Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 480

Black Tower Administrator Zone. Sunlight streamed through the tall windows of Eileen’s office, making the polished floor gleam.

“Grandpa, you’re here!”

Eileen rushed towards Kaiser, her face bright with a happy smile.

*’She really did miss me!’* Kaiser thought, his heart warming at Eileen’s welcome.

But then, Eileen asked, “Grandpa, do you know what a dragon fruit is?”

“Dragon fruit? Hmm, I don’t really know…” Kaiser admitted.

“Oh,” Eileen said, her smile fading slightly. “Never mind, then.”

It seemed her warm greeting was only for grandpas who knew interesting things. Hearing Kaiser’s answer, Eileen turned away to go back to her work.

“Ahem, Granddaughter,” Kaiser said quickly, noticing her change in mood. “Wait! I think I remember hearing about dragon fruit from the old dragons.”

“Really?!” Eileen’s eyes widened with excitement, her usual calm demeanor replaced by childlike eagerness. She rushed back to Kaiser, starting to massage his shoulders. “Tell me! Tell me everything!”

“Haha! Alright, alright, I will,” Kaiser chuckled. “Ahem. Let me see… it was around the time I was three hundred years old…”

To enjoy his granddaughter’s massage for as long as possible, Kaiser began his story, even though he hadn’t actually heard about dragon fruit until much later.

Black Tower, 99th floor. Sunlight streamed through a large window, lighting up Sejun’s cozy space filled with plants and animal companions.

“Alright. Now that I’m done with my morning tasks, shall we test this out?”

Sejun carefully unfolded the tough spider silk camouflage suit Kkomi had made. The material shimmered faintly as he slipped it over his head.

Eomdori’s strong stone pot was very useful. It made tasty sticky rice in just one minute for lunch.

Kkabi’s well-fermented golden Samyang brew (a special, strong drink) required over 1 million magic power or divine status to use, making it impossible for Sejun to test.

And whether Carrara’s fake bead truly prevented aging would only be known after some time. Aging took time to show. Besides, there was no place to use the Death Harvest skill built into the fake bead.

“Pffft.”

“Theo, step away for a moment.”

Sejun tried to gently move Theo from his lap to test the camouflage skill on Theo, Kkuenge, and Bulkkot.

“No nya! Absolutely not nya!”

Theo refused outright.

Thump.

“Nya….”

In the end, he was forcibly separated. Sejun pried Theo off.

“Instead, if you find me in 5 minutes, I’ll let you follow me even to the bathroom.”

He offered a reward that sounded like a punishment, but…

“Pffft. Good nya! I will definitely find you nya!”

Theo happily agreed.

Kkuenge?!

[If Kkuenge finds you, will you give me something too?!]

Kkuenge, who heard about the reward, looked at Sejun with hopeful eyes and asked.

“If Kkuenge finds Daddy, I’ll give you allowance.”

Kkuhehehe. Kkuenge!

[Hehehe. Good!]

“Bulkkot, is there anything you want?”

[Hehet. No!]

Bulkkot answered brightly to Sejun’s question.

“Then… if Bulkkot finds me, I’ll grant you one wish.”

Sejun stopped for a moment before speaking.

[Really?!]

“Yes. Then you guys are next, so wait. Theo, cover your eyes for 5 minutes.”

“Alright nya!”

At Sejun’s words, Theo covered his eyes with his front paws.

Thus began Sejun and Theo’s game of hide-and-seek.

5 minutes later.

“Pffft. President Park, I’m coming to find you nya!”

Theo ran straight towards the direction Sejun was in without even looking around as soon as he started.

“I found President Park nya!”

He found Sejun, who was camouflaged and hiding among the corn, far too easily.

The camouflage skill was a joke to Theo, who had a high-performance Sejun-knee detector built in that could detect Sejun’s danger even from far away.

“Pffft. President Park, now we go to the bathroom together nya!”

Thanks to that, Theo was excited that he wouldn’t be separated even when Sejun went to the bathroom.

“Sigh. Okay….”

Sejun sighed, a little defeated. *’Oh well,’* he thought, *’at least I put that purifying charcoal in the bathroom. Hopefully, Theo won’t complain about the smell…’*

While Sejun was worrying about going to the bathroom with Theo,

Kkuenge!

[Now it’s Kkuenge’s turn!]

Kkuenge shouted in an excited voice.

However,

“Kkuenge, I’ll give you allowance. And Bulkkot, tell me your wish.”

Sejun gave Kkuenge 1000 Tower Coins as allowance and asked Bulkkot for his wish before the game even started, admitting defeat.

While Theo was covering his eyes for 5 minutes, Sejun used the camouflage skill and moved around.

Kkuenge? Kkuenge?

[Huh?! Huh?!]

Kkuenge and Bulkkot’s gazes followed Sejun’s movements.

*’I can see everything….’*

[I’ll tell you my wish later.]

“Okay. Then tell me later.”

Sejun failed the camouflage skill test against the three of them.

“Alright, let’s go!”

“Good nya!”

Kkuenge!

[Yes!]

He put the three of them in the camouflage suit and moved.

And

Kkyaam!

Sejun noticed Kkamangi, who had just woken up, stretching in front of the house.

Hehehe.

Next prey. No, test subject found.

Stealthily.

Sejun, using the camouflage skill, carefully approached Kkamangi.

Hehehe. He’ll surely be surprised and make a strange scream like ‘Kkieeek!’ right?

“…Wow.”

Just as Sejun was about to shout ‘Boo!’ while imagining Kkamangi being startled,

Kkihihit. Kking!

[Hehet. Butler! Give me food!]

Kkamangi barked at Sejun first.

Kkomi felt the suit he made approaching and hung onto Kkamangi’s ear, telling him the direction Sejun was coming from.

Tch. No fun.

“Here. Eat this.”

Thanks to that, Sejun, who missed out on a good spectacle, took care of Kkamangi and his subordinates’ meal that he had saved while having lunch.

A little later.

“Alright. Let’s go again!”

“Pffft. Good nya!”

Kkuenge!

[Yes!]

Kkihihit.

Sejun put Kkamangi and his subordinates, who had finished eating, in a sling bag, wore the camouflage suit, and moved again.

And

Kkeaek?

Hehehe.

Sejun harvested the mushrooms on the backs of the mushroom ants in camouflage, or

“Sejun’s food is really delicious.”

“Yeah. It was the most delicious food I’ve ever had. I think I’ll really miss it when I go back.”

“But what’s for dinner tonight?”

“Sejun seems really generous.”

“Yeah. And he seems stronger than he looks. Even the Ox King is careful in front of Sejun.”

Hehehe.

He eavesdropped on their compliments.

“What are you talking about? Park Sejun is a pushover….”

There were also those who occasionally spoke ill of him, but

“Kkuenge, front paw.”

Kkuenge!

He hit them on the back of the head with Kkuenge’s front paw.

Thud.

After finishing the camouflage skill test(?), Sejun went to the Ox King and

“Ox King, train me!”

He requested training.

It was to test how well the tough spider silk camouflage suit distributed the force.

Moo. Moo.

[Two fingers for 5 minutes. Let’s begin.]

“Okay!”

With Sejun’s answer, the Ox King pressed down on Sejun with two fingers.

And

[You have pushed away tremendous weight.]

[Strength increased by 1.]

[Your body has endured tremendous weight.]

[Stamina increased by 1.]

“Aargh….”

Sejun endured 2 minutes longer than the Ox King expected, confirming the suit’s performance.

However, because he endured with the help of items, the effect of the training was the same as enduring for 5 minutes normally.

“It works perfectly!”

Hehehe.

When Sejun finished testing the performance of the tough spider silk camouflage suit and returned to the farm,

-Kahaha. Our Sejun, have you been well?!

-Euhahaha. Sejun, we’re back.

-Fuhahaha. Have you been well?

-Deuhahaha. Of course, we’ve been well!

The dragons of the Four Dragon Association, who had defeated Jormungandr, the Serpent Swallowing the World, one of the Three Disciples of Destruction, and returned, came to find Sejun.

“Did you resolve the matter well?”

-Kahaha. Of course! Who do you think we are?! The great dragon race! We resolved it cleanly!

Kaiser said proudly, even though all nine dragons ganged up on Jormungandr for 5 hours. Of course, it also meant that Jormungandr’s power after releasing the 5th stage seal was that immense. Releasing the 5th stage seal was on a different level from releasing the previous four stages.

At that moment,

-But where is that delicious smell coming from?

-Indeed, the smell is stronger than the golden Samyang brew?!

-Then isn’t it more delicious?!

The excited dragon statues began to sniff around, looking around. The dragon statues, who originally couldn’t smell, modified each other’s statues to smell, and now they could smell.

“Ah. That smell must be because of this.”

Sejun proudly showed off the well-fermented golden Samyang brew to the dragon statues who were smelling. He was planning to sell this to the dragons for more than the golden Samyang brew since he couldn’t drink it himself.

Hehehe. They’ll surely fight over who gets to buy it first, right?

Sejun imagined the dragons taking out money and fighting over who would buy it first.

“Huh?!”

*’Crap! It says right there that Kkabi is a Disciple of Destruction!’*

He belatedly remembered the description written on the well-fermented golden Samyang brew.

*’What should I do?!’*

*’Actually, our Kkamangi is a banisher, so he banished the Disciple of Destruction….’*

While Sejun was racking his brain on how to explain to the enraged dragons,

-Kahaha! Sejun, I’ll buy it all!

-What are you talking about?! I’ll buy it all!

-No way! I’m buying it all!

-300 billion Tower Coins per bottle!

Leaving Sejun’s worries behind, the dragons were taking out money and fighting over who would buy the well-fermented golden Samyang brew.

“Huh?”

*’What’s going on?’*

Sejun was relieved but also felt uneasy. He quickly took out another well-fermented golden Samyang brew and checked the options.

*’Huh?! It’s erased?!’*

He could confirm that the description about the Disciple of Destruction had been completely erased from the options. It was the effect of the small miracle Sejun had caused.

The miracle Sejun caused was happening not only to Theo’s golden boots but also in various other places simultaneously.

“Phew.”

*’I’m saved.’*

Thanks to that, he was able to prevent the dragons from finding out the identities of Kkamangi’s subordinates.

Sejun overcame a great crisis.

“Let’s go a little higher than 300 billion Tower Coins.”

“Pffft. That’s right nya! Dragon-nims, spend more money nya!”

Sejun, along with Theo, sold the well-fermented golden Samyang brew for 500 billion Tower Coins per bottle, selling 2 bottles to each dragon and earning 4 trillion Tower Coins.

Thanks to that, the dragons handed over the Tower Coins they earned from catching Jormungandr to Sejun.

And

-Kahaha. Here. Take a glass each! I’m giving you the honor of drinking the alcohol that a VVIP buys!

Kaiser, who had reached a total accumulated purchase amount of 5 trillion Tower Coins, became a Dragon Dragon Market VVIP and began to share and tease Kellion, Lamter, and Tier with a bottle of alcohol he had just bought.

*’Damn it! I have to watch Kaiser show off!’*

*’It’s disgusting! Disgusting! I need to make money quickly!’*

*’I feel bad, but it’s so delicious!’*

Kellion, Lamter, and Tier cursed Kaiser in their hearts but didn’t leave.

Black Tower Administrator Zone.

“Kahaha. So, do you know what this grandpa received as a gift for his 700th birthday?”

Kaiser was drinking alcohol and talking about his old stories non-stop for 6 hours.

“Grandpa.”

Eileen, whose patience had run out, called Kaiser in a cold voice, but

“Keuheuheuh. Yes. My granddaughter, did you call this grandpa?”

Kaiser, who had become a Dragon Dragon Market VVIP and was enjoying the pleasure of teasing other dragons, drinking delicious alcohol, and chatting with Eileen, didn’t notice the change in Eileen’s mood.

And

“Grandpa! You lied! You don’t even know about dragon fruit!”

The result was his granddaughter’s fiery anger.

“Eileen, Grandpa is not a liar! I’ll tell you about dragon fruit!”

Of course, Kaiser, being a granddaughter fool, began to tell her the story he had heard about dragon fruit to avoid being hated by Eileen.

“In the past, the Creator God’s first creation, Kel-Gas, the first white dragon among the ten dragons, disappeared in battle… I heard a legend that when the Creator God harvested the dragon fruit he grew while shedding tears, Kel-Gas was resurrected.”

“Really?! Then how do you grow dragon fruit?!”

“How to grow it? The Creator God grew it, so I wouldn’t know. Ah. Since the Creator God grew it while crying, is it the Creator God’s tears?”

“·····.”

Eileen quietly activated the portal and banished Kaiser with her administrator privileges.