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.

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

“Alright! Wash them thoroughly!”

Kweesi!

there were many hedgehogs, washing 5,000 chestnuts was quick even if each hedgehog washed

washing the chestnuts, Sejun started boiling 3,000 of them

And then,

guys, make a cut in

(Yes!)

Leave it to

cuts into the remaining 2,000 chestnuts for roasting. This would make peeling

Swoosh.

poured rice flour into the pot, added

Then,

Krueng?

for Cuengi

just slept in the back, asked today if there

course there is. Just keep stirring

and tossed his

to waypoint. I’ll be going up to

to instruct Hegel to find the route

to the 99th floor was delayed as

finished talking to the boss

grand party with its subordinates upon hearing from Hegel

it’s not a giant snake

chestnut to see if it was well-cooked, pushing aside

Swoosh.

a chestnut in half with his dagger and

well-cooked. Guys, now,

the resting golden bats and wolves to peel

Kweesi!

[We will do it!]

out, Godori

you peel

Ping!

Sejun’s question, Godori plucked one of its

And then,

Kwishushushush.

garde posture,

Kweesi?

[How is it?]

asked with

sounds you made with your mouth, you know. I told

Kweesi……

[I’m sorry…]

don’t have to

for not doing

gets annoyed and

attack was extraordinarily powerful. It might

quiet, pick

Kweesi!

[Yes!]

picked chestnuts again until dinner was

And then,

“Let’s eat dinner!”

roasted chestnuts and chestnut porridge until they were full and fell

***

box he took last time had

was confused seeing Theo confidently handing over

the type to

again after succeeding, but Taru

are you waiting for?

Theo wanted to draw quickly and go

Remember, you can only take one item

Thud.

opened the door to

know, meow! I’m going in, meow! Meow

found storage humming to himself. The storage had a central corridor with four

“This way, meow.”

room on the left. Inside the room was a massive pile

they had been neglected. To find an item, he would have to sift through the

attraction pull on his front paws was strongest here. However, Theo, who disliked getting dirty, had

time to search

more attraction, hinting at another item in a different

of digging

“I found it, meow!”

dust, picked up a black stone piece that fit perfectly into

is

at it, it was just

appraise this,

it

my Vice Chairman’s

lost and

really intend to take

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

“Yes, meow!”

holding just a piece of stone.

felt more and more guilty. Last time it was a shabby box, this time it was a piece of

should have just searched the ground!

I’ll be

“Alright.”

Taru barely resisted the urge to call him back and return

took that piece of stone, so he probably

a pang of sadness at the thought that Theo might

Bang!

emotions, Taru

***

The next morning.

“Cha!”

feeling refreshed. It was natural since he slept atop the soft belly of Cuengi, who had

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