Part 2 Chapter 153: These brats are scheming without me, the Original?! / 877
TL: Hanguk
The Sanctuary where Sejun's clones lived, <Park Sejun World>.
A world that only Sejun, the Main Body, didn't know about. The once-tiny Sanctuary had grown bit by bit as the clones expanded it, until at some point it had become an entire world.
"Sejun No. 2, what's with all that stuff you brought back? Did you cover, like, a hundred weddings today?"
Sejun No. 1, the God of Christmas Santa Sejun, asked Wedding Sejun, the God of Marriage, who had appeared with armfuls of gold, silver, and treasures along with items that were obviously 2-Star or higher.
"Nope. I only stopped by one place, and I came back with all this. Total jackpot, right?!"
"Just what kind of wedding did you go to...?"
"I went to the Creator God's wedding."
"What?! The Creator God's wedding?!"
"Yes! Crazy, right?! Whew. Who would've thought I'd ever live to grant a blessing to the Creator God himself...."
Wedding Sejun's face went blank, as if he were reliving the awe of that moment.
"Oh, by the way. Did you know? At the Creator God's wedding this time, our Original Sejun was an absolute legend!"
Snapping out of it, he launched into the Wedding Story.
"The Original Sejun was?!"
"Wait. The Original Sejun can't even handle his own wedding, but he helped someone else's?"
"That's part of the Original Sejun's charm~"
The other Sejun clones gathered around Wedding Sejun, intrigued.
"So basically, the Creator God...."
While Wedding Sejun was eagerly telling everyone how the Creator God had used the snacks Sejun made to do some Snack Flirting and successfully tied the knot,
"So this guy who looked just like me showed up...."
"He didn't just look like you, you stole it! You thief! The moment I saw your face I had a feeling! You've got that thieving look about you! Physiognomy really is a science."
Sejun, who had come to catch the wedding gift money thief, was being branded as the thief himself by the Village Chief.
"Puhuhut. That's right meow! Chairman Park is great at stealing my heart meow!"
Beside him, Theo was babbling nonsense.
"Vice Chairman Theo, hush."
"Puhuhut. Got it meow!"
Sejun shut Theo up and said,
"Whew. Village Chief, please calm down. I'm really not the thief. My companions here will vouch for my innocence. Right?"
He asked his companions to testify on his behalf to convince the Village Chief that he hadn't taken the wedding gift money.
"Puhuhut. That's right meow! Our great Colorless Dragon Hybrid Chairman Park was with us the whole time meow! Besides, our Chairman Park has big ambitions. If he was gonna take it, he'd take it all, not just a little bit meow!"
Kueng! Kueng!
[Dad was packing up food with Cuengi! Dad is innocent!]
Kking! Kking! Kking!
[Butler was with great Blackie! He didn't go anywhere else! And if you keep yelling at Butler, great Blackie is gonna give you Mental Training! Watch yourself!]
"Daddy didn't steal it! Because Daddy might snatch things, but he doesn't steal!"
But the testimonies were a little off, and they failed to convince the Village Chief.
"You're all in on it together, aren't you?! Arrest every last one of them!"
"Yes, Village Chief!"
If anything, they were now lumped in as accomplices, and Sejun and his companions were surrounded by the Village Chief and the village's Self-defense Corps Members.
Should I just knock them out?
Sejun wanted to have Theo knock out the Village Chief and the Vigilantes, but the Village Chief was far too old for that.
Just then,
"Kyoot kyoot kyoot."
Iona came flying in from a distance.
In the middle of the Wedding Reception, Iona had gone to a parallel world with Theo and Blackie, given Carlo and his hundred subordinates a round of Mental Training, and recruited them all into Sejun Company.
After that, she'd gone alone to Carlo's castle and was on her way back with the loot.
"Iona, a little Sleep Magic, please."
"Kyoot kyoot kyoot. Yes. O power of mana...."
Thump.
"My apologies. Have a nice, deep sleep."
Sejun caught the Village Chief as he collapsed into slumber, carefully laid him down, and then laid out the other Vigilantes one after another.
And then,
"Alright. Now let's check out the crime scene."
"Puhuhut. Got it meow! Famous Assistants Theoson and Ionason will assist Detective Sherlock Sejun meow!"
Kuehehehe! Kueng!
[Hehehe. Detective Cunan is on the case!]
Kihihit. Kking!
[Hehe. Great Detective Kapang will crack this case!]
"Heehee. This time, Detective Taechoping is gonna solve it!"
Sejun and his companions, switched into Detective mode, began inspecting the storehouse where the wedding gift money had been kept.
They scattered and looked around the storehouse, and then,
"Hmm. If you're gonna take it, why not take it all? Why leave some behind? Very suspicious. Could it be that the bag was too small to carry it all?!"
"Meow?! Truly, Detective Sherlock Sejun is a genius meow! I, Famous Assistant Theoson, never even imagined the culprit's bag might be small meow!"
"Heh. I always keep every possibility in mind. If the bag was small, the culprit might come back, you know?"
"Puhuhut. That's right meow! Detective Sherlock Sejun's famous saying: 'The criminal always returns to the scene' meow!"
"Then we'll have to set up a stakeout."
Just as Sejun was fixating on a strange detail and reaching a completely off-base conclusion,
Kueng!
[Detective Cunan has identified the culprit!]
Cuengi came running up to Sejun with an immensely proud look on his face.
"Cuengi, you figured out who it is?"
Kuehehehe. Kueng! Kueng!
[Hehehe. That's right! The culprit is Wedding Sejun! This is the proof that Wedding Sejun is the culprit!]
"Huh? Wedding Sejun?"
With a puzzled expression, Sejun read the note Cuengi had found as evidence.
[Heh. As payment for granting the Blessing of a Hundred Years Together, I'll be taking 10% of the wedding gift money. - God of Marriage, Wedding Sejun]
"Ah. Right."
Wedding Sejun did say he showed up at every wedding and took 10% of the wedding gift money.
"Then earlier when the Village Chief was calling me a thief...."
It was real.
Wait. How dare a Clone interfere with my, the Original's, wedding?! And the God of Marriage, no less!
"Eok-Samchiri, where's Wedding Sejun?"
Furious, Sejun asked [System Eok-Samchiri] for Wedding Sejun's location.
In the past, he wouldn't have been able to track down a Clone who was a Transcendence-grade God, but now, with <Power: Temporary Creator God>, he could take on the Creator God's Status, so meeting his Clones wouldn't be a problem.
[Wedding Sejun is currently in a world called <Park Sejun World>.]
"Huh? Park Sejun World?"
[Yes. It is the name your Clones, Sejun-nim, gave to the world they created by expanding the place where they had been residing.]
"Heh heh heh. Is that so?"
Was this something they were planning to gift to me later?
Since the name was Park Sejun World, Sejun naturally assumed it would end up belonging to him.
"Got it. Give me the coordinates."
[Yes. The coordinates are...]
[System Eok-Samchiri] called out the coordinates, and
Whoosh.
Paespaes opened a Dimensional Gate leading to <Park Sejun World>.
***
<Rozul>
[The God of Marriage, Wedding Sejun, has bestowed the Blessing of a Hundred Years Together.]
[As payment for the Blessing of a Hundred Years Together, the God of Marriage, Wedding Sejun, takes 10% of the wedding gift money.]
"Hoho. Thanks to Sejun, it seems I can live a few more years."
If I can spend even a few more years with Meirin, I'll gladly hand over as much wedding gift money as it takes.
The Creator God, who had received Wedding Sejun's blessing, smiled with deep satisfaction.
The Blessing of a Hundred Years Together.
Since it was a blessing wishing for a long and happy marriage, it had the side effect of extending one's lifespan.
I owe Sejun a great deal, in so many ways.
From the wedding preparations, to shortening Kaiser's officiant speech, to chasing off the Uninvited Guest who showed up midway, to the wonderful Wedding Song, to handling all the various incidents cleanly.
The wedding is winding down now, so it's time I rewarded him.
"Meirin, how was today's wedding?"
To reward Sejun, the Creator God asked Meirin's thoughts one last time. He himself was more than satisfied, but Meirin might feel differently.
"The wedding? It was wonderful! In all my life, I've never been to such a marvelous wedding. And to think it was my own. Fabio, I don't know how to thank your friend Park Sejun."
"Hoho. That much, was it? I'll be sure to convey your feelings to Sejun."
I really did make the right call asking Sejun to handle the wedding preparations.
After hearing Meirin's answer, the Creator God made his decision.
Extremely, extremely, extremely satisfied.
The Creator God awarded Sejun a reward that exceeded the original quest reward.
***
[You have arrived at the Transcendent World <Park Sejun World>.]
"Huh? There's such a thing as a Transcendent World?"
[A level 10 World cannot withstand the power of gods.]
"Then what level is a Transcendent World, roughly?"
[Hmm. It's completely off the charts... If I had to assign a level to a Transcendent World, it would be at least level 30 or higher. Honestly, since there are no grades beyond level 10 Worlds, measuring it in levels is a bit awkward.]
"Is that so?"
Heh. To think they made a world like that to give to me. The Clones really are good kids.
Counting his chickens before they'd hatched, Sejun grinned wide.
"Puhuhut. Chairman Park, congratulations on becoming the master of a Transcendent World meow!"
Theo, too, was already speaking as though <Park Sejun World> belonged to Sejun.
Just then,
[Confirmation of satisfaction with the wedding of Fabio and Meirin have just concluded.]
[The quest have been completed.]
A quest completion message appeared in front of Sejun.
"Wha?! No way!"
Sejun went pale, thinking the Creator God's reaction would be terrible since the wedding gift money had been pillaged.
But
[Satisfaction level: Extremely, extremely, extremely satisfied.]
[As reward for completion of the quest, 9,000 hours have been credited to <Unique Power: Temporary Creator God>.]
"Huh?!"
How many "greats" was that?!
Three?!
Contrary to Sejun's expectations, the satisfaction of the Creator God and Meirin had been so high that it blew right past the original quest reward.
"Heh heh heh."
Now I can finally start preparing for my own wedding.
Thanks to that, Sejun's mood lifted enormously. Even the urge to scold Wedding Sejun melted away like spring snow.
"Eok-Samchiri, from now on, indiscriminate Time Loans are forbidden. And don't you dare touch the time I just received."
[Yes!]
After laying down the law with [System Eok-Samchiri], Sejun said,
"Guess I should at least say hi to the Clones before I leave. But where are they?"
In a much lighter mood, he set off to find his Clones.
A short while later.
"Puhuhut. Chairman Park, I can faintly sense Chairman Park's lap energy coming from over there meow!"
Following Theo's guidance,
"Sejun No. 2-nim, by the way, what are you planning to use this batch of wedding gift money for?"
The voices of the Clones in conversation began drifting over from a distance.
"Heh heh heh. First off, I'll expand <Park Sejun World> some more, and...."
It's already plenty big, but they want to expand it even more before giving it to me. How thoughtful.
"Then I'll set up a gaming room, and...."
Hmm? A gaming room?
Well, a gaming room would be nice to have...
"Build us an ice room too!"
"Should I?"
An ice room?
I don't even like ice rooms.
What's going on?
The more Sejun listened to the Clones' conversation, the stranger it felt. The hunch was getting stronger and stronger that the Clones hadn't built <Park Sejun World> for him at all.
And then,
"By the way, until when do we have to keep <Park Sejun World> a secret from the Original Sejun-nim?"
"Heh heh heh. Forever, obviously! The Original Sejun has no idea, not even in his dreams, that we're building a world like this."
"Of course. He'll never know."
"Sejun No. 6, this is an absolute secret from the Original Sejun, got it?"
"Right. If the Original Sejun finds out about <Park Sejun World>, he might pester us to hand it over."
The Clones cemented Sejun's suspicions with their own words.
"Why, you little...."
What?! I'd pester them?!
Furious, Sejun strode straight toward the Clones, and then,
"These brats are scheming without me, the Original?!"
he shouted.
"Wha?! Original Sejun, how did you get here?!"
"Original Sejun, that's not what we, uh...."
The Clones panicked at Sejun's appearance.
"Vice Chairman Theo, can you do a Clone Replacement?"
Glaring at the Clones, Sejun asked Theo.
The way Sejun saw it, the Chairman Parks inside Theo's mental world and the Clones in front of him were all his own Clones, so swapping them out wouldn't change a thing.
Wait. Actually, there was one thing it would change. The newly-minted god Clones would know exactly how their predecessors had been replaced, so they'd fall right in line.
"Puhuhut. Anything the great Colorless Dragon Hybrid Chairman Park wants, can be done meow! Replacing them right now meow?!"
What?! We're getting replaced?!
Hearing Sejun and Theo's words, which struck like a Bolt from the Blue, the Clones' faces drained of all color.
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