Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 273

Inside the kitchen on the 99th floor of the Tower.

Koohehehe.

Kkueng-ie watched Sejun cook. His eyes sparkled, and he smiled brightly.

Sejun felt Kkueng-ie’s eager eyes on him. He carefully made honey rice cakes.

A little while ago,

Kkueng! Kkueng!

“[Daddy ate five delicious things all alone! Kkueng-ie knows everything!]”

Like a clever detective, Kkueng-ie figured out exactly how many golden jellies Sejun ate.

Kkueng!

“[Kkueng-ie is upset!]”

Kkueng-ie took out a strengthened branch of the fallen Ent from his snack pouch.

“I’m sorry, Kkueng-ah. I’ll make you honey rice cakes instead.”

Kkueng!

“[Okay!]”

Sejun made a deal with Kkueng-ie. Honey rice cakes, Kkueng-ie’s favorite, would solve everything.

*Thump.* Sejun put a large steamer over a pot of boiling water to cook the rice cakes. Then,

[You have harvested 9 magic cherry tomatoes.]

[Your job experience has slightly increased.]

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

[The expiration date of the harvested crops has been extended by 5 days due to the cold effect imbued in the Scythe of Freshness.]

[You have gained 540 experience points.]

He went to the cherry tomato field and started picking cherry tomatoes to make cherry tomato juice to eat with the honey rice cakes.

As Sejun was harvesting cherry tomatoes,

[5000 Elixir: Cherry Tomatoes with Mighty Magic are stored in the White Tower’s temporary storage.]

[The White Tower’s temporary storage is full.]

[Harvesting, which was instructed to Ajax Mamb, the Tower Farmer of the White Tower, is terminated because crops cannot be placed in the temporary storage.]

Almost two months later, a message appeared stating that the capacity of the White Tower’s temporary storage was full.

When he first planted the Elixir: Cherry Tomatoes with Mighty Magic, the magic that Ajax emitted on the 99th floor of the tower continued to accumulate, and the concentration was high.

So, the cherry tomatoes could absorb the magic and grow quickly, but as the cherry tomatoes absorbed the magic, the magic concentration on the 99th floor of the White Tower gradually decreased.

As a result, the growth rate of the cherry tomatoes slowed down, and now it was taking almost two months to harvest 5000 elixir-grade cherry tomatoes.

“The growth rate is too slow…”

The core of this problem was Ajax.

If Ajax was lazy, Sejun could tell him off to make him work faster. But Ajax was working hard lately.

This was a problem that could only be solved by increasing the magic that Ajax emitted.

‘What should I do?’

As Sejun was lost in thought,

[The Tower Farmer’s grade has increased, and you can expand the size of the temporary storage by 2 times with 500 million Tower Coins.]

[Would you like to expand?]

A message asking whether to expand the temporary storage appeared additionally.

The maximum transport capacity between towers was 100kg. Until now, Sejun had transported up to 50kg between towers because the size of the temporary storage was small.

If the size of the temporary storage doubled here, it meant that he could use the maximum transport capacity between towers, which was 100kg.

However,

“I won’t do it.”

Sejun did not expand the temporary storage.

It wasn’t because he didn’t have money. He had about 1 billion Tower Coins left after purchasing >Authority: Become Abundant!> last time, so he had enough money. It was simply because he didn’t need it.

Even if the size of the temporary storage doubled, it would be meaningless because the growth rate of the cherry tomatoes was slow.

It still took two months to harvest 5000 cherry tomatoes. The period to fill the temporary storage, which had been expanded to twice the size, would take twice as long as now.

“Then that means I have to wait more than four months.”

That was too long. Either way, Aileen would run out of cherry tomatoes before that, so he had to use transport between towers whether the temporary storage was filled or not.

If the cherry tomatoes were not filled today, he was planning to bring cherry tomatoes by transport between towers in a few days.

“Ajax is the problem.”

Really, the problem was Ajax’s magic wasn’t strong enough (or maybe it was!). If Ajax knew Sejun thought this, he might get angry and attack the Black Tower again.

Of course, Aileen would take care of him before that.

At that moment,

[The Tower’s Administrator asks if Ajax is not listening to you again.]

[The Tower’s Administrator is furious, saying that if you summon Ajax again, she will really destroy him this time.]

Aileen heard Sejun and got angry! She thought Ajax was causing trouble again. But Ajax had been good and working hard. He would feel unfairly blamed.

“That’s not it, Aileen.”

Sejun calmed Aileen down and said,

“Transport.”

He paid 1 million Tower Coins for transport between towers and moved 5000 cherry tomatoes to the Black Tower.

A little later,

Flash!

[5000 Elixir: Cherry Tomatoes with Mighty Magic (50kg) have arrived.]

As 5000 white cherry tomatoes appeared in front of Sejun, creating a small mountain with the message,

“Aileen, you ran out of cherry tomatoes, right? Eat these.”

Sejun sent 3000 cherry tomatoes to Aileen.

Aileen ate about 50 cherry tomatoes a day. 3000 would last her 60 days, so about two months’ worth.

The reason Aileen only ate 50 cherry tomatoes a day was because eating more than that would exceed Aileen’s magic potential.

Aileen’s magic had already reached its potential.

However, Aileen was growing, so her potential increased every day. Sejun’s honey jelly also greatly helped to increase Aileen’s potential.

Aileen’s magic potential increased by about 50 every day.

Considering that the effect of Elixir: Cherry Tomatoes with Mighty Magic was an increase of 10 magic, it was strange. Eating 50 should increase magic by 500.

‘That’s strange.’

At first, Sejun thought this was odd. Usually, if you ate more magic than you could handle, you’d need to use the toilet!

But there was something Sejun didn’t know. Aileen didn’t fully receive the effects of the cherry tomatoes.

The elixir-grade cherry tomatoes were too lacking compared to Aileen’s level, so the effects were not properly exerted.

Aileen’s magic increased by 1 for every cherry tomato she ate.

So Aileen was increasing her magic by 50 every day, increasing her magic by 1500 in a month.

According to Kaiser, there was usually no case where the potential speed of hatchlings of Aileen’s age increased so quickly.

[The Tower’s Administrator says thank you.]

Aileen, who received the elixir-grade cherry tomatoes, was touched by Sejun’s thoughtfulness.

‘Kheeheehee. Sejun, I’ll repay you with more delicious (?) food!’

Since Sejun was worried about her and strongly dissuaded her from cooking, Aileen decided to make food without Sejun’s knowledge.

Without knowing Aileen’s heart, Sejun took some elixir-grade cherry tomatoes in a bowl and said,

“Vice Chairman Theo, please pack these.”

“Understood, Meow!”

He had Theo pack the remaining elixir-grade cherry tomatoes in a bundle.

Because a large amount of elixir-grade cherry tomatoes with a lot of magic could create the same effect as Blue Moon.

When the arrangement of the elixir-grade cherry tomatoes was finished,

“I should send some honey jelly to Ajax to make him stronger.”

Eating honey jelly would slightly strengthen his magic-related talent, so it would be helpful.

Sejun sent Ajax the seeds of Elixir: Cherry Tomatoes with Mighty Magic and 10 glass bottles filled with honey jelly.

And then,

Swish-! Swish-!

Sejun went to the kitchen and started squeezing cherry tomato juice to make cherry tomato juice. Using the Elixir: Cherry Tomatoes with Mighty Magic, no less.

Currently, Sejun’s magic stats and magic potential were:

Magic (581/708).

He was not the old Sejun who had to go to the bathroom after eating a few elixir-grade cherry tomatoes.

“Hehehe. I’m not the same as before.”

Sejun made elixir cherry tomato juice with a confident expression.

A little later,

“Everyone, let’s have dinner!”

Sejun had dinner with the animals.

Koohehehe. Kkueng!

“[Hehehe. Delicious!]”

Kkueng-ie was happily eating honey rice cakes with the sheep’s front paws.

“Kkueng-ah, you have to drink while eating. You’ll get indigestion.”

Sejun brought a cup of cherry tomato juice to Kkueng-ie’s mouth,

Gulp. Gulp.

Kkueng-ie quickly drank the juice as if his throat was getting choked.

And then,

Wap. Wap.

As soon as the choking disappeared, Kkueng-ie started eating honey rice cakes again quickly.

At that moment,

Tap. Tap.

A yellow front paw hit Sejun’s arm.

“President Park, pay attention to this side too, Meow!”

Theo, who had already eaten all the Churu that Sejun had put on the spoon, said in a sulky voice.

“Our Vice Chairman Theo, you’ve already eaten it all?”

“Puhuhoot. That’s right, Meow! I, Vice Chairman Theo, eat fish and Churu well, Meow!”

Theo puffed up with pride at Sejun’s praise and said in a show-off voice.

“Here.”

As Sejun scooped up homemade Churu with a spoon and brought it to Theo,

Chomp chomp chomp.

Theo started eating hard again.

Tap tap tap.

Peep!

“[It’s delicious!]”

Next to him, Piyo was happily eating the peanut powder that Sejun had ground for him with his beak.

Everyone had a pleasant dinner and finished the happy day.

***

[30 million Elixir: Cherry Tomato seeds with Mighty Magic and 10 bottles of honey jelly have been sent from the Black Tower to the White Tower.]

“Huh?! What is it?”

Ajax wore a straw hat and boots, and held a scythe. He was confused when something arrived that wasn’t cherry tomato seeds. He looked to see what it was.

“Huh?! Honey jelly?”

Sejun sent it hoping it would help Ajax get stronger and grow more cherry tomatoes. But,

“The human guy, he must have felt sorry for me.”

Ajax thought that Sejun had sent the honey jelly as an apology for making him suffer all this time.

“Hmph! Do you think I’ll be happy if you give me something like this?!”

Ajax was already feeling good, and the corners of his mouth were twitching.

Click.

Ajax opened the glass bottle of honey jelly, pretending not to be.

Nom.

‘I’ll never like it!’

He was the great White Dragon! He wouldn’t be tricked by something like honey jelly.

Ajax, who had made up his mind, ate the honey jelly.

But,

Melt.

“Huh?! What is this?!”

It was so delicious! The rich honey flavor of the honey jelly, which melted softly like cotton candy in his mouth, disarmed Ajax’s heart.

“Hmph! I’ll eat it considering the human’s sincerity.”

Nom. Nom.

Ajax was happily eating honey jelly and said,

“Oh! There are ripe cherry tomatoes over there.”

Rustle.

He harvested cherry tomatoes.

And then,

Whooooosh.

With the effect of the honey jelly, Ajax’s Dragon Heart grew a little, and the magic that Ajax emitted around him increased a little.

***

The next morning.

“Ugh!”

As soon as Sejun got up,

“Nyaang···.”

He picked up Theo and got up, then

Thump.

He attached it to his leg and marked the date on the wall.

Day 360 of the castaway life. Today was the founding ceremony of the Red Ribbon Kingdom. He had to quickly sell black beans to the dragons and go down to the 55th floor of the tower.

Clunk.

As Sejun was about to open the bedroom door with Theo,

Peep!

“[I’m going with you too!]”

Piyo, who had been sleeping in the wooden box house, hurriedly followed Sejun. I am Theo’s right front paw that follows Theo wherever he goes!

Click.

Sejun, who took Theo and Piyo, went to the storage and opened the Golden Box of Abundance to take out two black beans.

“Okay. Six in total.”

Sejun took six black beans and headed to the fountain where the dragons were.

At that moment,

Piyo?

“[Theo, didn’t we forget something?]”

Piyo asked Theo. There was something they had forgotten, but he couldn’t remember.

But,

“Puhuhoot. Piyo, don’t worry, Meow! I was going to give President Park the lottery ticket while eating breakfast later, Meow!”

Theo gave a different answer.

This time, Theo and Piyo had completely forgotten that they had to save the Mother Tree together.

Piyo! Piyo!

“[Ah! That’s what it was! Theo is a smart cat after all!]”

“Puhuhoot. Of course, Meow!”

Theo was elated at Piyo’s words. Theo and Piyo really were a great team.