The Homemaker of the Dungeon - Chapter 6

Housekeeper in the Dungeon Episode 6

“I need to do something about the floor first.”

Heena held a cleaning broom and dustpan in both hands.

She was now inside the house with her shoes on. Although it was a heinous act that I could not tolerate as a Korean, I did not feel any repulsion.

Because the floor of the room was as dirty as the dirt floor outside.

“You have to get rid of this pile of dirt first, then you have to clean the floor or not.”

For a full-scale cleaning, I tied my hair up and put on a mask.

If I didn’t wear a mask, I felt like my lungs would be covered in dust. In addition, the bathroom smelled bad due to the moldy smell coming from inside the house.

“ah.”

Heena paused for a moment while trying to put on the rubber gloves.

“execution. execution. “Run quickly.”

The snail urged Heena, unable to stand it any longer.

Heena waved her hand. It meant to wait a moment.

“wait for a sec. Let’s take some pictures before we start. “It should be noted what a terrible house this was.”

Plus, if it was this dirty, it seemed like it wouldn’t be noticeable no matter how much I cleaned it.

If you record the initial state, you can compare it and get the joy of knowing something has improved.

click! click! click!

Heena walked around and took pictures of the dirty house.

When I looked closely at the inside of the house, I couldn’t find anything like this. I even felt nauseous when taking pictures of the bathroom.

‘I can’t believe this is the first photo I took on my new cell phone…’

Heena felt sorry for her cell phone for no reason.

“Slow to act. Quick launch! “Run fast!”

Of course, the snail was chasing after Heena and shouting “Run fast!” while taking pictures.

Heena’s persistence stat was 20, but the snail’s persistence stat was clearly around 100.

“okay okay. “Now let’s really get started.”

Heena bent down and tried to subtly stroke the snail’s plump head.

But the snail stuck its head into its shell before Heena could reach it.

‘Tsk.’

He was a perceptive guy.

Regretting my failure, I took out my rubber gloves and put them on. And as I was getting ready to clean, a snail next to me moved its antenna.

“why? “I’m going to do as quickly as you said.”

Then the snail displayed a strict font in Heena’s field of vision. It was a palace script. It was serious.

「Basic clothing is insufficient.」

“Basic clothing?”

「Basic attire for a housekeeper. Headkerchief. apron. Other optional additional items. mask. “Gloves.”

Heena laughed at the snail’s request. This is because I felt like I needed everything to start cleaning.

But Heena obediently followed the snail’s instructions. After all, isn’t he the ‘housing manager’ here? There was nothing wrong with following the words.

“Okay, okay. okay. I happened to buy an apron, so I can wear it. And the head scarf…. Hmm. “A dishtowel will do.”

Heena rummaged through her luggage and found an apron and dishtowel.

After putting on an apron and wearing a dishtowel as a headkerchief, the snail was finally satisfied.

“Great satisfaction.”

After hearing the snail’s praise, it was the moment when I was about to ask, “Is that enough?”

The system window has revealed something new. Heena opened her eyes round.

“Does my efficiency increase if I wear it like this?”

Then, as if responding, the system popped up a notification window.

“what? “Can my rank go up?”

It was new information. This meant that Heena, who was in D grade, could be promoted to CBAS grade if she worked hard.

‘If it’s as easy as you think, everything will be S rank?’

But Heena thought it was similar to the phrase, ‘If you study hard and review, you too can easily become number one in the country!’

If that had been possible in the first place, my brother wouldn’t have been struggling with Class D for 10 years.

“Then shall we really begin now?”

Heena clapped her hands and encouraged herself. As I grabbed the broom and dustpan and got into a fighting stance, a system window appeared in front of me.

‘What are those nimble fingertips?’

As soon as I had a question, an explanation window popped up.

<Smart Fingertips (D): Gives everyone satisfaction with his smart workmanship. Passive skill.>

As expected, the explanation was still insincere.

Heena wondered if all awakened people had the same skill status window as hers.

“okay. Anyway… then shall we take a look at the skill’s effect?”

Heena erased all the distracting thoughts and started cleaning for real.

“Wow, it’s hard.”

Heena wiped the beads of sweat from her forehead onto her sleeve and rubbed it.

I checked the time and it had already been 3 hours since I started cleaning.

For some reason, I felt like my body was starting to feel stiff and weak, and it seemed like my physical strength, strength and agility had reached its limit. Perhaps because I worked hard, I was hungry.

At the right time, the system window announced an increase in proficiency.

Heena pursed her lips.

‘Should I like this because it went up by 12, or should I complain that it only went up by 12…?’

If you roughly calculate it per minute, if you thoroughly clean for 10 minutes, your skill level will increase by about 1 point.

So, it took about 10,000 minutes to reach 1000 proficiency levels. 10,000 minutes was about 167 hours, and 167 hours was roughly 7 days.

Cleaning for over five days without eating, resting, or sleeping seemed like extremely tough conditions for a promotion, but if you think about it differently, it was surprisingly worth it.

“Is it worth saying that it only takes 167 hours to raise your skill rank?”

If you clean for 8 hours a day, you could upgrade your skill rank in a little over 20 days, or less than a month.

Of course, cleaning for 8 hours a day would be impossible unless you became a cleaner with incredible stamina.

“Break over. “Resume cleaning!”

While she was lost in thought for a moment, the snail climbed onto Heena’s shoulder and urged her.

“There’s a lot of work to do.”

Heena stretched out her arms and legs as she tried to mechanically start working. This is because I had no energy due to how much I had focused on cleaning.

As expected, I was very poor, with a total body count of less than 30.

“Snail, I’m really tired. Can’t I just rest for a little while? “I’m so hungry.”

“Slap slap!”

“Did you just whip me?”

“Affirmative.”

“Haha….”

Heena ignored the stubborn snail and took off the rubber gloves. Because I suddenly became hungry and couldn’t hold it in.

“Anyway, I need to eat something. “I suddenly feel weak.”

I took out the gimbap I bought for dinner from the plastic bag and cracked it open. The basic kimbap I bought from Kimbab×La was plump and very appetizing.

When I smelled the fragrant sesame oil, saliva flowed like a waterfall from my mouth. Even though I had obviously eaten lunch earlier, I was hungry as if I had not starved for several days.

“Mashisu!”

Heena ate three rows of kimbap as if she were hiding her eyes. I even thought about the next day’s meal and bought plenty!

Normally, one row of kimbap would fill my stomach, but three rows was enough.

Heena was amazed at herself for accomplishing an unbelievably great feat. Even though I ate three rows of kimbap, I didn’t feel any stomachache and my stomach was still full.

“Is it because the work was hard? “I ate it ignorantly…”

I was muttering, when a status window suddenly popped up in front of my eyes.

It was only then that Heena realized the identity of the sudden fatigue and hunger. He seemed to have been depleted of all his stamina after working with all his might for three hours.

‘With my stamina, I can endure it for a long time.’

I worked for 3 hours with an intensity that was several times more than usual, so it was natural to feel exhausted.

“Still, you gain stamina just by eating?”

It was amazing that my physical strength was restored just by eating food without any rest. Then, a system explanation window appeared and answered Heena’s questions.

<The spirit of rice (D): Stamina comes from the spirit of rice. Recover your depleted stamina with food mixed with rice. Passive skill. (Current proficiency level 23/1000)>

That’s right. This too was a skill. Heena was a little dumbfounded and laughed.

“What is this skill?”

Of course, it was quite a useful ability for Heena, whose physical strength was much lower than that of others. But it’s a skill that restores stamina just by eating…

‘No matter how much Koreans say they have a passion for food.’

Heena giggled as she cleaned up the trash from the kimbap.

“re-start! Restart!”

Then, as if sensing that she had regained her strength, the snail sitting on her shoulder urged Heena.

“Are you really serious about taking care of the house? okay okay. “I’ve recovered from my fatigue, so I’ll clean it up now.”

Heena was a gentle worker, so she shrugged and went back to work.

The snail managed to keep its balance well even on Heena’s shaking shoulder.

「Housing Management♬」

I even added a musical note shape as if it made me feel good that my studio apartment was gradually becoming cleaner. It was quite cute.

Heena opened her mouth as she pushed the floor, which had become a little like linoleum after three hours of cleaning, with a rolling pin.

“But snail. I have a question.”

「Current status: Q&A available.」

“Right now, I’m crying and eating mustard while cleaning the house because it’s the house I’m supposed to live in, but what good is it if my overall skill rank goes up and I get to the ‘housekeeper’ rank? As the name suggests, does it make you do better around the house? That doesn’t seem very useful…”

Housekeeper in the dungeon