Chapter 313 – Chairman Park, I Was Wrong, Meow

“Meow, meow, meow.”

Theo wagged his tail and slowly walked through the Black Market headquarters where items were displayed.

And,

“Puhuhut. This attracts me, meow!”

Chuck.

He packed a glass bottle containing a liquid similar to green vegetable juice. I can give it to the weak Chairman Park as a nutritional supplement, meow!

“This attracts me too, meow!”

Chuck.

This time, he packed two identical rings. Puhuhut. These are a couple rings for Chairman Park and me, meow!

Chuck. Chuck. Chuck.

Theo picked up everything if his front paw was even slightly drawn to it.

Since he had 100 trillion Tower Coins, which were difficult to even use up, there was no need to hesitate.

As Theo passed by while only packing items he was drawn to,

Flap. Flap.

Ppiyot!

[Phehehe. Pirrrr Yacht, Lord Theo’s right hand, will pack everything for you!]

Ppiyot-i followed behind Theo and packed all the remaining items into the bundle.

Theo trusted Ppiyot-i and concentrated on the attraction like that.

He followed the attraction and entered a small room at the end of the huge room where items were displayed.

But,

“Meow?! There is no path, meow!”

He clearly felt the attraction beyond the wall of the small room, but there was no path to go.

Schwing.

So, like Theo Park, the Golden Cat who makes paths, he unsheathed his dragon claws and tried to make a path.

At that moment,

Thud.

Perhaps because there was a trap to prevent intruders, an iron door came down and blocked the entrance of the small room, and

Hum.

“Meow?”

The magic circle engraved on the wall began to activate.

And,

Ka-boom!

A huge explosion to annihilate existence inside the room occurred.

“…?!”

Of course, Theo, who possessed the talent: Strong Hair and dragon skin, was perfectly fine. Only the tips of his fur had become curly.

“My fur has become dirty, meow! I feel bad, meow!”

Lick. Lick.

While Theo was grumbling and tidying his fur using the healing skill with his tongue,

Thud. Thud.

Ppiyot?!

[Lord Theo, are you okay?!]

Hearing the sound of the explosion from beyond the iron door, Ppiyot-i pecked the iron door with his beak and shouted.

“Puhuhut. I’m okay, meow! Ppiyot-i, keep doing what you were doing, meow!”

Theo reassured Ppiyot-i, who was worrying about him, and

Bang!

broke the wall he had originally intended to break. Then, a new path was visible beyond the wall.

“Puhuhut. The attraction is getting stronger, meow!”

Theo moved forward following the attraction, and there was a small warehouse at the end of the path.

And,

“Puhuhut. Chairman Park will like this, meow!”

He discovered unexpected things in the warehouse. Things like flour and milk, which did not exist in the Black Tower.

Theo packed the items in the warehouse with a broad smile.

***

Rumble.

The room where Pansur and Pan Chen were vibrated from the huge explosion.

‘No way?! Did the trap trigger?’

Pansur’s expression turned serious. The items there must not be discovered…

This was because those items were brought in by smuggling from other towers.

Pansur, the owner of the Black Market, had one more identity.

That was none other than the Smuggling King.

Using land deeds to travel to and from other towers, Pansur was making a fortune by bringing in items that did not exist in the Black Tower.

Therefore, the smuggled goods must absolutely not be discovered by the subordinate of the Great Black Dragon.

Dragons, who have strong pride, extremely dislike items from other towers entering their own towers.

So, if the smuggling was discovered by the Great Black Dragon…

‘My soul might be expelled from the Black Tower.’

A soul expelled from the tower has no world to return to, so it is absorbed by destruction and annihilated.

Shiver. Shiver.

While Pansur was trembling in anxiety,

“Meow, meow, meow.”

Theo returned, humming. Now Chairman Park’s knees are mine forever, meow!

“Puhuhut. I gave you a specially high price, meow!”

Theo presented the bill in a generous voice to Pansur, who had helped him achieve a feat.

[10 trillion Tower Coins]

Considering that all the items in the Black Market headquarters combined barely added up to 1 trillion Tower Coins, it was an extremely generous price.

Even so, since a debt of 90 trillion Tower Coins remained, he was still a slave…

“Then I will come again next time, so keep the warehouse filled, meow! Iona, Ppiyot-i, let’s go, meow!”

Theo left the Black Market headquarters like that, taking Iona and Ppiyot-i with him.

A moment later.

“…Why did he just leave?”

Pansur fell into doubt as he looked at the completely cleaned out smuggling warehouse.

***

Inside the kitchen.

Splat!

Splat!

Se-jun crushed the white cherry tomatoes and put the juice into a bowl.

And when he picked out the seeds one by one from the juice,

[You have obtained Elixir: Cherry Tomato Seed Holding Great Mana (+1).]

[Your class experience increases slightly.]

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

[You must use the Seed Harvesting skill 720,083 more times to complete the class quest.]

the messages appeared.

Se-jun was harvesting seeds from the 100 elixir-grade cherry tomatoes harvested by Ajax.

“Done.”

Se-jun, who obtained 3,500 seeds like that,

“Ajax!”

called Ajax, who was diligently pulling up Detoxifying Green Onions with Veronica in the green onion field.

“Hyung Se-jun, did you call?”

Ajax wagged his tail excitedly at Se-jun’s call and flew over quickly.

But,

“Yeah. Plant this in the White Tower.”

Se-jun handed the seeds he had just harvested to Ajax,

“Ehing. I just came this morning, and I have to go again…?”

Ajax immediately let his tail droop and felt depressed. I don’t want to be separated from Hyung…

“As soon as Ajax plants all the seeds, I will summon you right away.”

“Really?”

“Of course. You don’t trust Hyung?”

“No! I trust you! Even if I don’t trust Grandfather, I trust Hyung Se-jun!”

Ajax, who fully trusted Se-jun, answered firmly.

“Right. Instead, if you go and come back, I will make you something delicious for lunch.”

“Really?! What are you going to make?”

“Soy sauce Tteokbokki. This is something even Cuengi hasn’t eaten.”

“Really?! Then send me quickly! That way I can finish it before lunch!”

At the words that it was a food even Cuengi hadn’t eaten, Ajax’s heart grew urgent.

“Right. Ajax, go back.”

“Hyung, I will be back.”

[De-summoning Ajax Mamuve, the White Tower Farmer of the White Tower.]

Ajax disappeared while waving his hands diligently.

And,

Pluck. Pluck.

he harvested Detoxifying Green Onions in place of Ajax, who had left for the White Tower.

While harvesting the Detoxifying Green Onions like that,

[You have harvested a Detoxifying Green Onion.]

[By the effect of Harvesting Lv. 8, you have harvested a crop one grade higher.]

[Your class experience increases slightly.]

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

[You have acquired 200 experience points.]

[Since the class quest is not completed, experience points do not accumulate.]

A message stating that he harvested a crop one grade higher appeared.

“Huh?!”

If the grade rises one step higher from S-grade?!

“SS-grade?!”

Se-jun hurriedly checked the Detoxifying Green Onion.

[Detoxifying Green Onion]

A green onion grown inside the tower, it is delicious having absorbed sufficient nutrition.

Upon ingestion, it detoxifies poisons of SS-grade or below until the detoxifying ability is exhausted.

If consumed by an unawakened person, they will obtain a healthy liver until death.

Grower: Tower Farmer Park Se-jun

Expiration Date: 210 days

Grade: SS

“Wow!”

This was the best item for heavy drinkers. Or was it? Since they would absolutely not get drunk, it might be the worst…

“It’s a bit of a waste to eat this…”

Se-jun pondered briefly and put it into the sub-space warehouse. Because a moment when it was needed might come.

Pluck. Pluck.

Se-jun, who put the SS-grade Detoxifying Green Onion into the sub-space warehouse, began to pull up green onions again.

While Se-jun was pulling up green onions like that,

[What have you been doing lately? Just because I didn’t pay attention for a few days, your root nutritional status is too poor.]

Flamie’s roots examined Podori’s roots and scolded him.

[Yes?! I am steadily taking the nutritional supplements that Lady Flamie gave me!]

Podori was startled at Flamie’s words. How did she know? I only discharged a little bit…

[This won’t do. Let’s take 5 nutritional supplements each from today.]

[Yes?!]

Even three nutritional supplements were too hard, but five?!

[Why? You don’t like it?]

Whoosh.

Flamie asked in a cool voice while creating fire on her roots.

[A… No! It’s good!]

*Terrifying!* Podori hurriedly replied in order to survive.

And,

[But if I eat a lot, wouldn’t the nutritional supplements for Bulssak-i to eat be insufficient?]

Podori said, lamely pretending to worry about Bulssak-i.

[Huhut. Are you worrying that there won’t be enough nutritional supplements?]

Flamie laughed at Podori’s words and began to take out nutritional supplements.

[So… so many?]

[Yeah. So don’t worry about nutritional supplements.]

Flamie took out nutritional supplements endlessly.

***

99th floor of the White Tower.

“I have to finish quickly!”

Ajax, who had to finish his work before eating lunch, diligently planted seeds.

Poke.

making a hole for the seed to enter with his hand, and

Slide.

putting the seed into the hole in the ground, and then

Pat, pat.

covered it with soil.

Three hours later.

“Done!”

Ajax finished planting all 3,500 seeds like that.

“I wonder when Hyung Se-jun will call me…”

Ajax crouched down and waited for Se-jun’s summon.

***

“Veronica, tell Lord Tier to take the green onions.”

“Yes!”

When the green onion harvest ended, Se-jun sent Veronica to Tier.

“Guys!”

He went to find the mushroom ants working in the cornfield next door.

He intended to harvest mushrooms to put in the soy sauce Tteokbokki.

Kke-ek!

Kke-ek!

The mushroom ants ran over at Se-jun’s call and,

Rub, rub.

rubbed their bodies against Se-jun’s legs, acting cute.

Tap. Tap.

Se-jun harvested the necessary mushrooms from the backs of those mushroom ants.

At that moment,

Cueng!

[Dad, Cuengi is back!]

Cuengi, who had gone to the herb field, returned.

Cuhahaha. Cueng?

[Hehehe. Is there nothing for Cuengi to help with?]

Cuengi asked Se-jun in order to receive pocket money.

“Then, would you help Dad make lunch?”

Cueng!

[Understood!]

Cuengi answered readily to Se-jun’s question.

Se-jun began cooking with Cuengi’s assistance like that.

“Cuengi, slice the rice cakes into bite-sized pieces.”

Cueng!

[Understood!]

He took out uncut Garaetteok from the sub-space warehouse and entrusted it to Cuengi, and

Chop. Chop. Chop.

sliced carrots, onions, and mushrooms, put them in a pot, and began to stir-fry them.

When the vegetables were fully cooked like that,

“Cuengi, the rice cakes…”

Se-jun looked toward Cuengi in order to put in the rice cakes.

He saw Garaetteok neatly stacked in 15cm sizes. Ah. Cuengi’s bite-sized piece is 15cm…

Se-jun blamed himself for not explaining properly.

‘Did Cuengi do well?’

Cuengi wore a proud expression toward Se-jun.

Chuck.

Of course he did well. Se-jun raised a thumb toward Cuengi. Let’s cut them secretly later.

Clatter.

Se-jun poured the 15cm Garaetteok into the pot.

And,

Splash.

he added two cups of water and,

“Soy sauce, salt, honey…”

put in the seasonings and simmered it so that the seasonings would permeate the rice cakes and vegetables.

Tap. Tap.

While secretly cutting the rice cakes into three pieces with a spatula, away from Cuengi’s sight.

A moment later.

[You have achieved the achievement of making soy sauce Tteokbokki for the first time in the tower.]

[The recipe for soy sauce Tteokbokki is registered under Cooking Lv. 8.]

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

Along with the message that he completed the achievement, the soy sauce Tteokbokki was finished.

[Ajax Mamuve, the White Tower Farmer of the White Tower, has completed planting 3,500 seeds of Elixir: Cherry Tomato Infused with Great Mana (+1).]

At the same time, a message indicating that Ajax had finished the work Se-jun ordered also appeared.

“Ajax, sum…”

Just as Se-jun was about to summon Ajax,

“Chairman Park, I have returned, meow!”

Theo, who returned to the farm, threw his body toward Se-jun’s face and blocked Se-jun’s mouth.

“Vice President Theo, didn’t I tell you not to fly at my face?!!!”

The angered Se-jun grabbed the scruff of Theo’s neck, pulled him away from his face, and shouted.

But,

“Chairman Park’s face is rotten, meow!”

“It’s not rotten!”

“Puhuhut. Don’t worry, meow! I, Vice President Theo, will make sure it doesn’t rot, meow!”

Theo, who could not read the room.

“Come here!”

“Chairman Park, I was wrong, meow!”

Ultimately, Se-jun began his punishment by stretching Theo’s cheek fat.

Thanks to that, the summoning of Ajax was delayed a little… no, a lot.