Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 235

“Podori, what is all this?!”

Sejun went to Podori, who was covered in so many grapes, and asked. He had asked just a little while ago, and Podori had said it would take time for grapes to grow, but suddenly there were fruits, and so many at that.

[Ah! This?! This is…]

Podori, who was about to answer, suddenly hesitated.

“This is?”

[Po-po-po. This is not the result of my love for Sejun, but! The result of my loyalty!]

‘Ah! This is hard….’

Podori felt like crying after answering Sejun.

At first, he was going to say that Firey had given him nutrients.

But,

Whirr!

[Podori… just try talking about me to Sejun!]

Firey suddenly shouted, spewing fire from its roots. The thought of being caught by Sejun was so embarrassing that Firey’s body heated up. To Podori, it felt like a threat to kill him if he told the truth. Podori was scared because Firey had a bad temper.

So, he hurriedly changed his answer.

Then,

[The administrator of the Black Tower dares to flirt with Sejun and says he will kill me!]

This time, Podori felt like the administrator of the Black Tower threatened to kill him.

[No! Eileen, you misunderstand!]

Podori hurriedly answered Eileen and had to change his answer again.

‘Why only me…? What did I do wrong?’

Podori received death threats from two beings without Sejun knowing. Because of the stress, about five grape bunches withered.

“Podori, are you sick? Why did the grapes suddenly wither?”

Sejun used the Warm Touch of a Farmer skill to stroke Podori gently, and Podori felt peaceful.

‘As expected, the only one I can trust here is Sejun!’

Even those two beings were crazy about Sejun. Podori thought that Sejun was the only one who could protect him from the scary beings and began to rely on Sejun more.

As Podori felt peaceful, the withered grape bunches began to become healthy again.

“Now you’re okay. Podori, I’m going to harvest the grapes.”

[Of course! Pick as much as you want!]

Podori, who had decided to support Sejun, actively cooperated with Sejun.

Plop.

As Sejun picked a bunch of grapes with Podori’s permission,

[You have harvested 1 bunch of vibrant, fragrant grapes (23 grapes).]

[Your job experience has slightly increased.]

[The proficiency of Harvesting Lv. 7 has slightly increased.]

[You have gained 1610 experience.]

The harvest message appeared.

“Fragrant?”

Grapes with the word ‘fragrant’ were harvested. The smell gathered all the animals in the farm, so the word fragrant was perfect.

At that moment,

[You have achieved the feat of creating a new variety in the Tower.]

[The Tower recognizes your exclusive cultivation rights for the vibrant, fragrant grapes.]

[Vibrant, fragrant grapes cannot be cultivated without your permission.]

[Your job experience has greatly increased.]

[All stats have increased by 10 due to job characteristics.]

A feat message appeared saying that he had created a new variety.

And,

[You have achieved the feat of creating 9 new varieties in the Tower.]

[The prestige of the Black Tower increases as a reward for the achievement of the Great Farmer.]

[As the prestige exceeds a certain level, one additional entrance to the Black Tower is created.]

[The number of Black Tower entrances increases from 100 to 101, and the 101st entrance is created in the safest place.]

A message appeared saying that he had created 9 new varieties, along with a message that the 101st entrance to the Black Tower would appear.

“Huh?! The 101st entrance? ···Guys, let’s eat grapes!”

Since having more entrances had nothing to do with him, Sejun let the animals taste the grapes. They were drooling and looking only at him.

They must have wanted to eat the incredibly appetizing grape scent so badly, but they waited patiently until he harvested them. How admirable.

“Our Kkuengie waited well too. Here.”

Hee hee hee. Kkueng!

[Hee hee hee. Delicious!]

Kkuengie put the grapes Sejun gave him in his mouth as soon as he received them. He couldn’t control his laughter at the delicious grape taste and said, laughing.

“Is it that delicious?”

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[Yes! Very delicious!]

Kkuengie nodded happily at Sejun’s question.

Pat. Pat.

“Here. Eat more.”

Sejun stroked Kkuengie’s head, charmed by Kkuengie’s cuteness, and picked a bunch of grapes for him.

Thus, Sejun picked grapes and shared them with the animals.

“I should check the options first.”

Sejun looked at the grapes closely before eating them.

[Vibrant, Fragrant Grapes]

These are top-quality grapes from a grape tree that has grown inside the Tower. It absorbed lots of nutrients and is fully nourished.

The taste is very good, and the fragrant scent of the grapes spreads far and wide.

Monsters who like the smell of blood may be attracted to the fragrant grape scent. If you make grape wine, the scent will spread even further.

Cultivator: Tower Farmer Park Sejun

Expiration date: 180 days

Grade: A+

Top-quality grapes with good taste and good scent.

“Monsters who like the smell of blood may be attracted to it?”

There was one concerning detail, but

“Come if you dare.”

Sejun said confidently. This was the 99th floor of the Tower, a place filled with the strongest of the Black Tower. Those who followed the smell of blood would end up seeing their own blood.

“Of course, I’m not the strongest, but…”

As Sejun muttered to himself, suddenly feeling a sense of reality,

“President Park, cheer up, meow! I’ll make a lot of money and make President Park stronger, meow!”

Theo patted Sejun’s knee and comforted him. Theo still thought that the golden color of the rice was from burning money. He didn’t understand that it was from the tonic effect.

“Oh… okay. Thanks.”

Sejun wondered what making a lot of money had to do with him becoming stronger, but he accepted Theo’s comfort without saying anything, touched by Theo’s thoughtfulness.

And,

Nom.

He began to eat the grapes.

“Mmm!”

They were delicious last time too, but these grapes had an even sweeter and richer flavor.

Nom. Nom.

“Oh! So delicious!”

Sejun said after eating a whole bunch of grapes while standing there.

At that moment,

Tingle.

He felt many gazes staring at the back of his head. ‘Are you eating alone?!’ The animals were staring intently at the back of Sejun’s head, wanting to eat together.

A little later,

“Here. Enjoy your breakfast.”

The animals holding plates went to Sejun, who was harvesting grapes from Podori’s branches, to receive their grapes. The rabbits got 2 bunches, the monkeys got 5 bunches, and Kkuengie and Pink Fur got 1000 bunches each.

Thus, he shared about half of the grapes that grew on the grape tree with the animals.

“I should eat more too.”

When Sejun was about to sit on the floor and eat the grapes,

Kkueng?

[When is Daddy eating breakfast?]

Kkuengie asked Sejun while eating the grapes. For Kkuengie, about 1000 bunches of grapes were just a small snack.

“Just a moment. Crop Gigantification.”

Sejun used Crop Gigantification on the remaining grapes in front of Kkuengie, and one grape became almost as big as a baseball. About 100 bunches should be enough, right? Sejun used the skill to gigantify 100 bunches of Kkuengie’s grapes.

And when he gigantified the last 100th grape,

[The proficiency of Crop Gigantification Lv. 4 has slightly increased.]

[The proficiency of Crop Gigantification Lv. 4 has been filled, and the level has increased.]

The skill level of Crop Gigantification increased to 5. It was thanks to Kkuengie. He used the Crop Gigantification skill almost only for Kkuengie.

“Here. Now eat.”

Sejun gave the giant grapes to Kkuengie, and Sejun also ate the grapes.

Ptooey. Ptooey.

Spitting out the grape seeds.

“If I plant these, I’ll quickly become a grape tycoon. Heh heh heh.”

Sejun smiled as he looked at the grape seeds gathered in his hand. He had asked the other animals to collect the seeds as well, so quite a few seeds would be collected.

A little later,

“I should finish up.”

Sejun got up and began to harvest the remaining grapes.

The Black Rabbit was training the other Black Rabbit soldiers very hard.

Squeak! Squeak!

[One! Two!]

Squeaaak?!

[Is that all you’ve got?!]

Squeak!

[Can’t you do it right?!]

The Black Rabbit kept scolding the Black Rabbit soldiers, not liking something.

Pew pew. Pew pew.

[Black Rabbit, stop it now. The soldiers will collapse.]

Pew Pew stepped in to stop the Black Rabbit, who had been scolding the soldiers for days.

Squeaaak….

[But at this level, we can’t protect Uncle….]

Pew Pew….

[That’s….]

Pew Pew knew how weak Sejun’s body was and couldn’t continue speaking. She understood the Black Rabbit’s feelings. In case of a surprise attack, he could withstand one hit with the dragon’s scale, but Sejun couldn’t withstand two hits.

That’s why the Black Rabbit was training the soldiers hard for Sejun’s protection.

Pew pew. Pew pew.

[Don’t worry too much. No one is likely to attack Sejun, but Master, Theo, and Young Master Kkuengie will be there to protect Sejun.]

Squeak.

[Okay. I understand.]

The Black Rabbit felt a little better after hearing Pew Pew’s words.

But,

Beep!

[Queen! The finest bedding for Iona has arrived!]

Pew Pew!

[Guide me quickly!]

Pew Pew was also very worried about Iona, who couldn’t sleep well.

As Pew Pew left to see the bedding,

Squeak! Squeak!

[Take a break! I’ll go check the food storage!]

The Black Rabbit gave the soldiers a break and headed to the food storage. He wanted to check if there was enough fish that Theo liked and sweet food that Kkuengie liked.

Squeak….

[I didn’t know marriage would be this hard….]

The Black Rabbit walked slowly towards the food storage. He was very, very tired.

“Let’s get started.”

Ooh-ki!

Ooh-ki!

Sejun, who had harvested the grapes, started making Samyangju with the monkeys at the brewery.

After two hours, Sejun added the second mash to the pre-made Iyangju to make Samyangju.

“I should brew this too.”

After finishing the Samyangju, Sejun washed 1000 bunches of grapes and began to separate the grapes from the bunches and put them in a jar. He was thinking of making grape wine.

At that moment,

-Huh?! Sejun, what is that?

Kellion had returned to the Black Tower. After hearing Sejun say he would sell alcohol and receive Tower Coins, he hurried to bring money from the warehouse. He saw Sejun making grape wine.

“This is grape wine.”

-Is that so? First, take this money!

Kellion handed Sejun a money pouch.

‘How much is all this?!’ Sejun was surprised to see the money inside after opening the money pouch. It was a lot of money.

-It’s exactly 1 billion Tower Coins. I’ll reserve half for Samyangju and the other half for grape wine with that.

Kellion reserved it first without even tasting the grape wine. If Sejun made it, it would definitely be delicious!

Just as Kellion was reserving the grape wine,

-Huh?! Sejun, are you brewing a new alcohol?

Kaiser arrived. He had searched Anton’s warehouse because there wasn’t as much money in his warehouse as he thought.

-Hahaha. I’ll reserve that alcohol too. Here, take this!

Kaiser also handed Sejun a money pouch.

However,

-Puhahaha. You may have been faster with the Samyangju, but I was faster with the grape wine.

Kellion, who had reserved the grape wine first, laughed at Kaiser.

-What?! Get out of our Tower right now!

Kaiser, angry at Kellion’s reply, shouted.

-No way. If you’re upset, you come to the White Tower too?

-Sejun isn’t there, why would I go there?! You go away!

-I don’t want to!

-Go away!

As the two were fighting,

Tap. Tap.

Theo tapped Sejun’s leg and called Sejun.

And,

“President Park, lend me money, meow!”

Theo’s eyes sparkled as he looked at the money pouches in Sejun’s hands.