Squeak!

Kreong…

While the pissed-off black rabbit was chasing Cuengi, who plotted the coup,

“Theo, where did this amberjack fish come from?”

Sejun asked Theo, who was preparing to put the amberjack fish into his bag.

“Ah, this one, meow? Well, this is…”

Just as Theo was about to explain about the amberjack fish caught by Flamie,

[Master! What’s happening here?]

Flamie hurriedly called out to Sejun, trying to divert his attention.

“Oh, it’s because of Cuengi. Are they being noisy while you’re resting? I’ll take them away quickly.”

[Yes, thank you.]

While Flamie was responding,

Swish.

One of Flamie’s roots grabbed Theo’s leg.

And,

[Please keep it a secret that I caught the amberjack fish.]

Flamie, who wanted to hide its size, made a request to Theo.

“No way, meow! There are no secrets between me and President Park, meow!”

[In exchange, I’ll catch a big fish like this every month. Big brother.]

“Pufufut. Did you just call me big brother, meow?”

Theo was pleased with the new term of address.

[Yes, big brother.]

“Alright, meow! I’ll keep it a secret, meow! President Park! I caught this amberjack fish, meow!”

Theo fell for the new term of address, ‘big brother’.

[Sigh.]

Flamie let out a sigh of relief.

However,

“Theo, you? You hate getting in the water, don’t you?”

“Meow? That’s…”

Theo started to stutter all of a sudden.

“Are you hiding something from me?”

“It’s a secret, meow!”

Theo ran outside in response to Sejun’s questioning.

“What’s with him?”

Sejun muttered as he watched Theo behave strangely.

Then,

“Black rabbit, please forgive Cuengi now. Cuengi has probably reflected a lot. Isn’t that right, Cuengi?”

Sejun made the black rabbit and Cuengi reconcile.

Kreong! Kreong!

Cuengi nodded vigorously at Sejun’s words.

Squeak.

The black rabbit forgave Cuengi, saying ‘only this time’.

Kreong!

Excited that the black rabbit had forgiven him, Cuengi ran around carrying the black rabbit on his back, acting as a horse.

Then,

Snap.

“What?”

During this, Theo returned to Sejun’s knee. Theo, who had run away because he couldn’t reveal the secret, couldn’t stay away from Sejun’s lap for too long. So, in the end, he returned to Sejun’s even after running away.

“Theo, how dare you keep a secret from me?!”

Plop.

Sejun pulled Theo’s cheeks as punishment for the runaway cat.

“Presi… Park, sor… , meow! Fl… gave to… me, meow!”

Finally, Theo confessed, but his pronunciation was all muddled.

“Hehehe.”

Sejun enjoyed touching Theo’s soft chubby cheeks, which felt like sweet rice cake the more he touched. He had long forgotten about Theo’s response.

Thanks to this, Flamie’s secret was kept safe.

***

Morning of the 269th day of being stranded.

It’s been six days since the Harvest Festival began.

“Is there going to be a competition today?”

Sejun said while drinking his morning coffee.

there were carrot harvesting competitions on the 2nd day of the Harvest Festival and carrot eating

maybe the next one will be something like carrot

Sejun was thinking about

Squeak! Squeak!

Kreong! Kreong!

and Cuengi came

Thud.

Thud!

bowed their heads, performing a formal

And then,

Squeak!

Kreong!

their palms together, it was a polite yet

“Do you want food?”

Squeak!

black rabbit shook his

Kreong! Kreong!

the black rabbit and quickly

“Then what is it?”

Squeak?

about New Year’s gift

Sejun’s shoulder. It was a thoughtful question, considering Sejun might not know about New

Of course, I know.

gift money to Black Rabbit and Cuengi. On the sixth day of the Harvest Festival, it was a tradition for the rabbits to bow and receive New

Squeak!

Kreong!

were happy holding the New Year’s gift money they

it

to Sejun. He thought it was a pretty good deal to just bow and receive

the oldest brother, I’ll give

he gave to the black rabbit

you, meow! Give

time he bowed, like a vending machine that

However,

to have the money you’ve already received taken

“No, meow.”

his New Year’s gift

“Open it, meow!”

“Sure.”

Whoosh.

Sejun was feeding Churu to

Squeak!

Squeal!

Squeap!

front of Sejun, bowed,

“Right, Stay healthy.”

Sejun was giving blessings as

And,

Swish. Swish.

(Ga, Na, Da, Ra…)¹

Bat was diligently practicing writing Korean on the floor. It was

(Noodles, Coffee, Cola…)

emphasized to always

a while, he

definitely bring something that Sejun likes this

of Sejun in his eyes

***

Flap. Flap.

(What should I choose?)

hurriedly looked around and found letters he could

Then,

00 Noodles, 00 Coffee.

Familiar characters appeared.

(Ah! That’s it!)

Bat quickly grabbed the

A little later,

the ramen? It was here just before I went

eat ramen grumbled while

no way someone ate the ramen and disappeared within a few

a packet

small the happiness is, this

was too lazy to go

***

your New

Year’s gift money to the rabbits who were bowing

Flap. Flap.

dragon

And,

Sejun! Why aren’t

who didn’t come to bow

find you after receiving bows from

but he couldn’t tell the truth if he didn’t want to

Hmmm. I, being generous, will let it

Mr. Kaiser, may you live a long²

Sejun politely bowed.

Park Sejun! Are you telling me to

“Huh?!”

now, so if I’m to live long², it means I should

the long lifespan of

not what

explained

long life. Wishing someone to live long and healthy means to live a very, very

frailty of humans. Here’s

Spit.

spat out by the black dragon statue fell

special of mine. Consider it an

“Thank you!”

it was,

Flap. Flap.

fountain and Sejun checked the item

Black Dragon

great black dragon, Kaiser Pritani, has put a spell

a desired area, it

owner’s life is in danger, the Dragon Tribe skill – Dragon Skin

Sejun,

→ Creator: Kaiser Pritani

→ Grade: Unmeasurable

“Wow.”

was an extraordinary

put it here like

Sejun placed Kaiser’s scale on his

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