Black Tower, 81st floor.
Iona, bringing along her slave… no, the 8th Vice Chairman, Chad, arrived at the hideout of the faceless thief, Loon.
“Hmm. I can sense traces of high-level illusion magic here.”
Iona said as she looked at the core of the illusion magic circle that Cuengi had broken with force.
“Chad, do you know what’s installed here?”
He remembered Theo and Cuengi who had plucked his tail feathers and grabbed his collar when he had transformed into a Blue Phoenix, and
Loon naturally knelt in front of Cuengi as if that was his original intention all along.
[Hey! Are you trying to fight?! The great Blackie will punish you!]
Of course, Blackie also barked hard at Loon to protect Sejun, but his presence was weak.
“Puhuhut. Chairman Park’s tuna churu is delicious, meow!”
Theo, Cuengi, and Blackie were happily eating the breakfast Sejun had made.
And today, there was one more person sitting at the table.
“Huh? Yes! It’s very delicious!”
Loon, who was hurriedly eating scrambled eggs with ketchup and potato soup, answered brightly to Sejun’s question.
Not to mention the taste of the food, it had been so long since he ate with someone in such a happy and comfortable atmosphere…
Since everyone avoided him like a monster because of his changing appearance, Loon didn’t have a single friend to eat with.
“There’s plenty, so eat a lot.”
“Oh, by the way, if you want to eat a lot, you need to eat quickly.”
Sejun spoke as he looked at Cuengi. The food in front of Cuengi was quickly disappearing.
Understanding Sejun’s words, Loon hurriedly ate the food and, fortunately, was able to get seconds.
After the breakfast was over,
[Due to the effect of , all stats increase by 0.2.]
A message appeared before Sejun.
‘He’s finished eating.’
Confirming that Loon had eaten enough, Sejun asked,
“Loon, you said you can’t control your transformation ability, right?”
He asked Loon. Sejun had briefly heard about Loon’s situation before breakfast.
Loon answered in a depressed voice to Sejun’s question.
“Don’t worry. You don’t have to worry anymore. I know an incredible expert.”
“Puhuhut. That’s right, meow! Just trust Chairman Park, meow! Loon, you don’t have to worry anymore, meow!”
[If Dad says it can be resolved, then it’s resolved!]
Theo and Cuengi, agreeing with Sejun’s words, clung to Sejun’s knee and side.
Blackie, unable to overcome his food coma, fell asleep. Ah, so comfortable.
“But Vice Chairman Theo, aren’t you going to work today?”
“…I’m not going, meow! I’m taking a day off today, meow!”
Theo refused to go to work, rubbing his forehead against Sejun’s knee.
Knowing how Theo’s pride had been hurt by yesterday’s no-bid auction, Sejun patted Theo’s head.
After sufficiently petting Theo,
Sejun took Loon to the fountain where the dragons were having a drinking party.
-Sejun, that would be difficult.
Even the dragons couldn’t cure Loon’s condition.
There’s something the great dragons can’t do?!
Seeing Sejun’s disappointed eyes, the dragons wanted to say,
There’s a lot! We can’t farm, we can’t cook! That’s why we’re buying drinks from you!
But they couldn’t say that because of their great dragon pride.
-Ahem. Sejun, this is a side effect of trying to transform into a very high-level entity.
-To put it simply, it’s like a cherry tomato trying to transform into a watermelon.
-Right. For a cherry tomato to become a watermelon, it has to reduce its density as much as possible to increase its volume, right?
-Then the cherry tomato would lose its own properties. It’s similar to that.
They explained to Sejun in detail why they couldn’t treat it.
In short, Loon’s soul lost its true form trying to transform into a high-level entity.
“Ah, so why can’t you treat it?”
Sejun still didn’t fully understand.
-If his soul doesn’t remember his original body, we can’t help him find his original form.
-Yes. If we forcibly use magic to find his original form here, it will only cause more side effects.
-First, his soul needs to remember his original form.
Only after the dragons explained once more in detail did Sejun understand.
“Sorry, I got your hopes up for nothing.”
Sejun apologized to Loon as they walked away from the fountain.
“Ah… what did you say?”
Loon wasn’t in a state to answer properly.
Even if he weren’t in his true forms, he had just faced four great dragon leaders, so it would be strange if his mind was clear.
Honestly, he didn’t remember a word the dragons had just said.
Sejun and his party descended back to the ground.
“This leaves us with the last resort. Vice Chairman Theo, find something you’re drawn to!”
With a hopeful heart, Sejun grabbed both of Theo’s front paws and pressed one against Loon’s body, shouting,
“Meow? Meow! Chairman Park, there’s a pull, meow!”
“Oh! Really?! Where?”
As expected of Vice Chairman Theo!
Theo confidently pointed to the bag he was carrying.
“Huh? Vice Chairman Theo’s bag?”
“That’s right, meow!”
“Since when are you feeling the pull?”
“Since we met Loon, meow!”
But why didn’t you say anything?
While Sejun looked at Theo in astonishment,
“Puhuhut. Didn’t I tell you everything would be fine if you just trusted Chairman Park, meow?!”
Theo boasted loudly, sending Loon a look that said ‘Isn’t our Chairman Park amazing, meow?’ feeling proud.