“Brachio, what did you mean by what you said earlier?”
Artemis asked, puzzled by Brachio’s comment about handing over the tower farmer to Kaiser after he left.
“It’s a secret.”
“Brachio, you’ve acquired one of the Creator God’s tablets, haven’t you?”
“How…how did you…?!”
Straight to the point, no beating around the bush. Brachio, suddenly caught off guard, quickly looked at Artemis with a surprised expression.
“There’s no need to be so surprised. I’ve also acquired a piece of the Creator God’s tablet. Kellion, you have one too, don’t you?”
“Yes.”
Kellion casually answered Artemis’s question. Ever since he saw a piece of the Creator God’s tablet on the 99th floor of the Black Tower, he suspected that each tower might have a piece of the Creator God’s tablet.
Artemis was certain that Brachio had secured a piece of the Creator God’s tablet when he demanded the tower farmer from Kaiser. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have made such a request to Kaiser.
It was clear that something was written in the Creator God’s tablet. Artemis was so confident because the piece of the Creator God’s tablet he had seen contained this information:
[Second Commandment – A tower farmer can command other tower farmers from different towers.]
The word ‘command’ is important here. Depending on the interpretation, it could mean that a single tower farmer can command all other tower farmers.
Therefore, Artemis deliberately boasted about his own tower farmer for the future. It was one of his small strategies for the future.
“I suspect that the piece of the Creator God’s tablet found in the green tower contains a commandment allowing one to bring tower farmers from other towers.”
“…”
Brachio neither confirmed nor denied. Confirming or denying it here would be equivalent to revealing the tablet’s information.
“Let’s do this…”
Artemis, deciding that there would be no progress in the conversation if they continued to hide information from each other, made a suggestion to Brachio and Kellion.
Let’s discuss the pieces of the Creator God’s tablet we know about, staking our Dragonhearts.
“Of course, we must also swear not to tell other dragons what we hear here.”
“Alright.”
“Agreed.”
Both Brachio and Kellion accepted Artemis’s proposal.
“Good. Then I’ll start.”
After Artemis began speaking about his tablet’s content, Brachio and Kellion also shared theirs.
[Fifth Commandment – If a tower farmer desires, they can become a tower farmer of another tower.]
[Sixth Commandment – Tower farmers can exchange crops through contracts.]
They both knew about the fifth and sixth commandments.
Out of the nine pieces, three pieces were entirely about tower farmers. And they were the 2nd, 5th, and 6th commandments. So, it was reasonable to think that at least the 2nd to 6th commandments were all about tower farmers.
And assuming that there is one piece of the Creator God’s tablet in each of the eight towers, there could be a total of eight commandments. Then, out of eight, at least five are about tower farmers.
“It’s clear now. The Creator God definitely wants to accomplish something through the tower farmers.”
Artemis said with a voice full of conviction.
“Let’s discuss this again at the next meeting.”
The dragons, their heads filled with thoughts about the content of the Creator God’s tablet, returned to their dwellings.
***
Morning of the 313th day of being stranded.
“Cha!”
As Sejun woke up,
Gororong.
Kyororong.
The sounds of Theo and Iona snoring could be heard. Iona, who came at dawn, wrapped herself around Theo’s tail and slept soundly.
A little later,
“Puhuhut. Look at this, Iona, meow! Kaiser gave it to me, meow! I am now the mighty subordinate of the great black dragon and the deadly dragon clawed yellow cat, Theo Park, meow!”
Ching!
Theo excitedly bragged about the new claws he received from Kaiser.
However,
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot. Vice-Chairman Theo! Please give me just one of those claws!”
“Meow?!”
Theo soon realized that showing his dragon claws to Iona was a big mistake. Showing dragon claws to a wizard…
“No, meow! It hurts, meow!”
Theo quickly put the claws away and ran off,
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot. I will pull it out without hurting you!”
Iona chased after him.
“I don’t want to, meow!”
Theo ran fast, but
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot.”
He couldn’t shake off Iona, who was chasing him using flight magic.
And Theo, who was fleeing, returned to Sejun’s knee, who was preparing breakfast in the kitchen. Come to think of it, he was invincible when he was on Sejun’s knee.
“Chairman Park, resolve it, meow!”
Theo, feeling invincible, confidently exclaimed.
“What do you want to resolve? Both of you, come and sit here.”
“Alright, meow!”
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot. Yes!”
Sejun made the two, who were running around frantically since the morning, sit down and hurriedly prepared breakfast. Soon, it was time for Cuengi to barge in.
Krueng!
[I’m hungry!]
Bang! Bang!
Cuengi entered, patting its stomach to show that it was empty.
“Cuengi is here, meow? Sit down quickly, meow!”
Theo pointed to the seat next to him.
Krueng!
[Good morning, big bro! Good morning, sister Iona!]
Cuengi greeted the two sitting on either side of him.
“Kyoot. Good morning, Cuengi.”
As they exchanged greetings,
“Okay, here is your breakfast.”
Sejun started placing food in front of each of them.
“I will eat well, meow!”
Theo deliciously ate the grilled fish that was cooked to a golden brown.
Krueng!
[Dad, Cuengi will also eat well!]
Cuengi started drinking the honey water, made with a 5:5 ratio of honey and water, and the glazed chestnuts after gulping down a bowl of thick honey water in one shot.
The glazed chestnuts required a lot of effort. First, the outer shell had to be peeled, leaving the inner shell. Then, they were boiled several times to remove the astringent taste. Afterward, they were rinsed one by one to remove impurities. Finally, they were boiled again in water with honey and sugar.
With the help of the hedgehogs on the 83rd floor, Sejun, who had many tasks at hand, managed everything.
Krueng
[It’s delicious!]
Cuengi ate a quantity that could be eaten in hundreds of bites.
And then,
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot.”
Crunch crunch.
Iona took out roasted peanuts from her pocket and diligently chewed on them for breakfast.
Squeak!
Squeal!
Finally, rabbits came in for breakfast. After feeding them,
“Mmm. Delicious.”
Sejun started his breakfast with the glazed chestnuts.
“I have to go work now.”
After eating breakfast, Sejun headed to the brewery. He had a lot of work to do as he had to brew makgeolli for the birthday party and the order from Kaiser.
“Can I finish everything today… Huh?! A bean pod is open.”
As Sejun, who was worried about the work he had to do today, walked towards the brewery, he noticed a bean pod, full of beans, in the five-colored bean field.
Originally, he had planted just two five-colored beans, but after continuous harvesting and planting, the number of colorful bean trees increased to 50.
However, since the first harvest, there were no beans like the Sturdy Stamina Red Bean that increased stats by 100%.
The first harvest was extremely lucky. The chances of harvesting beans that increased stats by 100% were very low.
“Let’s harvest some different colored beans today.”
Pop.
Talking to himself, Sejun picked and opened the bean pod.
[You have obtained 4 Five-colored Beans.]
[You have obtained an Agility Green Bean.]
[Your proficiency in Harvesting Lv. 6 has slightly increased.]
[You have gained 700 experience points.]
“Oh!”
Agility Green Bean. Just by the name, it was a bean that increased agility stats by 100%. Sejun happily took the green bean and hurriedly planted the 4 Five-colored Beans.
He then headed to the brewery and began making Makgeolli.
After about two hours of preparing the rice flour dough and taking a short break,
“Sir Sejun! We are here!”
Ook!
Ook!
Hegel and the wolves appeared with five banana monkeys from the 77th floor. As the amount of makgeolli to be brewed increased, Sejun gave special instructions to Hegel.
To bring the monkeys from the 77th floor who had experience brewing alcohol. So, Hegel and the Black Wolves brought the monkeys.
Ook!
Ook!
As soon as the banana monkeys saw Sejun, they bowed respectfully.
“Thank you for coming all the way here. Come in. I’ll explain.”
Sejun took the monkeys into the brewery and started explaining as they came to help with his work.
Ook?
“Ah. That is…”
Ook!
“Yes, it’s similar.”
The monkeys, who had been brewing alcohol for several years, asked Sejun a few questions and quickly understood the process of making makgeolli.
And then,
Ook!
“Oh, is that so?”
From then on, Sejun was actually learning from the banana monkeys how to brew alcohol. Thanks to that, the makgeolli to be made this time was expected to taste better.
As Sejun was diligently brewing makgeolli,
“Puhuhut. Cuengi, look at this!”
Snap!
Theo proudly showed off his dragon claw to Cuengi while looking around to see if Iona was there.
Normally, Theo wouldn’t leave Sejun’s lap, but to brag to Cuengi, he had to get off Sejun’s lap.
The reason was because Sejun didn’t allow the young Cuengi to enter the brewery. So, Theo was proudly bragging about his claws to Cuengi in front of the brewery.
Krueng! Krueng!
[Big brother, that’s cool! Cuengi also wants to have dragon claws!]
Cuengi, who always wants what his big brother has, was once again envious of Theo’s dragon claws.
“Puhuhut. This is not something anyone can have, meow! You need to have a Dragonheart, meow!”
Krueng?
[What is a Dragonheart?]
“Meow? You don’t know what a Dragonheart is, meow?! Listen carefully, meow!”
Theo explained that the Dragonheart is the heart of a dragon and then hurriedly went inside the brewery. He had bragged enough, so it was time to reclaim his spot on the lap.
***
Grrrrrr.
“Huh?”
Sejun was puzzled by the sound coming from his stomach. Because usually, Cuengi would come looking for food, saying he was hungry, before Sejun’s stomach growled.
So, Sejun hadn’t heard the gurgling sound from his stomach in a while.
“Guys, let’s eat lunch first.”
Sejun spoke to the monkeys mixing rice batter with yeast. Since the remaining work was to ferment the mixture in a pot, it was okay to eat first.
After speaking to the banana monkeys, Sejun quickly headed to the kitchen. If his stomach was making noise, it meant that Cuengi’s stomach was probably rumbling like thunder.
He had to prepare lunch quickly before Cuengi, who would turn into a ferocious beast when hungry, came looking for food. However, Cuengi did not show up even when Sejun had prepared the lunch.
“Is he taking a nap somewhere? Guys, can you find Cuengi for me?”
Sejun asked the honeybees to look for Cuengi,
Buzz.
[He’s not on the farm.]
Cuengi was not on the farm.
“Where did Cuengi go?”
Just as Sejun’s worry started to grow,
“It’s my fault, meow! I told Cuengi that he needed to get a Dragonheart, so he must have gone to catch a dragon, meow!”
“What?!”
Sejun was shocked at Theo’s words. Even though Cuengi was strong, he was not strong enough to fight a dragon.
Just as everyone was worried about Cuengi,
“Kyoot Kyoot Kyoot. Sejun, are you looking for Cuengi?”
Kkororong.
Iona, who had returned from the wizard tower, brought Cuengi, who was sleeping, floating with her anti-gravity magic.
“Iona, where did you find Cuengi?”
“I heard a loud snore and went to check. He was sleeping near the Fire Ant nest in the north, you know?”
“What?! The northern region? Why?”
Then,
Sniff sniff.
Cuengi rubbed his nose and opened his eyes. He seemed to have fallen asleep due to exhaustion from hunger.
And then,
Krueng!
[I smell something delicious!]
As expected, the first thing Cuengi did after waking up was to look for food. Cuengi hurriedly tried to run to where the delicious smell was coming from.
However,
“Cuengi, why did you go north?”
Sejun asked Cuengi with a stern expression.
Krueng…
[I went to train my claws…]
Cuengi answered timidly, intimidated by Sejun’s stern expression.
“Claw training?!”
Krueng! Krueng!
[Yes! I will train my claws and have even cooler claws than big brother’s dragon claws!]
Since there was no way to get a Dragonheart, Cuengi had thought of another way.
“You don’t need to do that, Cuengi. Daddy will make your claws cool for you.”
Even Iona had a hard time with the Fire Ant Queen. The north was dangerous, even if Cuengi was strong.
Krueng?
[Really?]
“Yes. Just trust Daddy. Let’s go eat first.”
Sejun quickly convinced Cuengi and went to eat.
‘How can I make his claws cool?!’
While eating, Sejun thought hard. He was the kind of person who would say something first and then think of a plan later.
“Vice Chairman Theo, you are demoted to Representative Theo for one day.”
“Meow?!”
Of course, he punished Theo for creating this situation.
