Farming in the Tower Alone [EN]: Chapter 7

Sejun popped a cherry tomato he had harvested straight into his mouth without washing it. There was no need to wash them here, with no fine dust or pollution.

Pop.

As he chewed the ripe, red cherry tomato,

Splat!

the skin burst, and juice sprayed into his mouth like a refreshing mist. It tasted amazing. It was hard to even describe the perfect mix of flavors.

Pop! Bang!

Sweetness exploded on Sejun’s tongue first, like sunshine bursting through clouds. Then, a little sourness followed, making his mouth water and his cheeks tingle. It was like a tiny party happening just for him, right there in his mouth!

“Wow!”

Sejun breathed out, just one word escaping his lips. It was all he could say.

Munch munch.

Sejun chewed the cherry tomato in silence, enjoying the taste until it was all gone.

[You have consumed a magical cherry tomato.]

[Decomposing 10g of fat, increasing magic power by 0.1 for 10 minutes.]

A message appeared saying that his magic power had increased, but it didn’t matter.

Pop.

Sejun put another cherry tomato in his mouth and continued the festival.

Squeak?

The husband rabbit, seeing Sejun’s reaction as he mindlessly popped cherry tomatoes into his mouth, tilted his head and picked up a cherry tomato.

‘Is it really that delicious?’

The cherry tomato was quite large for the rabbit, so he couldn’t put it all in his mouth like Sejun.

Pop.

So, he bit into the cherry tomato. Then, juice began to overflow through the hole in the skin.

‘Such a waste of food!’

Slurp.

The husband rabbit, flustered, sucked up the cherry tomato juice to avoid spilling it. Wasting food was a sin.

“…!”

‘This taste?!’

Slurp slurp slurp.

The husband rabbit began to suck on the cherry tomato as if possessed.

And then,

Squeak?

Squeak?

Seeing their father, the baby rabbits each picked up a cherry tomato and began to suck on them.

Slurp slurp slurp.

Slurp slurp slurp.

For a while, the only sound in the cave was slurping.

Eating all those cherry tomatoes without the wife rabbit was a big problem. The husband rabbit was in trouble!

Squeak~ Squeak~

The husband rabbit approached the sulking wife rabbit, who was preparing dinner, and rubbed his body against her, acting cute. But the wife rabbit turned her head away, completely ignoring the husband rabbit’s charm.

Squeak…

The husband rabbit gave Sejun a sad look. It was a sign asking for help.

‘Good luck.’

Sejun, who had never seen anything good come from getting involved between couples, clenched his fist and refused by cheering on the husband rabbit with a fighting pose.

A pleasant mealtime.

Lunch was piranha, cherry tomatoes, and grilled green onions. Just adding one more item to the menu made the meal feel much richer.

The wife rabbit placed the food evenly on leaf plates and placed them in their respective spots.

Squeak?

The husband rabbit quietly protested to the wife rabbit when only grilled green onions were placed on his plate.

Squeak!!!

They couldn’t understand each other’s words, but it seemed like she was saying, ‘Just eat it!!!’ The husband rabbit ultimately failed to resolve the wife rabbit’s anger.

Squeak…

‘Poor guy.’

Sejun secretly gave some of his food to the disheartened husband rabbit, without the wife rabbit noticing.

Squeak.

The husband rabbit gave Sejun a grateful look and quietly disappeared.

And when he was picking at the flesh stuck to the piranha bones in the corner of the cave,

Squeak?

The wife rabbit, thinking he was crying, approached him and their eyes met.

“…!”

“…!”

As a couple, they exchanged a conversation with their eyes.

Where did you get that?

Over there.

The husband rabbit pointed to Sejun with his eyes.

‘Traitor!’

To rat him out right away!

A little later, whatever happened, they were rubbing against each other and making a fuss.

Sejun once again learned the lesson that one should never get involved in a couple’s fight.

After eating lunch, Sejun began picking cherry tomatoes again. Cherry tomatoes that had fully ripened in a few hours had appeared.

[You have acquired a ripe magical cherry tomato.]

[Job experience slightly increases.]

[You have gained 10 experience.]

He picked 67 cherry tomatoes in the afternoon. He harvested a little more than in the morning. He also leveled up once more, reaching level 5.

He raised his Strength and Stamina by 2 each as bonus stats. Strength and Stamina were the most important for farming.

The harvested cherry tomatoes were stored in a storage area created in a cool corner of the cave. The storage area was made by digging a pit in a cool corner of the cave and laying down densely packed green onion leaves to prevent dirt from entering.

Sejun put the cherry tomatoes in a plastic container and moved them,

Squeak!

The father rabbit carried two cherry tomatoes under his arm and moved them.

And then,

Squeak!

Squeak!

The baby rabbits, looking at their father with admiring eyes, each picked up a cherry tomato and moved it to the storage area.

“One, two, three…one hundred and five.”

The total harvested cherry tomatoes were 120, but after eating 15, there were 105 left.

Seeing the piled-up cherry tomatoes, he felt a sense of accomplishment again.

“Hehehe.”

Sejun returned to his spot with a grin,

Squeak!

Squeak!

The rabbit couple grabbed the baby rabbits, who were trying to play, and pushed them into the cave to prepare for bed.

“Another day is ending.”

Watching the rabbits, Sejun also prepared for bed.

Pat pat.

He gathered soil to make a pillow,

Thump! Thump!

He patted the soil to make a place to lie down and spread the green onion leaves, which had been dried in the sun to prevent soil from rising, on the floor. After 75 days, Sejun knew how to make a comfy bed from soil and leaves.

“Ah, good.”

Lying on the green onion leaves, he felt warmth from the leaves that had been warmed by the sun.

“I lived well today too. Park Sejun.”

As Sejun was about to finish the day by praising himself,

[A quest has been generated.]

[Quest: Offer 100 harvested magical cherry tomatoes to the Tower’s Administrator.]

Reward: 1 job skill

Rejection: Death

Sejun’s happy mood vanished. Anger shot through him like lightning. ‘Another quest? Really?!’

“Hey, did you leave food with me?!”

And at least give a good reward!

Since receiving the Seed Sowing job skill, Sejun had no expectations for rewards.

But he couldn’t refuse.

‘I can’t die.’

“Here you go.”

Sejun reluctantly offered the magical cherry tomatoes.

[You have completed the quest.]

[The Tower’s Administrator is pleased.]

[As a reward for completing the quest, you have acquired the job skill – Harvesting Lv. 1.]

“Ah! Seriously!”

What kind of skill do you need for harvesting!

As expected, there was no answer.

He didn’t even bother checking the skill. Something would slightly increase, but it would only make him angrier.

“Getting angry only hurts me…”

Sejun calmed down and lay down again. One second after closing his eyes to sleep,

Zzzzzz.

Sejun fell asleep.

“No…my…tomatoes…”

Sejun was struggling to protect the cherry tomatoes even in his dreams.

“Ugh!”

Sejun woke up and drew another line on the cave wall.

T

In front of it were 16 ‘正’ marks.

The morning of the 82nd day of being stranded began.

He had a lot to do this morning. He had to harvest cherry tomatoes from the 8 cherry tomato trees he had planted later, and he had to pollinate the flowers that had bloomed on the cherry tomato trees he had harvested earlier.

In particular, harvesting cherry tomatoes was solely Sejun’s responsibility because he had to gain experience.

Plop.

Sejun picked a cherry tomato that was slightly green.

[You have harvested a slightly unripe magical cherry tomato.]

[Due to the effect of Harvesting Lv. 1, the fruit is in its optimal condition.]

[Proficiency in Harvesting Lv. 1 slightly increases.]

[Job experience slightly increases.]

[You have gained 10 experience.]

The Harvesting skill was more useful than he thought. The Harvesting skill had the effect of bringing slightly unripe or overripe fruits to their optimal condition when harvested. And proficiency increased each time he harvested.

Thanks to this, he was able to harvest crops in their optimal condition, and he could normally increase his job experience even when harvesting unripe cherry tomatoes.

The harvest was quickly finished because there were only 8 trees. He harvested 50 cherry tomatoes from the trees.

“Hey guys, let’s eat cherry tomatoes.”

Squeak!

Squeak!

At Sejun’s words, the baby rabbits, who were climbing the cherry tomato trees and pollinating the flowers, came running.

The baby rabbits, who had been born about a month and a half ago, had grown rapidly thanks to eating well, and now their height reached the husband rabbit’s shoulder.

Pop.

Slurp slurp slurp.

The baby rabbits began to bite into the cherry tomatoes and suck the juice.

“Here you go.”

Sejun handed a cherry tomato to each of the working rabbit couple.

Squeak!

Squeak!

The rabbit couple bowed their heads and expressed their gratitude.

Pop.

Sejun also put a cherry tomato in his mouth and bit into it.

Splat!

“Kuh. Delicious.”

As the sweet and sour taste danced in his mouth, an exclamation naturally came out.

At that moment,

[The Tower’s Administrator urges you to complete the quest quickly.]

“I don’t want to. I’ll do it later.”

Since he started harvesting cherry tomatoes, the quests given by the Tower’s Administrator had become increasingly greedy, without knowing moderation. The number of cherry tomatoes that the Tower’s Administrator demanded to be offered increased from time to time.

And the rewards weren’t even good. There had been no rewards since he received the Harvesting skill.

On the 5th day of offering cherry tomatoes like that,

[A quest has been generated.]

[Quest: Offer 500 harvested magical cherry tomatoes to the Tower’s Administrator.]

Reward: None

Rejection: Death

When the Tower’s Administrator demanded 500 cherry tomatoes, Sejun’s anger gauge reached MAX.

‘This is too much!’

500! I can’t keep getting taken advantage of like this every day!

“I don’t want to!”

Sejun poured out the anger he had been holding in his heart.

His heart felt refreshed, but his mind went blank.

And he hurriedly thought of a way to survive.

‘Ah! Come to think of it, I just have to not reject the quest!’

“I’ll offer them later!”

[The Tower’s Administrator is flustered.]

That’s how Sejun was rebelling against the Tower’s Administrator by postponing the quest completion.

And then,

[The Tower’s Administrator is furious at you for eating the magical cherry tomatoes alone.]

“Then I’ll offer 5.”

Occasionally, when the Tower’s Administrator was angry, he would offer a few cherry tomatoes to appease him. After all, he was the Tower’s Administrator, so he shouldn’t be hated too much.

[The Tower’s Administrator says he will tolerate it this time.]

Sejun was trying to bargain with the Tower’s Administrator.

The 91st day of being stranded.

The 4th Blue Moon was approaching.

Squeak!

Squeak!

The rabbit couple pushed the baby rabbits into the cave, covered the entrance with soil, and prepared for the Blue Moon.

Sejun also turned off the lights and cleaned up the smelly things, preparing for the Blue Moon.

And this time, to avoid fainting, he prepared earmuffs made by rolling up green onion leaves and cherry tomatoes.

He had heard before that if his magic power was high, he could withstand the monster’s roar, so he wanted to increase his magic power even a little with cherry tomatoes in case the same situation as last time occurred.

‘It would be best if the same thing didn’t happen as last time.’

As Sejun was thinking that, the sunlight turned blue.

The Blue Moon had begun.

A little later,

Kraaah!

Kyaaah!

The roars of monsters excited by the Blue Moon were heard from afar.

‘Don’t come! Don’t come!’

As Sejun was praying in his heart, about an hour passed,

“Huh?!”

Sejun saw a mysterious phenomenon.

Blue energy began to form on one of the cherry tomato trees. It was the energy of the Blue Moon.

The energy of the Blue Moon slowly moved along the stem to the cherry tomatoes and was absorbed into the cherry tomatoes.

And then,

“Wow.”

The cherry tomatoes turned blue. The sight of the Blue Moon’s energy being contained in the cherry tomatoes was mysterious and beautiful.

Sejun witnessed the entire process of the Blue Moon’s energy being contained in the cherry tomatoes for the first time.

‘I want to harvest them quickly.’

Sejun was waiting for the Blue Moon to end quickly.

At that moment,

“Huh?!”

He saw the blue energy moving in the sweet potato vines as well.