Part 2 Chapter 19: Welcome to the Kindergarten of Destruction! (19) / 743
TL: Hanguk
PR: MiniPixelZ
After the performance of 'The Sun and the Moon' ended.
Slurp.
While Park Sejun was drinking coffee and taking a short break
“Teecher-nim, I'm hungry!”
“Shoongshoong is hungry too!”
"Gomgom too!"
The children began whining. They had been watching the performance full of tension, and once that tension was released, they seemed to have gotten hungry.
“Kids, let’s eat this for now.”
Sejun gave the children boiled eggs and milk as snacks and began preparing lunch about 30 minutes earlier than usual.
“Cuengi, go catch some slimes.”
Kuehehehe. Kueng!
[Hehehe. Got it!]
Clank.
At Sejun’s request, Cuengi opened the Void Storage and headed toward the slime farm.
And then
Kueng!
Bang!
While he was catching Gold Slimes
“Wow! So much food!”
Chomp!
Chomp. Chomp.
Gulp.
At some point, Mulmul had snuck in and was tearing apart and eating the live Gold Slimes.
Kueng! Kueng!
[Stop that! Mom said you're not allowed to eat anything alive!]
Cuengi, upon noticing, hurriedly shouted and used telekinesis to pull Mulmul away from the slimes.
Cuengi had learned from Pink-fur that calamities must never be eaten alive.
Kueng?
[Mom, then is it okay to eat something that's dead?]
Kueong! Kueong! Kueoeong!
[No! You must only eat cooked food! And only food Dad has cooked!]
At the moment a Calamity dies, the power of Destruction rapidly disperses, and nearly all the power of Destruction vanishes after a while from the dead Calamity’s corpse.
And if it's cooked with fire, it disappears completely.
However, because Pink-fur had deep trauma regarding Calamities, she could not tolerate even the tiniest speck of energy of destruction left in a Calamity’s corpse. She had strictly instructed Cuengi to only eat food that Sejun had cooked.
Because Sejun cooks Calamity corpses thoroughly to the inside. His food was trustworthy and safe to eat. On top of that, it was even delicious.
As Cuengi pulled Mulmul away from the slime
“Why won’t you let me eat?!!!”
Mulmul screamed in protest.
Goooooo.
From Mulmul’s body, a surge of red energy of destruction began explosively pouring out.
Mulmul had eaten a Gold Slime and absorbed the energy of destruction within it, thus awakening the power of Destruction.
Just like the description [Child of Creation Tainted by Destruction]. Because he was already tainted by Destruction, even a small amount of energy of destruction could awaken his destructive power at any time.
But since Mulmul had eaten a Gold Slime alive, a considerable amount of energy of destruction must have been absorbed into his body.
“Even if you're the teacher, Mulmul won't forgive you if you interfere!”
Still, it seemed he had a bit of reason left, as he was still acknowledging him as a teacher.
Kueng!
[I’ll take care of it before Dad finds out!]
Thud.
Cuengi closed the door to the slime farm.
And then
Kueng!
He charged at Mulmul. When someone is not in their right mind, a beating is the best cure, something Cuengi had learned from his big hyung Theo.
A moment later.
Crash! Bang!
“Waaah! Why did you hit me?! Waaah! Mulmul was wrong!”
From the slime farm, cries began to ring out.
Squirm. Squirm.
The sound of Mulmul getting beaten was so terrifying that the slimes hid in the corners of the farm, trembling.
***
When Cuengi didn't come
“Why isn’t he coming back? Vice Chairman Theo, go help Cuengi.”
Sejun sent Theo.
“Puhuhut. Leave it to me, the most competent subordinate of the great hybrid Chairman Park, Vice Chairman Theo, meow! Iona, let’s go, meow!”
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot. Okay.”
At Sejun’s command, Theo, with Iona clinging to his tail, hurriedly ran to the Void Storage.
Five minutes later.
“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, here it is, meow!”
Theo brought back a pile of slime meat.
“Where’s Cuengi? Huh? Iona’s not here either? Did something happen?”
“There was a minor issue, but they’re taking care of it, so Chairman Park doesn’t need to worry, meow!”
At Sejun's question, Theo answered as if it were nothing special. Now, to the Sejun Family, a small Destruction incident was just a minor issue.
“Really? Got it.”
Knowing that Theo never lied to him, Sejun let it go without concern.
“Vice Chairman Theo, slice some meat for me.”
Sejun had Theo cut the meat.
“Puhuhut. Just leave it to me, meow! Chairman Park, are you watching me wash my front paws clean, meow?!”
“Yeah. You’re doing great.”
“Puhuhut. I know, meow!”
After receiving praise from Sejun while washing his front paws,
Snap.
He extended his claws
Dadadada.
And began slicing the meat quickly into proper sizes.
While the cooking was nearing completion
Kuehehehe.
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot.”
"Sob sob."
Cuengi, Iona, and Mulmul came out of the Void Storage.
And
So that's what the two were doing - Mulmul had secretly entered the void storage and gotten scolded.
Sejun, completely unaware that Destruction had nearly emerged just a moment ago, thought it was no big deal.
Sob sob. From now on, I'll only eat cooked food.
Anyway, since Mulmul seemed to have learned a lesson, it seemed fine.
Just like that, the Destruction that had emerged unnoticed quietly disappeared, and the Kindergarten of Destruction enjoyed a peaceful lunch again today.
“Sejun, next time let’s do this one!”
Until Aileen handed Sejun the 'The Snail Bride' story. Well, handing over the book itself was fine.
“And I want to be the Snail Bride! Sejun, you be the farmer.”
“Huh? Aileen wants to be the Snail Bride?”
“Yeah. So I think I’ll need to do about a week of cooking training! To do realistic acting!"
The problem was that Aileen declared she would do the cooking.
“Hmm. Aileen, on second thought, I’ll play the Snail. I suddenly really want to try acting as the Snail Husband.”
“Huh? But the Snail is a girl.”
“I... I can change it to a man. The Snail Husband!”
As Sejun strongly insisted
“Alright. Then I’ll be the farmer.”
Since Aileen had proposed it already knowing that the farmer and the Snail Bride would get married, she couldn’t give up the farmer role.
“Okay. Then Aileen, you be the farmer.”
“Hehehe. Got it!”
Once the two leads of the Snail Husband play were decided
Kihihit. Kking!
[Hehe. The ugly butler playing the snail really suits him!]
Blackie teased Sejun playfully.
And then
“Blackie will be the Snail before transformation.”
Kking?!
Blackie ended up getting the significant role he had wanted.
“Theo is the magistrate, Iona is the magistrate’s subordinate, Cuengi is the Bear King, Paespaes and Flamie are Bear King’s subordinates 1 and 2…”
Sejun assigned roles to the rest of the group as well.
Since Cuengi is a bear, he changed the Dragon King to Bear King.
Was this okay?
They had already changed the Snail Bride to Snail Husband. And Sejun, the shameless king of plagiarism who even claimed others’ songs as his own, saw no problem.
Just when all the roles had been cast
Kueng?
[Dad, when are we playing Detective?]
Cuengi asked.
“Ah. That’s right. I still have to solve that case.”
Sejun recalled the empty honey jars in Iona’s Void Storage.
“Sejun, let’s start practicing quickly!”
Next to him, Aileen was holding the Snail Bride book, urging Sejun with an excited look.
There was a lot to do. No, a lot to play.
Thinking about which to do first
Since he hadn’t spent much time with Aileen lately,
He decided to do the Detective play later and rehearse the Snail Husband play with the group.
On the third day of rehearsal
“Phew. Even if I farm, who will I eat and live with…”
Kihihit. Kking!
[Hehe. You can eat with the great Snail!]
As Aileen sighed and spoke, Blackie barked enthusiastically while wearing a brown poop-shaped hat. Sejun had bought it online because it looked similar to a snail.
“Hmm. Where’s that voice coming from?”
“To find out who was speaking, the farmer looked around and discovered a snail about the size of two fists.”
“If someone steps on it, that would be terrible. I should take it home.”
“The farmer took the snail to his house and placed it in a jar. Then, from the next day, strange things started happening. While the farmer was out, the house would be perfectly cleaned, and a hearty meal would be set in the main room.”
“Wow! Food! There’s even delicious chocolate cake!”
Because Aileen insisted that a chocolate cake was absolutely necessary for realistic acting, the meal table included not only meal dishes like her favorite squid rice bowl and tteokbokki, but also chocolate cake for dessert.
Since he had to prepare a new meal for every rehearsal, the practice period ended up getting extended.
“Wow! So good!”
While Aileen was enjoying the food not just for the sake of acting but genuinely
Ding-dong.
Someone rang the bell.
When Sejun opened the door and stepped out
"Park Sejun-nim, hello."
“Ah, Dong-sik-nim, hello."
Dong-sik was standing there.
The reason was...
“I brought some supplies from the Black Tower.”
It was for restocking. These days, because Sejun didn’t stay in the Black Tower for long, the crops harvested on the 99th floor of the Tower were delivered down to the 1st floor by its residents, and Dong-sik, who lived two houses over from Sejun, delivered them to the Kindergarten of Destruction.
As Sejun examined the supplies Dong-sik had brought
“Hm? Dong-sik-nim, there’s no honey?”
When he noticed there was no honey for Cuengi to eat, he asked Dong-sik.
“Well, recently a honey thief has been appearing in the Black Tower, and it seems the honey was stolen during transit.”
A honey thief?
As soon as Sejun heard Dong-sik’s words, he recalled the empty honey jars he saw a few days ago. That suspicious smell, it was this.
As Sejun became certain about the link between the empty jars and the honey thief
Kueng!
Someone stole the honey Cuengi was going to eat!
Cuengi won't forgive them!
Upon hearing the news of the stolen honey, Cuengi flared his eyes into sharp triangles and was filled with rage.
And then
“Guys, let’s go!”
The Detective Squad departed for the Black Tower.
***
Black Tower, 1st Floor.
As they entered the Black Tower
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot. While I was investigating the glass jars alone, I extracted the scent and requested an analysis from the Wizard’s Association! The results should be ready by now.”
“Puhuhut. Detective Iple is excellent, meow!”
Theo praised Iona.
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot. Thank you.”
Thanks to that, Iona was in high spirits.
However
-Iona-nim, I’m sorry. The analysis isn’t complete yet…
Her mood quickly soured. The analysis wasn’t finished.
“Kyoo-kyoo-I told you to finish it even if you had to stay up all night!”
“But I haven’t slept in two days…”
“Kyoo-kyoo-kyoo-What did you say?! I handed it in four days ago, which means you slept one day! Are you not taking this seriously?!”
The chief appraiser at the Wizard’s Association, who hadn’t even slept and was now getting yelled at, could only feel injustice.
But even if he felt wronged, there was nothing he could do. His opponent was none other than Iona, the Chairman of the Wizard’s Association and the Wizard of Great Destruction.
-I’m sorry! I’ll finish it as soon as possible!
All he could do was bow his head vigorously and try to calm his superior’s anger.
“Kyoo-Finish it as quickly as you can!”
-Yes!
Once the communication with Iona ended
“No sleep, no meals until the analysis is done!”
“What?!”
Sorry. I need to survive too.
The chief appraiser began mercilessly pushing his subordinates.
Sniff. Sniff.
Kueng! Kueng!
[I smell honey over here! Leave it to Detective Cunan and follow!]
Meanwhile, even in a state of rage, Cuengi stayed in character and began tracking the scent of honey. No matter how well someone covered their tracks, they couldn’t erase the smell of honey.
Kihihit. Kking!
[Hehe. Great Detective Kapang can also smell really well!]
Sniff. Sniff.
Blackie, beside Cuengi, sniffed too and said
Great Blackie will be the first to find it!
He pressed his nose against Cuengi’s and fired up his competitive spirit.
Thud.
Kking!
Tumble tumble.
He got pushed by Cuengi and rolled a good distance
Kking...
Then passed out.
"Hehehe. As expected, sunfish Blackie."
Sejun smiled brightly as he put the unconscious Blackie into his sling bag.