Housekeeper in the dungeon

EPISODE 79

“Okay. As you said, he was a Hidden Class Farmer, so there must be something special about him, right?”

Hee-won jumped to her feet at the same time.

“Let’s went to the field and check it out.”

They went to the field, and Hee-won squatted down in front of a patch of grass the size of her fingernail.

“What was this?”

Hee-Na sat down next to her brother and asked what this weed-looking thing was.

“It was spinach. I sowed it a while ago.”

Hee-won looked down at the green sprouts with a smile on her face, and then said, “Huh?” and looked at the spinach.

“What was wrong, brother? was there a problem?”

I was wondering if it was a weed and not spinach as Hee-na thought, when Hee-won shouted.

“There was a description window for this too. It wasn’t there a while ago.”

Hee-na was surprised and blamed Hee-won’s carelessness.

“What? You were a farmer by profession, and you didn’t even notice the explanation window until now, did you?”

Hee-won replied in frustration.

“It didn’t come up until recently. In the first place, the Go plants didn’t even grow well before you fertilized them…… Ah!”

Hee-won, who had been muttering, jumped up as if realizing something.

“Baduk fertilizer!”

Hee-na remembered the golden powders spewing out of the Go player’s body. It was pretty poop powder.

“Why did Go fertilize?”

“Ever since Go started fertilizing the fields, the crops had been growing like crazy.”

“That was right.”

Not only the crops but also the weeds began to grow rapidly, keeping Hee-won busy.

“Since then, I’ve had so much to do that I haven’t checked the crop status window. So I was wondering…… if this effect was caused by the fertilizer he applied?”

“So this potency was a result of your farming skills and Go’s fertilizer?”

“That was right, at least that was what I think. Before Go’s help, it was just an ordinary crop.”

Hee-won was now completely convinced.

“I see. If you say so, then it must be.”

Hee-na looked at the tiny spinach more closely, satisfied with Hee-won’s judgment.

When she looked at the description window, the words popped out in front of her eyes.

‘Peanuts did the same thing…….’

Maybe all crops grown in the dungeon have a status window.

Hee-Na slowly read the words that popped up in front of her.

“Lesser Spinach…….”

It said that eating this spinach would temporarily increase her Strength stat by 1. It was still young, so the effects weren’t complete.

“Anyway, this was a joke.”

Even Hee-Na, who was ignorant of Hunter’s common sense, could tell that this was no ordinary spinach.

There were only a few ways to increase an Awakened’s stats.

The first was for the Awakened to rank up themselves, increasing their overall stats.

However, since the Awakened’s rank was almost innate, it was practically impossible to rank up.

The second way was to use items. You can increase your stats by equipping items that increase your stats.

However, this wasn’t easy either, as these items were extremely rare and expensive.

The third way was to drink potions. This was a common method used by Hunters. It was a way to boost your stats by drinking potions.

However, the downside was that the increased stats only lasted for a short time.

“This was almost potion quality!”

Hee-Na marveled in small admiration.

If this little spinach could do this much, she wondered what it would do when it grew up.

“Besides, they say that the effects will be even greater with a special touch……, which probably refers to my cooking skills, right?

It meant that if Hee-na cooked the spinach that Hee-won grew, it would turn into a potion worthy of any potion.

“Hee-Na, we were on to something. Really.”

Hee-won must have thought the same thing as Hee-na because she exclaimed.

“This was gold, gold, gold!”

This was something that surprised even Hee-won, who was not interested in big money or hassles.

Hee-won declared with a serious expression.

“Seriously, we shouldn’t sell this outside. We’ll have to make a secret deal with the Blue Dragon Guild.”

* * *

Hee-won whispered in Hee-na’s ear.

“Wow, the Blue Dragon was different. It was so big and good. I knew it, but…… you were in good company, weren’t you?”

The siblings were currently on the top floor of the Blue Dragon Guild. They were here to sign a contract for Hui Yuan’s crops.

“Big brother, remember what I told you? Don’t be silly.”

As they walked to the guild leader’s office, Hee-Na urged Hee-Won.

The guild leader had the skill of reading thoughts, so she told him not to think about things he wanted to keep secret.

“Okay, okay. You were too worried.”

“That was the problem with you, you were too carefree!”

They arrived at the Guild Leader’s office in a huff, knocked on the door, and were quickly told to come in.

“Team Leader Lee, come in.”

Hee-won giggled at the ridiculousness of being called ‘Team Leader Lee’. There was no tension in the air.

“Welcome.”

Guild leader Kim Kyu-hee got straight to the point as soon as the siblings took their seats.

“I think we should set the purchase price for the peanuts at around 6 million won per 100 grams, which was roughly 60,000 won per grain.”

While Hee-na’s jaw dropped at the exorbitant price, Hee-won responded with a smirk.

“That was a lot of money.”

“Overpriced? That was an interesting opinion.”

Hee-won twitched her lips to see if she was afraid of the guild leader with eyes like a lion.

“Considering that a single peanut can be used as a meal, and you can carry it in your inventory, shouldn’t you get more than that?”

“That…… brother?”

Hee-na poked her brother in the side, under the watchful eye of Guild Leader Kim Gyu-hee, but Hee-won’s expression didn’t change.

“Didn’t you know the value of dungeon by-products? Six million won for 100 grams? That was the cheapest…… of cheap. It was worth the Blue Dragon Guild’s name, you wouldn’t think of robbing my brother and sister, who were just ordinary commoners, would you?”

Instead of calming down, he poured out another cup of wine and provoked the guild leader.

The Guild Leader laughed bloodily.

“I was not going to eat it……. That was a funny way of saying it, but the peanuts that Team Leader Lee hasn’t touched can only keep you full for an hour or two.”

“One peanut was still less bulky than a full meal, three peanuts are still less bulky than a full meal, and it was much more energy efficient than dry rations. Besides, the only food I can fit in my inventory was jerky made from monster meat. It was tasteless and didn’t satisfy hunger, so these peanuts are a breakthrough. We all know that the biggest problem in a long war was food for the Hunters, didn’t we?”

Hee-won, who had been a lowly Hunter, understood. He could craft other things from dungeon by-products and store them in his inventory, but not food.

Food became a burden for Hunters and greatly affected their mobility. In long raids, you might even need to carry your food.

‘I used to travel back and forth to the dungeon as a porter for high-level Hunters.

However, if you incorporate Hee-won’s Peanuts into your dungeon raiding, it was a different story.

“We’ll save money by reducing the number of porters, and we’ll be more efficient because we won’t have to worry about the safety of lower-ranked porters.”

Hee-won points to his fingers and tries to convince them of the value of his peanuts.

Hee-na, watching from the sidelines, forgot about the guild leader for a moment and became absorbed in Hee-won’s words.

“Was your brother used to trading like this?

Hee-na was surprised by the unexpected side of her brother.

It was hard to believe that this was the same person who had always laughed and said, “This was good, that was good,” all the time. He looked so seasoned and worldly.

“Sure, he was a D-grade, but he was a Hunter for ten years.

He was a low-ranked, even non-combatant, hunter who had managed to survive. It would have been difficult for a normal Akbari to survive that long.

‘My brother…….’

Hee-na thought about how fierce his life must have been. She felt a pang of sadness.

“We were not siblings. You promised Hee-na that you’d treat her well, so don’t get carried away.”

While Hee Na was lost in thought, Hee Won finished his sentence and squared his shoulders. Even though he was facing the leader of the Blue Dragon Guild, he stood tall and confident, as if he had nothing to lose.

‘This was amazing, you had this kind of character.’

Hee-Na clapped her hands in her heart. It had been a long time since she’d seen him look so cool.

“Team leader, you did a good job with him.”

Fortunately, Guild Leader Kim Gyu-hee seemed to find his brash demeanor amusing.