The Homemaker of the Dungeon - Chapter 167

Housekeeper in the Dungeon Episode 167

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After several days of preliminary judging, the final judging began.

Unlike the preliminary round, which was held behind closed doors, the final round screening was conducted publicly.

Even though it was held in the largest hall of the convention center, the space seemed crowded.

“Did you participate in the screening? I applied for grade B sand that automatically decomposes cat poop, but was rejected. Instead, I got a call from the cat association. “I sold it for a high price.”

“Where is the S-class elixir? “I want to at least take a look.”

“sounds fun! “I thought it would be boring because it was a conference, but surprisingly there was a lot to see, right?”

The hall was filled with all kinds of awakened people and ordinary people who came to see the competition due to the extensive publicity, so it was literally like Dottegi Market.

Heena was sitting calmly in the seat prepared for the finalists in front of the stage, holding her pounding heart.

‘Please…. please, I have to come in first place.’

Heena was able to advance straight to the finals without any screening by using her connection with S-class appraiser Choi Sang-hoon.

In order not to tarnish the name of Choi Sang-hoon, who highly recommended Hee-na, ‘that item’ had to be made as useless as possible.

“The world’s most useless item contest begins now!”

The host announced the start of the competition.

‘Really… there are all sorts of things.’

The items that came out one after another were literally extraordinary.

After the turn of the B-class cushion that gave a refreshing butt scratch, Heena’s item was finally placed in front of the judges.

“The next object is… newspaper!”

The host introduced ‘SSS level useful newspaper’.

“It’s an ordinary-looking newspaper? “That’s an item?”

“Still, newspapers have many uses. You can sit on it on the floor, use it to clean windows, roll it up and use it to catch bugs…”

People were buzzing as they looked at Heena’s newspaper.

Everyone seemed curious about what the results of the appraisal would be.

Even though they appear to be ordinary items, so many items with completely unfamiliar grades and uses have appeared.

‘you can do it! ‘I’m taking S-class elixir!’

Heena clenched her fists and enthusiastically cheered the newspaper.

As if that cheer had reached the sky, the expressions of the three S-class appraisers sitting at the judges’ table began to change unusually.

Finally, they put down the newspaper, put their heads together, and hung around for a while.

“What did it say in the explanation window that you’re making such a fuss?”

One of the finalists sitting in front of Heena muttered curiously.

Finally, the long discussion between the three judges came to an end, and one of them handed the evaluation form to the moderator.

“I’ve waited a really long time. “What kind of item is this… huh?”

The moderator’s eyes widened as he glanced at the evaluation form.

He opened his mouth with a trembling voice.

“This item is a triple… triple S-level item!”

It was quite surprising.

One tends to think that the highest level that appears in the status window is S level.

But there are always exceptions.

There were also double S and triple S level items rather than single S.

But this was extremely rare. In particular, in the case of triple S-class items, there were currently only five of them in the world.

But here, the sixth SSS level item appeared!

“This is the moment when the sixth triple S-class item is announced for the first time in academia, and indeed in the world! Amazing! “There was a reason the judges were so surprised!”

The host added something and held up a newspaper.

“It looks like a really ordinary newspaper!”

Then he recited the basic information from the newspaper.

Heena knew the contents well.

<Useful Newspaper (SSS): A very useful newspaper that can be used in many ways. It does not tear easily and creases are easily recovered. The true value will be discovered depending on how the user uses it.

*Additional function: This is an item that can hide the rating depending on the user’s situation.>

People debated this content.

“It doesn’t tear easily or get wrinkled, so if you’re looking for something useful, you might be able to find it. Newspaper has many uses.”

“But does it make sense for something like that to be given an SSS rating? “It’s a pearl or a diamond on a pig’s neck.”

In fact, the three appraisers who served as judges also had the same discussion.

And the result is….

“The best item that won the honor of the world’s most useless item contest! “It’s a triple S level useful newspaper!”

“You did it! “It’s newspaper!”

Heena jumped up from her seat and cheered.

Choi Sang-hoon appeared as a representative of the judges and explained why they chose newspaper.

“Compared to other objects with strange uses, newspaper may seem a bit ordinary. However, the judges focused on the fact that despite the outstanding grade of SSS, this item only had the identity of being a tough newspaper.”

The gist of it was roughly, ‘It makes no sense that an SSS-level subject only has a physical use in the form of newspaper.’

In addition, the fact that it has an additional function that hides its level is said to be the best part.

It doesn’t seem like there’s anything worth coveting other than its unique grade, but even that can be hidden…

“…there’s no denying that it’s a very interesting item from an appraiser’s perspective, but we decided that this newspaper had no further use.”

It was a strangely poignant review.

However, Heena happily accepted the bitter evaluation.

‘It’s an elixir!’

This is because the S-class elixir that I received along with the championship trophy was very bright.

It was a bonus that Heena’s image smiling brightly while holding a rolled up SSS newspaper was featured in today’s Hot Topic column.

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The news that the identity of the sixth triple S-class item was nothing more than a piece of newspaper spread quickly.

It was enough news to cover up the subtle rumors spread by Fabian Atkins.

Meanwhile, Heena, the owner of this SSS-level newspaper, was enjoying the fame.

“oh! Isn’t it him? newspaper?”

“I know? “This is someone I saw on the Internet!”

“Let’s take a picture together!”

It was after taking pictures for a while that Heena was released from the people.

“It’s so hard…”

I rubbed my mouth, which was twitching from making an awkward smile.

Then Choi Sang-hoon, who was watching from afar, tapped his shoulder.

“How does it feel to be a superstar?”

“Those people are just excited to see people they see on TV and on the internet passing by, so they just take pictures!”

Choi Sang-hoon chuckled when he complained that it was uncomfortable for strangers to just pretend to know each other.

“You’re lucky to be able to put such an incredible object into a competition and end up like this.”

Because the content of the competition was so unusual, the discovery of SSS-level items was dismissed as gossip rather than being taken seriously.

“If I made a mistake, it could have been dangerous.”

What Choi Sang-hoon said was not wrong.

If more emphasis had been placed on the title ‘SSS level’ rather than ‘newspaper’, it could have suffered from more dangerous attention.

“How lucky I was to sneak by.”

Heena laughed and scratched her head.

Even if he thought about it, it seemed like this was thanks to his luck stat working hard.

‘Not only that it was a useless item contest…’

Should this be called a false fortune?

When I met Fabian, I thought I was unlucky, but now that I got the elixir, I felt grateful.

As we talked about various things and stepped onto the top floor of the hotel, I felt a buzz from afar.

“what? “I guess everyone is back!”

It seemed like Kang Jin-hyeon and his party had returned from clearing the wish dungeon.

From afar, Woo Min-ah’s loud voice rang in my eardrums.

“Hwa-won-ho, you bastard! You caught the curtain! “Is there any reason to set fire to this big hotel?”

“No, a bug got into my nostril! “If people are surprised, they can start spewing fire!”

“It seems that Hwawonho Hunter needs to pay attention to ability control.”

“that’s right. “You almost exploded while holding Kang Jin-hyeon in the dungeon.”

“In the end, it didn’t explode, so isn’t that what happened?”

Bloody stories that did not fit the lively atmosphere were exchanged.

‘Jinhyun Ji almost exploded?’

I ran to where I heard the sound of chattering.

Since the entire suite floor was being used as accommodation, it felt a bit cramped that I couldn’t see Kang Jin-hyeon right away.

‘Has Jinhyeon’s curse been lifted?’

I tried to calm my pounding heart and entered the living room.

Heena immediately looked around and sighed.

“The curse… I guess it hasn’t been lifted.”

Kang Jin-hyeon, the size of a span, was sitting on the table.

Woo Min-ah approached and consoled the disappointed Hee-na.

“I couldn’t break the curse, but I found a way.”

“The Wishing Fountain is not a place that literally makes wishes come true. Instead, it shows the answer to the question.”

Heena’s eyes sparkled with hope as she heard Kang Jin-hyeon’s further explanation.

“Then did you find a way?”

“I found it, but…”

Kang Jin-hyeon let out a low sigh.

It was an expression of emotion that was unusual for him, who was so cool-headed in everything he did.

“It’s because I need something that I can’t get right away…”

My heart seemed to drop as I saw the worry flashing across her small face.

“What is it?”

When I asked with a trembling voice, Kang Jin-hyeon answered while washing his face dry.

“It’s an elixir. “An elixir with a level higher than that of the wizard who cast the curse.”

“yes?”

Heena’s eyes widened at the familiar name.

Kang Jin-hyeon elaborated on why he accepted this as a question.

“It means you need an S-class elixir. However, the S-class elixir is completely dry, and we have to wait at least half a year to receive the ingredients…”

Heena opened her mouth without realizing it.

“I got that. “I have one.”