Thousand Year Butler, Hundred Year Cat 2
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Book Introduction
A YA mystery fantasy surrounding the fate of a thousand-year-old butler.
“Aren’t you curious, whether that person is really the one who will become the Thousand Year Butler?”
The second story of the bestseller "The Thousand-Year Butler, the Hundred-Year Cat"
The sequel to the 2025 Youth Education Book of the Year
"The Thousand Year Butler, the Hundred Year Cat," which has been loved since its publication for its unique setting of "a cat that is reborn nine times," "a special ability that resides in each of its nine lives," and "a thousand year butler," has returned with an even deeper story.
In Volume 2, the legendary Egyptian cats, the 'Lions of Ra', appear to prevent the birth of the Millennium Butler, and the fateful story surrounding the three candidates for the Millennium Butler unfolds in earnest.
The numerous story fragments thrown out in Volume 1 are intertwined and fit together along the entangled relationships between cats and humans, and the hidden truths of the cats who have lived repeated lives are also gradually revealed.
The "Millennium Butler, Hundred Year Cat" series makes us think about the weight of the words "life" and "dignity" through a worldview where cats gain their abilities.
Beyond the witty and witty lines of the cats, there are reflections on life and existence that linger long after you close the book.
This work, a delicate blend of emotion, mystery, and philosophical thought, will offer a reading pleasure that spans generations, along with the profound resonance that only literature can provide.
“Aren’t you curious, whether that person is really the one who will become the Thousand Year Butler?”
The second story of the bestseller "The Thousand-Year Butler, the Hundred-Year Cat"
The sequel to the 2025 Youth Education Book of the Year
"The Thousand Year Butler, the Hundred Year Cat," which has been loved since its publication for its unique setting of "a cat that is reborn nine times," "a special ability that resides in each of its nine lives," and "a thousand year butler," has returned with an even deeper story.
In Volume 2, the legendary Egyptian cats, the 'Lions of Ra', appear to prevent the birth of the Millennium Butler, and the fateful story surrounding the three candidates for the Millennium Butler unfolds in earnest.
The numerous story fragments thrown out in Volume 1 are intertwined and fit together along the entangled relationships between cats and humans, and the hidden truths of the cats who have lived repeated lives are also gradually revealed.
The "Millennium Butler, Hundred Year Cat" series makes us think about the weight of the words "life" and "dignity" through a worldview where cats gain their abilities.
Beyond the witty and witty lines of the cats, there are reflections on life and existence that linger long after you close the book.
This work, a delicate blend of emotion, mystery, and philosophical thought, will offer a reading pleasure that spans generations, along with the profound resonance that only literature can provide.
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index
1.
Lions of Ra
2.
Second ability
3.
Animal Hoarder
4.
Third candidate
5.
John Nam's Confession
6.
scale store
7.
10 years ago, our first meeting
8.
The Cat Order (Abyssinian vs. Miljeok Vajra History)
Lions of Ra
2.
Second ability
3.
Animal Hoarder
4.
Third candidate
5.
John Nam's Confession
6.
scale store
7.
10 years ago, our first meeting
8.
The Cat Order (Abyssinian vs. Miljeok Vajra History)
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Signs that 'they' had arrived were everywhere.
Two Abyssinian cats, a pursuer who had been chasing them, two trunks to dodge the pursuer, and an airport bus driver who would remain silent about the cats' whereabouts.
The old cat had been grumbling softly for several days, as if it was feeling uneasy.
“Do you really think they are Ra’s warriors, Grandma?”
---p.
21
This world, which he heard of after gaining the cat's second ability, made Godeok reborn.
How wonderful are cats, who have lived with all living things with such amazing abilities.
I got to see Godeok again.
The idea that the process of gaining a life and gaining abilities to become a Millennium Butler was as simple as acquiring game items one by one or passing through each stop turned out to be a complete miscalculation.
---p.
31
I was left speechless by John Nam's declaration, which sounded like a declaration of independence.
Wasn't it John Nam himself who believed the distorted rumors and harassed Godeok more than anyone else, even shoving a hairball into his mouth?
“You hated me!”
“That’s right! But you’re different now.
Because he has been transformed into such a holy being and, above all, he has shown the qualities of a bird dropping to become a thousand-year butler.
“Even the wages recognized you and gave up one of your young lives.”
“No, that’s….
Anyway, I will decline.”
“Hey, Mr. Godeok! You’re in no position to refuse my offer like this.
Now that I know before you that the murderer could become the butler for a thousand years, I can't just leave you, you damn fool.
And don't underestimate my intelligence.”
---p.
129
“A cat must inevitably complete its own cycle.
“You have to complete it to be reborn in the next round.”
“What if I don’t finish it?”
“It’s like being relegated again and going through the first round again.
In terms of games, it's like a reset.
“All the hard work I’ve put in so far will go down the drain.”
“So, when you come here, you complete that episode?”
“No, this is a place to pass through.
Completing a turn is similar to cultivating one's virtue as a human being.
That's something a cat does throughout its life, and in the last year of its life, they contact you to check it out.
They're asking you to weigh the completion rate on a scale for each episode over the course of a year.
But not just anyone can go up there and practice. You have to take a numbered ticket in this piano practice room and take a test to get to that scale.
“You have to pass through here to get on the scale at the scale store.”
p---p.
173~174
Rumor has it that the Abyssinian cats heard an oracle that one of Godeok, Theo, and the murderer would become their butler for a thousand years.
However, the prophecy said that any one of the three would become the millennial steward and be corrupted by evil.
So the safest and surest way is to kill all three.
This was the hidden reason why a thousand-year butler had not emerged for the past thousand years.
Because Ra's warriors killed those who would become the buds of the Thousand Year Butler the moment the wheel started moving.
So the warriors of Ra, those called 'the Executors', were chasing after Godeok and Theo.
p---p.
237~238
"Oh, you're treating a cat that came from so far away like that for the first time? Okay, don't mind my joke. Tell me your name, go over there, verify your turn, and get directions to your area.
“If you talk too loudly, you’ll get caught right away.”
“My name is Bomani, this is Anubis.
We climbed the nine steps thousands of years ago, but we are stuck without completing any more turns.
“We want to carry out our mission.”
“…… So, the names are Bomani and Anubis.
The name is so buttery.
Usually, they are named like Coco, Lulu, Mango, Cheese, etc., but the names are really unique.
“What, what if the owner is a foreigner?”
“We have no master.
Rather, humans only serve us.”
---p.
253
“In the world, there are ‘Tao’ and ‘Ui’, and for cats, there are ‘Myo’ and ‘Mi’.
It literally means charm, the beauty that cats possess.
“It is our duty and the beautiful righteousness of a cat not to carelessly cast out the butler who serves us.”
“That’s great.”
Stripes and Mary looked at each other with bewildered expressions at the unexpected compliment.
John Nam, who had been listening to the conversation in silence, pushed his way between the two and spoke.
“If you want to meet the Thousand Year Butler, you have to defeat us!”
“It’s not my job to take you down, but I don’t want to start a pointless massacre.
“Make way.”
Two Abyssinian cats, a pursuer who had been chasing them, two trunks to dodge the pursuer, and an airport bus driver who would remain silent about the cats' whereabouts.
The old cat had been grumbling softly for several days, as if it was feeling uneasy.
“Do you really think they are Ra’s warriors, Grandma?”
---p.
21
This world, which he heard of after gaining the cat's second ability, made Godeok reborn.
How wonderful are cats, who have lived with all living things with such amazing abilities.
I got to see Godeok again.
The idea that the process of gaining a life and gaining abilities to become a Millennium Butler was as simple as acquiring game items one by one or passing through each stop turned out to be a complete miscalculation.
---p.
31
I was left speechless by John Nam's declaration, which sounded like a declaration of independence.
Wasn't it John Nam himself who believed the distorted rumors and harassed Godeok more than anyone else, even shoving a hairball into his mouth?
“You hated me!”
“That’s right! But you’re different now.
Because he has been transformed into such a holy being and, above all, he has shown the qualities of a bird dropping to become a thousand-year butler.
“Even the wages recognized you and gave up one of your young lives.”
“No, that’s….
Anyway, I will decline.”
“Hey, Mr. Godeok! You’re in no position to refuse my offer like this.
Now that I know before you that the murderer could become the butler for a thousand years, I can't just leave you, you damn fool.
And don't underestimate my intelligence.”
---p.
129
“A cat must inevitably complete its own cycle.
“You have to complete it to be reborn in the next round.”
“What if I don’t finish it?”
“It’s like being relegated again and going through the first round again.
In terms of games, it's like a reset.
“All the hard work I’ve put in so far will go down the drain.”
“So, when you come here, you complete that episode?”
“No, this is a place to pass through.
Completing a turn is similar to cultivating one's virtue as a human being.
That's something a cat does throughout its life, and in the last year of its life, they contact you to check it out.
They're asking you to weigh the completion rate on a scale for each episode over the course of a year.
But not just anyone can go up there and practice. You have to take a numbered ticket in this piano practice room and take a test to get to that scale.
“You have to pass through here to get on the scale at the scale store.”
p---p.
173~174
Rumor has it that the Abyssinian cats heard an oracle that one of Godeok, Theo, and the murderer would become their butler for a thousand years.
However, the prophecy said that any one of the three would become the millennial steward and be corrupted by evil.
So the safest and surest way is to kill all three.
This was the hidden reason why a thousand-year butler had not emerged for the past thousand years.
Because Ra's warriors killed those who would become the buds of the Thousand Year Butler the moment the wheel started moving.
So the warriors of Ra, those called 'the Executors', were chasing after Godeok and Theo.
p---p.
237~238
"Oh, you're treating a cat that came from so far away like that for the first time? Okay, don't mind my joke. Tell me your name, go over there, verify your turn, and get directions to your area.
“If you talk too loudly, you’ll get caught right away.”
“My name is Bomani, this is Anubis.
We climbed the nine steps thousands of years ago, but we are stuck without completing any more turns.
“We want to carry out our mission.”
“…… So, the names are Bomani and Anubis.
The name is so buttery.
Usually, they are named like Coco, Lulu, Mango, Cheese, etc., but the names are really unique.
“What, what if the owner is a foreigner?”
“We have no master.
Rather, humans only serve us.”
---p.
253
“In the world, there are ‘Tao’ and ‘Ui’, and for cats, there are ‘Myo’ and ‘Mi’.
It literally means charm, the beauty that cats possess.
“It is our duty and the beautiful righteousness of a cat not to carelessly cast out the butler who serves us.”
“That’s great.”
Stripes and Mary looked at each other with bewildered expressions at the unexpected compliment.
John Nam, who had been listening to the conversation in silence, pushed his way between the two and spoke.
“If you want to meet the Thousand Year Butler, you have to defeat us!”
“It’s not my job to take you down, but I don’t want to start a pointless massacre.
“Make way.”
---p.
257
257
Publisher's Review
2024 Bestseller Sequel
The Second Story of "The Thousand-Year Butler, the Hundred-Year Cat"
How many times can we be reborn into life?
The hidden story of cats who become connected to a boy.
After the publication of Volume 1, the second story of "The Thousand-Year Butler, the Hundred-Year Cat" has finally unfolded amidst readers' eager anticipation.
The story of the special abilities that each of the nine lives of a cat possesses, and the butlers who receive those abilities, was greatly loved for asking questions about the value of life and the dignity of existence beyond humor and suspense.
In Volume 2, which returns with an expanded world and more detailed plot, the three candidates for the Millennium Butler fully awaken, and the hidden connections and secrets of the cats intertwined with them are revealed one by one.
As the birth of the Millennium Butler approaches, the legendary Egyptian cats, the 'Lions of Ra', visit Korea to prevent it.
The cats each have their own story and form a 'Cat Squad'.
To protect Godeok and Theo, to realize justice, to protect his land and the lives that live on it, he stands up against the lions of Ra.
However, the only being who can stand up to their overwhelming power is the 'Miljeok Vajra Warriors' who have been protecting the Buddhist world.
The confrontation reaches a fever pitch again when a cat appears before the desperate group, who do not know where to find him.
And as the identity and hidden past of the cat who fights against the lions of Ra are revealed, the story expands into a deeper and more three-dimensional world.
《The Thousand-Year Butler, the Hundred-Year Cat 2》 delicately depicts how seemingly coincidental choices lead to destiny, gradually unraveling the entangled relationships between the cats and Godeok.
In a world where Eastern and Western cultures, including Egyptian mythology, Buddhism, and Christianity, are intricately blended, the delicate emotional lines of a cat and the characters intertwined with it, as they repeat their lives and form relationships, maximize immersion and emotion along with the dense narrative.
In an age where short, quickly consumed videos dominate our daily lives, the "Thousand-Year Butler, Hundred-Year Cat" series quietly demonstrates the essence and value of literature with a narrative that holds readers' attention until the very end.
“This time, I will definitely complete the episode.”
Those who overcome hardships and seek to change their fate
Every year on the night of the full moon, cats gather in front of the 'scale shop' at the end of the market.
It is to get on the 'scale of completion' that measures how faithfully one has lived that year.
Cats that pass the criteria advance to the next round, but those that don't are sent back to the first round with lost memories and connections.
House cats that are loved by their owners and have repaid their kindness move on to the next life relatively easily, but most stray cats that have lived a short life on the streets without even a chance to repay their kindness return to the first life.
Some cats who desperately wanted to be house cats might wake up in the darkness of a drainpipe or on a barren street in their next life.
But that life is not only full of hardships.
Everyone harbors the hope that they can change their destiny according to their own will.
Miljeok Geumgang Yeoksa paradoxically sees the wisdom and shining aura of a thousand-year-old butler from Godeok, who committed the sin of freezing five cats to death in the past. After facing the truth hidden behind his sin, Miljeok Geumgang Yeoksa leaves the temple and enters the cat world.
He too, in order to continue his relationship with Godeok, overcomes his circumstances and carries out the mission given to him even in the midst of a rough life.
In this way, the relationship begins again and fate changes little by little.
This scene is where the author's imagination and philosophical thinking shine the brightest, clearly conveying the message that although we cannot choose where we are born, we can discover meaning and fulfill ourselves within the life we are given.
These cats, who rewrite their fates in this way, silently search for their own owners and lives.
By the end of the story, readers will be left longing for the desperate will and passionate sincerity the cats displayed.
The fierce lives of those who overcome oppression and wounds, are reborn, and change their fate, offer us strong courage and deep comfort as we live today.
'Look at those sparkling eyes! There's tremendous power within them!'
The third candidate, a strange crystal of darkness hidden behind a mask
The suspenseful story unfolds in earnest as the identity of the 'serial killer' who gained cat-like physical abilities by taking the lives of kittens is revealed.
Having experienced the magnitude of his power through life, he begins to target cats in search of even more powerful abilities, and his fear that he could ascend to the position of the Thousand Year Butler and plunge the world into darkness gradually becomes a reality.
At the same time, the cruel animal hoarder 'Wi Jin-ho', who uses cats as experimental subjects, appears as a new axis of evil, putting countless lives in fear.
Police officer Godeok, who is assigned to the serial killer and Wi Jin-ho cases in succession, faces his own past entangled with these two individuals and receives help from the stray cats around him to pursue the truth.
As Godeok is collapsing in agony in front of a video of cat abuse for evidence collection, his pet cat 'Pink' is there, as always.
Pink guides us to maintain virtue in our own way and to establish the center of our hearts.
The stark contrast between those who 'easily gain a life and gain greater abilities' and those who 'realize how wonderful cats are after gaining abilities' raises the question of who is truly worthy of being a thousand-year butler.
In a world entangled with chaos and fear, can Godeok and Theo stop the serial killer's rampage and become true millennial butlers to save the cats?
The Second Story of "The Thousand-Year Butler, the Hundred-Year Cat"
How many times can we be reborn into life?
The hidden story of cats who become connected to a boy.
After the publication of Volume 1, the second story of "The Thousand-Year Butler, the Hundred-Year Cat" has finally unfolded amidst readers' eager anticipation.
The story of the special abilities that each of the nine lives of a cat possesses, and the butlers who receive those abilities, was greatly loved for asking questions about the value of life and the dignity of existence beyond humor and suspense.
In Volume 2, which returns with an expanded world and more detailed plot, the three candidates for the Millennium Butler fully awaken, and the hidden connections and secrets of the cats intertwined with them are revealed one by one.
As the birth of the Millennium Butler approaches, the legendary Egyptian cats, the 'Lions of Ra', visit Korea to prevent it.
The cats each have their own story and form a 'Cat Squad'.
To protect Godeok and Theo, to realize justice, to protect his land and the lives that live on it, he stands up against the lions of Ra.
However, the only being who can stand up to their overwhelming power is the 'Miljeok Vajra Warriors' who have been protecting the Buddhist world.
The confrontation reaches a fever pitch again when a cat appears before the desperate group, who do not know where to find him.
And as the identity and hidden past of the cat who fights against the lions of Ra are revealed, the story expands into a deeper and more three-dimensional world.
《The Thousand-Year Butler, the Hundred-Year Cat 2》 delicately depicts how seemingly coincidental choices lead to destiny, gradually unraveling the entangled relationships between the cats and Godeok.
In a world where Eastern and Western cultures, including Egyptian mythology, Buddhism, and Christianity, are intricately blended, the delicate emotional lines of a cat and the characters intertwined with it, as they repeat their lives and form relationships, maximize immersion and emotion along with the dense narrative.
In an age where short, quickly consumed videos dominate our daily lives, the "Thousand-Year Butler, Hundred-Year Cat" series quietly demonstrates the essence and value of literature with a narrative that holds readers' attention until the very end.
“This time, I will definitely complete the episode.”
Those who overcome hardships and seek to change their fate
Every year on the night of the full moon, cats gather in front of the 'scale shop' at the end of the market.
It is to get on the 'scale of completion' that measures how faithfully one has lived that year.
Cats that pass the criteria advance to the next round, but those that don't are sent back to the first round with lost memories and connections.
House cats that are loved by their owners and have repaid their kindness move on to the next life relatively easily, but most stray cats that have lived a short life on the streets without even a chance to repay their kindness return to the first life.
Some cats who desperately wanted to be house cats might wake up in the darkness of a drainpipe or on a barren street in their next life.
But that life is not only full of hardships.
Everyone harbors the hope that they can change their destiny according to their own will.
Miljeok Geumgang Yeoksa paradoxically sees the wisdom and shining aura of a thousand-year-old butler from Godeok, who committed the sin of freezing five cats to death in the past. After facing the truth hidden behind his sin, Miljeok Geumgang Yeoksa leaves the temple and enters the cat world.
He too, in order to continue his relationship with Godeok, overcomes his circumstances and carries out the mission given to him even in the midst of a rough life.
In this way, the relationship begins again and fate changes little by little.
This scene is where the author's imagination and philosophical thinking shine the brightest, clearly conveying the message that although we cannot choose where we are born, we can discover meaning and fulfill ourselves within the life we are given.
These cats, who rewrite their fates in this way, silently search for their own owners and lives.
By the end of the story, readers will be left longing for the desperate will and passionate sincerity the cats displayed.
The fierce lives of those who overcome oppression and wounds, are reborn, and change their fate, offer us strong courage and deep comfort as we live today.
'Look at those sparkling eyes! There's tremendous power within them!'
The third candidate, a strange crystal of darkness hidden behind a mask
The suspenseful story unfolds in earnest as the identity of the 'serial killer' who gained cat-like physical abilities by taking the lives of kittens is revealed.
Having experienced the magnitude of his power through life, he begins to target cats in search of even more powerful abilities, and his fear that he could ascend to the position of the Thousand Year Butler and plunge the world into darkness gradually becomes a reality.
At the same time, the cruel animal hoarder 'Wi Jin-ho', who uses cats as experimental subjects, appears as a new axis of evil, putting countless lives in fear.
Police officer Godeok, who is assigned to the serial killer and Wi Jin-ho cases in succession, faces his own past entangled with these two individuals and receives help from the stray cats around him to pursue the truth.
As Godeok is collapsing in agony in front of a video of cat abuse for evidence collection, his pet cat 'Pink' is there, as always.
Pink guides us to maintain virtue in our own way and to establish the center of our hearts.
The stark contrast between those who 'easily gain a life and gain greater abilities' and those who 'realize how wonderful cats are after gaining abilities' raises the question of who is truly worthy of being a thousand-year butler.
In a world entangled with chaos and fear, can Godeok and Theo stop the serial killer's rampage and become true millennial butlers to save the cats?
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: May 22, 2025
- Page count, weight, size: 292 pages | 370g | 140*205*12mm
- ISBN13: 9791168342903
- ISBN10: 1168342902
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