Farming In The Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 238

“Ptooey!” Sejun spat out fur. “Move, Theo.”

He had cat fur in his mouth again. Sejun grabbed Theo by the neck fur. *How long has it been since I brushed him?* he thought. *There’s so much fur!*

Just then, Sejun said, “Huh?!” He saw Theo’s fur was even on the fresh rice noodles. *This is a problem,* Sejun thought.

Sejun thought about what to do with Theo. “Kkuaeng? Kkuaeng!” Kkuaengi shouted. *[Big Brother is here? Kkuaengi was pulling noodles!]* Kkuaengi didn’t care about the fur on the noodles. He proudly showed Theo how he pulled them. *Am I good at pulling them?* Kkuaengi seemed to ask.

“You’re good, nyaang,” Theo said. “But I can cut them thinner, nyaang!” *Ppaching.* Theo took out his Dragon Claw. He put it on the noodles Kkuaengi had pulled. The Dragon Claw sliced the noodles in half. “Phu huhut. How’s my skill?!” Theo asked proudly.

“Kkuaeng!” Kkuaengi shouted. *[Big Brother is amazing!]* Kkuaengi could smash noodles, but he couldn’t cut them thin. He looked at Theo with envy.

“This is easy for me, nyaang!” Theo puffed out his chest, enjoying Kkuaengi’s admiration.

“But what’s the point?” Sejun said. “The noodles are still covered in fur…” Sejun looked at Theo. His face seemed to say, *What am I going to do with this cat?* He started to think.

Then, Sejun said, “I know what to do. Kkuaengi, let’s take a break and eat honey.”

“Kkuaeng! Kkuaeng!” Kkuaengi cheered. *[Good! Honey is good, and so is a break!]* Sejun decided to use a reward. He let Kkuaengi eat honey. Then, he said, “Theo, come here.” He patted his knee, asking Theo to come.

“Phu huhut. Did you call me, Chairman Park?!” Theo asked.

Just like Sejun thought, Theo came and sat on his knee.

“Kkuaeng!” Kkuaengi said. *[Kkuaengi likes Daddy’s lap too!]* Theo sat on Sejun’s right knee. Kkuaengi sat on Sejun’s left knee. *Lick. Lick.* He dipped his paws in honey and ate.

“Here you go, Theo. Let’s eat Churu.”

“Phu huhut. Okay, nyaang!” Theo said.

When Sejun said “Churu,” Theo lay down, ready to eat. He licked his lips, waiting for the treat. *Chairman Park is really trying to impress me,* Theo thought. *I should reward him later for working so hard, nyaang!* Sejun was giving Churu to keep Theo still so he could brush his fur. But Theo thought Sejun was just trying to impress him.

*Chomp chomp chomp.* Theo ate two Churus happily, still misunderstanding. *Whisk. Whisk.* Sejun brushed Theo’s fur as much as he could. He carefully collected all the fur. He had made a fur ball the size of a baseball before. But now, with all this fur, it looked like he could make another one! *A lot of fur is coming out,* Sejun thought. *Good, I can sell it to Iona. But…*

A little later, *Whisk. Whisk.* … Sejun kept brushing Theo’s fur without really thinking.

“Chairman Park! I have something to give you, nyaang!” Theo suddenly jumped up. He thought it was time to give Sejun a reward. He shouted happily.

“Huh?! What did you say?” Sejun asked, surprised. He had been lost in thought.

“I said I have something to give you, nyaang!” Theo replied. He took out 10 money pouches from his bag. Yuren had given them to him. Theo gave them to Sejun.

“Oh! How much money did you make?” Sejun asked.

“Phu huhut. I made a lot, nyaang! So Chairman Park, only trust me from now on, nyaang!” Theo answered, puffing out his chest proudly.

“Okay. You’re the only one I trust, Vice Chairman Theo,” Sejun said, smiling. *Whisk. Whisk.* Sejun petted Theo’s head and praised him.

Then, Sejun put the last bit of fur he collected with the other fur. He made Theo Ball Number 2.

“Oh! 100 million Top Coins in each?” Sejun finished brushing. He opened the money pouches and checked inside. Then he said, “So, 10 pouches, that’s 1 billion Top Coins?”

“Phu huhut. That’s right, nyaang!” Theo replied confidently. *I found someone easy to trick,* Theo thought. *And he has lots of money!*

“I should put all this money together.” *Charrr.* Sejun poured the money from the pouches into one big pouch. *Rumble.* From the last pouch, something rolled out. It had a strong, sharp smell and was a little yellow.

“Huh?! What’s this?! Garlic?!” Sejun knew it was garlic right away. And then he saw the words: *[Six-Clove Garlic of Agility]* With a name like that, he knew exactly what it was.

“Six-Clove Garlic of Agility?” Sejun picked up a clove of garlic and examined it closely.

[Six-Clove Garlic of Agility] A plant that grows naturally inside the Tower, it is a six-clove garlic with six cloves. It has the ability to ward off impurities, but it is easily contaminated by the surrounding energy and rots quickly, so it should be consumed as soon as possible. Consuming it increases Agility by 1. Eating all 6 cloves from a whole garlic increases all stats by 1. It has a very pungent and spicy taste. Expiration Date: 30 days Grade: B+

Rumble.

“One, two…” Sejun poured the garlic out of the pouch onto the floor and began counting.

“One thousand and fifty.” There were a total of 1050 cloves of garlic in the pouch.

“Great. Good job! Vice Chairman Theo!”

“Nyaang?!” Theo, who had been dozing on Sejun’s lap, was startled when Sejun suddenly praised him. *Is there more to praise? Then praise me more, nyaang!*

Theo waited for Sejun’s next praise, but

“It’s hard to eat these raw, but they’re sweet when grilled! Just a moment, you two.”

“Nyaang?”

Kkuaeng?

Sejun picked up Theo and Kkuaengi, put them down from his lap, and hurried to the kitchen.

As Sejun headed to the kitchen,

“Chairman Park, where are you going, nyaang?! It’s not my fault, nyaang! Let’s go together, nyaang!” Theo, discovering that one of the pouches was empty, misunderstood that Sejun was angry and hurriedly followed Sejun.

Kkuaeng!

[Daddy is cooking?] Kkuaengi, thinking Sejun was preparing dinner, got excited at the thought of eating a delicious meal and ran to the kitchen, clutching his honey jar.

99th Floor of the Red Tower.

“Why haven’t I heard that the sculptures are finished yet?!” Ramter wanted to quickly take the sculptures to the Black Tower and buy Samyangju from Sejun. When he didn’t hear from Udon, Ramter went to find Udon himself.

And then,

“Huh?” He discovered a giant sculpture that was not even 10% complete.

“What?! Who told you to make it this big?!”

“Yes?! We were told to make a sculpture resembling the great Red Dragon Ramter-nim…”

“How are we going to take it to the Black Tower if it’s this big?!” At this size, he was 100% sure to be discovered by other dragons while taking it to the Black Tower, and then he wouldn’t be able to trade for Samyangju. That couldn’t happen!

“Udon, remake the sculpture smaller.”

“Yes.”

“And you have spare armor, right?”

“Yes. But why the armor…?”

“I need to send that first.”

“Yes. Here it is.” Udon took out the spare armor he had made and handed it to Ramter.

“Enchantment.” Ramter imbued the red full-body armor with the necessary magic and sent it to the Black Tower.

“Here, Theo, try this.” Sejun held out a piece of warm, grilled garlic. But Theo just stared at it.

“······” Then, Theo clamped his mouth shut tight. He shook his head strongly, his whole body saying “NO!” It wasn’t because he was upset about being misunderstood. Theo was just a very picky eater.

*As expected, he won’t eat it.* Sejun thought he would have to secretly mix garlic into Theo’s Churu later.

Just then,

Kkuaeng! Kkuaeng! [Kkuaengi wants to eat that! It smells delicious!] Kkuaengi, having a nose for when the pungent smell of garlic disappeared, held out his bowl, asking for grilled garlic. He was quite excited, puffing out his cheeks and stomping his feet.

Rumble.

“Here.” Sejun grabbed a handful of grilled garlic and put it in Kkuaengi’s bowl, then started eating the remaining 100 or so pieces of grilled garlic. He planned to eat grilled garlic until he reached 300 Agility.

Crunch. Crunch.

“Huh?! What?!” He had expected the pungent taste to disappear while grilling, but the garlic was sweeter than he thought. No wonder Kkuaengi was excited. Thanks to that, Sejun was able to enjoy the garlic.

[You have consumed Six-Clove Garlic of Agility.] [Agility has increased by 1.]

A message appeared saying that his Agility had increased after eating the garlic. However, even after eating 6 cloves of garlic, all his stats did not increase. It seemed he had to eat all 6 cloves from one whole garlic.

So, when Sejun had eaten about 50 cloves of garlic,

[You have consumed Six-Clove Garlic of Agility.] [Agility has increased by 1.] [You have consumed all 6 cloves of garlic from a whole garlic.] [All stats have increased by 1.]

A message appeared saying that all his stats had increased by 1. Luckily, among the 50 cloves of garlic, there were cloves from the same whole garlic.

But after that, all his stats did not increase, and Sejun was able to reach 300 Agility after eating 84 cloves of garlic.

And then,

[All stats are now 300 or higher.] [You have cleared the first trial of the 10th Tower.] Sejun had cleared the first trial.

[The second trial of the 10th Tower will now begin.] [The second trial of the 10th Tower: Farming is the will of the heavens. You never know what might happen. You must always be prepared. Stockpile 10 million tons of food.]

“What?! Ten million tons?” Wasn’t this too much? There wasn’t even space to stockpile 10 million tons of food, and the food he had already stockpiled was about to rot before he could stockpile more.

As Sejun pondered how to stockpile 10 million tons of food,

[You have stockpiled over 10 million tons of food.] [You have cleared the second trial of the 10th Tower.] The second trial was cleared too easily.

“Huh?! Why…?” Sejun was puzzled as to why the second trial was cleared so easily. It was because the Tower’s system considered kudzu, which Sejun treated as weeds, as food.

So, the kudzu planted on the 85th floor of the Tower was recognized as food, and the trial was quickly cleared.

[The third trial of the 10th Tower will now begin.] [The third trial of the 10th Tower: A great farmer must have many new varieties. Secure 15 new varieties.] Thanks to that, the third trial started without a hitch.

“This too?” Sejun waited, hoping that the third trial would also be cleared easily, but the message that he had cleared the trial did not appear.

“I have 9 new varieties that I created, so I need to make 6 more.” Well, they’ll probably come out while harvesting. Sejun decided to think about the trial later and hurriedly prepared dinner.

The animals, tired of waiting for Sejun, were already sitting around the kitchen, eating sweet potatoes and carrots raw.

And so, after eating dinner,

“Kkuaengi, press!”

Kkuaeng!

[Okay!] Sejun and Kkuaengi pressed out noodles for 9,000 servings of rice noodles and fell asleep. The ruined noodles that were thrown away because of Theo’s fur were enough for 1,000 servings.

The next morning.

Kke…

…Ek…

A strange sound came to Sejun’s ears.

“Huh?” Sejun focused and listened carefully,

Kke-ek.

It was the sound of a mushroom ant crying outside the house.

“Is it an elixir?” Sejun followed the sound and came outside,

Kke-ek!

Two mushroom ants were holding their antennae high and waiting for Sejun. And on their backs, there were mushrooms growing all alone. It was an elixir, as Sejun had expected.

“Did you bring it for me to eat before I leave?”

Kke-ek!

The mushroom ants shook their antennae up and down at Sejun’s words.

“Thank you.” Tap. Tap. Sejun plucked the mushrooms from the mushroom ants’ backs and stroked their heads.

Kke-ek!

The mushroom ants turned around after receiving Sejun’s stroking.

“I should make hot pot with this elixir and other mushrooms for breakfast before I leave.” Sejun, having woken up, headed to the kitchen to make breakfast.

A little later, after eating breakfast,

“Then, I’ll leave the farm to you.”

Kke-ek!

Sejun entrusted the farm to the mushroom ants.

And then,

“Vice Chairman Theo, please bring the rabbits safely.” He said, looking at Theo.

“Don’t worry, nyaang!” Behind Theo, who answered confidently, stood about 1,000 rabbits carrying bundles and bags. They were the rabbits who were going to the 55th floor of the Tower with Theo, using the Speed Merchant’s Passage.

“Okay. Then, see you later.” Sejun disappeared, unfolding the land deed for the 55th floor of the Tower.

Day 354 of being stranded. Sejun went down the Tower to attend the black rabbit’s wedding.