Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 32

The Blue Moon was gone. The wild monsters from the 99th floor went back to their homes.

The Great Demon King watched over the 99th floor. He started to count his monsters.

“Wooil, Woodool, Woosam…”

As the Great Demon King was checking his monsters, something dangled from Woochun Sam’s horns.

“Moo?”

The Great Demon King looked at his monster. “Woochun Sam, what’s that?” he asked.

“Moo? Chief, what is it?” Woochun Sam just looked confused and made a ‘Moo?’ sound, as if asking.

The Great Demon King was a little annoyed that his monster didn’t even know what was on his own horns. He plucked the object from Woochun Sam’s horn.

It was a plant with green leaves and an orange root. Woochun Sam must have dug into the ground with his horns during the Blue Moon.

The Great Demon King passed Woochun Sam and kept counting.

…Woosam Cheonpal.

Luckily, all his monsters were there.

Thud. Thud.

The Great Demon King sat down again in front of the 99th floor waypoint. He was bored.

Sniff, sniff.

A nice smell filled the air.

“Moo?”

The Great Demon King looked around. In his hand was the plant he took from his monster’s horn. He wondered, “Why did I keep this?”

It didn’t matter. The Great Demon King put the plant in his mouth and chewed.

Crunch. Crunch.

Munch, munch.

The orange root tasted sweet and felt good in his mouth. The soft stem was easy to swallow.

“Moo-ooo?!”

The Great Demon King quickly called for Woochun Sam. “Where did you get this?!”

The Blue Moon was over. Sejun called Theo, who was sleeping in his bag. “Go check outside,” Sejun said.

“No one’s around, meow.”

“Good. Thanks for the hard work.”

Theo told Sejun and then went back to sleep in Sejun’s blanket. Sejun started to move quickly.

Sejun went to the cornfield first.

Thwack.

He broke off an ear of blue corn covered in green leaves.

[You have harvested Corn of Stamina imbued with the Blue Moon’s energy.]

[Your job experience has increased.]

[Harvesting Lv. 4 proficiency has increased.]

[Due to the Proficiency Increase Lv. 1 effect, Harvesting Lv. 4 proficiency has additionally increased by 5%.]

[You have gained 100 experience.]

“Corn of Stamina?”

The corn could increase his Stamina.

[Corn of Stamina imbued with the Blue Moon’s energy]

Corn grown inside the tower, with enough food to make it taste great.

Also, because it has the Blue Moon’s energy, it tastes even better.

If you eat it, your Stamina will increase by 0.1.

Grower: Tower Farmer Park Sejun

Expiration Date: 60 days

Grade: D

Because it was D-grade, it increased his stats twice as much as an E-grade crop.

However,

“Who cares.”

Sejun didn’t care about that. He only cared about the taste.

“Humph, humph, humph.”

Sejun hummed as he pulled the silks from the corn.

Rip. Rip.

He pulled off the corn’s husk. The plump, blue corn kernels looked like they were ready to jump out.

“Wow. Look at that shine.”

The blue corn looked delicious and made him want to eat it. His heart beat fast. He wanted to eat it now!

“Huh?!”

Sejun almost ate the raw corn but stopped himself. He almost made a big mistake by eating it before steaming it.

“Whew.”

Sejun took a deep breath to calm down.

He carefully put the corn husks at the bottom of the pot, added some water, put the corn inside, and covered it with the lid.

And then,

Whoosh.

He put it over the fire and started to boil it. As the water boiled, the corn husks would lift the corn off the bottom of the pot, steaming it perfectly.

Now he just had to wait for the corn to steam.

However,

[The Tower’s Administrator urges you to fulfill your promise quickly.]

He still had work to do.

“Alright. I was just about to give it to you.”

Sejun went to the cherry tomato field and picked the cherry tomatoes that had the Blue Moon’s energy.

Pop.

[You have harvested Cherry Tomatoes of Mana imbued with the Blue Moon’s energy.]

[Your job experience has increased.]

[Harvesting Lv. 4 proficiency has increased.]

[Due to the Proficiency Increase Lv. 1 effect, Harvesting Lv. 4 proficiency has additionally increased by 5%.]

[You have gained 100 experience.]

Pop.

[You have harvested Cherry Tomatoes of Mana imbued with the Blue Moon’s energy.]

…

..

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Sejun picked 13 cherry tomatoes with the Blue Moon’s energy.

“A real bumper crop. Hehe.”

Sejun smiled as he looked at the blue cherry tomatoes in his hands.

“Here, take them.”

Sejun gave five blue cherry tomatoes to the Tower’s Administrator.

[The Tower’s Administrator thanks you.]

[The Tower’s Administrator says they will surely repay you later.]

“Okay.”

He didn’t expect much. How could he wait 300 years?

“Looks delicious.”

Sejun looked at the cherry tomatoes in his hand. Because they were D-grade and had the Blue Moon’s energy, they would taste even better.

However,

“I’ll resist.”

He decided to wait so he could enjoy the taste of the corn.

Since he was already up, Sejun spread the corn silk out to dry in the sunny spot. If he dried the corn silk, he could make corn silk tea.

“Now I have another drink I can make.”

Sejun went back to the fire, feeling happy. As he waited for the corn to cook, the sweet smell of corn filled the air.

One. Two. Three…

Sejun counted to 30 and took the pot off the fire. Too much was as bad as too little. He had to be careful because the corn kernels would burst if they were steamed for too long.

Whoosh.

As soon as he opened the lid, the smell of corn came out with the steam.

“Wow!”

Sejun carefully lifted the corn with tongs and put it on his plate.

And then,

Whoo. Whoo.

Sejun blew on the corn to cool it down so he could eat it quickly.

“Is it ready?”

Sejun touched the corn to see if it was still hot. It was hot enough that he could only hold it for a second or two.

“Good.”

Sejun grabbed both ends of the corn with a cooled husk.

Snap.

And cut it in half. Half of it was for the rabbits.

Sejun took a bite of half the corn.

Scratch.

Sejun’s teeth scraped up the corn kernels.

“Slurp.”

Sejun quickly sucked up the sweet juice from the corn. Ah! Sweet!

Crunch, crunch.

After sucking the juice, Sejun started to chew the corn kernels. Each kernel was full of flavor. Every time he chewed, the kernels popped open.

Munch, munch.

The sweet taste filled his mouth. Sejun ate the corn like he was playing a harmonica.

And then,

[You have consumed Corn of Stamina imbued with the Blue Moon’s energy.]

[Stamina permanently increases by 0.1.]

Before he knew it, Sejun had eaten all the corn he had saved for the rabbits.

“I ate it all…”

Sejun looked at the message in front of him, surprised. He sucked the last bit of juice from the corn.

But he had already sucked until no juice came out.

“Too bad.”

Sejun quickly put the corn stalk and leaves into the fire to destroy the evidence.

As he added a mark to the wall to start his day,

Goo-eh…

The baby bear quietly showed up. It didn’t want to wake the baby rabbits.

Sejun went to the surface. The baby bear’s arrival meant that the mother Crimson Giant Bear was there, so it was safe.

As he went up,

“As expected.”

The field was destroyed by the monsters from the Blue Moon.

Sejun quickly looked for the mother Crimson Giant Bear. He was worried that she might be hurt.

In the distance, Sejun saw the mother Crimson Giant Bear walking. She seemed okay.

After making sure the mother Crimson Giant Bear was safe, Sejun carefully put the queen bee’s cocoon back where it belonged. Theo had been watching it.

And then,

“You’re not hurt, are you?”

Sejun looked at the baby bear to see if it was hurt.

Goo-eh!

The baby bear lay on its back, thinking Sejun was going to pet it.

“Alright. Alright.”

Sejun petted the baby bear, checking it all over. It wasn’t hurt.

“Here’s some honey.”

Sejun gave the baby bear three dollops of honey for helping during the Blue Moon. As Sejun went back down to the cave,

Squeak!

Squee!

The rabbit couple in the cave woke up.

Pyaa.

Pyak!

The baby rabbits came out of the cave to greet him and get ready for farming.

Crunch. Crunch.

“Here, eat this.”

Sejun gave eight blue cherry tomatoes to the rabbits who were eating carrots for breakfast.

After giving them all away, Sejun didn’t have any cherry tomatoes for himself, but he had eaten corn, so he decided to give them away.

Squeak!

Squee!

Pyaa!

Pyak!

Slurp slurp slurp.

The rabbits thanked Sejun and started to eat the cherry tomatoes.

Pyaa!

Pyaang!

Pyaat!

In the afternoon, the rabbit couple took five baby rabbits out of the cave to show them the world. The baby rabbits started to explore.

At that time,

Pyaa!

Pyaang!

Pyaat!

Something caught the baby rabbits’ attention.

Chomp chomp chomp.

The baby rabbits went to Theo, who was eating Churu, and started to climb on him.

“Why are you doing this to me, meow?”

Theo got up to get away from the baby rabbits and moved to another spot.

However,

Pyaa!

Pyaang!

Pyaat!

The baby rabbits followed Theo.

“Mr. President, the babies keep following me, meow. What should I do, meow?”

Theo asked Sejun for help because the baby rabbits kept following him. He could have gone to the surface, but there was a baby bear there who wanted Theo’s Churu.

“The baby rabbits think you’re a cool uncle. That’s why they’re following you, Director Theo.”

“So, I’m a cool uncle, meow?”

“That’s right.”

They were probably following him because he was easy to handle, but Sejun didn’t say that. Someone had to watch the babies.

Pyaa!

Pyaang!

Pyaat!

The baby rabbits followed Theo again.

“Is that what you guys are like, meow?”

This time, Theo didn’t run away from the babies.

“Come on, follow me, Director Theo, the cool uncle, meow.”

Theo started to take the baby rabbits around.

“That’s fire, meow! You can’t eat it, meow.”

“Come here, meow! Fire is dangerous, meow!”

Theo took good care of the five baby rabbits. Babysitting was now part of Director Theo’s job.

On day 183 of being stuck in the tower,

“The cool uncle will make a lot of money, meow!”

Pyaa!

Pyaang!

Pyaat!

Theo went down the tower, watched by the baby rabbits.