NOVEL ONLINE FREE Chapter 19
Chapter 19
It has been a week since conquering the 70th floor.
Citri was very pleased to hear that the Demon King Castle would also be handed over to him. He wasn’t completely unaware of Nahun’s intentions, but he felt it was something he could tolerate.
“We have divided the territory and the troops, and I’ll make sure that Lin El Lazine can investigate the list of wealth later. Let’s divide it after receiving the report.”
“Understood.”
In response to Nahun’s kindness, Citri intended to fairly split the territory and assets of the 70th floor along with the remaining troops five to five, as they had agreed.
“I have delivered the heads of the Demon King Castle and Andromalius, so can I take priority from the list of wealth?”
“As long as it’s divided fairly, I have no objections.”
“Then let’s proceed that way.”
The trade that benefited both parties was established, and Citri also agreed with Nahun’s opinion to focus on internal affairs. He needed to organize the powers and territories he had also subdued on the 70th floor.
“Then we’ll be busy for a while.”
“Come by at least once a week. If you neglect training, everything we’ve done until now will be for naught.”
“I’ll do my best to find the time.”
After that, Nahun, who decided to focus on internal affairs, began to organize the priorities of his work.
The most urgent matters were, of course, those concerning the 70th floor. Management of the territory of the subdued 70th floor was necessary, and Nahun concentrated on that work, while not neglecting classes.
Today, Nahun was engrossed in his tasks as soon as he woke up. He planned to work until Seere woke up and then conduct class.
However, as time passed, Seere was still nowhere to be seen. Cain, who was supposed to bring her, was also missing.
“Is Seere not awake?”
Just as he was wondering, Nahun’s office door burst open without a knock. Nahun was slightly startled, but seeing the other party’s expression, which looked somewhat urgent, he refrained from saying anything.
“Cecili, what’s going on?”
It was Cecili, a maid from the Demon King Castle. Her fluffy fox tail, which always moved lightly, was now standing stiffly, which seemed odd. When Nahun tilted his head in confusion, Cecili spoke.
“Please cancel today’s class with His Majesty.”
“Excuse me?”
Nahun recalled Cecili’s hasty entrance and asked.
“Did something happen to Seere?”
“It seems she has a bit of a fever.”
Hearing Cecili’s report, Nahun was taken aback and jumped up from his seat.
“What!?”
A fever meant that Seere was sick. Nahun displayed a noticeably flustered expression and spoke to Cecili.
“She was perfectly fine until yesterday!?”
Nahun quickly started reviewing in his mind if there had been any major issues with the schedule he had arranged. But there couldn’t be. He had provided Seere with an optimal training amount that he had repeated dozens of times to see various endings.
He had never subjected her to training that was excessively high in intensity to harm her health. Nahun would never make such a novice mistake…
Unlike Nahun, who was overly flustered, Cecili spoke as if it wasn’t a big problem.
“Kids can sometimes get sick suddenly. Judging by the runny nose, it seems like just a simple cold.”
“…A cold?”
It is common for children to fall ill suddenly. Upon hearing this, Nahun felt his head going blank.
‘Of course, it must happen when kids are sick…’
This place is not a game; it’s reality. He always thought that, yet why hadn’t he realized this regarding Seere? Nahun slightly furrowed his brow.
“So she should be fine again after a day or two of rest. Don’t worry too much.”
“Then why did you come in looking so urgent…?”
“Oh, that was just because the housekeeper told me to hurry and inform you. Maybe I should have knocked before coming in?”
“Ah… right. Please tell Seere to take a good rest.”
“Yes, then I’ll be going.”
Cecili bowed slightly and left the office. After she left, Nahun, now alone, slumped into his chair helplessly.
‘Have I been viewing Seere too much like a game character…’
It was not unusual for a child who was healthy until yesterday to suddenly fall ill with minor ailments. Given that she was a child with weaker immunity compared to adults, it made sense that she could catch a simple illness like a cold suddenly.
“…What a foolish thought.”
Fortunately, it wasn’t his mistake that caused Seere to fall ill, but he felt foolish for concluding that if he trained her this way, she wouldn’t get sick.
Nahun sighed and rubbed the bridge of his nose with his hand.
“I should finish today’s work quickly and check on her…”
#
Seere was in a dream.
Due to her fever, she had been lying in bed all day sleeping, and she had quite a few dreams. The dream she was currently in felt somewhat special.
“Teacher!”
“Oh, Seere.”
There was Nahun. To her surprise, he was holding a bunch of her favorite fluffy dolls in both hands.
“There are so many dolls!!”
Seere approached Nahun with a bright smile, and he willingly handed each doll to her while maintaining a smile.
Nahun handed her a variety of dolls, including dogs, cats, rabbits, dolphins, and foxes.
While Seere received the dolls Nahun handed her with sparkling eyes, the quantity of dolls was gradually becoming overwhelmingly large. Now that she looked, there were countless dolls of various kinds behind Nahun.
“T-Teacher, there are too many dolls…”
“There are more here.”
Despite her saying it was too many, Nahun continued to hand her dolls, causing Seere to flail around to set them down. However, Nahun’s pace of giving her dolls was faster than Seere’s ability to receive them, and eventually, she began to get buried in dolls.
“Ugh… Teacher, please stop!!”
“There are still many of your favorite dolls left. You have to take them all.”
“Fuhuhu!!!”
In the quiet room, Seere’s head turned slightly to the side. With a slight frown of discomfort, she mumbled a pained sound.
“There are too many… dolls…”
“…?”
Nahun, who quietly entered Seere’s room, was slightly taken aback. He glanced at the penguin doll he had brought. Hearing such mumblings at this timing, it felt a bit awkward, though he figured she was just sleep talking.
However, there were only two dolls in Seere’s possession so far. Three were to come, but objectively, it did not feel like too many.
“What kind of dream is she having…?”
Nahun chuckled softly and placed the penguin doll next to the whale doll resting by Seere’s head. Then, to ensure Seere wouldn’t wake up, he carefully brushed her bangs aside and placed his hand on her forehead.
‘She doesn’t seem to have a fever right now.’
At this rate, she seemed like she would be fine by tomorrow. That was a relief.
“I’m glad she’s not too sick.”
Nahun muttered to himself, pulled the slightly down comforter back over Seere, and brought a chair next to her to sit. He intended to keep an eye on her in case her fever rose while she slept.
“I can’t just sit around…”
He brought over some work documents that could be dealt with quickly and began resolving them by Seere’s side.
After about an hour passed, Seere’s soft breathing, which had been rhythmic, began to increase in pace. Feeling something was off, Nahun tore his eyes away from the paperwork.
Wondering when she had woken up, Seere blinked and looked at Nahun. Caught off guard by the unexpected situation, Nahun showed a slightly flustered expression as he asked.
“Uh, when did you wake up?”
“A little while ago.”
Then, it would have been good to show that she was awake. Nahun let out a slight sigh of relief and asked Seere.
“How do you feel?”
“I’m okay!”
Perhaps thanks to her rest, Seere looked as lively as a person in good condition. Observing the recovered Seere, Nahun felt an unexpected sense of joy and gently patted her head.
“I’m glad you’re not too sick.”
“Were you… worried?”
“Of course. It’s shocking for a kid who devoured two slices of cake until yesterday to suddenly fall ill.”
Seere recalled the cake she had eaten during snack time. Nahun had allowed her to eat two slices as a reward for following the class well. Remembering the sweet taste of cake, Seere smiled brightly.
“It was delicious!”
“Glad to hear that.”
Nahun gently touched Seere’s cheek as he spoke.
“Get some more sleep. If you sleep now, you can attend class in the morning.”
“Can I not see that too?”
Seere pointed at the documents Nahun was holding. Was she surprisingly interested in work? It was a good thing, but it wasn’t something he could allow right now.
“No. Today, you should just rest, and we’ll do it together tomorrow?”
“Uung….”
“If you don’t sleep now, you might miss out on delicious pudding tomorrow.”
Seere’s eyes widened with a look of reluctance, shaking her head side to side. Then she tightly shut her eyes.
Seeing Seere’s cute behavior, Nahun smiled with satisfaction and continued to pet her.
“Have sweet dreams.”
#
Nahun was flipping through documents in the front yard. He had given Seere her class and was using the time she dedicated to personal training to work on his tasks.
At that moment, Cain approached him. He was holding a pile of documents.
“Nahun, the report on the wealth list for the 70th floor has come from El Laze’s Daejeong.”
“Finally came.”
This was the report Nahun had been waiting for. He took the documents from Cain and immediately began examining the report, as if searching for something.
“Are you looking for something in particular?”
“Yes.”
The reason he negotiated with Citri to have priority in selecting wealth. It was because there were items that needed to be secured from the 70th floor.
One of the most important elements in Ebel Queen Maker was equipment. Equipment had the effect of greatly enhancing the growth efficiency of characters the player nurtured, making it an essential element.
For example, if there was a piece of equipment during stamina training that could raise the stamina stat by 10 at a time, without it, it would only increase by 1 or 2.
The item Nahun was currently searching for was one of those kinds of equipment; one of the better-performing types of equipment.
This was a hidden piece he had only found when he saw the 40th ending after viewing dozens of endings. He hadn’t expected such an item to be hidden in the early stage of the 70th floor, which was why it took him that long to discover it.
While scanning through the list of items in the report, Nahun stopped his gaze on the third page. He smiled in satisfaction. He circled the item he found with a pen and said,
“Cain, make sure we secure this for ourselves.”
“Yes.”
“Let the rest be chosen appropriately and passed on to El Laze’s Daejeong.”
“Understood.”
Cain’s expression filled with questions upon receiving the report from Nahun. The item he chose was quite puzzling to him.
“Nahun, are you sure about marking this?”
“Uh, yes?”
“…Understood.”
Cain was still puzzled, but he trusted Nahun’s judgment as his actions always brought good results. The item Nahun marked in the report read:
[ A sword of unknown origin with a broken blade. A groove suggests it might have had embedded jewels that have come loose. ]