Chapter 113

TL: Hanguk

“Hmm, where am I?”

Sejun opened his eyes, looking up at the ceiling of his bedroom.

‘Ah, I fainted.’

“Uh, uh.”

Chills ran down his spine as he remembered the excruciating pain before fainting. It was an experience he didn’t want to go through again.

Then,

(Sejun, you’re awake?!)

Flap, flap.

The golden bat, which had been monitoring Sejun from the ceiling, flew itself down and landed gently next to Sejun’s face as he opened his eyes.

(I’m glad you’re awake!)

Flap. Flap.

The golden bat rubbed its face on Sejun’s cheek, making a pleasant sound.

“Thank you for worrying about me.”

As SeJun tried to move his arm to pet the golden bat,

“Huh?”

His arm didn’t move. In fact, he couldn’t move his body at all.

“What’s going on?”

Could this be a side effect of his new talent? Suddenly, he was scared.

“Uh.”

Struggling, Sejun raised his head to look down at his body.

“What the hell?!”

Sejun was taken aback when he saw himself tightly tied up like a caterpillar with ropes. It was Cuengi’s handiwork to prevent Sejun from going outside and fainting again.

“Uh! Uh! Huh!”

Sejun tried to break the ropes, but it was impossible with his strength as the ropes were made from several layers of green onion leaves.

“Golden Bat, can you untie this?”

In the end, Sejun gave up trying to untie it himself and asked the golden bat for help.

But,

(Huh? Brother Cuengi said not to untie you under any circumstances!)

The golden bat looked troubled at Sejun’s request. It could be because of Cuengi’s threat, as Cuengi’s fist was big and strong.

‘Is my word more important? Or is Cuengi’s word more important?’ Sejun could have pressed the golden bat with such childish questions but refrained.

‘I’m an adult.’

It wasn’t that he felt like he’d lose to Cuengi.

“I should buy some seeds.”

Sejun gave up on untying the ropes and checked the seed shop window that had appeared while he was unconscious.

[Radish Seed x200 – 3 Tower Coins]

[Cabbage Seed x100 – 1 Tower Coin]

[Cheongyang chili pepper Seed x100 – 0.7 Tower Coins]

[Cucumber Seed x100 – 0.5 Tower Coins]

“All together that’s 5.2.”

It was slightly over the purchase limit of 5 tower coins.

“Let’s leave out the Cheongyang chili peppers.”

The Cheongyang chili peppers were already harvested and reseeded. There were about 200 seeds in one Cheongyang chili pepper, so it wasn’t a big loss.

Sejun purchased all the remaining seeds.

[You have purchased 200 radish seeds.]

[You have purchased 100 cabbage seeds.]

[You have purchased 100 cucumber seeds.]

[A total of 4.5 Tower Coins have been deducted from Park Sejun’s seed bank account.]

[You have earned 45 Seed Shop loyalty points.]

[You now have a total of 151 seed Shop loyalty points.]

Kaching.

Three small leather pouches containing seeds fell onto Sejun’s tied hands.

[Thank you for using the seed shop.]

[You can use Seed Shop Lv. 2 again after 30 days.]

“But what time is it now?”

(It’s dawn.)

“Is that so? Should I sleep some more?”

Sejun closed his eyes to sleep again.

But,

Flap, flap.

The golden bat was lying on Sejun’s chest, gazing at him with a satisfied look. The gaze was too burdensome for Sejun to fall asleep.

‘I should check my talent.’

While avoiding the gaze of the golden bat, Sejun looked at the ceiling and checked the talent: Magic Circuit that made him faint.

[Talent: Magic Circuit]

– A talent that allows you to construct a circuit throughout your body to efficiently use mana.

– Magic Power stat +5%

– Magic Power recovery speed +100%

– Effect of magic power-increasing items +50%

“Wow...”

The talent was so amazing that Sejun couldn’t close his mouth.

A 5% increase in Magic Power Stat meant that if he had a stat of 100, it would increase by 5.

And every single option, including magic power recovery speed increase by 100% and effect of magic power-increasing items increase by 50%, was amazing.

Pip-pip.

The golden bat was thrilled, as if it were the honor of its family. Thus, the golden bat became an assistant cook.

Just then,

“I’m back, meow!”

Theo, who had just lost a job, returned.

And

Snuggle.

As soon as he returned, Theo clung to Sejun’s knee, and started rubbing his head vigorously. All other smells, disappear, meow!

While Theo was diligently rubbing his scent onto Sejun’s knee,

“You did well.”

Sejun said, stroking Theo’s head.

“This is a gift, meow! I bought it with my own money, meow!”

A while later, after thoroughly rubbing his scent onto Sejun, Theo held out a statue he bought from a street-wandering merchant, using his soft front paws.

“What kind of statue is this?”

“I don’t know, meow! I just felt drawn to it, meow!”

Theo proudly answered Sejun’s question. He didn’t know what it was, but it was natural for him to think it was great because he picked it.

Swoosh.

Sejun took the small statue from Theo and examined it.

“Oh?! It’s a rabbit statue.”

Although it was worn a lot, on closer inspection, there was a faint outline of a rabbit. Sejun, who confirmed what kind of statue it was, checked the options of the statue.

[Statue]

→ ???

→ Creator: Confidential

→ Grade: F

“Aileen, appraise this.”

[The Tower’s Administrator says to leave it to her.]

The rabbit statue in Sejun’s hand disappeared.

And then,

[The Tower’s Administrator says it’s a high-grade item.]

[The Tower’s Administrator brags that it was made by her aunt.]

“Aunt?”

After the appraisal, Aileen sent the rabbit statue back to Sejun. The seal broke, and the statue regained its original cute rabbit appearance.

“It’s not dangerous, right?”

Since a dragon made it, doubts arose first.

[The Tower’s Administrator says it is not dangerous at all.]

“Really?”

[The Tower’s Administrator tells you to trust her.]

Sejun rechecked the rabbit statue’s options.

[Treasure Vault’s Guardian Rabbit Statue]

→ A statue ordered and enchanted by the great black dragon Tara Pritani during her time as the guardian dragon of the Red Ribbon Kingdom, made by the dwarves and gifted to the royal family.

→ It controls the entry and exit of the royal treasure vault, allowing you to freely add or remove items from the vault.

→ Creator: Black Dragon Tara

→ Grade: S

→ Skills: [Inbound Lv. Max], [Outbound Lv. Max]

“The Red Ribbon Kingdom’s treasure vault?”

The Kingdom’s treasure vault?

“Shall we just see what’s in it?”

Sejun looked at the animals and grinned wickedly. Since he could put the items back, there would be no trace left.

“Great! Let’s rob the treasure vault!”

Kreong!

[I hope there’s food!]

(I want to see the treasures!)

The animals’ intentions were different, but they all agreed to take out items from the treasure vault.

“Alright. Outbound!”

As Sejun held the statue and spoke.

[Current list of items available for withdrawal from the Red Ribbon Kingdom’s treasure vault (total 1 item)]

Unregistered Statue X 1

A list of items that could be taken out of the treasure vault appeared.

“Ah. There’s only one?”

It looked like someone had already taken everything, leaving only the heavy statue.

“Let’s at least withdraw this one.”

Sejun selected the unregistered statue.

[Withdrawing 1 unregistered statue from the Red Ribbon Kingdom’s treasure vault.]

Thud.

A portal formed in the sky, and a white dragon statue fell.

A menacing energy emanated from the statue.

“You said this isn’t dangerous?”

[The Tower’s Administrator denies that only items she has appraised isn’t dangerous.]

Then

– Whitey bastard! How dare you come here!”

Kaiser, who had flown over excitedly for his side dish of roasted sweet potatoes, yelled at the sight of the white dragon statue.

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