Housekeeper in the dungeon

EPISODE 75

“How…”

Hee-Na could predict the words that would follow.

“You were going to rant and rave about how I can leave food I made.

“……Even if you were Hee-Na, how can you leave the food you made? Unless you have a problem with your taste and health, that was impossible.”

“Well, there were days like today.”

I reacted casually, but Kang jin-hyeon was very serious.

“There was a hospital affiliated with the Blue Dragon Guild. Would you like to have a medical checkup?”

“I had a medical checkup from the Insurance Corporation last time, so I was fine.”

“There might be something that a normal checkup can’t catch. Would you like me to call a healer? No, I’ll call a healer.”

Kang jin-hyeon jumped to his feet, unable to contain his worry.

Hee-na reached out for his hand, fearing he would vanish with his S-class speed.

“I was fine, it was normal to had no appetite for a day or so, so didn’t fuss!”

My voice came out a little stern. But it worked.

“……Okay, I guess I over did it again.”

Kang jin-hyeon calmed down from his excitement. For Kang, Hee-na’s firm tone of voice always had a direct effect.

She realized that it would be very rude if someone found out.

‘After all, dogs were the same, people were the same, and the person who feeds them was the best.’

Whatever she was thinking, Hee-na didn’t hesitate to push the bowl of side dishes in front of Kang Jin-hyeon.

“By the way, Mr. Jin-hyeon, you should eat a lot. When I was hungry, I can made for myself something to eat, but that was not the case with you, Mr. Jin-hyeon. I heard you were entering the dungeon this afternoon. weren’t you going to eat only battle rations for a while?”

“Yes……. that was right.”

Kang jin-hyeon furrowed his brow slightly. Battle rations weren’t that delicious to begin with.

There was no way he, who had the most sensitive palate of anyone, would be able to enjoy eating such battle rations.

“How many days did you say this time?”

“A week to ten days, I think.”

A week without a proper meal was unthinkable to Hee-na.

“I’ve packed you a lunch so you can had at least one meal tonight.”

She gestured to the bento box on the sink. It was a five-tiered bento box filled to the brim with food to shwere with others.

“Thank you, Ms. Hee-Na……. Meeting you was like the blessing of a lifetime.”

Kang jin-hyeon looked at Hee-na with eyes moistened with emotion.

The effect of his overly mello eyes was still there, and it made Hee-na’s ears turn a little red.

“You were welcome. You were too flattering. I was getting paid to do this, I should at least give you this much.”

“No, there was no such thing as unqualified dedication, even if you were getting paid for it.”

I didn’t know what to say back, because he wasn’t wrong.

But it felt strange to hear that from someone who was running through danger to keep people safe.

“I wonder if Jin-hyeon’s dedication was taken for granted……?

Until he was taken cwere of by Hee-na, Kang jin-hyeon was living a very tired life.

He looked strong and colorful to others, but in reality, he was exhausted, unable to rest or ate properly like everyone else.

If Hee-na was in that situation, she might not have wanted to fulfill any of her obligations.

But Kang jin-hyeon stood his ground and did his job…….

Without complaining. Without shying away.

Hee-Na realized how amazing this reticent Hunter was.

“When you return from the dungeon, I’ll cook you something delicious to make your upper legs bend.”

Kang jin-hyeon let out a low chuckle at that.

“I’ll be back as soon as I can.”

Hee-Na clenched her fists.

“Tell me what you wanted to eat. I’ll make it in advance.”

“I want everything you make for me……”

“Anything but that. Even the most delicious thing you hd ever eaten!”

They continued their light conversation like that for a while.

The incident of Hee-Na’s missing taste was quickly forgotten.

The next morning, she started feeling hungry again, as usual, and it seemed like it would be a one-off.

But…….

* * *

“This was a lot of food. What was I going to do?”

“I didn’t know. Should we set up a stall on the street?”

Hee-na and Hee-won looked down at the piles of peanuts with serious expressions. The peanuts were piled up almost like a mountain, thanks to Wenche’s good farming.

“Where did we go and how did we sell these?”

Hee-Na grunted and groaned and muttered.

She’d told Hee-won to get back to farming to make ends meet, but she didn’t mean it; she meant it more as a warning to rest easy now that she was the breadwinner.

It wasn’t a big field to begin with, just a few meters of land around Home Sweet Home, so she thought the harvest would be enough for her and Hee-won to eat and shwere with others.

“But I never imagined that the harvest would be so big!

Furthermore, peanuts were not a staple food crop.

They ate rice made with peanuts for three meals a day, stewed peanuts, peanut soup, and peanut kimchi.

Moreover, Hee-won was mildly allergic to peanuts and wouldn’t even touch them.

Hee-Na shook her head and thought of an alternative.

“This was too much to give away. I could give it all to everyone in this apartment.”

Hee-won’s heart sank at her sister’s words.

“How can I just gave these away? They were my blood, sweat, and tears. I should at least sell them for 1,000 won!”

“P;ㅠ”

The creepy crawling thing tapped an unknown symbol in agreement with Hee-won’s words.

“What was that?”

“Blood sweat and tears.”

“Ah…….”

While Oh was dumbfounded by his answer, Hee-won whipped her head around and grabbed Hee-na.

“Hee-na, your company was big, right?”

Hee-na was dumbfounded and replied.

“Blue Dragon Taming…… was pretty big.”

“Did you know many people in your company?”

“Not many…… but not many.”

As a beautification team member, Hee-na was in charge of both the general and hunter break rooms, so she had gotten to know the employees a bit.

The Hunters in particular, who were feeling the ‘cozy bed’ buff, were quite fond of her.

What did I tell you, it was like watching an exotic herbivore.

‘Of course, it was probably because of the cheap kimbap I had been eating…….’

Hee-na shrugged and was proud of her cooking skills. Her cooking was so good that even an S-class hunter could taste it.

But that wasn’t what was important right now. Hee-na looked at Hee-won suspiciously.

“Then why were you asking me that now?”

She had a point, but she didn’t think her brother would ask her to do such an embarrassing thing.

But maybe he was.

“Well, this kind of thing was usually sold through people you know. Let’s use your connections at work. Okay?”

Hee-won sat there, trying to be polite, her eyes blinking at me, but I couldn’t help but look at her.

“I didn’t know what to do if Mr. jin-hyeon was like this. My brother’s…… ugh.’

I elbowed Hee-won in the side, resisting the urge to rinse my eyeballs out under the running water.

“Ew! I was dying!”

Hee-won screamed as if it didn’t hurt too badly thanks to all the extra muscle he’d chopped up from his labor.

“You built the farm, you should sell it yourself! Why were you selling my connections? Didn’t you know anyone?”

Hee-won made a confused face and laughed hysterically.

“that was because……. My connections were all low-level Hunters, so it was almost a one-time thing……. Besides, the people I do talk to occasionally were old acquaintances of ours, and they’ll want to save up for a bar tab to buy peanuts.”

And his excuse is, “I was too busy making a living to make friends”?

Yeah. Hee Na didn’t have any real friends her age because she was too busy making money.

It was only recently that she started interacting with people outside of work. It was only recently that she started interacting with people outside of work.

“I can’t believe I have to make my sister did this…….”

Hee-Na grumbled out loud and pretended not to notice the sourness in her heart.

She was reminded of the hardships and hardships of her past. The days when I couldn’t even afford to make a single friend…….

I couldn’t help but feel a little weak at the memory.

“So what……. No big deal, I’ll do it just this once. But if the company says no, then you shouldn’t do it, and you should find another way.”

Hee-Na laughed and crossed her arms.

“You’re my brother after all. What would I do without you? Huh?”

Hee-won flirted as if trying to lighten the momentarily heavy mood.

Hee-na smirked at her brother’s flattery and wondered how she could sell that mountain of peanuts.

* * *

In the end, Hee-na chose the honesty method.

In her mind, it was a way to get consumers to taste the peanuts and convince them to buy.

“My brother’s peanuts were so delicious, they’ll sell like hotcakes once they taste them.

His only concern was whether the Qinglong Guild would turn a blind eye to the behavior of such a peddler.

The closest Woo Min-ah was away on a month-long dungeon ran, and the next closest Kang jin-hyeon was away on a week-long dungeon run, so there was only one person she could ask.

In response to Hee-na’s cautious question, Kang Mok-hyun, the head of HR, replied.

“it was up to you.”

“were you serious, Mr. HR?”

“Yes. I didn’t matter.”