“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-”

wrapped Theo’s tail around herself, seeking peace of

start the

finished steaming the songpyeon (rice cake) and setting up the

Park, let’s go

excited, grabbed Sejun’s leg and led him

“Hold on.”

Sejun took two bowls filled

try this. It’s a dish called

the dragons pleased them, and it also made it easier for the other animals to eat

Shall we

-It’s called songpyeon?

and Kellion asked with

a mixture of sweet

While Sejun was explaining

Swallow.

hearing that sweet potatoes were inside, Kaiser and Kellion

And then

-……

-……

statues were silent. They seemed to

“Then enjoy your meal.”

greeted the two dragon statues

Park, over here,

Bang! Bang!

Theo, who had jumped onto the grilled tuna, tapped

“Alright.”

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

“Let’s eat.”

with Sejun’s words, the animals began to

up and give me

sprawled on Sejun’s lap, looked at Sejun and

Because

star of

at some

meow! All that mattered were Sejun’s lap, Churu,

Rip.

pouch and

Slurp, slurp, slurp.

Theo started eating earnestly.

And then

Crunch, crunch.

“Kyoot Kyoot Kyoot”

on the stir-fried peanuts she had buried in Theo’s tail,

Nom, nom.

also ate the songpyeon he

“Sweet potato.”

filling. The chewy dough

rice began to blend with it, giving the taste a new variation as he

Gulp.

he picked

Nom, nom.

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

a gentle drizzle, the potato and honey mixture was a pouring

was swept away by the honey, becoming indistinguishable. That didn’t mean it lacked flavor, though. The heaviness of the honey acted like gravity, absorbing the other sweet

“Nothing beats honey flavor.”

as Sejun had enjoyed about

did Cuengi

eating champion of the 99th

“Cuengi!”

called for

Kreong…

came from below,

“Huh? Cuengi!”

called for Cuengi

Rustle, rustle.

the tuna. He had been busily eating the grilled tuna from the inside. The golden bat was sitting

“You?!”

checked on

Slurp, slurp, slurp.

Churu, unaware

‘That was close.’

eat the songpyeon

Kreong!

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

And then

Sip, sip.

cherry tomatoes that Sejun had put on the Sip, sip. as a

“Ah…”

that he had not prepared anything for the golden bat at

something the golden

Sejun fell into thought.

And then

“Aha!”

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

“Just a moment.”

“Meow?”

“Kyoot?”

where he had planted pineapples, with Theo and Iona hanging on his

They’ve grown quite

much attention to them, the pineapple crowns had taken root and were growing well, producing pineapples

the uniqueness of the pineapples,

Lv. 2 is

the pineapple accelerates slightly while

to pick. As he was gently stroking

Chuk.

soon as

Touch Lv. 3

the screaming pineapple accelerates slightly while

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