Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 49

As the Blue Moon waned, Sejun headed to the leek field.

A few days prior, he had planted several Detox Leeks in a section of the field. He would divide and replant them each time the roots grew as he trimmed the leaves. This was because Detox Leeks were essential to eat with any seafood from outside the pond.

Fortunately, the division and replanting were successful. The roots of the replanted leeks grew into Detox Leeks of the same grade. Item duplication had become possible.

So, he checked to see if any of the Detox Leeks contained the Blue Moon’s energy, but…

“Nope.”

He had hoped, but as expected, none of the Detox Leeks contained the Blue Moon’s energy.

Unlike other crops, the leeks didn’t seem to absorb the Blue Moon’s energy. Was the condition not right?

“Time to get to work.”

Sejun, lost in thought, began to cut the leek leaves that had grown lush overnight. It was almost morning, so there wasn’t enough time to sleep.

Scritch. Scritch.

About thirty minutes passed when…

Thud. Thud.

Kuaeng!

Kuaeng, who had come to work with his mother, the Crimson Giant Bear, waved his two front paws at Sejun in greeting.

And then…

Kuaeng?!

Sniff sniff.

Kuaeng approached Sejun and began to sniff diligently near Sejun’s face.

“Why… what’s wrong?”

Sejun, feeling guilty, tried to step back, but…

Thump.

Kuaeng grabbed Sejun’s shoulder to prevent him from escaping.

And then…

Sniff sniff.

He persistently sniffed around Sejun’s mouth.

Kuaeng!

[Daddy’s mouth smells like honey!]

Kuaeng?

[Did you eat honey alone?]

“······”

Sejun’s perfect crime began to shake violently along with his pupils.

“Kuaeng, shall we eat something delicious?”

Sejun quickly changed the subject and brought steamed potatoes from the cave.

And then…

“These are called Honey Potatoes.”

Sejun placed five steamed potatoes on top of the leek leaves and poured honey generously.

[You have completed 5 Strength Honey Potatoes.]

[Your Cooking Lv. 1 proficiency has slightly increased.]

[Due to the effect of Cooking Lv. 1, the taste and effect of the Strength Honey Potatoes are slightly enhanced.]

“Here, eat up.”

Kuaeng swallowed the honey potatoes whole, leek leaves and all.

Crunch crunch.

“Want more?”

Kuaeng!

At Sejun’s words, Kuaeng nodded vigorously.

The moment he tasted the honey potatoes, the fact that Sejun’s mouth smelled like honey was no longer important to Kuaeng. Sejun barely managed to shut Kuaeng up with the honey potatoes.

And a little later, the rabbits woke up and began their busy morning, eating cherry tomatoes and roasted sweet potatoes infused with the Blue Moon’s energy together.

At the Top Farm Project Headquarters, far away from Sejun’s peaceful farm, people were rushing.

In the headquarters’ yard, about 6,000 cherry tomato plants, germinated from seeds harvested from D-grade magic cherry tomatoes, were already growing rapidly to ankle height.

“Move it, quickly!”

Team Leader Thomas urged the researchers who were diluting the high-concentration growth stimulant with water. The reason the cherry tomatoes could grow so quickly was thanks to the growth stimulant developed by Gagel.

It was a product that was too expensive compared to its effect to be commercialized, but to see quick results, they were generously spraying the growth stimulant on the cherry tomato field under the instructions of Vice President Michael.

Unaware of what kind of results it would create…

Twitch.

The cherry tomato vines moved slightly, but none of the researchers noticed.

Late afternoon after lunch. A strange atmosphere began to flow in the leek field.

Scritch. Scritch.

Sejun’s face, cutting the leek leaves, gradually hardened.

Pyaa.

Pyaang.

Conversely, the faces of the Scythe Rabbit and the only female rabbit among the second-generation rabbits were full of smiles. A pink aura flowed between them. The two rabbits were in love.

Pee.

The wife rabbit watched them, looking pleased as if saying, ‘Those were the days.’

However…

“Hey! Hey you two! Focus on work!”

Sejun couldn’t watch them with a pleased expression. It wasn’t because he was jealous or envious at all. As the leader of the farm, he needed to remind them of the farm’s rule that dating was prohibited during work hours.

“Go! Kuaeng! Rolling Attack!”

Kuaeng!

At Sejun’s command, Kuaeng did a somersault once and…

Kuaeeeeng!

followed the Scythe Rabbit at a rapid speed, aggressively picking up leek leaves.

Pyaaaa!

The Scythe Rabbit, flustered by Kuaeng’s charge, began to cut leek leaves frantically with his scythe.

And then…

“Go! Black Rabbit! Show them your brotherly dignity!”

Pyaak!

At Sejun’s command, the Black Rabbit walked towards the only female rabbit with a swagger like a delinquent, dragging his sister to the watering practice site.

As the atmosphere that had been making Sejun uncomfortable disappeared…

“Hmph! Love can wait! Leeks first!”

Sejun said those lines and started working again.

And then…

Bbit. Bbit.

The wife rabbit shook her head at Sejun. Who was the youngster, really…

As evening approached…

Krooooh.

Kuaeng!

The mother Crimson Giant Bear took Kuaeng home.

And then…

Moo!

Woo Cheonsam, representing the other Black Minotaurs, informed Sejun that it was time to go home.

“Okay. Good work. Take that pile of leek leaves with you.”

Moo!

Woo Cheonsam was pleased at Sejun’s words and carried the pile of leek leaves home with ease.

“Let’s go home too.”

Bbiik!

Pyaa!

At Sejun’s words, the rabbits finished their work and began to descend into the cave.

“Is work over, nya?”

Theo approached to claim Sejun’s empty lap.

“President Theo, where have you been playing?! Do you want to be fired again?!”

“No, nya! I was organizing my things, nya! And I found this in my bundle, nya!”

Theo protested, handing Sejun an item he had drawn for free from the blacksmith’s gacha corner.

“What’s this?!”

It was a necklace with a small yellow gem.

[Scratched Gem Necklace]

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Usage Restriction: None

Creator: Unknown

Grade: E

As the name suggested, there were many scratches on the gem.

“Aileen, can you appraise this?”

[The Tower’s Administrator asks you to leave it to them.]

[A quest has been generated.]

Aileen took the necklace to appraise it.

[The Tower’s Administrator says it’s useless, but not dangerous.]

Then, in exchange for receiving the necklace, they requested cherry tomatoes.

“Here, 20 cherry tomatoes.”

Sejun gave Aileen 20 cherry tomatoes, and the necklace appeared in Sejun’s hand.

[You have acquired the appraised necklace – Necklace of Light as a quest completion reward.]

“Necklace of Light?”

Sejun checked the necklace’s options.

[Necklace of Light]

A necklace with Light magic engraved on amber.

Usage Restriction: Lv. 5 or higher, Magic Power 3 or higher

Creator: Horin, a magician from the Green Tower

Grade: C

Skill: [Light Lv. 1]

[Light Lv. 1]

Using the skill will brighten the surroundings.

The higher the wearer’s magic power, the stronger the light.

“How is it, nya? There was nothing to draw, but I drew it because it was free, nya…”

Theo said in a timid voice to Sejun, who was checking the appraised necklace.

“As expected, golden paw.”

“Nya?”

Theo’s gacha skills were amazing. The Necklace of Light had a function that Sejun needed: the Light skill, which emitted light.

He had been holding back from eating the inner core because if he ate it, the Black Rabbit would lose its way to bring seafood from outside the pond…

Using the Light skill embedded in the magic necklace would solve everything. First, he needed to check the brightness…

“More than that, you’re amazing.”

Theo’s golden paw was a perfect high-end item detector that wouldn’t even reach for anything below C-grade.

“What, nya?!”

Theo, feeling uneasy as Sejun looked at him unpleasantly, clung tightly to Sejun’s lap.

“Come here.”

“Why, nya?”

“Oop!”

Sejun grabbed Theo’s body with both hands and lifted him up. Then, as if detecting water veins, he moved Theo’s front paws left and right, wandering around.

“How is it? Is there a place where your paws are drawn to?”

Sejun asked, carrying Theo around for about 3 minutes. It was a joke, so he was thinking of stopping and going down to the cave.

However…

“Keep walking, nya.”

“Okay.”

As Theo answered with his eyes closed and a focused expression, Sejun thought that Theo was seriously searching for items and diligently walked around.

‘Puhu. Is this how it feels to be revered, nya? It feels good, nya.’

If Sejun had known Theo’s thoughts, he would have stopped, but Sejun didn’t have the ability to read minds.

They walked for about 10 minutes, but Theo’s front paws remained still.

“Let’s eat.”

Sejun, feeling hungry, carried Theo down to the cave.

“Chairman Park, let’s do it again next time, nya.”

It was a satisfying 10 minutes only for Theo.

For dinner, they ate roasted sweet potatoes and grilled fish.

As the meal ended…

“Here, try wearing this.”

Sejun handed the Necklace of Light to the Black Rabbit.

“But you do have more than 3 magic power, right?”

Pyaak!

Scritch. Scritch.

At Sejun’s question, the Black Rabbit shouted, telling him not to underestimate him, and wrote his magic power stats on the dirt floor with his front paws.

33.

“Huh?!”

Sejun was flustered when he saw that the Black Rabbit’s magic power was significantly higher than his own.

Meanwhile…

Flash.

The Black Rabbit, wearing the necklace, used the necklace’s skill to brighten the surroundings.

And then…

Splash.

The Black Rabbit, with the Light skill activated, jumped into the pond, went out through the hole, and came back.

“How is it? Can you see well?”

Pyaak!

At Sejun’s question, the Black Rabbit nodded. ‘I can see well!’

“Really?”

At the Black Rabbit’s answer, Sejun picked up the inner core of the Giant Electric Eel. The time had finally come to eat the inner core.

Crunch.

As he took a big bite…

Whoosh.

The solid inner core turned completely mushy and flowed into his mouth.

“…!”

Sejun was taken aback by the unexpected taste of the inner core.

What?! Why does it taste like orange-flavored soda here?!

The liquidized inner core of the Giant Electric Eel tasted like tangy orange-flavored soda. Orange Fanta popped into Sejun’s head.

Gulp.

While savoring the exhilarating feeling of swallowing…

[You have consumed the inner core of the Giant Electric Eel.]

[You have learned the skill – Rain and Thunder Lv. 1.]

A message appeared saying he had learned a skill.

“Learned it?”

Sejun, who had always only seen messages saying he had acquired a skill, felt puzzled when…

[You don’t have enough magic power yet to use Rain and Thunder Lv. 1 properly.]

[The rain part of the skill is locked for your safety.]

[The thunder part of the skill is locked for your safety.]

“What?”

If rain and thunder are locked from the Rain and Thunder skill, then it’s not the Rain and Thunder skill!

Sejun hurriedly checked the skill.

[Skill – Rain and Thunder Lv. 1]

-You can create dark clouds to use rain and thunder. >Create Dark Clouds>: Creates dark clouds with magic power. The stronger the magic power, the larger and denser the dark clouds you can create. If the environment is right, it may rain with a low probability.

>Rainfall>: (Sealed – Requires 30 or more magic power)

>Thunderbolt>: (Sealed – Requires 70 or more magic power)

“Create Dark Clouds.”

As Sejun used the skill…

Poof.

A small dark cloud about the size of a large umbrella formed above Sejun’s head.

“Hmm…”

He had used one-third of his magic power, but the dark cloud was smaller than he had expected.

Sejun decided to be satisfied with being able to create shade with the cloud when resting and having tasted orange-flavored soda.

Just then, he heard voices from the cave entrance. “Great Black Dragon. We have returned.”

The Silver Wolves, who had gone down to avoid the Blue Moon, returned with three Gray Rabbits.