“What is this?”

A land deed lying conspicuously on the ground, and in his own field at that? It was a suspicious situation for anyone to see.

Tap. Tap.

Sejun lightly touched the land deed with his Myler’s hoe to check if it posed any danger. Fortunately, it seemed harmless. Naturally, a land deed wouldn’t attack him.

Sejun was only being overly cautious because of his prior experience dealing with land deeds.

“Hahaha. Well, it’s safe until I open it.”

Just as Sejun was confidently reaching out to pick up the land deed,

Flap. Flap.

-What are you doing?

Kaiser flew in.

“Ah, Lord Kaiser, what brings you here?”

-I felt spatial magic here a moment ago and was checking it out.

“Spatial magic?”

At Kaiser’s words, Sejun hurriedly looked around. There might have been a dangerous intruder.

-Relax. There’s no suspicious figures around.

“Phew. Really?”

Relieved by Kaiser’s words, Sejun once again tried to pick up the land deed.

But then,

-Wait! I can sense remnants of spatial magic from there.

Kaiser pointed at the land deed.

“Really?! From this?”

Sejun hurriedly backed away from the land deed. It was indeed a dangerous item.

-Hmm. It’s Brachio’s magic. How dare she! To do this…

Kaiser inspected the traces of magic left on the land deed.

“Lord Kaiser?”

-Sejun, you were in danger just now. If you had touched it, you would’ve been immediately transported straight to the Green Tower .

Brachio had cast a spell on some of the land deeds sent to the Black Tower, so that if one touched them, they would activate immediately. Sejun’s prior experience with land deeds saved him.

“Really?! Thank you for stopping me.”

-Kahaha. You owe me, understand?

“Yes. I’ll give you five bottles of soju.”

-Good. I’ll take this and inspect it. Kahaha.

Flap. Flap.

Delighted by Sejun’s response, Kaiser deactivated the magic spell cast on the land deed, took it, and flew away.

Sejun, left alone,

“Time to sleep.”

Sejun went home and fell asleep alone.

***

“Puhuhut. Jeto, thank you, meow!”

As he placed the five land deeds into his bag, Theo thanked Jeto.

“Then, I’ll see you at the Red Ribbon Kingdom’s founding ceremony.”

“Got it, meow! Bye, meow!”

“Goodbye.”

After Jeto disappeared,

“Paeten, follow me, meow!”

“Yes.”

Theo took Paeten and went somewhere. He intended to visit the Association Chairman Mason of the Wandering Merchant Association and complain about Paeten, who had troubled and disregarded him.

As Theo was heading to the Chairman’s office with Paeten,

“Mr. Theo?”

Jeras, who was approaching from the opposite side, recognized and called out to Theo.

“Jeras, good to see you, meow!”

“Have you been well?”

“Yes, meow!”

It’s an honor to

a solemn expression, saluted Jeras. He had never known that Theo had a connection with Jeras, the

association Chairman Mason was revealed when he was held hostage by Grid, Jeras had quit

Jeras was Paeten’s direct

you with

“That’s…”

“I’ll tell you, meow!”

explained what Paeten had done

that really

always warned Paeten about judging by appearances, but he

I apologize. I’ll convene a disciplinary

you

to fire his ‘slave’, Theo strongly opposed. If Paeten was dismissed, Theo would have to feed

any other wishes

Paeten clean the

“Clean the storage?”

The

the new lottery drawing location; the lost and found storage that was known for being

it. I’ll relocate Paeten’s work area

willingly changed Paeten’s work

I’ll be

“Yes. Please take care.”

headed to the 99th floor of

The next day.

Is this

sighed as he stepped into

And then,

“Uwaaaah!”

his first day, he fainted,

***

“Umm.”

up feeling refreshed and reached out

“Puhuhu…”

Sejun’s touch. Theo had

Swoosh. Swoosh.

continued to stroke

Gulp.

a piece

Then,

“Meooow…”

Theo, put

Swoosh.

wall, stepped outside, and thus began the 328th morning of Sejun’s

“Ugh!”

Sejun stretched,

Then,

Krueng!

[Daddy, Cuengi missed you!]

Dada dada.

who had woken up earlier than usual today, ran towards

Thump.

leaped into his body.

Pouf.

other yesterday,

words, Sejun, feeling even better, hugged Cuengi

Krueng!

had a dream where

replied in an anxious

“Really?”

field yesterday. If not for Kaiser, he might have been taken to the Green Tower, just

won’t happen. Are

holding Cuengi, headed towards

Krueng!

stressed, so Cuengi needs to

“Really?”

the word ‘stress’? Unbeknownst

was acquiring Korean culture by reading the subtitles on the TV shows that

food when stressed was also information Cuengi got

is Flaming Hell

Krueng! Krueng!

[Great! Cuengi is excited!]

that Sejun was

despite its terrifying name, the only ingredients that could make it spicy were red chili powder and

Dum dum.

Cuengi started shaking his hips. That’s not good! It

this while dancing. Crop

hurriedly handed a giant sweet potato to Cuengi, who was

Sizzle.

tuna fat he had separated and solidified when making tuna porridge in a

Chop chop.

he quickly and thinly sliced some green onions and added them to the pot. He stir-fried them until the green onions turned golden, making green onion oil, and then added squid to the pot, stir-frying until

it with red chili powder, salt, pepper, and honey, and added a generous amount of chopped

“Cough! Cough!”

wasn’t too red, the smell was spicier than he expected. He began to

Thump! Thump!

peanuts into powder with his hand axe and sprinkled it over the stir-fried squid

making Hell’s Screaming Squid Stir-fry for the

Stir-fry is registered in

Cooking Lv. 5

proficiency in Cooking Lv. 5 is

achievement notification, the dish

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