Fzzt-fzzt.
“…No! Absolutely not, baa! I wasn’t angry at all, baa!”
Mimyr, caught by the scruff by Cuengi, released the lightning sparks and frantically shook its head in denial. The risk of death was 100%. Instinct warned it not to mess with that bear – it meant certain death.
However, Mimyr’s answer was not sufficient.
Krueng! Krueng!
[You did three things wrong!]
“Baaaa?! Three things, baa?!”
Mimyr was startled by Cuengi’s statement.
Krueng! Krueng!
[Yes! First, you got angry at Cuengi’s dad!]
Krueng! Krueng!
[Second, you disrespected big brother! Third, you just lied to Cuengi!]
Squeeze.
Cuengi informed Mimyr of its three mistakes and effortlessly pulled out his enhanced branch from his snack pouch with his right front paw. It was the enhanced branch dropped from a corrupted Ent.
“I did everything wrong, baa baa! Please spare me, baa…”
As Cuengi took out the branch, Mimyr started to cry. Although Mimyr felt wronged for everything but the first point, now was not the time to argue. Even a bare-handed slap meant certain death, let alone being hit with a branch…
Then,
“Cuengi, stop.”
Sejun called out to Cuengi. There was a misunderstanding, but it wasn’t something worth killing over.
But,
Krueng! Krueng!
[But this one threatened Dad! Cuengi will just spank him three times!]
Cuengi was apparently very angry with Mimyr for threatening Sejun. Cuengi, it might be just a light spanking for you, but to the recipient, it would be no joke.
“Hic-baa! Three… three times…”
Even one spank could be fatal, and Cuengi threatened to give three… as good as saying he would leave no corpse…
Thump.
Mimyr’s head drooped suddenly upon hearing Cuengi’s words. The fear caused it to faint.
“Cuengi, eat this for now.”
Nom.
Knowing exactly how to calm Cuengi, Sejun skillfully put a honey jelly into Cuengi’s mouth, still holding Mimyr by the scruff.
Kuehehehe.
The effect was immediate.
Slip.
Cuengi’s grip loosened, and the fainted Mimyr fell to the ground. Thankfully, its fluffy wool cushioned the fall.
Krueng!
[Dad Cuengi wants more honey jelly!] owns this.
Cuengi quickly forgot about being angry with Mimyr and clung to Sejun’s leg.
“Alright. Let’s go over there and eat more.”
Sejun took Cuengi away from Mimyr, tapping his leg to signal Theo. Take care of that one. The escort squad had already gone back into stealth, seeing Sejun was safe.
“Got it, meow!”
Theo jumped down from Sejun’s leg and approached Mimyr.
“Puhuhut. I like this, meow!”
Theo laughed as he looked at Mimyr.
“Servant of the Golden King, the Golden Sheep, meow!” (TL: Theo is referring himself as the Golden King)
Press.
Theo took a paw out from within Mimyr’s wool and stamped a contract with its paw print. The Legendary Merchant Mimyr, the golden sheep, had unwittingly become Theo’s subordinate while unconscious.
And then,
“First, I need to shear its wool and give it to Chairman Park, meow!”
Snap.
Theo drew his dragon claws, preparing to shear Mimyr’s wool. Mimyr’s golden sheep wool had excellent resistance to electricity.
Theo planned to make clothes for the delicate Sejun from Mimyr’s wool. Chairman Park is so pitiful without fur like ours, meow!
Snip. Snip.
Theo began to shear Mimyr’s wool.
Thus, the face of one of the three beauties of the Black Tower, Mimyr, was revealed. Somewhat vaguely… As Theo’s grooming skills were terrible.
***
Screech.
“The Dust of Destruction!”
“Defense squad, attack!”
Kuooooo!
Following Stella’s command, the dragons assigned to defense fired their breaths at the approaching red mist near the 10th Tower.
When the dragons first arrived at the 10th Tower, it was almost entirely covered in the Dust of Destruction. They worked to clear the Dust and investigate the tower.
And now, they were annihilating the Dust of Destruction as it approached from time to time.
Clink.
“Collect.”
“Collect.”
Of course, the Tower Coins that dropped from the Dust of Destruction as it vanished were quietly collected by the Black and White Dragons.
Thus, the dragons continued to survey the 10th Tower.
But,
“There’s no entrance to get inside.”
What they discovered was that the 10th Tower had no entrance and was so sturdy that even their breath attacks couldn’t break it.
In short, there was nothing more they could do there.
“We must change our plan. Half of us will stay here to guard the 10th Tower, and the rest will return to report to our leaders. Representatives of each dragon species, decide who will stay.”
Eventually, Stella decided to return, instructing each species of dragons to select five to remain behind.
“You stay!”
“No way! Why should I stay?”
“You stay.”
“But… I…”
While the dragons of various species argued and made excuses not to stay,
“I will stay!”
“But you’ve collected so many Tower Coins!”
“I will stay as the representative.”
“If you’re a representative, you should go back and report!”
The situation was the opposite for the Black and White Dragons. They were fighting to stay behind.
“Alright. Have you all decided? Those returning should report to our leaders and await further instructions.”
Stella, as the representative of the investigation team, decided to stay at the 10th Tower and instructed the other dragons.
Thus, 45 dragons returned to their respective territories, and the remaining 45 dragons guarded the 10th Tower.
Kuooooo!
Clink.
“Collect!”
“Collect!”
Only the Black and White Dragons left behind at the 10th Tower were excited.
***
Krueng!
[Delicious!]
Cuengi, with its fur in disarray due to Mimyr’s electric attack, eagerly ate honey.
“Our Cuengi’s fur is all messed up…”
Swoosh. Swoosh.
As Sejun groomed Cuengi’s fur while it ate honey,
“Uhh-baa…”
Mimyr, which had been unconscious, woke up.
She first cautiously checked her surroundings to see if Cuengi was around.
“Phew.”
Relieved that Cuengi wasn’t nearby,
“But am I still alive, baa?”
She couldn’t tell if she was dead or alive since Cuengi wasn’t in sight.
Grope. Grope.
Mimyr touched her face to confirm that she was indeed alive. Thankfully, the vivid sensations assured her she was alive.
‘Phew. Lucky me, baa… This is all because of Hapir, baa!’
Mimyr was annoyed at her subordinate Hapir, who had suddenly disappeared. Originally, there was no reason for Mimyr, a Legendary Merchant, to be here.
But suddenly, the subordinate responsible for coffee delivery disappeared. This transaction was directly requested by the king of the Red Ribbon Kingdom, so any hitch was unacceptable.
So, Mimyr had come to ensure the coffee delivery went smoothly, and ended up in this unfortunate situation.
Then,
“Uhh-baa?!”
Mimyr sensed something was off. The fur on her face, which should have been long, was excessively short and unevenly cut.
And then,
“Why am I cold?”
Mimyr felt chilly.
“This can’t be.”
Mimyr, tired of getting attention for her beauty, had grown its fur to cover her face and body, which had recently kept her from feeling cold.
“No way?!”
Realizing something was wrong, Mimyr quickly got up and looked down at her body,
“Baa baang!!!”
She screamed upon discovering that all her fur, except for the vital parts, had been sheared off.
But,
“It’s too… too ugly…”
More shocking than being sheared was how hideously her fur had been cut.
“Meow?! What happened, subordinate, meow?!”
Hearing the scream, Theo, who had been dozing off in a loaf position, asked Mimyr.
“You scammer! Did you do this to me, baa?!”
“I’m not a scammer, meow! I am a loyal subordinate of the great Black Dragon…”
“Enough! Did you cut my fur like this, baa?!”
Mimyr interrupted Theo as he tried to reintroduce himself.
“Yes, meow! I cut the fur to give to Chairman Park, meow! I will make good use of a subordinate’s fur, meow!”
“What are you saying, baa?! Why am I your subordinate, baa?!”
“Puhuhut. Look at this, meow!”
Theo showed Mimyr the contract he had stamped while Mimyr was unconscious.
“What, baa? You stamped this while I was unconscious, baa?!”
“Yes, meow! Mimyr is now a subordinate of Vice Chairman Theo, meow!”
As Theo brought the contract closer to Mimyr for a better view,
Click.
Swoosh!
Mimyr pulled out a transparent potion from her pouch and sprayed it onto the contract, causing the text to disappear and the contract to turn into a blank paper.
“Meow?! What have you done, meow?”
“Hmph! How dare you try to make me your subordinate! This is a contract nullification potion, baa!”
Mimyr arrogantly responded. She had used the potion to nullify the contract.
“Meow! Let’s stamp it again, meow!”
Theo hurriedly tried to get another paw print for the contract, but
Whoosh.
In the meantime, Mimyr quickly escaped, not wanting to be seen by anyone in her current state.
“What a shame, meow… my subordinate ran away, meow…”
Theo, having lost his ‘subordinate’, climbed back onto Sejun’s lap.
“What about the sheep?”
“She went home, meow.”
Lick. Lick.
Theo answered and helped Sejun in grooming Cuengi.
***
“Veronica, I have secured the land deed of the Black Tower’s 58th floor.”
A figure in a black hood spoke to a glowing purple crystal,
-Reto, well done.
A voice replied from the crystal.
Thump!
“It’s nothing compared to the grace of Veronica!”
Reto knelt before the crystal, expressing his gratitude.
-Reto, it’s rare for so many land deed holders to gather like this. Do not make any mistakes.
“Yes!”
As the light in the crystal faded,
Drip. Drip.
Reto stood up, and dropped a few droplets of liquid on a nearby corpse, which
Hiss.
began to rapidly dissolve.
Once the corpse completely disappeared,
Swoosh.
Reto removed the hood, revealing a face identical to the recently deceased individual.
Reto, a member of the Chameleon race, had the ability to transform into anyone he had seen.
“Time to hunt for the next target.”
Reto held a palm-sized disc and infused it with magic, causing several dots to appear around it. The disc was a land deed detector, capable of sensing land deeds or their holders.
Reto, a spy for the Purple Tower, was using the detector to find and eliminate holders of land deeds.
When a land deed holder dies, the deed resets and reappears elsewhere.
“Good.”
Reto, having located the next target, moved to assassinate the target and seize the land deed.
***
Peep?
[Sejun~nim, it is 20,000 servings of noodles correct?]
While Sejun and Theo were grooming Cuengi, the diligent warehouse manager who had transported the noodles came to report.
“Yes, that’s correct. Thanks for your hard work. I’ll be going now.”
Sejun had stored the noodles in the food warehouse and headed to the kitchen to share the recipe for banquet noodles.
Returning to the dining hall after instructing the chefs on the recipe,
“Kyoot, kyoot, kyoot! Hello, Sejun~nim!”
Iona, who had been enjoying coffee with roasted peanuts, greeted them.
“Iona, nice to see you, meow!”
Krueng!
[Hello, Iona sister!]
“Kyoot, kyoot, kyoot. Nice to see everyone.”
Swoop.
Iona greeted them and wrapped Theo’s tail around herself.
“Kyoot, kyoot, kyoot. I’m going to sleep…”
As Iona was about to sleep,
“Kyoo-?”
Her eyes caught sight of golden sheep wool and a familiar scent. Mimyr?
“Kyoo-kyoo- Vice Chairman Theo, what’s this about? Why do you have Mimyr’s wool on you?”
“Meow?! Iona, you know Mimyr, meow?! Great, meow! Please take me to Mimyr, meow!”
Theo asked Iona to lead him to Mimyr to get another paw print stamp, but
“Kyoo-kyoo-kyoo-kyoo- Are you asking me to introduce you to another woman now?!!!”
Iona misunderstood and became furiously angry.
But,
“Meow?! Iona, why are you angry, meow?! Aren’t you friends with Mimyr, meow?”
“Kyoo-kyoo-kyoo-kyoo-kyoo- What did you say?!”
Theo, unaware of the situation, further infuriated Iona, igniting her ‘Kyoo’ level 5 fury.
Hey! No!
Big brother, no!
From behind, Sejun and Cuengi shook their heads vigorously, but Theo didn’t notice.
TL Note:
1) Cuengi has been using polite speech from a few chapters back but it’s something that is not in the English language so I am writing this to let you know to just think that his way of speaking has changed and he is speaking more politely these days.
TL: Mimyr after Theo treatment
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