Part 2 Chapter 132. Please Name This World. / 856
TL: Hanguk
A few days after Sejun left Hawaii.
"The United States expresses its gratitude for the courage and hard work of our hero Park Sejun, who prevented the eruption of the Kilauea volcano, by presenting him with a plaque of appreciation and conferring honorary U.S. citizenship upon Park Sejun and his entire family. As Park Sejun could not attend today’s event, his mother, Ms. Kim Mi-ran, will be receiving the plaque on his behalf. Please welcome Ms. Kim Mi-ran with a round of applause and warm support. Ms. Kim Mi-ran, please come up."
The U.S. First Lady, Patricia Mitchell, called Kim Mi-ran up to the stage.
"Hohoho. Is it okay for me to accept this on Sejun’s behalf?"
Kim Mi-ran shyly went up on stage.
And then
"Hohoho. Thank you for giving something so wonderful to our Sejun. This is my first time at such an event, so I’m not sure what to say. I’m a bit embarrassed to say it myself, but our Sejun has always been a bit special since he was little. Was it when he was two? One day, the child..."
Kim Mi-ran began eagerly recounting Sejun's childhood history in Korean, which the Americans couldn’t understand.
"That’s right. That’s right."
Park Chunho, sitting in the front row, kept nodding in agreement with Kim Mi-ran’s words.
"And I think it was when he was thirteen..."
As Kim Mi-ran excitedly shared Sejun’s history for over an hour
"Huh?"
Wait, they weren't nodding along?
Park Chunho looked around in confusion at the people dozing off.
He thought they were nodding along while listening to Kim Mi-ran, but most of them were actually falling asleep.
Although First Lady Patty wasn't asleep, she appeared to be enduring with sheer willpower, eyes wide open and tense.
"Honey... that's enough."
Park Chunho quietly called out to Kim Mi-ran and made an X sign with his arms.
Huh? Did I talk too long?
"Oh dear. I got carried away... Anyway, thank you. I’ll make sure to pass this on to Sejun."
After over an hour, Kim Mi-ran finally concluded her lengthy acceptance speech. Thanks to that, Sejun’s dark history starting from middle school was not revealed to the world.
While Kim Mi-ran was giving her acceptance speech
[Quest: Please go to the causality-distorted area in the Lv. 7 world <Jomal> and collect the stagnant water. If the water is left unattended, it could cause a future disaster of great flooding.]
Reward: 25 minutes accumulated for <Unique Power: Temporary Creator God>.
Sejun was once again carrying out a quest on behalf of the Creator God.
"Is this it?"
"Puhuhut. I think that’s it, meow!"
Sejun discovered rotting water pooled in a crack between rocks and said,
"Cuengi, please collect the water here."
He asked Cuengi.
Kueng!
Cuengi used Telekinesis to scoop the foul-smelling dark brown water into a cup.
[Cursed Lowest-grade Rotten Water Spirit]
Fortunately, it was found early, so the mutation was minor. If discovered later, it might have evolved into a higher-grade spirit.
-Kkiyeooowu!
The lowest-grade spirit, incapable of speech, made a pathetic struggle.
Kking?! Kking! Kking!
[How dare you cast the Curse of Impotence on my butler?! The butler will be married off by the Great Blackie! Great Exorcism, Blackie, deploying!]
It was exorcised by Blackie.
Once the Rotten Water Spirit was exorcised
[Water Infused with Faint Magic]
→ This is the water remaining after the Rotten Water Spirit was destroyed.
→ A faint magical power lingers in the water.
→ Upon consumption, magic power increases by 10.
→ Grade: C
The water was purified, leaving only magic power behind.
"Puhuhut. It’s water that increases magic power, so Chairman Park should drink it quickly, meow!"
"I don’t want to. It smells fishy."
Kueng!
[Then Cuengi will add honey to the water, yo!]
"Oh. Thanks, Cuengi."
Gulp.
Sejun downed the [Water Infused with Faint Magic] after Cuengi added three swirls of honey.
And then
[You have collected the stagnant water located in the causality-distorted area of the Lv. 7 world <Jomal>.]
[The twisted causality has returned to normal.]
[You have completed the quest.]
[As a reward for completing the quest, 25 minutes have been accumulated for <Unique Power: Temporary Creator God>.]
He received the quest completion reward. Indeed, the higher the world level, the more time was accumulated.
And so, Sejun had accumulated about 10 hours of <Unique Power: Temporary Creator God> time.
Hehehe. If I can rack up around 10,000 hours, I might be able to sustain the marriage, right?
‘Oh ho! Is this the so-called 10,000-hour rule?’
No, I’m a genius, so maybe 5,000 hours would be enough?
‘Alright, if I gather 5,000 hours, I’ll propose to Aileen right away.’
While making his own plans for marriage
[Teacher Park Sejun of the Kindergarten of Destruction has bestowed enlightenment upon the [Destruction-tainted Children of Creation] Pangpang and Chacha, guiding them onto the right path.]
[The Energy of Destruction has disappeared from Pangpang and Chacha.]
[Pangpang and Chacha have awakened as [Children of Creation].]
...
..
.
A message appeared announcing that Pangpang and Chacha had awakened as [Children of Creation], along with the reward message.
"Everyone, let's hurry home."
“Puhuhut. Got it, meow!”
Sejun gathered his party and hurried back to the Kindergarten of Destruction.
“Teacher, I want to learn more about water. Please send me to the Leader of the Great Blue Dragons, Kin Aster.”
“Teacher, I want to study life. Please send me to the Leader of the Great Green Dragons, Brachio Iorg.”
Pangpang and Chacha, who had awakened as Children of Creation, urged Sejun. They seemed eager to quickly learn about the world.
“Alright.”
To meet the children's requests, Sejun took his group and the children to the 99th floor of the Great Black Tower, where the Leaders were.
***
[You have arrived on the 99th floor of the Great Black Tower.]
As Sejun arrived on the 99th floor
-Kuhahaha. Sejun, you came at just the right time!
-Wahahaha. I was just thinking of calling you.
-Duhahaha. As expected, our Sejun knows timing.
The Leaders greeted Sejun in excited voices, as if something good had happened.
“Is something going on?”
-Kuhahaha. Dongdong, no... Dongdong-nim is currently creating a world.
Now that Dongdong was able to perform the duties of the Creator God, the Leaders immediately treated him as such.
“Huh? A world?”
-Yes. It seems Dongdong-nim has attained an understanding of creation.
The Leaders answered and looked toward one side.
“45% water, 45% wind, and....”
There, Dongdong was muttering to himself in deep concentration.
At that moment
Swish.
Dongdong stretched both hands forward.
Flash.
A dazzling light burst forth and disappeared in an instant, and floating in Dongdong’s palms was a small orb.
“I did it....”
Dongdong gazed warmly at the orb, or rather, the Lv. 3 world he had created for the first time. Since it was his first creation, he couldn’t make a high-level world.
But still
“Thank you for being born from my hands.”
The Lv. 3 world that had given Dongdong his first joy of creation was not any less precious just because of its low level.
“Teacher Sejun, please name this world.”
So Dongdong asked Sejun, the greatest namer in the world, to name the first world he had created.
“Kyung....”
Iona let out a quiet sigh, but
-Of course. If not Sejun, then who else would name it?
-Right. Especially since it’s the first world made by Dongdong-nim, it holds immense meaning. Naturally, Sejun should name it.
“Puhuhut. That’s right, meow! Chairman Park must be the one to name it, meow!”
Kihihit. Kking!
[Heehee. Butler! Let’s name it quickly!]
Everyone except Iona nodded at Sejun with the expression that this was only natural.
And then
“Hahaha. Then I’ll show what I can do and come up with a great name.”
With everyone’s expectations on him, Sejun, wearing a suitably smug face so as not to get stepped on by Theo, began the naming process.
The first Lv. 3 world created by our Dongdong...
'Not enough to work with....'
As Sejun tried to name it, he felt there weren’t enough keywords.
“Dongdong, what were you thinking about when you created this world?”
To extract better keywords, Sejun asked Dongdong, who had created the world.
"I imagined a place with only sky and sea, where birds could fly freely."
"Really? Sky, sea, and birds..."
Hearing Dongdong’s answer, Sejun fell into thought.
Dongdong’s first Lv. 3 world... Since the fact that Dongdong created it and that it’s his first is what matters, not the level, I’ll keep ‘Dongcheot’... and for sky, sea, and birds, I’ll use 'Habasa'... (TL: 동(Dong) + 첫(cheot/first) + 하(ha/sky) + 바(ba/sea) + 새(sae/bird)])
“Dongcheot-habasa. It doesn’t roll off the tongue....”
Is it too long?
Then combining 'Ha' and 'Ba'...
“Dongcheothapsae.” (TL: 합(hap) combines 하(ha/sky) and 바(ba/sea) into one syllable meaning 'combined')
Oh. That’s better than before.
“Dongdong, how about Dongcheothapsae?”
Sejun, having finished the naming, asked.
“Dongcheothapsae... I love it?!”
Dongdong, who had been taught early that all names should be made like Sejun does, of course agreed.
Thus, the name of the world Dongdong created for the first time became ‘Dongcheothapsae’.
[The effect of <Power: Naming> has been activated.]
[A special effect has been imbued into the name Dongcheothapsae.]
[The world’s level has increased by 2.]
[A natural phenomenon where sky and wind merge will occur once a year.]
A special effect was imbued in the name.
“As expected, Teacher’s naming skills are incredible.”
Dongdong looked at Sejun with admiration, clearly thinking he had done well to ask Sejun for the name. Of course, the Leaders and companions felt the same.
“To celebrate our Dongdong’s first creation of a world, it’s party time!”
In high spirits thanks to the occasion, Sejun decided to hold a party.
“Parties are more fun with more people, so Vice Chairman Theo, go hand out invitations.”
“Puhuhut. Got it, meow! Iona, let’s go, meow!”
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot. Okay.”
“Cuengi, help Daddy out.”
Kueng!
After declaring the party, Sejun gave Theo instructions and immediately headed to the kitchen with Cuengi to start cooking.
Kihihit. Kking?
[Hehe. Let’s go check on the roasted and dried sweet potatoes buried by the Great Blackie!]
Blackie, excited, ran off to dig up the roasted and dried sweet potatoes he had buried long ago.
But
Kking!
[They’re gone!]
The roasted and dried sweet potatoes buried months ago had long since rotted and turned into compost.
Kking?! Kking?! Kking!
[Who was it?! Who stole the Great Blackie’s roasted and dried sweet potatoes?! The Great Detective Kapang will catch and punish them!]
Blackie, with his nose to the ground, sniffed fiercely, tearing up the field in search of a culprit who didn’t exist.
Kkwek!
Kking! Kking!
[Let go! The Great Blackie must catch the culprit!]
He was captured by the Mushroom Ants and dragged off to Sejun.
Meanwhile
Taecho also declared she would create a world and ask Daddy to name it!
“A world made of candy and jelly, come out! Hyap!”
“Then a world made of garaetteok and roasted and dried sweet potatoes! Hyap!”
“Anything, come out! Hyap!”
Taecho imitated Dongdong with arms stretched forward, but only a round drop of water formed in her palm.
“I’m sleepy....”
Failing to create a world, Taecho fell asleep on Sejun’s back.
While Sejun and his companions were each absorbed in their own tasks
“Puhuhut. Come buy invitations to the party hosted by the Great Hybrid Chairman Park! They’re only 10,000 Tower Coins each, meow!”
Theo began selling invitations to passing merchants in the shopping district on the 75th floor of the tower.
After some time
“I heard Chairman Park is hosting a party tonight on the 99th floor of the Great Black Tower?!”
“Oh, really?! Can I just go?”
“No. You have to buy an invitation from the 75th floor of the Great Black Tower.”
Rumors of the invitations to Sejun’s party quickly spread throughout the Nine Towers, and many residents bought them, swelling Sejun’s vault.
At that time.
“Preparing for around 3 million servings should be enough, right?”
Hahaha. I take after my mom in having a generous hand.
Sejun, not even considering the possibility that his food might fall short, was feeling quite pleased with himself.