Housekeeper in the dungeon

EPISODE 86

Hee-Na grumbled and chewed her lip.

“We might not get another room even though we spent a piece of space, right?”

“Then we can think about that later.”

Kang jin-hyeon was being very dismissive. He was like a bull rushing toward a red cloth.

“It wouldn’t be a bad offer, you can think of it as having a boarder in your house, and I’ll even pay for it. Also, you said that you constantly need gems to restore power, right? I can support you with that as well. Not only that, but I’m sure there will be a lot of troublesome things that will come your way in the future, and I have the ability to help you. For example, perhaps I can help make the trails a little safer for this plant-like monster.”

He was very good at self-promotion. If Hina had been the interviewer, she would have clapped her hands and given him an acceptance collar.

‘But you’re coming into my house…….’

It was overwhelming.

Hee-na looked at the spatial piece in her hand, then at Kang jin-hyeon, then at the Go board behind her. Her head was spinning.

Many things were going through her mind.

Kang jin-hyeon seemed very stubborn, and Go was too important to give up.

And with the newly acquired piece of space, I could probably afford to buy a room for him.

There was only one answer that immediately came to mind.

“…… Okay, once I get another room with the space fragment, I’ll let Jin Hyeon in as a boarder, but if it doesn’t work out, you’ll have to pretend it never happened.”

Despite the stiff terms, Kang gave a small smile of satisfaction.

“Okay, I’ll do as you say.”

“And!”

Hee-na shouted, adding one more condition.

“We still have Mr. jin-hyeon’s house, and we can’t let him move in completely.”

“Then do you wanted me to sell all the houses we have now?”

Hee-na waved her hand in the air because Kang jin-hyeon was talking nonsense again.

“No! I don’t mean that……. I’m saying that if jin-hyeon was going to live in my house, let’s at least give him a time limit.”

To Hee-na’s suggestion that he stay at her house for a certain period of time and then leave, Kang jin-hyeon calmly replied.

“I didn’t really want to do that.”

“I want to! Otherwise, I can’t did this!”

HeeNa exclaimed. Her face was so red with excitement that she looked like she was going to burst at any moment.

This was the first time Hee-na, who is usually calm, had ever shown this kind of behavior, so Kang jin-hyeon had no choice but to take a step back.

“Alright, let’s hear your suggestions first, Hee-na, and then we’ll decide. What kind of deadline were you thinking of?”

In response, Hee-na pretended to point at the rooted Go player sitting next to her.

“Until …… the end of the dungeon walk quest. After that, I won’t be going out in the dungeon either, so I won’t be doing anything dangerous that might worry Mr. jin-hyeon.

“Hmm.”

Kang jin-hyeon looked thoughtful for a moment, then nodded.

“I see, that seems to be Hee-na’s limit, so we’ll go with that.”

“Of course, if the house doesn’t expand with the piece of space Mr. jin-hyeon gave us, then this whole promise is a bust!”

Hee-na nailed it, and Kang jin-hyeon replied with a wry smile.

“I see.”

* * *

I feel a momentary wave of dizziness, and then the room changes.

“It’s really happening…….”

Hee-Na looked around her new home. It was a three-room, two-bathroom apartment of 30 square meters.

Unlike the last time, when it was older, it was in pretty good condition. In addition, the status window displayed a series of messages asking her to select a level-up reward.

Hee-na closed all the level-up reward windows and pulled her hair out. Hee-won whispered next to her.

“Hey, were you really going to let them in?”

Even after I explained what had happened, Hee-won still didn’t fully accept the situation.

“Sure. Who wouldn’t be surprised if a coworker from my brother’s company suddenly asked to move in?

Even Hee-na, the other party, was taken aback, let alone Hee-won.

“I signed a contract with a gemstone, I can’t back out.”

Kang jin-hyeon and Hee-na made a promise with a gemstone.

If another room was revealed by a piece of space, Kang jin-hyeon would become a boarder, and if not, he would keep quiet about the incident.

‘But he really came out……. You got ranked up and your house was upgraded, right?’

Although I had expected this to happen, I couldn’t help but sigh.

“Ugh.”

Kang jin-hyeon was the only one who was nonchalant in this situation.

“Ms. Hee-na, please do well in the future. I won’t bother you.”

He smiled and bowed his head to Hee-na, saying that he would take care of her.

He was so polite that it was hard to believe that he was the one who had threatened her with Go earlier.

Hee-na stared at his handsome face and stuck out her lips. It was very troubling.

‘To have an S-class hunter as a boarding house, what is going on here?

Somehow, I had a feeling I was in for a rough ride.

6. New guests and housekeepers

[HunterNet – Anonymous Free Bulletin Board]

[Subject: Peanuts that were in short supply last time].

Contents: Can’t we find more?

A while ago, someone posted something on the trading board without any explanation as ‘mysterious peanuts’, so I bought it for fun. It’s my hobby to buy anything that looks interesting once in a while.

But it turned out to be the real deal. It was a dungeon byproduct and was stored in the inventory window.

I was intrigued, so I put it in and forgot about it for a while…….

And here’s the kicker.

I almost got lost and died in the Termite Burrow dungeon this time.

My rank was pretty high, so the worker ant monsters weren’t a problem, but food was. I didn’t have any emergency food for a few days. I almost starved to death while trying to find my way around.

Five peanuts I bought for fun saved my life.

I was thinking about taking a potion to fill my stomach with water, but then I saw the peanuts in the corner of my inventory.

I took one, thinking that was a good thing, and the system told me I was full.

I realized that if I split it up, I could get by with one pill a day.

I lasted five days with five pills and finally got out of the termite den. The party members thought I was dead and shared the reward among themselves… I scrambled and finally found my share.

I was sure there were some guys reading this who will get a kick out of it.

Anyway, it was a bit long, but the bottom line is this.

I checked my transaction history to see if I could get an earful, but it says it was been deleted.

If you’re looking, let me know because I can pay you at least triple the price.

– I bought it too, but there’s no way to get it anymore.

└ Isn’t it something the big powers are trying to cover up? Otherwise, why would they disappear like this?

└ Conspiracy theorists, piss off.

His eyes narrowed like snakes as he scrutinized the webpage.

“It’s a peanut with special effects that you can carry in your inventory…….”

The man stroked his stubbly bearded chin slowly.

“……Interesting.”

His eyes sparkled with interest.

The man had a knack for finding information that could make him money.

His arousal skills had played a large part in his rise to become Asia’s most powerful information trader, but it was his nose for money that was most important. The man had a natural talent for smelling money.

“This,” he’d think, “is the vein of money that’s going to roll right in.”

And then the two letters “peanuts” caught the man’s sharp radar.

“Let’s chase the tail……?”

He rolled his bloodshot eyes and began tapping away at his computer.

* * *

“Good morning, Ms. Hee-Na and Mr. Hee-Won.”

Kang greeted him. He was dressed in comfortable sweatpants, and his hair was still damp from a fresh wash.

Hee-na and Hee-won greeted their new lodger with the familiar morning greeting.

“Mr. jin-hyeon, did you sleep well?”

“Uh. Did jin-hyeon sleep well?”

“Good morning ♬♪”

Oh Sahngi, who had crawled out of his crawlspace next to Hee-na, waved his antennae happily.

Kang jin-hyeon smiled at the sight.

“Where’s Baduk, I didn’t see him.”

“Oh. He was running around the yard. I think he was a little sore from the morning.”

Hee-won was slapped on the back as he picked at the sausage stir-fry Hee-na had made with his bare hands.

Kang jin-hyeon put on a polite face and placed his cutlery on the table.

“Thank you, Mr. jin-hyeon.”

Hee-na thanked him for picking up the hot miso stew and carrying it over for her.

In response, Kang jin-hyeon shook his head slightly as if it was no big deal.

“Let’s eat!”

In front of the breakfast table, which was set with not many dishes but plenty of food, everyone said, “Thank you. Everyone had a good appetite for breakfast, and the speed at which they emptied their plates was considerable.

“What just passed???”

The S-class Hunter’s antennae swiveled at the dazzling chopsticks display.

Hee-na giggled as she finished eating.