Solo Farming In The Tower

TL: Hanguk

PR: MiniPixelZ

<Earth>

Kindergarten of Destruction after Sejun and his group had left.

Aileen, Flamie, Taecho, and the 13 Children of Creation were gathered together.

However, it was nothing like the warm atmosphere that existed when Sejun was around. The kindergarten was filled with a cold, tense air.

At that moment

"Then let's start!"

With Aileen's shout, as if a tightly drawn string had snapped, Flamie, Taecho, and the children scattered in all directions.

Counting the numbers, Aileen confirmed the children had vanished far away, then

Kihihihi

She went into the kitchen, took out one of the pancake Sejun had made,

Nom nom.

"Thirty, thirty-one…"

And while happily eating the pancake, she continued counting.

Meanwhile, unaware that Aileen was eating the pancake all by herself,

Heeheehee. So thrilling!

The children hid throughout the kindergarten, holding in their excitement as best as they could, waiting to be found by Aileen.

While the children were hiding like that, Aileen devoured five pancakes.

"Three hundred. Now I'll start finding!"

She began searching for the hidden children.

But

"Where could they be?"

Unluckily, Aileen started her search from a place where none of the children were.

And then

Taecho, she's not there.

Hehe. Aileen unnie, you're looking totally in the wrong place.

Heehee. Director, you're no good at hide-and-seek.

Taecho, Flamie, and the children ignored Aileen's clueless searching.

However

Kihihihi. I should drag this out as long as possible before I find them.

It was on purpose. Aileen had already cast a marking spell on the children before the game began, so she knew exactly where they were hiding.

She had become a master of hide-and-seek after playing it many times with other hatchlings.

***

<Nekting>

"Uwaaa~!"

Must be hungry.

True to his reputation as a childcare master, Sejun understood why the child was crying just by hearing the sound.

And then

Snap.

"Guys, should we have a snack here?"

He snapped his fingers to light a fire and began cooking. Sejun planned to lure the child in with the smell of food.

Since it wasn't an urgent situation, it was better to stimulate the child's curiosity and hunger with a delicious smell rather than risk scaring them by approaching first.

As Sejun started cooking

"Puhuhut. Nice, meow! Give me Churu, meow!"

"Kyoot kyoot kyoot. Stir-fried peanuts too, please."

(Pip-pip. Sejun-nim, I want lots of watermelon in my fruit lunchbox.)

Kuehehehe. Kueng.

[Hehehe. Dad, Cuengi wants honey rice cakes!]

Kihihit. Kking?!

[Hehe. Butler! You know what great Blackie wants, right?!]

Unaware of Sejun's intention, the companions began listing the snacks they wanted to eat.

"Got it."

Since it would smell anyway, Sejun worked hard to make snacks for the companions.

A little while later.

Did they come?

Feeling a gaze, Sejun pretended to take something else out and scanned the area.

"Puhup."

Is that supposed to be hiding? I can see everything.

Sejun spotted a two-year-old child pretending to be a rock and barely held in his laughter.

The child had made an effort not to get caught. Somehow, they had attached multiple rocks to their body.

Since Sejun had told them in advance, the companions pretended not to notice the child approaching.

Creeping stealthily.

Before anyone knew it, the child had crouched down right next to Sejun.

And then

"Sss."

Wiping the drool that flowed like a waterfall from their mouth, the child stared intently at the steamer cooking the honey rice cakes.

Perhaps it was due to Sejun's face, or the unique atmosphere of someone who had raised many children, but the child seemed confident they'd get some once the honey rice cakes were done.

Kueng!

Cuengi looked unhappily at the child targeting his snack, but

"Dad will make more later. This time with corn in it."

Kuehehehe. Kueng!

[Hehehe. Got it!]

Thanks to Sejun's mediation, it was resolved peacefully.

Time passed, and the snacks were finished. Sejun, his companions, and the child began eating the snacks deliciously.

"Tongtong, you're going to come with Teacher, right?"

When they had finished eating, Sejun asked the child. The name Tongtong had been made up on the spot while the child was too distracted by the food.

"If I go with Teecher-nim, can I eat more delicious things again?!"

Tongtong, holding Blackie's ultra-delicious roasted and dried sweet potato in the left hand and Cuengi's honey rice cake in the right, asked in an excited voice.

"Yeah. Of course. You can eat it every day."

"Hehe. Then I wanna go with you!"

Tongtong had already fallen head over heels for Sejun's food, so upon hearing the positive answer, the child obediently agreed to follow Sejun.

This time, it ended very easily and without incident.

"Alright, let's head back."

Just as Sejun stood up after hearing Tongtong's answer,

"Stop right there!"

Suddenly, someone's angry voice rang out.

Thud.

At the same time, clouds in the sky began to gather like a whirlwind and descended to the ground. The cloud compressed and transformed into an old man with long white hair, a long white beard, and dressed in white clothes.

"I am Ungae, the God of Clouds, and guardian deity of <Nekting>. Where are you trying to take our Creator God?!"

With his form fully manifested, the God of Clouds, Ungae, shouted again.

Though he couldn't do anything earlier when Tongtong cried, fearing he might be erased if he approached carelessly, he had no hesitation toward Sejun.

From Ungae's perspective, it was understandable. Ungae believed Tongtong to be the Creator God.

Since he didn't know that the next generation's Creator God had split into several beings, to him, a being with such immense energy of creation could only be the Creator God.

"Ah. We're just trying to bring them to our kindergarten."

Though Ungae raised his voice and was clearly upset, Sejun, a polite (?) young man from the land of etiquette in the East who understood respect for elders, answered politely for now.

But

"What?! You scoundrel–! You're taking the Creator God to an evil kindergarten?! Are you trying to seal the Creator God?!"

Huh? How is kindergarten connected to sealing someone?

While Sejun was dumbfounded,

"Teecher-nim, is the kindergarten evil? Are you going to seal Tongtong?"

Feeling betrayed, Tongtong looked at Sejun with sad eyes.

"No. Why would Teacher seal Tongtong? And the kindergarten isn't an evil place. It's a place where Tongtong and your friends play."

"Really?! Tongtong has friends too?!"

"Yeah. A whole bunch."

"Wow~! Tongtong wants to go right away!"

"Okay. Just wait a little."

After calming down the excited Tongtong,

104.28.193.250

"Ungae-nim, you don't know what a kindergarten is, do you?"

Sejun asked while looking at Ungae.

But

"You ignorant fool! Even if I don't know, there are things you can just tell! The very name 'kindergarten' reeks of evil! How could I not know?!"

Ungae continued to make absurd claims.

And then

What is this? What's with this unreasonable old man?

It was Sejun's first time dealing with this kind of person.

Should I just ignore him and head back?

While Sejun was lost in thought for a moment,

"Hah! Our great hybrid Chairman Park is not ignorant, meow! He's the most outstanding in the world, meow! And now he's also the Vice Director of the Kindergarten of Destruction, meow!"

Theo, furious on Sejun's behalf.

Flash!

Thud.

With a golden-glowing front paw, he knocked Ungae out. Thanks to that, Sejun's treasury got a little lighter.

"Whew."

Sejun somehow felt a sense of relief.

And then

Kihihit. Kking?! Kking! Kking!

[Hehe. Did you just call the butler ignorant?! Great Blackie will teach you a lesson! Guys, move out!]

Thud.

Blackie headbutted the unconscious Ungae and began a second round of punishment.

***

Inside Ungae's mental world.

"What's this? Why is it so chaotic here?"

Blackie looked around Ungae's mental world and opened his mouth.

Ungae's mental world was in disarray. Never mind the fact that houses were located on the walls, the shapes of the buildings were also bizarre, as if multiple buildings had merged together.

On top of that, the sky was on the ground, or the ground was in the sky, everything was jumbled and upside down.

"Is this that?"

"Yes. Great Blackie-nim, I believe your thought is correct."

"Yeah. This guy's nuts."

Karurur and Eomdol agreed with Blackie's assessment.

That's right. For some reason, Ungae had gone mad.

And then

"Hehe. Can't be helped. Let's treat him. This kind of thing is our specialty."

"That's right."

"Hehehe. Of course. Straightening out mental cases is our specialty."

The Blackie Family were specialists in mental education who could snap even the most lost mind back to its senses in an instant.

A little later.

"W-why are you doing this?"

"Hehe. Don't worry. We'll fix you up nice and clean."

"Huh? No, I'm not crazy. I'm fine."

Ungae refused, but

"It's okay. Don't be shy. Hehe. Guys, stomp him!"

"Yes!"

Puh-puh-puh!

Rejecting Ungae's rejection, the Blackie Family's brutal mental therapy began.

"Your mind's messed up here! Fix it right now!"

"Yes! Great Blackie-nim!"

"There's a memory missing here! Fill it in quickly!"

"Yes! Kabulto-nim!"

Each time the Blackie Family pointed out a distorted part of his mind, Ungae fixed it.

"Hehe. Fully cured!"

When the Blackie Family's mental education ended,

"I said such things? I'm truly sorry."

Ungae had come to his senses.

"But Sejun-nim, you're carrying out such a heavy mission. Raising the next generation of Creator Gods… I, Ungae, am deeply moved! It's small, but I would like to contribute to the operation of the Kindergarten of Destruction!"

Ungae handed over all the money he had as a donation to the Kindergarten of Destruction. It seemed he had been thoroughly fixed.

"Hehehe. I'll put it to good use."

What I use is the same as the kindergarten's operating funds.

Without refusing, Sejun accepted the money and stored it in the vault of his Void Storage.

"Well then, I'll be off."

"Yes! Please go safely!"

"Puhuhut. Ungae, you're now a full-time employee of Sejun Company, so work hard and make lots of money, meow!"

"Huh?"

While Ungae looked puzzled at Theo's words, the dimensional gate closed.

Sometime during all of this, a stamp had been placed on the back of Ungae's neck. Theo had stamped it when Ungae was unconscious. Sejun's family had snatched up an entire level 7 world.

***

[We wish you a pleasant journey.]

"What time is it?"

When he checked his watch, it was already 6 o'clock.

"I've delayed too long!"

As soon as Sejun exited the Tower, he dashed toward the Kindergarten of Destruction. The distance from the Tower to the kindergarten was roughly 5 kilometers. Running was much faster than taking a car.

From now on, I need to prep dinner before I go.

No. I should just prepare a few days' worth of emergency rations!

Sejun made up his mind while running. He couldn't live each day with this constant anxiety.

With that anxious feeling, Sejun arrived at the Kindergarten of Destruction.

"Huh?"

Sejun saw Aileen fast asleep along with Taecho and the 13 children.

Though they were a mess from playing so hard,

"……"

To Sejun's eyes, it was a peaceful and beautiful scene, like a painting.

At that moment

[Quest complete.]

[As a reward for completing the quest, the storage capacity of [Brilliant Darkness Earrings] has increased by 5%.]

[As a reward for completing the quest, evolution experience of <Earth (Lv. 3)> has increased by 5%.]

Reward messages appeared before Sejun.

After confirming the reward, Sejun quietly entered the kitchen to prepare dinner so as not to wake Aileen and the children and disturb the peaceful mood.

However

"Friends-!"

The peace was broken by Tongtong, who had come with him.

"Hi! I'm Tongtong! Let's be friends with Tongtong!"

Tongtong woke up the children while requesting friendship

"No! I don't wanna!"

"I'm going back to sleep! No friends!"

The kids' reactions after waking up were naturally not good.

"Uwaaah~!"

Because of that, Tongtong burst into tears.

At that moment

"Eat this. Shush!"

Taecho said as she put a piece of rice cake into Tongtong's mouth.

"Shush!"

"I'm Taecho. Park Taecho. Since you ate that, you're my subordinate now."

"Huh? Not friend?"

Tongtong was surprised by Taecho's words.

"Yeah. Subordinate. But if you become a subordinate of Taecho-nim, you get to eat lots of food."

"Then Tongtong wants to be Taecho-nim's subordinate!"

"Alright. Good."

"Then stamp your thumbprint here!"

Taecho held out a blank sheet to Tongtong and said.

"Okay!"

Without any suspicion, Tongtong pressed his thumb down.

Thus, Taecho's first subordinate was born.