Chapter 304 – Cuengi’s Treat!

“Meow, meow, meow! I, Vice President Theo, am running Chairman Park’s errand today as well, meow~!”

Ppiyot~!

[Ppi-rrr-yot, Lord Theo’s next right front paw, is also going along~!]

Ppiyot sang in continuation of Theo’s song. Theo took his subordinate, Ppiyot, as usual.

And,

Kkueng~! Kkueng~!

[Cuengi is also going to buy food~! Cuengi received pocket money from Dad~!]

Cuengi sang, continuing Ppiyot’s song. Today, Cuengi also joined them.

Se-jun thought that it was about time for Cuengi to see the world and gradually broaden his horizons.

He gave Cuengi some allowance to buy delicious food and had him follow Theo.

Kkuhehehe. Kkueng! Kkueng!

[Hehehe. Big Brother, Ppiyot, if there is anything you want to eat, Cuengi will buy it all! Cuengi received an allowance from Dad!]

Cuengi said, proudly showing his snack pouch containing his allowance.

“Puhuhut. Good, meow! Then I will eat the five-colored grilled tuna, meow!”

Ppiyot!

[Then I also want to eat top-grade bird feed!]

At Cuengi’s confident shout, Theo and Ppiyot spoke about what they wanted to eat.

On the way to the 75th floor of the tower where the shopping street was located.

“Meow?!”

Ppiyot!

[Lord Theo, it’s a fork in the road again!]

Kkueng?

[Big Brother, where are we going?]

A fork in the road appeared in front of the three.

“Puhuhut. Just follow me, meow!”

Theo Park, the golden cat who made paths, took the lead,

Ppiyot! Ppiyot!

[Yes! I will go wherever Lord Theo goes!]

Kkueng!

[Dad told me to follow Big Brother well!]

Ppiyot and Cuengi followed diligently behind him.

And,

“Lord Theo, save me!”

They met Uren, who had been kicked out of the 99th floor of the tower at dawn, and was swallowed by a fragment of Jormungand while descending the tower.

Although 1 million people went down, Uren was strangely the only one swallowed. He was indeed unlucky.

“Puhuhut. Uren, I’ll save you, so give me money, meow!”

“Yes! Of course!”

Theo’s exclusive ATM, Uren, hurriedly took out money.

“Puhuhut. Cuengi, look closely, meow! If you save a life, you get paid like this, meow!”

Theo said in a boastful voice to Cuengi, packing the money pouch Uren gave him into his bundle.

And,

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[Got it! If I save someone, I get paid!]

Cuengi nodded his head diligently at Theo’s teaching.

Schwing.

Meanwhile, Theo extended his dragon claws,

“Meow!”

And quickly swung his front paws to defeat Jormungand.

Clink.

“Cuengi, Ppiyot, pick up the coins, meow!”

As the three picked up the dropped white coins and started for the 75th floor of the tower again,

“Lord Theo, could I go with you too?”

“Puhuhut. Follow me, meow!”

Uren, who wanted to travel safely this time, joined the journey.

Passt.

“We’ve arrived, meow!”

“I know the best restaurant on the 75th floor of the tower! Follow me!”

Uren had heard Theo’s situation that they came to buy food for a party while traveling together.

Uren wanted to introduce the best restaurant to Theo.

“Puhuhut. Good, meow! Guide us, meow!”

“Yes!”

At Theo’s permission, Uren confidently took the lead and guided them to the restaurant.

‘Fuhu. Lord Theo, when you go, you will be surprised because it is so delicious.’

Uren was full of food pride.

He hurried his steps, imagining his companions rejoicing at the restaurant he brought them to.

And,

“Puhuhut. The five-colored grilled tuna is roasted really deliciously, meow!”

Ppiyot! Ppiyot!

[That’s right! The top-grade bird feed was also delicious!]

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[Right! It was really delicious! Cuengi only ate a little, but I am full!]

Everyone was satisfied with the dishes at the restaurant Uren introduced.

“Fuhu. What did I tell you?”

As his restaurant was recognized, Uren said boastfully.

A moment later.

When the meal was finished,

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[Cuengi has allowance! Cuengi’s treat!]

Cuengi confidently took out his money pouch from his snack pouch and handed it to the clerk.

And,

Jingle. Jingle.

“Here is your change.”

The clerk took out exactly 1 Tower Coin from the money pouch containing 100 1-Tower Coins and handed it to Cuengi.

…?!

Upon receiving 1 Tower Coin in his front paw, Cuengi’s pupils shook violently.

Kkueng?! Kkueng?!

[Where did all my money go?! Is this that expensive?!]

The 100 precious coins he received from Se-jun as allowance.

But when 99 coins vanished as the cost of food, he suffered a huge shock.

Cuengi had things he wanted to buy with the 100 Tower Coins.

Powerful clothes to protect his weak Dad.

A sturdy club that wouldn’t break even when his mother swung it.

A hammer to give to his Second Brother that splits the ground when swung.

A powerful magic staff to gift to Sister Iona.

A sturdy and large saddle needed when riding on the back of the giant Toryong-i.

Blackie’s snacks.

A very sensible spending plan.

However, other than Blackie’s snacks, there was nothing he could buy with 100 Tower Coins.

It was truly fortunate that Se-jun had not given Cuengi a large amount of money to help him learn financial sense.

But,

Kkueng!!! Kkueng!!!

[My money is gone!!! Cuengi can’t buy what I want to buy now!!!]

The one who could stop Cuengi’s crying, Se-jun, could not be sent with him.

“Puhuhut. Cuengi, calm down, meow! I will solve it, meow! Please discount the food price here, meow!”

Instead, there was a cat who could only do what he had learned.

As Theo confidently stepped forward and made the first discount attempt out of his three discount steps,

Swish. Swish.

Uren, pointing to himself with his front paw behind everyone while looking at the clerk.

‘Put it on my tab.’

Fortunately, Uren, a regular at the restaurant who was unlucky but a wealthy pig, was also with them.

“Here, we will return this to you.”

Thanks to that, the clerk returned all of Cuengi’s money,

“Puhuhut. Cuengi, did you see, meow?”

Kkueng!

[Big Brother is amazing!]

Cuengi looked at Theo with eyes of respect, who made the food cost 0 coins in just one discount attempt.

After finishing the calculation for the food they ate like that,

“Please pack 1,000 servings of each food, meow!”

Theo ordered the food to take to the 99th floor of the tower.

Kkueng!

[Cuengi will pay!]

Cuengi spiritedly stepped forward to pay again.

At the same time, his gaze was directed towards Theo. ‘Big Brother will get a discount!’

“Puhuhut. Cuengi, trust only me, meow! Give us a discount, meow!”

Receiving Cuengi’s gaze, Theo proudly discounted the price,

Swish. Swish.

And Uren’s unpaid tab accumulated.

Ppiyot!

[I’m envious!]

Ppiyot, who could not join the three’s excellent combo play, looked at them enviously.

At that moment,

“It seems you can come back in three hours.”

The clerk informed them of the time to come pick up the food.

Considering the ordered quantity was nearly 10,000 servings, it was an incredibly short time.

But,

“Does it take that long, meow?!”

Theo disliked even that. ‘Then I will go to Chairman Park late, meow!’

‘Meow… still, I must run Chairman Park’s errand, meow.’

Theo had no choice but to accept the wait.

And,

“But what did you say you wanted to buy earlier, Cuengi, meow?”

During the wait, he decided to buy what Cuengi wanted to buy. ‘Puhuhut. As expected, I am a cool big brother, meow!’

Kkueng!

[First, I want to buy clothes that protect Dad!]

“Puhuhut. Buying Chairman Park’s clothes, meow?! Great, meow! Let’s go, meow!”

Theo shouted and looked at Uren. ‘Guide us quickly, meow!’

In that way, Theo, Ppiyot, and Uren moved for Cuengi’s shopping.

***

“He must be doing well, right?”

Se-jun worried about Cuengi, who had gone down following Theo.

“No, he’ll be fine.”

He was not one to get beaten up anywhere; if anything, he would be the one beating someone up.

With Theo beside him to stop him, it would be fine. Although his paw stamp would be stamped instead.

“Well, since the Golden Bat is also there.”

Se-jun cleared his worries, thinking of the Golden Bat he had secretly sent along to prepare for any situation.

And,

Step. Step.

He walked toward the cornfield before worries arose again.

When there are too many thoughts, moving the body is the best.

Se-jun went to the cornfield to move his body like that.

[…Y…]

In the corner of the cornfield, the sticky corn sprout welcomed Se-jun, raising its hands.

“Hehehe. It’s growing well.”

Looking at the beautifully grown sticky corn sprout, Se-jun took out the Elixir of Harvest,

Pop.

And opened the cap.

While waiting for Theo, he planned to use the Elixir of Harvest to harvest the fruit and plant the seeds again.

‘One drop!’

Drip.

Se-jun dropped one drop of the Elixir of Harvest onto the sticky corn sprout with extreme care.

Crack.

The sprout grew rapidly.

“Good.”

Se-jun verified that the sticky corn was growing well, moved to another spot,

Dig. Dig.

And dug two holes with a wide spacing.

Plop.

Plop.

Se-jun put the seeds into the holes one by one. They were the Sure-Hit Daebong Persimmon seed and the Light-Watcher seed.

He had saved the seeds of the Sure-Hit Daebong Persimmon after eating them as a snack with the animals while waiting for tangerines to bear on the tangerine tree on the 85th floor of the tower.

Drip.

Se-jun first dropped a drop of the Elixir of Harvest onto the Sure-Hit Daebong Persimmon seed,

Slide.

And brushed the soil over it.

Drip.

He planted the Light-Watcher seed in the same manner.

“Now, I should harvest seeds.”

While Se-jun was waiting for the crops to grow,

[You have obtained corn seeds.]

[Your class experience increases minutely.]

[The proficiency of Seed Harvesting Lv. 8 increases slightly.]

[You have use the Seed Harvesting skill 791,217 more times until you complete the class quest.]

…

..

.

He detached the corn kernels.

An hour later.

“Ugh!”

Se-jun, who had been squatting to harvest corn seeds, stretched and stood up.

“Let’s check if they grew well.”

Since he stood up, Se-jun went to check the crops on which he used the elixir.

“Oh! They’re fully grown?”

Among the three crops, Se-jun discovered the corns bearing on the sticky corn.

Snip.

As Se-jun plucked the corn,

[You have harvested sticky corn.]

[Your class experience increases slightly.]

[The proficiency of Harvesting Lv. 8 increases slightly.]

[You have acquired 70 experience points.]

The message appeared.

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

…

..

.

[All stats increase by 10 due to class characteristics.]

[You have achieved the achievement of creating 17 new varieties in the tower.]

…

..

.

[The number of entrances to the Black Tower increases from 104 to 105, and the 105th entrance is generated in the safest location.]

Subsequently, the achievement message and the message that a Black Tower entrance was added appeared.

“Let’s see.”

Looking at the pouring messages like that, Se-jun verified the effect of the sticky corn.

[Sticky Corn]

It is a corn grown inside the tower that absorbed sufficient nutrition, but for some reason, all the nutrients were concentrated on making the corn sticky.

The stickiness is enhanced the more heat is applied.

The taste is bland.

Grower: Tower Farmer Park Se-jun

Expiration Date: 150 days

Grade: A

“Just how sticky is it?”

Tap.

To satisfy his curiosity, Se-jun peeled one side of the sticky corn, placed it on the ground,

Thrust.

Stabbed a kernel with a dagger, and pulled it out.

However,

Slick.

The dagger came out cleanly. The stickiness was weaker than expected. No, it was safe to say it was almost non-existent.

“What is this? Ah. It said the stickiness is enhanced when heat is applied, right?”

Snap.

Fwoosh.

Recalling the explanation, Se-jun flicked his fingers to create fire and heated the dagger.

And,

Thrust.

When he stabbed the corn kernel again with the warmed dagger and pulled it out,

Streeetch.

This time, the corn stretched long following the dagger.

Snap.

The corn stretched about 3 cm and then broke.

“Oh! It does stretch. Good. Let’s make it hotter.”

Se-jun, finding the stretching corn fascinating, heated the dagger for a while,

Thrust.

Stabbed the corn and pulled it out.

Looooong.

This time, the corn stretched even longer.

When Se-jun raised his arm above his head, the corn stretched over 10 cm.

Snap.

The corn could not stretch any further and broke,

Slurp.

And Se-jun put the stretched corn into his mouth without realizing it.

His habit from eating pizza had come out.

And,

“Huh?! This is similar to mozzarella cheese…?”

Se-jun felt a familiar taste from the unfamiliar crop.