March 1996.
A maternity hospital in Bucheon.
“Honey, what do you think of ‘Sejul’ as our son’s na? Park Sejul. Sounds good, right?”
“What?!”
Hearing the na her husband Park Chun-ho had co up with after days of thinking, Kim Miran realized—
Ah. This man doesn’t have a shred of talent for naming.
“It ans ‘three lines.’ You know that brand I like, right? I got the idea from there! Isn’t it brilliant? Hehehe.”
There was no aningful intent behind it either.
“......”
As Park Chun-ho rambled excitedly, Kim Miran was at a loss for words from sheer disbelief.
She had just given birth and was exhausted, and he was saying that?
I’ll do the birth registration without him.
With a quiet smile, Kim Miran made up her mind.
She secretly registered the birth with the na Sejun—using the characters 世 (world) and 俊 (outstanding)—aning “a brilliant person acknowledged by the world.”
“What?! Why isn’t it Sejul?! Why is it Sejun?!”
By the ti Park Chun-ho found out, it was too late.
And when their second child was born—
“Honey~! I ca up with a great na for our second! What about Sedol? Park Sedol. It ans three stones.”
Park Chun-ho once again stunned Kim Miran with his weird na.
“Hehehe. I figured you wouldn’t like it, so I already filed the birth registration myself!”
This ti, he had gone ahead and registered it in advance.
“You bastard!”
Kim Miran vowed to legally change the second child’s na later.
But then—
“Mom, I think the na Sejun sucks. I wish I had a cool na like Sedol...”
“Sedol, you don’t like your na? Want to change it later with Mom?”
“No, I like my na! You should change Hyung’s na instead. Don’t tell him, but I think it’s la.”
Realizing that both sons had inherited their father’s naming sense, Kim Miran gave up completely.
“I swear, there must be a curse on the Park family when it cos to naming.”
When Kim Miran finished her story—
Crunch. Crunch.
“Grandma! Does that an Taecho’s na is weird too? Daddy nad it!”
Taecho, who had co to the main house with Flamy’s help after waking up and finding Sejun gone, looked like she might cry.
“No! Thankfully, your daddy did a great job with your na!”
Miran hugged Taecho tightly as she answered.
“Hehe. I like the na Daddy gave too!”
Taecho smiled brightly.
Crunch. Crunch.
“Kkyutkkyutkkyut. Every mystery has been solved.”
Watching the two of them, Iona smiled as the long-standing mystery was finally resolved.
Sejun-nim’s na is normal because Miran-nim nad him!
No—thanks to Miran-nim naming him, Sejun-nim turned out to be such a wonderful person!
With the truth revealed, Iona made a decision. When she and Theo had children, she would ask Kim Miran to na them.
Kkyutkkyutkkyut. Of course, without Theo-nim knowing.
Because Theo, the devout Sejun-worshipper, would obviously ask Sejun to na the child.
Whether Iona’s plan would succeed... was uncertain.
After all, Sejun had already prepared about 20 nas for each gender just in case Theo and Iona ever had children.
Sejun was absurdly thorough in the most unnecessary places.
At that mont—
“Alright. Let’s na the café Queng Café, and register the business na as QuengQueng.”
Kkuhehehe. Queng!
[Hehehe. Sounds great, da yo!]
Sejun erged from the room after finishing his conversation with Sedol and discussed the café with Queng.
“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, I, Vice Chairman Teo, want to register a business too, nya!”
“Really? Then I’ll register yours as NyangHamchi Company.”
“Puhuhut. I love it, nya!”
Sejun gave Theo a business na as well.
Watching all this—
Just as Miran-nim said, the Park family definitely has a naming curse!
Iona beca convinced that it was true. Even just having the Park surna seed enough to trigger the curse.
As the big brothers got their businesses—
Kkihihit. Kking!
[Hihit. Butler! The great Kkamang wants a business too!]
Kkamang demanded that Sejun register a business for him too.
“You...”
Sejun paused for a mont, thinking.
“Hehehe. Sunfish Corporation.”
Kking! Kking! Kking!
[No! The great Kkamang is not a sunfish! You are the sunfish, Butler!]
“What?! Why am I the sunfish?! You’re the sunfish!”
Kking! Kking!
[No way! It’s you!]
As Sejun and Kkamang growled at each other in a battle of "who’s the sunfish"—
“What’s all this noise? Eat so fruit.”
Kim Miran ca out of the kitchen with a tray of fruit.
Fine. I’ll let you off since your mom’s here.
You’re lucky your mom’s watching, Butler.
The °• N 𝑜 v 𝑒 l i g h t •° two silently sat down and happily ate the fruit Kim Miran had brought.
After finishing the fruit—
“Alright, let’s go.”
Sejun got up and gathered the group.
“Sejun, before you leave, take this!”
Kim Miran pointed to a pile of side dish containers on the table.
“Why’d you pack so much?”
Sejun grumbled, but his actions said otherwise.
“Ooh, Mom, did you make the octopus jeotgal yourself?”
“No, I bought it, but I added onion, green chili, and chili powder.”
“Hehehe. Sounds nice and spicy!”
He cheerfully inspected each dish and packed them into his subspace warehouse. No one could refuse Mom’s cooking. How could he turn away the taste he’d grown up with for over 20 years?
“Perilla leaves too?”
“Yep. I brushed seasoning on each one by hand...”
Watching Kim Miran explain how she made the perilla leaves, Sejun almost teared up.
How do I even explain this feeling? I’m happy, but I want to cry.
Sejun opened his eyes wide to stop the tears from spilling and hurriedly finished packing, leaving the house like he was running away. It was embarrassing.
Then—
“Mom, I’m going!”
He headed for the Black Tower with his group to pick up Aileen.
Monts later—
Ding.
A transfer of funds was deposited into Kim Miran’s account. It was Sejun’s way of expressing the love he couldn’t say aloud.
***
Black Tower, Administrator’s Zone.
“Grandpa!”
As soon as Aileen arrived, she stord into the admin zone and called out to Kaiser in a furious voice.
“Kuahahaha! Did my granddaughter miss her grandpa so much she ca running?”
Kaiser laughed heartily and approached.
But—
“Grandpa, this is no ti to laugh! Did you know the White and Red Towers appeared on Earth?!”
At her words—
“What?!”
Those bastards! I thought they gave up since things were quiet, and now they just moved their towers to Earth because we didn’t let them in?!
Kaiser exploded in fury.
Then—
–Kellion! Ramter! What the hell are you two doing?!
He activated his dragon sculpture to confront the other tower masters.
But—
–What do you an what? I can do whatever I want with my own tower.
–Puhaha. Yeah. There’s no law saying only one tower per world, right?
–Duhahaha. Just wait. The Violet Tower will arrive soon too.
–What?! The Violet Tower too?!
–The Green Tower’s on the way too.
–Our tower will arrive soon as well.
–So will ours...
Not only Kellion and Ramter, but several other leaders were moving their towers to Earth too.
–Huh?!
Earth is only Level 3 right now. If all nine Grand Towers land there...
Realizing the danger, Kaiser broke out in a cold sweat.
–You idiots! You think a Level 3 world can handle all nine Grand Towers?!
Panicked, Kaiser shouted at them.
–Who are you calling idiots?! Of course we know that!
–Yeah! Obviously a Level 3 world can’t take it.
–Even the towers themselves can’t withstand it.
They still hadn’t grasped the full severity.
–If you know that, then why are you all swarming Earth?!
–Wait... Earth is Level 3?
–Yeah!
–...Then we can’t stop this.
–...We’re screwed.
After Kaiser explained more, they finally understood. They’d forgotten Earth, like Sejun, was basically a sunfish—fragile.
–What do we do?
–Delay tower transport as much as possible!
–Got it!
The leaders rushed to co up with counterasures.
“Sigh... What do I tell Sejun...”
Aileen sighed heavily, knowing she’d have to break the news to Sejun.
***
[You have arrived on the 1st Floor of the Black Tower.]
“Kaiser-nim, please let Aileen know I’m here.”
As Sejun entered the Black Tower, he called for Kaiser.
[The Tower’s administrator replies apologetically, asking you to wait a mont.]
“Kaiser-nim, co on. No need to apologize between us. Sure, the White and Red Towers showing up is a hassle, but it’s not like anything serious will happen. It’s not like Earth is going to be destroyed or anything.”
Sejun thought Kaiser was apologizing for the tower appearances and acted cool.
[...]
Kaiser couldn’t bring himself to tell Sejun that Earth was actually on the verge of destruction.
Just then—
“Sejun, it’s bad. Earth might be destroyed.”
Aileen appeared in front of Sejun and spoke in a grim voice.
“Huh?”
Earth is actually going to be destroyed?
I was just joking...
Sejun froze, having tossed the idea out casually.
“Earth’s gonna die?”
Taecho asked with innocent curiosity from beside him.
“Puhuhut. Don’t worry, little one! The great hybrid Chairman Park will handle it all, nya!”
Theo declared confidently.
“Yeah! Daddy can do anything! You got this!”
Taecho nodded firmly.
A little later.
“There’s about a year left before the rest of the towers arrive on Earth?”
Back on Earth, Sejun asked Aileen after hearing her explanation.
“Yeah. Looks like a new Grand Tower will land every two months.”
Luckily, the leaders had slowed tower movent as much as possible, buying a year’s ti.
“To get Earth to Level 7 in that ti...”
According to Aileen, each world level can handle about 2 regular towers. Grand Towers were roughly 1.5x stronger.
For example, Earth at Level 3 can take 3×2 = 6 regular towers, or 4 Grand Towers.
So to endure 9 Grand Towers, Earth needed to be around Level 7.
So I need to raise one level every 3 months?
“Nope.”
The higher the level, the more EXP is required—so leveling up gets slower over ti.
I better start fast.
Sejun made up his mind to boost Earth’s level ASAP.
“Aileen, let’s go back quickly!”
He hurried back to the Kindergarten of Destruction with his group.
Because the best place to raise Earth’s level... was that kindergarten.
When he arrived—
“Daddy~!”
The kids rushed out to greet him.
“Alright! Let’s eat so yummy dinner!”
Sejun quickly prepared dinner and fed the children.
[Sejun, Nutritionist of the Kindergarten of Destruction, has fully fed 16 of the ‘Children of Creation Tainted by Destruction.’]
[As a reward, lifespan increased by 16 hours.]
[As a reward, acquired 1.6 billion Tower Coins.]
[As a reward, Earth (Lv.3) has gained 0.016% evolution experience.]
Rewards received.
Still not enough.
“Okay. Now, how about we have so snacks?”
“Yes~!”
Sejun continued cooking snacks with care while the children happily ate, doing their part to preserve Earth’s peace.
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