Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 318

Sejun took a roasted sweet potato from the bonfire and poked it with chopsticks.

Swoosh.

The chopsticks went right through the sweet potato, easily. It was cooked just right, soft and tender.

“Alright, you guys can eat now.”

Kkueng!

[Understood!]

Kkueng responded with energy.

Kkueng!

[Kkueng will take one roasted sweet potato and one roasted potato!]

“Okay!”

“Yes!”

Kkueng quickly had Ajax and Veronica grab a roasted sweet potato and a roasted potato each from the bonfire.

Kkueng!

[Now, Kkueng will teach you the best way to enjoy roasted sweet potatoes and roasted potatoes!]

“Hehe! Got it!”

“We’ve been waiting!”

Ajax and Veronica watched Kkueng closely, their eyes wide with interest. They really wanted to learn how to eat like a master!

While Ajax and Veronica watched Kkueng and learned the best way to eat,

Crack.

Sejun peeled the skin off the sweet potato he had poked with chopsticks.

A glistening, golden-yellow roasted sweet potato, steaming gently, appeared.

“Hoo-hoo-”

Sejun blew on the sweet potato to cool it, then—

Whomp.

Took a big bite.

The warm, soft sweet potato filled his mouth. A rush of sweet flavor exploded on his tongue, like sunshine in his mouth!

“Hehehe. Delicious.”

Sejun ate the sweet potato quickly.

Rummage rummage.

He looked in the bonfire again, searching for another sweet potato.

Crack.

He took out a roasted sweet potato that looked especially good. It felt firmer than the last one. It was a chestnut sweet potato.

“A chestnut sweet potato. This one’s a bit dry… Ah! That’s right!”

Sejun suddenly remembered something and jumped up.

Clang!

He quickly opened his storage and pulled out a carton of milk.

“Hehehe. Finally, I can eat sweet potato with milk.”

“Puhu! Chairman Park, it’s all thanks to me, nya!”

Theo wanted to make sure Sejun knew it was his idea.

“Of course. It’s all thanks to Vice Chairman Theo. Hehehe.”

Sejun petted Theo’s head because he had done something good.

“Puhu.”

Theo hugged Sejun’s leg and was quiet, looking happy.

“Hey guys, try this too.”

Pour, pour.

Sejun poured milk into a cup and called Kkueng, Ajax, and Veronica.

[You have to try anything Dad tells you to eat together!]

Kkueng, who had been showing Ajax and Veronica how to eat, ran over first.

“What? I thought you were going to teach us the best way to eat?”

“That’s right. It seems the teacher still has more to learn.”

Kkueng didn’t care about being called an ‘eating master’. As long as he could eat delicious things.

Gulp. Gulp.

Kkuhehehe. Kkueng!

[Hehehe. It tastes amazing when you drink this after eating roasted sweet potato!]

“Hehehe. You know how to eat, Kkueng.”

Sejun took a bite of the roasted sweet potato and—

Gulp. Gulp.

Drank the milk.

The cool milk soaked into the warm, fluffy sweet potato, making it soft and moist.

The sweet potato and milk flavors mixed together perfectly. It was rich, creamy, and tasted even better than before!

Sejun and Kkueng were enjoying the chestnut sweet potato and milk.

Gulp.

Gulp.

“Sejun hyung, me too!”

“Sejun-nim, me too!”

Ajax and Veronica watched, swallowed, and hurried to Sejun to get milk.

Whine! Whine!

‘I smell something delicious! Something yellow and chewy!’

Fenrir woke up from the smell of the roasted sweet potato.

Hop.

He jumped out of Sejun’s pocket, landed on the table, and—

Plop.

Sat in front of Sejun. Give me some too!

Whine?! Whine!

‘You saw that I, the noble wolf Fenrir, saved you, right?! I’ll get stronger when I recover my strength, so keep protecting me!’

He was showing off to Sejun, about how he saved him. ‘Now you have to look after me!’

Sejun smiled gently. He thought Fenrir was just dreaming again. He didn’t understand that Fenrir really had saved him.

“Okay, okay, Blackie. Were you just hungry? Were you mad because we were eating without you?”

He just thought he was angry because he was hungry.

“Wait a minute. I’ll make something delicious for you.”

Sejun quickly took out Fenrir’s bowl, put in the chestnut sweet potato he was eating, mashed it, poured milk, and mixed it.

[You have achieved the first feat of creating a chestnut roasted sweet potato latte in the tower.]

[The recipe for chestnut roasted sweet potato latte is registered at Cooking Lv. 8.]

[The proficiency of Cooking Lv. 8 slightly increases.]

A message appeared. Sejun thought, ‘If this is a chestnut sweet potato latte, I can make even more!’

“Here. Try it.”

He offered the chestnut roasted sweet potato latte to Fenrir.

Whine?

‘What is this strange thing?’

A liquid that smells like something yellow and chewy.

Fenrir looked at the chestnut roasted sweet potato latte for a moment, then—

‘Alright. There’s no way that guy would give me something bad.’

He decided to trust Sejun and try it.

There was one bad thing, but that was only the black fruit that Fenrir had asked for himself.

Lick.

Fenrir carefully put his tongue on the chestnut roasted sweet potato latte in the bowl.

!!!

A huge shock went through his tongue.

‘What is this?!’

Slurp. Slurp. Slurp.

Fenrir licked the chestnut roasted sweet potato latte as fast as he could.

[You have achieved the first feat of creating a honey pumpkin roasted sweet potato latte in the tower.]

“Hehehe. Done.”

Sejun mixed pumpkin sweet potato, milk, and honey to make a honey pumpkin roasted sweet potato latte.

The sweetness wasn’t strong enough with just pumpkin sweet potato, so he added honey to make it sweeter.

Slurp.

Hmm. Sweet. Sejun tasted the honey pumpkin roasted sweet potato latte after pouring it into his cup.

“Eileen, try some of this.”

Sejun sent the honey pumpkin roasted sweet potato latte to Eileen.

[The tower administrator says she will enjoy it.]

[The tower administrator is excited, saying it’s really delicious.]

“Okay. Tell me if you want more after you drink it.”

[The tower administrator says she understands.]

Sejun gave the honey pumpkin roasted sweet potato latte to Eileen first.

“Hey guys, try it.”

Sejun filled Kkueng, Ajax, and Veronica’s cups with the honey pumpkin roasted sweet potato latte.

Kkueng!

[Wow, Dad! You’re amazing! You’re a genius at making food!]

“Wow, this is amazing, Sejun!” a cheerful voice said.

“I knew choosing you was the best thing!” another voice added.

Sejun smiled, enjoying the compliments. “Heh heh, kids, I can make more for you all.”

As Sejun happily made more Honey Sweet Potato Latte, Fenrir, who had already finished his bowl, thought, ‘Not enough.’

Fenrir walked over and saw Sejun’s cup. ‘Heh heh. His looks even better. I want to try that!’

With a little effort, Fenrir stood on his back legs, put his front paws on Sejun’s cup, and…

Licked.

Took a sip.

And…

···?!

A huge feeling of betrayal hit Fenrir like a wave.

‘How could he…?! Is he eating something even tastier than *me*?! This is unacceptable! I must get revenge!’

Fenrir felt a surge of playful anger. He decided right then and there, ‘I’m going to eat it all! Every last drop!’

*Slurp. Slurp. Slurp.*

With a serious look of determination, Fenrir started to gulp down the Honey Sweet Potato Latte from Sejun’s cup.

‘Wow! Sweet and creamy! This is amazing!’

Fenrir’s revenge was indeed sweet, in every sense of the word.

As Fenrir continued his sweet revenge, *slurp, slurp, slurp*, his tummy started to feel heavier with the delicious drink. At the same time, the cup became lighter.

Because of Fenrir’s pushing, the glass cup began to slide slowly.

*Slide…*

The cup moved closer and closer to the edge of the table.

*Slurp, slurp, slurp.* Fenrir was so focused on finishing the latte and chasing the moving cup that he didn’t notice the danger.

*Slide…* The cup and Fenrir were now right at the edge.

*Tilt…*

Too late! The cup tipped over the edge and fell.

“Eek?” Fenrir squeaked in surprise, as he tumbled down with the cup.

*CRASH! BANG!*

The sound of the cup hitting the floor echoed through the room.

···?!

Everyone turned to look at the noise.

And there was Fenrir, still determined, *slurp, slurp, slurp*, licking up the spilled Honey Sweet Potato Latte from the floor!

Being a dragon, even a fall from the table wasn’t a problem for his tough skin.

“Fenrir! No, no!” Sejun cried out.

Sejun quickly reached down and gently pulled Fenrir away.

“Eek! Eek!” Fenrir protested loudly. ‘Hey! You’re mean! You were eating yummy things without sharing!’ Fenrir whined, trying to explain his side of the story.

“You must be sleepy, Fenrir,” Sejun said softly. “It’s time for sleep now.”

Sejun didn’t understand what Fenrir was trying to say. He just thought Fenrir was being a little grumpy because he was tired.

*Pat. Pat.*

Sejun gently laid Fenrir down and started patting his round, full belly.

“Eek! Eek!” Fenrir protested weakly. ‘No, that’s not it! I haven’t finished my revenge yet!’

Fenrir tried to fight sleep, but *blink… blink…* his eyelids were getting heavier and heavier. The sweet potato was making him very sleepy.

‘No… I can’t fall asleep… I still need to get revenge…’

*Burp.*

Fenrir let out a little burp, his body seemed to get a tiny bit bigger, and then he finally drifted off to sleep.

And then, “Time to eat again!” Sejun announced.

The campfire crackled late into the night.

*Sip.*

“No moon or stars tonight,” Sejun said, a little sadly, taking a drink of his Samyangju.

Even as the night got darker, the sky stayed completely black.

It was a cozy night, but Sejun couldn’t help feeling a bit disappointed.

“Puhuhu! Don’t worry, Sejun, meow! I’ll get you the moon and stars, meow!” Theo declared proudly, not really understanding how big they were.

This didn’t really make the sky brighter, but it made Sejun smile.

“Oh really? If you can’t bring me the moon and stars in a month, you’ll be demoted to Intern Theo!” Sejun teased playfully.

“Meow?! No way, meow!” Theo protested strongly. “I worked so hard to get here, meow! I can’t go back to being an intern, meow!”

“Heh heh, I’m just joking, Theo,” Sejun chuckled.

“Meow! Don’t even joke about that, meow!” Theo’s voice was a bit sharp, like he was sulking.

“Okay, okay,” Sejun said gently.

*Pat. Pat.*

As Sejun stroked Theo’s soft belly, Theo immediately flipped onto his back, offering his belly for more rubs.

“Puhuhu,” Sejun chuckled again.

Making Theo happy was so easy.

As Sejun watched the dark night sky and gently rubbed Theo’s belly, *Snooooore… Purrrr…* Soon, Sejun and Theo were both asleep under the stars-less sky.

The next morning, the bright sun woke Sejun.

“Umm…,” he mumbled, opening his eyes.

“Heh heh, slept really well,” Sejun said, stretching.

Even though sleeping outside usually meant waking up with the first light, last night he had slept deeply and peacefully.

Feeling refreshed, Sejun walked around his farm, his footsteps a gentle greeting to his growing crops.

As he walked back towards his house, he saw Kellion and Ajax waiting for him.

“Grandfather, did you get it today?” Ajax asked impatiently.

“I’m sorry…” Kellion mumbled back, looking ashamed.

Kellion, a powerful dragon, had failed again to get the ‘floor deed’ for the 83rd floor of the White Tower. He was losing his pride. ‘Those stubborn powerhouses!’ Kellion thought angrily, remembering the five strong figures in the White Tower who had ignored his commands.

“Why can’t you get it? Hurry up! I think Sejun is angry with me! He didn’t sleep inside last night! Waaah!” Ajax whined to Kellion, tears welling up in his eyes.

Ajax thought Sejun sleeping outside was because he was upset with him.

“Don’t worry, Grandpa will definitely get it for you this time,” Kellion promised.

“Grandfather, please, please get the floor deed for the 83rd floor quickly,” Ajax pleaded, using polite words he rarely used because he felt awkward. “I really want to sleep with Sejun again.”

“Hahaha, leave it all to your grandpa!” Kellion chuckled, touched by Ajax’s earnest request.

Meanwhile, Tier watched Kellion with a worried look. ‘What should I do?’ she wondered.

Just in case, Tier quickly checked the floor deeds she had secretly collected. And there it was… she had the floor deed for the 83rd floor of the White Tower!

But she couldn’t just give it to Kellion directly. If the other dragons in the Black Tower found out she was collecting deeds from *other* towers, she would be in big trouble – maybe even kicked out!

Suddenly, Tier’s eyes lit up. “Ah! Theo!” she whispered, smiling as she saw Theo happily clinging to Sejun’s leg.

‘If I just drop it near Theo…’ she thought, a plan forming in her mind.

Theo was always picking up strange things. If *he* found the floor deed for the 83rd floor, no one would suspect Tier of anything. ‘Perfect!’

Tier waited for Theo to wander away from Sejun, ready to subtly drop the floor deed.

But then she sighed. “Doesn’t that cat ever need to use the bathroom?!”

Theo stayed glued to Sejun’s side, not leaving his lap for even a moment.