TL: Hanguk
PR: MiniPixelZ
Chairman Park, where are you, meow?!!!
Where did you go, leaving me behind, meow?!
Unable to move his body, Theo desperately called out to Sejun in his mind.
However
……
No matter how long he waited, Sejun’s response did not come.
Chairman Park, respond, meow!
I need Chairman Park, meow!Theo kept calling Sejun, believing that his voice would reach him someday.
At that moment
[<Power: Universal Park Sejun Detector> activates.]A message appeared in front of Theo. Theo’s will to go to Sejun began to interfere with the worldline where time had stopped.
Puhuhut. As expected of the great hybrid Chairman Park, meow! I knew it, he must have given me this power with this in mind, meow! Chairman Park, wait for me, meow! I, Vice Chairman Theo, your right-hand cat, will definitely find you, meow!
Theo marveled at Sejun’s arrangement (?) and burned with determination to find him.
But
[Beginning search for Park Sejun.][At current output, it will take 1,500,922 years to search all the worlds.]
Meow?!
Because the search range was too vast, it would take an extremely long time to locate Sejun.
Then
Puhuhut. If output is insufficient, I can raise it with money meow!
Theo knew an easy way to increase the output.
He burned all the treasures he had stored in his void storage, brought from <Tsuyne>.
Then
[Search output increases significantly.][At current output, it will take 30,071 years to search all the worlds.]
The time drastically reduced to almost 1/50. Still, it was too long.
Meow?! It’s still not enough, meow?!
Then I’ll burn Chairman Park’s money too, meow!
Theo also carelessly burned the treasures in Sejun’s void storage, which even Sejun couldn’t open.
Whoosh.
As he burned an enormous amount of money, the worldline frozen in time began to slightly tremble under Theo’s power, and a faint golden light began to appear around Theo’s front paws.
[Search output dramatically increases.][At current output, it will take 1 year to search all the worlds.]
At the same time, the search time was greatly reduced.
Puhuhut. Indeed, Chairman Park’s money is satisfying to burn, meow!
It’s also the most efficient, meow!
Theo rejoiced at the feeling of burning Sejun’s money.
However
One year is too long, meow!
I can’t wait for a whole year for Chairman Park’s lap, meow!
The result was unsatisfactory.
So
I’ll burn Aileen noona’s money too, meow!
He also raided Aileen’s treasure storage.
Don’t ask how he did it. The thoughts and actions of a fanatic cannot be understood by ordinary people.
When it came to Sejun, nothing was impossible for Theo. It had to be done, so he did it. For Theo, everything came naturally.
Whoosh.
As Theo burned up all the money Aileen had diligently saved for Sejun, his front paw began to glow even brighter.
Zzzt.
Theo overcame the <Primordial God’s Power (Replica): Time Stop> used by Sejun and became able to move freely.
To resist the power of the Primordial God…
Theo achieved something even the great dragons and gods could not do. It was truly a mysterious feat.
At that moment
[Park Sejun has been found.][Park Sejun is currently in the Land of Destruction.]
A message appeared, stating Sejun’s location had been found.
Puhuhut. Chairman Park, wait just a little longer, meow! I, Vice Chairman Theo, will come to save you, meow!
“Iona, wake up, meow!”
Pat.
“Kyoot?!”
“Blackie, wake up, meow!”
Whack!
Kking?!
“Paespaes too, wake up, meow!”
Pat.
(Pip-pip?)
“Cuengi, wake up, meow!”
Pat.
Kueng?
Now able to move his body, Theo used his front paw to wake Iona and the others.
“Flamie, wake up, meow! Chairman Park has been stranded in the Land of Destruction, meow!”
Lastly, he placed his front paw on the leaf Flamie had given him for emergencies and woke Flamie to deliver the news.
And then
“Everyone, listen well, meow! We must go save Chairman Park who is stranded in the Land of Destruction, meow!”
He quickly informed the group of the situation.
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot. Sejun-nim is alone there?! That’s too dangerous!”
Kueng! Kueng!
[Dad is in danger! Cuengi will go quickly to save Dad!]
(Pip-pip! I’ll try to find a way to the Land of Destruction!)
Grrr. Kking! Kking!
[Waaah. Butler! No! Don’t die!]
Thus, with one heart, Theo and the others set out to find Sejun.
However, finding a path to the Land of Destruction was not easy.
First of all, unlike other worlds, the surroundings of the Temple of the Creator God were surrounded by irregular dimensions, so it was extremely dangerous to travel using Paespaes’s abilities or Iona’s dimensional teleportation magic.
And the Land of Destruction was a completely severed place, inaccessible except through a waypoint.
“Then there’s only one place left, meow!”
“Kyoot. We’ll have to go through the Black Moon.”
The Black Moon was the path from which calamities emerged and was also a passage connected to the Land of Destruction.
Kueng!
[Let’s go quickly!]
(Pip-pip! I’ll create a dimensional gate in front of the Black Moon!)
Graaah. Kking!
[Waaah. Butler! Don’t die!]
Thus, through the dimensional gate created by Paespaes, Theo and the party arrived at the front of the Black Moon.
Kueng!
[Cuengi will open it!]
Rumble.
To use his full strength, Cuengi enlarged his body to the maximum.
Cuengi’s massive body exceeded 500m.
Just like when Corruption opened the Black Moon from the Land of Destruction, Cuengi inserted his massive front paw between the Black Moon’s crevice and
Kueeeeng!
began to force it open.
Then
Crack.
The Black Moon slowly began to open, revealing the inside.
Inside, it was pitch black, so much so that nothing could be seen.
“Meow! I can feel Chairman Park’s presence, meow!”
As soon as Theo sensed Sejun’s energy,
Swish.
Without a moment’s hesitation, he used Light Speed Meow-Step and hurled himself into the darkness.
***
The Land of Destruction.
“Actually, I was thinking it would be nice if it were just you and me together, Sejun…”
Meeting Corruption, Sejun was able to learn the reason he had been stranded here for the past ten years.
“Well, I kind of expected that. But why is my power being used? It seemed like the entire Land of Destruction had fallen off the worldline.”
“That’s because my will and your power clashed…”
According to Corruption, as her will began to manifest, the Primordial God’s arrangement, <Primordial God’s Power (Replica): Time Stop>, activated, causing a clash.
Upon meeting Corruption, the power had automatically activated.
So the entire Land of Destruction was in a situation where it had been detached from the worldline.
“But I’ve been trying hard to reverse it, but I just can’t. Sejun, I’m sorry…”
Corruption apologized with a self-blaming and very remorseful voice.
“It’s okay. Theo will come to save me.”
No matter what, Theo would come looking for him.
Just as Theo had absolute trust in Sejun, Sejun felt the same.
“Still, it’d be nice if we could get out first, so let’s keep practicing. First, you need to get used to the name, so I’ll start calling you Taecho from now on.” (TL: 태초, when romanized, is Taecho, which, when translated, means Primordial.)
“Okay! Sejun, but I’m hungry.”
“Alright. Let’s eat something then.”
Sejun brought Taecho to his house and fed her peanuts.
And then
“Taecho, let’s try again!”
“Okay! In the name… of the Primordial God! I command you! Return things to how they were!”
Every day, Taecho practiced using her will by calling out her unfamiliar name.
……
“Why isn’t it working…?”
Taecho failed hundreds of times again today, and her confidence had plummeted.
“It’s alright. I’m sure you’re getting better.”
“You think so?”
“Yeah.”
“Okay! I’ll try again with more strength!”
Sejun comforted Taecho and restored her confidence.
At that moment
“Huh?!”
Sensing a familiar energy, Sejun suddenly looked into the air.
This energy… Theo?!
Because he could sense Theo’s presence from there.
“Taecho, don’t you feel anything from over there?”
“Huh? I don’t feel anything.”
Taecho shook her little snake head in response to Sejun’s question.
“Really?”
Was I just imagining it because I miss Theo?
Sejun tilted his head and
“In the name of the Primordial God! Return things to how they were!”
He watched over Taecho’s practice.
A few more days passed like that.
And then
It’s definitely Theo’s energy.
On top of that, it’s getting stronger and stronger.
Sejun, once again, looked toward the place where Theo’s energy could be felt. These days, spending several hours there had become part of Sejun’s daily routine.
But are the kids doing okay?
Since time has stopped, of course they must be fine, right?
“Ah. What if I’m the only one who ends up becoming a grandpa like this?”
Surely, Blackie will tease me, saying I’ve become an old sunfish.
I can’t stand being teased by Blackie!
Worries upon worries being piling up.
But Sejun’s biggest worry was…
If I become a hunched old grandpa, will Aileen still marry me?
It was Aileen. Even now, compared to Aileen, he lacked so much, and if he became a grandpa…
Khehehehe. How dare an old white-haired grandpa like Park Sejun dream of marrying the great Black Dragon Aileen Pritani?! Gaaaah!
“No!”
104.28.193.250
Just as Sejun imagined becoming bald from Aileen’s furious breath,
Woom.
A rift tore open in the air.
“Meow?! Chairman Park, what’s going on, meow?!”
Who’s giving our Chairman Park a hard time, meow?!
Theo rushed out and hurled himself toward Sejun,
“Uh… uh?! Vice Chairman Theo! It’s Vice Chairman Theo!”
Sejun caught Theo with both hands and was overjoyed.
“It’s Vice Chairman Theo! It really is Vice Chairman Theo!”
Sejun shouted with joy as he shook Theo.
“Puhuhut. That’s right, meow! It’s me, meow! Vice Chairman Theo, the right-hand of great hybrid Chairman Park, meow!”
At Sejun’s enthusiastic welcome, Theo wore a proud expression.
“Vice Chairman Theo, I really, really missed you!”
“Puhuhut. Me too, meow!”
After enjoying Sejun’s warm welcome for a while,
“Chairman Park, let’s get out of here now, meow!”
Theo tried to take Sejun out.
“Ah, wait. There are kids I need to take with me. Dongdong! Nangnang! Mangmang!”
Sejun hurriedly called out the children of creation.
And then
“Taecho, you’re coming with us too, right?”
When he asked, looking at Taecho,
“M… me too?!”
Can I really go?
No one likes me except Sejun.
Taecho was very flustered. She was afraid. Afraid of being hurt again.
But
I hate being alone even more!
Sejun, I want to come with you!
Being left alone in the Land of Destruction was even scarier.
While Taecho was making up her mind,
Kueng!
[Dad, are you okay?!]
(Pip-pip! Sejun-nim, are you alright?!)
Kihihit. Kking!
[Hehe. Butler! You’re safe!]
Following the path cleared by defeating the beasts of destruction Theo had made, Cuengi, Paespaes, and Blackie appeared.
There was a reason it took Theo so long to find Sejun.
Iona was waiting at the Black Moon just in case, after meeting with Flamie who had arrived late due to the distance.
“Puhuhut”
Kuehehehe.
(Pip-pip.)
Hehe.
As Theo, Cuengi, Paespaes, and the Blackie Family embraced Sejun,
“Se… Sejun, I… I want to be your child too!”
Taecho said, with a trembling voice, mustering all the courage she had.
Because she was envious of Cuengi, who called Sejun ‘Dad’.
“Child?”
Sejun was slightly flustered by Taecho’s words.
It wasn’t because he was getting one more child. He already had plenty who could be called his children. One more wouldn’t be a problem.
It was more about…
Is it really okay for me to do that?
Taecho is the Primordial God, after all.
And what if Aileen gets angry?
Other thoughts weighed on him.
But
Can’t I…?
Seeing Taecho utterly disappointed,
“Of course you can! From now on, call me Dad!”
Cuengi is also a Beast of Apocalypse. How is being the Primordial God any different? And Aileen will understand everything.
Sejun’s heart softened, and he gave his consent without hesitation.
“Then you’re my daughter now, so you’re Park Taecho.”
“Park. Tae. Cho.”
This is my name.
Taecho pronounced each syllable of her name.
Grin.
The corners of Taecho’s mouth gently lifted. When she said just “Taecho” it felt strange, but just by adding one syllable in front, it felt completely different.
I’m Taecho. Park Taecho!
The moment Taecho accepted her name,
Zzzt.
The snake’s skin surrounding Taecho cracked and
Paat!
A bright light burst out through the cracks.
Swoosh.
She shed her skin and appeared in the form of a 3-year-old girl.
“Da…ddy…”
Taecho called out to Sejun in a shy voice.
“Yes. My daughter.”
Sejun took Taecho’s hand and came out of the Land of Destruction with the group.
Then
[You have re-entered the worldline.][Time across all worlds has begun to move again.]
A welcome message appeared before Sejun from [System Eok-Samchiri].
[You have achieved the Supreme Primordial Feat of discovering the true name of the Primordial God.]…
..
.
[As a reward for achieving the Supreme Primordial Feat, the stay fee for the 0th Floor has been reduced by 6.5123%.]
[You have achieved 100% of the 0th Floor stay fee.]
[You will no longer incur any cost when visiting the 0th Floor.]
At the same time, an enormous number of achievement messages appeared before Sejun. Still, it didn’t change the fact that he was a sunfish.
“Hehehe.”
Sejun didn’t care anymore.
“Everyone, let’s hurry home! We’re having Aileen’s birthday party on Earth!”
Because all he could think about was meeting Aileen on Earth.
Hehehe. Now I can get married too!
Thinking about holding hands with Aileen, Sejun’s face turned lecherous.
“Meow?! Chairman Park, your face looks rotten, meow!”
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot. Sejun-nim, don’t have bad thoughts!”
Kueng!
[Dad’s making a ugly face! Make your face kind again, quick!]
(Pip-pip! Sejun-nim, that was really dangerous just now!)
Kihihit. Kking!
[Hehe. Youngest, this is when you step on him!]
“Hehe. Sounds fun! But who are you calling youngest?!”
With his face stepped on by Theo, Iona, Cuengi, Paespaes, Blackie, and Taecho, Sejun returned to the 99th floor of the Black Tower.
It was a rather unimpressive return for someone who saved the world, but it suited the Sejun family better that way.
And then
“Hehehe. This is great.”
Having accomplished the enormous task of preserving world peace, Sejun once again enjoyed a day filled with trivial happiness alongside his companions as he prepared to go to Earth. With great excitement.
-End of Part 1-
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