***
As expected, finding the cow was not an easy task.
I thoroughly searched the recently opened field, but I couldn’t find anything that resembled a cow.
“Whew, this is hard. Let’s take a break for a while.”
Hae-jun sat down and took out boiled eggs and chicken breast from his backpack and gave them to Mongchi as snacks, and ate a sandwich himself.
‘Still, there was a harvest.’
Hae-jun took out a ripe red strawberry and a half-ripe watermelon from his backpack.
It was a fruit I found while wandering around looking for a cow.
“This looks delicious.”
I washed it clean in a nearby spring and ate it.
“Wow~ It’s sweet.”
Thanks to the juice that burst in my mouth, my thirst was quenched at once.
I ate the flesh and planted the seeds to grow strawberries and watermelons. I thought it would be okay to make and sell special fruit juices in the summer.
“Meow!”
“You want some too? Here.”
I crushed the strawberries and watermelon by hand, and Mongchi licked and ate the flesh.
“Is it delicious?”
“Meow~.”
“Should I give you more?”
“Meow! Meow!!”
Hea-jun sat in the shade, cooling off his sweat, and shared the fruit with Mongchi.
And then, they moved again. The cow did not show up easily.
Perhaps there are no cows on the land belonging to the farm.
As I walked, I explored all the areas where the fog had cleared.
Now all that’s left is···.
“Is that it?”
The coast near the rock where rock bream fishing and seafood were caught.
Recently, as I leveled up, the fog in the middle of the sea also receded a little.
It was a place I hadn’t paid much attention to because I could hunt sufficiently on the coast.
“But what is that?”
When I looked closely, I found a small island in the middle of the sea that I had never seen before.
It seemed difficult to swim across because of the distance, and it seemed like a distance that could be reached in about 10 minutes if there was a boat.
‘Let’s go.’
In the forest near the coast, I cut down a thick enough tree to make a raft and tied it with a rope.
A small raft was completed like that. It had no sails and its shape was rough, but it seemed sufficient to cross the sea to the island.
Hae-jun, who got on the raft, looked at Mongchi and asked.
“Are you coming with me?”
“Meow~.”
Mongchi jumped onto the raft with a reply.
I would have been a little scared if I was alone, but I was relieved that Mongchi was with me.
He rowed out to sea.
The waves were calm, so he was able to reach the island easily.
Hae-jun, who had moored the boat on the coast, tied the raft securely to a nearby rock and stepped onto the island.
“It’s hot.”
The temperature and humidity had risen even higher since he arrived on the island.
It is humid and stuffy like an island in Southeast Asia.
“Come to think of it, the trees are tall and the leaves are wide. It’s a complete rainforest.”
It was an environment he had never experienced before.
Hae-jun’s life was largely divided into two parts.
In reality, he managed a restaurant called Sunflower in the city, and when he crossed the dimensional passage to the farm, he began his healing rural life.
He cultivates the land, plants crops in the field, and sometimes goes out to the coast to fish and snorkel, enjoying the wild life. In that sense, this island is...
“A trip to Southeast Asia?”
It felt exactly like that.
It was humid and hot, but it was the first time he had ever encountered such a natural environment.
He didn’t know what would appear, so the exploration itself was fun and exciting.
Hae-jun, who was walking carefully, discovered a plant with sharp leaves like aloe or cactus. The name of the fruit that could be seen between them.
<Wild Pineapple - C-Rank>
“Wow. Pineapples grow on the ground?”
It’s a pineapple.
He thought that the fruit itself would be similar to a palm tree and grow on a tree, but surprisingly, it was growing on the ground.
The stem that came up from the ground spread out sideways, and between them, pineapples were shyly nestled.
The fully grown pineapples couldn’t bear the weight and lay down on their sides.
“This is fun.”
He put one of the ripe yellow pineapples in his backpack and continued his exploration.
He must have walked about 100m.
“Meow!”
Mungchi, who was walking ahead, looked up at the sky and cried out.
Then, whoosh- he climbed up a tree.
“Mungchi. Where are you?”
Thud-thud-thud-
Mungchi climbed the tree as nimbly as a monkey.
As he watched Mungchi, wondering if cats were animals that could climb trees so well, Mungchi, who had climbed to the top of the tree, unleashed his unique skill, Cat Punch, whoosh-.
And.
Thud-
<Wild Banana - D-Rank>
“Banana!?”
What fell in front of Hae-jun’s feet was a banana.
He looked up and saw light green bananas hanging from the tree above.
Not only that. Next to it, various tropical fruits that I had only seen on TV were hanging from the trees.
<Wild Apple Mango - C-Rank>
<Wild Avocado - E-Rank>
<Wild Coconut Fruit - D-Rank>
“Wow~! What is all that?”
“Meow!”
“You want me to go up?”
“Meow!”
“Is it possible?”
I’ve never climbed a tree in my life.
The closest experience I had was climbing the monkey bars on the playground when I was in elementary school.
If I had only studied in Noryangjin, I wouldn’t have even thought about it, but for some reason, it didn’t seem impossible now.
Hae-jun put down his backpack and swung his arms.
“Meow!”
“I got it. Wait.”
Hae-jun stretched his body and climbed up the tree that was as thick as his thigh.
‘I can do it.’
He climbed up the palm tree, supporting himself with his arms and legs, and picked a coconut fruit.
“Haha··· It feels like I’m on Law of the Jungle right now.”
A jungle survival variety show where they make their own beds and cook their own food in the wild jungle.
When Kim Young-man, who played the role of the patriarch, climbed a tree, I thought, ‘Can he do that?’ But when I actually tried it, it wasn’t that difficult.
However, Hae-jun didn’t know. He didn’t know how much his physical strength had improved while going back and forth to the farm. Or what kind of power he had gained from the several B-Rank ingredients.
Cha Hae-jun climbed up the tree with Mongchi and harvested the fruits.
“I’m thirsty.”
“Meow.”
After sweating a lot, he collapsed on the spot.
Pineapple, banana, apple mango, avocado, coconut.
The harvest was quite good. They were all expensive tropical fruits in the real world.
They would be delicious even if they were just eaten as they were, but pineapple and apple mango would also be delicious if they were made into juice or ade. Avocado could be used as a topping for salad or its oil could be extracted, so it was very useful.
‘Avocado is popular with people on a diet.’
Hae-jun’s cooking would become even more varied now that he had discovered new ingredients.
“Should I take them to the farm and grow them?··· Or should I grow them here?”
It seemed like a good idea to clear the land and plant them here.
Since they were all tropical fruits, wouldn’t growing them on this island with its hot and humid Southeast Asian climate be the best way to harvest high-quality fruits?
“By the way, my backpack is quite heavy.”
The watermelon and strawberries I found before coming to the island. And the pineapples, bananas, coconuts, and avocados I found on the island.
The backpack was full of fruit.
“We worked hard to collect it, do you want to taste it?”
“Meow. Meow!”
“I’ll decide later whether to cultivate a field here or a farm, but let’s taste it for now. But what should I eat first?”
Fruits like bananas, avocados, and apple mangoes are important to ripen before eating.
The bananas we see are usually yellow, but they are harvested when they are green.
The sugar content increases as it changes from green to yellow to brown. That’s why if you want to eat a sweet banana, it’s best to eat it when it turns from yellow to brown.
The same goes for avocados. It’s better to eat an avocado when the skin is soft and brown, rather than when it’s hard and dark green. And apple mangoes are delicious when the red and green gradation turns yellow.
“All the fruits need to ripen later, so let’s put them in the backpack and eat the coconut.”
“Meow.”
I put the fruits in my backpack and took out only the coconut.
It was a little smaller than a volleyball and was green like a watermelon without black lines.
‘Where should I cut it?’
The coconut had a hard shell, so Ha-jun cut the top of the coconut with a knife like he was shaving it.
As I dug into the thick shell, I saw a transparent film deep in the middle.
Carefully with the tip of the knife.
Tok-
“Done.”
“Meow.”
I poured plenty of coconut water into a dented palm leaf for Mongchi and Ha-jun also took a sip.
Gulp- Gulp-
“Wow~.”
The freshly picked coconut water was a delicacy.
I had a chance to try the ones sold at the mart, but the taste I had then was like drinking Pocari Sweat* that had been left in a hot summer car. [T/N: Pocari Sweat is a Japanese sports drink that contains electrolytes to replenish the water and ions lost through sweating]
It was lukewarm and bland… It tasted like I was going to throw up.
But this was different. The sweetness and flavor were intense, and the refreshing taste that washed away my thirst was top-notch.
Before I knew it, I had finished eating a whole coconut.
We ate all the coconut water and even the white flesh that was wrapped around it.
The flesh was also a delicacy. The jelly-like texture was strangely addictive.
“We ate well. Isn’t it delicious?”
“Meow.”
Mongchi agreed.
“My thirst is quenched, so should we slowly go up to the top?”
The purpose of coming to the island in the first place was to explore.
Of course, the side income was quite a lot, but the main purpose was cattle!
I headed towards the high ground of the island to find cattle that might be leisurely wandering and grazing on the other side of the island.
When I climbed to the highest point of the island, I could see the entire island at a glance.
The other side of the island looked similar to the place where Hae-jun had climbed. White sand beach, emerald sea, and tropical rainforest. Next to it...
"What's that?"
A small cave was visible in the forest.
The entrance to the cave was similar to the passage that Ha-jun used to travel between reality and the farm.
"Let's go, Mongchi."
"Meow."
I ran down the hill quickly.
Unreadable letters were written at the entrance to the cave, just like the passage I used.
'Is this another passage?'
Somehow, the atmosphere was subtly different.
'Another passage connected to the real world. What if someone came and went here through this passage?···'
It wasn't a far-fetched guess.
Just as Cha Hae-jun traveled between the farm through the dimensional passage in the corner of the Sunflower, someone from another region might be able to travel to this island through this passage.
'Then did I trespass on someone's territory?'
My curiosity grew.
If I met someone else, I might get a clue about my missing father and learn more about the dimensional farm.
"Let's go inside for now. Mongchi, you just wait here."
"Meow~."
"You don't like it?"
"Meow."
"Okay. But you have to be quiet."
"Meow."
Hae-jun carefully walked into the passage with Mongchi.
'Hmm. The atmosphere is definitely different.'
The passage I use is an artificially created passage. On the other hand, this place seemed to be a natural cave that someone was using out of necessity.
When I followed the passage and went deep inside.
Moo~
"!!??”
Mooo~
'A cow.'
I heard the sound of a cow mooing.
'It's not a bear or a tiger, but a cow in a cave. Something's strange.'
Hae-jun killed his presence and moved his body towards the source of the sound.
After walking for a while, the narrow passage ended and a slightly wider hall appeared.
'A campsite!?···'
I could see a tent, a table and chairs made of wood, and traces of a fire. In one corner, I could see a black cow tied to a rope.
Mooooo~
As the black cow mooed once, there was a sign of life on the other side.
In a situation where he couldn't tell if they were allies or enemies, Hae-jun quietly held his breath and watched the situation unfold.
And after a while, three appeared. No, three monsters?!
‘Th, They're goblins!···’
A height of a little over 1m and long arms that seemed to touch the ground. The eyes were large like an alien's, and the skin was green.
It was a goblin commonly seen in RPG games.
And there were three of them.
‘Oh my··· This island. It's not a Southeast Asian resort, but a dungeon?!’
Ha-jun swallowed his dry saliva.
***
As expected, finding the cow was not an easy task.
I thoroughly searched the recently opened field, but I couldn’t find anything that resembled a cow.
“Whew, this is hard. Let’s take a break for a while.”
Hae-jun sat down and took out boiled eggs and chicken breast from his backpack and gave them to Mongchi as snacks, and ate a sandwich himself.
‘Still, there was a harvest.’
Hae-jun took out a ripe red strawberry and a half-ripe watermelon from his backpack.
It was a fruit I found while wandering around looking for a cow.
“This looks delicious.”
I washed it clean in a nearby spring and ate it.
“Wow~ It’s sweet.”
Thanks to the juice that burst in my mouth, my thirst was quenched at once.
I ate the flesh and planted the seeds to grow strawberries and watermelons. I thought it would be okay to make and sell special fruit juices in the summer.
“Meow!”
“You want some too? Here.”
I crushed the strawberries and watermelon by hand, and Mongchi licked and ate the flesh.
“Is it delicious?”
“Meow~.”
“Should I give you more?”
“Meow! Meow!!”
Hea-jun sat in the shade, cooling off his sweat, and shared the fruit with Mongchi.
And then, they moved again. The cow did not show up easily.
Perhaps there are no cows on the land belonging to the farm.
As I walked, I explored all the areas where the fog had cleared.
Now all that’s left is···.
“Is that it?”
The coast near the rock where rock bream fishing and seafood were caught.
Recently, as I leveled up, the fog in the middle of the sea also receded a little.
It was a place I hadn’t paid much attention to because I could hunt sufficiently on the coast.
“But what is that?”
When I looked closely, I found a small island in the middle of the sea that I had never seen before.
It seemed difficult to swim across because of the distance, and it seemed like a distance that could be reached in about 10 minutes if there was a boat.
‘Let’s go.’
In the forest near the coast, I cut down a thick enough tree to make a raft and tied it with a rope.
A small raft was completed like that. It had no sails and its shape was rough, but it seemed sufficient to cross the sea to the island.
Hae-jun, who got on the raft, looked at Mongchi and asked.
“Are you coming with me?”
“Meow~.”
Mongchi jumped onto the raft with a reply.
I would have been a little scared if I was alone, but I was relieved that Mongchi was with me.
He rowed out to sea.
The waves were calm, so he was able to reach the island easily.
Hae-jun, who had moored the boat on the coast, tied the raft securely to a nearby rock and stepped onto the island.
“It’s hot.”
The temperature and humidity had risen even higher since he arrived on the island.
It is humid and stuffy like an island in Southeast Asia.
“Come to think of it, the trees are tall and the leaves are wide. It’s a complete rainforest.”
It was an environment he had never experienced before.
Hae-jun’s life was largely divided into two parts.
In reality, he managed a restaurant called Sunflower in the city, and when he crossed the dimensional passage to the farm, he began his healing rural life.
He cultivates the land, plants crops in the field, and sometimes goes out to the coast to fish and snorkel, enjoying the wild life. In that sense, this island is...
“A trip to Southeast Asia?”
It felt exactly like that.
It was humid and hot, but it was the first time he had ever encountered such a natural environment.
He didn’t know what would appear, so the exploration itself was fun and exciting.
Hae-jun, who was walking carefully, discovered a plant with sharp leaves like aloe or cactus. The name of the fruit that could be seen between them.
<Wild Pineapple - C-Rank>
“Wow. Pineapples grow on the ground?”
It’s a pineapple.
He thought that the fruit itself would be similar to a palm tree and grow on a tree, but surprisingly, it was growing on the ground.
The stem that came up from the ground spread out sideways, and between them, pineapples were shyly nestled.
The fully grown pineapples couldn’t bear the weight and lay down on their sides.
“This is fun.”
He put one of the ripe yellow pineapples in his backpack and continued his exploration.
He must have walked about 100m.
“Meow!”
Mungchi, who was walking ahead, looked up at the sky and cried out.
Then, whoosh- he climbed up a tree.
“Mungchi. Where are you?”
Thud-thud-thud-
Mungchi climbed the tree as nimbly as a monkey.
As he watched Mungchi, wondering if cats were animals that could climb trees so well, Mungchi, who had climbed to the top of the tree, unleashed his unique skill, Cat Punch, whoosh-.
And.
Thud-
<Wild Banana - D-Rank>
“Banana!?”
What fell in front of Hae-jun’s feet was a banana.
He looked up and saw light green bananas hanging from the tree above.
Not only that. Next to it, various tropical fruits that I had only seen on TV were hanging from the trees.
<Wild Apple Mango - C-Rank>
<Wild Avocado - E-Rank>
<Wild Coconut Fruit - D-Rank>
“Wow~! What is all that?”
“Meow!”
“You want me to go up?”
“Meow!”
“Is it possible?”
I’ve never climbed a tree in my life.
The closest experience I had was climbing the monkey bars on the playground when I was in elementary school.
If I had only studied in Noryangjin, I wouldn’t have even thought about it, but for some reason, it didn’t seem impossible now.
Hae-jun put down his backpack and swung his arms.
“Meow!”
“I got it. Wait.”
Hae-jun stretched his body and climbed up the tree that was as thick as his thigh.
‘I can do it.’
He climbed up the palm tree, supporting himself with his arms and legs, and picked a coconut fruit.
“Haha··· It feels like I’m on Law of the Jungle right now.”
A jungle survival variety show where they make their own beds and cook their own food in the wild jungle.
When Kim Young-man, who played the role of the patriarch, climbed a tree, I thought, ‘Can he do that?’ But when I actually tried it, it wasn’t that difficult.
However, Hae-jun didn’t know. He didn’t know how much his physical strength had improved while going back and forth to the farm. Or what kind of power he had gained from the several B-Rank ingredients.
Cha Hae-jun climbed up the tree with Mongchi and harvested the fruits.
“I’m thirsty.”
“Meow.”
After sweating a lot, he collapsed on the spot.
Pineapple, banana, apple mango, avocado, coconut.
The harvest was quite good. They were all expensive tropical fruits in the real world.
They would be delicious even if they were just eaten as they were, but pineapple and apple mango would also be delicious if they were made into juice or ade. Avocado could be used as a topping for salad or its oil could be extracted, so it was very useful.
‘Avocado is popular with people on a diet.’
Hae-jun’s cooking would become even more varied now that he had discovered new ingredients.
“Should I take them to the farm and grow them?··· Or should I grow them here?”
It seemed like a good idea to clear the land and plant them here.
Since they were all tropical fruits, wouldn’t growing them on this island with its hot and humid Southeast Asian climate be the best way to harvest high-quality fruits?
“By the way, my backpack is quite heavy.”
The watermelon and strawberries I found before coming to the island. And the pineapples, bananas, coconuts, and avocados I found on the island.
The backpack was full of fruit.
“We worked hard to collect it, do you want to taste it?”
“Meow. Meow!”
“I’ll decide later whether to cultivate a field here or a farm, but let’s taste it for now. But what should I eat first?”
Fruits like bananas, avocados, and apple mangoes are important to ripen before eating.
The bananas we see are usually yellow, but they are harvested when they are green.
The sugar content increases as it changes from green to yellow to brown. That’s why if you want to eat a sweet banana, it’s best to eat it when it turns from yellow to brown.
The same goes for avocados. It’s better to eat an avocado when the skin is soft and brown, rather than when it’s hard and dark green. And apple mangoes are delicious when the red and green gradation turns yellow.
“All the fruits need to ripen later, so let’s put them in the backpack and eat the coconut.”
“Meow.”
I put the fruits in my backpack and took out only the coconut.
It was a little smaller than a volleyball and was green like a watermelon without black lines.
‘Where should I cut it?’
The coconut had a hard shell, so Ha-jun cut the top of the coconut with a knife like he was shaving it.
As I dug into the thick shell, I saw a transparent film deep in the middle.
Carefully with the tip of the knife.
Tok-
“Done.”
“Meow.”
I poured plenty of coconut water into a dented palm leaf for Mongchi and Ha-jun also took a sip.
Gulp- Gulp-
“Wow~.”
The freshly picked coconut water was a delicacy.
I had a chance to try the ones sold at the mart, but the taste I had then was like drinking Pocari Sweat* that had been left in a hot summer car. [T/N: Pocari Sweat is a Japanese sports drink that contains electrolytes to replenish the water and ions lost through sweating]
It was lukewarm and bland… It tasted like I was going to throw up.
But this was different. The sweetness and flavor were intense, and the refreshing taste that washed away my thirst was top-notch.
Before I knew it, I had finished eating a whole coconut.
We ate all the coconut water and even the white flesh that was wrapped around it.
The flesh was also a delicacy. The jelly-like texture was strangely addictive.
“We ate well. Isn’t it delicious?”
“Meow.”
Mongchi agreed.
“My thirst is quenched, so should we slowly go up to the top?”
The purpose of coming to the island in the first place was to explore.
Of course, the side income was quite a lot, but the main purpose was cattle!
I headed towards the high ground of the island to find cattle that might be leisurely wandering and grazing on the other side of the island.
When I climbed to the highest point of the island, I could see the entire island at a glance.
The other side of the island looked similar to the place where Hae-jun had climbed. White sand beach, emerald sea, and tropical rainforest. Next to it...
"What's that?"
A small cave was visible in the forest.
The entrance to the cave was similar to the passage that Ha-jun used to travel between reality and the farm.
"Let's go, Mongchi."
"Meow."
I ran down the hill quickly.
Unreadable letters were written at the entrance to the cave, just like the passage I used.
'Is this another passage?'
Somehow, the atmosphere was subtly different.
'Another passage connected to the real world. What if someone came and went here through this passage?···'
It wasn't a far-fetched guess.
Just as Cha Hae-jun traveled between the farm through the dimensional passage in the corner of the Sunflower, someone from another region might be able to travel to this island through this passage.
'Then did I trespass on someone's territory?'
My curiosity grew.
If I met someone else, I might get a clue about my missing father and learn more about the dimensional farm.
"Let's go inside for now. Mongchi, you just wait here."
"Meow~."
"You don't like it?"
"Meow."
"Okay. But you have to be quiet."
"Meow."
Hae-jun carefully walked into the passage with Mongchi.
'Hmm. The atmosphere is definitely different.'
The passage I use is an artificially created passage. On the other hand, this place seemed to be a natural cave that someone was using out of necessity.
When I followed the passage and went deep inside.
Moo~
"!!??”
Mooo~
'A cow.'
I heard the sound of a cow mooing.
'It's not a bear or a tiger, but a cow in a cave. Something's strange.'
Hae-jun killed his presence and moved his body towards the source of the sound.
After walking for a while, the narrow passage ended and a slightly wider hall appeared.
'A campsite!?···'
I could see a tent, a table and chairs made of wood, and traces of a fire. In one corner, I could see a black cow tied to a rope.
Mooooo~
As the black cow mooed once, there was a sign of life on the other side.
In a situation where he couldn't tell if they were allies or enemies, Hae-jun quietly held his breath and watched the situation unfold.
And after a while, three appeared. No, three monsters?!
‘Th, They're goblins!···’
A height of a little over 1m and long arms that seemed to touch the ground. The eyes were large like an alien's, and the skin was green.
It was a goblin commonly seen in RPG games.
And there were three of them.
‘Oh my··· This island. It's not a Southeast Asian resort, but a dungeon?!’
Ha-jun swallowed his dry saliva.
