Part 2, Chapter 160: Vice Chairman Theo, Starting Today Stomp on My Face for an Hour Each Day!
TL: Hanguk
[Sejun, the God of Ruin Ditto did lift the curse, but because the curse was so powerful, the aftermath is going to last about 10 years.]
"Huh? Even though I told him I'd go pay him a visit?"
[Yes. I checked, and since this is the aftermath that lingers once a curse has been broken, it seems even Ditto can't do anything about it.]
"Really? So that means misfortune is going to keep coming after Lucia for the next 10 years?"
[Yes.]
Poor thing.
Sejun looked pityingly at Lucia, who had already conked out and was thoroughly soaking the front of Uren's shirt with drool. She'd seemed to dislike Uren earlier, but it must have just been because he was unfamiliar.
"Alright. So what about Uren's curse?"
[There's a bit of a problem there too. The God of Ruin Ditto is exhausted from placing a fresh curse. So instead, the God of Misfortune, Misfortune, has agreed to put a curse on Uren. Within an hour, a powerful curse will be placed on Uren....]
"No. Hold on."
Sejun cut off [System Eok-Samchiri] mid-report.
"So right now, the situation is that Lucia has misfortune, and Uren doesn't have misfortune, right?"
[Yes.]
"Then let's have Uren take care of Lucia."
[What?]
"Uren wants stimulation, right? Well, if he's with Lucia, who has misfortune coming at her constantly, that solves things right there. And whatever anyone might say, Uren is the ultimate survival expert who's lived through tremendous misfortune for a long time. If a guy like that takes care of Lucia, then Lucia's safety is guaranteed too, isn't it?"
[Oh! Sejun, you really are a genius!]
"Huhut. I wouldn't go as far as genius."
Sejun preened a little at [System Eok-Samchiri]'s flattery, then:
"Uren, come over here with Lucia's parents. I need to talk to you."
He called Uren and Lucia's parents over and first explained the current situation to them.
"How can this be... Uren's curse had gone to our Lucia...."
"Then our Lucia's curse is definitely gone, right?"
"Yes. But as I said, because of the aftermath of the curse, misfortune is going to keep coming for the next 10 years."
"Haaa...."
"Our poor Lucia, what are we going to do...."
At Sejun's words, Morris and Laura wore expressions of utter despair. Having personally witnessed the misfortune Uren brought down on himself so many times, they couldn't dare entertain the thought of overcoming Lucia's misfortune themselves.
"So I think it would be best to have Uren take care of Lucia until her misfortune disappears."
"What?! Uren?"
"Uren is going to take care of our Lucia?!"
At Sejun's words, Morris and Laura looked at Uren with skeptical expressions, and
"Wengh?! Me?!"
Uren wore an unconfident expression of his own. Naturally. He had no experience raising a child. Well, no, he did, technically. Piyot. But Piyot wasn't even three years old yet.
Of course, Piyot was so mature for his age that he was actually the one taking care of Uren, but still.
Just then,
Slither.
The air silently split open, and a black hand, looking like nothing but skin stretched over bone, reached out for Lucia.
But
"Wengh?!"
Something's coming!
Having experienced misfortune for so long, Uren instinctively sensed it approaching, wrapped his body around Lucia, and rolled to the side.
A rolling tumble.
Uren's body was on the round side, so it rolled along nicely. On top of that, with no misfortune on him, he didn't even catch on a stone halfway through.
As Uren and Lucia evaded the black hand,
Kueng!
[Big bro Uren, Cuengi will save you!]
Cuengi grabbed the black hand with both front paws and threw it over his shoulder, and
Crash!
A giant fly was yanked out of the hole and slammed into the ground.
-Graaaaagh!
Letting out a scream of agony.
[Beelzebub, Demon of Pestilence]
-You wretch!
Buzzzz.
The enraged Beelzebub hurriedly righted himself and took to the air, but
"Puhuhut. How dare you target the left front paw of me, Vice Chairman Theo. Unforgivable, meow!"
Whack!
Crash!
He got smacked on the back of the head by Theo and slammed back into the ground.
And
"Ugh. A giant fly... why are all the things Lucia summons so disgusting?"
Sejun shuddered again at how revolting Beelzebub was.
"Hak! How dare you make the Great Colorless Dragon Hybrid Chairman Park shudder! Unforgivable, meow!"
Kueng!
Kking!
"Why are you scaring Daddy?! Daddy! Taecho will give you a smacky-smack with a flyswatter!"
Thanks to that, Beelzebub got worked over in much the same way Charam had been earlier, only worse.
While the group was wailing on Beelzebub,
"You've seen it now, right? That Lucia is safe when she's with Uren."
Sejun picked up where he'd left off with Lucia's parents. The finishing touches had been handled by Sejun's companions, but it was because Uren had protected Lucia that they'd had the opportunity in the first place.
"Yes."
"If it's Uren, we can trust him."
Having seen with their own eyes Uren protecting Lucia, Lucia's parents agreed without resistance to entrust Lucia's protection to Uren.
Uren would continue to live with misfortune, and Lucia would be protected from misfortune, so it was win-win for both sides.
As the situation was being sorted out,
"Oh. My son!"
"Mom!"
Hamie, who had been heading back to the Grand Mansion, spotted Uren and joined them.
And
"Then let's continue with the doljanchi." [TL: traditional Korean first birthday celebration]
The doljanchi began again.
Crackle-crackle.
Misfortunes kept rolling in midway, disrupting Lucia's doljanchi, but
"Puhuhut. Chairman Park, the capable Vice Chairman Theo will go take care of it, meow!"
Kueng!
Kking!
Theo, Cuengi, and Blackie dealt with them swiftly, and the guests had absolutely no idea that they had been in tremendous danger.
Heheh. Today's haul is looking good.
On top of that, Theo's good luck and Lucia's misfortune created a synergy, and Sejun's wealth rapidly increased.
Some time later.
When the doljanchi ended,
"I'm getting married soon. This is a wedding invitation."
"Puhuhut. This is the wedding invitation for the wedding of the Great Colorless Dragon Hybrid Chairman Park and the Great Black Dragon Aileen, meow! Bring plenty of wedding gift money, meow!"
Kueng!
Kking!
"This is the wedding invitation for my daddy's wedding. If you come, you can eat lots of yummy stuff!"
Sejun and his companions diligently handed out wedding invitations to the doljanchi guests. The Daemon Family didn't invite just anyone, and the guests were all wealthy without exception.
Once the wedding invitations had all been distributed,
Heheh. Now I can really get into preparing for my wedding.
"Guys, let's go home."
Sejun and his companions returned to Earth.
***
Kindergarten of Destruction.
"Aileen, we're back!"
Hm? Why does it smell like oil?
The whole house was filled with the smell of cooking oil.
As Sejun was puzzling over it,
"Sejun, welcome back!"
[Sejun, welcome back!]
Aileen and Flamie, both wearing aprons, came out of the kitchen to greet Sejun.
"Sejun, look at this! Flamie and I made fried eggs to feed the guests at our wedding!"
Aileen pulled Sejun into the kitchen and proudly showed him the fried eggs piled mountain-high on hundreds of plates. After long practice in cooking, she could now make fried eggs, at least, to perfection.
[Hehe. Sejun-nim, I worked hard cracking the egg fruits too!]
Flamie casually planted herself beside Aileen and joined in the boasting. Flamie's job had been to crack the egg fruits and put them on the frying pan.
"Aileen... thank you so much. Flamie, thank you too."
Looking at Aileen and Flamie, Sejun was moved. The earnest desire of the two to help him came through clearly.
If I just serve these as is, all their hard work won't really stand out... Okay. I'll put them on top of bibimbap.
Sejun thought of a menu where the fried eggs Aileen and Flamie made could shine, then:
"Aileen and Flamie, please keep making more fried eggs."
"Yeah! Just leave it to me!"
[Hehe. Yes!]
He had Aileen and Flamie continue making fried eggs.
And
"Heheh. Shall we get started too?"
"Puhuhut. Sounds good, meow!"
Kueng!
(Pip-pip! Yes!)
Kking!
"Yap!"
Sejun and his companions began cooking too.
"Vice Chairman Theo, julienne the cucumbers, carrots, onions, mushrooms, and radish."
"Puhuhut. Got it, meow!"
"Iona, you handle ingredient transport."
"Kyoot kyoot kyoot. Yes."
"Cuengi, pull the noodles and garaetteok."
Kuehehehe. Kueng!
[Hehehe. Got it!]
"Paespaes, I'll leave the work song and fruit prep to you."
(Pip-pip! Yes! Leave it to me!)
Once Sejun had assigned tasks to Theo, Iona, Cuengi, and Paespaes in that order,
Kking?! Kking?! Kking?!
[Butler! What about the Great Blackie and Taecho?! Why are we last?! Are you ignoring us?!]
"Yeah! Taecho is sad!"
The youngest ones voiced their complaints.
"Huhut. It's because I was going to give the two of you the most important job. The most important thing is always saved for last, after all."
Kking?!
[An important mission?!]
Is this a 500-piece roasted sweet potato mission?!
Kihihit. Kking!
[Hehe. As expected, the one the butler trusts the most is the Great Blackie!]
"Hehe. Taecho, is it an important job?"
Sejun easily smoothed over their complaints, then:
"While we're cooking, could Blackie and Taecho play with the kids so they don't cause trouble? In my opinion, the only ones I can trust with a job like this are you two."
Kihihit. Kking! Kking!
[Hehe. Butler! Don't worry! Just trust the reliable Great Blackie! Playing with the kids is the Great Blackie's specialty!]
"Daddy! Trust Taecho! Taecho will play with the kids really well!"
He boosted their motivation.
Kihihit. Kking!
[Hehe. Kids, the Great Captain Blackie will play with you!]
"Captain Taecho too!"
Having entrusted the Children of Destruction to Blackie and Taecho,
"Paespaes, make a Dimensional Gate to the Black Tower for me."
(Pip-pip! Yes!)
Through the Dimensional Gate Paespaes made for him, Sejun gave instructions to the farm family waiting on the 99th floor of the Black Tower, as well as to Black Torch, Shak, Fatty, and Yoppi, and then returned to Earth.
As Sejun went back and forth between the 99th floor of the Black Tower and the kitchen at the Kindergarten of Destruction cooking, several days passed.
One week before the wedding.
Kkiruk! Kkiruk!
[Sejun! Aileen! The wedding attire is complete! Try it on!]
Ggomi brought over the two sets of wedding attire she had completed stitch by stitch with her own spider silk.
The tuxedo and dress were both black, and the black dress had been made by finely grinding the amethysts Jaki created and mixing the powder into the spider silk, so that with every movement a soft violet shimmer played across it, giving the dress a mysterious aura.
"Do it for mine too."
I bet it would look cool...
It seemed like it would look cool if the same effect was applied to the tuxedo, so Sejun pouted, and
Kkiruk...
[I wanted to do it for yours too, but the amethyst powder is very sharp....]
Ggomi said in an apologetic voice.
"No. How sharp could it really be...."
At Ggomi's words, Sejun put on a brave face and stroked the black dress with his hand, and
"Ouch!"
In an instant, Sejun's palm was torn open by the amethyst powder, leaving several cuts.
When Sejun got hurt,
"Iona, it's an emergency, meow! Chairman Park is hurt, meow! Chairman Park, be more careful, meow!"
"Kyoot kyoot kyoot. Power of Healing...."
Theo made a huge fuss and called for Iona, and Iona used Healing Magic to neatly heal Sejun's hand.
A short while later.
"Guys, how do I look?"
Sejun came out wearing the tuxedo.
"Chairman Park, that is the coolest you have ever looked to me, Vice Chairman Theo, meow!"
Kueng!
Kking!
"Daddy, you look so cool!"
His companions weren't stingy with their praise. Sure enough, clothes really did make the man, and he looked better than usual.
But
"Sejun, how do I look?"
When Aileen came out wearing her dress next,
"Ggomi, hurry and make Chairman Park's clothes even cooler, meow! At this rate, no one will see Chairman Park at the wedding, meow!"
Kueng!
Kking!
"Ggomi! Hurry and make Daddy clothes that will make him look way cooler!"
His companions' reactions did a complete 180. The moment Aileen appeared, Sejun, completely overshadowed by Aileen's beauty, became a Deep Sea Squid.
"This won't do! Vice Chairman Theo, starting today, stomp on my face for an hour every day!"
Sejun felt such a sense of crisis that he was even volunteering to be stomped on by Theo.
"Puhuhut. Got it, meow! By the wedding, I, Vice Chairman Theo, will get Chairman Park's face into the very best shape, meow!"
Kueng!
Kking!
"Daddy, Taecho will do her best too!"
His companions stomped on Sejun's face with everything they had, so that he might escape from being a Deep Sea Squid, even a little, at the wedding.
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