Solo Farming In The Tower

Sejun’s hand tightly gripped the fish, which struggled and opened its mouth wide to attack Sejun, then clamped down hard.

Snap! Snap!

Sharp teeth clashed, making a sharp sound. Each time, Sejun held on tighter, fearing that if he lost his grip, he might lose a finger.

Sejun held the fish tightly and ran to the spot below the hole in the ceiling where the fire was. Meanwhile, the fish, which had been fiercely resisting, began to breathe faster, and its body went limp.

Upon reaching the fire, Sejun carefully laid down a single green onion leaf on the ground. He carefully placed the fish on the leaf and covered it with another green onion leaf.

And then

Swoosh.

He tore the green onion leaves to the thickness of a finger to use them as strings, wrapped the fish in two pieces of the torn leaves in a cross shape, and tied them together.

“I hope this tastes amazing.'”

Sejun carefully placed the fish wrapped in green onion leaves in the center of the fire pit.

And then

“······”

He waited.

He watched for a long time.

Sniff sniff.

“Ah, it smells great.”

The rich, oily scent melted into the rising steam and began to fill the cave.

He remembered his childhood. When his mother was preparing a meal, the smell of food would spread from the kitchen and take over the entire house.

When he came home after school and the smell filled the house, his mood would lift if it was one of his favorite side dishes. Back then, even the waiting time before eating was happy.

Gurgle.

A noise interrupted Sejun’s thoughts. He was hungry, but he held back. He was determined to fill his empty stomach with something delicious.

Gurgle.

“Hold on just a bit longer. I’ll put something really delicious in you.”

Sejun consoled his stomach and patiently waited. He waited for it to be completely cooked.

And when the scent became deeper and richer

“I can’t wait any longer! I can’t stand it!”

Sejun used the dried, hardened green onion leaves to remove the grilled fish wrapped in palm leaves from the fire.

He carefully untied the knot that held the green onion leaves together.

Whoosh.

When he untied the string and removed the green onion leaves, a dense aroma of fish mixed with the scent of green onion leaves spread.

“Wow!”

Sejun marveled at the sight of the moist, glistening fish.

Gulp.

Sejun folded the fish in half, tore off a piece of protruding flesh, and put it in his mouth.

“Um…!”

It was perfectly cooked. There was no fishy taste, and the chewy texture was felt as soon as he bit into it, with the savory flavor spreading in his mouth the more he chewed.

‘Amazing!!!’

Gobble gobble.

Sejun devoured the fish in a frenzy.

“Huh, I finished it already?!”

Sejun looked at the fish with only bones left and wore a crestfallen expression.

At that moment

Peep…

Peep…

A sound of disappointment came from the side. Sejun wasn’t the only one disappointed.

“Huh?”

Sejun looked at the source of the sound, and the rabbit couple was wearing a lost expression as they stared at the fish bones left.

‘No way?!’

No, it couldn’t be… rabbits eating fish!

But on second thought, the rabbit couple preferred to roast and eat the leaves like Sejun.

“Do you guys eat meat too?”

Sejun asked.

Peep!

the rabbit couple simultaneously turned their

I didn’t know you

intended to catch a fish. The number of fish in the pond had increased since

are they coming

with a torch, he noticed a small hole about the size of

“Huh?”

the hole at

they’re coming in through

to the light of the torch. Sejun

brought the torch closer to the pond to take a closer

Splash!

towards the

“Huh?!”

Whoosh.

the torch to avoid the

Snap!

fish bit the

Splash.

that failed to hunt returned to the

“What’s going on?”

torch close to

Splash! Splash!

jumped up to hunt the

Whoosh.

the torch to

Snap! Snap!

Splash. Splash.

hunt again and returned to the

“Aha.”

realized what the fish were reacting to. The fish would jump when they saw the

he knew how to make the fish jump, catching

shook the torch

Splash!

mouth and jumped towards

‘Here it comes!’

the movement of the fish. And when the fish reached its highest point and was about to fall

‘Now!’

Thwack!

fish, knocking it out of the pond and onto

In the meantime,

Thwack! Thwack!

sent two more fish to the

had stopped breathing,

Squeak!

Squeak-squeak!

Sejun as if they were never upset, sending him admiring

“Ahem.”

shoulders straightened. At that moment, he

Squeak!

Squeak!

leaves and volunteered to help with

Rustle. Rustle.

tore the green onion leaves into

“It’s done.”

left was to wrap the fish in green onion leaves and tie them up, so the cooking process can be

they waited

and the rabbit couple filled

Beep-beep-beep. Beep-beep-beep.

[June 19th, 6 a.m.]

the 41st day of being trapped

“Let’s get moving!”

the pond. However, there was now an additional small pond next to the old one, which hadn’t been there

fish’s attacks, a small faucet-like water stream was connected next to

Splish! Splash!

and went to the field. In the field, centered around Sejun’s designated rock, there were green onions in the front, cherry tomatoes that had grown to the height of Sejun’s knees on the left, and sprouts of

sweet potato sprouts appeared. All the crops Sejun had planted on the first day of the crisis had safely taken root at

“I’m proud.”

lot had happened

trapped in the tower, a Blue Moon appeared again. With that, Sejun realized that the Blue Moon cycle on the floor

Mrs. Rabbit gave birth to six babies,

Peep! Peep!

baby rabbits came from inside the burrow, Daddy Rabbit

have to prepare

rabbit couple, Sejun wanted

Snap! Snap!

put them on the

and waved the torch from side to side over

Splash! Splash!

the torchlight. Sejun swung the torch towards

Thump!

luckily, it was

Flutter, flutter.

green onion leaves, tied them

the well-cooked green onions

have something

cooked green onions, Sejun watered the crops

Sniff, sniff.

delicious smell began

Tap. Tap.

fish wrapped in leaves as he took them out of the

“Rabbit!”

called the Daddy

Peep…

to be tired from parenting, his response lacked

with