Chapter 315 – As Expected, Hyung Se-jun and I Connect Well

“It’s all done. Eat, Veronica.”

Se-jun placed the first completed hotcake in front of Veronica, and

“Thank you!”

Veronica, who had been starving, hurriedly began to eat the hotcake.

At that moment,

“Hyung Se-jun!”

Ajax flew over quickly.

And,

“Hyung! I upgraded this book!”

Boasting, he showed the Illustrated Plant Guide to Se-jun.

“Upgrade?”

“Yeah! It happened when I touched it!”

Chuck.

Se-jun did not know what Ajax was talking about, so he took the book and examined it first.

[Illustrated Plant Guide of an Experienced Farmer]

This is a guide in which an experienced farmer recorded his knowledge. (Information on the White Tower has been added.)

If you write the name of a crop on a blank page of the book, it will tell you the location if the crop is inside the Black Tower or the White Tower.

A page once used cannot be used again.

Writeable Pages: 51/250 pages

Use Restriction: Magic power 500 or higher, possess a farming-related class

Maker: Figaro, an Experienced Farmer

Grade: S+

“It’s true.”

Just as Ajax said, the Illustrated Plant Guide had been upgraded.

In the description, the White Tower was added besides the Black Tower, and the writeable pages also increased by 50 pages.

“Hyung! It said the content of the pages also changed!”

Ajax gave an additional explanation to Se-jun, who was examining the Illustrated Plant Guide.

“Really?!”

Flutter.

When Se-jun, who heard Ajax’s words, opened the Illustrated Plant Guide and looked through the pages,

[Lethargic Lettuce – 71st floor of the White Tower]

[Cabbage of Strength – 23rd floor of the White Tower]

[Cherry of Deep Darkness – 83rd floor of the White Tower]

Just as Ajax said, the information on the White Tower had been added, and the content of some pages had changed.

At that moment,

“Huh?!”

Se-jun paused upon seeing a certain crop.

“Cherry of Deep Darkness?”

A name that seemed much more related to the power of darkness than the chestnut sweet potato. As soon as he saw it, a hunch of ‘this is it!’ hit him even harder than during the chestnut sweet potato.

“But how do I bring that?”

Se-jun pondered.

He briefly thought, ‘Should I send Ajax to bring it?’ but

“Hehe. Cuengi, is this ours?”

Cuhahaha. Cueng!

[Hehehe. Probably!]

seeing Ajax sitting side by side with Cuengi in front of the cooking hotcakes, drooling, he did not trust him at all.

Whether he could find the cherry well, whether he could grow the cherry well, and so on.

Various worries arose for Se-jun. On top of that, it would be a disaster if Ajax made a mistake by any chance and drove the cherry to extinction.

“This won’t do. I should go myself.”

After much thought, Se-jun resolved to go to the White Tower himself.

He did not know what dangers might exist.

So although he did not want to go, the coward Se-jun decided to muster up courage. To find the power of darkness for Aileen.

Se-jun made the decision like that.

Tap.

“So, you are saying that after you, Ajax, touched this, the book was upgraded like this?”

he asked Ajax while closing the book.

“Yeah!”

At Se-jun’s question, Ajax answered with a ‘did I do well?’ expression.

“Yeah. Good job.”

Stroke, stroke.

Se-jun stroked Ajax’s head, and

“Hum, hum, hum.”

Tap.

hummed and lightly touched the Illustrated Plant Guide to the sturdy shoulder of Veronica, who was eating the hotcake deliciously.

Then,

[The Illustrated Plant Guide of an Experienced Farmer has contacted the Purple Tower Farmer of the Purple Tower.]

[Crops of the Purple Tower are added to the Illustrated Plant Guide of an Experienced Farmer.]

[50 writeable pages are added.]

[Some content on the pages is modified.]

The Illustrated Plant Guide was upgraded once more.

“Oh!”

Flutter.

When Se-jun opened the Illustrated Plant Guide, which had become thicker than just before,

[Paralytic Poison Barley – 12th floor of the Purple Tower]

[Acidic Poison Orange – 93rd floor of the Purple Tower]

[Cyanide Poison Almond – 51st floor of the Purple Tower]

With the information of the Purple Tower added, the locations of several crops were displayed.

When Se-jun was checking the contents of the Illustrated Plant Guide like that,

Cueng!

[Dad, the hotcake is burning!]

“Hyung! It smells like it’s burning!”

Cuengi and Ajax called Se-jun in urgent voices. There was nothing more serious than this to the two.

“Ah. Alright.”

Se-jun hurriedly picked up the frying pan and,

Flick.

flicked his wrist to flip the hotcake.

“Phew.”

Fortunately, only the edges were slightly burnt, and it was not burnt much.

A moment later.

“Here. Let’s eat.”

When Se-jun brought the hotcake with the burnt parts cut off on a plate,

Cuhahaha. Cueng!

[Hehehe. It looks delicious!]

Cuengi tried to lift the small bowl of honey and pour it over the hotcake.

But,

Chuck.

“Wait! What are you doing right now?!”

Ajax stopped him from pouring honey by grabbing Cuengi’s front paw. Why pour honey there?!

Cueng? Cueng!

[Why are you doing that? If you eat it like this, it is delicious!]

“No! Then it will be too sweet!”

Cueng!

[Honey is originally sweet!]

“No! Balance is important for everything! If one taste is too strong, the other flavors are buried!”

Cueng! Cueng!

[No! Everything is eaten for the taste of honey!]

“Then let’s ask Hyung Se-jun who is right!”

Cueng!

[Good!]

Since their opinions differed too much, the two decided to ask Se-jun what was correct.

And,

“Why worry about such a thing? You can just eat it however you want to. Here. Is this fine now?”

Se-jun arbitrated the fight by cutting the hotcake in half and putting each piece on their respective plates.

Cuhahaha. Cueng!

[Hehehe. It’s delicious!]

“Hehe. It’s delicious!”

Thanks to that, Cuengi and Ajax ate the hotcake in the way they preferred.

In the meantime, Se-jun kept baking hotcakes, and when the eating speed of Cuengi, Ajax, and Veronica slowed down,

“Should I eat now?”

Se-jun also placed coffee he had brewed beforehand and a hotcake on a plate and sat down.

And,

Dip.

Se-jun dipped the hotcake into honey and ate it.

‘Hehe. As expected, Hyung Se-jun and I connect well.’

Ajax, who had been watching breathlessly to see how Se-jun ate, wore a pleased expression and began to eat the hotcake again.

After dinner ended like that,

“Ajax, tell Lord Kellion to get me the land deed for the 83rd floor of the White Tower.”

“Yeah! Got it!”

Ajax nodded his head diligently at Se-jun’s words.

Se-jun sent Ajax to Kellion in order to obtain the White Tower land deed.

Although there were various methods, there was no method as easy and fast as this. Go! Ajax!

“Grandfather!”

Swoosh.

Calling Kellion, Ajax flew vigorously toward the fountain.

A moment later.

“Hyung Se-jun! I told Grandfather to get the land deed by tomorrow morning!”

Ajax, who had gone and unilaterally declared it to Kellion, returned.

“Yeah. Good job.”

As Se-jun spoke, he looked at the fountain and saw the statue of the White Dragon, which was the only one that had stopped.

He was probably hurriedly moving his subordinates to obtain the land deed for the 83rd floor of the tower. It will be fine, right?

Se-jun had given Kellion an emergency mission through Ajax like that.

Pop. Pop.

[You have obtained a Corn of Stamina Seed.]

[Your class experience increases slightly.]

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

[You must use the Seed Harvesting skill 670,178 more times to complete the class quest.]

…

..

.

He spent time harvesting corn seeds until sleeping.

And,

Cuhahaha. Cueng!

[Hehehe. It’s delicious!]

“Hehe. It’s delicious.”

Cuengi and Ajax ate the corn kernels Se-jun harvested, and then,

Kkurorong.

Arorong.

fell asleep next to Se-jun.

Without even knowing that, Se-jun kept harvesting seeds.

“Huh?! Are you guys sleeping?”

He belatedly took the sleeping two and laid them on the bed, and

“Hehehe. Are we all sleeping together today?”

Se-jun lay down in the middle of the bed and fell asleep.

368th day of entering the tower. Today also passed safely.

***

The White Tower.

-The Great White Dragon Kellion Mamuve commands! Find the land deed for the 83rd floor of the tower by tomorrow morning!

“Yes!”

The five powerhouses of the White Tower received Kellion’s instructions.

In order to obtain the land deed for the 83rd floor of the tower, they could not sleep and began tracking the land deed while making their way through the darkness.

And,

“According to information, a merchant named Kaon purchased the land deed for the 83rd floor of the tower one year ago!”

It was a clue to the land deed for the 83rd floor of the tower, which was found with difficulty.

“Then we go find Kaon!”

“Yes!”

But,

“What? Kaon already went missing half a year ago?!”

Kaon was already missing.

“What do we do?!”

“It’s morning soon.”

There was less than an hour left until morning. Time was too tight to track down Kaon.

The countdown was approaching.

The powerhouses of the White Tower trembled in fear, thinking of the wrath of the Great White Dragon that would soon be directed at them.

***

Next morning.

Ugh!

Se-jun woke up from sleep.

Slide.

“Nyaang…”

He sat up and equipped Theo on his lap, and then

Kkurorong.

Keerorong.

Arorong.

Ppirorong.

left the animals who were sleeping soundly while snoring, marked the date on the wall, and came outside.

And,

“Hum, hum, hum.”

[The Carrot of Agility is grateful for the farmer’s footsteps and lends its strength.]

[The potential of the agility stat increases from 857 to 858.]

Se-jun increased his potential while walking around the farm.

At that moment,

Kkie-ek!

A fire ant approached Se-jun with majestic steps.

“Huh?! You are?”

Se-jun was flustered as he looked at the approaching fire ant.

It was a fire ant that had followed Se-jun because its pheromones changed after Se-jun used ‘You Are a Field’ in the past.

Slide.

The fire ant showed its back toward Se-jun. I have an elixir!

Whoosh.

To show how confident it was, the fire ant spat fire toward the sky with its antennae.

“Are you that confident?”

Kkie-ek!

Whoosh.

The fire ant spat fire even more strongly at Se-jun’s question.

“Oh. That much?”

Se-jun looked at the elixir growing on the fire ant’s back.

It was different from other mushrooms, having hundreds of thin orange stems.

“What is this?”

Tap.

Se-jun, curious, harvested the elixir.

[You have harvested Highest-Grade Elixir: Cordyceps.]

[Your class experience increases slightly.]

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

[You have acquired 1,500 experience points.]

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

“Cordyceps?”

Se-jun hurriedly checked the options.

[Highest-Grade Elixir: Cordyceps]

Grown by the tenant farmer fire ant of the Tower Farmer.

Boasts excellent taste and aroma.

Upon ingestion, all stats +20

Grower: Tenant farmer fire ant of Tower Farmer Park Se-jun

Expiration Date: 150 days

Grade: A+

The fire ant had good reason to be confident.

“Oh! Good job, fire ant!”

Se-jun praised the fire ant and thought he should tame more fire ants.

When Se-jun harvested the cordyceps like that and returned to the house,

-Ajax, I’m sorry. I haven’t found the land deed for the 83rd floor of the tower yet.

He saw Kellion speaking while watching Ajax’s reaction.

And,

“Hmph! I’m disappointed! I won’t talk to Grandfather anymore!”

Ajax snapped his head away, showing he was sulking. I hate Grandfather! I boasted to Hyung Se-jun…

In that way, the relationship between the grandfather and grandson fell apart again.

-These guys…

Just as Kellion was about to vent his anger on the five who disobeyed his command,

“Ajax, that’s no way to behave toward your grandfather. Apologize quickly.”

Se-jun scolded Ajax in a stern voice.

This was something that happened because of him. It was only right that he step forward and restore their relationship.

“But… I wanted to get the land deed Hyung mentioned…”

Since Se-jun did not take his side, Ajax’s eyes welled with tears in resentment. I did it for Hyung Se-jun…

“Hyung knows your heart, Ajax. Still, you shouldn’t behave like that toward Grandfather. Go hug Grandfather quickly.”

“Okay. I get it. Grandfather, I’m sorry.”

At Se-jun’s words, Ajax hugged Kellion and apologized.

“Lord Kellion, I’m sorry. For making an unreasonable request…”

Since it was also his responsibility, Se-jun also apologized to Kellion.

-Uhehehe. No. I will continue to look for the land deed.

Kellion, whose mood improved at Ajax’s hug, spoke as if it did not matter.

Thanks to that, the powerhouses of the White Tower were able to avoid the wrath of the Great White Dragon.

Se-jun reconciled Kellion and Ajax like that.

“Everyone, we are leaving now, so get in quickly.”

Se-jun said as he opened the sub-space warehouse.

This was in order to harvest the chestnut sweet potatoes and the pears of strength and stamina using the land deeds of the 70th and 81st floors of the tower that Theo had brought.

“Puhuhut. I understand, meow!”

Cueng!

[Understood!]

“Yeah! Hyung!”

Ppiyot!

[Yes!]

When Theo, Cuengi, Ajax, and Ppiyot-i entered the sub-space warehouse,

“Then, closing the door…”

Se-jun tried to close the door.

At that moment,

Kking?! Kking!

‘Where are you going?! Take me too!’

Toddle. Toddle.

Fenrir hurried over. His steps had become slightly faster due to the larger stride he gained from growing yesterday.

“Is our Blacky going too?”

Kking?!

‘If you go, who will protect me?!’

Fenrir showed his will to go along by biting Se-jun’s pant leg.

“Alright. Let’s go together.”

Chuck.

Se-jun lifted Fenrir and put him into the sub-space warehouse.

And,

Flutter.

Se-jun disappeared as he unfolded the land deed for the 70th floor of the tower.