Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 283

“Huh? What’s wrong, Blossom?”

Plop. Plop.

Sejun watched Blossom dig into the ground with its leaves like shovels.

[Yoop!]

Blossom buried itself in a small hole.

[Hehe. The soil here is good.]

Blossom replied with a smile. Its roots couldn’t settle in the air, so it buried itself in the soil to call them.

“Heh heh heh. Really?”

The soil is good? Is it because of my divine power? Sejun felt pleased because of Blossom’s words.

Whirr.

“I’ll light a fire in case you get cold.”

[Hehe. Thank you.]

Sejun lit a fire next to Blossom, just in case it got cold.

“Alright, everyone, let’s pick some Egg Fruits before dinner.”

He called out to the animals.

Squeak! Squeak!

[Squeaky will lift Daddy high! Hold on tight to Squeaky!]

Float.

Squeaky lifted its body to about Sejun’s chest height and spread its two front paws to the side.

Snuggle.

Sejun hugged Squeaky tightly.

Squeak! Squeak~!

[Ready! Let’s go~!]

Bang!

With Squeaky’s cry, Squeaky and Sejun shot up to the top of the tree at an incredible speed. The other animals clung to Sejun.

Once alone, Blossom spread its leaves wide, calling for its roots.

[Root! Here! Here!]

And then,

[What’s your name?]

Blossom spoke to the tree while waiting for its roots.

However,

-Rustle!

The tree was just a baby tree and couldn’t speak.

-Rustle! Rustle!

Still, the tree was happy to have met Blossom, who could understand it, and chattered away enthusiastically.

[Is that so?]

Blossom listened as attentively as possible to the tree’s story.

The outskirts of destruction.

“As soon as Halphas finishes recovering, you will simultaneously attack the nine towers guarded by the dragons.”

“Yes!”

“Yes!”

At the command of Fenrir, the 1st Apostle of Destruction, the nine Apostles of Destruction from the 4th to the 12th seats replied in unison.

Among the 12 Apostles of Destruction, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd seats held a much higher rank than the other Apostles of Destruction, so they could issue orders to the rest.

“And in the meantime, Jormungandr, you will create a fragment, destroy my spirit form and enter the Black Tower.”

“Fenrir, why do you insist on infiltrating the tower with a complete spirit form instead of a fragment?”

Jormungandr, the 3rd Apostle of Destruction, the Serpent who Devours the World, asked Fenrir with a puzzled expression.

If a spirit form entered the tower and was destroyed, it would be gone forever.

It wasn’t that Jormungandr was worried about their forces diminishing if Fenrir were destroyed.

If Fenrir were destroyed, another Apostle of Destruction would be born to replace him, so there would be no loss of power.

However, Jormungandr didn’t understand why Fenrir would take such a risk.

“That is because I am a noble wolf.”

“···Alright.”

Jormungandr simply gave up trying to understand and decided to comply with Fenrir’s request.

Otherwise, he would be a nuisance until he got his way.

Early morning on the 79th floor of the tower.

“Ughaaah.”

Sejun woke up on Squeaky’s belly and stretched.

“Nyaaaang.”

Squeak squeak.

Peep peep.

The animals also stretched.

“Squeaky, flex your belly!”

Squeak!

[Power!]

At Sejun’s words, Squeaky flexed its belly with all its might!

Wobble.

Squeaky’s belly wobbled.

“Oof!”

Sejun used the momentum to lift himself up.

Thud.

He landed on the ground.

And then,

Rustle.

Sejun went to the extinguished fire and began to rummage through the still-warm ashes, taking out the Egg Fruits.

He had put them in before going to bed last night. When cooked in high heat, the eggs turn brown and taste even better.

Squeak! Squeak!

[Amazing! It was definitely a colorless Egg Fruit, but now it has color! It’s magic!]

Squeaky was amazed as he looked at the brown eggs.

“Heh heh heh. Squeaky, try it. The taste will be amazing too.”

Sejun said with a smile. The eggs were chewy, like soft candy, and tasted rich and a little salty.

Squeak! Squeak!

[Kwoo! Daddy is amazing!]

“Heh heh heh. Right? Eat a lot.”

Sejun, feeling proud at Squeaky’s praise, ate the eggs with Squeaky.

After Sejun had filled his belly,

“Eileen, was everything alright in the early morning?”

He asked Eileen with a slightly nervous voice. Today was day 362 of being stranded. The blue moon had risen and set on the 99th floor of the tower in the early morning.

Of course, there wouldn’t be any major problems with Eileen and three dragons, but he was a little worried since this was the first time he had left the farm during a blue moon.

[The Tower’s Administrator says that he took the initiative to resolve it.]

“Thank you.”

[The Tower’s Administrator says that you can continue to trust him.]

“Okay. I’ll continue to trust Eileen. Eileen, eat this.”

Sejun tried to send an egg to Eileen, but

[······]

“Eileen?”

Eileen suddenly didn’t respond.

“She must be busy. Alright, everyone, wake up.”

“Nyaaang···”

Peep···

Sejun put the egg he was going to give to Eileen in the magic storage and woke Theo and Peep to feed them breakfast.

(Bat bat. Delicious!)

Slurp. Slurp.

The Golden Bat, who appeared from somewhere, also happily sucked on the medicinal cherry tomato juice that Sejun had taken out.

“Did Blossom sleep well too?”

Sejun approached Blossom, who was buried in the ground, and asked.

[Yes! Did you sleep well too, Master?!]

“Yeah. I slept well. Is there anything Blossom wants to eat?”

Sejun didn’t know what to feed Blossom, so he asked.

Originally, he would just give it water, but seeing it move like this, its diet might have changed.

[Nothing. I only need Sejun’s attention, the sun, and water. Hehe.]

“Okay.”

Pat. Pat.

Sejun stroked Blossom’s leaves, who only said pretty things. Grow big, our Blossom.

As Sejun was stroking Blossom,

‘Puhuhoot. I ate too much, nyaang! I need to digest with Chairman Park’s pats on my belly, nyaang!’

Theo, who had finished eating grilled fish and was wagging his tail as he walked towards Sejun, thinking about getting his belly patted by Sejun.

However,

“What nyaang?!”

He found Sejun sitting on the floor, carefully stroking Blossom.

“That’s right, nyaang! This is Blossom’s first time traveling with Chairman Park, so I, Vice Chairman Theo, can understand… not nyaang!”

Theo, the jealous cat, quickly climbed onto Sejun’s lap.

Sejun asked, smiling at the small black cat in his lap, “Theo, did you eat all the fish?”

“Mmm-hmm!” Theo purred happily, his belly round and full. He lay on his back in Sejun’s lap, paws in the air. “Your grilled fish is the best, Chairman Park! The very best!”

Then, suddenly, *plop, plop* – little sounds of discomfort.

Theo looked up at Sejun with big, pleading eyes. “Oh, Chairman Park,” he whined, tapping his tummy with a paw. “I ate too much! My tummy hurts!”

“Really?” Sejun asked playfully.

“Yes, really!” Theo insisted.

With a pitiful expression, he tapped his belly with his front paws, pretending to be sick.

‘Hehe. Such a faker…’ Sejun thought.

Sejun knew right away that Theo wasn’t really sick because his voice was too strong for someone in pain.

“Vice Chairman Theo, if your tummy hurts, you must have indigestion, right? Then we need to poke your finger with a needle.”

“Nyang? What’s poke your finger with a needle?” Theo asked, tilting his head.

“It’s when you take a needle this big and poke your finger to draw blood,” Sejun said, spreading his arms wide to show how big the needle was, trying to scare Theo. Then, he pointed to Theo’s front paw thumb.

“Nyang?! Are you really going to poke my thumb with a needle that big? I think my thumb will disappear!” Theo looked utterly terrified at Sejun’s words, his eyes wide and his fur standing on end.

“We still have to do it. You might die if you don’t get treatment,” Sejun said, trying to keep a straight face.

“Chairman Park, I don’t hurt anymore! I think I’m all better!” Theo suddenly jumped up from Sejun’s lap, trying to run away.

But,

“Vice Chairman Theo, where are you running off to? We still need to treat you,” Sejun said, already knowing Theo was faking, and quickly grabbed him.

“N-no! I wasn’t hurting to begin with!” Theo protested, wriggling in Sejun’s grasp.

“Great. Treatment complete,” Sejun said with a smile.

“Nyang?” Theo was confused.

“Hehe. I said your fake illness is cured. Now, lie down,” Sejun said, stroking Theo’s belly, now that his fake illness was cured.

And then,

‘Nyang? What’s going on?’ Theo still hadn’t figured out what was happening.

Pat. Pat.

‘I’m getting sleepy, nyang…’ The tense Theo gradually calmed down with Sejun’s petting.

Grolong.

Too soon.

And so, the little morning adventure ended.

“Now, let’s get to work,” Sejun said, getting ready to start his day.

(Yes! Cherry tomatoes taste like tomatoes, and grapes taste like grapes~)

At Sejun’s words, the Golden Bat circled the Bird-Bearing Tree, singing to help it grow.

Sejun thought the lyrics of the song didn’t seem to matter at all.

And then,

[Farmer’s Warm Touch Lv. 7 is activated.]

[The growth of the Bird-Bearing Tree is slightly accelerated while the touch is in effect.]

[Farmer’s Warm Touch Lv. 7 proficiency slightly increases.]

Sejun, with Theo and Kkuengyi strapped to his waist, used the Farmer’s Warm Touch skill, climbing up and down the Bird-Bearing Tree to help it grow.

Helping the Bird-Bearing Tree grow, increasing skill proficiency, and exercising—three birds with one stone!

Peep!

Meanwhile, Piyo harvested Egg Fruits and put them in his bag.

Peep!

[Theo, here are the Egg Fruits!]

“Mmm! Well done, nyang!” Theo said happily.

When the bag was full, Piyo moved the Egg Fruits to Theo’s bundle, which was tied to Sejun’s waist.

At that moment,

“Kkuengyi, make the weight a little heavier,” Sejun said, getting used to climbing the tree.

Kkueng!

[Understood!] Kkuengyi slightly reduced the effect of his Lightweight Agility talent.

Then,

Thud.

Kkuengyi’s weight increased.

“Good,” Sejun said, climbing the tree again, carrying Kkuengyi, whose weight had increased to 1000kg. He was sweating a lot as he climbed the tree.

Rumble.

The ground vibrated, and the tree shook violently.

“Aah!” Sejun couldn’t hold on because the tree was shaking so much and was thrown off.

Thud thud.

Fortunately, Kkuengyi used his mind power to stop him from falling.

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[Daddy is too weak! I’ll work harder!] Kkuengyi scolded him.

Sejun listened to Kkuengyi’s scolding and climbed the tree again.

[Master, I’m sorry. But I connected to the roots!] Blaze, who had caused the earthquake, apologized to Sejun and connected his body to the roots.

He gave the roots of the Bird-Bearing Tree one of the special drinks he had given to Podori.

-Slurp?

[Yeah. You can drink it. It’s delicious,] Blaze said.

-Slurp!

The Bird-Bearing Tree quickly drank the special drink.

[Were you hungry? Eat more,] Blaze said.

-Slurp!

Blaze took out another special drink from his roots and gave it to the Bird-Bearing Tree.

[I wish Podori would drink this well too. Eat more.]

Blaze was happy to see the Bird-Bearing Tree enjoying the special drink he had given it, when suddenly,

[The Bird-Bearing Tree has grown into a mature tree.]

[Quest completed.]

[As a reward for completing the quest, you have been recognized as the rightful owner of the land deed.]

[Land Deed Skill: Farm Information Lv. Max is activated.]

A message appeared in front of Sejun, saying that he had finished the Land Deed quest.

“Oh! The quest is over! Good job, everyone!” Sejun said, not knowing that Blaze had shared his nutrients with the Bird-Bearing Tree, and thinking it was all thanks to him and the animals.

And then,

“Farm Info….”

Just as he was about to use the Land Deed skill to see the farm information,

Rumble.

The ground shook again.

“Ugh!” This time, he was holding onto the tree tightly and didn’t get thrown off, so Sejun didn’t have to listen to Kkuengyi scolding him.

“What’s going on? Is the ground here unstable?” Sejun was worried about the earthquakes.

But again, the earthquake was caused by Blaze’s roots.

Knowing that Sejun would find out who he was if he used the Farm Information skill, Blaze quickly pulled his roots out of the farm.

At that moment,

Swish.

The flower buds on the mature Bird-Bearing Tree began to open, and flowers started to bloom.

And then,

Chirp! Chirp!

Caw!

Cuckoo!

Dozens of birds, big and small, were born from the flowers, singing loudly to announce they were born.

“Wow,” Sejun said, watching in wonder at the beautiful flowers and the birds being born from them.

Peep! Peep!

[Welcome, new birds! I am your leader, Pirrrrr Yacht!] Piyo stepped forward to teach them the rules.

However,

Whoosh.

Several birds, looking like they were challenging him, made flames on their bodies and stared at Piyo.

Because they had drunk Blaze’s nutrients, strong birds that could use fire were born.

‘They’re a bit strong?’ Piyo thought.

Piyo quietly climbed onto Sejun’s foot and looked at Theo with pleading eyes. ‘Theo, please show them who’s boss!’