Chapter 596: Chapter 596
“Then, I will begin the third trial to become the Tree of Creation. Raise one Dimensional Tree.”
[Heheh! Yes! Please seal my power quickly!]
“During the third trial, your power will be sealed.”
Flamie had her power sealed for the third trial.
[Huh?! Why did you stop sealing halfway?!]
When Sejun acknowledged his innocence, Theo rubbed his face against Sejun’s knee in delight. Theo was especially weak when it came to Sejun.
“Then what about you, baby brother-in-law?”
This time, Sejun turned his sharp gaze to Ace.
“P-Pheeeng. Brother-in-law, I’m sorry! Sister’s cooking is just too scary…”
Ace immediately admitted his fault.
“Baby brother-in-law, even so, you shouldn’t have done that. Don’t do it again next time, okay?”
“Yes! I won’t do it again!”
“Alright. Now, let’s promise.”
Sejun forgave Ace, hooking his pinky finger, thicker than Sejun’s forearm, with his own for a promise.
“Blackie, do you know what you’ve done wrong?”
[No! I’m not eating Aileen-noona’s cooking!]
Sejun caught the Blackie Family, who were trying to escape until the end, and headed to the kitchen.
As he moved, his stomach churned, and he felt like throwing up any second.
But everyone’s gone already.
Around the farm, not a single dragon could be seen. They must have all fled the moment Aileen entered the kitchen.
Sejun arrived in front of the kitchen.
After taking a deep breath, he opened the kitchen door and greeted Aileen.
“Aileen, good morning.”
“Morning, Sejun. Are you hungry? Sit down quickly.”
Sejun sat at the table, grinning like an idiot, enchanted again by the beautiful Aileen wearing an apron.
Thanks to that, all fear of the food disappeared.
In the meantime, Aileen set the table with the dishes she had prepared.
Aileen sat across from Sejun, resting her chin in her hands, gazing at him with loving eyes.
The menu consisted of Aileen’s specialty, soft-boiled fried eggs, soybean sprout soup for hangover relief, and reheated rice from the previous day.
Seeing these low-difficulty dishes, Sejun felt a glimmer of hope.
“Alright… I’ll eat well.”
He said nervously, scooping a spoonful of soybean sprout soup and putting it in his mouth.
He was utterly shocked.
Why is the soybean sprout soup sweet?
Sejun quickly scanned the counter with his eyes.
The lid of the sugar container, sitting next to the salt container, was open. Since both were white, it seemed she had mistaken sugar for salt.
In a way, it was fortunate. To achieve this level of sweetness, she must have added a significant amount of sugar.
If it had been salt instead…
Sejun shuddered at the thought of drinking soup that tasted like seawater.
But surprisingly, it’s good.
On top of that, the sweetness of the soybean sprout soup helped settle his hangover-induced queasiness.
Feeling thirsty, Sejun picked up the bowl of soup and drank it straight.
“Sejun, do you want more?”
“I knew you’d say that, so I made plenty!”
Excited, Aileen eagerly ladled more soup into Sejun’s bowl.
“Baby brother-in-law, Blackie, try this. It’s really good.”
“Yes, brother-in-law!”
[Don’t lie! There’s no way Aileen-noona’s cooking could taste good!]
Unlike Ace, Blackie didn’t believe him, as he had been tricked by Sejun many times before.
[Good morning, everyone! Cuengi woke up and found this honey jar!]
Cuengi entered the kitchen proudly showing off his Christmas gift and then,
Only after Cuengi praised Aileen’s soybean sprout soup did Blackie believe it.
Blackie hesitantly licked the soup.
[Aileen-noona, give me more!]
In no time, Blackie emptied a bowl of soup and started showing his belly cutely asking for more.
After their peaceful breakfast ended,
“Alright. Shall we enjoy Christmas to the fullest?!”
Sejun stepped outside with Aileen for a date, but,
With Theo, Cuengi, and Blackie tagging along, it was hard to create a romantic atmosphere.
To make matters worse,
The massive Ace was trailing behind them.
At this rate, Christmas would end without Sejun even holding Aileen’s hand, let alone having a proper date!
Feeling a sense of urgency, Sejun thought
He devised a plan to shake off the group.
“Guys, let’s play hide-and-seek!”
“Khehehe. I’m great at hide-and-seek!”
“Puhuhut. Sounds good, meow!”
“Puhihihi. This sounds fun!”
The group’s eyes sparkled at Sejun’s suggestion.
If Theo or Cuengi becomes the seeker, they’ll find me quickly, right?
“Alright. I’ll be… it.”
So Sejun decided to be it himself.
Once everyone was hiding, he planned to pretend not to find them and enjoy a date with Aileen.
He even secretly signaled Aileen to stay nearby.
“Ninety-nine! One hundred! Ready or not, here I come!”
There was one thing Sejun hadn’t considered.
Ace wasn’t good at hide-and-seek.
Well, it wasn’t entirely Ace’s fault. Given his massive size, there weren’t many places for him to hide.
The moment Sejun turned around, he made eye contact with Ace, who was peeking his head out from behind Podori.
I didn’t see Ace. I didn’t see him.
Sejun averted his gaze, pretending not to notice.
“Hehehe. Guess I got caught quickly.”
Scratching his head, Ace stepped out of hiding and confessed.
Thanks to this, Sejun ended up holding hands with both Aileen and Ace as they searched for the others.
Before long, they found the rest of the group. Theo was located using the Theo Detector, while Cuengi and Blackie were lured out with honey and roasted and dried sweet potato.
Hehehe. Well, this counts as a date too.
Sejun decided to just have fun with everyone and spent the entire morning playing hide-and-seek.