Chapter 235 – The Only One I Can Trust Is Mr. Se-jun

“Podori, what is all of this?!”

Se-jun asked, approaching Podori, who had produced an enormous number of grape bunches. Because when he asked not long ago, Podori had said it would take time for the grapes to grow, but suddenly the fruits had appeared. And in massive quantities at that.

[Ah! This?! This is…]

Podori, who was about to answer, suddenly hesitated.

“This is?”

[Po-po-po. This is the result of my love for Mr. Se-jun… no! It is the result of my loyalty!]

‘Ah! This is hard…’

Podori, who answered Se-jun, wanted to cry.

At first, he had planned to say that Flamie gave him a nutritional supplement.

However,

Whoosh.

[Podori… just try telling Mr. Se-jun about me!]

Flamie suddenly shouted while spewing fire from her roots. Although Flamie’s body had grown hot out of embarrassment at the thought of being caught by Se-jun, to Podori, it looked like a threat to kill him if he told the truth.

So he hurriedly changed his answer.

Then,

[The administrator of the tower says she will kill you for daring to wag your tail at Se-jun!]

This time, the administrator of the Black Tower threatened to kill him.

[No! Lady Aileen, it is a misunderstanding!]

Podori had to change his answer again while hurriedly responding to Aileen.

‘Why are they doing this only to me…? What did I do wrong?’

Thus, while Se-jun was unaware, Podori was threatened with death by two entities. Due to the stress, about five bunches of grapes began to wither.

“Podori, are you sick? Why did the grapes suddenly wither?”

As Se-jun diligently stroked Podori using the Farmer’s Warm Touch skill, peace found its way to Podori’s mind.

‘After all, the only one I can trust here is Mr. Se-jun!’

Since those two entities were absolutely crazy about Mr. Se-jun. Thinking that the only one who could protect him from the scary beings was Se-jun, Podori began to rely on Se-jun even more.

As Podori regained peace of mind, the withered grape bunches began to become healthy again.

“You’re okay now. Podori, I will harvest the grapes.”

[Of course! Please pick as much as you want!]

Podori, who decided to side with Se-jun, actively cooperated with Se-jun.

Pluck.

When Se-jun plucked a bunch of grapes with Podori’s permission,

[You have harvested 1 bunch of Fragrant Grape Full of Life (23 grapes).]

[Your job experience increases slightly.]

[The proficiency of Harvesting Lv. 7 increases slightly.]

[You have acquired 1,610 experience points.]

The harvest message appeared.

“Fragrant?”

A grape with the additional modifier ‘Fragrant’ in its name was harvested. Seeing that its scent had gathered all the animals of the farm, the word ‘fragrant’ was not a waste at all.

Then,

[You have achieved the achievement of creating a new variety in the tower.]

[The tower recognizes your exclusive cultivation rights for the new variety.]

[Without your permission, the Fragrant Grape Full of Life cannot be cultivated.]

[Your job experience increases significantly.]

[Due to your job characteristic, all stats increase by 10.]

The achievement message for creating a new variety appeared.

And,

[You have achieved the achievement of creating 9 new varieties in the tower.]

[As a reward for the Great Farmer achievement, the status of the Black Tower increases.]

[As the status exceeds a certain level, the number of entrances to enter the Black Tower increases by 1.]

[The number of Black Tower entrances increases from 100 to 101, and the 101st entrance will be created in the safest location.]

Along with the message of creating nine new varieties, the message that the 101st entrance of the Black Tower would appear was shown.

“Huh?! The 101st entrance? …Guys, let’s eat grapes!”

Since the increase in the number of entrances had absolutely nothing to do with him, Se-jun let the animals, who were drooling and looking only at him, taste the grapes.

It was commendable of them to wait patiently until he harvested, even though they must have wanted to eat them so badly due to the delicious grape aroma stimulating their appetite.

“Our Cuengi waited patiently too. Here.”

Especially Cuengi.

Kuhehehe. Kkueng!

[Hehehe. It’s delicious!]

Cuengi, who put the grape in his mouth as soon as he received it from Se-jun, could not control his laughter at the delicious taste of the grape and spoke while laughing.

“Is it that delicious?”

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[Yes! It is very delicious!]

Cuengi nodded his head vigorously at Se-jun’s question.

Stroke, stroke.

“Here. Eat more.”

Captivated by Cuengi’s cuteness, Se-jun stroked Cuengi’s head and plucked a bunch of grapes to give to him.

Like that, Se-jun plucked grapes and distributed them to the animals,

“First, I should look at the options.”

and Se-jun examined them closely before eating.

[Fragrant Grape Full of Life]

Grapes grown inside the tower, which are top-grade grapes produced by a grapevine that absorbed sufficient nutrients.

The taste is very good, and the fragrant scent of the grapes spreads far.

Monsters that like the smell of blood may be attracted by the fragrant smell of grapes.

When made into wine, the aroma spreads even further.

Cultivator: Tower Farmer Park Se-jun

Shelf Life: 180 days

Grade: A+

A top-grade grape with good taste and aroma.

“Monsters that like the smell of blood may be attracted?”

Although there was one concerning part,

“Let them come.”

Se-jun said boldly. This was the 99th floor of the tower, a place packed with the strongest beings of the Black Tower. If they came following the smell of blood, they would end up seeing blood.

“Of course, I am not the strongest…”

As Se-jun suddenly felt a reality check and muttered to himself,

“Chairman Park, cheer up, meow! I will earn a lot of money to make Chairman Park stronger, meow!”

Theo comforted Se-jun while patting his knee. Theo still misunderstood that the golden light from the ‘Rice is Medicine’ effect was due to burning money.

“Uh… okay. Thank you.”

Se-jun wondered what earning a lot of money had to do with him becoming stronger, but because Theo’s heart thinking of him was commendable, he accepted the comfort without saying anything.

And,

Munch.

He began to eat the grapes.

“Mmm!”

Although it was delicious last time too, this grape was sweeter and had a richer flavor.

Munch, munch.

“Oh! It’s so delicious!”

Se-jun said after eating a whole bunch of grapes while standing right there.

At that moment,

Sting.

Staring gazes poured at the back of his head. ‘Are you really eating all by yourself?!’ The animals were staring intensely at the back of Se-jun’s head with the determination to eat together.

A moment later,

“Here. Enjoy your breakfast.”

In front of Se-jun, who was harvesting grapes from Podori’s branches, the animals holding plates received the grapes. He gave 2 bunches to the rabbits, 5 bunches to the monkeys, and 1,000 bunches each to Cuengi and Pink Fur.

After distributing about half of the grapes hanging on the grapevine to the animals,

“I should eat more too.”

Se-jun sat on the floor, and when he was about to eat the grapes,

Kkueng?

[Dad, when do we eat breakfast?]

Cuengi asked Se-jun while eating the grapes. For Cuengi, about 1,000 bunches of grapes were just an appetizer to whet his appetite.

“Wait a moment. Crop Giantization.”

When Se-jun used Crop Giantization on the remaining grapes in front of Cuengi, a single grape grew to almost the size of a baseball. ‘Around 100 bunches should be enough, right?’ Se-jun used the skill on Cuengi’s 100 bunches of grapes to enlarge them.

And when he enlarged the last, 100th bunch,

[The proficiency of Crop Giantization Lv. 4 increases slightly.]

[The proficiency of Crop Giantization Lv. 4 is filled, and the level increases.]

The skill level of Crop Giantization increased to 5. It was thanks to Cuengi. Since he used the Crop Giantization skill almost exclusively for Cuengi.

“Here. Eat now.”

He gave the giant grapes to Cuengi, and Se-jun also ate the grapes.

Spit, spit.

while spitting out the grape seeds.

“If I plant these, I will soon become rich in grapes. Hehehe.”

Se-jun laughed as he looked at the grape seeds gathered in his hand. Since he had asked the other animals to collect seeds as well, quite a lot of seeds would be collected.

A moment later,

“I should wrap it up.”

Se-jun stood up and began to harvest the remaining grapes.

***

The 55th floor of the tower.

Squeak! Squeak!

[One! Two!]

The Black Rabbit was training other Black Rabbit soldiers harshly.

Squeak?!

[Will you get anywhere with that?!]

Squeak!

[Can’t you do it right?!]

The Black Rabbit kept nagging the Black Rabbit soldiers, displeased with something.

Pyupyu. Pyupyu.

[Black Rabbit, stop it now. The soldiers will collapse at this rate.]

Since the Black Rabbit had been scolding the soldiers for several days, Pyupyu stepped in to stop him.

Squeak…

[But at this level, we can’t protect Uncle…]

Pyupyu…

[That…]

Pyupyu, who knew how fragile Se-jun’s body was, could not continue. She could understand the Black Rabbit’s feelings. In the event of a surprise attack, Se-jun could survive once with the dragon scale, but he could not survive two hits.

That was why the Black Rabbit was training the soldiers harshly for Se-jun’s protection.

Pyupyu. Pyupyu.

[Don’t worry too much. It’s not like someone would launch a surprise attack on Mr. Se-jun anyway, and besides, Master, brother-in-law Theo, and young master Cuengi will be guarding by Mr. Se-jun’s side.]

Squeak.

[Yeah. I understand.]

At Pyupyu’s words, the Black Rabbit let go of his worries a little.

However,

Peep!

[Queen! The highest-quality blanket for Lady Iona to use has arrived!]

Pyupyu!

[Guide me quickly!]

Pyupyu was equally worried due to Iona, who could not sleep well.

As Pyupyu left to inspect the blanket like that,

Squeak! Squeak!

[Take a break! I will go check the food warehouse!]

The Black Rabbit gave the soldiers a break and headed to the food warehouse. It was to check if enough fish, which Theo liked, and sweet food, which Cuengi liked, were being gathered.

Squeak…

[To think marriage was this difficult…]

The Black Rabbit trudged toward the food warehouse. Although they were not visible because his body was black, he was so tired that his dark circles had reached the soles of his feet.

***

“Let’s begin now.”

Ukki!

Ukki!

Having harvested the grapes, Se-jun began the starter mash work with the monkeys in the brewery to make Samyangju.

When the starter mash work was finished about two hours later, Se-jun followed up by performing the secondary addition mash on the pre-steeped Iyangju to make Samyangju.

“I should brew this as well.”

When all the work on Samyangju was done, Se-jun washed 1,000 bunches of grapes, removed the grapes from the bunches, and began to put them into a jar. He was thinking of making wine.

At that moment,

– Hm?! Se-jun, what is that?

Kellion, who had returned to the Black Tower and hurriedly packed money from the warehouse at Se-jun’s words that he would sell alcohol for Tower Coins in the future, discovered Se-jun brewing the wine.

“This is wine.”

– Is that so? Take this money first!

Kellion abruptly handed a pouch of coins to Se-jun.

‘How much is all of this?!’ Se-jun, who opened the coin pouch, was surprised to see the money inside. It was a massive amount of money at a single glance.

– It is exactly 1 billion Tower Coins. With that, I will reserve half for Samyangju and the other half for wine.

Although he had not even tasted the wine, Kellion made a reservation first. ‘If Se-jun makes it, it will definitely be delicious!’

When Kellion preoccupied the wine like that,

– Uh?! Se-jun, are you brewing a new alcohol?

Kaiser, who had arrived after packing money by even rummaging through Anton’s warehouse because there wasn’t much money in his own warehouse, arrived.

– Kuhahaha. I will reserve that alcohol too. Here, take this!

Kaiser also abruptly shoved a coin pouch into Se-jun’s remaining hand.

But,

– Puhahaha. You might have been faster for the Samyangju, but I was faster for the wine.

Kellion, who had reserved the wine first, ridiculed Kaiser.

– What?! You, get out of our tower right now!

Kaiser, furious at Kellion’s answer, shouted.

– I don’t want to. If it’s unfair, why don’t you come to the White Tower too?

– Why would I go there when Se-jun isn’t even there?! You go away!

– I said I don’t want to!

– Go away!

While the two were fighting like that,

Tap, tap.

Theo tapped Se-jun’s leg and called him.

And,

“Chairman Park, lend me some money, meow!”

Theo’s eyes sparkled as he looked at the coin pouches in each of Se-jun’s hands.