Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 217

“Chairman Park should get dragon claws too! Just like mine, nya!” Theo declared, his voice full of pride. He held up a black paw, extending and retracting claws that gleamed like polished obsidian. *Pat, pat.* He tapped his claws on the wooden floor of the brewery for emphasis.

Sejun, still thinking about what reward he might get for sharing his precious Samyang brew with the dragons, watched Theo’s display with a slight smile. Dragon claws were impressive, certainly. But…

“No way. I can’t retract my claws like Vice Chairman Theo.”

He might scratch himself in his sleep with the dragon claws and bleed to death, never waking up again.

“Nya… Why can’t Chairman Park retract his claws, nya?”

Theo, who wished Sejun would get dragon claws like him, felt gloomy as he retracted and extended his own.

Stroke. Stroke.

Sejun gently stroked Theo’s head, comforting him.

Then,

“Chairman Park, this is better than my head, nya! Stroke me here, nya!”

Theo immediately lay on his back, boldly showing his soft, pink belly. It was a good time to boss Chairman Park around, nya! He wasn’t going to miss the opportunity.

“Alright.”

Sejun, unaware of Theo’s thoughts, stroked his pink belly.

A moment later,

“Chairman Park, I’m hungry, nya! I want Churu, nya!”

As Sejun stroked his belly, Theo, feeling hungry, demanded Churu.

“Alright.”

Clang.

Sejun retrieved a heavy glass jar filled with creamy, golden Churu from his subspace warehouse and presented Theo with handmade Churu scooped with a spoon. The sweet, milky smell wafted out as he opened it.

Chomp chomp chomp.

“Fuhuhu. As expected, Churu made with Chairman Park’s sincerity is the most delicious, nya!”

Just as Theo was enjoying his handmade Churu,

[A job quest has occurred.]

[Quest: Due to the power of destruction, the dragons’ minds are gradually becoming ill without them even realizing it. Provide each dragon race with 30,000 bottles of Samyang brew within 100 days to delay the deterioration of the dragons’ minds.]

Brown Dragons (0/30,000 bottles)

Black Dragons (0/30,000 bottles)

Green Dragons (0/30,000 bottles)

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Reward: A large amount of job experience, all stat potential +100, Trial of the 10th Tower

[99 completed bottles of Samyang brew will be distributed to the managers of each tower, 11 bottles each.]

Along with the message that a quest had occurred, the 99 bottles of Samyang brew in front of Sejun disappeared, leaving only one bottle from which he had just poured two glasses.

“What?!”

This wasn’t right! It was his alcohol! Did someone think it grew on trees?! They should pay the price before taking it!

Sejun’s jaw tightened. *Money doesn’t grow on trees,* he thought angrily. *All that work, all that precious rice… and they just take it?!*

Sejun was furious at the entity that took the Samyang brew without his permission, but he didn’t know exactly who gave the quest, so he just huffed and puffed alone.

At that moment,

Chomp chomp chomp.

“Chairman Park! Your face is turning red, nya!”

Theo, who noticed Sejun’s angry face, stood up abruptly from eating Churu and pointed at Sejun’s face with his front paw.

“It’s not rotten!”

“Fuhuhu. Don’t worry, nya! I’ll touch it for you, nya!”

Sejun said it wasn’t, but Theo, who had already made up his mind, relentlessly massaged Sejun’s face with his front paw. Sejun was dumbfounded.

Press. Press.

He simply entrusted his face to Theo’s paws, went outside the brewery to get some air, and calmed his anger.

***

The White Tower’s Manager Zone.

“Kuh. Good! Huh?! It disappeared?”

Kellion, who was admiring the Samyang brew Sejun had given him, felt something disappear from his mind. His mind was very clear.

At that moment,

“Oh?! Samyang brew?!”

[Have all the dragons drink one glass of the delivered Samyang brew each.]

Eleven bottles of Samyang brew appeared in front of Kellion, and an alarm appeared on the crystal ball. Kellion wanted to let the other white dragons drink the Samyang brew anyway.

“Everyone 50,000 years old and over, gather!”

Kellion first called the white dragons over 50,000 years old, who were the mainstays of the White Tower.

And

“Drink only one glass each! If I catch you lining up again, you’re dead!”

He sternly warned the dragons and began pouring the alcohol.

‘Just one glass! Not a single drop over!’

Kellion poured the alcohol very precisely so he could drink the remaining alcohol.

***

The Black Dragon’s Territory.

“I need to ask Sejun for more soon.”

As Kaiser was about to move the dragon statue to drink himself and give to the other dragons,

Whirr.

The portal in front of Kaiser began to open.

And

“Grandpa, Dad, I’m here!”

Eileen opened the portal herself and came out with 11 bottles of Samyang brew.

“Oh! Our granddaughter, did you get it from Sejun?! Good job! I needed it anyway…”

“Wait a minute!”

“Huh?! Why…?”

“This isn’t free!”

Eileen stopped Kaiser, who was reaching for the Samyang brew, and held out her hand. Give and take!

***

“Hoo.”

As his mind calmed down a bit from Theo’s massage, Sejun decided to check the quest rewards, hoping the rewards would be good.

However,

“What’s the Trial of the 10th Tower? Was there a 10th Tower?”

Sejun’s expression turned sour again as he looked at the last reward. Giving a trial as a reward?! Was it out of its mind?! Sejun was furious again at the entity that gave the quest.

“Chairman Park, your face is turning red again, nya!”

“I said it’s not rotten!”

“Fuhuhu. Don’t worry, nya! I’ll make it a normal face, nya!”

Theo ignored Sejun’s words again and massaged Sejun’s face with his front paw.

At that moment,

Kkueng!

[Kkuengi will also massage Daddy’s face!]

Kkuengi, who had woken up from a nap after eating lunch, approached with energetic steps.

“No. Daddy’s face isn’t rotten! Right?! Vice Chairman Theo.”

Sejun, whose face turned pale at Kkuengi’s words, hurriedly requested an SOS from Theo. If Kkuengi used her strength even once wrong… it was dangerous!

However,

“No, nya! Chairman Park’s face is turning blue this time, nya!”

Theo, burning with a sense of duty to make Sejun’s face normal, ignored Sejun’s SOS request.

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[Daddy, lie down here! You have to stay still because you might get hurt if you move!]

In the end, due to Theo’s non-cooperation, Sejun was dragged by Kkuengi’s strength and lay down between Kkuengi’s legs, his face grabbed.

And

“Aargh! Ack!”

Sejun’s screams continued as he received a massage from Theo and Kkuengi’s front paws.

A moment later,

“It’s more refreshing than I thought? Oh?! Did the swelling go down? I think it’s a bit slimmer!”

Sejun, who checked his face condition with a bronze mirror, was impressed by the massage effect. Of course, he didn’t want to receive it again at all.

“Then I should go make alcohol.”

Sejun, who confirmed that his face was normal, went back into the brewery.

As Sejun received massages from Theo and Kkuengi, his anger subsided, and the reality that had been hidden by his anger began to appear.

Mentally ill dragons. In short, wouldn’t they become crazy dragons? Thinking about it, it was a very serious situation. Scenes of dragons going crazy and shooting breath indiscriminately at allies and enemies… Just imagining it was terrifying.

And

[The manager of the tower says that they will never give your alcohol away for free and tells you to trust them.]

There was Eileen’s reliable support. At least he would be able to receive the price for the Samyang brew from the black dragons.

“Alright! From today, we’re only making Samyang brew! Are you guys ready?!”

Ookkie!

Ookkie!

The monkeys answered Sejun’s words energetically.

“Good. Start!”

Sejun put tower coins into the rice dough that held the ingredients and had it spit out rice flour.

Whirr.

As 2kg of rice flour was put into the jar,

Ookkie!

Ookkie!

The monkeys poured hot water into the jar and stirred it to make the starter. Meanwhile, Sejun filled the remaining empty jars with rice flour, followed the monkeys, poured hot water into the jars, and stirred the rice flour.

“I’m done, nya!”

Kkueng!

[I’m done too!]

Theo and Kkuengi, who were allowed to enter the brewery only today, also helped Sejun stir the rice dough in the jars.

In that way, they were able to finish the starter work for 300 jars in 4 hours. Since 100 bottles of Samyang brew come out of 1 jar, 30,000 bottles of Samyang brew would be completed in a week if there were no variables.

If they made it like this 9 times, they could make 270,000 bottles of Samyang brew. It seemed like they could complete the quest in about 63 days.

However,

“Vice Chairman Theo, buy 3000 jars.”

Sejun, who wanted to complete the quest faster, asked Theo to buy the jars. He also needed Samyang brew to take to the Black Rabbit’s wedding, which was about 20 days away.

“Nya?! Can’t I go tomorrow, nya?”

Theo, who was sleeping on Sejun’s lap and wanted to go tomorrow morning, grumbled.

Sejun wanted to say ‘No. You can’t’ and retaliate for not accepting his SOS request earlier, but

‘I still have to let him sleep.’

His heart weakened at Theo’s gaze.

“Alright. Then go tomorrow.”

“Okay, nya!”

With Theo and Kkuengi attached to his legs,

“But why haven’t Kaiser and Kellion said anything since earlier?”

Sejun looked at the two dragon statues that were standing still.

At that moment,

Grumble.

Kkueng!

[Daddy, Kkuengi is hungry!]

Kkuengi urged Sejun, ringing her belly clock.

“Alright. Let’s eat this first.”

Sejun made a giant sweet potato with his skill, gave it to Kkuengi, and headed to the kitchen.

***

The next morning.

“Chairman Park, I’ll be back, nya!”

“Kkyu kkyu kkyu. I’ll be back too!”

Theo and Iona went down to the 75th floor of the tower. Iona had come two days ago and slept like the dead, waking up this morning and hearing that Theo was going to buy jars, so she clung to Theo’s tail, saying she had something to buy too, and moved with him.

A moment later,

“Nyang nyang nyang. Iona, we’ve arrived, nya! Goodbye, nya!”

“Kkyu kkyu kkyu! See you later, Vice Chairman Theo!”

Theo, who arrived at the 75th floor of the tower in less than an hour through the Light-Speed Merchant Passage, parted ways with Iona because they had different things to do.

Having parted ways with Iona, Theo first went to the general store to buy the 3000 jars Sejun had asked for.

“Welcome!”

“Give me 3000 jars, nya!”

“Yes?! 3000 jars?! Just a moment!”

The owner of the general store hurriedly checked the stock they had on hand due to Theo’s large order.

“I’m sorry, but the current stock of jars in the store is only 300. Instead, since you’re buying so many, I’ll give you a special discount from the original 450 tower coins to 440 tower coins.”

The owner, who checked the stock, offered Theo a discount, saying they could only sell 300.

“Lower the price, nya!”

As if that level of discount was not enough, Theo used the 3x Bargain to buy the jars for 420 tower coins.

“Fuhuhu. My skills haven’t rusted, nya!”

Theo put the purchased jars in a bundle and boasted as he came out of the general store.

And he went around to other general stores and bought all the jars, but

“I’ve only bought 1500, nya!”

The number of jars was far short. He had to wait 3 days for the jars to come back in stock.

“I’m depressed, nya……”

Theo, who wanted to buy them quickly and return to Sejun’s lap, headed to the ghost warehouse to relieve his depressed mood. He was thinking of changing his mood with a lottery.

“Taru, it’s been a while, nya!”

“Oh! You’ve come.”

Taru greeted Theo happily as Theo went to the lost and found warehouse.

“Here, take 1000 tower coins, nya! I want to quickly do the lottery and feel good, nya!”

“Is something wrong?”

Taru asked as he went to the warehouse with Theo and the ghosts.

“Yes, nya! I bought all the jars in the general store, but I still don’t have enough jars, nya!”

“Jars?! How many?”

“1500, nya!”

“That’s a lot short… If it’s okay with you, should I introduce you to a place that sells jars?”

“Taru is saying that, nya?!”

“Yeah. My friend makes jars on the 97th floor of the tower.”

“Really, nya?!”

“Yeah. If you’re in a hurry, let’s go right now.”

Taru, who heard about Theo’s urgent situation, hurriedly turned around.

At that moment,

“Wait a minute, nya!”

Theo grabbed Taru.

“Vice Chairman Theo, why?”

“I’m still going to do the lottery before I go, nya!”

Theo hurriedly went into the ghost warehouse, took out one item, and came out.