Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 591

Black Tower, 99th Floor. Sejun stepped out of the bright light of the portal and back into his cozy room. It was simply decorated, but felt like home.

“Time to clock out!” Sejun shouted as he exited the dimensional gate, having planted all the Seeds of the Doomed Devourer of the 2nd Strengthening he got from .

“Puhuhut. Great Hybrid Chairman Park, I’m off work too, nyaang!” Theo announced happily.

*Thwack.*

Theo, who had arrived back on the 99th floor using the magical bundle, jumped onto Sejun and rubbed his face eagerly against Sejun’s head. His soft fur tickled Sejun’s cheek.

“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, listen nyaang!” Theo continued, purring loudly. “I did a lot of good deeds today, nyaang!” He was eager to tell Sejun all about his day.

“Hehehe. Good job.” Sejun praised Theo, just like Theo copied Sejun. Theo was becoming more and more like his master, and less like a normal cat.

A moment later,

Kkuaeng!

[Daddy, Kkuaengi is here!]

Kkuaengi, who had planted all the medicinal herb seeds Sejun had given him, also returned from the herb field and looked for Sejun.

Kkuhehehe. Kkuaeng!

[Hehehe. Daddy, I’ll eat this!]

The filial son Kkuaengi handing Sejun one kudzu root of deep blue potential and five kudzu roots of blue potential.

“Our Kkuaengi, you worked hard.”

Pat. Pat.

Sejun gently patted Kkuaengi’s soft bottom.

Kking?!

[Butler! What about me?!] I worked hard today too, playing with my subordinates!

Kkamangi barked fiercely at Sejun, who wasn’t praising him. He had plenty of energy after waking up from his nap.

But Kkamangi was still Kkamangi, the sunfish, so Sejun found him cute.

“Alright.” Sejun patted Kkamangi’s bottom as well and stretched, moving towards the kitchen, ready to prepare dinner.

“Okay. Let’s eat.” He had a meal with his companions.

After dinner, they all relaxed for a little while. Theo played with a toy, Kkuaengi nibbled on a carrot, and Kkamangi floated happily in his water.

“Uhaam. I should go to bed early today.” Sejun yawned and headed to the bedroom.

“Puhuhut. Let’s go to sleep quickly, nyaang!”

Kkuaeng! Kkuaeng!

[Kkuaengi has to go to sleep with Mommy too! Good night, Daddy!]

Kkihihit. Kking?

[Hee hee. Butler! Are you going to sleep early today?]

The companions also prepared to sleep.

Gollong.

Kkilollong.

Eomlollong.

Time passed. The only sounds were the soft snores of Theo and Kkamangi’s family. Sejun waited a little longer, making sure everyone was really asleep.

“Kuh-uh-uh.”

Hehehe. They’ve fallen asleep.

Sejun, who had been pretending to sleep, carefully got up.

Thump.

As he put Theo down from his lap, Theo woke up instantly.

“Chairman Park, what nyaang?! Why are you taking me off your lap, nyaang?!” Theo cried, his eyes wide. He had a sixth sense for when Sejun was trying to leave him behind.

Hmm. What to do?

Sejun had been planning to sneak away from his companions and secretly plan a Christmas party with Kaiser.

“Hmm. Vice Chairman Theo, am I a present to you?” Sejun asked Theo after thinking for a moment.

“Of course, it’s Chairman Park’s lap, nyaang!” Theo answered without a moment’s hesitation.

“Alright.” Thus, Theo ended up being on the giving side rather than the receiving side of presents, and he wouldn’t be able to snatch Santa’s gift sack.

“Where is Batbat?”

“Chairman Park, he’s on your left shoulder, nyaang!”

“Really?” Sejun listened to Theo’s answer and felt around his left shoulder.

Here he is.

He found Batbat, put him down on the bed,

“Let’s go.”

“Puhuhut. Good, nyaang!” Sejun carefully left the bedroom with Theo and moved to the fountain.

As they arrived at the fountain,

-Sejun, you came just in time! Is that Santa guy really that strong?’ Kaiser asked, his voice full of anger. ‘Is he trying to say he’s better than me?’

“Yes. He is strong.” Because Kaiser is Santa.

-What?! A thief who sneaks around leaving presents is strong?! Stronger than *me*?!

Kaiser, unaware that he was Santa, was burning with competitive spirit.

Perhaps Santa Claus was greatly offended by his grandson’s words that he could leave presents without his grandfather knowing.

“No. He can’t be stronger than you, Kaiser. Because you are Santa Claus.”

-Huh?!

Kaiser was briefly taken aback by Sejun’s words, but

-Kuhahaha! That’s right, there’s no way there could be anyone stronger than me, the leader of the great Black Dragon, Kaiser Fritani! Of course! Santa should be a strong dragon like me!

He soon rejoiced and decided to be Santa without Sejun even needing to persuade him.

And

-Sejun, but what does Santa do?

He belatedly asked about Santa.

“Santa, on Christmas…” Sejun explained Christmas to Kaiser and also told him his plan to invite acquaintances such as the farm family and the rabbit family to give presents and have a small Christmas party.

The part about inviting acquaintances meant that the small party was already out the window, but Sejun didn’t realize it.

A moment later.

When Sejun’s explanation was over,

-Hmm. Sejun, then won’t I get a present?

Kaiser asked with a disappointed voice.

“······.”

Sejun wanted to ask Kaiser how old he was now, but there’s no rule that you can’t get a present just because you’re old. And there’s no reason why Santa can’t get a present.

“Uh… I’ll give you 5 bottles of cherry wine as a present.” Sejun, who had decided to be Santa’s Santa, decided to give Kaiser his favorite cherry wine as a present.

-Sejun, what about our presents…

To the other dragons who were listening quietly. Instead, Kellion, Ramter, and Teo also decided to work part-time as Santa.

-Kuhahaha. Good. We must spread Christmas far and wide from now on!

-That’s right! Christmas in the White Tower too…

-Let’s tell the other dragons!

Thanks to this, the dragons, who were in a good mood, thought about spreading Christmas to the other dragons and the entire tower, but

“That won’t do.” Sejun stepped in and stopped the dragons.

He didn’t have the confidence to give presents to all nine dragon races and all nine towers. He couldn’t raise their expectations for nothing and then disappoint them.

That feeling when you wake up and there’s no present… It’s too depressing.

Sejun recalled his memory from when he was 5 years old.

Sejun’s father, Park Chun-ho, went to bed early in the evening to put presents at the heads of his sons’ beds in the morning, but

“Kuh-uh-uh. Huh?! What time is it?!” Due to the accumulated fatigue from working overtime for several days, he slept soundly until morning,

“Waaah~! I cleaned my room yesterday too! Why isn’t there a present?!”

“No pwesent!”

Five-year-old Sejun and his four-year-old brother, Sedol, woke up earlier than usual. They were sad to find that Santa’s gifts were missing. Tears streamed down their faces, unable to believe it.

Their dad, Park Chun-ho, felt his wife Kim Mi-ran’s cold stare. He quickly got the presents from the shoe cabinet and gave them to his sons. But then,

“Dad was Santa?! Santa doesn’t exist…” Sejun cried.

“Hyung, is Santa Grandfather not real?!” Sedol asked, confused.

This made the children even more upset.

When Sejun was only five, he learned Santa was not real. It was a shock that made him feel like he grew up too fast…

Sejun remembered his own Christmas shock. He didn’t want any child in the Nine Towers to feel that same sadness. So, he decided Christmas would not spread here.

Besides…

“It’s impossible to give presents to everyone in just one night,” Sejun thought.

He also knew he didn’t have enough time.

Thus, Sejun prevented Christmas from spreading throughout the Nine Towers.

“Then, I’ll go to bed,” Sejun said.

Kellion said, his voice a little worried, “Sejun, about the Dragon Council in the White Tower… you remember it’s soon, right?”

Sejun smiled calmly. “Of course, Kellion. Relax. I’ve already picked out the perfect menu for our guests.”

Kellion was worried about the Dragon Council in sixteen days. Sejun reassured him and went to bed, unaware that news of Christmas had already spread throughout the Black Tower by the regular employees.

Kuh-uh-uh.

Goro-rong.

Kkiro-rong.

…

..

.

Sejun slept deeply in his bedroom. Soft snores filled the air as he dreamed, cuddled with Theo and the Blackie family, who were also sleeping soundly.

“Christmas? You get presents for doing good deeds?” a voice wondered.

“As expected, our Sejun only thinks of admirable things,” the voice continued.

“I, the Creator God, can’t miss out on such a good cause!”

There was another being trying to make things even bigger.

“Just in time for the massive storm of causality that will arrive on Christmas…”

A huge source of magic, called a magic stream, was growing. It was taking in magic from Firestone and would soon be ready.

This new magic stream was stronger than any before it. Normally, there are eight magic streams in the world (there used to be nine, but one was destroyed).

This new one was as powerful as fifty normal magic streams put together!

With such a thing being born, the world’s causality would naturally shift dramatically.

Sejun, who had greatly influenced the birth of the giant magic stream, was in the middle of this massive storm of causality.

He was only thinking of changing the storm of causality to cause the least harm to Sejun, but…

Everyone was creating a massive will with one heart and mind, believing that they would receive presents for doing good deeds.

What if he combined that will with the massive storm of causality and guided it in the direction he wanted?

“Hehe. Sejun will surely know that I didn’t run away, right?”

The Creator God chuckled, a mischievous glint in his eyes. “Sejun will finally see how amazing I am!” he thought, imagining Sejun’s surprised face.

***

The next morning.

“Everyone, are you ready?” Sejun asked.

“Puhuhu. Yes, nya!” Theo replied.

Kkueng!

Kking!

Sejun and his companions prepared to descend the Tower again.

Unfortunately, Bbyot, Yuren, and Poyo couldn’t join them this time.

-Yuren, the time has come for you to gain a new ability.

A new message from the God of Misfortune, Misfortune, had been delivered.

Thus, Misfortune King Yuren was absent, but

“Nya! Puhuhu. Chairman Park, I picked up 5 million Tower Coins, nya!” Theo exclaimed.

Theo’s luck allowed them to achieve results while moving.

“Shall we take a stroll around the herb street again today?” Sejun asked.

When Sejun stepped onto the 75th floor of the Tower, the air changed. The scent of herbs, strong and sweet, filled his nose. He walked towards the herb street, where colorful stalls overflowed with plants of all kinds.

[The Seed Shop is now open.]

[Park Sejun’s rank is Transcendental.]

[7 types of seeds, including Transcendental grade, that will be sold today are randomly displayed.]

[At the current rank, you can purchase as many seeds as you want within 500 Tower Coins.]

The 17th Seed Shop had opened.

“Ah. Today was the day the Seed Shop opened,” Sejun realized.

Sejun had completely forgotten.

[Seed of Chaos (Transcendental Grade) – 500 Tower Coins + 10,000 Pieces of World Energy]

[Seed of Darkness (Transcendental Grade) – 350 Tower Coins + 1,000 Pieces of World Energy]

[100 Turmeric Seeds – 100 Tower Coins]

[100 Peppermint Seeds – 50 Tower Coins]

[100 Wild Chive Seeds – 10 Tower Coins]

…

..

.

A seed sales window appeared in front of Sejun.

“Hehe. I should make curry,” Sejun thought.

‘If I buy the Seed of Chaos, I won’t be able to buy turmeric, so I’ll pass on the Seed of Chaos.’

The seed created by the God of Chaos, Chaos, was not chosen by Sejun because he wanted to eat curry.

“I’ll buy the Seed of Darkness, Turmeric Seeds, and Peppermint Seeds,” Sejun decided.

As Sejun purchased the seeds,

[You will pay a total of 500 Tower Coins and 1,000 pieces of World Energy to purchase the Seed of Darkness, Turmeric Seeds, and Peppermint Seeds.]

…

..

.

A message appeared.

At that moment,

[A surprise item has been added.]

[You can now purchase a 50% discount coupon (1,000 available) for the Seed Shop.]

[Would you like to purchase it?]

A 50% discount coupon was suddenly added.

“Of course, I have to buy it,” Sejun said.

“Hehe. What a windfall,” he thought.

Sejun smiled and purchased the 50% discount coupon.

As the transaction ended,

[Thank you for using the Seed Shop.]

[You can use Seed Shop Lv. 4 again in 30 days.]

The Seed Shop closed, and

Clink.

Three small leather pouches containing the seeds appeared in Sejun’s hand.

“Let’s see. Kkueng, how about this?” Sejun asked.

Sejun took out the turmeric and peppermint seeds and placed them in Kkueng’s front paws.

Turmeric and peppermint were also used as herbs, so they had the potential to help Kkueng’s job quest.

And

Kkuhehehe. Kkueng!

[Hehehe. Dad, both are correct!]

Fortunately, both seeds satisfied the job quest.

“Kkueng, congratulations,” Sejun said.

The job quest would only be completely fulfilled once he planted the seeds, but Sejun congratulated Kkueng in advance.

“Now, we just need to solve Vice Chairman Theo’s job quest,” Sejun said.

“Puhuhu. Let’s solve it quickly, nya!” Theo replied.

Sejun and Theo were burning with motivation.

However,

“There are still 37 trillion Tower Coins left, nya…” Theo sighed.

They had only earned about 7 trillion Tower Coins, a pittance, in a week.

7 trillion Tower Coins was an enormous amount, but it was treated as a pittance because of the large quota that needed to be filled.

Moreover, they had to return to the White Tower to prepare for the 4th Dragon Council.

As such, the day was coming to an end without completing Theo’s job quest.

Bbyot!

[Sejun! Theo! We’re back!]

“Mohehe. Can I lick Sejun just once?” Poyo asked.

“Uheheh. I’m back too,” Yuren announced.

Along with Yuren, who had gained a new skill and become a specialist in aggro.