Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 293

“Heh heh heh. I knew it!”

Sejun felt a happy feeling watching Fenrir, who had eaten something as bitter as he had, and fainted.

Swish.

Sejun returned home, carefully placed the unconscious Fenrir on the bed, and covered him with a blanket.

And then,

Swish.

He marked the date he had been too rushed to mark earlier.

He made the 73rd mark on the tally. Above it were seven rows, each with ten of the 正 marks. (He used the Chinese character ‘正’ to count the days, marking one line for each day).

“Tomorrow will be a year…”

Swoosh.

Sejun carefully stroked the history of his 365 days written on the wall, and then,

“Shall I start preparing for the party?”

He went outside to prepare for a party celebrating his first year of survival.

Today promised to be a busy day, as he needed to prepare food to serve to the animals he had invited to the party. He needed to get food for the party, so he planned to visit farms on other levels to pick crops.

As Sejun stepped outside,

Kooeng…

[Kooengie will help Daddy… ]

Kooengie was waiting to help Sejun.

However,

Grumble.

Kooengie’s tummy clock, announcing mealtime, interrupted his words.

“Hee hee hee. Kooeng.”

[Hee hee hee. But Kooengie is low on fuel.]

Kooengie scratched his head and laughed awkwardly.

“Let’s grab something to eat on the way and then head out.”

Kooeng!

[Okay!]

Clang.

Sejun opened his subspace warehouse (a magical storage space he could access anytime) to take out some simple food.

“Hee hee hee.”

Kooengie trotted into the subspace warehouse after Sejun, filling his snack pouch.

A moment later,

“Toryong.”

Sejun called Toryong to take him to the waypoint.

-Master, we have arrived.

“Okay. Thanks.”

Sejun replied, looking down at his knees.

Grolong.

Kyurulong.

Kkulong.

Ppireurong.

The animals who had eaten breakfast were fast asleep on his knees.

Thump. Thump. Thump.

Sejun opened the subspace warehouse and carefully placed the animals on the floor so they wouldn’t wake up.

And then,

“See you in a bit.”

[Hehet. Okay.]

Finally, he put Bulkkot on his shoulder and closed the door.

Now alone, Sejun placed his hand on the red crystal.

[Loading saved waypoints from other floors.]

[Saved waypoints from other floors (7)]

-Tower 98th floor

-Tower 85th floor

-Tower 83rd floor

-Tower 77th floor

-Tower 55th floor

-Tower 49th floor

-Tower 44th floor

The red crystal glowed, showing him a list of places he could travel to.

“I should go see the persimmon trees first.”

Sejun selected the 49th floor and disappeared.

While Sejun left the 99th floor,

Moo!

The Black Minotaurs were controlling the entrance to the 99th floor. This was to allow only those invited to Sejun’s party to enter.

However,

Thump.

“Here is the invitation to the Great Black Dragon’s 1st anniversary party.”

There appeared beings presenting papers stamped with Theo’s paw print as invitations.

Moo?

[What should we do?]

Moo!

[Since there’s Vice Chairman Theo’s paw print here, it should be fine!]

Something felt strange, but since Theo’s paw print was definitely there, Woochilbaek and Woopalbaek accepted the invitations and let the visitors in.

“Here’s an invitation.”

“An invitation here.”

Thus, they received invitations and let visitors into the 99th floor one by one.

[Arrived at the 49th floor of the Black Tower.]

[Moved from the top floor, the 99th floor, to the 49th floor.]

[Descended 50 floors.]

[Due to the effect of >Title: Retrogressor>, all stats increase by 50.]

Sejun’s four stats each increased by 50, raising his total stats by 200.

“Heh heh heh. Feeling good?”

Sejun didn’t feel much other than a slight improvement in his condition. This was because Sejun’s total stats were approaching 2500. Adding 200 to 2500 would make it 2700. Now, 200 stats didn’t have a big impact on Sejun.

“Wow! So many sweet persimmons!”

Sejun looked around and cheered at the sight of the sweet persimmons hanging heavily on the persimmon trees. The trees were full of them, branches bending down with the weight of the ripe, orange fruit.

Even a rough count of the persimmons on one tree seemed to be several hundred.

Clang.

Sejun slightly opened the door of the subspace warehouse so the animals could come out when they woke up.

[Master!]

Thump.

He put Bulkkot, who was incredibly happy to see him after a short separation, on his shoulder.

And then,

“Oh! This looks good.”

Sejun grabbed a ripe sweet persimmon, as big as his fist and glowing a deep orange color. He twisted it around, and pulled.

Then,

Pluck.

The sweet persimmon separated smoothly from the branch.

“Looks delicious.”

Sejun looked at the well-ripened orange persimmon,

Rub rub.

Wiped it once on his clothes, and

Crunch.

Took a bite. The sweetness combined with the crisp texture of the sweet persimmon.

Crunch. Crunch.

Sejun ate the sweet persimmon and walked out of the farm.

“Wow. This is amazing.”

Sejun was amazed as he looked at the endless field of green before him. It was a sea of Broadsword Green Onions, stretching as far as he could see, their sturdy leaves swaying gently in the breeze.

It was the sturdy Broadsword Green Onion, planted under Sejun’s direction at Han Taejun’s request for more. Thanks to this, the quantity of sturdy Broadsword Green Onions supplied to Earth increased, And the distance from the 49th floor to the 41st floor was shortened, reducing transportation time.

After looking around the vast Broadsword Green Onion field, Sejun returned to the farm and

“Hum hum hum.”

Pluck. Pluck. Pluck.

Started picking persimmons seriously, humming a tune.

“Nyaaang! Nya? Where is this?!”

Theo, who had woken up from a nap and stretched lazily, raised his head and looked around.

And then,

“It’s that way, nyaang!”

He quickly located Sejun’s knee and ran towards him.

“Chairman Park!”

Cling.

He clung to Sejun’s leg.

“Vice Chairman Theo, did you sleep well?!”

Sejun asked, looking at Theo clinging to his leg.

“Yes, nyaang! But I don’t feel good, nyaang!”

Rub rub.

Theo rubbed his face against Sejun’s leg as he answered.

“You slept well, but why don’t you feel good?”

“That’s because Chairman Park left me behind, nyaang! It’s not fair, nyaang!” Theo whined, rubbing his face even harder against Sejun’s leg. “You always have to keep me with you, nyaang! Especially on your knee!”

In the end, he was saying he felt bad for being separated from his knee.

“Pfft. I have something to give Chairman Park, nyaang! Look at this, nyaang!”

Theo proudly showed Sejun an item he had placed on his front paw from his bundle.

“Theo, what’s this?” Sejun asked, looking closely at the seed Theo held out in his paw. “Sun-gazing seed?” he read aloud from the label.

The Moon-gazing seed had changed. It had become a Sun-gazing seed because Fenrir had taken in all the bad energy.

Sejun thought about what this new seed could do. It was hard to know until they planted it, but more crops were always a good thing.

“Good job, Vice President Theo,” Sejun said, gently stroking the soft fur on Theo’s head.

“Heh heh! Of course I know!” Theo replied, lifting his chin proudly.

Sejun started to pull his hand back. His desire to praise Theo suddenly disappeared.

“Nyang?! No way! Keep stroking me, nyang!” Theo grabbed Sejun’s hand with his front paws.

“Theo, let go now. I need to get back to work,” Sejun said, trying to pull his hand away.

“No, nyang!” Theo grabbed Sejun’s hand and pressed it against his forehead. Because of this, Theo dangled from Sejun’s hand, rising to Sejun’s eye level.

“Pfft,” Sejun laughed, watching Theo dangling and swaying from his hand. He thought, what a cute fellow.

In the end, Sejun gave in to Theo’s cuteness.

“Alright. Just for ten minutes.”

“Heh heh! I understand, nyang!” Theo plopped down on the floor and placed Theo on his lap. Sejun stroked his belly and head with both hands.

Theo thought, ‘Heh heh. Chairman Park is weak to this sort of thing.’

Theo had found another one of Sejun’s weaknesses.

Fenrir woke up on the bed.

Whimper! Whimper…

Fenrir thought, ‘Kaiser is very strong! Eating something so bitter!’

Fenrir still thought the black royal jelly was black beans that Kaiser had eaten, because the black beans he had seen only lasted for about three minutes.

Fenrir thought he had fainted and the effect had worn off.

Whimper!

Fenrir looked around, renewing his resolve. ‘I’ll endure it next time!’

Whimper?! Whimper?

Fenrir felt a little sad when he realized he was the only one in the bedroom, because Sejun, who would give him roasted sweet potato jerky, wasn’t there.

…?!

Fenrir was surprised by the emotion he had just felt.

Plop. Plop.

Whimper! Whimper!

Fenrir scolded himself, patting his own face with his tiny front paws. ‘No! Get a grip, Fenrir! You’re the Apostle of Destruction! You mustn’t be swayed by things like food!’

Whimper! Whimper!

Fenrir steeled himself again and headed out of the house. ‘That’s right! I’ll investigate this place while no one’s around!’

And then,

Whimper?

Fenrir thought, ‘What’s this?’

Munch. Munch.

He tried tearing off branches and leaves from healthy crops and eating them.

Whimper?

Fenrir thought, ‘I smell something suspicious here?’

Thud. Thud. Thud.

Fenrir dug into the ground, digging up good crops and ruining the field for no reason.

Whimper.

Fenrir thought, ‘I’m hungry.’

Fenrir, feeling peckish, went to the sweet potato field.

Thud. Thud. Thud.

He dug up sweet potatoes from the ground.

Crunch. Crunch.

And began to eat them deliciously.

As Fenrir was eating sweet potatoes,

Kke-eck?

The Mushroom Ants discovered that Sejun’s field, which they had diligently cultivated, was ruined.

Kke-eck!

Kke-eck!

The Mushroom Ants called other Mushroom Ants and began searching for the culprit.

As all the Mushroom Ants were wandering around looking for the culprit,

Whimper. Whimper.

One Mushroom Ant discovered Fenrir wrestling with a sweet potato as big as itself.

Kke-eck!

The Mushroom Ant called its comrades and surrounded Fenrir.

Then,

Whimper! Whimper! Whimper!

“Woof! Woof! Stay back! I’m Fenrir, Apostle of Destruction!” Fenrir barked, belatedly realizing he was surrounded.

But to the Mushroom Ants, Fenrir’s barking was too insignificant to be threatening.

Kke-eck!

Fenrir’s unrepentant attitude made the Mushroom Ants even angrier.

Thud. Thud.

In the end, the leader of the angry Mushroom Ants whacked Fenrir’s antennae.

Whimper! Whimper! Whimper?!

Fenrir missed Sejun, who gave him food and protected him. ‘Don’t hit me! It hurts! Sniff. Where on earth did he go?!’

While Sejun was stroking Theo,

A small sound came from the ground.

The moles, who had spotted Sejun while working, ran over to greet him.

“Oh. Have you been well?”

The moles made a small sound.

The moles replied, “Yes! We’re working hard for eight hours a day!”

“Good. You’re doing a great job. And you’ve managed the persimmon trees well.”

Sejun praised the moles.

“Nyang.”

Sejun reattached Theo to his leg and stood up.

He went to his special storage space, a place that could hold many things. He took out 100 boxes each of dried sweet potatoes and potatoes for the moles who had worked hard.

At that moment,

Twitch.

Kkueng’s ears twitched. He had woken up from the sound of Sejun telling them to eat.

“Kkuengi woke up?”

Kkueng?

Kkuengi answered, rubbing his eyes at Sejun’s question. “Kkuengi can eat something?”

“Hmm. Let’s have Kkuengi help first, and then we’ll eat those sweet persimmons together.”

Kkueng!

Kkuengi replied, “Sounds good!”

At Sejun’s words, Kkuengi jumped up and went under the persimmon tree, using telekinesis to pick the persimmons.

“Everyone, let’s pick persimmons.”

Sejun woke up the other animals and harvested persimmons together.

“Vice President Theo, show them your skills!”

“Heh heh! I, Vice President Theo, will show you my skills, nyang! Golden Bat, Bbyot, receive, nyang!”

Theo quickly climbed the persimmon tree and cut the stems of the persimmons with his claws.

The Golden Bat and Bbyot flew around diligently, catching the falling sweet persimmons and delivering them to the moles.

“Well done.”

Thanks to them, Sejun only had to pick the sweet persimmons within reach without having to climb the persimmon tree.

Thud. Thud.

As he was picking persimmons,

“Huh?! What’s this?” Sejun saw a large persimmon with a pointed end. He realized, this is a Daebong persimmon?!

“Heh heh. I should make some soft persimmons.”

Sejun was delighted at the thought of eating soft persimmons and was about to pick the Daebong persimmon when

[The Seed Shop is now open.]

[Park Sejun’s grade is Extraordinary.]

The Seed Shop had opened.

“Ah. Come to think of it, today was the day the Seed Shop opened?”

Sejun had completely forgotten about the Seed Shop, as he was only thinking about the 1st anniversary of survival party.

“Shall I see if there’s anything to buy?”

Sejun began to browse the Seed Shop to see if there were any seeds to buy.