Chapter 50 – Joining

Elka and the wolves, who had gone down to escape the Blue Moon of the 99th floor of the tower, hastily stopped by the 85th floor of the tower to inform the wolves of the tribe that they had come to work under the Great Black Dragon.

And on their way back to the 99th floor of the tower after delivering some food Se-jun had packed for them,

“Chief Elka!”

A subordinate wolf called Elka.

“What is it?”

“Please look over there.”

The subordinate wolf pointed at something. There, three rabbits were begging on the street.

‘Are those rabbits the servants of the Great Black Dragon?’

Although their fur was dirty and they looked thin, perhaps because they had suffered a lot, they were definitely rabbits. Elka thought that the Gray Rabbits had escaped from Se-jun.

‘How dare they escape from the Great Black Dragon!’

“Capture them and bring them to the Great Black Dragon!”

“Yes!”

“Yes!”

Like that, Elka and the wolves carried the begging Gray Rabbits in their mouths one by one and went up to the 99th floor of the tower.

***

As Se-jun and Theo went up to the surface to see the wolves,

Plop.

The wolves carefully placed the three Gray Rabbits they were carrying in their mouths in front of Se-jun.

Shiver, shiver.

Dragged by the wolves, the Gray Rabbits were trembling in fear.

“Elka, what are these guys?”

“We captured and brought back the escaped servants of the Great Black Dragon.”

“Escaped servants?”

Elka wagged his tail and looked at Se-jun with eyes that said, ‘Did I not do well?’

“Anyway, good job.”

Se-jun stroked Elka’s head.

‘Where did he find kids like this?’

[Architect Gray Rabbit]

[Wood Craftsman Gray Rabbit]

[Leaf Craftsman Gray Rabbit]

The wolves had fetched craftsmen in their mouths.

***

Shiver, shiver

“Older brother, what do we do?”

“Older brother, I’m scared.”

“They said even if you are dragged away by a dragon, you will survive if you keep your wits. Everyone, keep your wits about you.”

The architect rabbit comforted his anxious younger siblings while feeling the gazes of the human, cat, and wolves looking down at them.

Although he was equally anxious, if he also showed anxiety here, the situation would only get worse.

“We are the Gray Rabbits of the Great Rabbit Kingdom!”

The older brother rabbit stepped forward and shouted spiritedly. He was trying to shake off his anxiety even in this way.

Then,

Reach.

The human’s hand reached toward him.

‘Did I step forward too much?’

The older brother rabbit closed his eyes tightly in regret.

***

Ppi-bik!

Perhaps because he had not eaten, the architect rabbit, who was the sturdiest among the three scrawny ones, was talking to himself as if he had something to say.

As Se-jun reached out his hand to converse with the architect rabbit,

Ppi-rik!!

Ppi-mik!!

The other two Gray Rabbits in the back threw their bodies toward Se-jun’s hand.

But

“Grrr. How dare you to the Great Black Dragon!!!”

At the front paw lightly swung by the wolves, the Gray Rabbits fainted in an instant. In the settled atmosphere, Se-jun placed his hand on the architect rabbit’s head.

And

“First of all, sorry. Our wolves had a bit of a misunderstanding.”

Ppik? Ppi-bik?

[A misunderstanding? Then are you sparing us?]

“Of course. Why would I kill you?”

Ppi-bik…

[What a relief…]

Perhaps relieved by Se-jun’s answer that he would not kill them, the architect rabbit fainted.

“Let’s sleep for now and talk again tomorrow.”

“Yes, Great Black Dragon.”

Se-jun said to the wolves and went down to the cave carrying the Gray Rabbits.

Then he laid them by the fire and covered them with green onion leaves.

“Representative Theo, let’s sleep too.”

Se-jun said, lying down and pulling up the blanket.

“What-nyan?! I am President Theo-nyan!”

“Time’s up.”

President Theo’s time, which had been extended for various reasons, came to an end.

“Ah, is that so-nyan.”

At Se-jun’s words, Theo readily accepted and climbed onto Se-jun’s belly to fall asleep.

***

Kkueng!

When morning came, Kkueng came to play and woke everyone.

“Hup!”

Se-jun stood up and added a stroke to the wall, starting the morning of the 213th day of being stranded.

And

Squeak!

Ppi-i!

The rabbit couple coming out of the burrow discovered the still-sleeping Gray Rabbits and were greatly surprised. Looking at the rabbit couple’s expressions, it seemed they knew them.

“Do you know each other?”

At Se-jun’s question, the husband rabbit nodded.

And

Touch.

Squeak.

[Long ago, there was a vast Rabbit Kingdom.]

He placed his hand on Se-jun’s body and began to explain.

According to the husband rabbit, in the past Rabbit Kingdom, three rabbit tribes lived together. The White Rabbit tribe that liked farming, the Gray Rabbit tribe with good handiwork to make things, and the Black Rabbit tribe skilled in fighting.

Squeak…

[But on the day the red monsters covered the sky…]

Due to the sudden invasion of the red monsters, the Rabbit Kingdom was ruined, and the rabbits all scattered in search of a way to live.

And he said those Gray Rabbits lying unconscious over there were from his neighboring village.

While they were talking like that,

Crunch, crunch.

The sound of slowly chewing green onion leaves was heard.

“Huh?”

Looking toward the sound, the Gray Rabbits were eating the green onion leaves Se-jun had covered them with bit by bit in their sleep. How hungry they must have been to eat even while sleeping…

“Let’s wake them up, feed them first, and let them sleep again.”

Squeak!

At Se-jun’s words, the rabbit couple rejoiced and hastily grilled a few more piranhas and green onion leaves. It seemed they were glad to meet someone from the same kingdom.

When breakfast was almost completed like that,

Twitch, twitch.

The Gray Rabbits twitched their noses along the delicious smell and woke up on their own without even being woken.

And

Ppi-bik?!

Ppi-rik?!

Ppi-mik?!

The Gray Rabbits shed tears as they saw the White Rabbits and Black Rabbit walking around. They misunderstood that they had died and the rabbits of heaven were welcoming them.

But

Rumble.

Hearing the sound from his stomach, the architect rabbit regained his senses. There was no way his stomach would make a sound if he were dead.

At that time,

Squeak!

The rabbit couple approached the Gray Rabbits who had regained their senses.

“Uncle!”

“Auntie!”

“Have you been well?”

The Gray Rabbits greeted the rabbit couple warmly and asked after each other.

“What about your parents?”

“They passed away while protecting us from the red monsters.”

……

The rabbit couple quietly hugged the Gray Rabbits.

At that time,

Rumble.

The Gray Rabbits’ stomachs rumbled again.

Squeak!

The rabbit couple hurriedly fed the Gray Rabbits breakfast.

“This is the master of our farm.”

“And these are our children.”

While eating breakfast, the rabbit couple introduced Se-jun, Theo, and their children, and they greeted each other.

Once breakfast ended like that, the rabbits went to do their respective works.

And the Gray Rabbits left behind. They began to make something to earn their keep.

“Huh? This is?!”

Se-jun, who came to the fireside to prepare lunch, discovered the Gray Rabbits diligently making something.

By the fireside, green onion leaves cut into bite-sized pieces were neatly contained inside a basket made of green onion leaves.

And spoons and chopsticks made of surrounding wood. The quality was different from the beginning compared to the ones Se-jun crudely made.

“By any chance, do you need a job?”

He had planned to propose after getting a bit closer, but Se-jun, who directly witnessed the Gray Rabbits’ handiwork, could not hold back and spoke up.

Ppi-bik!

Ppi-rik!

Ppi-mik!

At Se-jun’s words, the Gray Rabbits nodded their heads vigorously. The reason the Gray Rabbits had diligently showed off their skills was also to catch the eye of the farm owner, Se-jun.

If they could eat just like this morning every day, no, even if they only ate green onion leaves every day, they could be satisfied.

Like that, three Gray Rabbits joined Se-jun’s farm.

And because of that, Se-jun’s standard of living began to rise significantly.

“From now on, the Gray Rabbits will stay with us too.”

Se-jun announced the Gray Rabbits joining the farm while eating lunch.

Once lunch was finished,

“I’m sleepy-nyan. Give me your lap-nyan…”

Pyak…

Kkueng…

Theo and the black rabbit occupied both of Se-jun’s knees, and Kkueng occupied Se-jun’s back, and they began to take a nap.

“Make Dark Cloud.”

Billow, billow.

Se-jun created a shade covering even Kkueng with a dark cloud.

Slurp.

Se-jun examined the dark cloud he made while drinking coffee.

“But does this move?”

As Se-jun thought of moving the dark cloud,

Slither.

The dark cloud slowly moved sideways. It was slow, but it did move.

At that time,

[The proficiency of increases slightly.]

“Huh?!”

The proficiency of Make Dark Cloud increased. However, he could not know if the proficiency of the Thunder Rain skill itself rose.

Kkueng…

As the dark cloud moved sideways and a dazzling sun suddenly shone, Kkueng avoided the sun by pressing his head closer to Se-jun’s back.

“Sorry, sorry.”

Se-jun patted Kkueng’s head and returned the dark cloud to its original position.

And this time, he tried changing the shape of the cloud. Although it was not detailed, it was possible to make the dark cloud a bit thick or thin, wide or narrow.

In addition, every time Se-jun changed the shape of the dark cloud, the proficiency of Make Dark Cloud rose.

“Now, let’s get up.”

Se-jun, who let them nap for about 30 minutes, woke Theo, the black rabbit, and Kkueng, and began working again.

Grab.

Se-jun grabbed the scruff of Theo, who was trying to go to an empty place to sleep again.

“What is it-nyan?”

“Our Representative Theo should also set an example for his subordinates today.”

“Is that so-nyan? Indeed, it’s time to show my cool appearance-nyan! Wolves, follow me-nyan!”

Ching!

At Se-jun’s words, Theo unsheathed his claws and ran toward the green onion field.

And

Grrr.

The wolves followed Theo, running to the green onion field and beginning to slice green onion leaves with their sharp claws.

Se-jun sent Theo and the wolves to the green onion field and went down to the cave.

Cherry tomatoes, potatoes, pumpkin sweet potatoes.

There was a lot to harvest today. Se-jun had the sickle rabbit cut sweet potato vines to plant later in advance, and began harvesting.

Slice. Slice.

Se-jun quickly finished harvesting cherry tomatoes and

Thud, thud, thud.

harvested potatoes by pulling potato stems in the potato field. The shovel rabbits turned over the soil to check for potatoes that were not harvested by pulling the stems, harvesting the remaining potatoes.

And just as Se-jun was about to harvest pumpkin sweet potatoes in the sweet potato field where all the sweet potato vines were cut,

Plod, plod.

Theo walked over weakly and clung to the leg of Se-jun, who was slicing green onion leaves.

“Representative Theo, what’s wrong?”

“The wolves slice green onion leaves better than me-nyan…”

“Huh?”

When Se-jun went up to the surface and looked at the wolves,

Swish, swish, swish.

A sharp wind arose at a single swipe of a wolf’s front paw, slicing 4 to 5 green onion leaves at the same time. Especially with Elka’s swipe, nearly 10 green onion leaves were sliced at once.

“Amazing.”

Theo’s confidence was bound to be crushed. However, he could not let Theo lose heart. Se-jun hastily began a prescription to lift Theo’s spirits.

“It’s okay. Representative Theo, your talent is not in your claws.”

“Then where is my talent-nyan?”

“Representative Theo, your talent is in your front paw.”

“Is that so-nyan?!”

At Se-jun’s words, Theo gained a great realization.

‘Puhuhut. Park Se-jun’s words are all correct-nyan! I am a merchant! My talent is the salesmanship that seduces customers with my lethal, magical front paw!’

Connecting ‘front paw’ with other words created a creative idea.

Step.

With his spirits lifted again, Theo climbed down from Se-jun’s leg and walked to the corner of the cave.

But

Grab.

Theo was grabbed by the scruff by Se-jun again.

“Representative Theo, where are you going? You have to work.”

“Chairman Park, I’m tired-nyan.”

“Yeah. Rest after work is finished.”

Although Theo spoke with a lifeless expression, Se-jun replied firmly and set Theo down in the sweet potato field where the sweet potato vines had not yet been cut. Like that, Theo helped the sickle rabbit cut sweet potato vines.

After a moment,

Slash, slash!

“Did you see that-nyan?! Representative Theo’s cool slicing!”

Limited to inside the cave, Theo was still the strongest.