Part 2 Chapter 143: I'm Getting Married. / 867
TL: Hanguk
One week had passed since the premiere screening of the movie Night of Zombies.
The movie had finally been released, and
-Night of Zombies surpasses 400,000 viewers on opening day. An unstoppable streak!
"Hehehe. Of course the numbers are good when our kids are in it."
Sejun checked the booking rankings at various theaters whenever he had free time, read movie-related articles, and
-That bear cub clearly should've just died. Otherwise that fatso bear probably scarfed down all the food. And the bear's acting was total garbage.
"What?! This bastard! What's wrong with our Cuengi's acting?!"
He checked the comments too.
"Iona, track this IP and change their password right now."
"Kyoot kyoot kyoot. Okay."
For milder malicious comments, they exacted petty revenge by changing the commenter's password to inconvenience them.
But when someone left comments too vile to even repeat, genius magic hacker Iona stripped them of everything, zeroed out their account balance, and if there was any criminal activity, reported them to the police.
"Puhuhut. Hurry up and post more malicious comments so you can fill our great Hybrid Chairman Park's bank account, meow!"
Naturally, all the money that disappeared went straight to Sejun.
Still, that much was at least a relief.
Grrrr. Kking?! Kking! Kking!
[Grrr. How dare you call Great Blackie a mutt?! Sister-in-law Iona! Tell me where that guy lives right now! Great Blackie-nim will personally teach him a lesson!]
At least nobody had to face a physical confrontation with Blackie.
"Blackie, calm down."
When Blackie got too worked up, Sejun grabbed him by the scruff of his neck and held him still.
Kking! Kking! Kking!
[Butler! Let go of me! Great Blackie does not tolerate insults! I will have my revenge!]
Blackie thrashed around for about five minutes, then
......
wore himself out and settled down.
A moment later.
Kking.
[Butler, Great Blackie-nim is hungry.]
"That's what happens when you move around that much. Here."
After his vigorous workout (?), Blackie happily ate the quarter piece of Roasted and Dried Sweet Potato that Sejun gave him and fell asleep in Sejun's arms. He was still on a diet.
For reference, Theo had dieted diligently and gotten back in shape in just three days, after which he freely enjoyed grilled fish and treats again.
And so, twenty-three days after its release, the movie hit 10 million viewers. Sejun and the group gradually lost interest in the film and returned to their peaceful daily routine.
Then, while they were going about their usual schedule today,
[A quest has been issued.]
[Quest: Please proceed to the level 4 world <Seian> and remove the stone placed at a point where Causality has been twisted. If left unattended, it may cause a meteorite-fall calamity in the future.]
Reward: 12 minutes of <Unique Power: Temporary Creator God> time credited
A Proxy Creator God Quest had appeared.
[Sejun-nim, the Debt Repayment Protocol shall now be activated.]
At the same time, the prototype of the Debt Repayment Protocol, created by the Creator God and System Eok-Samchiri, was also executed.
The Debt Repayment Protocol was very simple. It sent time debtors from that world, those who had borrowed time from Sejun and hadn't repaid it, to the location of the Twisted Causality to handle it on his behalf.
This was because correcting Twisted Causality back to normal could generate a large amount of Causality.
After the Creator God first came up with this idea, he reportedly went silent for several days. He had been dealing with this work alone for millions of years, after all.
[Please stand by at the quest location, just in case.]
"Sure. Let's go, everyone."
"Puhuhut. Got it, meow!"
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[You have arrived at the level 4 world <Seian>.]
When Sejun arrived at Seian and went to the area around the point of Twisted Causality,
"Move a stone? Why the hell are they making me do something like that? So annoying."
"I mean, it's not like I asked them to lend me time first. They're the ones who offered."
"And yet for just borrowing a bit of time, they're sending me all the way out to this godforsaken place."
Time debtor Andre Gus was grumbling away, thoroughly irritated.
"Should I smack him?"
"Puhuhut. Chairman Park, I, Vice Chairman Theo, want to smack him, meow!"
Kueng!
Kking!
"Daddy, Taecho wants to teach him a lesson!"
Watching Andre, Sejun and his companions were furious, but they held back. And they didn't need to discipline him themselves.
After grumbling for a long while, Andre said,
"Is it this stone?"
He picked up the stone placed at the point of Twisted Causality, and
Shrrrrk.
As if ground up by something, he crumbled into tiny pieces and vanished.
[Andre Gus has perished.]
[The 17 seconds of <Unique Power: Temporary Creator God> time that Andre Gus borrowed, along with 0.2125 seconds of interest, have been written off as bad debt.]
Messages appeared simultaneously. With Andre's death, the time Sejun had lent him was lost.
"...Huh? Eok-Samchiri, what just happened?"
When Sejun, who had been watching, asked System Eok-Samchiri in confusion,
[There was an unforeseen issue.]
System Eok-Samchiri answered.
"An unforeseen issue?"
[Yes. It turns out that residents of a world with Twisted Causality cannot remove the Twisted Causality within it.]
"Huh? What do you mean?"
[Well...]
System Eok-Samchiri's explanation was as follows.
The Twisted Causality and the Causality of residents living in that world were bound to each other, and so when Andre touched the stone, he merged with the Twisted Causality and what had just happened occurred. It was similar to how a monk can't shave his own head. [TL: Korean proverb meaning one can't solve one's own problems.]
In any case, the prototype was a failure.
[I apologize. Next time, I will bring a time debtor from a different world to try.]
"Got it."
When Sejun replied and removed the stone himself,
[You have removed the stone placed at the point of Twisted Causality in the level 4 world <Seian>.]
...
..
.
The quest completion message appeared, and
"Let's head back, everyone."
"Puhuhut. Got it, meow!"
Sejun returned with his companions and practiced their play. The play they were rehearsing this time was 'Three Little Pigs'.
Theo played the wolf, while Cuengi, Blackie, and Taecho wore pig noses made from paper cups and played the three little pigs.
"Puhuhut. Open the door, meow! Or I'll blow it away with wind, meow!"
Kueng!
[No way, I say!]
"Then I'll blow it down, meow! Hoo, meow!"
"Kyoot kyoot kyoot. O power of wind... Wind Blow."
"Hoo, meow! Hoo, meow! Hoooo, meow!"
"......."
"...Cuengi? This is a play. You can't hold the house in place with Telekinesis."
While they were in the middle of rehearsing the play,
[A quest has been issued.]
Another Proxy Creator God Quest appeared.
"Let's go, everyone."
Sejun moved to the quest location, and
[Sejun-nim, the time debtor has been brought.]
System Eok-Samchiri, having learned from the earlier failure, had brought a resident from a different world this time.
The quest was to pull out the grass at the point of Twisted Causality.
A moment later.
Tug.
The time debtor pulled out the grass, and
[Causality shall be received from Eltran as payment and converted into <Unique Power: Temporary Creator God> time.]
[As an estimated 8% loss is expected when converting Causality into <Unique Power: Temporary Creator God> time, an additional 8% of Causality shall be collected.]
[Of the 15.0912 seconds owed by Eltran, combining principal and interest, 3 seconds have been repaid.]
"Oh! It worked!"
A portion of the time Sejun had lent out was repaid to him.
"Hehehe. Eok-Samchiri, from now on, only send me the urgent Proxy Creator God Quests and handle the rest through the Debt Repayment Protocol."
[Yes!]
Now that he had a way to recover the time he'd lent out, Sejun gave the order to System Eok-Samchiri.
Thanks to this, Sejun gained the double benefit of fewer Proxy Creator God Quests while also having his loans repaid smoothly.
This gave him a bit more free time in his daily life, but
"Alright. I've got plenty of time today, so how about we make a Giant Rice Cake Cake?"
Kueng!
[Sounds great!]
"Teecher-nim, play with Ujab!"
"No! Teecher-nim has to play with Kuku!"
"Kids, don't fight. Just play with Ujab and then play with Kuku too."
As his time spent cooking and playing with the Children of Destruction increased, the extra free time vanished once again.
Then one day.
[Sejun-nim, the relocation of the Non-Combat Gods and Combat Gods has been completed.]
System Eok-Samchiri reported the news that the Non-Combat Gods and Combat Gods, who had returned to their original positions to govern their worlds, had finished relocating.
It wasn't exactly something Sejun absolutely needed to know, but there were times when Sejun would scold the system for not telling him, so it was better to mention it.
If it said nothing and got chewed out later, that would be worse.
System Eok-Samchiri had been extremely cautious lately, having caused the enormous disaster of Sejun's time loan delinquency incident.
Until now, there had been no system that could take its place, but System SJC's learning speed was terrifying. If it became capable of replacing Eok-Samchiri within a few years, an immediate impeachment might follow.
"Really? There aren't any problems, right?"
[There were no issues whatsoever.]
"Alright."
And so, as the things broken by destruction were gradually finding their rightful places, one by one,
"I humbly present myself before the supreme Creator God!"
The Creator God personally visited each of the leaders of the Great Nine Dragons.
After that, he visited his two apostles before coming to see Sejun.
"Sejun, have you been well?"
"We saw each other just yesterday."
The Creator God, who still came by every day to receive snacks.
"That's true. Here, take this."
"Huh? What's this? Hehehe. Is it an item?"
Sejun hurriedly opened the pure white envelope the Creator God had handed him.
"Oh? This is...."
-You are invited to the wedding of Fabio and Meirin.
It was a Wedding Invitation.
"You're telling me you're getting married and giving me a Wedding Invitation?"
It wasn't like the Creator God was trying to rub salt in the wound of someone who wanted to get married but couldn't because he was too weak.
When Sejun scrunched up his face and glared at the Creator God,
"Ahem. It's exactly what it says. I'm getting married. In one month."
The Creator God answered with a slightly sheepish expression.
However,
"So, Sejun, I'd like you to prepare the food for my and Meirin's wedding."
"Wow...."
Well, he certainly didn't hold back.
"I do have a conscience, so I'm not asking you to do it for free. I'll give you a reward instead."
Snap.
The Creator God snapped his fingers as he spoke, and
[A quest has been issued.]
[Quest: Please prepare a grand party for the wedding of Fabio and Meirin.]
Reward: Reward varies depending on Fabio and Meirin's satisfaction. (Satisfied: 1,000 hours of <Unique Power: Temporary Creator God> time credited, Very Satisfied: 2,000 hours of <Unique Power: Temporary Creator God> time credited, Extremely Satisfied: 5,000 hours of <Unique Power: Temporary Creator God> time credited)
A quest appeared before Sejun.
"Hehehe. Sounds good. Dear customer, I'll prepare the finest party for you."
After checking the quest reward, Sejun answered with a voice full of enthusiasm.
Get Extremely Satisfied, earn the 5,000 hours, and propose to Aileen!
His plan was to successfully prepare the Creator God's wedding party and then immediately start preparing for his own wedding.
"Thank you for accepting."
The Creator God said he had more Wedding Invitations to deliver elsewhere, took his snacks, and left.
"Everyone, assemble!"
"Puhuhut. We're all here, meow!"
Sejun called his companions together.
And then,
"Alright. Vice Chairman Theo, request as much Harvest Elixir from Leah-nim as possible."
"Puhuhut. Got it, meow!"
"Cuengi, give lots of food to the Five Calamities in the Void Storage and increase their numbers!"
Kueng!
They began preparing ingredients for the food.
If it was the Creator God's wedding, the number of guests would be enormous, and the amount of food to prepare accordingly massive, so they needed to secure ingredients in advance.
"Puhuhut. Hel-nim, please procure as much of Leah-nim's Harvest Elixir as possible, meow!"
[Hel, the God of Merchants, says she understands.]
Theo relayed Sejun's instructions to Hel.
"Leah! God-Sejun says to make as much Harvest Elixir as you can!"
"What?! God-Sejun? Got it!"
Thanks to this, Leah, who had been tending to a new world, cut into her own time to produce Harvest Elixir.
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