Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 245

Kweeek!!!

“Mew? What’s that sound?”

Theo reacted instantly to Yuren’s scream.

“Theo, do you recognise that voice?”

“Yes, I do! That’s the voice of a sucker!”

“A sucker?”

A sucker… the one who gave Theo 900 million Top Coins and six cloves of garlic… No. The master merchant, Yuren?!

“Theo, Queng, get in there quickly!”

“Understood!”

Queng!

[Understood!]

Following Sejun’s instructions, Theo and Queng hurriedly rushed into the tent.

As Theo and Queng entered the tent,

“Chew on this for now.”

Sejun forcibly shoved strong green onions that fight poison into the mouths of the two soldiers whose faces had turned black from the poison.

However,

“······.”

“······.”

The soldiers were unconscious and unable to chew the green onions.

Fortunately, however, the strong green onions that fight poison that Sejun had put in their mouths were capable of fighting even strong poison, having grown while cleaning poison from bad potatoes.

The strong green onions that fight poison slowly began to neutralise the poison even while the soldiers were merely holding them in their mouths, and

Mumble. Mumble.

As the poison in their bodies gradually subsided, the soldiers instinctively felt that they needed to chew to survive, and they began to chew on the green onions even in their unconscious state.

Thanks to this, the soldiers’ faces began to regain their original colour more and more rapidly.

A moment later,

“Cough!”

“Kuh-hem!”

The soldiers spat out the dead blood and regained consciousness.

“Golden Bat, take care of things here.”

(Yes!)

Sejun entrusted the soldiers who had regained consciousness to Golden Bat and entered the tent.

Sejun thought the situation would already be over, but

“Huh?!”

That was not the case.

“I am Theo!”

“No! I am Theo!”

Inside the tent, two Theos were insisting that they were the real one.

Queng! Queng?

[There are two big brothers! Who should I punish?]

Queng was watching the two Theos, confused, not knowing who to attack.

Queng?!

Leto sighed in relief as he watched the confused Queng.

Theo and Queng had entered the tent just as he was about to defeat Yuren.

“Stop!”

Queng!

[Stopping!]

They quickly surrounded Leto.

‘This is a failure!’

Having seen Theo and Queng before, Leto realised he knew he couldn’t win against them and quickly set off a smoke bomb, transforming into Theo and standing next to him.

There was no particular reason for transforming into Theo. He didn’t even have time to think, so he acted on instinct.

But in the end, it was very successful.

Because,

Queng?!

[Who is the big brother?!]

The bear who came in with him was confused.

“How dare you imitate the appearance of me, the subordinate of the great Black Dragon, the deadly Dragon Claw Golden Cat, Theo Park! I cannot forgive you!”

The cat he had transformed into couldn’t stay still and kept giving information while excitedly chattering away on his own.

“How dare you imitate the appearance of me, the subordinate of the great Black Dragon, the deadly Dragon Claw Golden Cat, Theo Park! I cannot forgive you!”

Thanks to this, Leto was able to buy time to gather information by mimicking the other party’s words.

“Queng, punish this guy!”

“Mew?! No! Queng, I am the big brother!”

Leto used the information he got from Theo and his own intuition to even tell Queng to attack the real Theo.

Queng….

[Queng’s head hurts….]

Just as Queng was getting confused,

“Huh?!”

A human came in.

‘How should I act?’

As Leto was panicking at the new variable,

“Chairman Park! Help me! He’s imitating me!”

Again, Theo was the first to chatter and give information.

‘Ah! So I should call that ordinary human Chairman Park.’

“Chairman Park! No! He’s imitating me!”

Leto quickly followed Theo’s words.

However,

‘What is this? Is it a disguise? They’re completely identical.’

As soon as Sejun saw them, he had a feeling that the Theo on the right was fake. The reason was Sejun’s Theo detector.

At that moment,

Queng! Queng?!

[Daddy, there are two big brothers! What should I do?!]

Queng found Sejun and ran to block his path. He was protecting Sejun, just in case.

“Hey, Pig… No, Yuren, come over here.”

“Yes!”

Sejun called Yuren to his side to protect him, as he was the source of money.

As Sejun stood behind Queng, and Yuren behind Sejun,

Flinch.

“Theo, don’t.”

Sejun stopped Theo, who was about to run towards him.

“Chairman Park, I want to go too!”

“Chairman Park! Can’t I go too?”

Theo, wanting to go to Sejun’s lap, whined, and Leto quickly followed suit.

“Nyaa! I can’t go to Chairman Park’s lap because of you!”

Scratch!

Unable to approach Sejun’s lap, Theo, annoyed, pulled out his Dragon Claw.

“What are you talking about?! It’s because of you!”

Scratch!

Leto also pulled out his claws.

If they clashed their claws here, the conclusion would be easily reached, but

“Wait. I have a way to figure out which of you two is the real Theo.”

Sejun didn’t do that.

“Puhu-hut. As expected of Chairman Park! Tell me quickly! I will prove that this body is Theo!”

“Puhu-hut. As expected, Chairman Park is amazing! I want to prove it quickly and return to Chairman Park’s lap!”

The two confidently answered Sejun’s words.

“It’s very simple. Bring the best item from inside this tent.”

Sejun had them find and bring the best item from inside the tent. It was officially a ploy to take Yuren’s belongings.

“Puhu-hut. Good! Actually, there was something that caught my eye from earlier!”

“Puhu-hut. Victory is mine!”

The two Theos began rummaging through the tent.

Leto was looking for an opportunity to escape.

However,

‘Find the best item?’

He changed his mind at Sejun’s words. Leto knew what the best item in the tent was.

That was the prize prepared for the winner who beat the master merchant Yuren in the Food Fighter competition.

‘This is it.’

Leto picked up the fancy box containing the prize.

‘This is even better.’

If he proved he was the real one here, the real Theo would be attacked by the group, and in the meantime, he could take advantage of the gap to kill Yuren and take the land documents.

And

Click.

Leto pretended to look for something and took out the land document detector. When he put magic into it, an enormous light appeared around him.

It was a chance to get the land documents he had originally aimed for.

As Leto was aiming for the land documents again,

“Enyaa! It’s too hot!”

Theo was carefully taking out the charcoal from the charcoal burner with his Dragon Claw, looking for an item that caught his front paws.

Queng!

[Daddy, Queng is sleepy!]

“Come here.”

Sejun picked up the sleepy Queng and rocked him.

Gurgle.

Queng soon fell asleep. He seemed to have been very stressed from using his head.

Rocking. Rocking.

Sejun was cradling the sleeping Queng.

At that moment,

“Um… Will we be able to find Theo-nim with this method?”

Yuren, unaware that his belongings were being stolen, worried about Theo and asked Sejun.

“Don’t worry. Theo will bring something amazing.”

“I see. Ah. I’m late to introduce myself. I am the master merchant, Yuren.”

“Yeah. I am the top farmer, Park Sejun.”

While Sejun and Yuren were introducing themselves,

“Puhu-hut. I found it!”

Theo, whose front paws were black from touching the charcoal, walked in triumphantly holding a piece of black charcoal. Now Chairman Park’s lap is mine!

Theo had already put aside the thought of defeating the fake Theo and was only thinking about taking Sejun’s lap.

And

“Puhu-hut. This is the best item in the tent!”

Leto also came with the box containing the prize.

The two Theos arrived in front of Sejun at a similar time.

“This person must be the real Theo-nim! I put the Food Fighter competition winner’s prize in this box.”

Yuren pointed at Leto and said confidently. He knew the items he had chosen best. How amazing the items inside were.

“Mew?! Chairman Park, don’t be fooled!”

Theo, feeling uneasy because of Yuren, shouted at Sejun. Chairman Park! It’s me! It’s Theo Park, Chairman Park’s right-hand man!

‘Yuren, can’t you recognise me, Theo, your life’s saviour?!’

At the same time, he glared at Yuren.

“As expected, this Theo-nim must be the real one. That Theo just glared at me!”

Yuren shouted as he looked at the real Theo glaring at him.

“Yuren is an idiot! I am the real Theo!”

As Theo was getting frustrated,

“Don’t worry. I will check both items and decide. Yuren, take out the item in the box.”

Sejun reassured Theo and had Yuren take out the item in the box.

“Yes.”

Click.

When Yuren opened the box with the key, a beautiful white jewel was placed inside.

And

[Sacred Stone Piercing]

The name visible above it.

“Huh?! A Sacred Stone?”

Sejun grabbed the white jewel and tried to examine it closely, but

-I am the Sacred Stone Piercing. You are not qualified. Get lost!

The Sacred Stone rejected Sejun. Telling me to get lost… I should ask Eileen to massage it(?).

Sejun, sulking at the Sacred Stone Piercing, put down the jewel and this time examined the charcoal that the real Theo had brought.

[Black Charcoal]

???

An unappraised item with no information.

But the expectations were high as Theo had brought it. Is this a more amazing item than the Sacred Stone?

“I will entrust it to an expert for accurate judgment. Eileen, appraise these.”

[The Tower’s administrator says to leave it to them.]

The Sacred Stone and the black charcoal disappeared with Eileen’s answer.

“Oh, right. The Sacred Stone told me to get lost, so make sure it listens well.”

Sejun added a word, showing his pettiness.

[The Tower’s administrator is furious that a Sacred Stone dared to tell you to get lost.]

[The Tower’s administrator says they will take responsibility and make it absolutely obedient.]

As the conversation with Eileen ended,

Tap. Tap.

“Queng, wake up.”

Sejun, having taken the items, patted Queng’s bottom to wake him up. It was time to finish this.

Queng?

[Is it time to eat?]

Queng looked for food as soon as he woke up.

“Yeah. Before that, Queng, bite him!”

Sejun put down Queng and pointed at the unsuspecting Leto.

Queng!

[Queng will bite!]

Bang!

Following Sejun’s instructions, Queng kicked off the ground and ran forward.

Snap.

He bit Leto, and the problem was solved.

And

“Puhu-hut. As expected, Chairman Park would recognise me! But Yuren is an idiot!”

Theo, still feeling resentful, clung to Sejun’s lap and glared at Yuren.

“I… I’m sorry!”

Yuren repeatedly bowed and apologised to Theo.

“Huh?! Land documents!”

Sejun found the land documents that had fallen from Leto’s body.

“Coco, tell the Black Rabbit that we caught the culprit and return these to their owners.”

“Yes!”

Sejun took the land documents and had them delivered to the Black Rabbit.

Honestly, Sejun wanted to take the land documents, but this incident happened to those who were going to participate in the Red Ribbon Kingdom’s founding ceremony and the Black Rabbit and Ppyu-Ppyu’s wedding.

If Sejun, the Black Rabbit’s uncle, took these land documents, the Black Rabbit might get criticised.

‘Hehe-heh. Still, I got two good things.’

Sejun smiled contentedly as he thought about the items that Eileen was appraising.

“Yuren-nim, the competition will start soon.”

A Food Fighter competition operations staff member shouted from outside the tent.

Koohehehe. Queng!

[Hehehe. Queng will win and give the prize to Daddy!]

Queng, unaware that Sejun had already taken the winning prize, said.

“Even if you are the benefactor who saved my life, Theo-nim, I cannot easily give you the Food Fighter victory.”

Yuren said, burning with competitive spirit. I have never lost to anyone when it comes to eating!

Bzzzt.

Queng and Yuren were having a war of nerves. The competition to determine the true Food Fighter was beginning.