Chapter 62: Blooming Talent

Chapter 62: Blooming Talent

"Stamp it, nya!"

"Hehe. How can I sign a blank contract like that?"

"Old human. I said I would repay my debt, nya. So you have to stamp it, nya!"

Theo was clearly throwing a tantrum, but there was a strange persuasiveness to it.

"Then let's do it this way."

As the standoff dragged on, Han Tae-joon made a new proposal.

"What, nya?"

"I'll fulfill three of your requests."

"Three requests, nya?"

Theo started writing Han Tae-joon's words on the contract.

- The Party B will fulfill five of Party A's requests.

[Party A: Theo]

[Party B: Han Tae-joon]

"Stamp it, nya!"

Theo wrote a 5 that looked similar to 3.

However,

"Hehehe. This won't do, will it?"

The other party was the president of the Korean Awakened Association, who signed dozens of documents every day. Changing 3 to 5 was a shallow trick that couldn't fool him. Han Tae-joon modified the content of the contract Theo had written.

- The Party B will fulfill three of Party A's requests.

- Party A cannot make unreasonable requests to Party B.

- Party B can refuse three of Party A's requests.

"Fine, nya!"

Theo had to quickly head to the 99th floor of the tower, so he decided to end the contract here. The contract with Han Tae-joon was not part of his original plan, and a little compromise was not a loss at all.

Thump.

Theo stamped the contract with his paw and handed it to Han Tae-joon.

"Hehehe."

Han Tae-joon burst into laughter as he took the contract. Theo had already changed the 3 back to 5.

'What a bold cat.'

But he didn't feel bad at all. Looking at Theo made him feel playful.

Han Tae-joon, who was gradually falling for Theo's charm, was actually quite weak for cute things.

'This must be fate.'

Thump.

Han Tae-joon stamped the contract without making any further changes.

"Fine, nya! Now fulfill my request, nya!"

"Already?"

"Yes, nya!"

"What is it?"

"There are five incompetent humans on the 38th floor of the tower who I've made a contract with, nya! Make them as competent as you, old human, nya."

Theo decided to entrust five hunters on the 38th floor of the tower, who didn't earn much money, to Han Tae-joon.

"Sure. I am competent. Fine."

Feeling good about Theo's recognition, Han Tae-joon readily agreed.

"Here they are, nya."

Theo handed over a contract with the names of the five hunters.

"Jang Lin?"

Han Tae-joon found a familiar name on the contract. It was a name he had heard while working as the president of the Awakened Association.

'Could these five be the Black Wolf Gang?'

The Black Wolf Gang, led by Jang Lin, were bandits who stole from hunters, and he was keeping an eye on them due to lack of evidence.

"What about these guys?"

"They attacked me and are repaying their debt to me, nya!"

"Fine. Leave them to me. I'll make them competent humans."

"Got it. See you later, nya!"

Theo greeted Han Tae-joon and hurriedly went up to the 99th floor of the tower.

After Theo left, Han Tae-joon went to find his first disciple.

"Si-hyuk. Let's go to the 38th floor of the tower."

"Huh?"

"Hehehe. There are some who need to be guided onto the right path."

Thus, the fate of the Black Wolf Gang was decided.

***

"Ah, I'm full."

Se-jun finished the Red Locust soup and looked satisfied. The other animals felt the same.

Roar!

Especially the mother Crimson Giant Bear, who hadn't eaten a full meal in a long time, was satisfied and went out to patrol to aid digestion.

"We'll go down now."

The silver wolves transferred the remaining Red Locust soup and the blade leaves into a small pot, loaded it onto a cart, and went down the tower.

"Let's do the dishes first."

Swish, swish.

Se-jun started cleaning the large pot with blade leaves to make new soup for Eileen.

After the animals had a few more bowls, there wasn't much soup left.

"This will make Eileen upset..."

While Se-jun was pondering,

"Ah!"

A new dish for Eileen came to mind.

So he gave the remaining soup to the wolves and started making new soup.

Fortunately, there was a lot of Red Locust meat that the wolves had prepared, so he just needed to put the ingredients in and boil them.

"Now for some coffee."

After making the new Red Locust soup, Se-jun made coffee to drink while resting and went outside.

Crunch...

Gurrr...

The Black Rabbit and Gurrr came to Se-jun to take a nap.

And

Crurrr.

Gurrr.

They started taking a nap on Se-jun's lap and back.

"Making a rain cloud."

Se-jun leaned his head on Gurrr's soft belly and made a shadow with a rain cloud. Recently, his proficiency in moving rain clouds wasn't increasing, so he was trying something different.

He thought about separating a part of the rain cloud and making a new one above Gurrr's head.

Puffy, puffy.

The black smoke from the main rain cloud formed a new rain cloud and then dispersed, merging back into the main cloud.

"Still doesn't work."

While Se-jun was trying to separate the rain cloud,

[<Rain Cloud Making> proficiency slightly increased.]

His skill proficiency increased a little. Even if separating the rain cloud failed, the increasing proficiency made it not too difficult.

Then,

[The tower manager says he wants to try the soup made from Red Locusts.]

[The tower manager asks where his soup is.]

[The tower manager hurriedly wipes the saliva from his mouth.]

As Se-jun expected, Eileen started looking for the Red Locust soup.

"That... I'm still boiling it?"

[The tower manager says it's too much since he helped wake up the mother bear and the King of Horses.]

[The tower manager is upset about how he could be treated this way.]

[The tower manager is hurt, saying you're treating him like cold leftovers.]

"That's not it! Eileen, I was making soup just for you."

[......]

Lately, Eileen has been silent more often.

Se-jun played with the rain cloud during his break and then started his afternoon work.

There was nothing special about the afternoon work. Harvesting cherry tomatoes, cutting blade leaves, and planting leeks. But with the expanded fields, this alone took up the entire afternoon.

While Se-jun was working, the soup was finished.

"Let's see."

When Se-jun opened the lid,

[You have achieved the first combat food - Red Locust Cherry Tomato Soup in the tower.]

[The recipe for combat food - Red Locust Cherry Tomato Soup is registered at Cooking Level 3.]

[The proficiency of Cooking Level 3 has significantly increased.]

"Sure enough..."

Se-jun smiled as he checked the options of the cooking.

Since Eileen preferred magic cherry tomatoes, he used cherry tomatoes instead of potatoes, and as expected, magic increased instead of strength.

"Eileen, take the soup."

Se-jun called out to Eileen.

***

[The tower farmer Park Se-jun says that's not it.]

[The tower farmer Park Se-jun says he was making soup just for Eileen.]

Se-jun's sudden confession (?) made Eileen jump in surprise and let go of the crystal ball.

And

"Soup just for me?"

She started to ponder Se-jun's words.

"Kukuku! What! This commendable human!"

"Kukuku. You can say anything!"

"Kukuku..."

Eileen couldn't talk to Se-jun for a while due to her uncontrollable laughter.

When Eileen calmed down,

[The tower farmer Park Se-jun says Eileen, take the soup.]

"Commendable human, you've finished my soup!"

Thud.

Eileen quickly took out her giant bowl and gave Se-jun a quest. The bowl was almost the size of a kiddie pool.

A moment later.

Eileen's bowl was filled with red soup. Se-jun gave all the soup from the three large pots to Eileen to meet her quota.

"Wow!"

The smell of cherry tomatoes coming through her nose stimulated Eileen's appetite.

Slurp.

Eileen lifted the bowl and drank the soup.

Swallow, swallow.

"Kuaa! It's delicious, but... it's hot."

But

"Kukuku. What a hot human."

Thinking that the heat of the soup represented Se-jun's thoughts, Eileen felt even better.

When Eileen finished the soup in one go and put down the bowl,

[You have consumed the standard amount of combat food - Red Locust Cherry Tomato Soup.]

[Your magic power increases by 7.1 for 30 minutes.]

[The feeling of fullness lasts for 3 hours.]

Her magic power increased significantly.

"Commendable human..."

While Eileen was moved by Se-jun's cooking,

Thud. Bang. Thud. Bang.

The Dragon Heart started beating faster and stronger than before.

Thump, thump.

Her heart also beat strongly, but Eileen focused on the Dragon Heart's beat and thought it was the same.

"I should reward the commendable human."

Feeling good, Eileen decided to give Se-jun a new reward. With the accumulated magic power and Se-jun's contributions, she could give a decent reward. Of course, Se-jun's contributions were overwhelmingly large.

***

Crunch?!

Gurrr?!

The Black Rabbit and Gurrr protested to Se-jun, looking at the empty pot. Where's our soup?!

The smell of soup spread everywhere, so the Black Rabbit and Gurrr thought they would have soup for dinner. They were greatly disappointed when fish and baked potatoes were served for dinner.

"I'll make it tomorrow."

Crunch!

Gurrr!

While Se-jun was trying to calm the Black Rabbit and Gurrr by even crossing his pinky finger,

[Quest has been issued.]

[Quest: Treat Eileen with roasted sweet potato chips.]

Reward: Bloom one talent.

Refusal: Hmph! If you refuse, it's your loss!

"No..."

Se-jun, who was about to get angry at Eileen for asking for roasted sweet potato chips when he was already in trouble with the soup,

"Huh?"

Se-jun rubbed his eyes and checked the quest reward.

"Bloom one talent? Here I come! Lady Eileen!"

Se-jun's attitude changed instantly. Blooming a talent is really difficult. To offer talent blooming as a reward!

Se-jun offered a whole basket full of roasted sweet potato chips.

And

[Quest completed.]

[As a reward for completing the quest, one talent will bloom.]

[Talent: Landlord has awakened.]

"Landlord?"

Se-jun examined the newly bloomed talent.

[Talent: Landlord]

- An innate talent that only a farmer with a large farm can possess.

- Can designate up to 30 tenant farmers.

- Tenant farmers can use the landlord's job skills. (When a tenant farmer uses the landlord's skill, the landlord receives 1% of the reward.)

- The talent grows as the farm size increases.

"1% of the reward?"

The explanation was ambiguous.

"In such cases, it's best to try it out."

Se-jun designated the Black Rabbit and Gurrr as tenant farmers.

[Two tenant farmers have been designated.]

"Black Rabbit, Gurrr, go pick some cherry tomatoes."

Crunch!

Gurrr!

Following Se-jun's instructions, the Black Rabbit and Gurrr ran to pick cherry tomatoes.

And after a while,

[The tenant farmer used Harvesting Level 4 to pick 5 cherry tomatoes.]

[The landlord received 1% of the reward.]

[The landlord's job experience increased slightly.]

[The landlord's Harvesting Level 4 proficiency increased slightly.]

[The landlord's experience increased by 1.5.]

...

..

.

Messages started appearing as the Black Rabbit and Gurrr harvested cherry tomatoes.

"Ah."

Seeing the messages, Se-jun understood what the 1% reward meant.

"It's