TL: Hanguk

Kweesi! Kweesi!

[Here it is! I’ve brought the most delicious head especially for you!]

Around the time when Cuengi was about to fill his snack bag with chestnuts, Godori proudly presented a snake’s head, the size of a fist, to Sejun. It seemed freshly killed as blood dripped from it.

“Ah! Sorry… I forgot I had eaten a little while ago.”

Kweesi… Kweesi!

[Oh… Then please take it and eat it when you are hungry!]

Godori pushed the snake’s head towards Sejun.

“No! That’s never going to happen!!!”

Sejun exclaimed, stepping back.

Kweesi…?

[Could it be… you’re not pleased with our hospitality…?]

Godori asked, looking anxious.

“Ah… No, it’s not that…”

Just as Sejun struggled to articulate himself,

“Sir Sejun, I am… I am sorry!”

Hegel and the Black Wolf tribe’s wolves rushed over and apologized, bowing down. They had hurried back after hearing from the golden bat that Sejun was looking for them after finishing their conversation with the boss at the 83rd floor waypoint.

Hegel’s eyes widened at the sight of the hedgehogs surrounding Sejun.

‘There were monsters?!’

“Sir Sejun! Please, let me take full responsibility for this!”

Hegel was restless because he didn’t know there was a monster hiding. He had no excuses. He had to take responsibility for his mistake, even if it cost his life.

“It’s okay. But be more careful next time.”

Honestly, Sejun was just relieved they were hedgehogs. It could’ve ended much worse had they been other monsters.

“Yes! Thank you for your forgiveness! I will take Sir Sejun’s words to heart.”

“Alright. But Hegel, you look very hungry? Running all the way here must’ve made you hungry, right? Very, very hungry, right? Here, eat this.”

Sejun pointed at the snake head, insisting Hegel should be hungry.

“Wha… Sir Sejun…”

Sejun was desperately trying to get rid of the snake’s head,

‘He’s giving this delicious treat to someone like me who made a mistake!’

Hegel was deeply moved that day.

“Alright! Let’s get to work!”

Sejun, who handed the snake’s head to Hegel, quickly started harvesting chestnuts.

Kweesi!

The hedgehogs climbed the trees and dropped the chestnut burrs, which Cuengi and Sejun would then peel to extract the chestnuts.

Krueng!

While Cuengi easily cracked the chestnut burrs brought by the hedgehogs by hand while sitting on the ground,

“Land Moving!”

Sejun used a skill to put 100 chestnut burrs underground at once, a somewhat cumbersome method, but he had no other choice; he couldn’t crack them by hand.

By the time they had cleaned about half of the chestnut tree of its burrs,

Gurgle.

Krueng!

[Daddy, I’m hungry!]

Cuengi’s stomach growled. It was dinner time.

Kweesi!

[We will catch dinner for Master Cuengi!]

Upon hearing Cuengi’s proclamation of hunger, Godori reacted as if it was a serious situation, getting ready to set out.

“No! You guys have worked hard too. Let’s eat something different today.”

Kweesi…

[No, but we really…]

Godori looked uneasy.

“No! Just stay put! Otherwise, I’ll kick you out of the farm!”

Sejun spoke firmly, even threatening the hedgehogs. He really didn’t want the snake’s head.

Kweesi!

[We will stay put!]

The hedgehogs froze at Sejun’s words. ‘No, guys, that’s not what he meant.’ Sejun explained that he meant they didn’t need to go hunt for dinner, and then started preparing dinner.

Dinner consisted of chestnut porridge and roasted chestnuts made from the chestnuts they harvested that day.

Swish swish swish.

the farm and diligently washed the chestnuts. They had harvested about 100,000 chestnuts

“Alright! Wash them thoroughly!”

Kweesi!

were many hedgehogs, washing 5,000

started boiling 3,000 of them in a

And then,

make a

(Yes!)

it to

the golden bat and the wolves to make cuts into the remaining 2,000 chestnuts for

Swoosh.

flour into the pot, added water, and continuously stirred while

Then,

Krueng?

nothing for

the back, asked today if there was

course there is. Just keep stirring

didn’t miss the opportunity and tossed his work

find out the way to waypoint. I’ll be going up to the

the brief free time to instruct Hegel to find the route to the waypoint in advance for a swift

99th floor was delayed as the

already finished talking to the

for a grand party with its subordinates upon hearing from Hegel that the great black dragon

it’s not

to see if it was well-cooked,

Swoosh.

sliced a chestnut in half with his dagger and tasted its

Guys,

instructed the resting golden bats and wolves to

Kweesi!

[We will do it!]

left out, Godori

you

Ping!

question, Godori plucked

And then,

Kwishushushush.

posture, it stabbed towards the boiled

Kweesi?

[How is it?]

with a

all the sounds you made with your mouth, you know. I told you to

Kweesi……

[I’m sorry…]

have to

reprimand Godori for not doing the job properly, he couldn’t

gets

extraordinarily powerful. It might even pierce Sejun’s

stay quiet, pick

Kweesi!

[Yes!]

chestnuts again

And then,

“Let’s eat dinner!”

and the animals feasted on roasted chestnuts and chestnut porridge until they were full

***

doubt the box he took last time had anything

confused seeing Theo confidently handing over

not the type to give

but Taru thought of Theo

waiting for? Take the

wanted to draw quickly and go to Sejun. Or

can only take one

Thud.

opened the door to the

going in, meow!

storage humming to himself. The storage had a central

“This way, meow.”

and followed the attraction pull. He ended up in the third room on the left.

indicating how long they had been

front paws was strongest here. However, Theo, who disliked getting dirty, had

like it’s finally time to search

started digging through the pile of miscellaneous items. There was one more attraction, hinting at another item in a different room,

hour of digging through the

“I found it, meow!”

stone

what is

it, it

appraise

once it

to my

exited the lost and found storage

intend

asked Theo, who came out of the lost and found storage holding just a piece of black stone, as it took him over an

“Yes, meow!”

while holding just a piece of stone. It was hard not to

Last time it was a shabby box, this time it was a piece of stone that could to be found everywhere on

stone, you should have just searched the ground! Don’t make

I’ll be

“Alright.”

to leave, Taru barely resisted the urge to call him back and

took that piece of stone, so he probably

pang of sadness at

Bang!

mix of emotions, Taru

***

The next morning.

“Cha!”

was natural since he slept atop the soft belly of Cuengi, who had enlarged to a size

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