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 sprouts

as he got up, Sejun went to see the cherry tomato sprouts without washing his face or eating. He was very curious about

“Oh!”

(…”…)

ends of the sprouts, their greenish yellow heads, were slightly split. However, a dark shadow blocked the sprouts. The scallions

Crunch. Crunch.

mercilessly broke off

“Phew.”

the scallions, Sejun hurried to the

Splash! Splash!

finished washing

Gulp. Gulp. Gulp.

container with water to water the soil around the cherry tomato sprouts, as well as the scallions

hate you, you

gave the

When he finished watering,

Gurgle.

if

“Time to eat breakfast.”

scallion he had

Crunch. Crunch.

sweet potatoes and cherry tomatoes, he thought

he feel drained of energy. Somehow,

Growing about 180 cm per day, there

dry them well

current situation, it seemed unlikely that the well-growing leeks would suddenly stop growing, but Se-jun decided to prepare

that he would be stranded in an unknown place

the remaining cherry tomatoes and sweet potatoes for more food in

Thud. Thud.

planted the cherry tomatoes

And then,

Trickle, trickle.

“Grow big and strong.”

plenty of water along with his encouragement and sat on his designated seat, a flat rock where the sun shined well. He felt a sense of accomplishment

“The sky is nice.”

fickle, He thought to himself. Despite feeling suffocated yesterday, he found the

it, he had been staring at

for days when I

that feeling was

like something’s missing. If only I

an iced Americano with an extra shot. He missed his city

looked at the sky,

Beep. Beep.

dropped below 20%. He had set the screen to low power mode and only

charge it with

the power button. A smartphone that consumed less power than a laptop and informed him of the time to wake up and sleep

Blink.

estimate to send to

Click.

window without any hesitation. Of course, he didn’t save anything. Although it was an estimate he had worked on for several days, he

will do

a little sorry for the person who would take over, but it

also turned on low power mode for the

was charging, he looked at the

many times he looked, it made him

cherry tomato sprouts for

Drip. Drip. Drip.

Water dropped from above.

“What? Is it raining?”

wasn’t the case, even as he spoke. Apart from a

be

looking down at

But,

“Huh?!”

a small

a

saw in front of him was a ferocious monster

Squeak!

it let out a cute cry and jumped down

Boing.

“Uh?!”

It’s Dangerous!

his hand towards the falling rabbit, not

long ears, avoiding Sejun’s hand, stepped on his

“……”

embarrassing to have his hand outstretched in the

At that moment,

Squeak.

on two legs and pointed to the scallion with

“Can you eat this?”

Squeak!

was a desperate plea in its eyes for

“Here.”

Snap.

leaf

Squeak!

Crunch. Crunch.

scallion leaf Sejun handed over

Snap. Snap.

the scallion, Sejun broke off more leaves.