Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 179

Theo walked confidently down the hall in the Lost and Found warehouse. He went straight to the fourth room on the right, at the very end. Inside, a huge pile of junk filled the room. Old toys, broken tools, dusty books, and forgotten treasures were all mixed together.

Theo boldly jumped into the mountain of junk. Now that he could easily clean himself with his water ability, he wasn’t worried about getting dirty.

“Where is it, meow?”

Theo searched through the junk, following the pull he felt in his paws.

And then…

“This is it, meow!”

Theo picked up a bronze plaque about the size of his palm. He felt that Chairman Park, his boss, who always gave him treats, would be very happy! Theo had learned about measuring Chairman Park’s satisfaction while watching Sejun.

“Heh heh heh. Chairman Park will be so grateful to me, meow!”

Theo happily held the bronze plaque and left the Lost and Found warehouse.

“Are you *really* going to use *that*? It looks like trash,” Taru asked, looking at Theo, who was covered in dust from head to toe after finding the rusty bronze plaque. He knew Theo wouldn’t change his mind, but he couldn’t help but ask, feeling sorry for him.

“Yes, meow!”

Theo answered firmly. Taru thought, ‘Maybe Theo is just wasting his money coming here.’

Taru shrugged. “Okay then. See you around, I guess.”

“Meow? I’m not coming anymore, meow!”

Theo surprised Taru.

“Huh? Why?!” Taru asked, surprised. “You always come here!”

“There’s nothing more to take from here, meow!”

Even though he always took trash? He seemed to have his own standards.

Taru thought for a moment. “Well,” he said, “if you like old things, I know another place. It’s a warehouse where they keep things even *worse* than this stuff. Things they don’t even put in *this* Lost and Found.”

There were many trash-like items there too, so Theo would surely be interested.

“Meow?! There was another Lost and Found warehouse, meow?!”

Theo reacted as expected.

“Yes. So come again next time.”

“Okay, meow! See you next time, meow!”

Theo left the Lost and Found warehouse and quickly went to the 40th floor of the tower.

“Earth Manipulation.”

[You have planted 500 magic-infused cherry tomato seeds in the magic-filled earth.]

[Due to the effect of Magic Seed Sowing Lv. 6, the probability of sturdy magic cherry tomato seeds taking root increases.]

[Due to the effect of Magic Seed Sowing Lv. 6, the growth rate of magic cherry tomato seeds is accelerated for 24 hours.]

[7,733,817 more times until he finishes his farming quest.]

After sending Theo away, Sejun worked hard planting cherry tomatoes to finish his farming quest.

Just then…

“Kooeng?”

[Daddy! Where is Kooeng’s grandma?]

Kooeng suddenly started looking for his grandmother.

“Grandmother? You mean my mom?!”

“Kooeng!”

[Yes! Kooeng’s daddy’s mom is Kooeng’s grandma!]

“Why suddenly grandmother?”

“Kooeng!”

[The monkey uncles said that if there’s a grandma, she’ll give lots of tasty snacks and tell fun stories!]

He must have heard something from the monkeys. But Kooeng, were the snacks not enough? Sejun felt a little sad that Kooeng, whom he took care of so much, was asking for more snacks.

And apart from that…

“Grandmother, huh…”

At Kooeng’s words, Sejun thought of his family. These days, he was secretly sending them money and checking in. This was because some people were trying to get to his family to get the crops he sold.

Most of them were just watching, but some were more aggressive.

So Sejun had asked Han Tae-joon to protect their family, and Theo had used one of his favors to make Han Tae-joon protect Sejun’s family.

Thanks to that, bodyguards disguised as neighbors were living in the apartments next door, downstairs, and upstairs from Sejun’s apartment, and bodyguards disguised as apartment security guards and cleaners were working there.

Of course, disguised bodyguards were also working at Sejun’s father, Park Chun-ho’s workplace and Sejun’s younger brother, Se-dol’s school.

Hiring them all cost a lot, but selling just a few of Sejun’s crops could pay for 100 times the current level of security.

“I want to eat Mom’s kimchi stew.”

Sejun said with a longing voice. He used to complain when his mom made kimchi stew every day. Now, far away from home, it was the taste he missed most.

“Kooeng?”

[Kooeng’s grandma isn’t here?]

Kooeng seemed to have misunderstood Sejun’s expression.

“Why wouldn’t she be? It’s just that we can’t see her right now, but I have a grandmother, a grandfather, and a younger uncle.”

“Kooeng? Kooeng!”

[Really?! That’s exciting!]

At Sejun’s words, Kooeng wiggled his butt and bounced his shoulders, doing a little happy dance. The number of people who would give Kooeng snacks had increased!

“Shall we practice what to do when we meet our grandmother?”

“Kooeng!”

[Yes!]

At Sejun’s words, Kooeng nodded strongly. First impressions were important! Kooeng’s special training to eat a lot of snacks from his grandmother began.

“Okay. Grandma, hello. I’m Kooeng. You say that while bowing with your hands on your belly. Watch Daddy carefully.”

Sejun put his hands on his belly and bowed 90 degrees.

“Kooeng! Kooeng!”

[Grandma, hello! Kooeng is Kooeng!]

Following Sejun, Kooeng put his front paws on his belly and bowed 90 degrees.

But…

Wobble.

As he bowed, his center of gravity shifted rapidly forward. He couldn’t fall! Kooeng thought that if he couldn’t do this, he wouldn’t be able to eat snacks.

“Kooeng!”

With a determined expression, he put strength into his toes and dug them into the ground. Kooeng was solving minor problems with his physical abilities.

“Good job.”

“Kooeng?”

[Is that the end?]

Kooeng asked, puzzled by Sejun’s praise.

“Yes. If you do just that, Grandma will immediately clutch her heart and collapse.”

His mother, Kim Mi-ran, couldn’t resist cute animals. But the cutest Maeng-shoo, Kooeng, was even bowing with his hands on his belly? This was a 100% heart attack.

Just then…

“Kooeng! Kooeng!”

[I don’t want that! Even if Daddy hates Grandma, Kooeng won’t hurt Grandma!]

Kooeng said, misunderstanding Sejun’s words. He seemed to think that Sejun hated his grandmother and was telling him to hurt her.

“What?! Hahaha!”

Sejun burst out laughing at Kooeng’s words. The way he thought was so cute.

“Kooeng!”

[Kooeng is serious! If you hate Grandma, Daddy is a bad person!]

Kooeng took out his club, getting angry.

“Oh?! No, that’s not it…”

Sejun hurriedly calmed Kooeng down and made him understand.

“Kooeng?”

[Grandma likes Kooeng that much when she sees him?]

“Yes. Definitely. She’ll probably give you snacks until you tell her to stop, right?”

“Kooeng?! Kooeng!”

[Really?! Kooeng wants to see Grandma soon!]

At Sejun’s words, Kooeng thought he wanted to see his grandmother as soon as possible.

After that…

Koo heh heh.

Kooeng sometimes laughed to himself, imagining meeting his grandmother.

“Kooeng, play next to me.”

“Kooeng!”

[Okay!]

Sejun let Kooeng play and planted cherry tomatoes again.

And as lunchtime approached…

“I should stop here.”

Sejun moved before Kooeng’s stomach clock rang.

As Sejun was heading to the cafeteria…

Thud!

A vibration that shook the floor was felt. It was from the cave where Bulkkot was.

“Bulkkot, what’s wrong?”

Sejun asked as he descended into the cave.

[Master! Tuna suddenly came up again today!]

Bulkkot pointed to the tuna that had come up to the pond with its leaves.

“Oh! Really? We can eat it for lunch.”

But what’s here? Tuna keeps coming up on its own… Sejun looked at the tuna with curiosity. It was smaller than the last one, but it was still about 10 meters in size.

“I should cut it up and put it in the subspace warehouse first.”

As Sejun was cutting up the tuna…

Clink!

Something fell from the tuna’s mouth, making a cheerful sound.

“Huh?!”

Sejun looked at the place where the sound came from, and there were three coins: one gray and two green.

[Kraken’s Gray Coin]

???

[Leviathan’s Green Coin]

???

It was obviously a coin that an Apostle of Destruction dropped when they died. (Apostles of Destruction are powerful monsters who serve a dark god.)

“Why is this here?”

Sejun felt something was wrong. Did the tuna eat the Apostle of Destruction? That didn’t make sense. This tuna was a weak tuna without even an inner core. Of course, it would be impossible even with an inner core.

Then did the tuna pick up these coins and eat them? Even three of them? That’s too strange…

As Sejun was lost in thought…

“Kooeng!”

[Daddy, Kooeng is hungry!]

Kooeng, feeling hungry, started looking for Sejun.

“Okay! Wait a little bit.”

Sejun hurriedly put the coins in his pocket and put the remaining tuna in the subspace warehouse.

“Bulkkot, I’m going up.”

[Yes! Have a delicious lunch.]

“Okay.”

As Sejun hurried up to make lunch…

[Phew. I almost got caught.]

Bulkkot sighed in relief.

“Meow, meow, meow.”

Theo, who had found an item that would make Chairman Park very happy, arrived at the 40th floor of the tower, humming excitedly.

“Heh heh heh. Today, I’m going to empty the humans’ pockets again, meow!”

Theo confidently walked towards the hunters’ camp with dignity.

Just then…

“Surround him!”

A large group of hunters, maybe a hundred, wearing black masks, suddenly appeared and surrounded Theo.

“What, meow?”

Theo asked, looking at the masked men who had surrounded him. Why were they blocking his path, meow?

“Are you Theo?”

A man with the number ‘2’ written on his mask, the only one among the masked men, looked at Theo and asked.

The man was only wearing pants under his mask, and the Triad Society tattoo on his muscular left chest was clearly visible. One of the three snake tattoos was blue.

“No, meow!”

Theo answered confidently.

“What? Don’t lie! We know you’re the wandering cat merchant, Theo!”

The masked man who had just asked shouted, getting agitated by Theo’s reaction, who was answering without any embarrassment.

“You’re wrong, meow! I am the subordinate of the great black dragon, the deadly dragon claw yellow cat, Theo Park, meow!”

Bba-ching!

Theo corrected the masked man’s error and took out the dragon claw.

“That’s the same thing! That’s him! Capture him!”

“Yes!”

The masked men rushed at Theo. But the opponent was Theo, who was armed with the dragon claw, a being from the 75th floor of the tower, and who had become much stronger after eating Sejun’s health food.

Whoosh!

The masked men rushed at Theo. But Theo was fast. He swung his front paws quickly. *Whoosh!* Magic blades flashed out. The hunters cried out and fell.

“This is what happens when you interfere with Chairman Park, meow!”

Theo shouted, satisfied with having eliminated the forces that were interfering with Sejun. Strangely, his body was overflowing with energy, and using his strength like this made him feel a little more comfortable. It was… almost enjoyable?

Just then…

-You! You’re quite skilled.

Suddenly, from the body of the masked man with the number ‘2’, a giant blue snake crawled out.

Crack!

The surrounding land began to freeze, centered around the blue snake.

Sejun remembered the tuna porridge he made for Theo yesterday. He had added about 50 elixirs to it. These elixirs were magic cherry tomatoes, full of power.

The color was white, so it wasn’t noticeable even if he put a lot in. Theo had eaten health food that could raise his magic power by 500 if his potential was good enough.

“Come to think of it, did Theo go to the bathroom after eating the health food?”

“He must have pooped when I wasn’t there, right?”

Sejun thought it couldn’t be. If Theo had digested all of that, his stomach would probably hurt a little.