Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 151

“Pffft. Only seven more days until my birthday!” Theo declared.

Kooeng chuckled happily, “Kooeng!”

[Big brother, me too!] chimed in Kooeng.

(Bat bat! Me too!) squeaked the Golden Bat.

It was no surprise, as their birthdays were all on the same day as Sejun’s. The animals, who had shared in Sejun’s birthday energy, were full of life again, even more so than before.

Everything seemed okay now. But something felt wrong. No one was getting ready for the birthday.

“But have you guys prepared any gifts?”

“What gifts are you talking about?”

Theo blinked at Sejun, his whiskers twitching in confusion. He looked utterly bewildered, as if Sejun had just spoken in a different language.

Kooeng!

[I’m ready to receive gifts!]

Kooeng patted his cute belly.

(Bat bat? Why do we need to prepare gifts?)

The Golden Bat was just as puzzled.

“I see…”

The animals were only thinking about receiving gifts and not about giving them.

“Think about it. If you’re all just thinking about receiving gifts, who will Theo receive a gift from?”

Sejun was trying to explain that if everyone only thought about receiving, no one would actually get anything.

However,

“Of course, from Chairman Park!”

“Huh?!”

Kooeng! Kooeng!

[Of course! Daddy gives Kooeng gifts too!]

(Bat bat! Sejun gives me gifts!)

The animals all had a plan. A plan to receive gifts from Sejun…

“Then what about my gift, guys?”

“I’ll massage Chairman Park’s tired face!”

Kooeng!

[Kooeng will protect Daddy!]

(Bat bat! I’ll bring Sejun whatever he needs!)

“Ah…”

Sejun realized. He was already receiving so much from the animals.

However,

“It still feels a bit unfair.”

In the end, Sejun was the only one who had to prepare gifts for the animals, which could be solved with grilled fish, Churu, honey and rice cakes, fruit juice, carrots, and grass anyway.

“And tired, you say!!!”

Whack!

Sejun grabbed Theo’s cheek and pulled it as punishment for his harsh words.

“Nya?! What are you doing?!”

Theo struggled to escape Sejun’s grasp.

However,

‘Oh! This is healing!’

Sejun couldn’t let go, addicted to the softness of Theo’s cheek.

As Sejun was holding Theo’s cheek,

[The Tower’s Administrator says she is preparing your gift, so look forward to it.]

“Really? Thank you. But when is Eileen’s birthday?”

Sejun, who thought he wouldn’t receive any birthday gifts, was delighted by Eileen’s words and asked about her birthday.

[The Tower’s Administrator says her birthday is May 5th.]

“Oh! Children’s Day? In Korea, that’s a special day for children.”

[The Tower’s Administrator is furious that she is not a child.]

[The Tower’s Administrator shouts that she can get married too.]

“Ah! Eileen, it’s not that you’re a child, but in Korea, the country I live in, May 5th is a day for children.”

[The Tower’s Administrator asks expectantly if children receive gifts.]

‘Weren’t you just furious that you weren’t a child?’

“You can’t anyway. If you’re over 13, you’re not a child and can’t receive gifts.”

Sejun said as if it was out of the question.

[The Tower’s Administrator is disappointed that the age limit is so strict.]

‘Is that strict?’

If you are considered a child, then everyone on Earth is a child!

As he was talking to Eileen,

“Too bad! I’m not a child!”

Kooeng!

[Kooeng isn’t 13 yet, so Kooeng is a child! Kooeng can get a gift on Children’s Day!]

(Bat bat! I can get one too!)

The animals were eavesdropping on Sejun’s conversation, calculating whether they could receive a Children’s Day gift.

“Anyway, thank you. You’re the only one who remembers my birthday, Eileen.”

[······.]

Eileen fell silent again at Sejun’s words.

With the birthday matters settled for now,

“Are they growing well?”

Sejun went to the walnut field. Sejun had successfully planted a total of three walnuts as of yesterday.

(…T…)

The oldest walnut tree already had wide, green leaves, rustling softly in the gentle breeze.

(…i…)

And the sprout of the walnut planted most recently, yesterday, was just breaking through the soil, shyly poking its head out.

The reason the walnuts could grow so quickly was thanks to the experience of failure he had while planting the special cherry tomatoes.

When he first planted the walnuts,

Plop.

Sejun used his skill, ‘Move Earth!’ and infused magic into the soil as he dug with Miler’s hoe. He had realized that infusing magic into the soil helped the crops when he planted the special cherry tomatoes.

So, when planting the walnuts, he infused magic into the soil,

[You have planted a walnut of training in magic-infused soil.]

[You have achieved the accomplishment of successfully planting crops in magic-infused soil.]

[Job experience greatly increases.]

[Seed Sowing Lv. 6 evolves into Magic Seed Sowing Lv. 6.]

[The effect of Magic Seed Sowing Lv. 6 increases the probability of the walnut of training taking root.]

[The effect of Magic Seed Sowing Lv. 6 speeds up the growth rate of the walnut of training for 24 hours.]

As a result, the Seed Sowing skill evolved into Magic Seed Sowing, creating the miracle of sprouts emerging just one day after planting the walnuts.

Of course, since Magic Seed Sowing also applied to other crops, the cultivation period for crops growing in Sejun’s farm was greatly reduced overall.

And that meant that the crop production would increase during the same period.

“So, of course, I have to sell even harder. Theo, don’t I?”

“Nya?! What’s wrong?”

Before he knew it, Sejun had strapped a bundle on Theo’s back, took Theo off his lap, and placed him on the ground.

Theo, who had been planning to relax and enjoy himself until his birthday, had to go down the tower once again.

Yesterday evening around 8 PM, the US Navy… fired a missile at the ship, which was at sea, and sank it. The ship was a grain transport ship that departed from Lagos, Nigeria…

Currently, every country was in a state of emergency. They were blocking the entry of all ships departing from Nigeria and taking strong action, even firing missiles if a ship in international waters lost contact.

The reason why each country was reacting so frantically was because they were checking daily on the damage Brazil was suffering due to their delayed response.

A few days ago, a drifting ship approached the port of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.

The port’s control tower sent guards to the grain transport ship, which was not responding to radio calls, but the guards reported that there were a huge number of locusts inside the ship and then lost contact.

The control tower realized that the situation was unusual and immediately requested assistance from the military, but as time was delayed here, the ship approached closer to Brazil,

Flap. Flap.

Hundreds of thousands of hungry locusts flew into Brazil. Since then, every day has been a war for Brazil.

For the first two days, there was almost no damage compared to what they had feared. They occasionally saw one or two, but the police could easily subdue them.

But on the third day.

Flap. Flap.

The blue sky was covered with blue locusts. There were over a billion of them.

Brazil had the best environment for locusts to breed because it had a lot of greenery, and the locusts bred explosively in the greenery without being disturbed.

Overnight, one city was occupied by locusts, and the number of deaths, with bodies that could not be found, was in the hundreds of thousands. It was a disaster.

Since then, Brazil has been fighting the locusts with all its might, mobilizing the military, but it has not been very effective.

Each country was receiving information about Brazil every day, so they were strengthening their vigilance against all ships approaching the sea.

“Move Earth!”

Plop!

Sejun, who had sent Theo down, used the skill with Miler’s hoe all afternoon to plant corn.

Moving Earth and Magic Seed Sowing skills consumed a lot of magic, but Sejun’s Talent: Enhanced Magic Circuitry, increased his magic recovery speed, making it manageable.

And,

Kooeng!

Bat bat!

Kooeng was lying on the bed Sejun had made for him, rolling around and singing with the Golden Bat. Waiting for his belly to empty.

At that time,

“Sejun! We have arrived!”

Giant silver wolves came running.

“Good work. How is the 83rd floor of the tower?”

“Fortunately, we found a farm. And there are no dangerous monsters nearby. Hegel is guarding it now.”

Elka, who had scouted the 83rd floor of the tower at Sejun’s request, replied. Sejun learned from his experience of going to the 77th floor of the tower because of the land document and had them scout the 83rd floor in advance before using the land document.

“Really? What’s on the farm?”

“That’s… you’ll be disappointed. Ah!”

Elka hesitated and carefully took out the crop she had brought with her, but she was in pain and dropped it.

Thud.

The crop was densely packed with thorns like a hedgehog.

“Huh?!”

“I knew you would be disappointed. It’s an inedible crop.”

Elka said as if she knew Sejun’s reaction. But her expression clearly showed that she was disappointed that she couldn’t please Sejun.

“No! It’s edible! It’s a chestnut bur!”

“Yes?! A chestnut bur?”

“Yes. Just a moment.”

Sejun stopped talking and carefully examined the thorns of the chestnut bur, flicking them with his finger.

Ting.

A metallic sound was heard. As expected, it was unusual because it grew in the tower. A chestnut bur covered in steel thorns. Well, Elka was in pain from being pricked, so it couldn’t be ordinary thorns.

‘Wow. This is brutal.’

If I had stepped on it without thinking, my soles would have been full of holes. And the thorns might have been poisonous.

“Kooeng, help me!”

Sejun eventually called Kooeng, the all-purpose problem solver.

Kooeng? Kooeng!

[Did you call me? Kooeng will help Daddy!]

Kooeng came running hard with the Golden Bat on his back at Sejun’s call.

“Peel this for me.”

Sejun carefully grabbed one of the chestnut bur’s thorns and handed it to Kooeng,

Kooeng.

Kooeng, who received the chestnut bur, easily peeled it like peeling an orange. There were steel thorns, but they weren’t enough to pierce Kooeng’s thick skin.

Ting. Ting.

Rather, the thorns of the chestnut bur broke like toothpicks under Kooeng’s strength.

And

Kooeng! Kooeng?

[Here it is! But what is this?]

He asked, looking at the two large chestnuts that came out from inside.

“This is called a chestnut. Try eating it.”

Whisk. Whisk.

Sejun peeled the chestnut with a dagger and put it in Kooeng’s mouth,

Crunch. Crunch.

Kooeng chewed, his eyes widening. He stopped chewing, his mouth slightly open in surprise, then started chewing again with even more enthusiasm.

Kooeng! Kooeng!

[This is amazing! It’s a taste I’ve never had before, but it’s delicious!]

Kooeng was excited, waving his arms around.

Crunch.

“Right?! It’s delicious, isn’t it?”

Sejun said, peeling and eating a chestnut in the meantime.

“Kooeng, shall we go chestnut picking?”

Kooeng!

[Yes!]

Kooeng, who never refused anything related to eating, answered energetically.

“Okay. Then wait in his storage space for a moment.”

He often forgot because he didn’t use it often, but if he was in the storage space, he could go with Sejun when he moved.

Kooeng!

Kooeng entered the subspace with the Golden Bat.

And

“Guys, I’m going to the 83rd floor of the tower for a bit.”

This time, he told the rabbits and mushroom ants that he was going somewhere else in advance so they wouldn’t worry about him.

“Eileen, I’m going to the 83rd floor of the tower for a bit.”

Lastly, he told Eileen that he was leaving.

[The Tower’s Administrator tells you to bring back a lot of delicious things when you come.]

“Okay. I’ll bring a lot.”

Swish.

Sejun answered and unfolded the farm deed for the 83rd floor of the tower,

[The summoning function for imprinting the first owner of the farm land document on the 83rd floor of the tower is activated.]

Sejun moved to the 83rd floor of the tower in a safe state this time.