Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 420

The 81st floor of the Black Tower.

“Follow me, quickly!”

“Yes!”

Iona, with Chad, the No. 8 Vice-Chairman—or rather, her assistant—arrived at Rune’s secret hideout.

“Hmm. I can sense traces of strong illusion magic here,” Iona said, gazing at the center of the illusion magic circle that Kkueng had smashed.

“Chad, do you know what’s installed here?” Iona asked as she approached the entrance.

“Yes! Ahem. There’s a teleportation magic circle installed here with several locations it can teleport to,” Chad replied nervously, watching Iona’s face. He was skilled, as expected from the No. 8 Vice-Chairman.

“That’s right. It’s a teleportation magic circle that sends one person at a time to five different places,” Iona said. He was almost right, but he didn’t know all the small details.

“Cancel,” Iona said and stopped the teleportation magic at the entrance. Then she headed straight for the laboratory.

Arriving at the laboratory, Iona exclaimed, “Kkyut!”

She was amazed by the vast amount of research and the huge number of chemicals in the laboratory.

What kind of research is this?

Thump.

Iona picked up a research paper that had fallen on the floor and quickly read it.

“This is?!” The research was about high-level transformation magic.

Thump.

Iona picked up and looked at a few more research papers. Most were about transformation magic, but some analyzed and countered magical patterns.

“Excellent,” Iona said. The person who wrote these papers understood magic very well.

A highly skilled individual!

If someone with such a high level of understanding wrote the Magic Association’s reports…

“Kkyut kkyut kkyut.”

Iona smiled, lost in pleasant thoughts. She imagined herself sitting beside Theo, stroking his soft fur, and a happy sigh escaped her lips.

However,

“What is this?” She frowned, seeing Chad reading the research with a blank look.

“Kyu-kyu-you don’t even know this?!”

“Hick! I’m sorry!” Chad bowed his head as Iona became more and more angry.

“Kyu-”

Watching Chad, Iona decided to make Rune work for her.

I want to make him the No. 0 Vice-Chairman!

Instead of prison, he could work at the Magic Association, and his debt to the victims could be paid with his salary.

Then…

I’ll have more time to spend with Theo!

Imagining clinging to Theo’s tail, Iona’s mood improved again.

“Kkyut kkyut kkyut. Power of space, grant me a new space. She used magic to make the laboratory disappear into a new space.” She then teleported to the 75th floor of the tower.

She wanted to move the lab to a safe place where she could study Rune’s research and decide how much reward to give Theo. She also wanted to talk to the other leaders about hiring Rune.

Sejun’s subspace warehouse.

At the same moment, in a completely different place…

“Hmm… what is it this time?” Rune woke up and checked how his body felt.

While others would normally try to figure out where they were, Rune found it more important to check his body.

“A blue-furred baboon, huh.” He needed to know what he had turned into so he could move without getting hurt.

A blue-furred baboon… strong, fast, and with powerful teeth… good for fighting.

Rune quickly remembered what blue-furred baboons were like and stood up.

Clang.

A gold coin fell from Rune’s back. It was the gold coin that Sejun had put on Rune’s body when he was a cicada to stop him from escaping.

“Where is this?” Rune looked around.

He saw treasures from his own vault and some crops.

Crunch, crunch.

Rune was hungry, so he grabbed a raw sweet potato and ate it.

What is this? Why is it so delicious?

He wanted to eat more and more.

“I should take a few.” He started stuffing sweet potatoes and other crops into his vest.

Then he looked for a way out.

“A subspace warehouse?” He realized he was trapped in a space cut off from the outside. He couldn’t leave unless the owner opened it.

“A few tools can handle a subspace warehouse…” Rune took out a cube-shaped magic device from his vest.

Rune couldn’t use magic himself. Every time his body changed, he had to move his magic power differently, and he would turn into another body as soon as he got used to it.

So, he made his own magic devices that he could use even when his body changed.

Click.

Rune pressed the coin-shaped button in the middle of the device.

Whirr.

The device started scanning the warehouse with a green light, trying to find the magic pattern.

Spatial magic had magic patterns, and breaking even a small part of them would make a gap big enough to slip through.

Rune had learned all of this himself.

Rune was a genius with magic, so much so that Iona knew it. But he used it for stealing.

Whirr.

An hour passed as Rune’s device tried to find the pattern of the subspace magic.

“What is this?” Rune was confused. The device should have found the pattern in ten minutes, but it was still searching.

There’s no magic pattern? That can’t be…

For the first time, Rune felt like there was a wall in front of him.

This was because Kaiser, Kellion, Lamter, and Tier had rebuilt Sejun’s warehouse together.

The great dragons used magic as easily as breathing. For them, the patterns used by wizards didn’t exist.

They used their will to create magic on the spot.

Ten hours passed without any progress.

Clang.

The door to the warehouse opened.

This is my chance! I’ll knock them out and escape!

Rune rushed out to attack whoever was opening the door.

Then,

“Huh?! A monkey?” Sejun, who had opened the door to get some egg fruit for breakfast, saw Rune.

That’s a relief.

Rune was relieved to see Sejun, who he could easily knock out. He didn’t want to hurt anyone.

However,

“Haaack!” Theo hissed, clinging to Sejun’s knee.

[Are you picking a fight?]

Kkueng stood in front of Sejun with his two front paws raised, trying to look bigger. Rune’s face turned stiff.

He remembered Theo turning into a Blue Phoenix and grabbing him by the collar after plucking his tail feathers, and Kkueng.

Plop.

Rune knelt in front of Kkueng, as if that was what he had planned all along.

Squeak?! Squeak!

[Hey! Are you picking a fight?! The great Blackie will punish you!]

Blackie was barking to protect Sejun, but he wasn’t very strong.

A short while later,

“Puhuhu. This tuna Churu with Chairman Park’s love is delicious, nya!”

Kkuhehehe.

[Hehehe. Delicious!]

Kkihihit.

[Hehe. Delicious!]

Theo, Kkueng, and Blackie were happily eating the breakfast Sejun had made.

And today, there was one more person at the table.

“Is it… alright?” Sejun watched Rune eat.

“Alright? It’s… amazing! I haven’t tasted anything this good in ages,” Rune said, his baboon eyes wide with surprise. He took another big bite, almost forgetting his manners.

The taste of the food was beyond words, and it had been so long since he had eaten with someone in such a happy and comfortable way…

Everyone had avoided him, looking at his changing appearance as if he were a monster, so Rune didn’t have a single friend to eat with.

I’m so happy.

“There’s plenty, so eat a lot,” Sejun said gently.

“Yes!”

“Ah. If you want to eat a lot, you have to eat quickly,” Sejun said, looking at Kkueng. The food in front of Kkueng was disappearing fast.

“Ah. Yes!” Rune understood and quickly ate his food. He was able to get another serving.

As breakfast ended,

[You have fed one blue baboon to its full.]

[All stats increase by 0.2 due to the effect of >Title: Saint Who Feeds Fully<.] Sejun saw a message. ‘He’s eaten his fill.’ Sejun made sure Rune was full and then asked, "Rune, you said you can’t control your transformation ability, right?" He had heard about Rune’s problem before breakfast. "Yes…" Rune replied sadly. "Don’t worry. Your worries are over now. I know an amazing expert," Sejun said. "Puhuhu. That’s right, nya! You just need to trust Chairman Park, nya! Rune’s worries are over, nya!" Theo said. [If Daddy says it’s over, then it’s over!] Squeak… [That…] Blackie was sleepy and fell asleep. Ah. Comfortable. "By the way, Vice-Chairman Theo, aren’t you going to work today?" Sejun asked. "I’m not going, nya! I’m going to rest today, nya!" Theo rubbed his forehead against Sejun’s knee, not wanting to go to work. "Alright," Sejun said, knowing Theo was hurt that he didn't get any bids yesterday. He stroked Theo’s head. "Puhuhu." After stroking Theo enough, Sejun said, "Follow me," and took Rune to find the dragons who were having a drinking party at the fountain. However, -Sejun, that would be difficult. The dragons couldn’t cure Rune’s problem either. "What? Why?!" Sejun looked at the dragons with disappointed eyes. Is there anything the great dragons can’t do?! There’s a lot! We can’t farm, and we can’t cook! That’s why we’re buying you drinks! The dragons wanted to say that, but they were too proud. -Ahem. Sejun, this is a side effect of trying to transform into something extremely powerful. -It’s like a cherry tomato trying to turn into a watermelon. -Right. To turn a cherry tomato into a watermelon, you’d have to make it bigger but less dense, right? -Then the cherry tomato would lose its original properties. It’s like that. So, they explained why they couldn’t cure him. Rune’s soul had lost its original form because he had tried to become something greater. However, "Ah. So why can’t you cure him?" Sejun didn’t fully understand. -If his soul doesn’t remember his own body, we can’t find his original form either. -Right. If we force magic on him, it will only cause more problems. -First, his soul needs to remember its original form. "Ah. So…" Sejun understood after the dragons explained it again. "Sorry. I got your hopes up for nothing," Sejun apologized to Rune as he came down from the fountain. However, "Ah… what did you say?" Rune wasn’t able to answer properly. He had met four of the great dragon leaders, even though they weren’t in their true forms. It would have been strange if he was thinking clearly. He didn’t remember anything the dragons had said. So, Sejun and his group returned to the ground. "In this case, it’s the last resort. Vice-Chairman Theo, find something that attracts you!" Sejun grabbed Theo’s paws with hope and touched one of them to Rune’s body. "Nya? Nya! Chairman Park, there’s an attraction, nya!" "Oh! Really?! Where is it?" As expected of Vice-Chairman Theo! "It’s here, nya!" Theo pointed to the bundle he was carrying. "Huh? Vice-Chairman Theo’s bundle?" "That’s right, nya!" "Since when have you been attracted to it?" "I’ve been attracted to it since I met Rune, nya!" But why didn't you say anything? Sejun looked at Theo in confusion. "Puhuhu. Didn’t I say that everything will be alright if I just trust Chairman Park, nya?!" Theo boasted, looking at Rune as if to say, ‘Our Chairman Park is amazing, isn’t he?’ What is it?