Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 263

Aileen sighed. “Hmph. Problem Solver Park Sejun to the rescue,” she muttered to herself.

She was in the Black Tower Administrator Zone.

“Is this how it’s done?”

Aileen was squatting, picking up carrot blossoms one by one to make a bouquet. She had gathered the carrot blossoms that had fluttered down from the 55th floor of the tower.

However, the carrot blossoms were withering quickly, too delicate for Aileen’s strong energy.

Pffft.

Unable to withstand Aileen’s energy, the carrot blossoms crumbled.

Aileen watched the carrot blossoms turn to dust. “It’s all Theo’s fault! That stupid cat!”

A little while ago, when Ppyu-Ppyu threw the bouquet…

“Khee hee hee. If Sejun catches that, will he ask me to marry him?”

Aileen had been watching the scene through her crystal ball, preparing herself.

She used her new power, ‘Interference,’ which she got from the Dragon Heart. Carefully, she tried to guide the bouquet towards Sejun without anyone noticing.

With her current magic power, she could only exert a small amount of force, but with intense concentration, she calculated the precise trajectory, and thanks to that, the bouquet moved as Aileen had planned.

“Khee hee hee. Got it!”

Aileen rejoiced as she watched the bouquet fly accurately towards Sejun.

But there was an unexpected hidden danger. Theo, that meddling feline, swatted away the bouquet that Aileen had painstakingly sent to Sejun.

As Aileen was resenting Theo…

“Huh?”

A contract appeared before Aileen. It was the contract Theo had sent to make Mimir his subordinate.

“I won’t help that stupid cat Theo anymore!”

Aileen, sulking at Theo, refused to stamp the contract.

“Mmm! So delicious!” Mimir cried out, slurping up the rice noodles. She couldn’t believe she had waited so long to try them. ‘From now on, I’m eating noodles every day!’ she thought happily. Just as she reached for her fourth bowl, ready to enjoy even more…

“Kkueng!”

Suddenly, the bowl of noodles floated into the air, lifted by Kkuengi’s mind power. “[No more for you!]” Kkuengi declared firmly.

Whoosh!

As a result, Mimir’s chopsticks sliced through the air.

“Yang?! Why?! I can eat more!”

Belatedly realizing that Kkuengi had taken her rice noodles, Mimir glared at Kkuengi and shouted in a shrill voice. When did you force me to eat, and what are you doing now?!

It was too harsh a punishment for Mimir, who had just entered the world of noodles.

However,

Grasp!

Kkueng! Kkueng!

“[No! The rest is Kkuengi’s!]”

Kkuengi grabbed Mimir by the collar and said very firmly. The kindness of the noodle evangelist Kkuengi was only up to 3 bowls of rice noodles.

Originally, Kkuengi would have allowed Mimir to eat 5 bowls of rice noodles… but he couldn’t because of that pink pig, Yuren.

Slurp. Slurp.

Even as Kkuengi was leading Mimir into the world of noodles, Yuren was constantly inhaling rice noodles.

“Nnyeh…,”

Mimir, grabbed by the collar by Kkuengi, answered in a sulky voice and had to forcibly end her noodle-loving initiation.

And then,

Slurp.

Kkuengi started eating rice noodles diligently.

Gulp.

Mimir swallowed, watching Kkuengi.

At that moment,

“He he. Mimir, do you want to eat rice noodles in the future too?”

Theo slyly approached Mimir and started marketing rice noodles.

“Nnyeh! Of course! I want to eat them every day!”

Mimir nodded vigorously at Theo’s question.

“He he. Then how much can you give me?”

My kids are doing well! Sejun wore a pleased expression at the fantastic combination of Kkuengi in charge of tasting and Theo in charge of sales.

Moreover, Theo was using the advanced sales tactic of asking the other party to suggest a price first. ‘Theo is really learning fast,’ Sejun thought, pleased.

Sejun smiled as he looked at himself.

‘Does President Park like me that much? He he. Look at him unable to take his eyes off Vice President Theo!’

Theo gained even more confidence.

“He he. Mimir, have you ever seen anything like this?”

Theo, having finished the rice noodle contract with Mimir, asked as he took out the Stamina Corn.

However,

“Nnyeh. That’s corn. I’ve eaten a lot of it.”

Mimir didn’t think much of the corn Theo took out.

“He he. This corn is different from the corn Mimir has seen so far! Because the great President Park grew it!”

Theo said, handing the corn to Mimir.

What’s so different about being grown by President Park? Mimir, who didn’t think much of it, took the corn and examined it.

“What… Yang?! What is this?!”

She was greatly surprised after checking the Stamina Corn options.

It was amazing that stats increased from eating corn, but what was even more surprising was that the corn grade was A.

Crops, except in special circumstances, taste better the higher the grade.

And Mimir had never seen A-grade corn before.

Crunch.

Mimir bit into the raw corn to taste the original flavor of the A-grade corn.

Perhaps to properly taste the corn, Mimir closed her eyes and savored the flavor.

The corners of her mouth rising without her saying a word told that the corn tasted excellent.

“Sweet!”

Mimir opened her eyes and said pleasantly.

“He he. How is President Park’s corn?!”

Theo said, as if to say, ‘See?’

“Amazing! President Park must be a genius at farming!”

“He he. That’s right! President Park is amazing!”

“Hehe heh. Those guys.”

As Sejun was watching the two praising him,

Ppyak!

The Black Rabbit came to find Sejun.

Ppyak!

“[Uncle, let’s go together!]”

“Huh? Where to?”

Ppyak!

“[We need to draw the family portrait!]”

He had come to take Sejun and his brothers.

“Portrait?”

Ppyak! Ppyak!

“[Yes! Quickly!]”

The Black Rabbit, who wanted to include Sejun and his brothers in the royal family portrait hanging in the lobby of White Castle, urged him.

“That won’t do! I haven’t received the stamp from Aileen yet!”

Theo shouted, reminded of the contract he had sent to Aileen at the Black Rabbit’s words. I need to make Mimir my subordinate!

“Hehyeng.”

Theo’s heart began to grow anxious as he watched Mimir, who was fascinated by Sejun’s crops in front of him.

But Theo was too afraid of Aileen to urge her.

‘Nyang… Aileen, why aren’t you stamping the contract?’

Theo, unaware that Aileen was sulking, had no choice but to wait.

And then,

Kkueng! Kkueng!

“[Kkuengi can’t go now either! Kkuengi hasn’t finished eating yet!]”

Slurp. Slurp.

Kkuengi also said he couldn’t go while eating rice noodles.

Ppyak!

The Black Rabbit knew Theo and Kkueng always did what Sejun said. So, it quickly asked Sejun to bring them along.

“Okay, Theo, what’s wrong?” Sejun asked, smiling a little. *Problem-solver Park Sejun is here to help!* he thought to himself.

“Chairman Park! It’s about Eileen…” Theo started, his eyes wide.

“The contract? Did you send the contract to Eileen?” Sejun asked quickly.

“Yes, I did!” Theo said, his eyes shining. He thought, *Chairman Park is helping! Eileen will sign the contract, and Mimir will be mine!*

“Wait a minute. Eileen,” Sejun said, “Theo said he sent you a contract. Did you see it?”

[The Tower’s Administrator says, *“Yes, I saw it… just now. I’m signing it now.”*] Eileen quickly stamped the contract as she spoke. Then she said, “Yes, I signed it. Thank you.” Her voice sounded a little annoyed.

[The Tower’s Administrator says, *“Oh, don’t thank me. It’s nothing between friends.”* She sounded embarrassed.]

[The Tower’s Administrator says, *“The Holy Stone training is done too. I’m sending it to you.”*]

Just as Eileen finished speaking, the contract appeared, and then the Holy Stone Ice Cube landed in Sejun’s hand. It felt very still and serious, like a tiny soldier.

“Here you go, Theo,” Sejun said, handing him the contract.

“Puhuhut! You’re the best, Chairman Park!” Theo laughed.

Sejun gave Theo the contract Eileen signed. *Thump.* Theo quickly put the contract on the ground next to Mimir.

“Heheng,” Mimir hummed, still looking at Sejun’s plants.

“Mimir, move a little!” Theo said, pushing Mimir gently towards the contract.

“Ngyah?!” Mimir finally looked down and saw the paper on the floor. “Yang?!” he said, confused.

Mimir stepped back as Theo pushed him, and his back foot landed right on the part of the contract that said ‘Party B’. The contract was done!

“Puhuhut! Mimir, you’re my helper now!” Theo cheered.

“Eek! No way! That trick won’t work!” Mimir shouted.

*Fwoosh!* Mimir quickly sprayed a potion to break contracts all over the paper Theo was waving.

But…

“What?! It’s not working?!” Mimir cried. The contract stayed signed because Mimir was much weaker than Eileen.

*Tap, tap, tap.* Theo patted Mimir’s shoulder. “Helper, please be good to me!” he said, grinning. Mimir looked completely sad.

While Theo was busy making Mimir his helper, Sejun tried to get Kkueng’s attention.

“Kkuenga, you can eat that later. Let’s have honey first,” Sejun said, holding out a jar of honey. He wanted to feed Kkueng honey while they walked.

But,

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[Kkuenga says, *“I’m in a contest! I can’t stop eating!”*]

*Slurp, slurp. Slurp, slurp.* Kkueng was staring at Yuren, who was eating rice noodles very quickly on the other side.

“Theo,” Sejun said quietly, “go stop Yuren from eating noodles.”

“Okay! I got it!” Theo said.

“Puhuhut! Let’s go!” Theo said to Kkueng.

Kkueng!

[Kkuenga says, *“Okay, I can go now!”*]

Theo, Kkueng, and the Black Rabbit were ready to follow Sejun.

*Squeak!* [“Follow me!”]

The Black Rabbit hopped quickly, leading Sejun and the animals to a grand room. Inside, Sejun saw a massive throne made of dark wood, carved with rabbit shapes. In front of it were two smaller, but still fancy, thrones.

*Squeak! Squeeee!* The Black Rabbit’s parents and many other rabbits were already there, chattering excitedly.

*Squeak!* [“Uncle, you sit on the big throne in the back!”] The Black Rabbit pointed to the large throne and guided Sejun towards it.

*Thud.* Sejun sat down on the soft, velvet cushion.

“Hey! That’s my spot!” Kkueng barked happily.

Kkueng and Theo jumped onto Sejun’s lap, making themselves comfortable. *Bat, bat.* The Golden Bat settled on Sejun’s right shoulder.

Pew Pew and the Black Rabbit hopped onto the smaller thrones in front of Sejun. *Squeak!* The other rabbits arranged themselves around them.

Soon, dozens of small, gray rabbits with tiny brushes appeared. *Squeak!* [“Don’t move!”] one of them squeaked.

The painter rabbits started to work quickly on a giant canvas, their tiny brushes making soft scratching sounds. *Scritch, scritch, scritch.* The only sound in the room was the busy scratching of the rabbit painters.

But the quiet didn’t last for long.

*Snore.*

*Snoooore.*

*Snooooore.*

*Snoooooooooore.*

It started with a small snore, but soon, everyone was snoring loudly! Sleepiness spread through the room like magic. One by one, everyone – Sejun, Theo, Kkueng, even the Black Rabbit – fell fast asleep! It was a sleeping disaster!

*Squeak! Squeak!* The painter rabbits tried to wake them up, but it was no use. So, they looked closely at the sleeping royal family and kept painting, trying to remember what they looked like awake.

Outside the destroyed lands, a heavy red mist hung in the air, smelling of fire and ruin.

“Pathetic,” a deep voice growled. “You were beaten by just one dragon and came back?”

“Kugh! It’s not my fault!” Halphas said angrily. “If that dragon hadn’t eaten something weird…”

“Eaten something weird?” the deep voice asked, interested.

“Yeah. It was round… After he ate it, he became much stronger, even stronger than me when I used my second power boost!” Halphas complained.

“You said it was a black dragon?”

“Yes! So what?” Halphas snapped.

“Nothing,” the deep voice said slowly. “I’m just… curious.”

“Hmph! When we can use our third power boost, it won’t matter anyway!” Halphas said, still angry.

“Maybe,” the deep voice said. “But you’re right. Go heal yourself.”

“Fine,” Halphas grumbled and focused on healing.

The deep voice watched him go. “What did that dragon eat?” he wondered.

If only one dragon ate it, it might not be a problem. But if all the dragons ate it… they could lose again. But if *they* could get it…

“Then victory would be ours,” Fenrir, the wolf who hunts gods, thought. He was the strongest of the Destroyers. He licked his lips, his eyes fixed on the Black Tower in the distance.