppressive Subjugation.