Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 353

While Kkuenge, Ajax, and Fenrir played in the water, Sejun hummed a tune in the kitchen, shaking a drink mixer with energy.

Is it ready?

He carefully poured the thick, yellow liquid from the mixer into a glass. It smelled sweet and fruity, like ripe bananas. He took a sip. Banana milk, he thought, smiling.

He couldn’t make it taste exactly like the banana milk he loved, but he still wanted to feel good like he did when he drank it after a bath.

Is it a bit less sweet?

Sejun added a spoonful of honey to his banana milk and took another sip.

Mmm. Perfect.

With the honey, the sweetness was just right, making a delicious banana milk. He made enough for everyone, chilled it, and put it in his subspace pocket. Then, he went back to the bathhouse.

Come to think of it, my senses aren’t as sharp as before?

Sejun noticed that his senses were a little weaker than before.

He noticed his breathing was a little heavy. His eyes felt tired, and things looked a bit blurry. He used to be able to hear tiny sounds and imagine things clearly, but now it was harder.

He might not have noticed before, but because he had felt things so strongly before, Sejun could easily tell the difference now.

What’s going on?

Just as Sejun was wondering,

Nya! President Park, your face is looking pale again, nya!

Theo, holding onto Sejun’s knee, pointed at Sejun’s face with his paws and cried out.

10 billion Top Coins won’t be enough, nya…

Theo shook his head, looking sad.

Sejun felt a little annoyed.

No. He just felt annoyed.

That little troublemaker!

So, he started to pinch Theo’s cheeks as a punishment.

Park Presidint, you’re doin’ bad thangs, nya!

Are you going to say I’m looking pale or not?

I won’t, nya! I can’t lie, nya!

Theo answered Sejun honestly. He couldn’t lie to Sejun, who had the great knee.

Then, instead of saying ‘looking pale,’ say something else!

That’s…

Theo thought for a moment.

I got it, nya! Then, instead of ‘looking pale,’ I’ll say ‘decayed,’ nya!

No… just don’t change it…

He was just getting used to the word ‘rotting,’ and he didn’t want to get used to ‘decayed.’

In the end, Sejun didn’t get what he wanted.

He moved again and went into the bathhouse, where he heard,

Hah… hah… I was brave again today…

Fenrir, completely worn out from swimming in circles, slowly climbed out of the tub. His wet fur was heavy, and his legs wobbled. He sank onto the floor with a soft thump, letting out a tired sigh.

I’m tired… I want to sleep now…

Fenrir closed his eyes.

However,

Blackie, why are you coming out when you haven’t even washed yet?

Fenrir couldn’t leave the water without being washed.

Sejun put Fenrir back into the tub and scrubbed Fenrir’s body well with his hands.

Hah… hah… That feels good… scratch more…

Fenrir relaxed and let Sejun wash him. He felt very happy.

A moment later,

Fenrir, after drying himself with a towel, lay on a dry towel, snoring as he fell asleep.

Alright. Next.

It’s my turn!

Kkuenge raised his hands happily and stood in front of Sejun. Sejun scrubbed Kkuenge’s body well, too.

Hehehe. Feels so good!

Kkuenge was very happy with Sejun’s touch.

And so, Sejun washed Kkuenge’s whole body.

All done.

Sejun covered Kkuenge with a large towel and dried his whole body.

Kkuenge, wait quietly next to Blackie.

Understood!

Kkuenge sat on the dry towel next to Fenrir.

Hyung! It’s my turn now!

Ajax, who was next, also raised his hands happily and stood in front of Sejun.

Sejun gently touched Ajax’s body, following the way his scales went.

I have to be careful.

Sejun was very careful, unlike when he washed Fenrir and Kkuenge. He couldn’t move his hand the wrong way, even by accident.

The dragon scales were so sharp that they would easily cut the skin.

Sejun carefully washed Ajax.

Finished.

Sejun said after drying Ajax.

Ajax didn’t have fur, so he could dry him just by patting him with a towel.

Ajax, wait here too.

Okay, Hyung!

At Sejun’s words, Ajax sat next to Kkuenge.

Before he knew it, Kkuenge was getting sleepy after the bath and started to nod off.

Okay. Next is…

Sejun grabbed Theo by the back of his neck as he was busy licking his fur.

Nya? President Park, what is it, nya?

What do you think? It’s bath time.

Sejun answered as he put Theo in the water.

Theo could never get wet because of his water talent. That’s why he smelled worse than anyone else.

Hmph! I, Vice President Theo, will never get wet, nya!

Theo said proudly to Sejun. Theo’s fur didn’t get wet at all.

But Sejun had a trick to make Theo’s water talent stop working.

If you take a bath, you get to sit on my lap for another whole day.

I understand, nya!

Of course, Theo wanted to sit on Sejun’s lap. At the same time, Theo stopped using his water talent, and his fur seemed to disappear into the water like paint.

Sejun scrubbed Theo’s body well, and he also washed Iona, who was sleeping on Theo’s tail.

Iona made happy little squeaking sounds.

However,

Nyaaang…

If I just wait, I can have President Park’s lap all to myself for another day, nya! Theo frowned, hoping the bath would be over soon.

Finished.

Get off me, nya!

At Sejun’s words, Theo turned on his water talent and shook off the water.

Vice President Theo, go rest with Iona.

I understand, nya!

Theo also went onto the dry towel, and Sejun started to wash himself.

When the bath was over,

What? Are they all asleep?

You could hear soft snores from all of them.

Everyone was piled together, sleeping soundly.

“Kheu. Good,” the Tower Administrator mumbled, taking a sip. “Aileen, you must try some too.”

The Tower Administrator nodded, taking another drink. “This is delicious,” he said. “Very sweet and creamy.”

Sejun smiled. The children were still sleeping soundly. He shared the cool banana milk with Aileen. It was sweet and creamy, with a strong smell of bananas.

He looked at the sleeping children, a warm feeling spreading through him. He gently pulled the blankets higher around them, embracing them all. “Ah,” he thought. “Or will only I catch a cold?” He worried again for no reason. “No,” he murmured to himself, “Blackie is smaller. Blackie might get sick.”

He chuckled softly, feeling happy, and headed towards the bedroom.

Green Tower, 99th Floor

Ratatat.

Ophelia grumbled, planting carrot seeds in the ground. “Why isn’t Park Sejun giving me any work?”

She was annoyed he wasn’t giving her work, but being ignored was even worse.

She felt ignored.

“I’m so good at farming! Grow, grow,” Ophelia said, using her skill on the carrot seeds with a confident voice.

Sprout.

The carrot seeds quickly took root in the ground and grew.

A short while later,

“Good. Time to harvest.”

Pluck. Pluck.

Ophelia pulled the carrot stalks that had grown high above the ground, and from each stalk came a carrot as big as a radish, round and orange.

Carrots always grew well because they are root vegetables. Unlike the cherry tomatoes, they never failed. But they still didn’t taste good.

“Ahem. If you eat this, you’ll know how great my skills are, right? Transport.”

With a proud expression, Ophelia sent 1,000 carrots she had harvested to Sejun, paying 8 million Tower Coins for inter-tower transport costs.

Kkueng!

[It’s the smell of pancakes!]

Kkuengi woke up to the amazing smell of pancakes! It filled the air, sweet and buttery.

Sniff sniff.

Following the scent, he headed to the kitchen and found Sejun baking pancakes for dinner.

“Kkuengi, you’re awake?”

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[Yes, I am! I had a great sleep!]

Kkuengi answered Sejun’s question with a wide, happy smile that lit up his face.

“Dinner’s ready, so bring the kids.”

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[Understood! Leave it to Kkuengi!]

A short while later,

Floating. Floating.

Kkuengi used telekinesis to bring those who were sleeping and sat them in their respective places.

Then,

“Nya?”

“Huh? Smells delicious?”

“Kking?”

‘Is it time to eat?’

Smelling the food, they woke up one by one, stretched, and prepared to eat.

“Are you hungry? Let’s eat quickly.”

Sejun said, placing a plate with pancakes and a glass of banana milk in front of each of them.

Kkueng!

[Thank you for the food!]

“Hyung, I’ll enjoy the meal!”

Kking! Kking!

‘Hey! I’m sitting here! Hurry up and give me mine!’

Fenrir barked, wanting his food. He waited eagerly at Sejun’s feet.

“Alright. Let’s feed our Blackie too.”

Sejun put banana milk in a small bowl along with a mini five-tiered pancake.

And so, the meal began.

Kkuhehehe. Kkueng!

[Hehehe. Chef genius Daddy has made something amazing again!]

Kkuengi drank the banana milk and looked at Sejun, thinking, ‘As expected of our Daddy.’

“Eheheh. As expected of Sejun hyung-nim!”

Ajax also called Sejun ‘hyung-nim’ and looked at him with eyes shining with respect and admiration.

And then,

Kking! Kking? Kking!

‘Hey! Don’t run away! Remember I saved you? You’re my butler forever!’

Fenrir watched Theo closely, reminding him he was his butler and couldn’t leave.

“Puhuhoot. Chairman Park, I’m hungry too, nya!”

“Here.”

Sejun fed Theo handmade Churu with his left hand and began eating pancakes with his right hand.

At that moment,

Flash.

[1,000 carrots of agility imbued with magic have arrived.]

Suddenly, a bright pillar of light flashed in front of Sejun! It was so bright it made him blink. Then, with a soft thump, 1,000 carrots as big as radishes appeared, piled on top of his pancakes.

Thanks to that, Sejun’s pancakes were completely crushed.

Sejun’s eyes widened. “What in the world?!”

Sejun frowned and picked up the carrot that suddenly appeared in front of him to examine it.

[Carrot of Agility Imbued with Life Force]

A carrot that has grown by absorbing high magic power and life force in a short time.

It is cultivated by a clumsy farmer who knows only the ‘N’ of farming, so it has no taste.

Consuming it permanently increases Stamina and Agility by 1.

Cultivator: Green Tower Top Farmer Ophelia

Expiration Date: 100 years

Grade: C+

“Green Tower Top Farmer Ophelia?”

Last time, the description said she didn’t even know the ‘F’ of farming, but this time it says she knows at least the ‘N.’ Is she actually improving?

“But why did she send this to me?”

Sejun thought about Ophelia’s intentions for sending him the carrots.

The first thought that came to mind was,

“Carrot terrorism?”

It was indeed terrorism since she ruined his dinner.

Moreover, sending tasteless carrots that only raise stats contained an insulting message (?) like, ‘A weakling like you should eat tasteless carrots and get stronger.’

“Wow. I feel so bad.”

He got angry the more he thought about it. Sejun wanted revenge!

He thought about teasing her with heat, because she hated it.

[The Green Tower Slave asks if you saw her farming skills.]

Ophelia spoke to him.

“I did. Very well.”

That’s why I was going to punish you.

[The Green Tower Slave asks why you don’t give her work even though you saw her farming skills.]

“Huh? Why I don’t give you work? It’s obvious. Because you’re terrible.”

[The Green Tower Slave is furious.]

“Why? It’s the truth.”

Ophelia was enraged by Sejun’s words.

[The Green Tower Slave says she can’t accept it and requests a competition to see who farms better.]

She challenged Sejun to a farming competition.

“Alright. If you want.”

He wouldn’t know about other competitions, but he was confident if the event was farming.

[A quest has been generated.]

[Quest: The foolish Green Tower Slave has requested a farming competition against you, an excellent farmer. Win the farming competition.]

Failure: Release of the Green Tower Slave

Success: Slave Period +500 years

A quest message appeared along with Sejun’s words.

“So, she’s willingly going to work as a slave for 500 more years… Hee hee hee. What a commendable slave.”

Sejun smiled contentedly and went out of the kitchen.