Part 2 Chapter 16: Welcome to the Kindergarten of Destruction! (16) / 740
TL: Hanguk
PR: MiniPixelZ
72nd Floor of the Golden Tower.
“Guys, the one who finds the most special item wins!”
“Puhuhut. Victory will obviously go to me, Vice Chairman Theo, meow!”
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot. Power of magic. Detect other magical powers and let me know. Mana Detect.”
Kuehehehe. Kueng!
[Hehehe. Cuengi will win the treasure hunt!]
(Pip-pip! I won’t lose either!)
Kihihit. Kking! Kking! Kking!
[Hehe. Great Blackie will definitely win! Great Blackie will find the best item! Guys, hurry and find the treasure!]
At Sejun’s words, the companions charged into the junk mountain, burning with competitive spirit.
And then
“Hmm hmm hmm.”
Sejun also began searching through the junk mountain while humming.
The reason Sejun, who was at a complete disadvantage, could hum and act so carefree was because
Hehehe. I have the system Eok-Samchiri.
He had something to rely on.
As Sejun rummaged through the items and found something that looked promising,
“Eok-Samchiri, Appraise.”
He had [System Eok-Samchiri] appraise it.
[Beginning appraisal.]
[Appraisal result is out.]
[Ordinary Clay Jar]
→ A clay jar made of ordinary clay.
→ It is inconvenient to hold due to the lack of handles.
→ Usage Restriction: None
→ Creator: Tommy, resident of the 23rd Floor of the Golden Tower (Died at age 132)
→ Grade: E+
He could obtain very detailed information about the item.
Indeed, Sejun had proposed this match trusting in the appraisal ability of [System Eok-Samchiri].
Of course, Iona could also use appraisal magic, but she couldn’t match [System Eok-Samchiri]’s capabilities.
After some time had passed, about half the junk mountain had been dismantled, and the group had found some decent items.
Theo 5, Iona 12, Cuengi 3000, Paespaes 100, Blackie Family 500.
And Sejun had 0. No matter how good the appraisal skill was, it was meaningless if all the items picked were trash.
For reference, only Theo and Iona picked proper items.
Kuehehehe. Kueng!
[Hehehe. This one looks okay!]
(Pip-pip. This one makes a nice sound when you hit it!)
Kihihit. Kking!
[Hehe. This one looks like a roasted and dried sweet potato!]
“Great Blackie-nim! This one is similar in color to roasted and dried sweet potatoes!”
Kking!
[Take it!]
The rest of the group just picked whatever they liked.
“Good. There’s still half left!”
The match wasn’t over yet!
Sejun, burning with passion, continued digging through the now halved junk mountain.
Quite a bit of time passed, and evening approached, but there was no need to worry since there was dragon fruit at the Kindergarten of Destruction who could cook in his place.
While searching for items like that,
“Huh?”
He spotted an old leather scroll.
Just like the saying, 'Even a dog recites poetry after three years at the village school', thanks to all the items Theo had brought so far, Sejun had unknowingly developed an eye for things.
And then
This feels good.
He immediately sensed that the leather scroll in front of him wasn’t ordinary.
With a pounding heart, Sejun tightly grasped the leather scroll and said,
“Appraise.”
He had [System Eok-Samchiri] appraise it.
[Beginning appraisal.]
[Appraisal result is out.]
[Scroll of Prophecy]
→ A scroll made using the leather of the ancient divine beast Kpies, which foretells the future.
→ When you open the scroll and ask a question about the future, the scroll will give a prophecy. (Once the scroll is fully used, you can no longer receive prophecies.)
→ Usage Restriction: All stats above 100,000, Divinity above 100
→ Creator: Unknown (The record has been erased by an unknown existence.)
→ Grade: ★★★★★★★
“Oh!”
The appraisal result was shockingly astonishing.
An item that tells the future?
And it had 7 stars?!
Overjoyed, Sejun
Shraaak.
Quickly unrolled the scroll.
And then
“Will I marry Aileen?”
He asked the question about the future he most wanted to know. It was a truly trivial question, but to Sejun, it was more important than anything else in the world.
As soon as Sejun finished his question,
Scratch. Scratch.
The Scroll of Prophecy began to write down Sejun’s question,
Scratch.
-Will I marry Aileen?
-N
Below that, the answer began to be written.
No?!
When the answer started with ‘N’, Sejun’s heart sank in an instant, but then
-Yes. The two of you will get married. (TL: So 'no' in Korean is 노 and 'yes' is 네, so the scroll started with ㄴ and then added other Korean alphabets, but Sejun misunderstood it as 'No' initially. However, when the rest of the alphabets were added, it became clear. Hopefully, that makes sense.)
“Whew.”
Fortunately, the prophecy stated they would marry.
“Yeah. I knew it would happen. Hehehe.”
Just a moment ago, Sejun had been nervous, but now he was relieved and completely smug.
“Then tell me what the best treasure I’ll find nearby is.”
While Sejun asked the next question,
“Meow?!”
Kueng?!
Theo and Cuengi spotted Sejun with a smug and rotten expression on his face.
“Chairman Park, your face is rotting, meow! Everyone, stomp him, meow!”
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot. Yes.”
Kueng!
[Dad, you’re making that ugly face again!]
(Pip-pip. Sejun-nim, you shouldn’t make that face!)
Kihihit. Kking!
[Hehe. Let’s stomp on butler’s face!]
The group stopped their treasure hunt and charged at Sejun’s face, beginning to stomp on it.
At that moment,
“Ah! Blackie, you just bit me, didn’t you?”
Kking... Kking...
[Uh... No, great Blackie didn’t bite...]
“What are you talking about? These bite marks are clearly yours!”
Sejun looked at the bite mark on his cheek in the mirror and questioned Blackie.
Kking. Kking...
[Butler. Sorry. I was so happy, I didn’t realize...]
Blackie finally confessed. He had been so excited that he lost control and bit Sejun.
“Blackie, did you do something wrong or not?”
Kking...
[I did something wrong...]
“Then show me your belly.”
At Sejun’s words, Blackie flopped over and showed his pink belly.
“How many times should Blackie be punished?”
Kking...?
[Once...?]
To Sejun’s question, Blackie answered timidly.
“Are you sure it’s just once?”
Kking...?
[Twice...?]
When Sejun asked again, the number went up by one.
"Good. Then here come two hits."
Sejun raised his hand high, and
Kking!
Blackie shut his eyes.
And then
“Bubububup.”
A ticklish feeling on his belly.
Hehehe.
Blackie burst into uncontrollable laughter from the belly raspberry.
And then
Nom. Nom. Nom.
Suddenly, Theo, Cuengi, and Paespaes began gently nibbling on Sejun’s face.
“Hehehe. That’s right. Everyone gets punished! Bubububup.”
“Puhuhut”
Kuehehehe.
(Baheheh)
Kihihit.
While Sejun was giving belly raspberries to the group,
-Then tell me what the best treasure I’ll find nearby is.
-Nearby...
Scratch. Scratch.
The Scroll of Prophecy continued writing down Sejun’s question.
A moment later.
“Huh?”
Sejun saw the answer written on the Scroll of Prophecy and simply smiled, then packed the scroll away.
-The best treasure you’ll find nearby is Park Theo, Iona, Park Cuengi, Park Paespaes, and Park Blackie.
The treasures were already in his hands.
“Guys, let’s go.”
“Puhuhut. Got it, meow!”
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot. Yes.”
Kueng!
(Pip-pip. Yes!)
Kking!
And so, Sejun and the group departed.
“Ugh…”
The antique shop’s owner awoke, frowning.
“Did a customer come by?”
He looked around the junk that was now scattered messily instead of piled up and then
“Oh!”
He found the 10,000 Tower Coins that Sejun had left behind.
“Well, I’ve got money now. Guess I’ll go drink.”
He headed off to the tavern with light steps, unaware that Sejun and his group had taken items of tremendous value. Ignorance truly was bliss. If he had known, he might’ve wanted to cry.
***
1st Floor of the Black Tower.
“Guys, help me sell these.”
Sejun handed over the ambiguous items found by Theo and Iona to the skeleton mages who ran the shop.
Items like [Dagger of Wind King Haon], [Fire Arrow Spear], [Rock Spike Shield], [Armor of Recovery], and so on. They were all A- or S-grade items.
But for Sejun, who had an abundance of SSS-grade and higher items, they were just mediocre and useless junk.
After leaving the items behind, as he was about to head to Earth through the exclusive passage,
“Sejun!”
“Huh? Kyung-chul!”
“Puhuhut. Nice to see you, Kyung-chul, meow!”
Kyung-chul called out to Sejun in a cheerful voice.
And then,
“I heard you’ve been on the 49th floor of the Tower lately?”
“Yeah. I’ve been working hard on the quests Dooku gives me. Oh, right! Sejun, come over to my place sometime. We should have a housewarming party."
Housewarming party?
Sejun imagined himself visiting Kyung-chul’s house. If he went, Aileen and Theo would naturally come too, and since Theo was going, Iona, who was always paired with him, would tag along.
Then, because Theo was going, Cuengi and the Blackie Family would also insist on going, and he’d have to bring Taecho too. Paespaes would follow in stealth, but Paespaes was quiet, so that was fine.
So far, still manageable.
But then, who will look after the kids?
He couldn’t leave the children behind at the Kindergarten of Destruction, so the 14 kids would have to come too.
Then, would Kyung-chul’s house survive?
‘No way.’
There was no chance it would. Actually, Earth might not survive.
“...Kyung-chul, let’s do the housewarming at my place.”
“Huh? But it’s my housewarming?”
“Well, I need to do housewarming too, so instead of doing it twice, why not just do it once at my place? Clean and simple. What do you think?”
“Fine by me. So when’s good?”
“Let’s set a date later.”
“Alright. I’ll contact you later then.”
“Okay.”
After saying goodbye to Kyung-chul, Sejun headed to Earth.
***
The next morning.
“Alright.”
Sejun woke up early, as usual.
“Meow...”
[Heheh...]
Kueng...
Kking...
He gathered his companions and went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast.
Chop chop chop.
As Sejun was swiftly chopping ingredients,
“Good morning, Sejun.”
“Yeah, morning. Did you sleep well, Aileen?”
“Yeah.”
Aileen, having woken up, entered the kitchen and quietly sat at the table, watching Sejun cook.
“Puhuhut. Aileen noona, good morning, meow!”
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot. Aileen-nim, did you sleep well?”
[Hehe. Aileen-nim, good morning!]
Kuehehehe. Kueng!
[Hehehe. Auntie, good morning!]
Kihihit. Kking! Kking?!
[Hehe. Black Dragon! Great Blackie slept so well and feels great! Want to play with the great Blackie?!]
One by one, the group woke up and started moving.
A short while later.
“Something smells tasty!”
“Nangnang is hungry!”
“Kkangkkang too! I wanna break stuff ‘cause I’m hungry!”
“No, Kkangkkang! No breaking things! Teecher-nim said not to!”
“Teecher-nim! Kkangkkang’s about to cause trouble!”
The kids, now awake, chattered as they stormed into the kitchen.
“Alright. Just wait a little longer!”
After telling the kids to wait, Sejun hurried to finish cooking.
“Alright, let’s eat!”
He fed the children first, then began eating with the rest of the group.
After the meal, the children played quietly among themselves.
Slurp.
“Ahh. That’s nice.”
“Hehehe. So tasty!”
Kuehehehe. Kueng!
[Hehehe. The chocolate cake is delicious!]
Sejun brought out coffee and chocolate cake to share with Aileen and Cuengi.
At that moment,
“Oh, right.”
He suddenly remembered an item he had ordered yesterday.
It was supposed to arrive early in the morning, so it should be here by now.
Sejun stepped outside the Kindergarten of Destruction and checked the area.
There it is.
He picked up the heavy box left at the front door and brought it inside.
As Sejun came in holding the box,
“Puhuhut. Great hybrid Chairman Park, what is that, meow?”
Kueng?!
[Is it food?!]
Kihihit. Kking?!
[Hehe. Butler! Is it a present for the great Blackie?!]
Theo, Cuengi, and Blackie showed interest and rushed over.
However,
"No. It's books."
What came out of the box was a full collection of traditional fairy tales.
After all, it was a kindergarten, just playing around wasn’t enough. It was time to start some education.
And then,
“Let’s start by practicing ‘The Sun and the Moon’. Theo, you’ll be the tiger. Flamie will be the sun, Blackie will be the moon, and I’ll be the mom.” (TL: If you wish, you can find this story here with english subtitles on youtube --> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-ftNLB2WX8)
He assigned roles to each of them.
Then,
“Growl, meow! Give me a rice cake and I won’t eat you, meow!”
“The mother quickly gave a rice cake to the tiger.”
As Sejun read from the book, he handed Theo a real sticky rice cake he had made earlier to eat later.
“Meow? I don’t like rice cakes, meow! Give me Churu instead, meow!”
Theo shook his head and refused the rice cake.
“You little- stick to the script!”
Sejun scolded Theo for not following the lines.
Meanwhile,
Kuehehehe. Kueng!
[Hehehe. Then Cuengi will eat the rice cake!]
Cuengi stuffed the rice cake that Theo had rejected into his own mouth.
Kking! Kking!
[Butler! Great Blackie can do well too! Give me a role!]
On top of that, Blackie barked noisily, asking for a role as well.
It was a noisy morning at the Kindergarten of Destruction.