Everyone is Young Except for Me

Translator: rainbowturtle

Editors: LD & Jyazen

[The apostle, ‘December’s Invader,’ feels your presence.]

I was amazed by the message in front of me. I just looked at him for a moment, but he already noticed my existence. Was this the fourth apostle?

[Huhuhu, a guest has come.]

Santa Claus stopped while handing out gifts to the children and suddenly approached me with a bag of gifts. He just looked a bit different from the Santa Claus I knew in modern times. He was very agile and skinny. Well, considering what he did, I couldn’t imagine him being fat.

[You are the descendant of Alexus that Tiarudo mentioned. Huhu. By the way, you look a bit younger?]

“......”

I couldn’t say anything because I didn’t know I looked young. It was the same for Park Maksun. Based on the length of the beard, it seemed Santa Claus in front of me was much older. No, we were both still grandfathers.

“I think you know why I came.”

[Hrmm. I know. You came to look for the snow secret technique that Alexus left with me?]

“That’s right.” I slowly nodded.

Santa Claus nodded at me and turned around. [Come along.]

Park Maksun and I followed Santa Claus. We walked for a while and arrived at a small wooden hut in a corner of the village. It seemed like it had been built just a few days ago. He said he was staying here to hand out gifts to the beast clan during the celebration for the unification of their village. To put it simply, he said he would have another Christmas. In any case, this man also lived a tiring life.

[Well, it is a bit shabby, but come inside. Hohoho.]

Thus, we entered Santa’s hut. The cold was blocked and warmth wrapped around our bodies. He led us to chairs and served us hot tea.

[Drink. It will melt your body a bit.]

Park Maksun and I drank the tea at the same time and our eyes widened.

[Hohoho! How is it? The taste is amazing, right?]

Santa Claus laughed with satisfaction, but I thought it was worth it. The tea he handed us was delicious enough to make the two of us smile.

“Oh my, what is this taste? Now.”

“It’s delicious. How did you make it?”

[Kukuk. That is a trade secret!]

Che. He was a naughty old man. I decided to cut straight to the point. “It is as I said earlier. I came to get the snow secret technique left by Alexus. Can I have it?”

[Why are you so urgent? There is always a time for everything. Drink the tea first.]

“Ah, yes.”

We drank all the tea and moved to the place where Santa led us. It was an old warehouse. There was a huge amount of gifts piled up like a mountain and he told me, [Um, in conclusion, I have the snow secret technique. Still, you should know that there is nothing free in the world?]

What? Damn old man! What was he going to say?

[Tonight, do some work with me. Hohoho!]

Santa Claus burst out laughing. Behind that laughter seemed like a thousand year old snake.

* * *

At the North Pole, the ice castle of the tundra dragon...

The battle between demon king Lucifer and the tundra dragon had been raging for some time. The fight between them was a close balance. Lucifer’s power of pride didn’t work on the tundra dragon. Lucifer had to deal with the tundra dragon using the power to materialize reality. However, the tundra dragon in the north pole wasn’t an easy opponent.

[Hmm, you are the former leader of the 12 Zodiacs? You are pretty good.]

[You deserve to have the nickname Winter’s Balancer. But...]

Lucifer raised the power of the Pandora fragments that he had been keeping in his arms. A dark energy of death embraced Lucifer’s body.

[......!]

Not long after, Lucifer’s appearance became uglier and the tundra dragon frowned at the dark magic of death that he felt.

[You! That power is forbidden!]

Crunch!

[......!]

The tundra quickly widened the distance as he looked at his arm that was torn off. Lucifer had moved in the blink of an eye and ripped off his arm. The tundra dragon grabbed his shoulder as he watched his arm regenerating. However, his regeneration was very slow due to the power of death.

The tundra dragon gritted his teeth as he stared at Lucifer playing with his arm. Lucifer threw the tundra dragon’s arm behind him and spoke, [Why don’t you show your true appearance?] 𝗳r𝗲𝙚w𝐞𝚋𝘯𝚘ѵ𝗲l.𝑐oｍ

[......]

The tundra dragon shut his mouth. In fact, he was able to show his real face before but he deliberately didn’t show it. It was like a complex for himself who loved beautiful things. It was because his true appearance wasn’t beautiful at all. However—

‘It can’t be helped.’

The opponent in front of him was too dangerous not to reveal his true form. The tundra dragon finally made a decision. An overflowing blue magic power surrounded the tundra dragon. The true appearance of the turtle constellation. He started to look like a turtle dragon.

Crunch!

Lucifer laughed arrogantly as he watched the process.

[Huhuhu. Good. This is what makes it fun. Hahahaha—!]

Beyond Lucifer’s crazy madness, the growing shadow was shaking. Meanwhile, there was one man watching the entire process...

‘What? What is going on?’ It was James who was captured by the tundra dragon and became an ice statue. James was in a situation where he was connected to the tundra dragon’s castle unless the magic was unraveled.

‘I don’t know what is going on and I don’t know if it will help.’

James immediately turned on the recording as the tundra dragon completed the transformation. A huge black shell and four slender legs—the head looked like a dragon, while the tail was tangled with the head, showing off a terrible majesty. Finally, the tundra dragon could be seen.

[The tortoise star, ‘Tundra Dragon,’ is roaring!]

Huge vibrations shook the North Pole.

* * *

Meanwhile, at this time. I was Santa Claus’ sincere slave...

No, I was helping him as a support worker. A slender Santa Claus sneaked down the chimney of an igloo and came out with a lot of black soot all over his body. In any case, he must be crazy.

[What are you doing?]

“Huh?”

[Don’t keep the gifts here. You should move quickly and deliver them. Are you going to leave it all to her?]

Santa Claus pointed to Park Maksun with his chin. No, looking at this old man...

“Yes, Orabeoni. Go. I’ll take a break.”

“......”

I wanted to say something to the wicked Santa Claus, but fell silent when Park Maksun sat in the sleigh. In the end, I had to sigh and help out Santa Claus. I didn’t want to, but I somehow changed from a part-time worker to a full-time worker. Dammit.

“Sigh. It smells.”

I blocked my nose and climbed down the chimney of another igloo. Santa Claus had taught me his know-how. He said it was very important to go in and out quietly. Once I got inside, there would be socks hanging up. I immediately jumped down the chimney and landed gently.

Um, was it this? I walked in a sneaky manner, filled the socks with the gifts, and came up through the chimney again. However, it wasn’t as easy as I thought. How the hell did the old man get out so quickly?

[Hohoho. Why are you so slow? You are worse than my Ruru!]

By the way, Ruru referred to Rudolph, who was pulling the sleigh. Santa Claus escaped the chimney in an instant, stroked Ruru’s antlers, and laughed at me. Ruru also made a sound of agreement.

“I am a beginner, so isn’t it natural to be slow? Don’t expect too much.”

[Hrmm. Is that so?]

Santa Claus stroked his long beard before suddenly thinking of something. He spoke again, [Then shall I change it a bit?]

Santa Claus pulled out something that looked like a white snowball. It was a shiny crystal ball.

[This is what you are looking for so anxiously.]

“......!”

[Are you going to work hard?]

Santa Claus threw the crystal ball into the mountain-like pile of gifts. The crystal ball rolled and settled deep inside. Of course, the whereabouts of the crystal ball were unknown.

“......”

This was a completely vicious Santa Claus. There was someone with the name of Satan among the demon kings. I thought the existence in front of me wasn’t Santa Claus, but Satan Claus.

[Now, move faster. We have to get rid of everything today so hurry! Keke!]

Santa Claus laughed and ran away, disappearing down another chimney.

Park Maksun played with Ruru while pretending not to know me. “Ata, now. Ruru, are these deer antlers? I think they are scary for your body. Can you give me one?”

“This fucker...”

I couldn’t help letting out swear words.

* * *

Two hours passed.

I succeeded in getting rid of the pile of gifts. However, the crystal ball I sought so anxiously wasn’t Alexus’ secret technique. It was just an ordinary crystal ball. The demon-like Satan Claus had tricked me.

[Hohoho! Don’t be so angry. Isn’t it meaningful to obtain something from sweating? Now, take this. It is Alexus’ secret technique that you wanted so much. Merry Christmas!]

Merry Christmas, freeze to death.

I wasn’t pleased at all with Santa Claus’ words. I managed to suppress my anger and quickly snatched away the old document in his hand. The moment I was going to open it...

“Coooo~!”

A cute sound came out of nowhere. Park Maksun and I looked that way. Wait a minute, was this?

“Pono?”

“Coo? Coo coo!”

Pono recognized me and hugged me happily. Previously, he was small enough to hold onto my legs. Now he was big enough to hug my body. Well, that wasn’t important right now. In front of me, Pono was telling Santa Claus something very urgently.

“Coo! Coo coo! Coo coo coo coo!”

[Um, yes. Yes, yes. You went to play at the ice castle.]

Santa Claus nodded as he listened to Pono.

[What did you say?!]

Just then, Santa Claus’ shocked voice rang out through the hut. It was something big. 𝒇𝙧𝚎𝐞𝙬𝒆𝑏𝑛𝑜v𝚎𝒍.c𝑜m

[The tundra dragon is in danger?!]

“......!”