Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 352

Eileen’s Shop in the Black Tower.

“Brachio, Grandma, I’m only forgiving you this once,” Eileen said.

“Hee hee hee. I understand. Look, you put your stamp here, right? Calm down now,” Brachio replied, pointing to the contract that stated she would not harm Sejun.

“Okay! Here’s what we have. Take a look!” Eileen said.

Eileen beamed and handed Brachio a piece of paper. It was covered in her neat handwriting, listing all of Sejun’s crops in colorful ink. Sweet potatoes, corn, peanuts – the names jumped off the page.

“Oh. There are so many kinds?!” Brachio exclaimed, surprised to see dozens of different crops. She had only thought about black beans and spicy red liquor, but now she was very excited.

“If you like sweet things, I recommend sweet potatoes or corn. If you like savory things, peanuts too…” Eileen said, recommending the crops to Brachio.

Brachio: “Ooh, they sound yummy! Can I try just a tiny taste of each?”

Eileen: “Hmm, tasting everything might take too long! But if you buy a good amount, I can give you some extra as a gift! Like a little bonus!”

Anyone listening to them chat about sweet potatoes and peanuts might have thought they were just two housewives at a market on Earth. But one was a young, enthusiastic dragon, and the other, a very old and powerful one.

A little later,

“First, give me 1 black bean and 10,000 bottles of spicy red liquor, and then 10 of each of the other crops,” Brachio said, buying all the different kinds of other crops to try them and decide which she liked best.

“Okay! Just a moment! Sejun, order up!” Eileen hurriedly conveyed Brachio’s order list to Sejun.

A little later,

“Here you go. These 100 honey jellies are on the house,” Eileen said, receiving the crops from Sejun and handing them to Brachio.

“Alright. Thank you. Here are 120 billion Tower Coins – a huge bag of money! Use the change to buy something delicious,” Brachio said.

“Okay. Thank you! Goodbye! Grandma, come again next time!” Eileen said.

“Hee hee hee. Alright,” Brachio smiled as she watched Eileen, who was seeing her off with a bright expression. As expected, there was nothing better than pocket money to get close to children.

As Brachio left,

“Hee hee hee. Sejun! I sold a lot!” Eileen boasted to Sejun about her sales performance.

Sejun leaned back, full after lunch, and took a long sip of his coffee. Even though it was still bitter enough to make his nose wrinkle, he smiled. It was *his* coffee, after all.

[You have consumed a bitter medicine.]

[Talent: Good Medicine is Bitter for Health is activated.]

[Health increases by 3.]

“Heh heh. I can endure this much bitterness. I’m an adult, after all,” Sejun said.

In the end, Sejun failed to brew delicious coffee and adapted to the bitter taste.

As he was enjoying his coffee,

[The Tower’s Administrator says she earned 120 billion Tower Coins by selling your crops.]

Eileen refilled Sejun’s empty storage, making him feel even better.

“120 billion? Wasn’t it 115.5 billion?” Sejun asked.

[The Tower’s Administrator says Grandma Brachio gave her the change to buy something delicious.]

As expected, the scale of the dragons was enormous. To give 4.5 billion Tower Coins to buy something delicious.

“Really? Then Eileen can keep the change,” Sejun said.

[The Tower’s Administrator says it’s yours because it was earned by selling your crops.]

That honesty of not even stealing 1 Tower Coin.

Excellent. Very excellent.

“Eileen, is there anything you want to eat?” Sejun asked Eileen, feeling grateful.

[The Tower’s Administrator says she’s happy if you’re happy, so it’s okay.]

She even speaks so beautifully.

[The Tower’s Administrator says she has magically contacted the hatchlings she knows to come and visit Yongyong Market, so the number of customers may increase.]

Moreover, her promotional skills were amazing. She was going to bring hatchlings?

Of course, hatchlings don’t have money. They don’t even go outside much yet.

But if a hatchling moves, their parents or adults have no choice but to move with them to protect them.

And the parents have a lot of money.

What if a hatchling who came with their parents lay on the floor and threw a tantrum?

“Heh heh heh. Game over,” Sejun chuckled.

Should I make a book for the hatchlings later, like ‘How to buy what you want: 54 ways to open your mom and dad’s wallet’?

Just as Sejun was imagining hatchlings throwing tantrums for his crops, Teo suddenly appeared! As if he could read Sejun’s slightly greedy thoughts, Teo jumped onto his lap and started kneading Sejun’s cheeks with his paws. “President Park! Your face is looking very rotten, meow!”

That rascal!

He couldn’t get angry because he thought he looked a little ugly just now.

But he was resentful.

The guy who emptied his vault was calling him ugly. This is retribution!

“Pffft,” Sejun put his mouth on Teo’s belly and blew air.

“Nyaaak! Don’t do that, meow! President Park, I’m going to cure your rotten face, meow!” Teo exclaimed.

As Sejun was playing with Teo,

“Koo heh heh.”

“Ee hee hee.”

Kkuengi and Ajax slyly exposed their bellies, waiting for their turn.

And

“Kking!”

‘Hey! The oath of allegiance should only be to me!’ Fenrir thought.

Fenrir misunderstood the belly-blowing as an oath of allegiance.

A little later,

“Our Blackie is going for belly-blowing too! Pffft,” Sejun went through Teo, Kkuengi, and Ajax, and finally blew air on Fenrir’s belly.

“Kki hi hit. Kking! Kking!”

‘Hehe. Good! You swore allegiance to me last, so you’re my subordinate!’ Fenrir thought.

As he was blowing air on Fenrir’s belly,

“Kkyut kkyut kkyut. Hello, Sejun!” Iona flew over and wrapped her body around Teo’s tail.

“Puhu hut. Iona came, meow?” Teo asked.

“Kkyut kkyut kkyut. Yes! Teo, why aren’t you taking this?” Iona said, taking out a small pouch that was a little bigger than her hand.

“Meow? What is that, meow?” Teo asked.

“Kkyut kkyut kkyut. The golden statues you collected from the Kaiman Kingdom last time,” Iona replied.

“Meow? That’s right, meow! I had this, meow!” Teo said.

When Teo opened the small pouch he received from Iona,

Chwaaaarrrr.

A tremendous amount of golden statues poured out of the pouch.

“Puhu hut. President Park! It’s gold that President Park likes, meow!” Teo said.

Thanks to that, Sejun’s subspace warehouse was filled with more wealth than before.

And Teo’s treatment changed greatly.

“Heh heh heh. Our Vice President Teo, is there anything you want to eat?” Sejun asked, massaging Teo’s legs.

“Puhu hut. I’m full, meow! But I want something else, meow!” Teo said.

“Huh? What?” Sejun asked.

“I want to massage President Park’s rotten face, meow!” Teo replied.

“Is my face that rotten?” Sejun asked.

“Puhu hut. Yes, meow! It’s freshly rotten, meow!” Teo said.

What is freshly rotten?

“Okay. Massage it,” Sejun said.

“Okay, meow!” Teo said.

Sejun lay down and entrusted his face to Teo’s paws.

Press. Press.

I can’t stand the rotten face, meow! Teo massaged Sejun’s face with a solemn expression, as if defeating a great evil.

Teo, who was diligently massaging Sejun’s face.

“President Park, can I burn some treasure, meow?” Teo asked, trying to replenish his strength by burning treasure because it was not enough.

But

“No.”

Sejun could not agree to that. Just a little while ago, he saw Theo happily burn his favorite toys.

“Okay, nyaa…”

Theo’s ears drooped. He looked sad.

A short while later, Zzz…

Once Sejun had fallen asleep,

“Kkyut kkyut kkyut. Theo, take this and burn it,” Iona whispered, handing Theo her money. In this world, the money was called Topcoins.

Iona wanted to help Sejun feel better, and she thought burning money might have magic powers.

“Fufu. Thank you, nyaa!”

Theo burned 10 billion Topcoins and then gently rubbed Sejun’s face with his shining golden paws, hoping to make him feel better.

Brown Tower, 99th floor.

“Great Brown Dragon, the land is decaying faster and faster!” Oric, the Brown Tower’s top farmer, shouted towards the brown dragon statue made of stone.

“How many floors have been affected?” A strong voice came from the brown dragon statue. It was Grave Renma, the leader of the Great Brown Dragon.

“Currently, the 61st floor of the tower is decaying.”

Grave’s eyes widened. ‘The 61st floor already?’ he thought, shocked, having received a report just hours ago that the 60th floor had begun to decay.

‘An entire floor decayed in just a few hours?!’ This was far too fast.

Very worried, Grave quickly looked at the situation on the 61st floor through a crystal ball, when—

“Huh?”

The rate of decay on the 61st floor was gradually decreasing.

Underground of the tower’s land.

[Phew. Now that I’ve rested, I will get back to work!]

Bulkkochi cheered and began working. Bulkkochi was a plant-like creature that transferred energy to the towers.

Red Tower, Blue Tower, Green Tower, Brown Tower, Purple Tower.

Bulkkochi was once again transferring energy through the roots connected to the five towers. These towers provided energy to the land.

[Hehet. Thanks to you, Theo, the roots have completely recovered, and energy is flowing strongly! Transferring energy has become much easier.]

Thanks to Theo burning all of Sejun’s treasures to heal the roots, the damage that had slowly built up was completely healed. It was like magic!

[I can extend the roots further.]

Crack!

Bulkkochi connected one more big root to each of the five towers.

“Umm.”

Sejun opened his eyes. As he slightly raised his head,

Fenrir made a small whining sound.

He saw Fenrir in the sling bag on his chest, hungrily dreaming of food, and

Theo and Iona made soft snoring sounds.

Theo, baking bread on his knees, and Iona, sleeping while wrapped around Theo’s tail, were visible.

And

Kkuengi and Ajax made soft snoring sounds.

On either side, Kkuengi and Ajax were hugging Sejun’s sides as they slept. Just hearing the sounds, he could imagine how they looked in his head: Fenrir twitching his nose, Theo carefully watching his bread, Iona curled up asleep, and Kkuengi and Ajax snuggled close.

“I slept too deeply.”

Sejun lowered his head again and muttered.

At that moment,

“Huh?”

Sejun felt something strange about his senses. Why did everything feel so refreshing and clear?

The air felt cool and clean in his lungs. The sunlight seemed brighter, and the colors of the room were more vivid. He could hear the gentle rustling of leaves outside.

He could even hear the sounds of the mushroom ants working outside. He felt like he knew how far away they were.

He opened the status window to see if anything had changed, but nothing had.

“What is it?”

Is my face really decaying? Did Theo heal me and make me better? Sejun wondered, looking at Theo, who was snoring as he slept.

“No way.”

Sejun shook his head in denial. My face decaying… I can never admit that.

Krooooh.

Sejun, who really didn’t want to believe it, fell asleep again.

One hour later,

Creak.

Fenrir stretched lazily in the sling bag and came out,

Thud. Thud.

Stepping on Sejun’s chest, he headed towards Sejun’s face.

Whine! Whine!

‘Hey! Wake up! I’m hungry!’

Fenrir climbed onto Sejun’s face, demanding food.

“Ugh!”

Sejun opened his eyes at the strong, bad smell.

Whine? Whine!

‘Are you awake? Give me food quickly!’

Fenrir, who met Sejun’s eyes, quickly sat on Sejun’s face. Thanks to that, Sejun smelled an even stronger stinky smell.

‘Come to think of it, have I ever bathed Blackie?’

Holding his breath, he thought about whether he had ever bathed Fenrir and realized,

‘I haven’t….’

Fenrir had never been bathed.

Grasp.

“Blackie, let’s take a bath today.”

Sejun said, grabbing Fenrir by the scruff of his neck.

Whine!

‘Let go of me!’

Fenrir knew right away that he needed to escape and struggled to get out of Sejun’s hands.

Of course, it was no use.

“Fufu. Sejun, are we having a bath, nyaa?”

“Kkyut kkyut kkyut! I like taking baths with Theo!”

Kkueng!

[Kkuengi loves to play in water!]

Kkuengi was so excited that he combined bathing and playing in the water.

“I don’t need to bathe because I’m clean, but if it’s with Sejun hyung!”

I read in a book that you get closer by scrubbing each other’s backs while bathing together!

The group followed Sejun, who was holding Fenrir, towards the bathhouse.

“Come to think of it, this is the first time I’m using the bathhouse.”

Sejun had built a separate bathhouse because the dragons had taken over the fountain, making it burdensome.

Upon arriving at the bathhouse,

Kkuhehehe.

Kkuengi was the first to enter the tub and wet his body with the warm water, and

Splash.

Theo clung to Sejun’s knee. Of course, Iona was with him as 1+1.

And

‘When will I get to scrub Sejun hyung’s back?’

Ajax was only looking for a chance to scrub Sejun’s back. He was going to give Sejun the best back scrub ever!

Of course, if Sejun’s back were scrubbed with Ajax’s strength, his back skin would be peeled off, so Sejun would never let Ajax scrub his back.

Splash.

Sejun entered the water first,

Whine! Whine!

‘I don’t want to! I don’t want to!’

He scooped water with his hands and wet Fenrir’s body, who was refusing.

Then,

Whine?

‘It’s warm and nice?’

Fenrir stayed still.

After some time passed, whether he had overcome his fear of water,

Hee hee! Whine! Whine!

‘Hee hee. Hey! Look! The noble swimming of this noble wolf!’

Splash. Splash.

Fenrir began to dog-paddle.