Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 157

“Brachio, what exactly did you mean by what you said earlier?” Artemis asked after Kaiser left. She was confused by Brachio’s suggestion to hand over the Tower Farmer to Kaiser.

“That’s a secret.”

“Brachio, did you obtain one of the Creation God’s Tablets?”

“How did you… know?!” Brachio was caught off guard and looked surprised.

“No need to be so surprised. I also obtained a piece of the Creation God’s Tablet. Kellion, you have a piece too, don’t you?”

“Yes.” Kellion answered like it was not important. He had seen a piece of the Creation God’s Tablet on the 99th floor of the Black Tower and suspected that each tower might have one.

Artemis thought Brachio must have a Tablet piece. Why else would he ask Kaiser for the Tower Farmer? She was sure of it. He must have seen something in the Creation God’s Tablet. Artemis was so sure because her piece contained:

[The Second Commandment – The Tower Farmer can command the Tower Farmers of other towers.]

The word ‘command’ is important here. Depending on the interpretation, it could mean that one Tower Farmer can command all the other Tower Farmers.

So, Artemis talked proudly about her own Tower Farmer. She was planning ahead for the future.

“I bet your tablet says something like you can take Tower Farmers from other towers, right?” Artemis asked with a knowing look.

“……” Brachio neither confirmed nor denied it. If he said yes or no, he would tell them something about the tablet.

“Let’s do this…” Artemis saw they were not getting anywhere by hiding things. She had an idea for Brachio and Kellion.

She suggested they wager their Dragon Hearts and share what they knew about the pieces of the Creation God’s Tablet.

“Of course, we must also swear not to reveal what we hear here to other dragons.”

“Alright.”

“Good.” Brachio and Kellion accepted Artemis’s proposal.

“Good. I’ll start then.” After Artemis spoke about her tablet, Brachio and Kellion followed.

[The Fifth Commandment – A Tower Farmer can become a Tower Farmer of another tower if they wish.]

[The Sixth Commandment – Tower Farmers can exchange crops through contracts with each other.]

The two knew the Fifth and Sixth Commandments.

Three out of the nine pieces were about Tower Farmers. Moreover, the 2nd, 5th, and 6th commandments. Therefore, it was reasonable to assume that at least the 2nd to 6th commandments were all about Tower Farmers.

And assuming there was one Creation God’s Tablet in each of the eight towers, there was a possibility that a total of eight commandments existed. Then, at least five out of the eight would be about Tower Farmers.

“This confirms it. The Creation God clearly wants to achieve something through the Tower Farmers.” Artemis said confidently.

“Then, see you at the next meeting.” The dragons, their minds complicated by the contents of the Creation God’s Tablet, returned to their homes.

Day 313 of being stranded, morning.

“Oof!” As Sejun woke up, he could hear Theo and Iona snoring.

Goro long. Kkyu ro long.

Iona had come in the early morning to curl up on Theo’s tail and was sleeping soundly.

A moment later,

“Hehe! Look at this, Iona! Kaiser gave it to me! I am now the subordinate of the great Black Dragon and the deadly Dragon Claw Yellow Cat, Doctor Theo!”

Pa-ching!

Theo excitedly showed off his new claws that he had received from Kaiser.

However,

“Kkyut kkyut kkyut. Vice President Theo! Just give me one of those claws!”

“Nyang?!” Theo quickly learned showing Iona the claws was a bad idea. He forgot she was a magician!

“No way! It hurts!” Theo quickly put away the claws and ran away.

“Kkyut kkyut kkyut. I’ll pull them out without hurting you!” Iona chased after Theo.

“I don’t want to!” Theo ran away quickly, but he couldn’t shake off Iona, who was chasing after him using flight magic.

“Kkyut kkyut kkyut.”

While running away, Theo returned to Sejun’s lap in the kitchen, where he was preparing breakfast. He remembered he was safe on Sejun’s lap.

“President Park, solve this!” Theo, now invincible, confidently shouted.

“Solve what? Both of you, come and sit down.”

“Okay!”

“Kkyut kkyut kkyut. Yes!” Sejun made the two, who were running around noisily from morning, sit down. And he hurriedly prepared breakfast. It was almost time for the little Maengshu to barge in.

Kkueng!

[I’m hungry!] Bang! Bang!

The little Maengshu came in, drumming on his belly to show that it was empty.

“Kkuengi came? Sit down quickly!” Theo said, pointing to the seat next to him.

Kkueng! [Good morning, big brother! Good morning, Iona!]

Kkuengi greeted the two sitting on either side of him.

“Kkyut. Nice to see you, Kkuengi.”

While they were greeting each other,

“Here’s breakfast.” Sejun began to place food in front of each of them.

“I will enjoy the meal!” Theo deliciously ate the grilled fish, which was nicely browned.

Kkueng! [Daddy, Kkuengi will enjoy the meal too!]

Kkuengi first downed a bowl of thick honey water mixed with honey and water in a 5:5 ratio, and then began to eat boni chestnuts.

Making boni chestnuts was hard work. Sejun peeled only the outer skin, leaving the inner skin intact. Then, he boiled them several times to remove the bitter taste and remove small pieces. Finally, he boiled them again in water with honey and sugar. Luckily, the hedgehogs on floor 83 helped Sejun.

Kkueng! [Delicious!]

He was able to create a lot that Kkuengi could pick up and eat by the handful hundreds of times.

“Kkyut kkyut kkyut.” Gnaw gnaw.

Iona took out the roasted peanuts she had collected in her pocket in advance for breakfast and diligently gnawed on them.

Squeak! Pyaa!

He took care of the rabbits who came in last to eat breakfast.

“Hmm. Delicious.” Sejun also started with boni chestnuts and ate breakfast.

“Now I have to go to work.” Sejun headed to the brewery after breakfast. He had to brew the makgeolli for the birthday party and the makgeolli ordered by Kaiser, so he had a lot of work to do today.

“I wonder if I can finish it all today… Oh?! The bean pods have opened.”

Sejun was thinking about his work for the day as he walked to the brewery. Then, something caught his eye. It was a big, round bean pod in the field of colorful beans.

He had started with just two multicolored bean plants, but by harvesting and planting them regularly, he now had fifty bean plants.

He now had fifty bean plants, which was a lot more than when he started. But since his first harvest, he hadn’t found any beans as special as the red bean. That red bean had given him a huge boost in stamina.

His first harvest had been incredibly lucky. The chance of harvesting a bean that boosted stats by 100% was very low.

“Today, let’s harvest some beans other than the multicolored ones.”

Pluck.

Sejun said to himself as he picked a bean pod and split it open.

[You have acquired 4 multicolored beans.]

[You have acquired an Agility-Boosting Green Bean.]

[His skill in harvesting was getting a little better.]

[You have gained 700 experience.]

“Oh!”

An Agility-Boosting Green Bean. Just the name suggested it would increase agility stats by 100%. Sejun happily pocketed the green bean and quickly planted the 4 multicolored beans.

Then, Sejun went to the brewery and began making makgeolli.

After about two hours of making rice flour dough and taking a short break,

“Sejun! We’re here!”

Ooh-ook!

Ooh-ook!

Hegel and the wolves arrived with five banana monkeys from the 77th floor. Sejun was making so much makgeolli by himself that it was too hard. So, he had asked Hegel to do something special.

He told him to bring monkeys who had experience brewing alcohol on the 77th floor. So, Hegel and the Black Wolves had brought the monkeys.

Ooh-ook!

Ooh-ook!

As soon as the banana monkeys saw Sejun, they bowed down.

“Thank you for coming all the way here. Come in. I’ll explain everything.”

With the monkeys who would help him with his work now present, Sejun took them into the brewery and began explaining.

Ooh-ook?

“Ah. That’s…”

Ooh-ook!

“That’s right. Similar.”

Having brewed alcohol for several years, the monkeys asked Sejun a few questions and quickly understood the process of making makgeolli.

And

Ooh-ook!

“Ah. Is that how it is?”

It turned out the monkeys knew a lot about making drinks! Sejun was surprised to find himself learning from them. They showed him new tricks to make the makgeolli even better.

As Sejun was diligently brewing makgeolli,

“Puhuhu. Kkuengee, look at this, nyaong!”

Patting!

Theo looked around for Iona while showing off his dragon claw to Kkuengee.

Normally, Theo wouldn’t leave Sejun’s lap, but to show off to Kkuengee, he had to get off Sejun’s lap.

Sejun didn’t allow the young Kkuengee to enter the brewery. So, Theo was showing off his claw to Kkuengee in front of the brewery.

Kkuengee! Kkuengee!

[Big brother is so cool! Kkuengee wants a dragon claw too!]

Kkuengee always wanted what his big brother had. As expected, Kkuengee was envious of Theo’s dragon claw.

“Puhuhu. This isn’t something anyone can have, nyaong! You need a Dragon Heart, nyaong!”

Kkuengee?

[What is a Dragon Heart?]

“Nyaong? You don’t know what a Dragon Heart is, nyaong?! Listen carefully, nyaong!”

Theo explained that a Dragon Heart was the heart of a dragon and quickly went back into the brewery. Theo thought he had shown off enough. Now, he wanted to get back to his warm spot on Sejun’s lap.

Grumble.

“Huh?”

Sejun was puzzled by the sound coming from his stomach. Usually, Kkuengee would come looking for him, complaining of hunger, before Sejun’s stomach even rumbled.

So, Sejun hadn’t heard his own stomach rumbling recently.

“Guys, let’s eat lunch and then continue.”

Sejun said to the monkeys who were mixing yeast into the rice dough. The remaining task was to put it in pots and let it ferment, so it didn’t matter if they ate first.

Sejun told the banana monkeys and came out of the brewery, hurrying to the cafeteria. If his stomach was making noises, Kkuengee’s stomach must be thundering.

He had to prepare lunch quickly. Kkuengee sometimes acted like a wild beast when hungry, didn’t come until Sejun had finished setting the table.

“Is he napping somewhere? Guys, can you find Kkuengee for me?”

Sejun asked the poison honeybees to find Kkuengee, but

Whirr.

[He is not in the farm.]

Kkuengee was not on the farm.

“Where did Kkuengee go?”

Sejun’s worry began to grow when

“Oh no, nyaong!” Theo cried, his tail twitching. “It’s all my fault! I told Kkuengee he needed a Dragon Heart to be strong like me! He must have gone to find one, nyaong!”

“A Dragon Heart?!” Sejun’s eyes widened in alarm. “Theo! You didn’t! Kkuengee can’t fight a dragon! He’s still just a baby!” His heart pounded in his chest. Where could Kkuengee have gone?

Just as worry began to turn into panic, a voice called out, “Kkyut kkyut kkyut? Sejun, are you looking for someone small and furry?”

*Kkulorong.* With a gentle floating sound, Iona appeared, Kkuengee fast asleep in her arms, drifting in the air as if on a cloud.

“Iona, where did you find Kkuengee?”

“I heard an explosion and went to check. He was sleeping near the northern fire ant nest.”

“What?! The northern region? Why there?”

At that moment,

Sniff sniff.

Kkuengee twitched his nose and opened his eyes. He must have fallen asleep exhausted from hunger.

And

Kkuengee!

[Smells delicious!]

As expected, Kkuengee looked for food as soon as he woke up. Kkuengee was about to run towards the delicious smell.

But

“Kkuengee, why did you go to the northern region?”

Sejun asked, looking at Kkuengee with a stern expression.

Kkuengee…

[Kkuengee went to train his claws…]

Kkuengee, intimidated by Sejun’s stern expression, answered carefully.

“Claw training?!”

Kkuengee! Kkuengee!

[Yes! I’m going to train my claws and have more awesome claws than big brother’s dragon claws!]

Kkuengee had thought of another way since there was no way to get a Dragon Heart.

“Kkuengee, you don’t need to do that. Daddy will make Kkuengee’s claws awesome.”

Even Iona’s fur could get singed by the fire ant queen. No matter how strong Kkuengee was, the northern region was dangerous.

Kkuengee?

[Really?]

“Of course. Trust Daddy. Let’s go eat first.”

Sejun easily persuaded Kkuengee and went to eat.

‘How do I make awesome claws?!’

Sejun was racking his brain while eating. He was the type to say something first and then think of a solution.

“Theo,” Sejun said, “You are in trouble for one day!”

“Nyaong?!”

Of course, Theo, who had created this situation, was punished.