Chapter 11: Becoming an Adult

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nTL: Hanguk

nThe black dragon Aelin Pritani found the sweet potatoes hidden in a corner of Sejun’s cave. After persistent persuasion(?), she received three sweet potatoes and some leaves from the human as a quest and began to roast them on a fire.

nMaking roasted sweet potatoes seemed incredibly easy viewed through the crystal ball, as all you had to do was wrap them in leaves and put them on the fire.

n“There’s no way I, the great black dragon, can’t do what a human can.”

nAelin was confident of success. However, the first roasted sweet potato was completely burnt, turning into charcoal that couldn’t be eaten and had to be thrown away. The second one was taken out too quickly, leaving the inside uncooked. Roasting sweet potatoes was a profound dish that tested one’s patience.

n“Hehehe, did it work out well?”

nAelin, with hopeful eyes, took out the last remaining roasted sweet potato that gave off a sweet, smoky scent. With the know-how from two failures, she was certain of success this time.

nShe carefully held the roasted sweet potato with two claws and broke it in half.

n“Huh?”

nIt felt different from when she broke the roasted sweet potato the human had given her. What is this?

nBut as the steaming, yellowish-brown cooked flesh of the roasted sweet potato was revealed, she quickly forgot about it.

n“It worked! It worked!”

nAelin rejoiced at the sight of the finished roasted sweet potato.

n“Hehehe, human, did you see that? I, black dragon Aelin Pritani, made this roasted sweet potato!”

nAelin looked proudly at the roasted sweet potato.

nAnd then

n“Ah.”

nShe peeled the skin off and put half of the roasted sweet potato in her mouth.

nIt seemed like it would taste better if she bit into it like a human, but she was a black dragon. She couldn’t allow herself to imitate a human’s appearance, as it would lower her dignity.

nCrunch.

n“What?!”

nThis wasn’t the right texture. Her teeth should have sunk in without any resistance, but she felt a subtle resistance. It wasn’t the moist, chewy, and soft texture that the human had offered.

nMoreover, it was sweet but didn’t have the more concentrated sweetness of the first roasted sweet potato she had eaten.

n“How could this be? My fire is stronger and better… Why is mine less tasty…”

nThe great black dragon couldn’t believe that she was worse at roasting sweet potatoes than a human.

nA dragon like me can’t control fire better than a human! Aelin was frustrated.

n“Ugh! My pride is hurt!”

nAelin was upset again today.

n“Since I’m annoyed, let’s see what the human is doing.”

nAelin began watching Sejun’s cave through the crystal ball.

n*****

nSqueak!

nSquee!

nSejun woke up to the sounds of the busy rabbit couple.

n“Alright!”

nAs soon as Sejun got up, he went to the wall where he recorded the dates.

nAnd then

nSwoosh.

nHe drew a line on the wall with a fish bone, completing the character 正.

nOn the wall, there were two lines with ten 正 characters each, and below that, a third line with four completed 正 characters.

n120th day of being stranded

n‘Almost four months have passed…’

nSejun glanced at the wall once and went to the pond to wash his face and eat breakfast.

nThen he began his morning farming.

nTap. Tap.

nYou have harvested a well-ripened Magical Cherry Tomato.

nYour job experience increases very slightly.

nYour Harvesting Lv. 2 skill proficiency increases very slightly.

nYou gained 10 experience points.

n…

n..

n.

nWoosh, woosh.

nYip, yip.

nAs Sejun harvested the cherry tomatoes, the baby rabbits ran to him with pitiful expressions.

n“Heh, if you think making such a pitiful face will make me give you cherry tomatoes, you’re sadly mistaken.”

nYip, yip?

nYip?

nUncle, are you crazy? The baby rabbits, unable to understand Sejun’s words, tilted their heads and started to back away.

nSejun’s isolated sense of humor failed to evolve with the world and developed independently, like the Galapagos Islands. Or perhaps it was devolving.

n“If you rub your face against my cheek, I’ll give you some.”

nAs the baby rabbits tried to run away, Sejun hurriedly told them the main point.

nYip…

nYip…

nThe baby rabbits sighed with a resentful expression. It felt as if their affection for Sejun was decreasing in real-time.

nI’m sorry. I didn’t know it was such a big deal.

n“Uncle was just joking. Here…”

nJust as Sejun was about to hand over the harvested cherry tomatoes,

nHop, hop.

nOne of the baby rabbits jumped once on the ground and once on Sejun’s knee before climbing onto his shoulder. This rabbit was particularly fond of Sejun.

nAnd then,

nRub, rub.

nThe baby rabbit rubbed its face against Sejun’s cheek. The soft touch of the rabbit’s fur felt pleasant.

n“Oh-! You get two!”

nSejun gave two cherry tomatoes to the rabbit who listened to him. The other baby rabbits got one each.

nYip!

nYip!

nThe baby rabbits who only got one cherry tomato protested, but Sejun didn’t give them any more.

n“Hehehe. This is what happens when you disappoint your uncle.”

nAt Sejun’s words, the baby rabbits huffed and went to a cool spot in the cave to eat their cherry tomatoes.

nWhen Sejun finished harvesting the cherry tomatoes, he took a short break and prepared grilled piranhas for lunch.

nThen,

nThe tower administrator is furious with you.

n“Again, why?”

nSejun casually dismissed the message from the tower administrator, who seemed to be angry for no reason.

nAt first, he thought it was a big deal and always got nervous, but now that the tower administrator had been angry several times, he just let it slide.

n“Is it some kind of anger management issue?”

nWhen it was time for lunch,

nBuzz, buzz.

nThe poison honeybee came to work, sucking nectar as usual.

n“Welcome.”

nRub, rub.

nThe poison honeybee landed on Sejun’s shoulder as he was watering the carrot field and rubbed its body against his face to mark its attendance.

nAnd then,

nBuzz, buzz.

nIt flew to the flowers to suck nectar. However, it went to the green onion field, not the cherry tomato field.

nThe green onion, which had been left uncut to bloom, finally bloomed. The poison honeybee ate the nectar from the green onion flowers first, then moved to the cherry tomato flowers.

n“I have to pick the green onion flowers today.”

nIt was about time to get the green onion seeds. After finishing lunch, Sejun pulled out the green onion with blooming flowers as soon as the poison honeybee finished sucking nectar and left.

nThe green onion that bloomed had fulfilled its role and would die soon, so it had to be harvested and eaten quickly. Grilled whole green onion was added to today’s lunch menu.

nSejun separated the green onion flowers and dried them in the sun. Once the green onion flowers were completely dry, the seeds would easily come out with just a few shakes.

nSejun started his afternoon farming after drying the green onion flowers well in the sun.

nBuzz buzz.

nAs evening approached, the poison honeybee came, spat out honey, and went home, and the afternoon farming also ended smoothly.

n“Blue Moon is in two days.”

nSejun, who was walking back and forth to aid digestion after dinner, looked at the wall calendar and said.

nThe 5th Blue Moon since being trapped in the tower.

nThe 4th Blue Moon passed peacefully, but like the 3rd Blue Moon, monsters could appear, so he couldn’t let his guard down.

n“I hope it passes safely this time too…”

nSejun sat down in his designated seat, worried.

nBut seeing the crops growing lushly in the sun, a bright energy swelled in Sejun’s heart, pushing away his worries.

n“I’m happy.”

nFrom the center of the quadrant where Sejun’s designated seat was, quadrant 1 had a green onion field, quadrant 2 had a cherry tomato field, quadrant 3 had a carrot field, and quadrant 4 had a sweet potato field, which all reassured Sejun’s heart.

nSo one day passed, and it became the 121st day of being trapped.

nToday was similar to the usual days. However, the poison honeybee did not come for lunch today. It seemed that the poison honeybee was also preparing for the Blue Moon.

nAs evening approached, Sejun turned off the fire and prepared for the Blue Moon with the earplugs made from green onion leaves and cherry tomatoes.

nHe found a spot in the corner of the cave and prepared for the Blue Moon, seeing a different sight than usual.

n“Why haven’t you guys gone in yet?”

nThe rabbit couple placed their six baby rabbits on Sejun’s designated seat and tied their legs tightly together with green onion leaves.

nAnd then,

nSqueak…

nSqueak…

nThe rabbit couple went back into their burrow, looking at their babies for a while and making a sad crying sound before closing the entrance.

n“What’s going on?! Why are you guys like this?”

nByeya!

nBye!

nByeng!

nAs Sejun hurriedly tried to get up and take the baby rabbits, they raised their soft paws with a serious expression and shouted not to come closer.

nSoon after, the Blue Moon began.

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nThere is one tradition among the White Rabbit farmers. On the day the 5th Blue Moon rises since their birth, they can only become a true adult White Rabbit farmer when they receive the light of the Blue Moon.

nSo today was the most important day for the baby rabbits.

nThe baby rabbits looked up at the sky with anticipation, waiting for the Blue Moon to rise.

nAnd as the sun in the sky turned blue, the energy of the Blue Moon descended upon the baby rabbits through the hole in the cave.

nByeak!

nByea!

nThough underestimated as rabbits, the monsters were still monsters. Seeing the light of the Blue Moon, the baby rabbits screamed in excitement.

nOof. Oof.

nThe baby rabbits’ muscles began to swell. The rabbits, once smaller than the palm of a hand, transformed into 30cm-sized muscular rabbits. There was even a 王 (means King in korean) character on their bellies.

nIf rabbits are like that during the Blue Moon… I didn’t even want to imagine the other monsters.

nPyea!

nPye!

nThe baby rabbits continued to scream and look at the sky. Fortunately, there were no monsters coming due to the sound of the baby rabbits.

nThe Blue Moon ended safely once again.

nPyea…

nPye…

nAs the Blue Moon ended, their muscles shrank like deflating balloons, and the baby rabbits returned to their cute appearance. However, their size had changed to be similar to the rabbit couple. They had become adults.

nThen

nPah.

nA blue light exploded from the bodies of the baby rabbits.

n“Huh?!”

nSejun, who had been watching the baby rabbits, witnessed a strange sight. The blue light moved to the tips of the baby rabbits’ hands, gathered, and turned into items.

n‘So that’s why I couldn’t use the husband rabbit’s watering can.’

nSejun realized why no water came out of the watering can when he held it. The farmer rabbits seemed to have their own exclusive items.

nThe items gradually took shape and turned into a shovel, a sickle, a shovel, a watering can, and a cart.

nAnd

n“Tteokme?”

nWas it a hammer since it was made of iron? Suddenly, an item from a different genre appeared.

nLooking closely, only the one holding the hammer had turned black in color. And the name written above its head too.

nWarrior Black Rabbit

n“Warrior Black Rabbit?”

nPyang!

nJump!

nRub-rub-rub.

nThe Warrior Black Rabbit climbed onto Sejun’s shoulder, thinking Sejun had called him, and acted affectionately. He was the one who received two cherry tomatoes from Sejun.

nWhen morning came, the adult rabbits no longer played. They each used their own farming tools to help with farming.

nThe rabbit with the watering can helped the husband rabbit water the crops, and the rabbit with the sickle helped the wife rabbit cut the leaves of the green onions.

nThe rabbit that got a cart as an item carried the cut green onions leaves and moved the harvested crops to the storage shed, and the two rabbits with shovels expanded the field to plant more seeds.

nTheir skills were still inexperienced, but since the farming tools were items, they were a great help in farming.

nAnd the Black Rabbit without a farming tool helped Sejun with hunting.

nSplash.

nWhen Sejun shook a torch near the pond, a piranha jumped up.

n“Now!”

nPpiya!

nAt Sejun’s signal, the Black Rabbit, who had been waiting, jumped up to smack the piranha with the hammer.

nHowever

nPye?! 𝘪𝘳.𝒸𝑜𝑚

nThe timing was off. The Black Rabbit’s body collided with the piranha before it could swing the hammer.

nThud!

nBut luckily, the Black Rabbit and the piranha fell out of the water together with a body slam.

nJump.

nThe Black Rabbit hurriedly got up as soon as it fell to the ground.

nAnd

nPpiya!

nIt ran to the struggling piranha and struck it with the hammer.

nBang! Bang! Bang!

nAlthough it was unknown why the hammer made a rubber mallet sound, the effect was certain. The piranha was dead. But it was crushed to the point of being inedible.

nPpiya!

nThe Black Rabbit looked at Sejun proudly, with a victorious expression and the hammer on its shoulder. How about me?

nBut

n‘Don’t look at me, look over there.’

nPpieek!

nMother Rabbit approached, seeing the piranha that should have been eaten for a meal turned into a mess.

nPpieek!

nPye…

nThe Black Rabbit had to endure about an hour of nagging from Mother Rabbit.

nAs the newly grown-up rabbits became accustomed to their respective equipment,

n30 days have passed since your purchase at the Seed Shop.

nSeed Shop Lv. 1 is reactivated.

nOn the 125th day of being trapped in the tower, the Seed Shop opened again.

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