Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 135

The employee behind the counter looked at Theo and shook his head slowly. “I’m sorry, Theo,” he said in a calm voice, “but you still don’t meet the requirements.”

“What?! Nyaa?!” Theo’s fur bristled. “What do you mean? I’ve done everything! I’ve met all the conditions to be the best wandering merchant, nyaa! Are you even listening to me, nyaa?!” He felt a surge of anger. It seemed like this employee was just dismissing him, treating him like he was unimportant. Theo hated that feeling, nyaa! He puffed out his chest.

‘I’ll summon my subordinates, nyaa!’

Theo got so angry he thought about calling his friends. Should he call Iona? Or Kkueng? Maybe Elka, Hegel, or even the Black Minotaurs to scare the employee?

The employee handed Theo a paper detailing the qualifications for the best wandering merchant.

“There was such a thing, nyaa?!” Theo hurriedly read the paper.

[Best Wandering Merchant Qualification Requirements]

1. Possess capital of 5 million Top Coins or more.

2. Employ 5 or more staff.

3. Secure 3 or more exclusive products.

4. Handle 100 or more products.

5. Have 5 or more clients with monthly sales of 100,000 Top Coins or more.

*To become the best wandering merchant, meet 3 of the above 5 conditions and visit the Wandering Merchant Association headquarters.

“There was such a thing, nyaa?!”

“Yes. It’s not well known because there are usually few merchants trying to become the best wandering merchant.”

“I didn’t know, nyaa.”

The employee explained, “Most merchants focus on conditions one, two, and four because they are easiest to achieve with money.”

The employee kindly explained to Theo. Thanks to that, Theo didn’t summon his subordinates.

“Numbers 1, 2, and 4, nyaa?”

The conditions the employee mentioned could all be solved with money. The first condition was obvious, and hiring 5 employees and securing 100 products could also be done with money.

“Hmm… In Theo’s case… well…”

While Theo was reading the paper, the employee was about to look through Theo’s activity history and tell him to come back when he met the lacking qualifications, but

“Here. I meet numbers 1, 2, 3, and 5, nyaa!” Theo said to the employee and started taking out documents from his pack to prove his qualifications.

“What?! Already?!”

“That’s right, nyaa! First, 5 million Top Coins, nyaa!” Theo took out the money and met the first condition.

And

“Here are the employment contracts, nyaa!” He also took out the contract with the cat interns. Employment contracts with a total of 8 creatures. He easily met the second condition as well.

“These are crops with item effects, nyaa! And these are my regular clients, nyaa!” Sejun’s crops exceeded 10, meeting the condition of 3 or more exclusive products. Moreover, Theo had many regular guilds and hunters, so he had more than 20 clients with monthly sales of 100,000 Top Coins or more.

As Theo met the 3rd and 5th conditions,

“Oh! Amazing!” The employee had never seen a wandering merchant meet the conditions so quickly, so he looked at Theo with admiration.

“Puhuhu. Of course, nyaa! I am amazing, nyaa! Because I am the great black….”

Theo, feeling proud, began to reveal his identity.

But

“Just a moment!” The employee hurriedly ran somewhere.

“Nyaa?! Where are you going without hearing my introduction, nyaa…?” As Theo was feeling gloomy because he couldn’t properly introduce himself again,

“Here is the badge proving you are the best wandering merchant.” The employee brought a golden badge made of gold.

“From now on, you can use the Light Speed Merchant Tunnel if you apply. Would you like to apply? The application fee is 100,000 Top Coins.”

“Here it is, nyaa!” Theo gladly paid 100,000 Top Coins. These days, he was receiving hundreds of thousands of Top Coins just in incentives from Sejun. Theo was now rich too.

“And you can engrave a phrase introducing yourself here. What would you like to engrave?”

“Puhuhu. Listen well, nyaa.”

Theo told the employee the phrase to introduce himself that he wanted to engrave on the golden badge.

The employee looked worried. “Are you sure you want to write that? If the real Black Dragon’s followers see this, you could be in serious trouble!”

[Theo Park, subordinate of the Great Black Dragon, the deadly yellow cat]

“That’s right, nyaa!”

“Sigh. I understand. Please wait a moment.” The employee took the golden badge and went back to the wizard to ask for magical enhancements. And the wizard engraved enhancement, preservation, and binding magic, among others.

“Here it is.”

That’s how Theo became the best wandering merchant.

‘I’m finally the best wandering merchant, nyaa!’

Theo was moved as he thought about himself from a few months ago when he was scammed by Skaram.

And

‘This is all thanks to Park Sejun’s lap, nyaa!’

He praised Sejun’s lap, his truth, once more and

“Then show me the land documents, nyaa!” He finally started buying the land documents, his original purpose.

“What should we do? Land document transactions have been temporarily suspended recently.”

“What do you mean, nyaa?!”

“Well… recently, there have been robbers who kill people with land documents and steal them, so we have suspended transactions for the safety of our customers for the time being.”

“Then there’s no other way to get land documents, nyaa?”

“Hmm… Ah! There is a way that only Theo can do, although the probability is low.”

“What is it, nyaa?!”

“Originally, our Wandering Merchant Association gives the qualification to take one item you want from the association’s lost and found warehouse if you meet all five qualification requirements within one day of becoming the best wandering merchant.”

What the employee said was a tradition that almost no one knew about now. The employee suddenly remembered what his mentor had told him 30 years ago.

‘My mentor said that land documents came out of the lost and found warehouse about 100 years ago.’

So at the time, many merchants were eager to meet the 5 conditions to enter the lost and found warehouse. And it quickly died down…

Because the association’s lost and found warehouse had almost all the valuable items disposed of and only ambiguous items collected. It wasn’t worth the effort.

“I’ll do it, nyaa!” Theo realized that the time had come for his front paws to shine again.

“Wait a moment, nyaa!” Theo hurriedly went outside and bought things indiscriminately to create 100 items to handle.

“Give me a discount, nyaa!” Of course, haggling 3 times was a basic option.

1 hour later.

“Here, I’ve created 100 items to handle, nyaa!” Theo bought the items and returned to the association headquarters, meeting all five conditions of the best wandering merchant.

“Congratulations. Please follow me.” The employee took Theo to the lost and found warehouse built of stone behind the headquarters. The building looked sturdy enough that it would not collapse even under powerful magic.

“Who is it?!” The rhino guard with a huge build guarding the lost and found warehouse saw the approaching employee and Theo and raised his spear.

“Hello, Taru. I am Zion, an employee of the headquarters. I have brought Theo, who has qualified to enter the lost and found warehouse according to the association’s tradition.”

“Hmm… tradition… interesting. Good.”

Thud!

As Taru opened the door to the huge lost and found warehouse,

Whoosh!

The torches inside the lost and found warehouse began to light up.

“Go in. Since you’ve come after almost 100 years, I’ll make a special exception and allow you to take out 2 items.”

“Thank you, nyaa! Then let’s make it 3, nyaa!” Theo tried to be sneaky and asked, “Thank you! Could I maybe take three items instead?”

“What?! Haha. How audacious. Good! Let’s make it 3!” Taru readily agreed, knowing that no matter how much he took out of the warehouse, he would only get trash if he had no luck.

“Thank you, nyaa!” At Taru’s words, Theo excitedly rushed into the lost and found warehouse.

“You’re going to build a magic tower on the 99th floor of the tower?”

“Yes.”

“Okay. I’ll allow it.” There was no reason to object. Rather, if wizards were stationed here, he could ask them to use magic when needed, which would help with farming.

“Kkyut! Kkyut! Kkyut!” Iona made a sound of joy at Sejun’s permission.

“But have you decided on the location to build the tower?”

“Yes! I’m thinking of the south.”

“The south?”

“Yes!” Iona was thinking of sweeping away the fire ants and building the magic tower there.

“How many people?”

“300, but it may increase a bit more.”

As Sejun was talking with Iona,

Kkueng! Kkueng, who had been waiting next to him and got bored, took out a banana from his snack pouch and started eating it. It was the last banana he had saved.

“Kkyut? What is that?” As the sweet smell of the banana spread, Iona looked at the banana and asked.

“It’s called a banana. Would you like to try it?” Sejun took a banana from his subspace pocket, peeled it, cut it into small pieces, and gave it to Iona.

“Thank you.” Iona thanked Sejun and took a bite of the banana.

And

“Kkyut! Kkyut! Kkyut!” Making a joyful cry, Iona hugged the banana tightly with her short arms and legs and began to eat it diligently.

At that moment,

Kkueng… Kkueng… Kkueng, who had finished his banana, secretly entered Sejun’s subspace pocket. He was aiming for the bananas inside the pocket.

Clang. Sejun closed the subspace pocket door without knowing that Kkueng had entered.

And

“Now, I should work.” He started working, looking around the farm where he had been absent for the past few days.

Squeak!

Kkeaak!

As he walked around the farm, the rabbits and mushroom ants, who had been struggling under the management of the two dragons, greeted Sejun enthusiastically. Fortunately, the two dragons had managed the farm well, so there were no major problems.

Sejun, having inspected the farm, headed to the storage.

Pyaa!

The rabbit guarding the storage greeted Sejun.

“Have you been well?”

Pyaa!

Clink.

The rabbit took out money and answered.

“What? Kaiser and Kellion took the crops from the storage and paid for them?”

‘Nice!’

They were taking the items and paying on their own; at this rate, it was almost a mart. Sejun, having talked with the rabbit, entered the storage.

“Oh! Elixir!” As he looked around the crops and went to the end of the storage, several elixir mushrooms grown by the mushroom ants were carefully stored separately.

[Elixir: Pine Mushroom]

[Elixir: Oyster Mushroom]

[Elixir: Shiitake Mushroom]

The grade was all C, with the effect of all stats +1.

“I should put it in the cooking later.” Elixir mushroom hot pot. Just the name sounded like it would be good for the body. Sejun decided to make the dish when a few more elixir mushrooms grew and

Clang. He opened the subspace pocket. It was to safely store the elixir in the pocket.

At that moment,

Kkulorong. He heard Kkueng’s snoring from inside.

“Huh??” Why was Kkueng’s snoring coming from here? Sejun wondered and went to the source of the sound, and he saw Kkueng sleeping in a sprawling position. His belly was very full, probably from eating several bananas.

‘He must have eaten 5000.’ Sejun estimated the number of bananas Kkueng had eaten, looking at the bananas in the pocket.

Kkueng…

Kkueng rubbed his eyes and opened them at Sejun’s presence.

And

Kkueng… Kkueng subtly hugged Sejun’s leg and pretended to sleep again.

“Kkueng, I wonder where the bananas that were here went?” Sejun looked at Kkueng with fierce eyes,

Kkueng…

[Kkueng doesn’t know….] Kkueng avoided Sejun’s eyes and answered.

“Then what about this belly?” Sejun grabbed Kkueng’s bulging belly and asked.

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Kkueng couldn’t answer.

“Caught you! Banana thief! Booboobooboop.” Sejun punished the banana thief by making fart sounds on Kkueng’s bulging belly.

“Kkuhehehe. Kkueng?”

[Hehehe. But how did you know Kkueng ate the banana?] Kkueng, who had eaten all the banana peels to avoid leaving evidence, asked with genuine curiosity.

“Hehehe. I have ways of knowing everything. So, don’t lie to Daddy, or you’ll be in trouble! Got it?!” Sejun said solemnly and stroked Kkueng’s bulging belly.