Solo Farming In The Tower

Thud.

Sleeping on the floor made my body so stiff. The good thing about this place is that there is no night. So, if you sleep where the sun is just right, you can sleep comfortably at a pleasant temperature.

Splash! Splash!

Sejun washed his face briefly at the pond.

And then

.splash, swish, swash.

He washed the sweet potatoes and cherry tomatoes he would eat today.

“It feel strange to wash them with the water I used to wash my face?”

Sejun put aside his discomfort and bit into a sweet potato.

Crunch.

The more I chew, the sweeter it becomes.

Did I ever have the luxury of chewing on something sweet like this without having to go to work?

He sat down on a dry patch of dirt where the sun was shining, laid out his bag, and chewed on a sweet potato slowly. There was complete silence, except for the sound of chewing. His heart beat started to slow down, and his mind also calmed down.

He was lost, and his food would run out in a few days. He might starve to death.

‘Strange.’

Sejun tilted his head. He was amazed by his own feelings. But it was better than being anxious.

“Every time Manager Go called out ‘Sejun, can you come over here for a minute,’ my heart would race. But, how peaceful it is now.”

Sejun leisurely enjoyed the sweet potato, relishing the peace that he couldn’t feel easily before.

“Shall we move on to the next menu?”

After finishing the sweet potato, Sejun put a cherry tomato in his mouth and chewed.

Pop.

The skin of the cherry tomato couldn’t withstand the pressure of Sejun’s teeth and burst. Sourness filled his mouth as the juice of the cherry tomato exploded.

“It’s delicious…”

It was so delicious that he doubted whether it was the same cherry tomato he usually ate. Perhaps his taste buds had become extremely sensitive due to hunger.

Sejun focused solely on the taste of the cherry tomato and chewed slowly. However, chewing on the cherry tomato for a long time didn’t make it taste better, so the five cherry tomatoes quickly disappeared into Sejun’s mouth.

After finishing his meal, Sejun began his daily routine.

Staring at the hole in the ceiling.

“······”

Sejun stared blankly at the hole in the ceiling.

“Ah··· I’m bored.”

Of course, he occasionally shouted, ” Is Anyone Here?!” But even that was done while looking at the ceiling. After staring at the ceiling for several hours, it was so tiring that he felt like he was going crazy.

“Is there anything to do?”

Sejun started looking for something to do.

‘Let’s water the crops first.’

Sejun filled a water bottle and watered the onions, cherry tomatoes, and sweet potatoes.

Joljoljol.

“Grow fast. Grow huge. Daddy is hungry.”

He went back and forth to the pond three times, thoroughly soaking the ground where the crops were planted.

Then

Ggororug.

His stomach informed him of the fuel shortage. Just moving a little made him hungry again. Sejun poured the remaining water from the water bottle into his mouth.

Gulp. Gulp.

He felt his stomach fill up a bit. Sejun returned to his spot and stared at the hole in the ceiling.

After several hours.

“……”

Seojun stared blankly at the ceiling when

Beep-beep. Beep-beep.

The alarm went off.

[May 12th, 10 PM]

So, he set the alarm to match

“It’s time to sleep.”

bed. There wasn’t much to do in terms

Tap tap.

dirt floor where he would lie down and covered his head with his bag so he couldn’t see the sun. That was the

Surprisingly, sleep came easily.

*****

middle of the night, by Seojun’s

Grrrr…

Grrrr…

Grr…!

sleep due to

“Uhm… what’s going on?”

Just then,

Grrr!

another strong vibration.

“…!”

hurriedly removed the bag from his face and got

witnessed the

“Wh… what is this?!”

light coming down from the cave ceiling

And

Screech!

Caw!

heard strange, threatening

At that moment,

Roar!

sight of it flying high alone, cutting through the blue light, was

gracefully. The other monsters became silent, perhaps frightened by the

Seojun’s mind was noisier

this can’t

on the 1st floor of the tower. He wanted to believe that the light illuminating the cave all day was the chandelier lighting of the 1st floor of the tower. But there were no monsters on the

not on the 1st floor

the blue moon, where the

on each floor, there is a periodic time when the sun turns blue. Hunters called this

Blue Moon, monsters become more aggressive and powerful, so hunters avoid the floors

a phenomenon that occurs only on the 10th floor and

floor or above.

However,

‘There’s a catch.’

That was the dragon.

powerful force on Earth, recently

check, so they didn’t release any information. But below the 30th floor, quite a few clear

on 20-30. And from the 31st floor onwards,

credible information, as multiple hunters

even heard of

‘Which floor is this?!’

head and wailed. He might have been stranded on a floor

is this happening to

the hole in the ceiling with a heavy heart,

he hoped that no one would. After seeing the dragon, Sejun realized

Beep beep. Beep beep.

[May 13th, 6 AM]

The alarm went off.

all night. Fortunately, the blue moon turned back to its usual yellowish

5 hours later.

“……”

as he stood guard. Then he fell into a deep sleep. It was understandable, as he had been keeping watch, staring at the ceiling since

“Ugh… water…”

a burning thirst. He fumbled for the water

And then

Gulp, gulp.

water in one

Now I feel

quenched, hunger set

his face, as well as five sweet potatoes and

a sweet potato while looking at the hole in the

don’t know where I am, if it’s above the 41st floor, the chances of someone

he had to

field where he

‘Should I water them?’

had to survive on his own

He watered them.

have

“Sweet potatoes, grow huge.”

lots of

just grow big and

to them. He had heard on the news that playing music for plants could help them grow, so he thought a few kind words

watering the plants, Sejun sat down and stared at the hole

boredom quickly set

“Should I eat this?”

had pulled off when planting the roots on

“Ugh… it’s spicy.”

mouth, accompanied by the strong

continued to chew