Part 2 Chapter 23: Welcome to the Kindergarten of Destruction! (23) / 747
TL: Hanguk
PR: MiniPixelZ
In the dark of night.
Sneakily.
Park Sejun and his party tiptoed carefully into the Kindergarten of Destruction. It was so that Aileen and the children wouldn’t wake up.
At that moment
“Sejun, you’re back? You’re really late.”
Sensing their presence, Aileen came out of the room. No matter how much Sejun tried to suppress his sound, he couldn’t deceive Aileen’s senses.
“Yeah. Something came up.”
“What happened?”
“Well, what happened was... Ah. It’s kind of a long story, you know? Should we talk while eating something?"
“Yeah!”
Aileen’s eyes sparkled at the mention of talking over food.
So, Sejun prepared lots of coffee and snacks in front of Aileen and began telling the story of how the great detective Sherlock Sejun captured the honey thief, honey badger Loony,
and solved the wandering curse placed on the honey thief Loony with a brilliant idea.
Gororong.
Kyurorong.
Kurorong.
Theo, Iona, and Cuengi, who already knew the story, fell asleep peacefully next to Sejun while being petted by Sejun and Aileen.
Kihihit. Kking!
[Hehe. At that point, great detective Kapang barked twice!]
Blackie interrupted Sejun’s story and bragged about his own achievements,
Kking...
[At that time, great detective Kapang...]
but in the end, unable to overcome sleep,
Kkirorong.
fell fast asleep.
As time passed
Jjop. Jjop. Jjop.
(Pip-pip. Sejun-nim, so what happened next?!)
Paespaes woke up and listened to Sejun's story with great interest alongside Aileen, munching on fruit snacks.
“I was about to return after sending Loony off, but suddenly Piyot and the guys...”
As Sejun finished the redemption story of Loony and was about to start talking about Piyot’s party and their mission to capture one of the Four Heavenly Kings, Purple Lightning Moelli,
“Sejun, I have something to say too.”
Aileen, who had eaten all the snacks on the table, spoke up.
“Huh? What is it?”
Don’t tell me she wants to cook again?
Sejun looked at Aileen with a tense expression.
"We're going to have a sports day battle with another kindergarten."
"Sports day battle? With whom?"
“With Hwanggung Kindergarten! Hwanggung Kindergarten’s Director, Lee Myung-sook, dared to challenge me, great Black Dragon Aileen Pritani-nim, Director of the Kindergarten of Destruction, without fear, so I generously accepted. I did well, right?”
Aileen asked with a confident expression, certain she would be praised.
From Aileen’s point of view, it was absolutely the right thing to do, not erasing or ignoring a lowly being who challenged her, but instead showing generosity and accepting the challenge.
“Yeah. When it comes to generosity, no one beats our Aileen. You did great.”
Knowing this, Sejun praised Aileen highly.
“Heeheehee. I really am generous.”
Aileen puffed up with pride and smiled brightly at Sejun’s praise.
Wow. She’s beautiful.
Sejun admired Aileen’s beauty and thought about Hwanggung Kindergarten.
Hwanggung Kindergarten? That was the uniquely designed kindergarten with high spire pillars painted gold at the tips like a Western castle. Sejun had seen it occasionally while going in and out of the Tower.
Wasn’t it the best kindergarten in Korea, attended by children from the elite?
Kim Dong-sik, who had once gone there to give vocational education about Hunters, had told Sejun about it.
But when did the terrifying word "battle" get attached to sports day?
No. The word "battle" itself wasn't the problem. It was used casually in phrases like "karaoke battle" or "eating contest battle".
The problem was that the one who used the word "battle" was Aileen. Once she used it, the word suddenly felt like it weighed tens of thousands of tons.
Is this really okay?
Sejun, who hadn’t yet fully grasped the situation, fell into thought for a moment.
No! This is not okay!
That's a kindergarten where ordinary people go!
His face quickly turned pale.
At that moment
“The sports day will be held at our Kindergarten of Destruction, and the events are: flipping tiles, relay race, tug-of-war, obstacle race, and pot smashing! Let's train the kids from morning and win overwhelmingly!"
Aileen told Sejun the list of events and clenched her fist. Her competitiveness wasn’t just burning, it was boiling like magma.
No, it was beyond competitiveness. Aileen wasn’t even considering the possibility of losing.
Aileen’s mind was filled only with thoughts of how to win more overwhelmingly against Hwanggung Kindergarten and elevate the dignity of the great Black Dragons.
Phew. That’s a relief.
Sejun was relieved by Aileen’s words. When she said battle, he had worried that some dangerous competitions might be included, but fortunately, there were no games involving physical contact with the opponent.
Well, physical contact could lead to fights, after all.
“Yeah. Let’s do our best.”
Sejun felt at ease and decided to prepare for the sports day. While the children’s physical abilities weren’t something to worry about, strategy and technique were important. And those could only be gained through practice.
Also, he didn’t want to see Aileen’s face looking gloomy even for a single loss.
We’ll win all five rounds!
Sejun also resolved to completely overwhelm Hwanggung Kindergarten.
With Aileen’s story finished,
“Aileen, can I continue the story I was telling?”
“Yeah!”
“Hehehe. Listen well. This time, my heroic deeds…”
Sejun laughed and continued the story of going to capture Moelli. Naturally, it was a version where all the accomplishments were adapted as Sejun’s own.
***
Inside Blackie's mental world.
“Huh? Did I fall asleep?”
Should I wake up and chat with my butler again?
Blackie debated whether to go back to sleep or wake up and boast about his achievements.
Then,
“Hehe. I still have more to say. Like how I gave mental education to Purple Lightning Moelli and Battle God’s Apostle Krekan and made them joint youngest members."
Just as he was about to wake up again,
“Huh?”
What’s this?
Blackie discovered an envelope placed in front of his paw. On the outside of the envelope, it read:
[Invitation to the Park Sejun's Naming Victims Association Meeting]
“A naming victims association for butler’s names?”
Grrrr.
Seeing the envelope, Blackie grew furious.
Great Blackie’s name is magnificent! I’m not a victim!
First, he was angry at being considered a victim.
How dare someone have a problem with a name given by the butler?!
Then he grew angry again at those having complaints about names given by Sejun.
“I need to attend this meeting and find out who sent this invitation first.”
Blackie decided to attend the meeting and reveal everyone who had complaints about Sejun’s naming.
“I’ll tell on them to butler."
Hehe. Great detective Kapang will round them all up!
He planned to report everything to Sejun.
“Hehehe.”
Excited by the thought of handing over the list of the Park Sejun's Naming Victims Association members to Sejun and being praised, Blackie beamed.
“But when is the meeting?”
He opened the envelope to check the meeting date.
“A week from now. Hehe. Good. I’m looking forward to it.”
Blackie smiled pleasantly and shifted his consciousness to the depths of the unconscious, falling asleep again. If he woke up now, he felt like he would immediately tell Sejun about the meeting.
As his consciousness faded, Blackie fell into deep sleep again.
***
The next morning.
“Kids, let’s eat breakfast!”
Sejun called the children and fed them breakfast.
And then
Munch. Munch.
While the kids quietly ate breakfast,
“Let’s eat too.”
Sejun and his companions also began their meal.
A morning no different from usual.
However,
“Starting today, we’ll be playing the tile-flipping game.”
The post-breakfast schedule changed slightly.
“Cuengi, lay them out.”
Kueng!
At Sejun’s instruction, Cuengi used telekinesis to pull out ten thousand human-sized stone tiles from the Void Storage
Bang! Bang! Bang!
and began laying them out on the ground.
The tiles were painted red on one side and blue on the other, but they were laid with the blue side up.
Sejun had made these tiles at dawn, and Iona dyed them with magic after she woke up in the morning.
Special training should be done under harsher conditions than usual. That’s why instead of ordinary tiles, he prepared heavy stone tiles.
And then,
“Today, you’re going to play with Teacher Theo. The team that flips more tiles to their color in ten minutes wins. Got it?”
“Yes!”
At Sejun’s words, the children responded energetically, showing their interest.
“We’ll split into two teams: Teacher Theo alone versus all of you. Theo will be red, and you all will be blue. Got it?”
“Yes!”
“Hehe. It’s already blue, so we’re gonna win! Right?”
“Yeah! And there’s more of us! If we spread out and flip fast, we’ll beat Theo Teecher-nim!”
With Sejun’s explanation, the children began strategizing, confident of victory.
Hoohoo. It won’t be that easy.
Sejun looked at the children with a meaningful smile.
“Alright then, start!”
“Puhuhut. Victory belongs to me, Vice Chairman Theo, meow!”
Whoosh.
With Sejun’s signal to start, a strong wind blew
Ssararak.
and in an instant, the tiles flipped to red. It took less than five seconds for all ten thousand blue tiles to turn red.
“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, did I do well, meow?!”
Theo, who had already returned to Sejun’s lap, asked with a smug expression.
“No! If it’s like this, we’ll lose!”
“Flip them back quickly!”
Panicked, the children rushed to flip the tiles.
Bang. Bang.
As the children didn’t have ordinary physical strength, the tiles were flipped over instantly.
However, once all the tiles had turned blue again,
“Puhuhut.”
Whoosh.
Theo moved again, and the yard, which the children had worked hard to turn blue, was instantly dyed red once more.
Then.
“Waaah~! I’m not playing anymore!”
“Tteo Teecher-nim is too strong! We can’t win!”
"I don't want to..."
Overwhelmed by the sheer difference in ability, the children lost their fighting spirit.
“Kids, then should I play with you?”
To lift their spirits, Sejun stepped in.
A little later.
“Waaa~! We won!”
“Teecher-nim, you’re weak!”
“Teecher-nim, come back after practicing more!”
"Huff. Huff. Damn it..."
The children’s morale soared after defeating Sejun, but Sejun’s was in shambles. What was he thinking, going 1 versus 15…?
The children who had crushed Sejun mercilessly,
“This time, let’s play with Teacher Cuengi. Cuengi, go!”
I’m counting on you for revenge!
This time, they played tile-flipping with Cuengi.
Kueng!
Cuengi used telekinesis to flip tiles and overwhelmed the children.
And then.
“Waaah~!”
The children lost their spirit once again.
“Teecher-nim, play a round!”
“Yeah! Play with us!”
“Teecher-nim, if you win, it’ll make you feel better!”
The children ran over to Sejun and suggested they play tile-flipping together.
“I went easy on you before, but this time I won’t!”
Kihihit. Kking!
[Hehe. Butler! Great Blackie will help!]
Sejun gave it his all together with the Blackie Family, but
“Huff. Huff. We lost…”
Kking…
They lost again.
“Teecher-nims, you’re too bad!”
“Hehe. Teecher-nims, we’ll go easy on you.”
Grrrr! Kking!
[Grrrr. Butler! Let’s take revenge!]
“Hehehe. Of course. Then next is Teacher Iona!”
Iona, crush them!
For revenge, Sejun sent out Iona.
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot. Power of gravity… Gravity enhancement.”
The children couldn’t flip a single tile due to Iona’s gravity magic and lost.
Feeling gloomy from defeat, the children challenged Sejun and the Blackie Family again,
“Wow! We won!”
“Just as expected, winning makes you feel good!”
The children’s moods lifted once again.
“Huff. Huff. I’m exhausted…”
Kking…
[Butler… Let’s stop now…]
Before anyone realized, the sports day special training turned into training for not only the children, but also Sejun and the entire Blackie Family.
***
Forest of Creation.
[Hmm. I've searched all places level 5 and above, but there's no hint about the fifth test.]
Then that must mean the hint is in a world with level 4 or lower, right?
While Flamie was thinking,
‘Impressive.’
The Statue of Trials looked upon Flamie with pride. In all the trials of the Tree of Creation, there had never been a candidate as outstanding as this tree.
Flamie had passed all the trials in the shortest time and with the highest marks.
‘Even starting the fifth trial is the fastest among all Tree of Creation candidates in history.’
Although Flamie didn’t know it, she was already undergoing the fifth trial. She was the only one unaware of it.
There was no explanation for this trial. She had to accomplish it on her own.
And the fifth trial of the Tree of Creation candidate was...
‘To raise the level of a world ten times.’
It was a test to see how well a Tree of Creation candidate could nurture a world. With no instructions or guidance, it was an incredibly difficult trial.
Most Tree of Creation candidates spent a hundred years just trying to figure out the fifth trial’s question.
Only after that time would the Statue of Trials be allowed to reveal the contents of the fifth trial.
But.
‘To find the fifth trial question, which no one else ever did, in less than a year…’
Flamie had achieved that near-impossible feat.
Of course, it was thanks to Sejun once again.
A few days ago, Sejun raised the level of Earth from 2 to 3, which triggered the start of Flamie’s fifth trial.
Without even knowing it, Sejun was turning Flamie into a Tree of Creation.
And so, Flamie’s fifth trial as a Tree of Creation candidate was being quietly and steadily completed, step by step, with perfect precision.
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