Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 121

“Is it done?”

Sejun poked at the sweet potatoes and potatoes that were being steamed, using chopsticks.

Plop.

The chopsticks went in easily.

“It’s all done.”

Sejun took the pot off the small stove and let the sweet potatoes and potatoes cool down.

While they were cooling, he checked the grilled fish for Theo and the grilled Purple Locust meat for Kkueng, putting the cooked food on plates.

Iona had already finished roasting the peanuts and was spreading them on a wide plate to let the moisture out.

Just then,

Kkueng! Kkueng!

Kkueng came up from the cave carrying a huge fish. “Theo, I caught a big fish!”

Fire had driven a giant fish from the Sea of Dimensions and had Kkueng catch it, after hearing that Sejun was having a party.

“It’s tuna, nya!”

Theo exclaimed excitedly, looking at the 20-meter-long giant fish that Kkueng had brought.

“Chairman Park! When does the party start, nya?!”

Theo tapped his feet impatiently, urging Sejun because of the tuna.

“President Theo, wait. We need time to grill the tuna.”

“Alright, nya! Kkueng, grill the tuna quickly, nya!”

Kkueng?

[How do I grill it?]

Kkueng moved the tuna around, trying to grill it, but the tuna was bigger than the small stove.

However,

“That’s not how you do it, nya!”

It was too clumsy for Theo, who loved grilled fish.

“Iona, help me, nya!”

“Kkyut kkyut kkyut. What can I help you with?”

Iona asked in a bright voice, happily looking at the roasted peanuts.

“Make a fire, nya!”

“Kkyut kkyut kkyut. That’s easy. Oh, power of fire, burn everything as I say! Blaze of Incineration!”

Iona gladly made a fire at Theo’s request. A very big and hot fire.

“That’s not the kind of fire I meant, nya! Are you going to burn my grilled tuna to ashes?!”

Theo screamed in horror at the fire Iona had made. It looked like his tuna would turn to ash if it even touched the flames.

“Kyuu, then you should have said so.”

Iona’s mood turned sour at Theo’s loud voice, but Theo was precious to her because he gave her sweet sleep. Iona was patient and held back her anger.

She was only holding back because it was Theo. If it had been anyone else, Iona would have used Hellfire right away.

“Is this okay?”

Iona controlled her anger and lowered the fire to what Theo wanted.

However,

“Make the fire a little higher at the bottom, nya!”

“Kyuu, like this?”

“No, nya! Make the middle part bigger, nya!”

Theo’s demands never ended, and Iona was losing her patience.

“Kyuu-kyuu, is it okay now?”

Iona was getting angrier. Her patience was wearing thin. Theo, not knowing he was in danger, kept ordering Iona around.

“It’s too small this time, nya!”

“Kyuu-kyuu-kyuu, you’re too picky.”

Just as Iona was about to lose it with Theo’s demands,

“That’s it, nya!”

Luckily, the fire was finally the right shape and temperature that Theo wanted.

“Kkueng, put the tuna in the fire, nya!”

Kkueng!

Kkueng put the tuna in the fire as Theo told him, and the shape of the tuna and the fire matched perfectly. It would have been easier to make the fire fit the tuna from the start.

“Now, we just have to wait two hours for it to be done, nya!”

While Theo was waiting for the grilled tuna,

“Kyuu-kyuu-“

Iona wrapped herself around Theo’s tail, which calmed her down.

“Everyone, let’s start the party!”

While Theo was arguing with Iona and grilling the tuna, Sejun steamed the songpyeon, small rice cakes filled with sweet potato and potato, and finished setting up the food.

“Nyang nyang nyang! Chairman Park, let’s go up there quickly, nya!”

Theo grabbed Sejun’s leg and pulled him onto the giant tuna, excited.

“Just a moment.”

He had something to do first. Sejun took two bowls of songpyeon to the dragons.

“Kaiser, Kellion, please try these. It’s a food called songpyeon.”

Sejun bringing food to the dragons himself made them feel good, and it allowed the other animals to eat without worry.

-Ahem. Shall we try it?

-Is it called songpyeon?

Kaiser and Kellion asked, sounding eager.

“Yes. It has sweet potato, potato, and honey inside…”

While Sejun was explaining,

Whirr.

Kaiser and Kellion poured the songpyeon into the mouths of the dragon statues as soon as they heard it had sweet potato.

And then,

-……

-……

The two dragon statues became quiet. They seemed to be busy tasting the songpyeon.

“Then, enjoy your meal.”

Sejun said hello to the two dragon statues and went back to his seat, and then

“Chairman Park, over here, nya!”

Bang! Bang!

Theo, who couldn’t wait, climbed onto the grilled tuna first and called Sejun, tapping the tuna.

“Alright.”

Sejun filled his plate with food and climbed onto the grilled tuna. The rabbits were already sitting, waiting for Sejun to eat.

“Let’s eat.”

The animals started eating when Sejun said so.

“Chairman Park, quickly peel the cat treat tube, nya!”

Theo looked at Sejun confidently, lying on Sejun’s lap. He had a reason to be confident.

‘I am the star of this party, nya!’

It was supposed to be a party to celebrate Sejun finishing his job quest, but Theo thought it was a party for him. He didn’t know why, but it didn’t matter, nya! He just needed Sejun’s lap, a soft cat snack, and a big fish.

Rip.

Sejun tore open the cat treat tube and squeezed it out for Theo to eat.

Chomp chomp chomp.

Theo started eating.

And then,

Gnaw gnaw.

“Kkyut kkyut kkyut.”

Iona, buried in Theo’s tail, grabbed the roasted peanuts she had made with both hands and started eating them.

Munch munch.

Sejun also ate the songpyeon he had made.

“It’s sweet potato.”

The first songpyeon he picked was filled with sweet potato. The chewy dough and soft sweet potato mixed together as he chewed, making it chewy and soft.

At first, it was just the sweet taste of sweet potato, but then the taste of rice came in and supported the sweet potato, giving a different taste when he got used to the sweet potato.

Gulp.

He ate one songpyeon and picked up another one.

Munch munch.

This time, it was a songpyeon with potato and honey. The texture was similar, but the sweetness was stronger.

The sweet potato songpyeon was gently sweet. The potato and honey songpyeon was much sweeter, like a burst of honey in your mouth. The honey’s strong sweetness made the taste very rich and full.

“Honey is the best.”

After Sejun ate about 10 songpyeon,

“Where did Kkueng go?”

Sejun looked around for Kkueng. The eating champion of the 99th floor of the tower was nowhere to be seen.

“Kkueng!”

Sejun called Kkueng, and then

Kkueng…

Kkueng’s voice was faintly heard from below, along with a small shaking.

“Huh? Kkueng!”

Sejun called Kkueng again, and then

Crack.

Kkueng came out, opening the tuna’s mouth. Kkueng had been eating the grilled tuna from the inside. A golden bat was sitting on Kkueng’s head, glowing.

“You?!”

Sejun quickly checked on Theo.

Chomp chomp chomp.

Theo was still eating the soft cat snack and didn’t know that Kkueng had touched his tuna.

‘That’s a relief.’

“Kkueng, eat songpyeon now.”

Kkueng!

Kkueng answered loudly and went to the table where the songpyeon were piled up and started eating.

And then,

Slurp.

The golden bat grabbed the cherry tomatoes that Sejun had used to decorate the songpyeon and sucked the juice out of them.

“Ah…”

Sejun realized that he hadn’t prepared anything for the golden bat at the party.

‘What would the golden bat like?’

Sejun thought.

And then,

“Ah!”

He suddenly thought of a fruit. He had brought a pineapple from the 75th floor of the tower. Seeing the bat eat the cherry tomatoes, he thought it would like the sweet and sour juice of the pineapple.

“Just a moment.”

“Nya?”

“Kkyut?”

Sejun hurried to the field where he had planted the pineapples, with Theo and Iona holding onto his legs.

“Oh! It’s grown a lot.”

Even though Sejun hadn’t paid much attention to it, the pineapple crown had grown roots and was growing well, making fist-sized pineapples.

Sejun touched each pineapple, happy that they had grown so well.

[Farmer’s Touch Lv. 2 is activated.]

[The pineapple is growing slightly faster while touched.]

As he did, he looked to see which pineapple to pick. As he was touching each pineapple,

Thump.

When Sejun touched it,

[Farmer’s Touch Lv. 3 is activated.]

[The Screaming Pineapple is growing slightly faster while touched.]

There was a pineapple with a different name.

“Screaming Pineapple?”

A new kind of pineapple. But the name sounded too scary to just pick it.

“Guys, I need some help.”

“Chairman Park, trust me, nya!”

“Kkyut kkyut kkyut. Leave it to us!”

Theo and Iona shouted loudly and got ready to protect Sejun when he asked for help.

And then,

“Now, I’ll cut it.”

Sejun told Theo and Iona he was ready.

And then,

Scratch.

He grabbed the pineapple crown like he was grabbing it by the hair and cut the stem with a dagger.

[You have picked an unripe Screaming Pineapple.]

[Job experience has increased very slightly.]

[Harvesting skill Level 6 proficiency has increased very slightly.]

[You have gained 30 experience.]

“…Whew.”

Luckily, nothing happened, maybe because it was still unripe.

‘Will it taste okay even if it’s unripe?’

Sejun wondered if the golden bat would like the unripe pineapple, and then

Crack.

The middle of the Screaming Pineapple split open like it was opening its mouth.

“Huh?!”

“It’s dangerous, nya!”

Theo quickly grabbed the back of Sejun’s head with his paws and covered his ears, sensing a strange magical power from the pineapple.

“Shield!”

Iona quickly put a shield spell on Sejun’s body.

Soon,

Screeeeeech!!!

A sharp scream filled with magical power came from the pineapple.

Whoosh.

The scream made wind rise and created a small dust storm. Luckily, they were protected. Without their help, his ears could have gone deaf, or his body could have been shaken by the shockwave.

“Chairman Park, you would have been in big trouble without me, nya!”

“Kkyut kkyut kkyut.”

Theo bragged as usual, and Iona smiled.

Just then,

[You have created a new kind of plant in the tower.]

[The tower says that you are the only one who can grow this new plant.]

[No one can grow the Screaming Pineapple without your permission.]

[Job experience has increased slightly.]

[Harvesting skill Level 6 proficiency has increased significantly.]

A message appeared, saying that he had made a new kind of plant.

“But what was that scream just now?”

Sejun checked the pineapple that was split in half.

[Screaming Pineapple]

A pineapple grown in the tower. It tastes good because it has lots of nutrients.

When picked, the pineapple bursts with magical power, causing it to split open and make a shockwave filled with magical power, along with a scream.

The shockwave is much weaker because it was picked before it was ripe.

Grower: Tower Farmer Park Sejun

Expires in: 30 days

Grade: C-

“This is a greatly reduced shockwave?!”

He might have to risk his life to pick one that is ripe.

“Now even the crops…”

He had to risk his life for more and more things.

While Sejun was complaining and carrying the pineapple to the golden bat,

Thump.

“Chairman Park, cheer up, nya.”

Theo rested his chin on Sejun’s head and petted Sejun’s hair, comforting him.

And then,

Chirp chirp.

(Thank you, Sejun! It tastes good because it’s sour!)

Luckily, the golden bat liked the juice of the unripe pineapple and was very happy.