Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 383

“Time to work now,” Sejun announced, pushing back his chair after breakfast. He headed towards Podori, ready to finish harvesting the last of yesterday’s grapes.

Grumble…

A soft grumbling sound came from around his waist. Kkuengi was still clinging to him, fast asleep despite his earlier whines. Sejun had given him new Tower Coins to replace the lost allowance, but the little rabbit seemed deeply shaken by the experience.

And Kkuengi wasn’t the only one attached to him. Fenrir nestled snugly in a sling bag on Sejun’s chest, his warm fur brushing against Sejun’s shirt. On his lap, Theo purred contentedly, his claws gently kneading Sejun’s trousers.

Am I turning into a koala tree? Sejun thought with a quiet sigh, a small smile playing on his lips. Then, raising his voice, he called out, “Good morning, Podori!”

He greeted the World Tree with a cheerful tone.

[Yes! Good morning, Sejun!]

Podori answered Sejun’s greeting politely.

Podori had been arrogant since becoming a World Tree. But yesterday, his voice changed. He sounded like the old Podori again.

Because of that, Sejun felt relaxed. He harvested grapes while chatting with Podori about different things, never feeling bored.

And then,

“Podori, how can our Firefly become a World Tree?”

He asked Podori, who was a World Tree, about Firefly’s future.

[Huh?! A World Tree?!]

Podori was very surprised by Sejun’s question.

It was a shock that meant, ‘Firefly has already gone beyond the World Tree,’ but

‘Is our Firefly really that hopeless?’ Sejun thought to himself.

Sejun harvested grapes quietly after that.

After harvesting the grapes, he went to the brewery to make wine for the dragons’ council.

Normally, it would be impossible to make wine in 10 days, but

“Fermentation.”

[Using Fermentation Lv. 4.]

[The fermentation period is shortened by one day due to the effect of Fermentation Lv. 4.]

[It speeds up a little due to the effect of Fermentation Lv. 4.]

[The taste becomes a little deeper due to the effect of Fermentation Lv. 4.]

[The proficiency of Fermentation Lv. 4 slightly increases.]

Sejun had the Fermentation skill, which he had worked hard to level up.

When the Fermentation skill reached level 4, it gained the effect of shortening the fermentation time by one day, once per day.

After aging the wine, Sejun also made Samyangju with golden rice.

Until now, Sejun had made Samyangju using rice flour from the rice dough that eats wealth.

Now that he had plenty of rice, he wanted to try making Samyangju with his own crops.

As Sejun steamed the glutinous rice to put into the starter,

Kkueng?

[Is it time to eat?]

Kkuengi opened his eyes at the delicious smell.

“Kkuengi, are you hungry?”

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[Yes! Kkuengi is hungry!]

Kkuengi answered Sejun’s question confidently. What was so confident about this?

“Let’s eat this for now.”

Sejun peeled a boiled Egg Fruit and handed it over.

Kkuhehehe.

Kkuengi ate it deliciously.

At that moment,

Tap.

Fenrir called out, hitting Sejun’s chest with his front paw.

Squeak! Squeak!

‘I want to eat that too! Give it to me now!’

“Alright. Here.”

Sejun divided the boiled Egg Fruit into four pieces and gave one piece to Fenrir, who began to gobble it up.

“President Park, I want the yolk, meow!”

Theo, true to his habit of aiming for the yolk of power, only ate the yolk.

“Alright. Here.”

Sejun gave the yolk to Theo and ate the white.

While the four of them were eating Egg Fruit, the glutinous rice was fully steamed, and Sejun put the rice wine in a jar. Then, he went to the kitchen to prepare lunch.

“First, I need to wash the rice…”

As Sejun poured water into the bowl of rice,

Kkueng!

[Kkuengi will help Daddy too!]

Kkuengi, wanting to receive the last five-star stamp and get allowance, shouted while raising his front paw.

“Okay. Then Kkuengi, wash the rice.”

Kkueng!

[Okay! Kkuengi will wash the rice well!]

Kkuengi answered and washed the rice after cleaning his front paws.

Tap tap tap.

Meanwhile, Sejun took out Egg Fruit and vegetables from the subspace warehouse. Today’s lunch menu was omelet rice with fried eggs on top.

“Ah, I need to take out the tomato sauce too.”

As Sejun took out the glass bottle containing tomato sauce from the subspace warehouse,

Kkueng!

[Daddy, Kkuengi finished washing the rice!]

Kkuengi, who had finished washing the rice, called Sejun.

“Okay. I know.”

As Sejun set the washed rice to cook,

Chuck.

Kkuhehehe. Kkueng!

[Hehehe. Kkuengi did a good job, so I’m getting a stamp!]

Kkuengi, who had been waiting, held out the paper for the stamp with sparkling eyes.

“Okay. You did well. Here’s 1000 Tower Coins since you got all the stamps.”

Kkuhehehe. Kkueng!

[Hehehe. Thank you, Daddy!]

As Sejun gave the money,

Kkuhehehe. Kkueng? Kkueng!

[Hehehe. Big Brother, do you need anything? Kkuengi got 10 five-star stamps and got allowance!]

Kkuengi boasted about the allowance to Theo.

“What? You get allowance every time you get 10 stamps, meow?”

Kkueng!

[Yes!]

“Pfft.”

Theo smiled brightly after hearing Kkuengi’s answer. When it comes to stamps, I’m Vice President Theo, meow! I got lots of stamps from the slaves, meow!

He hadn’t counted the stamps he received on the slave contracts, but it easily exceeded 100,000.

“President Park, I, Vice President Theo, also got lots of stamps, meow! So give me the allowance you’ve been holding back, meow!”

Thus, Theo, full of confidence, demanded allowance from Sejun.

“That stamp and this stamp are different,” Sejun explained patiently, but

“I don’t know about that, meow! Give me the allowance you’ve been holding back, meow!”

Theo had no intention of understanding.

“Alright.”

After explaining for a while, Sejun gave Theo 1 million Tower Coins as allowance to Theo, who had no intention of understanding.

“Pfft. I got allowance too, meow!”

Theo carefully put the allowance he received from Sejun into his bundle.

Meanwhile, the rice was done.

Tap tap tap.

Sejun chopped the vegetables and started cooking.

He put chopped onions, carrots, and other vegetables into a heated frying pan, added butter and ketchup, and mixed them well.

He put the rice into the well-mixed vegetables and mixed it again to make fried rice.

Then, he fried an egg in a large frying pan, put the fried rice in, and wrapped it with the egg to complete a giant omelet rice.

“It’s done. Here. Draw whatever you want on the egg with this.”

Sejun gave Kkuengi the tomato sauce to sprinkle on the omelet rice, and Kkuengi began to draw carefully.

Kkuhehehe. Kkueng!

[Hehehe. Kkuengi will get 10 more five-star stamps and get allowance again!]

Kkuengi was drawing 50 stars. Kkuengi was serious about stars.

Kkueng!

[Kkuengi finished drawing!]

“Then let’s eat.”

Kkueng!

[Okay!]

Kkuengi excitedly ate the omelet rice at Sejun’s words.

“Blackie, enjoy your meal too.”

Sejun put the omelet rice for Fenrir in Fenrir’s bowl and started eating.

After eating lunch,

“Theo and Kkuengi, please catch some fish.”

“Pfft. Alright, meow! When it comes to fish, I’m Vice President Theo, meow!”

Kkueng!

[Okay!]

Sejun had Theo and Kkuengi go catch fish, and he went to the kitchen to make rice cake dough for the rice cakes.

Sejun began preparing food for 5 million people to eat at the dragons’ council.

A little later,

Thud. Thud.

[Guardian Theo has defeated a giant tuna.]

[You have acquired 5000 experience points, which is 50% of the experience points acquired by Guardian Theo.]

[Herbalist Kkuengi has defeated a giant mackerel.]

[You have acquired 7000 experience points, which is 50% of the experience points acquired by Guardian Theo.]

…

Messages poured before Sejun’s eyes as he made rice cake dough. Messages appeared almost every second.

“Were there this many fish in the pond?” Sejun wondered.

Sejun was unaware that Firefly’s roots were driving monsters from the distant sea into the pond.

[Leveled up.]

[Acquired 1 bonus stat.]

[Strength increases by 10.]

Thanks to that, Sejun leveled up easily while making rice cake dough.

The amount to be made was enormous, so even after making and making more dough, there was still a long way to go.

And then,

“President Park, we brought the fish, meow!”

Kkueng!

[We caught a lot!]

Looking at the fish that Theo and Kkuengi had caught,

‘This is not going to work…’ He realized that it was impossible to prepare 5 million servings with this team alone.

“Summon the slaves!”

So he summoned Ajax, Veronica, Zelga, and Orik and gave each of them a role.

“Kkuengi and Ajax, make rice cake dough; Theo and Veronica, prepare the fruits; Zelga and Orik, prepare the fish.”

After assigning the work and stirring the alcohol in the jar at the brewery,

“Hey! Who’s preparing the fish like that!” Sejun shouted, seeing Zelga completely crushing the fish after being told to prepare it.

“No. I have to do it this way to make… extract…”

“Who said anything about making extract? Just take out the insides.”

“Yes!”

“Heh heh heh. Sejun, I was doing it properly.”

Orik showed Sejun the fish he had prepared, smiling in a very eager to please way at Sejun, who was scolding Zelga.

“Yes. You’re doing well.”

“Heh heh heh. Thank you.”

“Zelga, this is how you do it.”

Sejun taught Zelga how to prepare the fish again.

And as he was about to do his own work, Sejun witnessed a shocking scene.

Scratch. Scratch.

Orik put his hand in his pants and scratched, then picked his nose, picked his ear once, and then prepared the fish again with that hand.

“Orik.”

“Heh heh heh. What is it?”

“Who told you to touch food with your hand after scratching your butt, picking your nose, and picking your ear?”

“Heh heh heh. Is there a problem with that?”

Orik asked in a voice that didn’t understand what the problem was. It seemed that goblins had no concept of hygiene.

“Eat all of that yourself…”

“Heh heh heh. Oh my. Thank you.”

Orik quickly took the fish at Sejun’s words. He also took all the fish that Zelga had made for extract.

Was he aiming for this?

“Heh heh heh.”

Sejun thought, looking at Orik smiling slyly.

After that, Orik was put in charge of cleaning up the trash.

Two days passed just preparing the ingredients.

And on the 392nd day, the 14th Blue Moon since Sejun entered the tower rose.

A blue moon floating in the black night sky.

Finally, the background was set to match the name Blue Moon.

“Beautiful,” Sejun said, looking at the Blue Moon.

At first, it was a scary moon that made monsters go wild, but now it was just a beautiful moon.

“Hehehe. It’s also a moon that makes crops better.”

Whoosh.

Sejun smiled happily, looking at the field where blue energy was gathering.

At that moment,

[The helper of the 10th Tower, the Great Silver Dragon Stella Hisron, has sent a voice message orb.]

[1 million Tower Coins are required to receive the voice message orb.]

[Would you like to receive the voice message orb?]

The voice orb message sent by Stella arrived.

“She really sends them often. I’ll receive it.”

Sejun received the voice message orb.

[The fragments of the door leading to the 10th Tower have gathered 3 pieces, and the door is incompletely connected.]

[You can now send a reply to the helper of the 10th Tower, the Great Silver Dragon Stella Hisron.]

A new message appeared in front of Sejun.

“I can send a reply?”

Moreover, it didn’t cost Sejun any money to send it.

“Then I’ll send this.”

Sejun sent the voice message orb that Stella’s mother, Chrisella Hisron, had requested to Stella.

The voice message orb flew to Stella.

“Hmph! He finally replied.”

Stella played the voice message orb.

And…

“You!!! How dare you humiliate me!!!”

Stella, after listening to the voice orb message, was furious.

The voice orb message contained only the sounds of Sejun and his party playing for an hour instead of Chrisella’s voice.

Sejun had accidentally activated the recording magic by putting magic power into the voice message orb.