Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 166

The wind whipped around the northern cliff of the 38th floor of the Tower, biting at Urchi’s face. He stood firm, his dark eyes scanning the rough, grey stone. Below, the sprawling city of the Tower was a distant hum, but Urchi’s gaze was fixed on the dark mouths of caves dotting the cliff face.

“Find them!” Urchi, a powerful leader of the Black Oak soldiers, roared, his voice echoing across the cliff. “The Three-Headed Society’s hideout is somewhere around here!” He was furious. They had dared to defy the Black Oaks, and more importantly, they were a potential threat to Mister Park and the great Black Dragon.

“Right away, Your Majesty!” Black Oak soldiers, clad in dark leather armor, scattered to begin their search. They had planned to use a captured hunter from the Three-Headed Society to lead them directly to the hideout. But the hunter had killed himself during transport. Or, more accurately, he had been forced to.

The hunter had strangled himself to death…

“I sense traces of curse magic.”

The shaman, Luken, discovered traces of curse magic on the dead hunter’s body. When contact was lost with the hunter captured by the Black Oaks, the Three-Headed Society used a secret plan, a deadly taboo.

Thanks to that, the Black Oaks now had to find the Three-Headed Society’s hideout themselves.

Just then,

“Your Majesty! There’s a cave here.”

One of the Black Oak soldiers, searching as he descended the cliff, shouted.

A short while later.

“Nothing there?”

“Yes, Your Majesty. The hideout is indeed that of the Three-Headed Society, judging by the same markings as the suicide’s tattoo drawn on the wall inside… but it seems they’ve already left.”

The Black Oak soldiers who had searched the cliff cave returned and reported their findings.

“Hmm… Already?”

They had left their marks on the wall, meaning they hadn’t planned a long escape. They had packed up and run in a hurry.

‘They’re not ordinary…’

Urchi considered the Three-Headed Society to be no ordinary organization, impressed by their boldness in abandoning their hideout at the mere loss of contact with one member.

‘In that case, I must track them down even more thoroughly and erase them from the Tower, so they don’t hinder the progress of the great Black Dragon and Theo, the respected Mister Park!’

As Urchi steeled himself to eliminate the Three-Headed Society for Sejun and Theo’s sake,

Grrrr.

Hegel, having received a message from another cat intern, arrived leading the Black Wolves. Elka and the Silver Wolves had split off while descending, protecting the Earth Defense Force members and transporting the sturdy Calla Lilies.

“Hegel, you’ve arrived.”

“Yes, Urchi.”

Urchi and Hegel exchanged greetings. They had greeted each other a few times since Urchi became Theo’s subordinate.

“Did you find the hideout?”

“Well…”

Urchi explained the current situation.

“Leave it to us. We’ll take a quick look at the hideout.”

“Yes, please do.”

Hegel took the wolves and entered the cliff cave, beginning to search the Three-Headed Society’s hideout.

And then,

“I’ve found the scent. Let’s go.”

Sniff sniff.

The wolves began to move, tracking the scent of the fleeing Three-Headed Society.

“It’s done!”

Sejun, having finally steamed all the rice cakes for the rice cake tower, shouted in triumph.

Kkyueng!

[Only one more night and I can eat rice cake!]

Kkyuengi also shouted with excitement at the thought of soon being able to eat rice cake. They were a father and son with different dreams.

“Shall we begin?”

Sejun, having steamed all the rice cakes, began constructing the rice cake tower.

“First, spread the leaves of the Paeonia japonica on the ground…”

Sejun thickly layered the leaves on the ground to prevent the rice cakes from getting dirty, and then began stacking the rice cakes like bricks.

One hour. Two hours…

Sejun concentrated on stacking the rice cakes.

“Finished! Ta-da! What do you think, Kkyuengi?”

Sejun pointed to the towering, enormous 99-story rice cake tower with a diameter of 2 meters and asked Kkyuengi.

Kkyueng!

[It looks delicious!]

“No, what do you think of the shape?”

Sejun asked again, as it wasn’t the answer he wanted.

However,

Kkyueng! Kkyueng!

[I don’t know! It just looks delicious!]

Kkyuengi had no interest in the shape of the rice cake at all. Sejun was a little disappointed, but on the other hand, he understood.

“I guess… the kids have never seen the Tower from the outside.”

What Sejun had made was a Black Tower rice cake tower. He decided to have Iona dye it black later with her dyeing magic when she arrived.

“Hmm… Is it a little lacking in easy to see what it is?”

Sejun, looking at the Black Tower rice cake tower, began to make more rice cake dough.

As time passed,

Grumble.

Kkyuengi’s stomach clock announced dinner time.

Kkyueng!

[Daddy, Kkyuengi is hungry!]

“Alright, wait a little.”

Sejun hurriedly made dinner. For dinner, he gave the animals sweet potato soup with rice cake balls made from the remaining rice cake dough.

Kkyueng!

[This is chewy and delicious!]

Kkyuengi chewed on the rice cake balls and rejoiced.

Squeak!

Ook!

The rabbits and monkeys also liked it.

“They’re eating well.”

As Sejun was watching the animals eat deliciously,

“Theo, give me Churu too, nyaa!”

“Alright. Vice President Theo, let’s eat Churu too.”

Chomp chomp chomp.

Sejun fed Theo Churu as well.

Just then,

‘But why am I so relaxed?’

Sejun felt something was strange about his relaxed feeling. And soon, he realized the reason for his relaxation.

“I’m relaxed because I haven’t eaten.”

It was thanks to Eileen’s fist-sized piece of meat that he wasn’t hungry.

‘But is this a good thing? It’s nice to be relaxed, but…’

Sejun was somewhat confused.

“President Park, if you have nothing to do, stroke my belly, nyaa! I don’t feel well, nyaa!”

Theo said, looking at Sejun’s idle hand.

‘It’s not good.’

Sejun stroked Theo’s belly, thinking that he should drink coffee instead of eating next time.

Pat pat.

“Nyaaang~“

Chomp chomp chomp.

Theo made a sound of dying from pleasure as he diligently ate Churu.

And when Theo finished eating all the Churu,

Thump.

Kkyueng!

[I wish Daddy would stroke Kkyuengi’s belly too!]

Kkyuengi, who had quickly finished dinner, lay down next to Sejun. He was a Kkyuengi who knew how to properly ask for what he needed.

“Alright.”

Sejun stroked Kkyuengi’s belly with the hand that had been giving Churu to Theo without a moment’s rest.

And so, dinner time ended,

Knead. Knead.

Sejun was in the kitchen making the last rice cake to put on top of tomorrow’s birthday party cake.

“President Park… aren’t you sleeping…?”

Theo urged Sejun to go to bed.

“Vice President Theo, wait a moment. I’m almost done.”

“Alright, nyaa… I’ll wait, nyaa…”

Sejun soothed Theo and continued working, as he still had things to do. Theo’s voice lacked energy, but he thought it was because he was sleepy.

However,

Shiver shiver.

“Pres… President… I’m cold, nyaa…”

After about an hour, Theo began to shiver.

“Huh?! Vice President Theo! What’s wrong?!”

Sejun, finally sensing something was wrong, examined Theo’s body.

“What? Theo, why is your body so hot?!”

Sejun was flustered as he touched Theo’s body here and there. His whole body was burning.

Moreover,

Wheeze wheeze.

Theo’s breathing was also becoming rough.

‘I need to bring down Theo’s fever first!’

Sejun hurriedly spread leaves on the floor and laid Theo down, trying to lower Theo’s body temperature with a wet towel, but

Cling.

“I don’t… want to let go, nyaa…”

Even in his weakened state, his obsession with Sejun’s lap remained. Theo clung to Sejun’s lap and wouldn’t let go.

“Alright.”

Sejun held Theo with one hand to prevent him from falling off his lap, and lowered Theo’s body temperature with the other hand.

Then, using a rope, he tied his lap and Theo’s body together and went outside to the fountain.

“Kaiser!”

Sejun, who had come up to the fountain, hurriedly called for Kaiser.

-What’s wrong? Why aren’t you sleeping?

Kaiser, who was sipping makgeolli alone, asked, looking at Sejun.

“Theo is very sick! Please help him!”

Sejun said, pointing to Theo clinging to his lap.

-Tsk tsk. Foolish fellow. Heal.

As Kaiser looked at Theo pitifully and used dragon language magic,

Flash.

Theo’s body began to glow with a green light.

-That’s it.

Snore.

Whether Kaiser’s treatment worked or not, Theo began to snore and sleep comfortably.

“But why did Theo suddenly get sick?”

-Why else? He got sick because he overdid it.

“Huh? Overdid it?”

Sejun asked, puzzled, as he had never seen Theo overdo anything.

-It’s natural to get sick after receiving the Pier of two dragons.

“Huh?! That can’t be… He definitely seemed fine?”

-That’s because Theo, that fellow, didn’t notice.

Theo, who had an absolute belief that he was invincible when he was with Sejun’s lap, didn’t properly recognize his own physical condition. As Kaiser said, Theo had been quite overworked lately.

Enduring Eileen’s magic power, which was at the level of a sacred dragon, and then Ajax’s magic power again, it was inevitable that Theo, an ordinary cat merchant on the 75th floor of the Tower, would put a strain on his body after receiving the Pier of two dragons.

On top of that, he had been taking care of the weak Sejun, which put even more strain on his body, and that had later come as a body ache.

Conversely, Sejun had been taking care of himself with Theo and Kkyuengi’s care, taking elixirs, and quickly recovering through his job trait ‘Doesn’t Suffer from Minor Illnesses’ and >Authority: Unbreakable Body>, and was perfectly fine.

“Thank you, Kaiser.”

-If you’re grateful, you know what to do, right? Huh?

Kaiser said, shaking the bottle of alcohol in his hand.

“Yes! I’ll give you 10 bottles of new alcohol next time.”

-Oh?! New alcohol?! I’ll be looking forward to it! Hahaha!

Sejun left Kaiser, who was delighted at the news of new alcohol, and came down from the fountain.

“Theo needs to have some health food.”

As Sejun was thinking about making health food for Theo,

Thud!

A loud noise came from the cave where Bulkkot was.

“Bulkkot, what’s wrong?”

Sejun asked Bulkkot, looking at the bottom of the cave.

[Master! Suddenly, a huge tuna came up here!]

Bulkkot answered, shaking the leaves excessively.

“Huh?! A tuna came up?!”

A giant tuna had appeared before Sejun, who was about to make health food for Theo. It was truly amazing timing.

Sejun listened to Bulkkot’s words and came down to the bottom of the cave,

[Giant Tuna of the Deep Sea]

Indeed, a giant tuna, 30 meters in size, had come out of the pond. Perhaps because it couldn’t breathe, the tuna was already dead.

“I can make health food for Theo with this.”

Slice.

As Sejun happily butchered the tuna,

Roll roll.

A blue bead rolled out from the giant tuna’s chest.

“Huh?! What’s this?”

Sejun picked up the bead and examined it.

[Giant Tuna of the Deep Sea Mana Stone]

This is the mana stone of a giant tuna that has lived for over 2000 years in the deep sea of the dimensional sea.

It contains the power of healing and water.

When consumed, magic power increases by 50 and you can acquire the skill: Healing and talent: Water Attribute.

It has a strong fishy taste.

Usage Restriction: Magic Power 200 or higher

Grade: A+

It has a strong fishy taste? This was perfect for Theo to eat. Moreover, he also thought that it would be easier to bathe Theo later if he gained the water attribute as a talent. He himself would have a water attribute cat.

“Vice President Theo, let’s eat something delicious.”

Sejun carefully opened Theo’s mouth and put in the fishy Giant Tuna of the Deep Sea Mana Stone.

“Nyaaang… Nyaa~“

Theo was initially annoyed at having his mouth forced open. But when the strong fishy mana stone entered his mouth, he made a pleasant sound. The mana stone quickly melted in Theo’s mouth and was absorbed into his body.

Flash.

For a moment, Theo’s body glowed faintly with a blue light before disappearing.

And then,

Slice.

Sejun once again butchered the tuna with his dagger, put the tuna in a pot, and began to boil it. He was planning to make tuna fish porridge.

Bubble bubble.

While boiling the tuna, Sejun continued to make the rice cakes he had been making earlier.

And when he finished making the rice cakes,

“Kkyut kkyut kkyut. You’re still not asleep?”

Iona, who had completed the magic for the fireworks with the wizards in the magic tower, returned.

“Yeah. I have some work left. Iona, dye the cake black first.”

“Kkyut kkyut kkyut. Yes.”

“And on this rice cake…”

Sejun asked Iona to cast a separate magic on the rice cake he had just finished.

“Kkyut. Alright.”

When all the work was finished,

“Let’s go to sleep now.”

“Kkyut kkyut kkyut! Yes!”

Iona quickly wrapped her body around Theo’s tail and naturally moved to Sejun’s bedroom.

And then,

Snore.

Snore.

Kkyurorong.

Dawn passed and morning began to break. Finally, it was the day of the birthday party that everyone had been eagerly waiting for.