Solo Farming In The Tower

Crunch.

The scallion leaf was cut off with a pleasant sound, easier than expected. The texture was good as well.

Ahh.

As soon as he chewed the scallion, a spicy taste spread throughout his mouth. His body warmed up from the spiciness. His pores opened and sweat poured out like rain.

Swallowing his saliva.

Sejun wiped the flowing sweat and continued to chew the scallion. However, the expected sweetness didn’t come.

‘I thought the sweetness would be stronger because the spiciness became stronger…’

It seemed that the taste had become entirely spicy.

Gulp.

When he swallowed the scallion, the spiciness disappeared cleanly. Fortunately, it didn’t upset his stomach.

‘I can eat the scallions when I crave something spicy.’

Crunch.

Sejun continued to eat the scallions, which only had a spicy taste. For now, he had to satisfy his hunger.

So, Sejun seemed to have eaten about a foot of scallions while dripping with sweat. Somehow, the more he sweated, the lighter his body felt.

Crunch. Crunch.

Sejun, who filled his stomach with scallions, mercilessly broke the scallions that provided shade in his spot. It was not because he was venting his anger since there was no sweetness at all.

‘Well… let’s not say it’s absolute. I was a little hopeful.’

He laid the broken scallions in a place well-exposed to sunlight. Today, he started his work a little late because of the scallions, but it didn’t matter. The work was…

Drip, drip, drip.

Briefly watering the crops and

“……”

Staring blankly at the hole in the ceiling.

Still, something had appeared to relieve his boredom.

When he stared blankly at the ceiling for a while, the scallions had grown significantly in the meantime.

“Do scallions usually grow this fast?”

He even checked the time on his smartphone to see if it was just his imagination. The scallions grew about 10cm per hour. An astonishing growth rate. Sejun, who had no farming experience, thought this was impossible.

“Is it because they were grown in the tower?”

There was nothing else to suspect. They were just scallions that he had bought from the market. If the seeds had truly been scallions that grew 10cm per hour, they would have been called golden scallions.

“But there’s no growth from these guys.”

Sejun glanced at the spots where he had planted cherry tomatoes and sweet potatoes next to the scallions. If the soil was the reason for the scallions’ miraculous growth, then other things would grow well too.

However, there was no change in the ground.

“Is this soil only suitable for growing scallions?”

With a suspicious mind, he looked more closely.

“Huh?!”

Upon closer inspection, the soil where the sweet potatoes were planted remained the same, but the soil where the cherry tomatoes were planted seemed slightly bulging. Sejun lay down on the ground and stared intently at the bulging soil.

“Ah!”

There it was!

(…i…)

A green stem with a shiny yellow head emerged shyly between the soil, revealing its appearance.

“One, two, three…”

There were a total of 52 sprouts. Sejun stared at the cherry tomato sprouts for a long time.

“Hehehe. So cute.”

He felt a sense of pride just by looking at the plants he had grown himself and seeing them grow so well. It made him feel accomplished.

*****

Beep-beep. Beep-beep.

[May 15th, 6:00 am]

Sejun welcomed the 6th day’s morning. Yesterday, he spent the whole day just looking at the cherry tomato sprouts. They didn’t grow as fast as the scallions, but watching them grow little by little over time made him feel full even without eating.

“Ha!”

Sejun got up lightly from his seat. Lately, his body was getting lighter day by day. At first, he thought it was because the fatigue from overwork had been relieved, but recently, he began to think that it might not be the case.

our

cherry tomato sprouts without washing his face or eating. He was very curious about how

“Oh!”

(…”…)

were slightly split. However, a dark shadow blocked the sprouts. The

Crunch. Crunch.

off the scallion

“Phew.”

scallions, Sejun hurried

Splash! Splash!

quickly finished washing his face

Gulp. Gulp. Gulp.

a water bottle and plastic container with water to water the soil around the cherry tomato sprouts,

don’t hate you,

gave the scallions plenty

When he finished watering,

Gurgle.

payment, as if there could be no unpaid

“Time to eat breakfast.”

had just broken

Crunch. Crunch.

yesterday instead of sweet potatoes and cherry

feel empty, nor did he feel drained of energy. Somehow, it felt like carbohydrates were

cm per day, there was actually so much that it was

I need to dry

seemed unlikely that the well-growing leeks would suddenly stop

affairs. Who would have thought that

and

Thud. Thud.

and planted the cherry tomatoes

And then,

Trickle, trickle.

“Grow big and strong.”

on his designated seat, a flat rock where

“The sky is nice.”

clear and beautiful. The human heart was fickle, He thought to himself.

it, he had been staring at the sky

at the sky for days when I

that feeling

like something’s missing. If only I had

an extra shot. He missed

the sky,

Beep. Beep.

smartphone battery had dropped below 20%. He had set the screen to low power mode and only looked at it when needed,

charge it with this for

power button. A smartphone that consumed less power than a laptop and informed

Blink.

Excel window with work he had been doing. It was an estimate to send to a client, which he hadn’t finished at the company and had intended to

Click.

Of course, he didn’t save anything. Although it was an estimate he

will

who would take over, but it wasn’t a situation where he could

phone. He also turned on

smartphone was charging, he looked at the cherry tomato

times he looked, it made him

watching the cherry tomato sprouts

Drip. Drip. Drip.

Water dropped from above.

“What? Is it raining?”

even as he spoke. Apart from a few floors, the tower always had

it be a

monster looking down at him

But,

“Huh?!”

small white rabbit,

that a

wondering if the rabbit he saw in front

Squeak!

it let out a cute cry and

Boing.

“Uh?!”

It’s Dangerous!

falling rabbit, not knowing if it was a monster or

direction using its long ears, avoiding Sejun’s hand, stepped on his shoulder with both feet, and safely landed on

“……”

have his

At that moment,

Squeak.

approached him while walking on two legs and pointed to the scallion with its trembling finger. Seeing it walk on

“Can you eat this?”

Squeak!

nodding its head vigorously. There was a desperate plea in its eyes

“Here.”

Snap.

scallion leaf

Squeak!

Crunch. Crunch.

the scallion

Snap. Snap.

the scallion, Sejun broke off more leaves.