Ch.282[Chapter 282] Tycoon City

Sir Dominic chose a farm.

In fact, Sir Dominic was originally from a serf background, and he was curious about what it would feel like to farm in this small building.

Of course, in reality it would be an incredibly expensive and time-consuming endeavor, but here in Gacha Land… no, Tycoon City, it was possible.

“A farm? That’s quite interesting. Usually these are done on the outskirts of the city.”

“I’ve never seen anyone do it downtown,” Choi Jin-mi added.

“Anyway, now that you’ve chosen a farm, you’ve taken your first step splendidly. Shall we move on to the next step?”

Sir Dominic almost told Choi Jin-mi that it was fine, but then thought that it wouldn’t hurt to listen to the advice of someone who had been managing this building.

Sir Dominic nodded to Choi Jin-mi, indicating that she should continue with her explanation.

“I’ll take that as agreement. Next, we should build a proper farm, right?”

At Choi Jin-mi’s words, Sir Dominic’s card underwent a change.

A 3D aerial view of the building appeared in midair.

It was currently showing the second floor, which was still an empty space with nothing in it.

Next to it were buttons that allowed direct access to each floor, and pressing those buttons moved between floors.

Sir Dominic found this quite fascinating and happily pressed the buttons several times.

“It seems you can see it properly.”

“…?”

Sir Dominic tilted his head at Choi Jin-mi’s words.

She was speaking as if it couldn’t be seen.

However, his confusion was immediately resolved by her next statement.

“Only the building’s owner can see that.”

“Ah.”

“Originally, anyone could see it, but there were many cases of spies from other companies secretly peeking and copying structures or making modifications…”

Sir Dominic nodded at Choi Jin-mi’s explanation.

Tycoon City was a demonic realm where even the slightest mistake could lead to elimination.

In such a place, providing others with reasons to tear you apart was nothing short of suicidal.

Sir Dominic continued pressing the buttons for different floors a few more times before suddenly realizing that the first floor button wasn’t working.

“The first floor button isn’t working. What’s going on?”

At Sir Dominic’s question, Choi Jin-mi thought for a moment before answering.

“It seems something structurally important will be on the first floor.”

“Something important?”

“Like a counter, or perhaps a direct sales area for agricultural products.”

Choi Jin-mi’s explanation sounded quite plausible.

“Anyway, now let’s go back to the original view. If you place your finger on the aerial view floating in the air and move it up, down, left, or right—”

Choi Jin-mi explained the simple operation method.

After all the basic operations were explained, Choi Jin-mi expressed her gratitude to Sir Dominic.

“Thank you. You’re the first person since Master Kanku who has properly listened to me, so I got a bit talkative. It’s not much of a return, but…”

Choi Jin-mi took out a bamboo sword from her suit’s inner pocket.

It was old but looked quite classical.

“This is a bamboo sword that has been passed down in our family for generations. Sell it and add the money to your funds.”

“…! I can’t accept that. It’s a family heirloom.”

Sir Dominic adamantly refused to accept the bamboo sword.

“It’s fine. We have hundreds more like this at home. Selling one won’t make any difference. Besides, it’s only worth about 100,000 Credit.”

“…Then I gratefully accept.”

Sir Dominic received the bamboo sword from Choi Jin-mi and put it in his inventory.

It seemed she had become accustomed to being generous to others while working under Master Kanku.

“Well then, I’ll be going now. I need to look into other matters to help Master Kanku.”

“Take care.”

Sir Dominic waved to Choi Jin-mi as she finished her explanation and prepared to leave.

Choi Jin-mi bowed politely to Sir Dominic and disappeared the moment he blinked.

Sir Dominic was greatly surprised by Choi Jin-mi’s sudden disappearance, but he convinced himself that it must have been some kind of portal or warp technology.

“Now about this farm…”

Sir Dominic looked up at the exterior of the building, then went past the first floor to the second floor.

The first floor was still filled with darkness, perhaps because it couldn’t be used yet.

“…Hmm.”

Upon arriving at the second floor, Sir Dominic froze in surprise.

He kept uttering exclamations of amazement because there was an enormous wheat field in front of him.

Considering the size of the building, the inside was larger than the outside, but Sir Dominic had seen such cases often, so he wasn’t particularly surprised by that aspect.

What surprised Sir Dominic the most was that there was a sky here, with the sun hanging just like outside, providing sunlight to the wheat field.

“This is truly… a world of farming.”

Sir Dominic clicked his tongue in amazement at this incredible sight, taking in the beautiful scenery.

When a breeze from somewhere gently swayed the wheat, tracks appeared as if a transparent wolf had passed through the field.

Sir Dominic approached those tracks, rubbed a few grains of wheat in his palm, and put them in his mouth.

He could taste the subtle sweetness characteristic of grain on the tip of his tongue.

[★☆☆☆☆ Wheat]

[An ingredient for making bread. It can be processed into flour through a mill.]

Sir Dominic was surprised once again as he looked at the status window that appeared before him.

Such delicious wheat was only 1-star?

Then how delicious would 5-star wheat be?

Sir Dominic began to take more and more interest in Tycoon City.

…

“…Huh.”

Sir Dominic suddenly came to his senses.

When he hurriedly looked at the clock, it was already dinner time.

How long have I been working here?

Sir Dominic seriously put the armful of wheat straw he was holding into the warehouse.

He could have just put it down on the floor, but habits ingrained in his body couldn’t be helped.

Sir Dominic shook his head, thinking that he shouldn’t stay here any longer.

At this rate, he would become Dominic the Farmer of Feralant rather than Sir Dominic the Knight of Feralant.

Of course, Sir Dominic’s true origin was as a serf, but since he himself thought of himself as a knight, let’s skip over that part.

“This won’t do. It would be better to find a proxy.”

Sir Dominic looked for a professional manager to run this company in his place.

Finding a professional manager wasn’t difficult, as pressing the employment tab automatically showed potential employees available for hire with his current Credit.

Sir Dominic wasn’t particularly concerned about money, so he hired someone who seemed reasonably good.

“Nice to meet you, Sir. Are you my new employer?”

“I am. Are you Pedro?”

“Yes, I’m Pedro, applying for the CEO position, Sir.”

The professional manager called Pedro was a man with a very developed chin and a friendly impression that was quite appealing.

Above all, Sir Dominic liked his reasonable weekly salary and adequate abilities, so he hired Pedro on the spot.

“Very good. Now you are my boss. What should I call you, Sir?”

“Just call me Sir Dominic. Somehow it feels awkward to be called by any other title.”

“Understood, Sir Dominic. I understand.”

After settling the matter of how to address each other, Pedro immediately took a tour of the company with Sir Dominic.

“Impressive. The progress is quite fast for just two days of work, Sir.”

“…? One day. Not two.”

“Data doesn’t lie, Sir. Sir Dominic, you have indeed been working on this for two days.”

Pedro tapped the bottom left of Sir Dominic’s construction card.

This was possible because Pedro, as Sir Dominic’s employee, could share Sir Dominic’s construction card.

“As you can see, it’s been 24 hours and 8 hours. So that’s two days, Sir.”

“T-That’s…”

Sir Dominic unusually faltered and hesitated.

He thought he had worked for 8 hours, but in fact, he had been working for 32 hours without rest.

“Hiring me in this situation? An excellent choice. I work as much as I’m paid. That’s my principle.”

Pedro said this to Sir Dominic.

“For the current amount you’re paying, I work 12 hours a day. If you pay 1.5 times more, I can work for 24 hours. Sir Dominic, what would you like to do?”

Sir Dominic was momentarily tempted by Pedro’s offer, but thinking that 24 hours might be too much, he shook his head.

“If you want, you can work additional hours. I’ll calculate it at 1.5 times the hourly rate and give it to you as a bonus.”

“Oh.”

Pedro smiled brightly, seemingly quite pleased with Sir Dominic’s offer.

“Employers who care about their workers like this are rare. I’ll work hard, Sir.”

If favorability could be seen, wouldn’t Pedro’s favorability toward Sir Dominic have increased by 1?

Sir Dominic thought so and nodded.

“By the way, may I ask you a few questions now?”

Pedro gazed steadily at Sir Dominic.

“What kind of questions? I’ll answer everything I can.”

Sir Dominic spoke as gently as possible because he quite liked Pedro.

“Nothing special, Sir Dominic. Just questions about the future direction of our company.”

Sir Dominic realized his oversight upon hearing Pedro’s words.

He had only hired Pedro but hadn’t explained anything about the direction the company should take.

“Yes. Go ahead.”

Sir Dominic was quite pleased that Pedro had asked about this.

It showed that he had a sharp personality.

Having received permission, Pedro organized his thoughts for a moment and then asked Sir Dominic his first question.

“First, what were you thinking when you built a farm in the middle of this city?”

And Pedro’s words hit Sir Dominic quite heavily.