Farming In The Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 122

The conference room was cold and modern. Gagel sat at the head of a long table.

“What’s the locust situation in Africa? I think we need to reduce their numbers a bit,” Gagel asked, his voice calm but strong.

Gagel was secretly making less food available. Because of this, leaders in America and Europe were getting worried as food prices went up.

The director in charge of African food supplies answered Gagel, “Starting tomorrow, we will use drones to spray a new, safe bug spray all over Africa.”

“Good. What about the payment?”

Even though he was pressured, Gagel always tried to get something good for himself in business. So, Gagel secretly talked to African governments to get paid.

“We will get farms and mines from each government.”

People in Africa were very hungry and angry. Riots could start anytime. So, the African governments agreed to everything Gagel wanted to stay in power.

“Hmm, not bad. This bug spray is safe, right?”

“Yes! You don’t have to worry. It won’t hurt people even if they eat a lot of it. But it will mess up locusts’ bodies even if they only eat a little bit.”

“Okay. Next, the vice president’s report.”

“Yes!”

Michael began his report.

“We took out all the skeleton tombs from the second floor of the tower. Now they are all experience farms. We are also making more experience farms on the third floor.”

“Revenue?”

“We are making 10,000 Tower Coins each day. That’s about 10 million dollars…”

Michael kept talking in a confident voice. He didn’t know what bad things were happening because of his work.

In the administrator’s area of the Black Tower…

Munch munch.

Eileen was eating the songpyeon Sejun gave her. Her cheeks were full.

Sejun didn’t give Eileen a giant songpyeon. Eileen was using magic to become human.

Eileen could now use magic to become human easily in the administrator’s area. There was a lot of magic there.

Gulp.

“Hee hee hee. Delicious! Nom nom.”

Eileen quickly put two more songpyeon in her mouth.

At first, she felt embarrassed to become a human. But after becoming human to see Sejun, she thought being human was actually great.

As a dragon, she would need to eat 2,000 songpyeon to feel full. But as a human, just two songpyeon could fill her mouth!

“Hee hee hee. I should repay him too.”

She wanted to cook for him to say thank you. But Sejun always said he would cook.

“Hee hee hee. Sejun is so kind to me. I will cook for him later as a surprise.”

Eileen decided to cook later to surprise Sejun. It wasn’t because she was bad at cooking, no way!

“I should put magic on my scales and give them to him as a gift.”

She wanted to give Sejun a very special gift, something unique. Eileen was jealous that Kaiser gave Sejun magic scales. Now she had lots of magic, so she could make one herself.

Eileen stopped being human.

Thud.

Eileen became a dragon again.

“Where is it?”

Eileen looked through her things. She was searching for a box of scales she lost when she was a baby dragon. Dragons usually keep their scales and teeth. They know these are great materials for magic.

“Ah! Here it is.”

Eileen took out a scale.

“Ouch!”

She bit her finger to make a small cut. Eileen wasn’t as skilled as Kaiser yet. She couldn’t put magic on things just using magic power.

Drip. Drip.

Eileen put the drops of red blood on her claw. Then…

“I have to finish before the blood dries!”

Scritch. Scritch.

She quickly started drawing a magic circle on her scale.

“I should plant these again.”

Sejun picked up the seeds from the screaming pineapple. A golden bat had drunk the juice from it. Then Sejun planted the seeds in the field.

[You have planted the seeds of the Screaming Pineapple.]

[Your job experience has slightly increased.]

[The proficiency of Seed Sowing Lv. 6 has slightly increased.]

[Due to the effect of Proficiency Increase Lv. 1, the proficiency of Seed Sowing Lv. 6 is additionally increased by 5%.]

It was a new type of pineapple. So, he planned to grow it for now. It would be okay as long as he didn’t pick it himself.

After planting the seeds,

“Now, let’s do the dishes.”

Sejun started washing the dishes. He had eaten with the animals.

At that moment,

[The administrator of the tower says that she enjoyed the songpyeon you gave her.]

[The administrator of the tower says that she has prepared something for you as well.]

“Huh?! She made something? Please don’t let it be food!”

He hoped it wasn’t food. Sejun remembered the time Eileen’s soup poisoned the pond. He could never forget that! It was a big shock.

[The administrator of the tower says that it is not food but an item.]

“An item? Oh, good.”

Sejun felt relieved it wasn’t food. But then…

[The administrator of the tower says that she is sorry to disappoint you.]

[The administrator of the tower says that she will prepare food next time.]

Eileen thought Sejun was sad.

“No! No! I’m not sad! Eileen, please don’t ever cook! I will cook forever!”

Sejun quickly said no. He really didn’t want Eileen to cook, not even to talk about cooking.

Then,

[……]

“Eileen?”

Eileen didn’t answer again.

Instead,

“Huh?”

Suddenly, a black heart necklace appeared in Sejun’s hand. It had strange red letters on it.

“What’s this?”

The black heart was made of something hard. It was small and cute, about the size of his thumb.

However,

“I hope it’s not weird?”

The strange red letters on the black heart made him feel worried.

But because Eileen gave it to him, and he trusted her, Sejun looked at the necklace carefully.

[Young Dragon’s Scale Necklace]

The great black dragon Eileen Fritani put a magic circle on her baby dragon scale. She used her own dragon blood. This is the first time she made one. So, it’s not perfect.

If the scale breaks, very strong healing magic will start working.

Only for: Park Sejun, who Eileen Fritani likes, and has Strength of 100 or more.

This necklace was different from the magical scales Kaiser had given him. It wasn’t automatic; Sejun had to wear it to use it. And it wasn’t very powerful magic. But none of that mattered to Sejun.

This was the first thing Aileen had ever made for him. *She even used her own blood to make it,* he realized, a warm feeling spreading through him. Sejun was truly grateful just to receive it. There was just one small problem.

Sejun looked at the necklace in his hand, then at Aileen. “You want me to *use* this?” he asked gently.

His Strength was only 17.8 right now. He needed over 100 Strength to even break Aileen’s scale! It seemed Aileen meant for him to use it if he was in danger. But for Sejun, it felt too precious, more like a treasure to keep safe.

Sejun smiled warmly at Aileen. “I appreciate the thought so much, Aileen. Thank you.” He carefully put the necklace around his neck.

“Chairman Park, let’s go to bed, nya!” Theo said, coming out of the kitchen with Iona.

“What about the dishes?” Sejun asked.

“Oink oink oink! We finished everything!” Iona replied.

Under Iona’s leadership, the animals had finished the dishes.

“Really? Good job. Let’s go to bed now,” Sejun said.

“Okay, nya!” Theo cheered.

“Oink oink oink! Yes!” Iona added.

Sejun took Theo and Iona to bed.

Sejun woke up with a groan.

“Nya…” Theo mumbled in his sleep, still on Sejun’s lap.

Swish.

Sejun drew a line on the wall, marking the start of his 279th day of being stranded.

Ke-ack!

The mushroom ants, tiny and busy, hurried about their work, their little legs moving quickly as they carried mushrooms. They woke up at dawn to harvest mushrooms from their backs and head to the fields, greeting Sejun. Now that there was no reason to worry too much about how many mushrooms they picked, Sejun allowed the mushroom ants to harvest freely.

“Yeah. Hello. Are you going to eat breakfast?” Sejun asked.

Ke-ack!

The mushroom ants answered Sejun’s question by moving the fulling block up and down.

The mushroom ants had been pruning the cherry tomato field and having their meals at the same time since lunchtime yesterday.

It was good because he could prune the branches and feed the mushroom ants at the same time.

And the mushroom ants helped with other farming tasks besides pruning. Since their original job was similar to farming, the mushroom ants quickly became skilled farmers after the rabbits taught them a few more things.

While Sejun was greeting the mushroom ants,

Goro long.

Kyurorong.

Theo and Iona were still snoring and sleeping soundly.

“First, I’ll eat breakfast, and then I should make some sweet rice cakes, a popular treat today. Where’s the rice dough?” Sejun wondered.

Sejun looked for the rice dough that swallowed wealth, which he had received from Kellion. The rabbits had taken care of the rice dough and carefully placed it on one side of the kitchen.

Sejun went to the rice dough.

“Huh?!”

The rice dough wasn’t quite the same shape as before. It looked a little rounder, almost like it had puffed up overnight.

“What is it?” Sejun wondered.

Sejun examined the condition of the rice dough.

“Huh?!”

There was added information.

[Artifact: Rice Dough that Swallows Wealth]

The ability has increased by swallowing enormous wealth.

When the Rice Dough that Swallows Wealth swallows wealth, you can choose between rice dough and rice flour. (1 Tower Coin for 1kg of rice dough, 0.5kg of rice flour)

Usage Restriction: Lv. 50 or higher, Magic Power 50 or higher

Creator: Bbukbbuk

Rating: AA+

“Enormous wealth?” Sejun wondered.

He only used 10 Tower Coins? Sejun was surprised. He didn’t know Kaiser had spent 10 *million* Tower Coins to upgrade this dough! *Wow, that’s a lot,* Sejun thought.

He was already worried about whether to dry the rice dough and turn it back into flour because the dough for rice cake and makgeolli was different, or whether to use another method, but the problem was solved at once.

Kaiser lost 10 million Tower Coins, but thanks to that, he could make more delicious makgeolli, so it was a win-win for both Sejun and Kaiser.

“Okay, let’s eat breakfast,” Sejun said.

Since they had eaten all the food made yesterday, this morning they had roasted sweet potato slices and cherry tomato juice for the first time in a while.

Then, he mixed the rice flour with a little water until it was slightly lumpy and steamed it, completing the dough for making rice cakes. But it still lacked chewiness.

Of course. The final process to add chewiness remained.

“Kkuenga, pound it!” Sejun said.

Kkuenga!

At Sejun’s words, Kkuenga raised his branch above his head and tried to hit the rice dough with all his might.

‘Oops!’ Sejun thought.

Sejun realized that he had used too strong a word because he was too excited.

“Stop…” Sejun said.

So, when Sejun was trying to stop Kkuenga in a hurry,

Bbyak!

The black rabbit’s cry was heard from afar.

Kkuenga?!

At the black rabbit’s cry, Kkuenga hurriedly turned his head towards the sound. “Black Rabbit hyung?!”

Bbyak!

The Black Rabbit wore a magnificent golden outfit, embroidered with tiny, sparkling threads. It looked like something a king would wear, but somehow, on the Black Rabbit, it seemed a little too formal, a little out of place. The black rabbit, who had moved quickly, had already appeared next to Kkuenga. “Hyung is here!”

Kkuenga!

Kkuenga greeted the black rabbit enthusiastically. “Hyung!”

“Black Rabbit, you’re here, nya?” Theo said.

“Oink. It’s been a while,” Iona added.

(Black Rabbit hyung! Hello!)

Almost a 10-day reunion. While the animals were greeting the black rabbit, whom they had met after a long time,

“Black Rabbit, it’s good to see you… but what about the 55th floor of the tower? Is something wrong?” Sejun asked worriedly.

Bbyak!

“[Urgent business. Carrot seeds needed.],” the black rabbit said.

At Sejun’s question, the black rabbit climbed onto Sejun’s shoulder and answered. The black rabbit had come to get seeds to plant carrots on the 55th floor of the tower.

“Okay. Instead, pound this for me since you’re here,” Sejun said, pointing to the rice dough. Sejun had often thought about how chewy the rice cake would be if he pounded it with the black rabbit’s hammer.

Bbyak!

Bbyok! Bbyok! Bbyok!

At Sejun’s words, the black rabbit began to hit the rice dough. Putting his emotions into it as if he was relieving stress.

‘Black Rabbit, you… were you having a hard time?’ Sejun wondered.

Rebuilding the kingdom couldn’t have been easy. Sejun thought that he should definitely give the black rabbit a boost before he returned to the 55th floor of the tower.