Part 2 Chapter 36: Welcome to Kindergarten of Destruction! (36) / 760
TL: Hanguk
PR: MiniPixelZ
99th floor of the Black Tower.
No way. Tier-nim, I didn't see you as that type. To cause such a major accident?!
Sejun, angered by Ace's words.
“Phew. Ace, thanks for letting me know.”
First, he took a deep breath to calm himself and expressed gratitude to Ace for the information.
-Brother-in-law, I did well, right?
“Yeah.”
-Puhihihi.
Ace smiled proudly at Sejun’s response.
At that moment,
-Ahem. Ace, you've become a great dragon, but your mouth has become too loose.
Tier, who had been watching nearby for a chance to speak to Sejun, quickly approached and glanced at Ace with discomfort showing on his face.
-Brother-in-law... Puhing...
Under Tier’s piercing gaze, Ace made a tearful face and quickly hid behind Sejun. In both of Ace’s hands were pieces of Yongari Chicken, each with a bite taken.
That moment.
-Tier, you bastard, it’s your fault, so why are you scolding my Ace! And how is this being loose-lipped? My Ace only said what was right.
As expected, Kaiser, who had also been watching, jumped in, angered.
-That’s exactly what loose-lipped means! Reporting it straight away?!
-He didn’t report it. He told Sejun because he was worried about him. Krahaha. As expected, my Ace is very kind, just like me.
-What?! Kaiser, you're saying you're kind?!
-Yeah! If there’s a dragon as kind as me, let them come forward!
As Kaiser bickered with Tier,
‘Grandson, are you watching? Grandpa is stepping up for you. There's no one but Grandpa for him, right?’
He imagined his grandson looking up to him as he sneakily glanced at him.
But
-Puhihihi. It’s delicious.
Ace was too focused on enjoying the Yongari Chicken to even notice Kaiser.
And although it wasn't the result he wanted,
‘My grandson eats so heartily. And no matter what anyone says, he keeps eating, just like me when I was young.’
Kaiser smiled warmly as he watched Ace eat well. Not only a doting grandfather to his granddaughter, but also to his grandson.
While Kaiser was feeling pleased watching Ace,
“Tier-nim, what happened?”
Sejun asked Tier for the full story in detail.
-I'm sorry. I was playing with Pobi... Anyway, please accept this as an apology.
With a sorry expression, Tier handed Sejun 100,000 of his scales.
Then,
“Puhuhut. Tier-nim, give me your claws too, meow!”
Theo the cat gangster confidently demanded claws as well from beside Sejun.
Puhuhut. I’m with great hybrid Chairman Park right now, so I’m not scared of anything, meow!
Being next to Sejun, he said everything he wanted to say.
-Understood. Will 100kg be enough?
“Tier-nim, give a bit more, meow!”
-Then I’ll give you 500kg. Is that fine?
“Puhuhut. Tier-nim, thank you, meow!”
As Tier gave the claws to Theo, Iona and Cuengi loaded Tier’s scales into the Void Storage.
“But how did you play with him that you forgot to manage the Tower?”
Sejun asked Tier in amazement. As someone skilled in parenting, Sejun couldn’t understand the idea of being unable to do other tasks just because of watching a child.
“Well. Pobi...”
This was Tier’s explanation.
Pobi came to Tier and asked him to watch his superhero landing. At the time, Tier was focusing on slowing the Tower’s movement speed and used only 10% of his mental strength to watch Pobi’s superhero landing.
However,
“Drahaha. My grandson, you’re good.”
“Grandpa, why aren’t you focusing on me?! Focus properly!”
“No. Pobi, Grandpa is right now....”
Pobi wasn’t happy with Tier’s half-hearted praise.
“Waaah! Grandpa, focus on me! Aah! I said focus!”
He lay on the ground, screaming loudly and throwing a tantrum.
Shocked by his grandson’s extreme reaction, Tier hurriedly tried to calm Pobi.
At some point, all the attention that should have gone into managing the Tower shifted entirely to Pobi, and the Tower rapidly headed toward Earth, that was Tier’s explanation.
“Hm.”
So the root of all this is Pobi.
After hearing Tier’s explanation, Sejun said,
“I’ll take Pobi to Earth for a few days.”
Hehehe. If you do something wrong, you have to be punished.
He decided to take Pobi to Earth.
He received compensation from Tier for this incident, but ultimately, you only truly realize your mistakes when you experience the consequences firsthand.
Sejun planned to take Pobi to the Kindergarten of Destruction to use him as a temporary teacher.
With the addition of the children brought in today, there were now 21 children at the Kindergarten of Destruction, children who would teach Pobi a lesson through the experience of putting himself in others’ shoes.
After watching over the kids for just a few days,
Ah. The adults must have had a really hard time because of me.
I really did a lot wrong.
He would come to a deep realization.
-Pobi?! Ahem. Sejun, could I come along too?
Tier asked, slightly embarrassed.
He was trying to subtly go along with his grandson in a 1+1 deal. The other leaders also looked at Sejun with hopeful expressions.
And then,
“Of course not.”
Sejun firmly refused.
To go to Earth, they would need to head together to the exclusive passage on the Tower’s 1st floor, but with Sejun’s level, spending more than 7 seconds with Pobi would make him faint, and more than 3 minutes would be fatal.
And with Tier together?
The moment Tier appeared in front of Sejun on the 1st floor of the Black Tower to go to Earth,
I die.
Then the entire 1st floor of the Black Tower is annihilated.
A sad ending. So he had to refuse, naturally.
A moment later.
-Brother-in-law, come again next time.
Ace’s statue, having finished eating the Yongari Chicken, hugged Sejun tightly, reluctant to say goodbye.
Though there was still plenty of Yongari Chicken packed separately by Sejun for later, Ace, who liked Sejun so much, always found parting with him hard.
“Alright. You take care too, baby brother-in-law. I’ll bring lots of Yongari Chicken next time as well.”
-Puhihihi. Okay!
Only then did Ace smile brightly at Sejun’s words. He slowly let go of Sejun’s embrace.
“When you send the signal from the 1st floor, I’ll send Pobi down.”
Kaiser said to Sejun.
Since the time Sejun could withstand Pobi’s energy was short, the plan was for Kaiser, the administrator of the Black Tower, to send Pobi down the moment Sejun entered the exclusive passage to Earth.
“Then I’m off. Goodbye. Everyone, take care.”
After saying goodbye to the leaders and other farm members, Sejun descended to the Tower’s 1st floor via the waypoint.
-......
While Sejun was leaving, Tier’s purple dragon statue remained silent, explaining the situation to Pobi.
***
Purple Tower Administrator Area.
“Pobi, come here for a moment. Grandpa has something to say.”
Tier called his grandson, who was lying on the floor rolling around.
However,
“Can’t Grandpa just come here instead?”
Pobi, unwilling to get up, didn’t even look at him and told Tier to come over. Truly an annoying 400-year-old.
This brat!
Tier was momentarily angry.
If I send him to Sejun, he’ll straighten up.
Thinking of sending Pobi to Sejun calmed his mind.
That was the reason Tier hadn’t stopped Sejun when he said he would take Pobi.
Although Pobi was going to Earth where there was no threat to him, sending a dragon not even 1000 years old alone to a place without family was a considerable burden.
Still, the reason Tier was sending him was because he had seen Aileen, Ace, and Ajax, who had spent time with Sejun, become more respectful (?) to Kaiser and Kellion.
Moreover, Aileen, a fellow hatchling, was doing well on Earth.
So, setting aside his worries, Tier decided to send Pobi with a glad heart.
“Pobi...”
Tier, with difficulty, began to tell Pobi that he had to go to Earth.
“What?! Earth?! You’re telling me to go to Earth alone?!”
“Yes... even if you miss Grandpa while you’re there...”
He was worried, expecting Pobi to throw a tantrum saying he didn’t want to go, but instead.
“Wow! If I go to Earth, I can play with Aileen all by myself?! That’s awesome! Pohihihi. I’m excited!”
Excited?
Even though Grandpa’s not there?
The ungrateful grandson even shouted “hooray” as he joyfully celebrated, leaving Grandpa feeling hurt.
“Grandpa, then when do I go?”
“Ahem. I’ll send you right now.”
The sulking Tier immediately sent Pobi to the 99th floor of the Black Tower.
[The current number attempting to use the exclusive passage is...]
“Kaiser-nim, now please.”
[The tower's administrator says he understands.]
As soon as Pobi arrived on the 99th floor of the Black Tower, he moved directly to the 1st floor.
“So you’re the human Park Sejun that Aileen likes. Nice to meet you. I am the great purple dragon Pobi Peten."
A boy with purple hair greeted Sejun arrogantly.
“Yeah. Nice to meet you.”
The moment Sejun replied.
[You will now move to Earth.]
[We hope you have an enjoyable time.]
Sejun and his party moved to Earth.
Once I get there, I’ll get to play with Aileen a lot, right?
I’ll ask her to play hide-and-seek.
As they moved, Pobi smiled with anticipation at the thought of playing with Aileen.
However.
I don’t like it...
Sejun looked at Pobi with distaste. You’re here because you did something wrong, and you’re smiling?
And smiling just makes you look even more handsome.
The truth was, more than the smile, it was Pobi’s handsome face that Sejun didn’t like. Standing next to him made Sejun feel like a deep-sea squid. One that lived at the very bottom of the ocean.
Should I tell him to transform into a dragon?
That’s what he really wanted to do, but this was Earth. Theo and Cuengi could get by since there were similar animals on Earth, but Pobi was the great purple dragon. Walking around in his dragon form would draw too much attention.
Anyway, overwhelmed by inferiority and jealousy, Sejun looked at Pobi’s handsome face with eyes full of envy.
Keep smiling while you can. You’re about to face some real hardship.
He was planning to assign Pobi the most difficult tasks.
“Pohihihi.”
I need to hurry and go play.
Pobi, unaware of the hardship ahead of him, was full of excitement.
***
Clack.
“Aileen, I’m back...”
As Sejun opened the front door and began to call Aileen and the others,
Thud thud thud.
“Aileen, Pobi oppa is here!”
Interrupting Sejun, Pobi ran ahead excitedly.
And then.
“Pobi oppa, welcome! Perfect timing. Come here and hold this!”
“Huh? Oh! Leave it to Pobi oppa!”
Caught off guard, Pobi grabbed the rope Aileen handed him.
“Pobi oppa, don’t lose. Got it?”
Aileen told Pobi not to lose.
“Got it! You can count on Pobi oppa!”
Not knowing what it was about, Pobi replied with confidence in his victory.
“Great. Then let’s begin!”
"Heave! Heave!"
At Aileen’s signal, 18 children pulled on the rope with all their strength.
Today, too, Aileen was training the kids in tug-of-war so they could achieve overwhelming victory in the next sports day against Hwanggung Kindergarten.
“Everyone! Let’s go!”
“If you lose, no dinner!”
The children pulled with everything they had, eager to win and earn their supper.
“Huh?! Uwaaagh!”
Flustered, Pobi began pulling with all his might to avoid losing.
Meanwhile.
[You have successfully brought 3 [Children of Creation Tainted by Destruction] left behind in <Nekucha> to the Kindergarten of Destruction.]
[As a quest completion reward, the storage capacity of [Brilliant Darkness Earrings] has increased by 15%.]
[As a quest completion reward, <Earth (Lv. 4)> has gained 9% evolution experience.]
After confirming the quest reward messages,
“Sejun, you’re back?”
“Yeah.”
Sejun exchanged greetings with Aileen.
By then, the sky had begun to darken.
I should prepare dinner.
Before heading to the kitchen, Sejun said,
“You guys go and help pull too.”
“Yes!”
He sent Nene, Kuku, and Chacha to join the tug-of-war.
Hehehe. Suffer a little.
“Ugh! I won’t lose no matter what!”
And so, Pobi had to pull the rope with all his might to win against 21 children.
Somehow, on his very first day at the Kindergarten of Destruction, Pobi ended up properly taking on the role of a teacher.