Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 315

Ajax watched Sejun carefully flip a pancake in the pan, the smell of warm sweetness filling the air. *I knew I got along well with Sejun*, he thought happily, tail twitching.

“All done, Veronica,” Sejun said kindly, placing a golden-brown pancake on a plate in front of her. Steam curled upwards. “Eat up.”

“Thank you!” Veronica’s eyes widened, and a happy sound escaped her lips. She picked up the pancake quickly and took a big bite, chewing with obvious delight. She was clearly very hungry.

Just then,

“Sejun!” Ajax flew in quickly.

And,

“I upgraded this book!” He proudly showed Sejun the Plant Encyclopedia.

“Upgraded? What do you mean, Ajax?”

“Yeah! It happened when I touched it!”

Sejun had no idea what Ajax was talking about, so he took the book and examined it.

[Experienced Farmer’s Plant Encyclopedia]

A compendium in which an experienced farmer recorded his knowledge. (Information from the White Tower has been added.) Writing the name of a crop on a blank page of the book will reveal its location if it is within the Black or White Tower. A page can only be used once. Usable pages: 51/250 Usage Restriction: 500+ Mana, Farming-related Profession Creator: Experienced Farmer Figaro Rank: S+

“It’s true.” Just as Ajax said, the Plant Encyclopedia had been upgraded. The description included the White Tower in addition to the Black Tower, and the number of usable pages had increased by 50.

“The page content has changed too!” Ajax gave further explanation to Sejun, who was examining the Plant Encyclopedia.

“Really?!”

Sejun checked the Plant Encyclopedia, quickly turning the pages.

>Lettuce Growing Location

[Lazy Lettuce – White Tower 71st Floor]

>Cabbage Growing Location

[Power Cabbage – White Tower 23rd Floor]

>Cherry Growing Location

[Deep Darkness Cherry – White Tower 83rd Floor]

As Ajax said, the White Tower information had been added, and some of the page content had changed.

Just then,

“Huh?!” Sejun paused at one of the crops.

“Deep Darkness Cherry?” A name that seemed even more related to the power of darkness than the Night Sweet Potato. The moment he saw it, he had a strong feeling: ‘This is it!’

“But how do I get that?” Sejun wondered.

He briefly considered, ‘Should I send Ajax to get it?’ but

“Hehe. Kueng-ah, is this ours?”

Koohehehe. Kueng!

[Hehehe. It probably is!]

Looking at Ajax, who was sitting next to Kueng-i in front of the ripening pancakes, drooling, Sejun didn’t have much faith. Could he find the cherries? Could he grow the cherries well? And so on. Many worries came to Sejun’s mind. Moreover, it would be a disaster if Ajax made a mistake and caused the cherries to become extinct.

“No, I have to go.” After much thought, Sejun decided to go to the White Tower himself.

There might be some danger. He didn’t want to go, but Sejun decided to be brave for Eileen, even though his heart beat a little faster. To find the power of darkness for Eileen.

Having made his decision,

“So, Ajax, you touched this, and the book upgraded like this?” He asked Ajax, closing the book.

“Yeah!” Ajax answered Sejun’s question, looking proud.

“Yes, you did well.” Sejun stroked Ajax’s head.

“Hum hum hum.” He lightly placed the Plant Encyclopedia on Veronica’s shoulder as she hummed and happily ate her pancake.

Then,

[The Experienced Farmer’s Plant Encyclopedia has come into contact with the Tower Farmer of the Violet Tower.]

[Crops from the Violet Tower are being added to the Experienced Farmer’s Plant Encyclopedia.]

[50 usable pages have been added.]

[Some of the page content is being changed.]

“Oh!”

Sejun opened the Plant Encyclopedia, which felt heavier and looked much thicker than before.

>Barley Growing Location

[Paralysis Poison Barley – Violet Tower 12th Floor]

>Orange Growing Location

[Acid Poison Orange – Violet Tower 93rd Floor]

>Almond Growing Location

[Cyanide Poison Almond – Violet Tower 51st Floor]

Information from the Violet Tower was added, and the location of several crops was displayed.

As Sejun was checking the contents of the Plant Encyclopedia,

Kueng!

[Dad, the pancake is burning!]

“It smells like it’s burning!” Kueng-i and Ajax called out to Sejun in urgent voices. Nothing was more serious to them than this.

“Ah, I know.” Sejun hurriedly picked up the frying pan and, with a flick of his wrist, flipped the pancake.

“Whew.” Fortunately, only the edge was slightly burnt; it wasn’t too bad.

A little later,

“Okay, let’s eat.” Sejun cut off the burnt part of the pancake, put it on a plate, and brought it over.

Koohehehe. Kueng!

[Hehehe. Looks delicious!]

Kueng-i picked up a bottle filled with honey and tried to pour it on the pancake.

However,

“Wait! What are you doing?!” Ajax grabbed Kueng-i’s forepaw, preventing him from pouring the honey. Why pour honey on that?!

Kueng? Kueng!

[Why? It tastes good this way!]

“No! It’ll be too sweet!”

Kueng!

[Honey is supposed to be sweet!]

“No! Everything is about balance! If one flavor is too strong, the other flavors get buried!”

Kueng! Kueng!

[No! Everything should taste like honey!]

“Then let’s ask Sejun who’s right!”

Kueng!

[Okay!]

Since their opinions differed so much, they decided to ask Sejun who was right.

And,

“Why are you even worrying about that? Just eat it the way you want. Here, is this okay?” Sejun mediated the fight by cutting the pancake in half and putting it on each of their plates.

Koohehehe. Kueng!

[Hehehe. Delicious!]

“Hehe. Delicious!” Thanks to that, Kueng-i and Ajax were eating their pancakes in their favorite way.

Meanwhile, Sejun continued to bake pancakes, and when Kueng-i, Ajax, and Veronica’s eating speed slowed down,

“Shall I eat now?” Sejun also put a pancake and some coffee he had prepared earlier on a plate and sat down.

And,

Sejun dipped the pancake in honey and ate it.

‘Hehe. I knew I got along well with Sejun.’ Ajax, who had been watching Sejun eat with bated breath, began to eat his pancake again with a satisfied expression.

After dinner ended,

“Ajax, ask Kellion to get me permission to go to the 83rd floor of the White Tower.”

“Okay! Got it!” Ajax nodded eagerly at Sejun’s words.

Sejun sent Ajax to Kellion to get the White Tower land deed. There were several ways, but there was no easier or faster way than this. Go! Ajax!

“Grandpa!” Ajax called out to Kellion and flew energetically towards the fountain.

A little later,

“Sejun! I told Grandpa to get the land deed by tomorrow morning!” Ajax returned, having told Kellion what to do.

“Okay, you did well.” Sejun said, looking at the fountain and seeing the white dragon statue, which was the only one that had stopped moving. He was probably hurriedly moving his subordinates to get permission to go to the 83rd floor of the tower. I hope it’ll be alright.

Sejun had given Kelion an urgent mission through Ajax.

Tap. Tap. Sejun checked the message screen. “Another corn seed?” he thought, a little tired. But then he saw the words “stamina” and his eyes widened. “Stamina corn! That’s great!”

[You have obtained a corn seed of stamina.]

[Job experience slightly increases.]

[Proficiency of Seed Harvesting Lv. 8 slightly increases.]

[You need to use the Seed Harvesting skill 670,0178 more times to complete the job quest.]

Hours passed as Sejun harvested corn. The sun began to set, painting the sky orange and pink. By the time the stars came out, he was ready for bed.

And then,

“Koohehehe. Kooeng!”

[Hehehe. Delicious!]

“Euhit. Delicious.”

Kooeng and Ajax picked up the corn kernels that Sejun harvested.

Koororong.

Arorong.

Soon, they curled up and fell asleep next to Sejun. Lost in his work, Sejun didn’t notice them sleeping and kept harvesting corn.

“Huh?! Are you guys sleeping?”

He belatedly took the two sleeping creatures to bed.

“Hehehe. Are we all sleeping together today?”

Sejun lay down in the middle of the bed and fell asleep.

Day 368 of entering the Tower. Another day passed safely.

White Tower.

Kelion’s order was clear. Five of the strongest warriors in the White Tower had to find the land document for the 83rd floor of the Tower by morning. They searched through the night, without rest.

“Yes!”

And then,

“According to the information, a merchant named Kaon purchased the land document for the 83rd floor of the Tower a year ago!”

A clue to the land document for the 83rd floor of the Tower, found with difficulty.

“Then we’ll go find Kaon!”

“Yes!”

However,

“What? Kaon has already been missing for half a year?!”

Kaon had already disappeared.

“What should we do?!”

“It’s almost morning.”

With less than an hour left until morning, time was too short to track down Kaon.

The countdown was approaching.

The warriors were worried. They knew Kelion would be angry if they failed.

The next morning.

“Euchha!”

Sejun woke up.

Swish.

“Nyaang···.”

After getting up and putting Theo on his lap,

Koororong.

Kkirorong.

Arorong.

Ppilorong.

He left the animals sleeping soundly, snoring, marked the date on the wall, and went outside.

And then,

“Hum hum hum.”

[The carrot of agility appreciates the farmer’s footsteps and lends its strength.]

[The potential of the Agility stat increases from 857 to 858.]

Sejun, raising his potential while walking around the farm.

At that moment,

Kkieeeek!

A fire ant approached Sejun with a dignified gait.

Sejun blinked in surprise. “That fire ant? What’s it doing here?”

Swish.

The fire ant showed its back to Sejun. I have an elixir!

Fwoosh.

The fire ant stood tall, its antennae wiggling proudly. Then, with a burst of fire from its antennae, it seemed to say, ‘Look what I have!’

“Are you that confident?”

Kkieeeek!

Fwoooosh.

The fire ant shot out fire even more strongly in response to Sejun’s question.

“Oh. Is that so?”

Sejun looked at the elixir on the fire ant’s back.

It was a strange mushroom, unlike any he had seen before. Instead of a cap, it had hundreds of thin, bright orange stems, like tiny flames reaching for the sky.

“What is it?”

Thud.

Sejun harvested the elixir, curious.

[Supreme Elixir: Cordyceps has been harvested.]

[Job experience slightly increases.]

[Proficiency of Harvesting Lv. 8 slightly increases.]

[Acquired 1500 experience.]

[Experience is not accumulated because the job quest has not been completed.]

“Cordyceps?”

Sejun quickly checked the options.

[Supreme Elixir: Cordyceps]

Grown by the Tower Farmer’s tenant farmer fire ant.

Boasts excellent taste and aroma.

All stats +20 upon consumption

Grower: Tower Farmer Park Sejun’s tenant farmer fire ant

Expiration date: 150 days

Grade: A+

The fire ant had reason to be confident.

“Oh! Fire ant, you did well!”

Sejun praised the fire ant and thought about taming more fire ants.

As Sejun harvested the cordyceps and returned home,

Kelion was seen speaking cautiously, watching Ajax’s reaction. “Ajax, I’m sorry. I still haven’t found the land document for the 83rd floor of the Tower.”

And then,

Ajax mumbled, “Grandpa doesn’t understand! I wanted to help Sejun hyung. Hmph! I’m disappointed! I won’t talk to Grandpa anymore!” Ajax turned his head away, clearly sulking.

Thus, the relationship between grandfather and grandson was strained again.

Just as Kelion was about to vent his anger on the five who had disobeyed his orders,

“Ajax, you shouldn’t do that to your grandfather. Apologize quickly.”

Sejun scolded Ajax in a stern voice.

This was something that had happened because of him. It was right for him to step in and restore their relationship.

Ajax’s eyes welled up with tears, feeling wronged that Sejun wasn’t taking his side. “But… I promised hyung about the land document… I did it for Sejun hyung…”

“Hyung knows how you feel, Ajax. But you shouldn’t do that to your grandfather. Go hug him quickly.”

“Okay. I understand. Grandpa, I’m sorry.”

At Sejun’s words, Ajax hugged Kelion and apologized.

“Kelion-nim, I’m sorry. I made an unreasonable request…”

Sejun also apologized to Kelion, as he was partly responsible.

Kelion’s stern face softened when Ajax hugged him. “Hehehe. Don’t worry about it. Finding that document is not a problem. Especially now that Ajax gave me such a strong hug!”

Thanks to that, the strongest in the White Tower were able to avoid the wrath of the great White Dragon.

Sejun reconciled Kelion and Ajax.

“Okay, everyone, we’re leaving now, so hurry inside.”

Sejun said, opening the subspace warehouse. A rush of warm, earthy air came out, smelling of sweet potatoes and ripe pears. Inside, it was like a hidden garden, filled with rows of plants.

It was to harvest sweet potatoes and strength and stamina pears using the land documents from the 70th and 81st floors of the Tower that Theo had brought.

“Puhoot. Okay, meow!”

Kooeng!

[Okay!]

“Okay! Hyung!”

Ppiyot!

[Yes!]

As Theo, Kooeng, Ajax, and Ppiyot entered the subspace warehouse,

“Then I’ll close the door…”

Sejun was about to close the door.

At that moment,

Kking?! Kking!

‘Where are you going?! Take me too!’

Ttungttang. Ttungttang.

Fenrir rushed over. His stride had become a little faster due to his growth yesterday.

“Is our Blackie going too?”

Kking?!

‘Who will protect me if you go?!’

Fenrir showed his determination to go with them by biting Sejun’s pant leg.

“Okay. Let’s go together.”

Thump.

Sejun picked up Fenrir and put him in the subspace warehouse.

And then,

Shwaaa.

Sejun disappeared, unfolding the land document for the 70th floor of the Tower.