Part 2 Chapter 111: Santa Part-Time Job (4)/ 835
TL: Hanguk
“Why are these guys here?”
“Puhuhut. I don’t know, meow!”
“Kyoot Kyoot Kyoot. Maybe they came through that food distribution hole?”
“That must be it. Guys, wake up.”
When Sejun tapped the butts of Cuengi, Blackie, and Taecho to wake them up,
Kueng...
Kking...
“Ugh...”
The three rubbed their eyes and got up.
Princess Asil did not wake up. She was already a dead being. Her body was merely being moved by the evil spirit Dia, created by the wicked puppeteer Direon.
Kuehehehe. Kueng?!
[Hehehe. Dad, where do souls go when they die?!]
Cuengi, having come to his senses, hugged Sejun and asked a curious question.
Kihihit. Kking!
[Hehe. Great Blackie knows, but I’ll give the butler a chance to answer!]
Blackie barked as if he knew everything.
And then,
“Blackie oppa, just earlier you said you didn’t know...”
Taecho caught Blackie’s lie.
Kueng?
[Blackie, you lied?]
Cuengi quietly pulled out the Thunderbolt Staff while looking at Blackie.
Kking!
[Shit!]
Thanks to that, Blackie became anxious and barked fiercely at Taecho
“Blackie oppa! Are you getting mad at Taecho now?!”
Kking... Kking.
[That’s not it... Taecho, please tell Cuengi hyung that great Blackie wasn’t lying.]
“Heehee. I’ll think about it if you give me five roasted and dried sweet potatoes.”
Instead, he just got caught in a trap.
Kking.
[Alright.]
“Heehee. Deal successful!”
While Blackie was being robbed of five roasted and dried sweet potatoes by Taecho like that,
"After death, if the soul did many good deeds, it goes to heaven, otherwise it goes to hell to be punished."
Sejun answered Cuengi’s question.
And then,
“Puhuhut. So that’s how it works, meow?!”
Theo was delighted by Sejun’s answer.
Because...
Puhuhut. On the off chance that the great hybrid Chairman Park dies before becoming a god, I, Vice Chairman Theo, can go to heaven and bring him back, meow!
He had one less thing to worry about.
For reference, from Theo’s perspective, Sejun was always right and good deeds, so he never even considered the possibility of Sejun falling into hell.
***
System Administration Area.
“As expected, our Chairman Park is amazing! He really knows everything! I didn’t know! That’s what heaven and hell were like!”
[System SJC] was praising Sejun.
Of course he didn’t know.
Even I didn’t...
On the other hand, [System Eok-Samchiri] was dumbfounded.
Heaven and hell weren’t like that...
Heaven referred to the world where the Celestials lived, and hell referred to the world where demons lived.
But since Sejun had spoken, there now had to exist the heaven and hell that Sejun spoke of.
[Eok-Samchiri, you heard what Sejun-nim said, right? Change heaven and hell right now to match Sejun-nim’s words.]
Otherwise, Flamie wouldn’t sit still.
Thus, because Sejun carelessly mentioned Earth’s common sense, [System Eok-Samchiri] had to create the heaven and hell that Sejun imagined.
As a result, some of the Celestials and demons who lived in heaven and hell got new jobs,
“Oh! Sorting the souls like this isn’t bad. I’ll send even the sealed souls to hell.”
Sending good souls to heaven and bad souls to hell, thankfully, helped with the world’s operation.
Until now, extremely evil souls were sealed, and the rest were simply reincarnated.
Especially, the bright energy emitted by good souls and the dark energy emitted with screams as bad souls were punished were like generators that created causality.
Phew. What a relief.
I’ll be able to cut down on spending.
Thanks to that, [System Eok-Samchiri] was able to greatly reduce expenses.
***
“Cuengi, but why did you ask that?”
Kueng...
[Cuengi was following Blackie and Taecho from behind to make sure they wouldn’t be in danger...]
Cuengi began explaining from the beginning,
Kihihit. Kking! Kking!
[Hehe. Butler! Great detective Kapang found a clue! Since great detective Kapang did well, hand over some roasted and dried sweet potatoes!]
“Detective Taechoping also went together to help great detective Kapang!”
Blackie and Taecho eagerly added extra explanations whenever their names came up.
A little while later.
“So, you’re saying that Princess Asil, who died because of Direon, didn’t know where her soul should go, so the three of you decided to help her?”
Kueng!
Kking!
“Yes!”
Cuengi, Blackie, and Taecho nodded vigorously at Sejun’s words.
Asking something like that just to help someone else...
Seeing the three of them, Sejun felt proud.
At that moment.
“Kyoo-Kyoo-Sejun-nim, I sense traces of evil magic on the other corpses as well. There are probably other souls that couldn’t leave.”
Iona, who had been looking around, said to Sejun.
“Really? They must all be the souls of people from the Bellis Kingdom, right?”
Sejun had heard from the kids that <Dunkas> only contained the Bellis Kingdom.
“Hmm...”
Sejun suddenly fell into thought.
The kids were working hard to help the dead souls...
He wanted to give them a more meaningful experience that could also serve as a lesson.
So...
“Guys, can you help me out?”
“Puhuhut. Just say the word, meow! Great hybrid Chairman Park, I, Vice Chairman Theo, will take care of everything, meow!”
“Kyoot Kyoot Kyoot. I’ll do my best to help too!”
Kuehehehe. Kueng!
[Hehehe. Cuengi will help Dad too!]
(Pip-pip. Sejun-nim, I’ll help too!)
Kihihit. Kking!
[Hehe. Butler! This time, great Blackie will help for free, just this once!]
“Heehee. Daddy, Taecho will help too!”
He asked his companions for help.
This was something he could never handle alone. And it was something only he could do.
A little while later.
Sejun’s mental world.
“Max!”
“Mom! Dad!”
The child who had been brainwashed and his deceased parents reunited.
With the help of his companions, Sejun connected everyone’s mental worlds around his own, allowing the living and the dead to meet and spend one last Christmas together.
Thanks to this, the people of the Bellis Kingdom, who had died suddenly and never got a chance to say goodbye, were finally able to part ways.
There was no better Christmas gift for the children and their parents.
And then.
“Thank you so much for giving our people this final moment to meet their families.”
The king of Bellis, Balian, came to Sejun with a grateful expression and expressed his thanks.
“No, it’s nothing. Anyone would’ve done the same. But I can’t maintain this for long. Please go and spend time with your family.”
“Yes. Thank you.”
Balian bowed once again to Sejun in gratitude, then went to his wife and Princess Asil, who were waiting for him, and began to talk.
The people of the Bellis Kingdom enjoyed a happy moment thanks to Sejun’s thoughtfulness.
But all things must come to an end.
“Ugh...”
Sejun’s expression slowly contorted. His mental world, connected to the mental worlds of tens of thousands of people, was becoming overloaded, and his mental strength was rapidly draining.
This was only bearable thanks to his companions taking on most of the load.
Meanwhile.
“Allen, grow up strong and brave.”
“Yes! I’ll eat well and wake up early!”
“Grandma, wait for me! I’ll see you later!”
“Alright... come as late as you can.”
Everyone finished saying their goodbyes. Though their faces were filled with sadness, they were still satisfied to be able to part ways properly.
In this way, Sejun returned to reality after gifting the residents of <Dunkas> with the parting time as a Christmas present.
“Eok-Samchiri, take these souls with you.”
[Yes.]
Sejun had Eok-Samchiri guide the souls who didn’t know where to go and hadn’t been able to leave.
And then.
“Summon Veronica, Cecilia, Zelga, Kwin, Udon, Orik.”
He summoned the other Tower Farmers.
“Puhuhut. Slaves of Chairman Park, long time no see, meow!”
“Hello, Sejun-nim. But what’s going on?”
“Take care of these kids for a while.”
Because in <Dunkas>, there were no adults to raise and teach the children.
“Kelkelkel. Sejun-nim, just leave it to me.”
At Sejun’s words, Orik quickly stepped forward with a sly smile, rubbing his hands together eagerly.
“Don’t ever let Orik talk to the kids. He’ll ruin their personalities.”
“Yes.”
“Yes.”
Looking at Orik, Sejun gave a warning to the other Tower Farmers. He didn’t want to call the sly Orik, but there were simply too many children to manage alone, so he had no choice.
“Then I’m counting on you. Guys, we don’t have time. Let’s move quickly.”
“Puhuhut. Got it, meow!”
Leaving the children of <Dunkas> in the care of the summoned Tower Farmers, Sejun and his party moved on to the next world to deliver Christmas presents.
Fortunately, after that, they were able to deliver the Christmas gifts without any major incidents.
“Return!”
They returned to Earth before sunrise.
“Haaam. I am kinda tired. Should we get some sleep too?”
Sejun let out a long yawn.
It was obvious he wasn’t actually sleepy, but his companions played along enthusiastically, for the sake of receiving their Christmas presents.
Kueng!
[Cuengi is sleepy too!]
(Byaahm. I’m sleepy too...)
Cuengi and Paespaes quickly dived under the blankets.
Kihihit. Kking!
[Hehe. Butler! Great Blackie is already sleeping!]
Following his hyungs, Blackie barked happily while pulling the blanket over himself.
“How are you talking if you’re sleeping?”
“Snoreee.”
At Sejun’s words, Taecho, who had been watching with squinted eyes, quickly started snoring.
And so, the group pretended to sleep.
Kurorong.
Baerorong.
Kkirorong.
“Snoreee.”
Before long, they were actually fast asleep.
“Vice Chairman Theo, are they all asleep?”
“Puhuhut. Yes, meow.”
After confirming that his companions were asleep, Sejun quietly got up.
And then.
Guys, you did well doing good deeds.
Please keep growing up like this.
He began giving out Christmas presents to his companions.
He placed a 100-layer pyramid cake freshly drizzled with kudzu honey into Cuengi’s void storage.
Hehehe. Blackie did one bad thing, so I’ll take one roasted and dried sweet potato away...
He took one piece out from the container with 100 roasted and dried sweet potatoes and placed the container next to Blackie’s head.
To Paespaes, he gifted a music score of a song he composed himself, and to Flamie, who was sleeping by Sejun’s bedside, he gave a nutritional supplement.
And then.
[Yongyong Train Ticket]
He gave Dragon Train tickets to Taecho and Children of Destruction.
Swish.
Finally, Sejun delivered a present under Aileen’s door.
“Time to get breakfast ready.”
He went into the kitchen to prepare food. He needed to make snacks to send along with the children on the Yongyong Train.
As Sejun was cooking, morning arrived.
“Wow! It’s a present! Santa Grandpa was here!”
“Hehe. YamYam got a present too!”
“Gomgom got one too! But what’s a Yongyong Train Ticket?”
“No idea, but Santa Grandpa gave it, so it must be something good!”
“You’re right! It must be something great!”
Excited voices of children checking their Christmas presents rang out. Usually, they had to be woken up, but today they got up all on their own.
“Hehehe. This is a good time.”
Sejun smiled with an adult’s grin as he watched the kids.
“Hehehe.”
“Puhuhut.”
“Kyoot Kyoot Kyoot.”
Kuehehehe.
Baehehet.
Kihihit.
“Heehee.”
Aileen and the others beside him also smiled like adults, following Sejun’s lead.
Then.
“Huh?”
Sejun, sensing something strange, looked at his companions. Aileen, Flamie, Cuengi, Paespaes, Blackie, and Taecho all avoided his gaze.
That’s strange...
As Sejun watched his companions closely,
[Your part-time wage from Santa Sejun has arrived.]
A message appeared in front of Sejun.