Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 686

“Grrrr. If you give the Great Blackie a diet, I’ll burn *your* coins, Butler!”

Black Tower, 99th floor.

Crunch.

“Wow!”

Sejun ate the crispy, golden squid rings and exclaimed in admiration.

Kkueng, a cooking genius, made the perfect batter. He fried the squid at exactly the right temperature and for the exact right time. Sejun dipped it in his homemade seasoned soy sauce. It was sure to be delicious.

Crunch crunch.

Crunch.

Slurp.

Kkueng!

“Uhehehe.”

Squeak! Nyong nyong! Pop pop! Chirp chirp!

Beside Sejun, Kkueng, Yuren, and the instructors were happily eating stir-fried squid, crispy squid rings, and cold raw squid soup.

While everyone was enjoying the Black Flame Firefly dishes,

“Puhuhut. As expected, the grilled fish from Chairman Park is the best, nyaang!”

“Kkyut kkyut kkyut. The stir-fried peanuts that Sejun made himself are also delicious.”

Peep! Peep!

[That’s right! Sejun’s stir-fried peanuts are the best!]

Theo, Iona, and Peep, who had their favorite foods, leisurely enjoyed their meal.

Kkihihit. Kking!

[Hehe. Butler’s dried sweet potato is the best!]

Smack. Smack. Smack.

Although there were some who didn’t.

As the meal ended,

Slurp.

“So, what brings you up here so early, Peep?”

Sejun asked Peep while drinking the coffee that Kkueng had prepared. Originally, he was planning to give the instructors a tour of the tower for about a month before returning.

Peep…

[The truth is…]

Peep explained the reason for coming up.

“What?! Everyone is preparing to come up to the 99th floor of the tower for a birthday party?!”

Peep brought news that Sejun hadn’t even imagined.

The rabbits, wolves, and other Black Minotaurs who had received birthdays from Sejun last year had shared the birthdays around.

As a result, the birthdays of all the residents of the Black Tower were now unified as March 23rd.

And the residents of the Black Tower wanted to have a birthday party with Sejun, the original distributor of the birthday.

Peep! Peep!

[Yes! So, I came to suggest that it would be good to create and distribute invitations like last time to avoid the chaos!]

“Puhuhut. Brilliant idea, Peep, nyaang! You’re my best right paw!”

We can make a lot of Tower Coins, nyaang!

Theo stroked Peep’s head with a pleased smile at Peep’s words.

Ppeureuht.

Peep also smiled, feeling proud.

However,

Ah. I was going to rest a bit from tomorrow…

Sejun couldn’t smile.

But how much time is left until my birthday?

“Today is March 8th, so…”

Sejun counted the days.

About two weeks left?

“Guys, we had a big birthday party last year, so let’s invite only 10,000 people this year.”

He tried to reduce it as much as possible, but unlike his thrifty heart, Sejun’s sense of scale had become too large.

While Sejun was cultivating his own workload,

“Puhuhut. Kkueng, bring all the paper to make invitations, nyaang!”

It’s an opportunity to enrich Chairman Park’s balance, nyaang!

Kkueng!

Kkueng, who received instructions from his big brother, hurriedly brought all the paper in the warehouse.

When Kkueng handed over the paper,

Stamp.

Theo started stamping his paw print on the paper to create birthday party invitations.

“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, don’t worry, nyaang! I, Vice Chairman Theo, will fill the 99th floor of the tower with birthday party attendees, nyaang!”

Sejun’s 10,000 people had already transformed in Theo’s mind into a minimum of 10,000 people.

Theo was adding an incredibly large workload to Sejun’s already large workload.

“Iona, please prevent the invitations from being copied, nyaang!”

“Kkyut kkyut kkyut. Yes. Oh, power of magic. Make this pattern unique…”

To prevent the same situation as before, he asked Iona to cast a copy protection spell on the invitations.

Iona raised her hand, and a soft, blue light shimmered around the invitations. Intricate patterns, invisible to the naked eye, wove themselves onto the paper, a magical shield against any attempt to copy them.

But because there wasn’t much paper, they could only make 5,000 birthday party invitations.

“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, I’m going down to make and sell out all the invitations, nyaang!”

“Okay.”

Theo hurriedly went down the tower with Iona and Peep.

“Baektang is following, nyaang!”

Squeak! Squeak!

[I’m not going! I’ll stay here!]

Baektang, who didn’t want to follow, was forcibly dragged along. He couldn’t leave behind a competitor who could aim for Sejun’s lap while he was away.

As Theo and his group went down the tower,

“Kkueng, shall we finish up?”

Kkueng!

[Alright!]

Sejun spurred on the preparation of food for the dragon’s meeting. The cooking was all done, but the final process of decorating the dishes remained.

And

Kkihihit.

I must succeed this time.

Blackie, who enjoys thrills, refused the offer from Sejun on purpose and hid again, aiming for the food.

It’s no fun if it’s easy!

Kking!

[Send a signal when the butler turns his head!]

Blackie carefully took out a piece of squid fry while having his subordinates keep watch.

“Hey! Park Blackie!”

He was caught by Sejun again this time.

But

The Great Blackie has a plan!

Blackie had a plan for when he got caught.

That is, blackmail.

Grrrr. Kking!

[Grrrr. If you give the Great Blackie a diet, I’ll burn *your* coins, Butler!]

The arson dog Blackie threatened Sejun, growling.

However,

“Hehehe. Burn it if you can.”

Sejun was relaxed. Because Theo had already burned all of Sejun’s money while dealing with the Black Flame Firefly.

In other words, Sejun was a beggar with not even 1 Tower Coin to burn.

“But how dare you growl and threaten me, how long should our naughty Blackie be on a diet?”

Sejun pretended to worry with a serious expression.

This isn’t it…

Kking! Kking!

[Butler, the Great Blackie was joking! The Great Blackie will listen well!]

Blackie wagged his tail diligently in front of Sejun, acting cute.

But

“It’s too late.”

It didn’t work, and Blackie, who had threatened Sejun, was forced to go on a diet for two weeks until the birthday party.

Kking…

[I should have listened to big brother…]

I shouldn’t threaten to burn the butler’s money again.

Blackie came to his senses from Sejun’s stern(?) punishment and sealed his power to burn Sejun’s money. How long it will last is unknown.

“Hehehe.”

Where do you think you’re going to act up?

Sejun was happy to have won against Blackie.

But it feels a bit cold since Theo isn’t here.

He looked at his lap, which had found freedom after a long time, with a forlorn expression.

However,

“But isn’t Vice Chairman Theo going to cause an accident? He’s been so focused on selling invitations lately, I’m a bit uneasy.”

Sejun’s expression was quickly filled with worry.

***

On the way down the tower.

“Right then, Yuren,” Theo said, his tail twitching with excitement. “How many of Chairman Park’s amazing birthday party invitations are you going to get, nyaang?”

Yuren blinked, looking a little lost. “Um… how many do you think I should get, Theo?”

“Ha! Easy!” Theo puffed out his chest. “You should get… 300,000, nyaang! Minimum!”

Yuren giggled. “Okay! 300,000 it is then!”

“Puhuhut. Alright, nyaang! The price is 1 million Tower Coins per invitation, nyaang!”

She just bought the quantity that Theo said.

“Kkyut kkyut kkyut. Theo, I’ll take 200,000. I think it would be good to give them to the mages of the Black Field Magic Tower and the Mage Association.”

“Puhuhut. As expected, Iona has a kind heart, nyaang!”

“Kkyut kkyut kkyut.”

Peep! Peep!

[Theo, give me 50,000 too! I’ll give them to my friends in the Cove Kingdom!]

Peep also bought invitations.

Theo sold 550,000 birthday party invitations in an instant with the help of Iona, Yuren, and Peep.

The scale of the party that Sejun had imagined instantly grew by 5400%.

“Puhuhut. First, I need to go to the shopping district and buy all the paper to make invitations, nyaang!”

Of course, this was just the beginning.

Theo and his group arrived at the shopping district, a bustling maze of stalls overflowing with colorful fabrics, gleaming weapons, and stacks of paper of all kinds. The air buzzed with the chatter of merchants and shoppers. They swept up all the paper from every store and stayed up all night making invitations.

***

The Great Silver Dragon’s Lair.

As the 5th Dragon Council day arrived,

Thud. Thud.

The other Great Dragons began to arrive at the Silver Dragon’s Lair in droves.

“Great Silver Dragon Chrisella Histron, thank you for inviting me.”

“Welcome, Great Blue Dragon Karl Aster.”

“Great Silver Dragon Chrisella Histron, thank you for inviting…”

The Great Dragons greeted Chrisella.

The first place they headed after the greetings was the banquet hall where Sejun’s food was set up.

Hmm. If it’s that much, the number of Great Dragons is…

They accurately calculated how much they could eat, down to the gram, considering various variables with their excellent brains.

When all the dragons gathered,

“Then, let’s begin the 5th Dragon Council.”

The meeting began with Chrisella’s words.

Agendas regarding the Creator God, the Black Moon, destruction, and corruption were brought up in order, but most of it was sharing analysis based on the information Sejun had brought.

Because there was nothing they could do about it.

The Creator God in the Creator God’s temple didn’t give any separate instructions, as if telling them to take care of it themselves.

The aura of destruction leaking from the Black Moon was actually something they hoped would come out more, as it was a means of producing Tower Coins for using the Dragon Dragon Market.

Moreover, destruction didn’t show itself, so they couldn’t come up with countermeasures.

Lastly, corruption…

“Corruption?”

“It existed since the Primal God was here?!”

It was an existence they were hearing about for the first time, even after living for tens of thousands of years.

When all the given agendas were finished,

“Ahem. Great Silver Dragon Chrisella Histron. I would like to propose an additional agenda.”

Kaiser said in a slightly hesitant voice.

“Great Black Dragon Kaiser Fritani. I permit it. Propose it.”

“The birthday of Black Tower’s Tower Farmer Park Sejun is coming soon. The Great Dragons have been indebted to Park Sejun, so I request that we bestow the title of Great Honorary Dragonkin.”

Kaiser proposed a birthday gift for Sejun.

“Grandpa! You know it’s Sejun’s birthday soon, right?! Give Sejun the title of Great Honorary Dragonkin as a birthday gift!”

“That’s right! Give the title to our brother-in-law!”

Of course, it was Aileen and Ace who moved Kaiser.

“What?! The title of Great Honorary Dragonkin?!”

“Even if it’s Sejun…”

“It was Sejun’s birthday?”

“But can we handle it if we give it to him?”

The leaders who heard Kaiser’s words were agitated.

The title of Great Honorary Dragonkin was a prestigious title that had only been bestowed once since the birth of the Great Dragonkin, and it could only be given if five or more of the nine Great Dragonkin leaders agreed.

And the one who received the title of Great Honorary Dragonkin was treated as the same Great Dragon by the other Great Dragons.

It was Aileen’s grand plan to marry Sejun.

“I, Great White Dragon Kellion Mamvu, agree.”

“I, Great Red Dragon Lamter Zahir, also agree. Sejun’s food has been a great help to my lair. I wholeheartedly agree.”

“I, Great Golden Dragon Artemis Yul, agree to bestow the title of Great Honorary Dragonkin to Park Sejun.”

“I, Great Silver Dragon Chrisella Histron, also…”

“I, Great Green Dragon Brachio Iolg, also…”

“I, Great Blue Dragon Kin Aster, agree.”

“With this, all the Great Dragon leaders have agreed to bestow the title of Great Honorary Dragonkin to Park Sejun.”

Sejun unanimously received the title of Great Honorary Dragonkin.

And

“Then, Great Dragons who want to put a dragon’s heart into the title of Great Honorary Dragonkin to be bestowed upon Park Sejun, please come forward.”

“I will do it.”

“I will do it!”

Thud. Thud.

The leaders rushed forward at Chrisella’s words.

“Sejun will die if we put all our hearts in. So, only I, who proposed it first, will put it in.”

“I can’t help it then.”

Kaiser threatened the other leaders and took out a very small piece of his dragon’s heart, put it into the title that had taken shape with magic, and completed the title of Great Honorary Dragonkin.

However,

[You have received with the unanimous consent of the Great Nine Dragonkin.]

[You cannot withstand the power of the title.]

[Your life is in danger.]

“Ugh!”

As the title formed above him, Sejun felt a surge of incredible power rush through his body. It was too much, too intense. He gasped, his vision blurring, and then darkness swallowed him whole.

Kkueng

[Dad, hang in there!]

Kking!

[Butler!]

Kkueng and Blackie were diligently treating Sejun.

He was always a glass cannon Sejun, far short of the Great Dragons’ expectations.