Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 643

The morning light barely touched the 99th floor of the Black Tower, but the air was already filled with a strange, loud screech.

“Yonggari Chicken~ Chicken~” a voice sang.

(Munch munch. Delicious~ Everything is delicious when Sejun makes it~)

Sejun yawned and stretched as dawn painted the tower window with soft light. He hummed the ‘Yonggari Chicken’ song, a silly tune he and Batbat loved, as he started breakfast. To feed the dragons, he needed to make seaweed soup and Choco Pies, so he had to start early to have breakfast ready on time.

“Yo! Yo! Fry the Yonggari Chicken in oil!” Sejun sang, chopping vegetables with a smile.

“Boil! Boil! Temperature is key!” Batbat chirped back, flapping his small wings excitedly. “Preheating is essential! 180 degrees for 10 minutes!”

“And don’t forget! The deliciousness spell!” Sejun added with a laugh.

Lost in the rap, the two sang enthusiastically.

(Batbat! Be moreee deliiiicious!!!)

The song ended with Batbat’s five-octave high note.

“Hehehe.” Sejun giggled.

(Beeeheehee.) Batbat chirped.

As the two finished their song with satisfied smiles,

A soft *thump, thump* shook the floor, and Pink Fur lumbered into the room. He wasn’t carrying Kkuengi in his mouth exactly, but Kkuengi was nestled gently in the fur on Pink Fur’s back, like a small, furry backpack.

“Pink Fur, you’re here early,” Sejun said, surprised.

*Koo-uhng,* Pink Fur rumbled, a deep sound like stones rolling. [Early training today. Kkuengi wanted to say goodbye.]

Kkuengi made a small, sad sound, *Kkuengeee…* as Sejun took him. He snuggled close to Sejun, burying his face in his warm clothes, then wriggled until he was comfortable at Sejun’s side, fast asleep in moments.

*Kkulorong.*

As Kkuengi fell back into a deep sleep,

“Pink Fur, here,” Sejun said, filling Pink Fur’s snack pouch with Choco Pies and handing it over.

*Koo-uhng.* [Thank you, Sejun.] Pink Fur smiled broadly as he received the snack pouch full of Choco Pies.

*Koo-uhng.* [I’ll be going now, Sejun.]

“Okay. Train well.”

*Koo-uhng.* [Of course.] Pink Fur left with a confident answer. His body, having undergone intense training, looked even more massive and sturdy than before.

Watching Pink Fur leave, Sejun felt a small worry tug at him. Pink Fur was getting stronger so quickly. *Is the gap widening?* Sejun wondered. He didn’t want to be left behind. He didn’t need to be the strongest, but he wanted to keep up with his friends.

‘I need to train harder too,’ he muttered to himself.

Then, he carefully packed a special breakfast for Aileen: seaweed soup, Choco Pies, and a rich chocolate cake.

“Aileen, this is for you. Only for you,” he said softly as he sent it.

Almost instantly, a message appeared: [The Tower’s Administrator says she is touched.] Sejun grinned. *Hehehe. Touched, huh.* Then another message: [The Tower’s Administrator says she feels she has been a bit lazy lately.] *Huh? Lazy about what?* Sejun frowned. *Suddenly, it feels a bit cold.* [The Tower’s Administrator says she will make a dish to impress you too!]

Sejun’s eyes widened. Aileen’s cooking! It was legendary for all the wrong reasons. The chocolate cake had awakened something dangerous.

“No! Aileen, it’s okay!” Sejun typed back quickly. “I’m happy just knowing you are eating my food!” *Please, gods, no cooking,* he prayed silently. But it was too late.

[The Tower’s Administrator says she has an inspiration!] *Oh no.* [The Tower’s Administrator says she might not reply for a while because she is concentrating, so don’t worry.]

“Aileen! Wait!” Sejun cried out, but the messages stopped. *I’m doomed,* he thought. Maybe escaping to another world wasn’t such a bad idea after all…

Soon, Theo bounced into the room, his eyes bright with energy. “Puhu! President Park is ready to make money, meow!” he declared proudly.

Kkuengi, tail wagging, added, *Kkueng!* [Kkuengi will find lots of good herbs too!]

Theo and Kkuengi hurried off to their tasks, leaving Sejun with Blackie.

“Blackie, time to work,” Sejun said, smiling at his furry friend.

*Hee hee! Squeak!* [Hee hee! Let’s go!] Blackie barked happily.

Iona, meanwhile, was still fast asleep in Sejun’s bed, snuggled up to a soft, round toy that looked just like Theo – the ‘Theo ball.’ It was Iona’s vacation, and she planned to enjoy every minute of rest.

Sejun went to the farm on the 99th floor, the plants glowing with ripeness. “Gate Summon,” he murmured, and a shimmering doorway appeared, leading to the 10th tower.

With a *clang*, a metal door opened in the air – the entrance to Sejun’s special storage space. Inside, a glowing stone tablet hummed with power. Sejun carefully took out a large, dark shape – the body of Leviathan, a giant sea serpent. He placed special seeds on Leviathan’s body.

[You are the field (Master) is activated.] a message appeared. [The seed of the Pioneer of Destruction has been planted…]

Sejun planted another seed, and another. But suddenly, he stopped. “Huh?!” He felt a warning inside him. *No more here.* Leviathan’s body was getting weak. If he planted too many seeds, it would disappear completely.

Sejun sighed. He couldn’t make himself stronger right now, not while he was working on a special task. ‘I’ll save this for later,’ he decided, putting Leviathan’s body back into storage.

He took out another body, this one much larger and rounder – Kraken, a giant sea monster. “This is the last one for now,” Sejun said sadly. “The good times are ending.” Using these bodies made the honey he collected taste extra special. He still had Yormungandr, another huge serpent, but it was too big to bring here.

*Plop. Plop.* Sejun planted the last seeds with a sigh.

“Blackie, lunch time!” Sejun called.

*Hee hee! Squeak! Squeak!* [Hee hee! Coming! Everyone, watch out! Captain Blackie is about to achieve great things… again!]’ Blackie announced proudly.

Back in the Black Tower, Sejun set out lunch. *Chomp, chomp, chomp.* Blackie ate happily. *Hee hee! Squeak.* [Hee hee. Butler, more sweet potato!]

“Okay, okay,” Sejun chuckled, giving Blackie a few pieces of dried sweet potato. *Hee hee.* Blackie quickly tried to shove the sweet potato under his belly, hoping Sejun wouldn’t notice. He planned to sneak it away to his secret food stash later.

“Hey! I saw that,” Sejun said, pointing. “No hoarding!”

*Squeak!* [No! I’m not!] Blackie protested, but Sejun gently took the sweet potato back.

*Squeak! Squeak! Squeak?!* [Give it back! You mean butler! How can you take away a gift?!] Blackie whined dramatically, trying to look as pitiful as possible.

“Stingy butler? Me? Stingy?!” Sejun laughed. “To the most generous person you know, Sejun?” He playfully growled back, not giving in. It was a silly fight, like a human teasing a dog. But Blackie was no ordinary dog. He was ancient, older than anyone could imagine, even if he acted like a puppy sometimes. From any angle, it was a ridiculous scene.

*Squeak!* [I hate you, Butler!] Blackie huffed, turning his back on Sejun.

Kamang was in a mood. He let out a frustrated little growl, “Ang!” and then, in a flash, nipped at Sejun’s shoe. The golden dragon leather was tough, so it didn’t rip, but Sejun definitely felt the sharp pressure of Kamang’s teeth.

“Hey! Kamang!” Sejun exclaimed, surprised. “Did you just bite my foot?”

“Squeak! Squeak!” Kamang chirped, his eyes bright. *Yeah! Hurry up and give me that sweet potato jerky!* he thought smugly.

Kamang puffed out his chest, a triumphant glint in his eyes. He chuckled to himself. *Did you think I couldn’t bite, huh?*

Ang!

Sejun playfully bit Kamang’s front paws in return, both at the same time.

“Squeak!”

*Let go!*

“Hehehe. Not a chance.”

As the two were bickering,

“—Brother-in-law!”

Ace called out to Sejun.

“What’s wrong, Brother-in-law?”

“—Brother-in-law, we’re running out of alcohol.”

“Alcohol? Accelerated brew?”

“—Yes.”

He hadn’t been brewing as often lately, because he was spending time away from the tower, so the amount of alcohol left wasn’t much.

“But why are you telling *me* this, Brother-in-law?”

“—Sis said not to disturb her cooking. So, I was going to go to the Yongyong Market alone…”

Ace, full of complaints he had been holding in from the past few hours, told him everything at Sejun’s question.

“Is that so? Alright. I’ll talk to Aileen and tell her not to always leave the Yongyong Market to our brother-in-law.”

“—Really?! Hehehehe. Thank you, Brother-in-law!”

Ace was grateful that Sejun would speak to his sister on his behalf.

No. *I’m* the one who’s grateful.

Sejun, on the other hand, was grateful to Ace. He had gained a reason to stop Aileen.

“Aileen, can I talk to you for a moment?”

He carefully called out to Aileen.

[The tower’s administrator says it is possible as it is currently their break time.]

And, carefully explaining that it wasn’t right to leave the Yongyong Market to her younger brother alone, he tried not to sound like he was lecturing her.

He couldn’t let the blame fall on Ace.

[The tower’s administrator says that their thinking was not thinking ahead and that they will become a responsible, great black dragon in the future.]

“No. It’s not that your thinking was not thinking ahead.”

Hehehe. That’s settled.

Sejun felt relieved that his convincing had worked.

However,

[The tower’s administrator says that they will also take responsibility for your cooking and will definitely make it.]

It seemed he had only partly succeeded in convincing her.

*Still, I must have bought some time. I must have.*

Having finished his conversation with Aileen,

“Kamang, eat this and play outside.”

“Keeheeheet. Squeak! Squeak!”

[Heehee. Alright! The great Kamang will play hard!]

Sejun gave sweet potato jerky to Kamang, who was only getting in the way, and had him run around outside. Then, he went to the brewery and began brewing alcohol.

5 hours later.

“Ah. It was nice when Sejun No. 2 was around…”

Sejun, having finished brewing the alcohol, missed Sejun No. 2, who had brewed alcohol in his place, and left the brewery.

At that moment,

“Puhuhoot. Chairman Park, I have returned, nya!”

“Kkueng!”

[Kkuengi has also returned, kkueng!]

Theo and Kkuengi ran to Sejun. Theo to his face, Kkuengi to his chest.

“Nya…”

“You both worked hard.”

Sejun removed Theo from his face and welcomed them both.

“Keeheeheet. Squeak!”

[Heehee. Butler! I played really hard!]

Kamang also wagged his tail and ran to Sejun.

And then,

Bouncing. Bouncing.

“Squeak!”

[Butler! Hurry up and hug me!]

He jumped up and down, urging Sejun to hug him. His whole body was filthy.

“Let’s take a bath first.”

Sejun made the decision after seeing Kamang’s state.

“Kkueng! Kkueng!”

[It’s a bath, kkueng! How exciting, kkueng!]

Kkuengi welcomed it,

“Understood, nya.”

Theo felt neither good nor bad about it.

“Squeak!”

[I don’t want to!]

Kamang strongly disliked it.

“Alright. Let’s go.”

“Squeak!”

[Let go of me!]

Of course, Kamang, who had the biggest say in Sejun’s decisions, had no choice.

Splash.

Sejun and his companions soaked in the hot water, enjoying a lazy moment before dinner.

“Ah. I don’t feel like making dinner.”

As his body became relaxed, Sejun didn’t feel like making dinner.

“Vice Chairman Theo, ask Heer if we can get some dragon fruit.”

“Puhuhoot. Understood, nya!”

He asked Theo for dragon fruit in order to create Sejun No. 2, who would make dinner in his place.

It was a light request, as if it didn’t matter if it didn’t work out,

“Heer, please get me some dragon fruit, nya!”

[A designated quest from Park Theo, Vice Chairman of Sejun Company, has been generated.]

[The designated target is Heer, the God of Merchants.]

[>Room Master>Heer’s Pawnshop God of Merchants Heer: Oh! Yeah!]

Theo and Heer were both serious.

Heer hurriedly ran to Mirna, the Dragon God,

“Mirna!”

He called out to Mirna in front of her house.

“Heer?”

Mirna, puzzled by Heer’s visit, opened the door.

“Mirna, sell me some dragon fruit!”

“What? Dragon fruit? Why do you need that…?”

She was puzzled by Heer’s words. Heer didn’t need dragon fruit.

“Did Theo ask you to get it?”

“Theo?”

If it’s Theo…

“The Mutdabak’s cat?!”

“Yes!”

“Just a moment!”

Mirna hurriedly went into the house, and the sound of crashing could be heard.

And then,

“Take it all!”

Mirna, panting, ran out and handed Heer all five dragon fruits she had made so far.

It was obvious. To sell dragon fruit to the seed store, one had to break through an enormous probability. But through Heer, it was 100%.

Moreover, selling transcendent-grade seeds was one thing, but the rewards for germination were much greater.

So, it was only right to give it to Heer.

“Huh?!”

*You’re giving all of this away for free?!*

Thanks to that, Heer received the dragon fruit for free.

He immediately tried to send the dragon fruit to Theo, but

[20 Sejun Company welfare points are required to send 1 transcendent-grade seed dragon fruit.]

[Would you like to send it?]

A message from [System SJC] appeared in front of Heer.

“No.”

At this rate, I’ll lose money every time I send one.

Heer naturally refused.

Then,

[A divine promotion quest has been generated.]

[Divine Promotion Quest: Send 100 transcendent-grade seeds desired by Chairman Park of Sejun Company through the Sejun Company seed delivery network.]

[Reward: Promotion to God of Great Merchants, 5% stake in the Sejun Company seed delivery network]

[System SJC] presented a reward that Heer could never refuse.