Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 109

Sejun wondered, “How many crops did I harvest?”

He counted the blue crops, filled with the aura of the Blue Moon.

“201, 202… 221,” he said.

Even after sharing quite a bit with Kkueng, 221 crops remained.

“Good,” Sejun said, feeling pleased.

He had harvested 150 cherry tomatoes, 31 sweet potatoes, 20 regular potatoes, and 20 carrots, all infused with the Blue Moon’s aura.

“First, I’ll eat about 80 cherry tomatoes,” Sejun decided.

Each blue C-grade cherry tomato increased his magic power by 0.3. With his current magic power at 48.75, he aimed to reach 70 to unlock the Thunder Throw skill.

“I can share the rest with everyone,” he thought.

Kkueng! Kkueng made a noise, reminding Sejun not to forget his hard work.

“Of course!” Sejun said. “I’ll make 10 honey sweet potatoes just for you, Kkueng.”

Kkueng! Kkueng cheered happily.

“So, let’s get back to work,” Sejun said.

Sejun and Kkueng began harvesting the regular crops, starting with the cherry tomato field.

Drip. Drip.

After harvesting for a while…

[You have harvested 1000 magic cherry tomatoes.]

[One More! Lv. 1 is activated.]

[You have acquired 1 additional magic cherry tomato.]

Upon harvesting 1000 cherry tomatoes, the ‘One More!’ skill activated, giving him one extra.

“A thousand plus one,” Sejun said.

It wasn’t a big change right away. But Sejun thought, “Little by little, it will help.”

So he kept harvesting.

Kkueng!

When the harvested cherry tomatoes filled a wooden box, Kkueng, who had been playing in the subspace warehouse, got up and stacked the boxes neatly.

“Thank you,” Sejun said. “Crop Enlargement.”

Sejun used the Crop Enlargement skill on the cherry tomatoes he would give to Kkueng as a reward.

[The magic cherry tomato is enlarged 5 times.]

[Job experience slightly increases.]

[Proficiency of Crop Enlargement Lv. 1 slightly increases.]

The cherry tomato grew five times its size, becoming as big as a plum. Sejun enlarged 10 cherry tomatoes and gave them to Kkueng.

Kkueng!

Kkueng’s eyes widened when he saw the big cherry tomatoes. He bounced with joy, making happy squeaking sounds. He loved the taste.

Every time Kkueng moved a box, Sejun used ‘Crop Enlargement’ on the cherry tomatoes he gave to Kkueng.

[The magic cherry tomato is enlarged 5 times.]

[Job experience slightly increases.]

[Proficiency of Crop Enlargement Lv. 1 slightly increases.]

[Proficiency of Crop Enlargement Lv. 1 is filled, and the level increases.]

The skill level increased quickly. Now, the skill enlarged crops six times their original size.

“Let’s eat now,” Sejun announced.

Kkueng!

At the word ‘eat,’ Kkueng jumped up excitedly.

Sejun went into the kitchen. The smell of sweet potatoes filled the air. He started to hum a happy tune as he began to cook. The fire crackled softly in the stove.

Kkuengeh! Kkueng!

Kkueng also sang along with Sejun.

Squeak!

Bbaa!

Bbaap!

The rabbits gathered for dinner after their work.

“Eat this,” Sejun said, handing 20 blue carrots to the rabbits.

Sejun and Kkueng had already eaten many cherry tomatoes. Sejun also felt faster after the harvest festival. So, he decided to give all the carrots to the rabbits.

He used the potatoes for soup. After setting aside 10 sweet potatoes for Kkueng’s honey sweet potatoes, he roasted the rest.

“Who knew the dragons would like roasted sweet potatoes so much?” Sejun wondered.

At first, he thought only Aileen liked them, but Kaiser and Anton also enjoyed roasted sweet potatoes.

Crunch. Crunch.

The rabbits ate carrots while waiting for the food. Sejun ate blue cherry tomatoes to increase his magic power.

[You have consumed a magic cherry tomato containing the aura of the Blue Moon.]

[Magic power permanently increases by 0.3.]

…

When he ate his 71st cherry tomato…

[Magic power exceeds 70.]

[The seal on Thunder Throw of Thunder Lv. 1 is released.]

[All seals on Thunder Lv. 1 have been released.]

[Skill level increases according to the accumulated proficiency of Thunder Lv. 1.]

[Proficiency of Thunder Lv. 1 is filled, and the level increases.]

[Proficiency of Thunder Lv. 2 is filled, and the level increases.]

“Oh!” Sejun exclaimed.

As all the seals were released, the Thunder skill jumped to level 3. This was because Sejun had practiced making storm clouds.

Sejun felt a tingling feeling in his hands. He was close to reaching his goal.

‘I should go to the West Forest tomorrow and test it out,’ he thought.

He couldn’t use Thunder Throw here, so he planned to use it on the fire ants.

Kkueng!

Kkueng called Sejun, wanting his honey sweet potatoes.

“It’ll be done soon,” Sejun replied.

Sejun tried to finish cooking everything at the same time.

A little later…

“It’s all done!” Sejun announced.

Sejun finished the soup, honey sweet potatoes, and roasted sweet potatoes together.

Flap. Flap.

-Sejun, you rascal! Bring out the roasted sweet potatoes now!

Kaiser flew over, shouting, eager for the food.

[The Tower Administrator demands to know if you are angry at our Sejun right now.]

-An…angry! Absolutely not.

“Kaiser! Easy there,” Sejun chuckled, holding out the sweet potatoes. “Don’t scare the rabbits. And Aileen, you too. There’s plenty for everyone.”

Sejun calmed the dragons and took the roasted sweet potatoes from the brazier.

“Kaiser, I’ll give you 15 since you have to share with the other dragons,” Sejun said.

-Ahem. Thank you.

Whirr.

The black dragon statue swallowed the roasted sweet potatoes in one gulp.

“Aileen, I’ll give you 5 roasted sweet potatoes and 50 cherry tomatoes,” Sejun offered.

Aileen had been taking honey jelly for a long time, and her magic talent had increased, improving her Dragon Heart condition. Now, she could eat crops with magic power again.

[The Tower Administrator says thank you.]

After giving roasted sweet potatoes to the dragons, Sejun began eating with the animals.

Sprinkle sprinkle sprinkle.

Sejun sprinkled pepper on the soup and scooped up potato chunks.

“Hoo. Hoo,” he said, cooling the soup with his breath before tasting it.

The savory taste of the ingredients, combined with the salt and pepper, was perfect.

The potatoes were soft and fluffy.

“Wow,” Sejun said.

It was delicious, especially since he hadn’t eaten well earlier.

After finishing a bowl of soup…

[You have consumed purple potato soup containing the aura of the Blue Moon.]

[Strength permanently increases by 0.2.]

It was a smaller effect than eating the ingredients raw, but the soup still gave him a boost.

“Oh!” Sejun exclaimed.

Sejun was about to eat another bowl when…

Clang. Clang.

Kkueng… Kkueng was hitting the empty pot, looking sad. He had eaten all his honey sweet potatoes in one minute and was now trying to get more soup.

Kaiser laughed, peeling a roasted sweet potato. Steam rose from it, but Kaiser’s fire resistance protected him.

Sejun would have envied that ability.

Kaiser took a big bite of the sweet potato. He was supposed to share, but he didn’t want to.

‘I can’t share something this good,’ he thought.

Dragons were definitely greedy.

“Oh!” Kaiser exclaimed.

The sweet potato tasted amazing because of the Blue Moon’s aura. But it made his throat dry.

Pop!

Glug glug glug.

Kaiser poured fire carrot wine into a glass and drank it all.

“Kyaa!” he sighed in satisfaction.

The wine and sweet potato made a perfect combination.

“Kyahahaha. Good, good,” Kaiser said.

‘Hehehe. Well done, our granddaughter,’ he thought, praising Aileen for making Sejun the Tower Farmer.

Whoosh.

Kaiser quickly hid the sweet potato.

A little later…

“Father, what are you eating alone?” Anton asked, looking at Kaiser with sharp eyes. The smell of sweetness filled the room.

“Ahem. What am I eating? I was just having a simple drink,” Kaiser said, trying to act casual. He didn’t want to share.

“Hand it over,” Anton demanded.

“Wha…what are you talking about?” Kaiser asked.

“The roasted sweet potatoes,” Anton said.

‘How did he know?’ Kaiser wondered.

“Here,” Kaiser said, handing over one sweet potato.

“I know you received 15 from Sejun,” Anton said.

“Eek!” Kaiser exclaimed.

Kaiser was shocked. Anton had been listening to the black dragon statue’s conversations.

Kaiser’s plan to eat all the sweet potatoes was ruined.

After dinner, Sejun thought about why Kkueng hadn’t gone berserk during the Blue Moon. He realized it was because Kkueng was a guardian.

He tried to make Mom Crimson Giant Bear the guardian instead of Ppyu Ppyu, but…

[The guardian cannot be changed once designated.]

Once chosen, a guardian couldn’t be changed.

“It can’t be done,” Sejun said.

Sejun decided to be more careful when choosing a guardian in the future. He got up to go to sleep.

“Kkueng, let’s sleep together,” he said.

He had been sleeping with the animals lately and felt lonely sleeping alone.

Kkueng!

Kkueng shook his head and ran away. He wanted to sleep with his mom!

“…Ah. What am I doing at the age of 26?” Sejun wondered.

Feeling a bit sad, Sejun went to his bedroom and lay down.

Snore.

He fell asleep quickly.

(Sejun, I’m here!)

Flap flap.

A golden bat guarded Sejun as he slept.

“President Theo, what’s wrong?” Intern Jeff asked. He had joined on the 67th floor of the Tower. Theo was taking some interns to the 38th floor to help with reconstruction.

“It’s ominous, meow. Go faster, meow!” Theo said.

“More?!” Jeff asked.

“Quiet, meow! Do you want to extend your contract, meow?!” Theo shouted at the interns.

“Understood,” they replied.

No one could refuse Theo.

Thanks to running fast, Theo arrived at the camp on the 38th floor 50 hours after leaving the 99th floor.

“Humans, I have arrived, meow!” Theo announced.

“It’s Theo!” someone shouted.

“The cat merchant is here!”

Hunters rushed to greet Theo.

“Fuhuhut. Were you waiting for me, meow?!” Theo asked, pleased.

“Of course! Why haven’t you come lately?” a hunter asked.

“Yeah! We’ve been waiting for days!” another added.

The hunters gathered around Theo, ready for the auction.

“Bill, Jeff,” Theo called.

“Yes,” they replied.

Bill and Jeff took out wooden boxes and stacked them.

Hop.

Theo jumped onto the boxes.

“I will now start the auction, meow! First, magic cherry tomatoes, meow!”

At that moment…

“Move!” someone shouted.

“Please make way!”

Hunters carried unconscious hunters with black skin into the camp. They had been poisoned.

“Get out of the way, meow!” Theo shouted.

Swish.

Theo quickly put detoxifying green onions in the mouths of the poisoned hunters.

“I thought he only cared about money…” a hunter said.

“He saved people without hesitation…” another added.

The hunters’ opinions of Theo changed.

‘Fuhuhut. I made money, meow!’ Theo thought.

Theo was planning to make money no matter what. One of the unconscious hunters was Lucilia, the leader of the Wizard Guild.