Chapter 421: Chapter 421

“You should have said it sooner! Huh?!”

“Vice Chairman, made a mistake, meow!”

Even though he had a solution, he spoke too late, and Theo had to endure the punishment of having his cheeks stretched by Sejun like Chapssaltteok.

Thanks to this, Sejun was able to both punish and heal simultaneously.

“Vice Chairman Theo, so what’s pulling you?”

Theo pointed to his bag when asked what was pulling him.

Theo pointed to his bag again.

Sejun handed one of Podori’s branches to Loon.

Loon cautiously took the branch.

This time, the tingly cool sensation from the World Tree’s branch was so strong it almost numbed his fingertips.

The power of the freshly cut World Tree branch was vastly different from the branch that had lost much of its nature when it became part of the bag.

A clear image of his true form emerged in Loon’s mind.

Loon’s form began to transform into the image in his mind.

Loon’s body gradually shrank, and he turned into a small, palm-sized brown hamster.

Loon was originally a hamster, the same species as Iona.

Despite transforming thousands of times, he had never found his true form…

While Loon held the World Tree’s branch tightly with his right hand and felt his body with his left hand in amazement,

“Puhuhut. As expected, Chairman Park is great, meow!”

There was one more being who was deeply moved.

I can’t miss this chance Chairman Park gave me, meow!

Theo hurriedly took out a contract.

“Sejun~nim, thank you! Thanks to you, I found my true form! I’ll never forget this favor. I will serve you for the rest of my life!”

“Puhuhut. Then stamp it, meow!”

He got Loon’s handprint while he was thanking Sejun.

With a satisfied look, Theo gazed at the contract.

[You have acquired 1 slave.] [All stats increase by 0.01 due to the effect of the .]

Thanks to this, Sejun’s stats also increased.

“Puhuhut. Loon, what are you good at, meow?! Tell us quickly, meow!”

Theo asked Loon, who was standing in front of Sejun.

“I’m good at stealing, escaping, and infiltrating!”

In response to Theo’s question, Loon answered earnestly, gripping the branch of the World Tree with both hands as if he were an applicant in a job interview.

Loon thought he had to prove his worth here to continue holding onto the branch of the World Tree.

Of course, Sejun had no such intention, but for Loon, who had lived alone in a harsh world, it was only natural.

A fitting answer from Loon, the faceless thief.

No one showed any interest in Loon’s answer.

“I also know a lot about transformation magic and can write in 100 different scripts! And I can make simple magical equipment too!”

Panicking, Loon started to hurriedly list anything he could do, hoping something would catch their interest.

“Oh. You can make magical equipment too?”

“Yes! I made these as well!”

As Sejun showed interest in magical equipment, Loon quickly took out the equipment he had made from his vest to show them.

“Is this all you’ve got?”

None of the magical equipment Loon had made caught Sejun’s interest. Most of it was gear for escaping from locked rooms.

“Can’t you make something like super-strong healing magic equipment, super-strong defense magic equipment, or equipment that can withstand super-strong energy?”

If I could make such things, I wouldn’t have been caught by Sejun~nim!

“My magical skills are lacking…”

Loon swallowed the retort that was on the tip of his tongue and answered rationally.

“Well, it’s alright. You can improve your magical skills from now on. Iona will teach you well.”

Sejun planned to send Loon to Iona.

“What? You don’t mean Iona who is the Chairman of the Wizard’s Association, Iona~nim?”

I don’t think this is going to be alright…

While Loon was flustered by the sudden news that he would be learning magic from Iona,

“Now, there’s something really important left. Everyone, listen up.”

Sejun spoke with a serious expression.

[Cuengi will listen well!]

Kiheet. Kking! Kking!

[Heehee. Good! Wise Blackie will make the judge…!]

Blackie, forgetting that Theo and Cuengi were present, spoke arrogantly but quickly changed it to respectable language at the end, noticing their eyes. (TL: It might not make much sense in English, but Blackie switched from speaking informally to formally to show more respect.)

As everyone’s attention focused on Sejun,

“Since Loon has found his true form, we need to give him a name that suits that form, don’t we? I’ve thought of a few names, so tell me which one you like.”

Sejun got to the main point. Loon was a name for the criminal. Now that he had found his new form, he needed a new name.

Thus, Sejun’s naming shop opened.

“Blackseol, Blacktang, Blackham, Blackster. Choose one of these.”

Sejun, inspired by the brown sugar hamster, came up with four names.

[TL Note: Before reading further, let me explain a bit about the names and how Sejun came up with them, i.e., how they are inspired by ‘brown sugar hamster’. The Korean Hangul for brown sugar is ‘흑설탕’, which when romanized will be ‘Heugseoltang’. The first part (흑) if translated individually means ‘Black’. What Sejun has done is to keep the ‘black’ part constant and combine it with other parts like:

– the first name, Blackseol (흑설), which is basically 흑 (black) + 설 (seol), the first two characters from 흑설탕 (brown sugar hamster).

– the second name, Blacktang (흑탕), which similarly is 흑 (black) + 탕 (tang), so the first and last character from 흑설탕 (brown sugar hamster).

– the third name, Blackham (흑햄), where Sejun has taken 흑 (black) from 흑설탕 (brown sugar hamster) and combined it with ‘ham’ of Hamster.

– in the last name, as you can guess by now, 흑 (black) from 흑설탕 (brown sugar hamster) and ‘ster’ from Hamster, making it Blackster (흑스터).]

“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, which one do you like, meow?”

“Actually, I like Blackster.”

“Puhuhut. Then I vote for Blackster too, meow!”

In response to Sejun’s answer, Theo quickly raised his paw and shouted. It was natural since Sejun was the best namer Theo knew in the Black Tower.

“Um… I think the name Loon is still fine…”

Loon hurriedly tried to expressed his opinion, but

[Then Cuengi votes for Blackster too!]

His voice was drowned out by Cuengi’s shout. Naturally, the best namer Cuengi knew was also Sejun.

“Alright. That’s more than half the votes. Blackster it is! Blackster, let’s do well from now on.”

When Sejun extended his pinky finger to Blackster,

Loon, now renamed Blackster, grabbed Sejun’s pinky with both hands, wearing a gloomy expression.

Meanwhile, he looked at Blackie with pleading eyes, seeking help.

Please say something.

Seeing that Blackie hadn’t cast a vote, Blackster thought Blackie agreed with him about Sejun’s poor naming skills.

[Blackster, I can’t forgive you! Your name is cooler than my name, Blackie!]