After the performance ended and so ti passed—
“Dad, Taecho’s hungry!”
“Ddan-dan-nim, Yamyam is hungry too!”
“Rangrangi too!”
The children began whining for food.
“Okay. I’ll make dinner right away, so hang tight for a bit.”
Sejun hurried into the kitchen and began cooking.
Though there was a dragon fruit that had copied Sejun’s cooking skills, the system only gave rewards when Sejun himself cooked.
“What?! Why not?! Are you looking to be impeached?!”
Naturally, Sejun pulled out his system access terminal and threatened [System Eoksamchiri].
But this was apparently a decision made by the main system and couldn’t be overridden even by his authority. Sothing about sincerity needing to go into the food?
And so, Sejun had no choice but to cook breakfast, lunch, and dinner himself—making the day fly by at a breakneck pace.
A little while later, after all the children had eaten their dinner—
[Nutritionist of the Kindergarten of Destruction, Park Sejun, has fully fed 16 of the [Children of Creation Tainted by Destruction].]
···
..
[As a reward for feeding them, evolution experience of has increased by 0.016%.]
The reward ssage appeared.
If only that were the end of today’s tasks...
“Dad, let’s play doctor with Taecho!”
“Then Ddan-dan-nim will be the patient!”
Apparently, he had to play with them until bedti. Still, if he was the patient, it wouldn’t be too physically demanding.
“I’m Dr. Mingming! Patient, lie down here!”
“Okay!”
At Mingming’s instruction, Sejun quickly lay down. One must obey the doctor.
As Sejun lay flat—
“Patient, does it hurt here?”
“That must hurt a lot.”
The children pressed a toy stethoscope to Sejun’s face as they diagnosed him.
“Guys, the stethoscope goes on the belly, not the face.”
Sejun tried to correct them, but—
“Patient! Listen to Dr. Ddan-dan-nim!”
“Patient is in serious condition!”
“This can’t be cured with dicine! Ti for surgery!”
The kids completely ignored Sejun’s words, fully imrsed in their doctor roles.
Fine. Do whatever you want.
Sejun surrendered himself to their dical care.
“Puhuhut. Stay away from Chairman Park’s knees, nya!”
Theo warned the children who were approaching Sejun’s knees with the stethoscope.
However—
“Gomgomi is the doctor now!”
“That’s right! Dongdong is a doctor too! Doctors can touch patients!”
The children, believing their roles held authority, rebelled.
“Hiss!”
“Waaaah~!”
Theo gave them a dose of reality.
And then—
Kkueng!
[This is Kkueng’s spot-da-yo!]
Kihihit. Kking! Kking!
[Heheh. This spot belongs to the great Kkamang-nim!]
“Then this is Taecho’s spot!”
“Huh?! Then this one’s Pangpangi’s!”
“Mulmuli too!”
The doctor roleplay turned into a chaotic turf war for Sejun’s body, with Kkueng and Kkamang jumping in.
“Kids?”
Sejun found himself completely surrounded by his companions and the children.
“Ugh!”
Can’t... move...
The kids clung to their spots with such determination that Sejun couldn’t budge an inch.
Fortunately, the children soon began to fall asleep, their breathing turning slow and peaceful.
[Teacher of the Kindergarten of Destruction, Park Sejun, has played joyfully with 16 of the [Children of Creation Tainted by Destruction] until they were exhausted.]
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[Teacher of the Kindergarten of Destruction, Park Sejun, has sent 16 of the [Children of Creation Tainted by Destruction] to dreamland.]
···
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Sejun earned two rewards simultaneously.
Maybe I should just sleep like this tonight?
He was about to wrap up this exhausting day quietly when—
[A quest has appeared.]
[Quest: Please find and bring back 2 [Children of Creation Tainted by Destruction] left behind in to the Kindergarten of Destruction.]
Reward: 8% storage capacity for [Radiant Earrings of Darkness], 8% evolution experience
A quest ssage appeared in front of Sejun.
What the hell?!
He couldn’t yell out loud for fear of waking the children, so he silently burned with fury.
It wasn’t anger at being given more work—
It was because... why is the reward only 8% for rescuing two kids?!
The reward was stingy.
Normally, rescuing one [Child of Creation Tainted by Destruction] gave a 5% reward. Now he was being penalized for bringing two at once?!
“...Eoksamchiri, do you want to be impeached?”
Sejun growled low and summoned [System Eoksamchiri].
[Sejun-nim, it’s a misunderstanding! It wasn’t intentional—this was automatically calculated by the main system!]
[Correcting imdiately!]
[Quest reward has been updated.]
At Sejun’s command, the reward was promptly adjusted to 10%.
If the two are running wild, it could be dangerous.
Sejun decided to move right away, gently peeling the kids off one by one. Since they’d fallen asleep while holding onto him, their grip had loosened and it wasn’t difficult.
Once free, Sejun gathered his companions.
“Aileen, I’m going to pick up a couple new kids. Two this ti.”
“Okay. You’ve been working hard leveling Earth. Be careful out there.”
“Yeah! I’ll be back!”
After saying goodbye to Aileen, Sejun turned to leave—
“Huh?”
Is he taking Taecho with him this ti?
Aileen spotted Taecho clinging to Sejun’s back, waving at her.
(Bat-Bat oppa, am I doing it right?)
(Bat-Bat: Little one, you’re doing great!)
(Hehe. Taecho takes after Daddy, so I’m good at everything.)
Taecho had been learning stealth and ultrasonic communication from Bat-Bat.
“But wait, did I even detach Taecho?”
“Puhuhut. The great hybrid Chairman Park is a fool, nya!”
“What?! Why am I a fool?!”
“Puhuhut. Because you didn’t notice Taecho, nya!”
“Oh. You an I’m a fool for my daughter?”
“Nya?!”
As he chatted with Theo, Sejun walked off toward the Black Tower, still unaware that Taecho was riding on his back.
***
Black Tower, 55th Floor.
Beeep!
[Grandpa, Grandma, Dad, Mom, Uncle Ppoci, Aunt Lala—I’m heading out now!]
Wearing a small hamr on his belt and a backpack on his back, Blacktorch was bidding farewell to his family before going on a journey.
Today was the day Blacktorch set out to beco a legendary Black Rabbit.
And—
“Leave it to us!”
“We’ll take great care of Brother Blacktorch!”
On either side of Blacktorch stood two schoolmates from the Farming School: Shaki, eldest son of the Sickle Rabbit family, and Ddoongi, youngest of the Cart Rabbit family.
Shaki’s gear—backpack and sickle—resembled Blacktorch’s.
Ddu-dung.
But Ddoongi’s load was on a whole different level. He carried a giant one-wheeled cart loaded with all sorts of cooking tools, plus a huge backpack strapped to his back.
Bbyak!
[Son, just call anyti! I’ll be there no matter what!]
Take with you, son!
Blackmoonbok looked longingly at his son Blacktorch, hoping for an invitation.
Kkyuk!
[Nephew, since King Blackmoonbok is sooo busy, call your uncle first!]
Even Ppoci jumped in, refusing to lose out.
Bbyak?! Bbyak!
[Ppoci-nim, what are you saying?! I’m not busy!]
Kkyuk!
[If you’re not busy, I’ll make you busy!]
Bbyak! Bbyak!
[That’s not funny! Ppoci-nim and Lala are on remote duty for the next week starting tomorrow!]
Kkyuk?! Kkyuk!!!
[What?! That’s cruel!!!]
Lala’s eyes sparkled at the word “remote work,” while Ppoci trembled in fear.
As the two bickered—
Beep.
[Goodbye.]
Blacktorch quietly left.
And then—
Pyu-pyu!
[King Blackmoonbok is on remote duty with for the next week too.]
Bbyak?!
Blackmoonbok was also dragged into remote work by Pyu-pyu. In the Red Ribbon Kingdom, the queen’s power outweighed the king’s.
Bbyak~!
Kkyuk~!
Their screams echoed through White Castle, the royal palace of the Red Ribbon Kingdom—
Bbeeep.
[Their Majesties must’ve been caught trying to run away again.]
But to the rabbits working in the palace, this was just another ordinary day. No one paid attention.
***
[You have arrived in , Level 3 World.]
“Since there are two, let’s split up. Theo, search that way. Iona, head the other way.”
“Puhuhut. Got it, nya!”
“Kkyut-kkyut-kkyut. Okay.”
Theo and Iona moved off in opposite directions to search for the children. Sejun began his own search—
His thod was...
“Hm.”
It needs to be sothing with a strong scent.
He decided to lure them with food.
“Grilling has the best reach for aroma...”
Snap.
Sejun snapped his fingers to start the fire, took out ingredients, and began preparing.
He grilled fish and peanuts for Theo and Iona to eat when they returned, as well as sli at, rice cakes, corn, and foil-wrapped potatoes and sweet potatoes. The scents quickly filled the surrounding area.
Kkuhehehe.
Kihihit.
Kkueng and Kkamang settled next to him, excitedly grilling their own rice cakes and sweet potatoes.
Then—
Drip. Drip.
A few drops landed on Sejun’s shoulder.
“What the...?”
Is it raining?
He reached to wipe his shoulder while looking up—but the sky was perfectly blue.
Squish.
Instead, sothing soft, warm, and comforting t his hand.
“Huh?”
What is this?
When Sejun turned his head toward his shoulder—
“Heheh. Got caught.”
Taecho, whose cheek had been pinched, stuck out her tongue and smiled shyly. She had been drooling while staring at the food, and the drool had landed on Sejun’s shoulder.
“Park Taecho?”
“Yup! I’m Daddy’s daughter, Taecho!”
“As if I didn’t know that... Wait. How are you even here?”
Sejun put on a stern face and asked.
“Ta... Taecho just wanted to follow Daddy... Did I do sothing bad...?”
Taecho looked up at him nervously and asked in a timid voice.
“Well, yeah, that was wrong. If you leave without telling Mommy, she gets worried.”
“But Mommy knew Taecho followed Daddy...”
“Huh? She knew?”
“Yup! I even said bye to Mommy before I ca.”
“Really?”
“Heheheh.”
As Sejun’s expression softened, Taecho giggled.
She was so cute—
“Ahem. But still, you shouldn’t sneak around like that. If you do it again, Daddy’s going to scold you. Got it?”
He did his best to put on a serious face.
“Yes! I won’t do it again!”
“Here. Want so?”
“Yes!”
Sejun handed a small handful of freshly roasted peanuts to Taecho’s tiny hand.
Kkuhehehe. Kkueng!
[Hehehe. Little one, eat this rice cake I grilled-da-yo!]
Kihihit. Kking!
[Heheh. Little one! Eat this ultra-delicious roasted sweet potato made by the great Kkamang Oppa-nim! It’s really good!]
Kkueng and Kkamang also took care of Taecho.
“Okay!”
Taecho sat between Kkueng and Kkamang, munching on peanuts, rice cakes, and sweet potatoes nonstop.
Then—
Thump. Thump.
One massive child cautiously crawled toward them from afar.
“Heh. Gotcha.”
Sejun spotted the child and grinned.
Let’s see if you can resist this...
He upped the ante, skewering sausages and rice cakes together and brushing them with sauce before grilling them.
Kugugung.
The savory sll of the sausage-rice cake skewers excited the crawling child, who sped up toward them.
“Want so?”
Nod. Nod.
The «N.o.v.e.l.i.g.h.t» kid was instantly won over by the sll and taste.
“Your na is now Sotteok.”
This child, who had once tried to destroy , was given the na Sotteok and chose to follow Sejun.
“Puhuhut. The great hybrid Chairman Park, I’ve brought back one of the Tainted, nya! Did I do well, nya?!”
“Yeah. Great job.”
“Puhuhut. I knew it, nya! What are you waiting for, nya? Hurry and greet our Chairman Park, nya!”
Sniffle. “H-hello...”
The kid, sniffling after being smacked lightly on the back of the head by Theo, was now nad Huljjuk-i (“Sniffle”).
And so, Sotteok and Huljjuk-i beca the newest students of the Kindergarten of Destruction.
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