“Is it cooked?”

Sejun poked the sweet potatoes and potatoes he was roasting with chopsticks.

Thunk.

The chopsticks went in smoothly, without resistance.

“It’s done.”

Sejun took the pot off the fire and removed the sweet potatoes and potatoes to let them cool.

While cooling the sweet potatoes and potatoes, he checked on the grilled fish for Theo and the purple locust meat for Cuengi, placing the cooked items in bowls.

Iona’s stir-fried peanuts were already cooked, spread on a wide plate, and cooling off.

Just then,

Kreong! Kreong!

Cuengi came up from the cave, carrying a massive fish. “Big brother Theo! I caught a big fish!”

Upon hearing news of Sejun’s party, Flamie had driven a giant fish from the sea of dimensions for Cuengi to catch.

“It’s tuna, meow!”

Theo was thrilled to see the 20-meter long fish that Cuengi had brought.

“President Park! When does the party start, meow?!”

Theo, growing impatient due to the tuna, was stamping his feet and urging Sejun.

“President Theo, wait. We also need time to grill the tuna.”

“Got it, meow! Cuengi, hurry and grill the tuna, meow!”

Kreong?

[How do I grill it?]

Cuengi tried to grill the tuna, moving it this way and that over the fire, larger than the fish itself.

But

“That’s not how you do it, meow!”

To Theo, a grilled fish enthusiast, it looked hopelessly unskilled.

“Iona, help me, meow!”

“Kyoot kyoot kyoot. What can I help you with?”

Iona, delightedly looking at the stir-fried peanuts, asked with a bright voice.

“Make a fire, meow!”

“Kyoot Kyoot Kyoot. That’s easy. Oh, power of fire, follow my command and burn everything! Blaze of Incineration!”

Iona cheerfully created a fire at Theo’s request—a very big and hot fire.

“That’s not the fire, meow! Are you planning to burn all my tuna, meow?!”

Theo screamed in alarm at the fire Iona had made. Just lightly touching it seemed like it would reduce his tuna to ashes.

“Kyoo- then you should have said so.”

Although Theo’s raised voice made Iona’s mood soured, Theo was an essential existence providing her sound sleep. So she patiently bore with him.

If it were anyone else, she would have immediately sent Hellfire. But she held back because it was Theo.

“Is it alright?”

Iona patiently met Theo’s demands, lowering the fire’s temperature.

But

“Reduce the fire size on the bottom and a bit of the upper part, meow!”

“Kyoo- is this enough?”

“No, meow! Increase the size in the middle, meow!”

Theo’s demands were endless, and Iona’s patience started to wane.

“Kyoo-Kyoo- Is this okay?”

Anger stage two: Iona’s anger gauge steadily rose. Theo, seemingly unaware that he was endangering his life, kept ordering Iona around.

“You’ve reduced it too much this time, meow!”

“Kyoo-kyoo-kyoo- you’re too fussy.”

Just when Iona’s patience was reaching its limit

“It’s done, meow!”

Fortunately, the fire’s shape and temperature reached the state Theo wanted.

“Cuengi, put the tuna in the fire, meow!”

Kreong!

At Theo’s command, Cuengi placed the tuna in the fire, and the fire perfectly matched the tuna’s shape. It would have been easier if he had asked for the fire to be shaped like the tuna earlier.

“Just wait for two hours, and it’ll be done, meow!”

While Theo waited for the tuna to be grilled,

“Kyoo-kyoo-”

around herself, seeking

let’s start the

tuna, Sejun had finished steaming the songpyeon (rice cake) and

meow meow! President Park, let’s go up

Sejun’s leg and led him atop the well-grilled

“Hold on.”

Sejun took two bowls filled

try this. It’s a dish

and it also made it easier for the

Shall we

-It’s called songpyeon?

Kellion asked with

Inside, it’s filled with a mixture of sweet potato, potato, and

While Sejun was explaining

Swallow.

inside, Kaiser and Kellion stuffed songpyeon into the mouths

And then

-……

-……

two dragon statues were silent. They

“Then enjoy your meal.”

greeted the two dragon statues and returned to

over

Bang! Bang!

to wait, Theo, who had jumped onto the grilled

“Alright.”

a bowl and climbed up to the grilled tuna. Meanwhile, the rabbits sat down and

“Let’s eat.”

words, the animals began

and give me a Churu,

Sejun and

Because

the star of this

at some point, in Theo’s mind, this party had

party? It didn’t matter, meow! All that

Rip.

pouch and squeezed it for Theo

Slurp, slurp, slurp.

Theo started eating earnestly.

And then

Crunch, crunch.

“Kyoot Kyoot Kyoot”

the stir-fried peanuts she had buried in

Nom, nom.

the songpyeon he had

“Sweet potato.”

first rice cake he picked up was made with sweet potato filling. The chewy dough and soft sweet potato mixed together as he chewed, providing a

there was only the sweetness of the sweet potato, but soon, the sweetness of the rice began to blend

Gulp.

songpyeon, he

Nom, nom.

a songpyeon made with a mixture of potato and honey filling. The texture was similar,

sweet potato songpyeon was a gentle drizzle, the potato and honey mixture

didn’t mean it lacked flavor, though. The heaviness of the honey

“Nothing beats honey flavor.”

had

did Cuengi

The eating champion of the 99th floor, Cuengi, was nowhere to be

“Cuengi!”

called for

Kreong…

faint voice came from below,

“Huh? Cuengi!”

Sejun called

Rustle, rustle.

out, opening the mouth of the tuna. He had been busily eating the grilled tuna from the inside. The golden bat was sitting on Cuengi’s forehead,

“You?!”

quickly checked on

Slurp, slurp, slurp.

was still eating Churu, unaware

‘That was close.’

the

Kreong!

Sejun’s words, Cuengi responded energetically and began eating the

And then

Sip, sip.

juice of cherry tomatoes that Sejun had put on the Sip, sip.

“Ah…”

prepared anything for the golden bat at

something the golden bat might

Sejun fell into thought.

And then

“Aha!”

suddenly remembered the fruit. There was a pineapple he had brought from the 75th floor. Seeing it eat cherry tomatoes, he was sure that

“Just a moment.”

“Meow?”

“Kyoot?”

had planted

grown quite

them, the pineapple crowns had taken root and were growing well, producing

the pineapples, Sejun gently stroked

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of the pineapple accelerates slightly while being

he examined which pineapple to pick. As he was

Chuk.

soon as

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growth of the screaming pineapple accelerates

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