Chapter 79
Recently, Choryeon has had many opportunities to go outside. She was able to look around the outside world as she started going to kindergarten.
As a result, Choryeon was able to reach one conclusion.
"As expected, I think Earth needs to be normalized."
Currently, Earth is in a very sick state. Earth needs to be returned to normal. Earth's illness needs to be cured, and the germs making Earth sick need to be removed.
"We need to normalize it before it's too late!"
On the way home from kindergarten, Choryeon steeled her resolve and looked up at her father, saying.
"Father!"
"What is it, Choryeon?"
"I can't go home with you today. I have something to do, Father!"
Clench-!
Choryeon clenched her fist, burning with determination. Ha-jun thought to himself, 'What trouble is she going to cause now?' and asked.
"What is it? If Dad can help, I'll help."
"If you'll help, I'd be grateful, Father! Then please follow me!"
Pitter-patter-
Choryeon bounced out with light steps and picked up a discarded can from the ground. Then, smiling brightly, she held out the trash to Ha-jun.
"Father, you just need to hold this trash!"
"I'll hold it for now, but Choryeon."
"Yes!"
"Why are you suddenly doing this?"
Pure curiosity. Choryeon answered with clear eyes and a bright smile.
"Of course, it's to return Earth to normal! We'll pick up trash and make Earth healthy!"
"Hmm, I see..."
"Yes!"
Ha-jun looked into Choryeon's confident eyes. She had the eyes of someone who would never bend their will.
"Clear and bright eyes... To have such enlightenment at such a young age..."
Tremble-
Ha-jun trembled, feeling both expectant and fearful of Choryeon's future. Still, if his daughter wanted to do something good, there was no reason for a parent to stop her. He only found a child doing good deeds to be lovable.
"Then, shall we pick up the trash around us today? Lee Hwaryeon, Lee Suryeon. You two pick up trash too."
At those words, Hwaryeon and Suryeon shouted in protest.
"No! Why should I pick up trash! I don't want to pick up trash!"
"Trash is dirty. Don't want to."
They made an X with their arms, strongly refusing.
"If you won't do it, I can't force you."
Ha-jun said to do as they pleased, then patted Choryeon's head as she brought trash.
"Choryeon, you did well. Choryeon is so good, always doing good things."
"Hehe, thank you, Dad!"
Pat, pat-
Seeing this, Hwaryeon and Suryeon's eyes widened.
"!!"
"...!!"
Had they completely forgotten their past refusal? They followed Choryeon and diligently picked up trash, putting it in the bag Ha-jun had brought.
The dragon family worked together to pick up trash on the street that no one else cleaned.
"We're returning Earth to normal!"
The first step of the normalization plan: Picking up trash.
Choryeon diligently picked up trash to realize her goal.
"Fighting!"
Heave-ho-
The kindergarten route that had been full of trash was gradually becoming cleaner.
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After finishing picking up trash, Choryeon looked at the full trash bags and said.
"I didn't know there was so much trash around here...! When it was scattered, I didn't notice, but when we collect it, there's so much...!"
"There's a lot of trash inside too."
"I'm not talking about humans, Suryeon!"
Plop-
Hwaryeon, exhausted from picking up trash, sat on the ground and said.
"Yeah, there was so much...!! Too much...!! I almost died from exhaustion...!"
"You worked hard, Hwaryeon! I'll praise you! But I won't praise Suryeon because she didn't work hard."
Glare-
Suryeon glared at Choryeon and said.
"I don't need your praise either. Who asked for it?"
"That's just a figure of speech! Suryeon, you seem to lack social awareness!"
Growl-!
Suryeon and Choryeon started bickering, gearing up for a fight. To change the subject, Ha-jun quickly picked up the trash bags and said.
"We're done if we throw away this trash, right? Should Dad go throw this away?"
"No!"
Screech-!
Choryeon blocked Ha-jun's way and took the trash bags. Then, taking out a piece of trash from the bag, she said.
"That won't help the environment! We need to process it ourselves!"
Direct processing. Everyone tilted their heads at the mention of processing the trash themselves. Hwaryeon stood up and spoke as the representative.
"Process it ourselves?"
"Yes!"
"Then I can do it! We just need to burn it all, right?"
Roar-!!
Hwaryeon roared, breathing fire. And she stepped forward to burn the trash.
"Eek!"
Choryeon quickly hid the trash bags behind her back and said.
"No! If we burn the trash with fire, it will pollute the air!"
"Aaagh!! Then what are we supposed to do! Why are there so many things we can't do! Let's just kill the environment! Kill all the trash! Then it'll be clean, right?!"
Hwaryeon started to lose it, unable to contain her frustration. Ha-jun quickly grabbed Hwaryeon's body as she tried to dash out, restraining her.
"Stay still, Lee Hwaryeon."
"Aaaagh-!!"
If he had been a little late, it could have been a disaster.
Anyway, as if Choryeon had a plan in mind, she walked somewhere carrying the trash bags. Following Choryeon, they arrived at the dead mountain, the elves' new settlement.
"This should do!"
Rustle, rustle-
Choryeon started taking out trash and scattering it around the middle of the mountain. Picking up trash, then throwing it away again. She was doing something hard to understand.
"She said she'd protect Earth! But she's polluting Earth herself!"
"Yeah. I have no idea what her intention is."
Still thinking she must have some plan, The family quietly watched Choryeon. Choryeon scattered all the trash around and stood in the center of the trash.
"Phew..."
Then, she closed her eyes and concentrated, putting her hands together. At the same time, the magic power that had seeped into the ground began to stir and move.
"Please help me normalize Earth...! For environmental protection...! I will make the environment beautiful...! Please give me strength...!"
Rumble-!
As if responding to Choryeon's words, the ground shook violently, and the scattered trash was being absorbed into the ground.
'What kind of ability is that? Is that another dragon ability I don't know about? Is Choryeon okay?'
As Ha-jun was flustered, Dragon GPT Suryeon, who was sticking close to him, started explaining.
"It's the Green Dragon's ability, Dad. She can ask nature for help. The spirits' power is absorbing that trash."
"Spirits?"
"Yeah, that environmental idiot mentioned it before. She said she had friends. Those were forest spirits, and this time it's earth spirits."
Earth spirits. Those spirits absorbed the trash, decomposing it in real-time and using it as their nutrients. Choryeon continued speaking with her hands together.
"Even if it doesn't taste good... it will help...! Decompose it and use it as nutrients...! Make sure to revive the mountain spirit later too...!!"
And so, after Choryeon finished collaborating with the earth spirits, all the scattered trash on the ground seeped below the surface and disappeared.
According to Choryeon, the earth spirits are working hard to decompose it.
"It won't take long! My friends will eat the trash deliciously! And when that trash decomposes, the earth will gain strength!"
Clap, clap-!
Choryeon suddenly applauded.
At the same time, elves who had been hiding somewhere jumped out and knelt before Choryeon. And they handed a watering can to Choryeon, the leader of the environmental protection group.
"If we just sprinkle water on this empowered earth!"
Splash, splash-
As she sprinkled water, sprouts grew from the dead earth, instantly turning into trees reaching Choryeon's knees.
Choryeon smiled brightly and spread her arms.
"Ta-da! This is how we turn trash into trees! How about that! Isn't it amazing!"
Environmental Protection Group President, Lee Choryeon's Earth Normalization Plan Showcase.
Ha-jun applauded at the sight.
Clap, clap, clap-
"As expected of my daughter. You're so smart, just like me."
"Really?! Yay! I'm so happy to receive a lot of praise from Father today!"
Bounce, bounce-
Choryeon ran around excitedly. Suryeon looked at Choryeon with annoyance.
"...Is that all?"
Though Suryeon's expression darkened more and more, Choryeon's Earth Normalization Plan was progressing steadily.
Picking up trash, processing trash, planting trees, reviving the environment.
Choryeon was doing everything for Earth's normalization by changing the surrounding environment little by little. Earth is too big to change all at once, but Choryeon was taking one step at a time towards her goal.
'If Earth becomes normal, Father can live longer, right?'
To live happily and long with Father in a good place. That was the true goal of the Earth Normalization Plan, though the family had no idea.
'I hope we can live happily for a long, long time on a normalized Earth. Hehe.'