Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 308

With a *thud*, Ajax suddenly stopped his tantrum when Sejun spoke. Heaving, Ajax slowly rose to his feet.

“Grandfather…”

Having to stand because Sejun told him to, Ajax looked at Kellion with big, pleading eyes, hoping for rescue.

As Sejun’s slave, he had to obey Sejun’s words unconditionally.

Kellion cleared his throat. “Ahem, Sejun, I’m leaving him in your capable hands.”

He chuckled lightly. “Haha, be gentle with him, won’t you?”

Kellion left, entrusting Ajax to Sejun, and flew towards Kaiser and the fountain.

“Hah… Grandfather abandoned me!”

As Kellion left him, Ajax, now alone, was greatly shocked.

With no Kellion to accept his tantrums,

Big tears streamed down Ajax’s face. His face clearly showed fear of Sejun.

“Hey. Why are you crying? I’m not a bad person.”

Feeling like he had become the villain, Sejun began to soothe Ajax.

“Ajax, would you like to try this?”

Naturally, he tempted him with the thing he was most confident in: food.

Sejun picked a ripe, orange persimmon from the tree of Accuracy next to him and held it out. It looked sweet and juicy.

“Hoo-ing! Hoo-ing!”

Shake. Shake.

Ajax shook his head, crying.

“Really? If Ajax doesn’t eat it, who will?”

Sejun pretended to worry, acting very dramatically.

Kkueng!

[Daddy! Kkuengi wants to eat it!]

Kkuengi exclaimed excitedly, raising his right forepaw. That looks delicious!

“Okay. Then I should give it to Kkuengi.”

Sejun said, glancing at Ajax.

“······”

Ajax, who had stopped crying at some point, was conflicted as he looked at the persimmon.

How delicious must it be for him to want to eat it so much?

“‘That persimmon was supposed to be mine!’ Ajax thought. ‘Should I just give in and say I want to eat it?'”

He was wavering, seeing Kkuengi’s enthusiastic reaction.

‘No! I have my pride as a dragon!’

As a great white dragon, he couldn’t show himself crying and then laughing.

And so, Ajax overcame Sejun’s temptation.

‘Ajax, can you really not eat it even if I do this?’

Ajax had already stopped crying, but now it was a matter of pride.

The one trying to feed and the one refusing.

‘And this is my victory.’

Next to Sejun was Kkuengi, who loved to eat and always made food look delicious.

If Kkuengi were to do a mukbang on YouTube, he would easily gather 500,000 subscribers.

Sejun had a brief fantasy.

“Okay. Then Kkuengi can eat this persimmon.”

Sejun, snapping out of his fantasy, handed the persimmon to Kkuengi.

Kkueng!

[Yay!]

Crack.

*Slurp!* Kkuengi took a big bite, juice dripping down his chin. *Munch, munch, munch.* He chewed with his eyes closed, making happy noises as he ate.

Kkueng!

[So delicious!]

Kkuengi let out a roar of happiness while eating the persimmon.

‘Suddenly, I want to eat it too.’

Watching Kkuengi eat so deliciously, Sejun’s mouth watered. It was even more so because he could imagine the taste.

At that moment,

“Um… I could eat it too…”

Ajax, who had approached unnoticed, said, gently grabbing Sejun’s pants.

Ajax finally surrendered to Kkuengi’s mukbang.

“Really? Just a moment.”

Sejun picked an armful of persimmons.

“Here. Eat.”

One for Ajax, one for Kkuengi, and one for himself.

He gave the rest to Eileen.

Meanwhile, Ajax buried his face in the persimmon and devoured it.

“Huff. I already ate it all…”

He quickly finished the persimmon and looked regretful.

“Ajax, do you want more?”

“Yes! I’ll help this time!”

I need to make a good impression! Ajax flew towards the persimmon tree, intending to impress Sejun.

“Wind Cutter!”

He used magic to cut the stems connected to the persimmons with wind.

The persimmons fell to the ground.

“No!”

Sejun cried out, looking at the persimmons that had fallen to the ground.

Fenrir, who had been curled up and sleeping in Sejun’s vest pocket, woke up.

Whimper?

‘Where is this?’

Fenrir tiptoed out of the pocket, raised his head to the edge of the pocket, and looked around.

“Ajax, watch carefully. You just need to twist the stem like this.”

Sejun was demonstrating how to pick persimmons to Ajax in front of the persimmon tree of Accuracy.

“Yes, yes, I know!”

Ajax said impatiently, cutting off Sejun.

This was because Sejun had forbidden the use of magic when doing farm work.

“What do you know?! If you knew so well, would you have made all the persimmons mush?!”

“Ugh… nagging!”

Ajax covered his ears with his forepaws as if he didn’t want to hear it.

“Nagging?! I’m telling you all this for your own good!”

Fenrir watched Sejun scolding Ajax.

“Blackie, you’re awake?”

Sejun found Fenrir sticking his head out of his pocket.

“Go play.”

He took Fenrir out of his pocket and put him on the ground.

Whimper?

“But what is this smell?”

Fenrir lowered his head, sniffing the air. A strange scent filled his nose, but it seemed to be coming from… him? He scratched at his side with a claw, and a rough, unfamiliar texture scraped back. His eyes widened. This wasn’t fur. This felt like… scales?

“What is this?!” Fenrir cried, bewildered. “Why has my hide turned into dragon leather?!” He felt a wave of shame wash over him. This was an insult!

Theo chuckled, a mischievous glint in his eyes. “Oh dear, Blackie, what happened to you?”

Mew!

“Don’t laugh!” Fenrir snapped.

Enraged, Fenrir leaped at Theo, jaws snapping shut. *Snap!* His teeth crunched down, expecting to sink into flesh. But instead of a yelp of pain, there was a sharp *crack!* Fenrir recoiled, shaking his head. Something was wrong. Terribly wrong.

Mew?!

“Looks like dragon leather is tougher than wolf teeth!” Theo said.

Theo picked up Fenrir and dashed towards the dragons drinking from the fountain. “I’ll get you a Dragon Tooth to replace your broken one!”

Sejun stood up, picking up a bowl filled with a thick, red liquid. “Alright. That’s enough for today. Let’s eat this and sleep.”

It was the top part of the persimmon that had fallen because of Ajax, which Kkuengi had gathered with telekinesis.

“Hmph! I won’t eat it,” Ajax said, turning his head away.

Kkueng!

[Thank you!] Kkuengi was grateful for Ajax’s refusal, because he could eat more since Ajax wasn’t eating.

“Fine. Don’t eat it then, Ice Cube.” Sejun created ice and placed the persimmon on top, stirring it with the ice until it felt crunchy. It turned into a beautiful, pale red slush, flecked with tiny pieces of fruit. The cold air carried a sweet, fruity smell.

“Hehe. This is so delicious,” Sejun said.

“Here. Let’s eat.”

Kkueng!

[I will enjoy the meal!]

Sejun gave Kkuengi a spoon, placed another spoon next to him, and deliciously ate the persimmon slush.

Ajax slyly approached, picked up a spoon, and began to eat the persimmon slush. “Oh! It’s even more delicious when eaten cold!”

“It’s good, isn’t it? Eat as much as you want, Ajax,” Sejun said.

“Sejun, this is SO good! Can I call you ‘hyung’? Please?” Ajax asked, wanting to become closer to Sejun. Anyone who gave him delicious things was ‘hyung’.

“Sure. Call me ‘hyung’,” Sejun agreed.

“Okay! Sejun hyung!” Pleased with Sejun’s permission, Ajax eagerly devoured the persimmon slush again.

Kkueng?

[Then is Kkuengi little uncle?]

Kkuengi gained a little uncle.

The three of them deliciously ate the iced persimmon and fell asleep.

The next morning.

“Ugh.”

[Stored 10% of the life force possessed during sleep.] [The Bead of Life is 0.6% complete.]

Sejun opened his eyes and saw the message that he had stored life force. ‘It’s still rising a little,’ he thought.

Perhaps because his stats had increased a lot recently, the completion rate of the Bead of Life had been increasing by 0.15% per day since yesterday.

Purrrr.

Chirp chirp.

Peep peep.

Sejun heard the sounds of the animals sleeping soundly.

Aroooo.

One more sound added. It was Ajax, who had come to the Black Tower yesterday. Ajax had confidently laid down next to Sejun, wanting to sleep with his ‘hyung’. Thanks to that, Kaiser had to receive a visit from an excited Eileen.

“Grandpa! I want to sleep next to Sejun too! Seal my powers!” Fortunately, Eileen returned disappointed after hearing that polymorph wouldn’t work if her powers were sealed.

“I should get up.”

“Myaa…”

As Sejun picked up Theo and wore him on his knee, about to go outside,

“Hyung, where are you going?” Ajax asked, waking up.

“Yeah. I have something to harvest for a bit.”

“Then I’ll go with you.”

“Alright. Come along.”

“Okay!”

Ajax flew up and followed Sejun, trotting along behind him.

“Oh! It’s all grown!” Sejun headed towards a walnut tree laden with walnuts. It was a remarkable growth compared to the other nine walnut trees, which had only grown to Sejun’s chest height. It was because Sejun had given them a drop of the Elixir of Harvest before going to bed yesterday. It was to give as a gift to the returning rabbits.

“Alright. Let’s pick them.”

Sejun used the Mystical Shield Tree Shield like a butterfly net to harvest the walnuts.

“Okay!” Ajax flew around, harvesting the walnuts one by one with his front paws.

[Harvested Walnut of Training.] [Job experience slightly increased.] [Proficiency in Harvesting Lv. 8 slightly increased.] [Acquired 70 experience.]

[Harvested Walnut of Special Training.]

“Huh?!” A walnut with a different name appeared. A walnut that didn’t look much different from the Walnut of Training on the outside.

Sejun examined the Walnut of Special Training.

[Walnut of Special Training] A walnut that rarely grows on walnut trees inside the tower, it is delicious because it has absorbed enough nutrients. It has a harder shell than the Walnut of Training. Strength increases by 10 each time the shell is cracked. Eating the walnut inside makes you feel full for longer than usual. Grade: A

Unfortunately, it wasn’t a new variety.

“I wonder what it tastes like?” Sejun put strength into his right hand, which was holding the Walnut of Special Training. It was harder than the Walnut of Training, but Sejun’s strength was close to 800.

Crack.

The Walnut of Special Training broke easily.

[Cracked the shell of the Walnut of Special Training.] [Strength increased by 10.]

Sejun watched the message that his strength had increased, put the walnut in his mouth, and chewed.

Crunch. Crunch.

“It’s definitely nuttier,” Sejun said.

It was definitely more delicious than the Walnut of Training, which increased strength by 1.

“Hyungnim! I want to eat too!” Ajax hurriedly flew towards Sejun. Seeing Sejun with food, respect suddenly grew in him, adding ‘nim’ to ‘hyung’.

Day 2 of studying abroad in the Black Tower. Ajax’s delicious morning had begun.