Part 2 Chapter 20: Welcome to the Kindergarten of Destruction! (20) / 744
TL: Hanguk
PR: MiniPixelZ
Black Tower 1st Floor
“Over there!”
Following the scent trail, Cuengi headed toward an abandoned building in a corner of the first floor of the Tower.
As they got closer to the building,
“Ugh!”
“Meow?!”
A foul stench began to waft out, and the group quickly put on their gas masks.
And then,
“Puhuhut. Still, it’s weaker than the poop smell of great hybrid Chairman Park, meow!”
Theo puffed himself up, claiming that this smell couldn’t compare to Sejun’s poop smell.
“Vice Chairman Theo, don’t call me great while talking about poop smell.”
Feeling a bit mocked, Sejun snapped at the boastful Theo.
“Why, meow?! Of course I should call the great hybrid Chairman Park great, meow!”
Theo gave Sejun a confused look at his words.
“It’s because you’re attaching the poop smell to it!”
Sejun elaborated further.
"Puhuhut. I understand, meow! Then from now on I'll change it to the great hybrid Chairman Park's poop smell, meow!"
“Hey!”
“Meow! Don’t take off my gas mask, meow!”
Enraged, Sejun tried to take off Theo’s gas mask, but due to Theo’s abilities, it wasn’t easy.
Swoosh.
Swoosh.
As Theo leisurely dodged Sejun’s hands by a narrow margin,
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot. The analysis results came out?"
Iona was receiving the result of the analysis.
And then,
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot. Sejun-nim, I found out the culprit’s identity. This smell comes from a honey badger.”
“Ah, pissed... honey badger?”
Sejun, who had been struggling to remove Theo’s gas mask, stopped at Iona’s words.
A honey badger...
That notoriously foul-tempered animal?
He vaguely remembered seeing it on the internet.
Thus, Sejun and his companions learned that the culprit's identity was a honey badger.
At that moment,
“Kyoot? I can feel traces of dimensional magic being used here. Judging by the traces, it seems it was used about a week ago.”
Iona discovered remnants of magic nearby and began analyzing the mana wave pattern.
A moment later.
"Kyoot kyoot kyoot. Power of dimensions, open a door that guides me to the coordinates. Portal."
Iona, having extracted the coordinates from the traces of dimensional magic, opened a portal.
With Iona making such a significant contribution,
“Puhuhut. Great Detective Iple, well done, meow! Amazing, meow!”
Theo gave praise,
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot.”
And Iona, receiving Theo’s praise, had a happy expression.
“Great Detective Iple, well done.”
Kueng!
[Great Detective Iple, amazing!]
Kking!
[Not as good as great detective Kapang, but Great Detective Iple is quite decent!]
The others also praised Iona, but
Puhuhut. Great Detective Iple, well done, meow! Amazing, meow!
Puhuhut. Great Detective Iple, well done, meow! Amazing, meow!
...
..
.
Inside Iona’s head, only Theo’s praise echoed endlessly.
“Let’s go.”
They moved through the portal to,
[You have arrived at the 53rd floor of the Brown Tower.]
It was the Brown Tower.
What? There was another wizard who could teleport between Towers?
"Hehehe. I'm hiring them."
“Puhuhut. I should stamp them, meow!”
Sejun and Theo shared the same thought. As expected of the Chairman and Vice Chairman of Sejun Company.
Kueng!
[I smell something!]
Cuengi once again picked up the scent of the honey badger, and Sejun and the group followed closely behind.
However.
Kueng!
[The scent cuts off here!]
After moving about 5km, the scent disappeared again.
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot. There’s a trace of teleportation magic here too.”
It seemed the culprit had erased their traces again using teleportation magic.
What a cunning fellow.
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot. Looks like it was used five days ago.”
Still, the gap between them and the culprit was shrinking, so it seemed they’d catch up soon.
A short while later.
Iona used portal magic again, and Sejun and the group entered the portal once more.
***
<Earth>
Kindergarten of Destruction.
“Yaaawn. Heeheehee. I slept well."
Aileen woke up from sleep, stretching and yawning at the same time.
It was a somewhat frivolous and human-like gesture, but due to Aileen’s beauty and the innate dignity of a dragon, it didn’t come off that way at all.
No. Even her yawning and stretching looked elegant.
Only Sejun, who had to stand next to such an Aileen, felt wronged. Because Aileen made Sejun's face look even uglier.
“Heeheehee. I should eat some chocolate cake to wake up.”
Anyway, Aileen, still with sleepy eyes, trudged into the kitchen as soon as she got up. Then she flung open the freezer door.
Aileen had now grown accustomed to using Earth’s invention, the refrigerator. It was a shame that the effects didn’t appear instantly like magic, but in a way, she enjoyed the wait, it wasn’t bad.
Aileen took out a frozen chocolate cake from the freezer, stabbed it with a fork, and shoved it into her mouth.
The cold chocolate cake melted in her mouth, delivering both coolness and sweetness at once.
Khehehehe. Sweet and cool.
Smiling pleasantly, Aileen fully woke up.
While Aileen was happily eating about five slices of chocolate cake (Aileen usually wasn’t satisfied unless she ate a whole cake),
“Director-nim, what are you eating all by yourself?”
Looks delicious.
Mangmang, who had woken up early, stared intently at the chocolate cake in front of Aileen while swallowing drool.
“No. Sejun told me to eat this all by myself.”
Aileen drew a firm line.
“Waaah-! Mangmang wants that too! Mangmang too!”
Hurt by Aileen’s ironclad rejection, Mangmang began to cry.
“Hmph. Crying won’t work.”
With a firm expression, Aileen harshly declared, then pulled out a rice cake from her void storage, dipped it generously in honey, and.
Swish.
Put it into Mangmang’s mouth.
“Waaah... huh?”
Chew. Chew.
“Heeheehee.”
Mangmang, who had been sobbing loudly, instinctively chewed what entered his mouth, and when the sweetness of the honey spread inside, he smiled sheepishly.
At that moment, the other children, awakened by Mangmang’s crying, came rushing into the kitchen.
“Oh?! What’s Mangmang eating alone?!”
“Nangnang too!”
“Pungpung wants that too!”
The children got excited when they saw the rice cake.
“Line up in front of me.”
Aileen spoke to the children with a firm voice.
The children lined up immediately at Aileen’s words. It was a different scene compared to when they were with Sejun.
When they were with Sejun, it felt more free-spirited, but with Aileen, it was like facing a superior in the hierarchy.
As Aileen dipped rice cakes in honey and placed them into the children’s mouths,
Ding-dong.
Someone rang the doorbell of the Kindergarten of Destruction.
“Who could that be?”
Aileen tilted her head in curiosity and went to the front door to open it.
Then.
“Hello. Are you the director here?”
A middle-aged woman in fancy clothes greeted Aileen and asked.
To Aileen, humans other than Sejun, Sejun’s family, and acquaintances were not worthy of treatment. But she decided to show mercy to the human standing before her.
“Yes. But what brings you here?”
She spoke in a somewhat formal tone with a kind voice.
However.
What brings you here? What kind of brat talks like that?!
To someone unaware of Aileen’s identity, her way of speaking was bound to be offensive.
Moreover, as soon as Aileen opened the door, her beauty and dignity overwhelmed the visitor, which made things worse.
Hold it in. Lee Myung-sook! Hold it in! You’re the director of the best kindergarten in Hannam-dong!
Lee Myung-sook, the director of Hwanggung Kindergarten, had come to investigate whether the newly established Kindergarten of Destruction could be a rival to her own. (TL: Hwanggung means Imperial Palace)
If a fight broke out here and a bad rumor spread in the neighborhood, it would be troublesome. This area was sensitive to rumors, and that would harm the reputation of Hwanggung Kindergarten.
‘I can’t let that happen!’
How long had she worked to raise her kindergarten’s reputation?
Now that it had finally risen to become a top-tier national kindergarten, she couldn’t afford any trouble.
In times like these, even a falling leaf could damage a kindergarten’s reputation. A single misstep could send it straight to ruin.
However, contrary to Lee Myung-sook’s own thoughts, it wasn’t self-restraint that held her back. It was her instincts warning her from deep inside. Her instincts whispered that something terrible would happen if she got angry.
So, without realizing her true feelings, Lee Myung-sook put on her most dignified expression as if she hadn’t been affected by Aileen’s words at all and said,
“Hohoho. I run a kindergarten nearby too. I came by to exchange greetings and build a relationship.”
She continued her words.
“Is that so? A wise choice. I shall permit a tour of our kindergarten.”
Heeheehee. Has the Kindergarten of Destruction, operated by great black dragon Aileen, already become famous?
Aileen, of course, assumed that Lee Myung-sook had come to learn about the excellence of the Kindergarten of Destruction, and with a satisfied expression, led her inside.
“Huh?”
And just like that, Lee Myung-sook ended up entering the Kindergarten of Destruction, completely caught off guard.
It’s... way more spacious than it looked from the outside?
It’s at least three times bigger than my Hwanggung Kindergarten. Just the land value alone must be astronomical.
First, she was overwhelmed by the kindergarten's sheer size, far beyond what she had expected.
“Director-nim, who is this woman?”
“You’re weak! Totally weak!”
“Weak human! Become my subordinate!”
Wh-What is this?!
How are the children being educated that they speak like this?
Soon, surrounded by kids who looked like wild little thunderballs, all smiling innocently with curiosity on their faces, Lee Myung-sook found herself flustered.
To Lee Myung-sook, this place wasn’t a kindergarten.
It was the animal kingdom. A jungle.
“Here. Tour the place while eating this.”
Aileen handed Lee Myung-sook a cup of coffee and a slice of her own chocolate cake, which Cuengi had prepared in advance. Considering Aileen’s appetite, this was an incredible gesture of goodwill.
“Thank you.”
Lee Myung-sook calmed herself and took a sip of the coffee Aileen had given her.
And then.
“Oh my?! Isn’t this coffee from Cuengi Cafe?!”
“Yeah. That’s right. Cuengi brewed it this morning.”
“What?! Cuengi brewed it?!”
She calls the Cuengi from Cuengi Cafe every morning to brew coffee?!
Even the wealthy chairpersons of Hannam-dong couldn’t manage that!
She was shocked once by the coffee,
“Oh my! Where do you buy this cake?!”
“Hmph! This isn’t for sale. It’s a chocolate cake that only the Vice Director of our Kindergarten of Destruction can make.”
This soft, sweet, and delicious chocolate cake, she had never tasted anything like it!
Is this Vice Director some world-famous chef?
She was shocked again after eating the chocolate cake.
Even the facilities and food were far superior to those of Hwanggung Kindergarten.
The longer Lee Myung-sook stayed, the more a sense of crisis crept in. At this rate, their top-tier national status was at risk.
But still, facilities and food aren’t everything.
The essence of a kindergarten is education.
‘When it comes to education, my Hwanggung Kindergarten is superior.’
Thinking of the children she had just seen, Lee Myung-sook smiled. She refused to lose in education.
“Director of the Kindergarten of Destruction, if it’s alright with you, in one month we’re holding a sports day at my Hwanggung Kindergarten. Would your kindergarten like to participate?”
“Sports day?”
“Yes. It’d be boring to just hold it normally, so the kids from each kindergarten will be divided into teams and compete. What do you think? Doesn’t it sound fun?”
Hohoho. Our students at Hwanggung Kindergarten receive the highest-level training from former national athletes as physical education instructors from the moment they enter. It’ll be a crushing victory for Hwanggung.
Lee Myung-sook struggled to suppress the grin that threatened to escape as she spoke. She planned to overwhelm them with skill.
And
A battle?
I, great black dragon Aileen Pritani, possess the magnanimity to never ignore a battle, no matter how trivial the challenger.
“Very well. Your courage is admirable. I accept the challenge. State the events you desire.”
With a generous heart, Aileen accepted Hwanggung Kindergarten’s request for a battle.
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