Player Farming in the Dragon’s Lair - Chapter 67

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67
Thirty-nine days since arriving at the Tower.
Lee Woo-jin surveyed the ten-pyeong paddy.
The landscape had transformed again since yesterday.
The rice stalks that had only stretched upward now bent slightly under the weight of grain clustering at their tips, which had taken on a golden hue.
What caught his eye most was their posture.
The panicles that had stood rigidly upright until yesterday now bowed beneath the burden of their filling grains, drooping bit by bit.
This was exactly what he’d seen in photographs—harvested rice in the fields. Though his ten-pyeong plot seemed small compared to the vast paddies online, it was nonetheless his first rice crop, and deeply precious.
“Doppelgänger, let’s harvest some rice together. I’ll show you how first, then watch and follow along. Okay?”
(……) Nod.
Lee Woo-jin crouched at the paddy’s edge.
The sight of rice panicles bending their heads over the shallow water, lined up in neat rows, filled him with quiet joy.
He gripped the lower stem with one hand.
With his other hand, he drew the Dark Moon—now transformed into a sickle’s shape—swiftly across the base.
“Harvesting!”
Snick.
It cut cleaner than expected.
Holding the severed bundle, Lee Woo-jin scanned the panicles with his eyes. The grains were plump and well-filled.
[Harvesting Lv. 6 proficiency increases slightly.]
Doppelgänger watched Lee Woo-jin’s hand movements intently.
He set down the harvested rice in an orderly pile and explained again.
“You grip below the stem and cut at the base. Got it?”
(……) Nod!
Now it was Doppelgänger’s turn.
Doppelgänger seized a handful of rice and moved the sickle as Lee Woo-jin had done.
Snick.
The rice came away cleanly in one motion.
“Nice. You’ve got it.”
(……) Content.
Lee Woo-jin and Doppelgänger waded into the paddy side by side and began harvesting in earnest.
“Harvesting, harvesting!”
[Harvesting Lv. 6 proficiency increases slightly.]
[Harvesting Lv. 6 proficiency…….]
The golden-hued panicles accumulated steadily in a heap.
Lee Woo-jin straightened his back now and then to survey his surroundings.
Where the rice had moments before bowed its head in abundance, gaps of bare earth were opening where they’d harvested.
Working in rhythm together, their pace quickened.
In not much time at all, nearly every stalk in the ten-pyeong paddy had been harvested, piling high in one corner.
Lee Woo-jin gazed down at the sheaves and smiled with satisfaction.
Kkamangi, watching from the side, asked.
“But Woo-jin, is that rice?”
“Yes.”
Kkamangi’s expression showed confusion.
Because the rice she had seen and eaten until now was small white grains, whereas what lay before her was long, golden stalks of grass.
“It hasn’t been refined yet. Once we thresh and mill it, it’ll turn white.”
“I don’t get it!”
“Wait. I’ll show you.”
He brought out a stone of unknown composition and decided to fashion a threshing tool first. A threshing tool was the implement used to separate grain from the chaff—designed with a comb-like form into which the rice stalks were inserted and drawn through, allowing the kernels to fall away in a cascade.
Thud.
He set the stone on the ground, switched the Dark Moon to dagger form, and immediately began carving it into the threshing tool’s shape.
Scritch, scritch!
[Sculpture Lv. 4 proficiency increases slightly.]
[Sculpture Lv. 5 acquired.]
[Unknown Stone Threshing Tool completed.]
[Craftsmanship Lv. 4 effect: quality rises one rank.]
[Unknown Stone Threshing Tool]
– Grade: C
– Effect
– Threshing success rate +15%
– Grain separation loss prevention correction
– Description: A threshing tool carved from the mysterious stone that comprises Dragon Rare. It can be used to strip rice grains from the stalks, and its durability allows for stable, consistent threshing.
“All right, first things first. We use this to separate the grains. Doppelgänger, let’s do this together.”
(……) A nod.
Woo-jin brought over a bundle of rice stalks, fitted them into the threshing tool, and pulled with force. The grains clinging to the ears scattered downward in a steady cascade.
Doppelgänger followed suit.
The grains separated cleanly from the rice ears in the same manner.
Separating the grains from the stalks took hardly any time at all.
With the two of them alternating, yanking bundle after bundle and stripping away the grains, the entire task finished in less than ten minutes.
“Next comes the actual threshing.”
There was already a tool prepared for threshing.
It was none other than—
[Unknown Stone Millstone]
– Grade: C
– Effects
– Grain Processing Success Rate +15%
– Loss Prevention Correction During Grain Milling
– Description: A millstone carved from the mysterious stone that comprises Dragon Rare. It can mill grain by applying steady, consistent pressure.
The same millstone he’d used to make carrot juice!
The item came with an excellent option: loss prevention correction during grain milling, which would minimize waste.
Woo-jin gathered the threshed grains into a large wooden bowl.
The rice kernels, dressed in their dried, yellowish husks, were quite abundant.
He relocated to where the millstone sat waiting.
The mysterious stone millstone with grooves carved between its upper and lower stones.
Though he’d put it to good use making carrot juice, its original purpose was undoubtedly grain milling.
Woo-jin gathered a handful of rice kernels and placed them on top of the millstone.
He grasped the handle and began rotating the millstone slowly.
Whirrrr.
Whirr.
The upper stone spun, creating a grinding sound from below.
The rice kernels were pressed with steady force, their outer husks stripped away as fragments of rice husk mingled with the inner grain, cascading down through the gap.
Patter!
Freshly milled grains of rice were accumulating bit by bit in the wooden bowl positioned beneath the millstone. White-tinged kernels were beginning to appear.
“Oh wow. Real white stuff is coming out!”
“Right? We’ll need to sift it a bit more, but we’re almost there.”
Woo-jin continued turning the millstone, adding a few more grains bit by bit.
With each push of the handle came the grinding sound of stone meeting stone.
As he worked the handle in steady rhythm, his movements grew smoother and more practiced with each rotation.
Running his hand lightly through what had fallen from the millstone, he could see the elongated rice grains scattered among the rustling husks.
While not quite as pure white as fully refined white rice, the grains had been stripped of their outer shells. He sorted through them once more.
Blowing away the light husks and collecting only the heavier grains, what remained in the bowl was quite respectable rice indeed.
What’s more—
“All ability stats increase!”
[Tower Rice]
– Grade: C
– Effect: All ability stats increase by 10% for 30 minutes upon consumption
– Description: Rice from the tower, cultivated and milled by someone’s hand.
“Heh heh heh.”
Woo-jin laughed, marveling at the rice’s properties.
There was truth to the saying that a full belly gives you strength.
He held a few grains of rice in his palm, gazing at them with satisfaction.
Long, firm, white kernels.
Just moments ago they had been rice stalks attached to golden-hued plants, but now they had taken on the familiar form of rice.
Kkamangi’s eyes widened.
“It really did it! It really turned into rice!”
“That’s what I told you would happen.”
(……) Applause!
Woo-jin gathered the milled rice together in one place, smiling with quiet satisfaction.
Though the amount was modest, this was the first rice he’d obtained by planting, harvesting, threshing, and milling with his own hands.
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The ten-pyeong paddy had yielded a total of fifteen kilograms of rice.
With a harvest like that, it was entirely feasible to achieve self-sufficiency by farming rice alone on ten pyeong of land!
Now was the perfect time for lunch.
Lee Woo-jin decided to cook rice from the grain he had milled himself.
Thunk.
He retrieved the Black Mithril Pot that Hephaestus had made for him.
He could test its performance right away.
After rinsing the rice in water, he poured it into the pot.
Using Rainfall, he filled the pot with water just enough to reach his palm.
Whoosh!
He lit a fire in the firewood, set the pot over it, and covered the lid.
He was thinking about what side dish to prepare when—
‘The best way to enjoy plain rice is with Kimchi, really.’
The true flavor of rice comes from eating the rice itself.
Add Kimchi to that, and it’s perfect.
[The Adventure God watches the rice cooking with eyes full of anticipation.]
Lee Woo-jin, Kkamangi, and the Doppelgänger sat in a circle around the pot, waiting for the rice to cook.
Soon.
[The Black Mithril Pot’s effect is applied.]
[You have created Rice using Cooking.]
[Cooking Lv. 5’s proficiency increases significantly.]
[Cooking Lv. 6 has been acquired.]
[Rice]
– Grade: A
– Effects
– Taste Bonus +100%
– Upon consumption: All stats +20% for 60 minutes
– Description: Rice cooked from Tower Rice. The bonus effect was applied because it was cooked in the Black Mithril Pot.
Lee Woo-jin was taken aback.
All stats plus twenty percent for sixty minutes.
“Wow, but the smell of that rice is insane.”
“W-Woo-jin! I want to eat it so badly, meow!”
“Just wait.”
He began scooping the rice from the Black Mithril Pot into bowls with a wooden spatula.
“Just let me know if you need more. I cooked plenty!”
[The Adventure God says this looks delicious and takes five bowls of rice and Kimchi!]
After serving the gods their rice,
Lee Woo-jin, Kkamangi, and the Doppelgänger each placed a bowl in front of themselves.
And there was only one side dish.
A generous piece of Kimchi.
First, a spoonful of rice.
White steam rose from the fluffy, pristine grains.
When he put it in his mouth, the satisfying warmth and the sweetness that bloomed with each chew were absolutely exquisite.
“Incredible!”
“T-truly delicious, meow!”
(……) Thumbs up!
But that wasn’t the end.
Lee Woo-jin tore off a large piece of Kimchi with his hands and popped it into his mouth.
Crunch-crunch.
The crisp, snappy bite of the Kimchi.
Its spicy tang paired beautifully with the subtle sweetness of the rice.
With just this, he felt he could easily eat two, or even three more bowls.
[The Authority God scoops rice into his mouth and says this is truly the best.]
[The Adventure God, following your lead, tears off a piece of Kimchi to try it, then exclaims with delight and gives a thumbs up!]
[The Dominion God pauses to consider, then tears off a piece of Kimchi with his hands to eat.]
[The Dominion God’s eyes widen as he says, this really is delicious.]
Day thirty-nine in the tower, lunchtime.
Eating rice cooked from his own harvest.
Dragon Rare: A Player Farming Story (Ongoing)
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