Within the Black Tower, numerous merchant passages and Lindgens were installed.

“Burp. What’s this? Why does my stomach feel so bloated?”

Amidst all this, a fragment of Jǫrmungandr, hidden in the shadows, spoke. The reason for its discomfort was that Theo and Uren’s caravan had not yet been digested.

“Seems like they’re tough ones. Well, it doesn’t matter; they can’t escape from inside me anyway.”

Squeeze.

Having finished speaking, the fragment of Jǫrmungandr bit its own tail again and hid itself more deeply.

***

“Yes! Of course! I’m overflowing with money!”

Uren naively answered Theo’s question. Theo was certain now. This pink pig was a pushover, meow! Why ask for help if it’s just about following the path? I’ll save him and get a lot of money, meow!

“Puhuhut. Just follow me, meow!”

Thinking he had found an gullible target, Theo happily led the way.

A short while later,

Sssss. Sssss.

The white snakes appeared again.

“Stay back, you guys, meow! Meow-meow Storm Fist!”

Theo stopped the caravan guards from intervening and dealt with the snakes himself. I can’t share these coins, meow! Puhuhut. All these coins are mine, meow!

After defeating all the snakes,

“My slave, Gaeron, come out, meow!”

-Did you call me, Master?!

“Right, meow! Gaeron, just quietly pick up the coins, meow!”

-Yes!

Theo summoned Gaeron to collect the coins.

Several hours later.

“Meow?! Why isn’t the exit of the 70th floor of the Tower appearing, meow?”

After battling snakes and moving for quite some time, Theo finally realized something was amiss. He should have reached the 70th floor of the Tower long ago.

Then,

“Lord Theo, didn’t you know? This path is endless. We’ve been walking in the same place all along.”

Uren, who had been trapped for several days, informed Theo of what he had discovered earlier.

“Meow?! Does that mean we can’t get out of here, meow?!”

“Yes. We had no way out, so we requested your help, Lord Theo.”

“…Meow?!”

Shocked by Uren’s words, Theo panicked. Does that mean I can’t go back to Chairman Park’s lap, meow?! That can’t happen, meow! I must return to Chairman Park’s lap quickly, meow!!!

The idea of being separated from Sejun’s lap was unthinkable for Theo, who was fanatically obsessed with it. Nobody can come between Chairman Park’s lap and me, meow!

“Uren, give me the money, meow!”

Theo extended his front paw confidently, asking for the money he had been promised by Uren.

“What?! Oh. Yes, I can give you as much money as you want, but… why?”

“Just give it, meow!”

“Alright.”

Uren handed over his money pouch to Theo.

And then,

Flash!

Receiving the money pouch, Theo began burning Uren’s money and started shining in a golden light.

***

“Ugh.”

Sejun woke up in bed, got up, and looked at his knee.

“He’s still not back… Theo, what trouble are you causing now?”

Worried that Theo, who usually returned by dawn, had still not come back, Sejun wondered if Theo had gotten into some trouble.

But then,

“No. That doesn’t feel right…”

Sejun’s intuition told him something had happened to Theo.

“Golden Bat, go to Iona and ask her to look for Theo.”

(Yes!)

After sending the Golden Bat to Iona, Sejun got up, marked the date on his bedroom wall, and began his 350th day of being stranded, starting with the morning.

“I’ll make Samyangju and rice noodle dough in the morning, and in the evening, I’ll make rice noodles with Cuengi.”

Checking his plans for the day, Sejun headed to the kitchen to make breakfast.

Then,

“Huh?!”

bunch of grapes of an unusual color in the cherry tomato field. They were purple grapes, growing on a grapevine grafted onto a cherry tomato

grapes, each as big

“Wow! They look delicious!”

luscious, with a pleasant aroma and large

Snap.

the bunch

15 Large Seedless

job experience has

Lv.

gained 1050 experience

A harvesting message appeared.

failure by the

a failure but still decided to check the grape fruit, hoping for a

Large Seedless Grapes

grapevine branch modified to strengthen the body of a beginner, grafted onto a cherry tomato. The size of the grapes has increased due to the

one grape increases all stats by

Cultivator: Tower

Expiration Date: 150

→ Grade: A

“Hmm… it’s a failure.”

description of the grapes being enlarged due to the cherry tomato graft, there was no

since it increases stats, I might as

he ate all 15 bitter grapes. Had Theo seen him, he would have said

Seedless Large Grapes

stats have increased by

will definitely make proper

finishing all 15 grapes, Sejun, still struggling with

unpleasant taste, all stats increased by 15 points was, at least, a

having eaten the grapes grafted onto cherry tomatoes, set out to check other crops

But,

“There are no fruits.”

the attempts were

to check the ones in the kudzu field.

head to the western forest where the kudzu field was located, riding on Toryong to check his

***

Sniff sniff.

Kuehehe, Krueng!

[Hehehe, it smells good!]

a break, Cuengi followed a delicious scent and

Krueng!

to dad to

Cuengi was about to pick the grapes with the intention of sharing them with

you now! You were going to eat them alone again, weren’t

field, caught Cuengi red-handed trying to pick the grapes. How long has it been since you were caught eating alone,

Krueng! Krueng!

not

protested in response to Sejun’s

“Really?”

Krueng! Krueng!

bring these to dad to eat

response. After all, Cuengi might eat secretly but wouldn’t lie

I’m sorry for suspecting

Sejun apologized to Cuengi,

Krueng! Krueng!

Cuengi have deceived dad before,

coolly accepted Sejun’s

for understanding. Come

As Sejun called,

Dadada.

Thump.

immediately clung

“Let’s see?”

to the bunch

the bunch of grapes

Snap

the grapevine branch grafted

have harvested 22 Grapes

job experience has

Harvesting Lv. 7 has slightly

have gained

“Grapes Overflowing with Vitality?”

the term ‘seedless’. Sejun, feeling good about this, immediately checked

[Grapes Overflowing with Vitality]

by grafting a branch of a seedless grapevine, modified to strengthen the

force of kudzu infused into

has disappeared, and its tangy flavor

Cultivator: Tower

Expiration Date: 150

→ Grade: A

“Great!”

1 had disappeared, Sejun was happy that he could finally eat

Swoosh.

Cuengi, this is

how to eat a grape by roughly wiping one with his clothes and detaching the grape from the bunch, creating

And then,

gently squeeze it and suck, the grape skin

Squeeze.

Pop.

the grape skin and sucked on it, smoothly drawing

Chew. Chew.

aroma and sweet and sour taste of the

this is

Sejun relished the

“Ptui.”

Gulp.

the grape

And then,

Swoosh. Swoosh.

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