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!

out now, the rabbit couple simultaneously turned their heads. They seemed annoyed that Sejun had

I didn’t know you guys eat meat

up to go to the pond. He intended to catch a fish. The number of fish in

are they coming

the pond with a torch, he noticed a small hole about the size of a hand in the corner

“Huh?”

through the

coming in

of the torch. Sejun finally figured out where the fish were

torch closer to the

Splash!

towards the torch, opening its

“Huh?!”

Whoosh.

the torch to avoid the

Snap!

bit

Splash.

failed to

“What’s going on?”

torch close to the

Splash! Splash!

fish jumped up to hunt

Whoosh.

torch to avoid

Snap! Snap!

Splash. Splash.

to hunt again and returned

“Aha.”

what the fish were reacting to. The fish would jump when they saw the torch moving near the

that he knew how to make the fish jump, catching them

the torch

Splash!

fish opened its mouth

‘Here it comes!’

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

‘Now!’

Thwack!

it out of the pond

In the meantime,

Thwack! Thwack!

more fish to

had stopped

Squeak!

Squeak-squeak!

cheered for Sejun as if they were never upset, sending him admiring

“Ahem.”

straightened. At that moment, he felt

Squeak!

Squeak!

onion leaves and volunteered to help

Rustle. Rustle.

tore the green onion leaves into

“It’s done.”

fire. All that was left was to wrap the fish in green

again, they waited

Sejun and the rabbit couple filled their bellies with fish and went

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

[June 19th, 6 a.m.]

41st day of being trapped in

“Let’s get moving!”

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

faucet-like water stream was connected next to the pond. Sejun

Splish! Splash!

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 potatoes on the

had planted on the first day of the crisis had safely taken

“I’m proud.”

had happened in

again. With that, Sejun realized that the Blue Moon cycle on the floor he

few days ago, In their burrow. Mrs. Rabbit gave birth to six babies, and the family

Peep! Peep!

of the baby rabbits came from inside

have to

busy rabbit couple, Sejun wanted

Snap! Snap!

put them on the fire, and

the torch from side to side

Splash! Splash!

jumped up to hunt the torchlight.

Thump!

it

Flutter, flutter.

fish with green onion leaves, tied them with stems, and

meantime, he took out the well-cooked green onions and ate

comforting to have

eating the cooked green onions, Sejun watered the crops and spent some time staring

Sniff, sniff.

smell began

Tap. Tap.

began to cut the strings that tied the fish wrapped in leaves as he took

“Rabbit!”

called the Daddy

Peep…

rabbit seemed to be tired from parenting, his response

with your