Chapter 13 – Challenge! Interior!

“Aha. At that time, the skill was activated without me knowing. But why is my score negative? Is it because I hit a snail instead of a bug? But aren’t both of them similar in the end when you leave the house?”

Hearing Hee-na’s muttering, Osaek was so excited that his body turned bright red and he poured out messages.

Shameless! Myself ≠ a simple snail!”

Myself = House Manager! “Housing Fairy!”

“Assault on the housing manager is a factor in imposing penalty points!”

Hee-na apologized to the little snail who got angry and waved his antennae. All the sweat came out.

“I’m sorry, Osaek. I made a mistake, no, I made a foolish comment. I was really bad. It was really wrong for me to hit you in the first place. To think of blowing away Osaek, who has the coolest and cutest shell in the world, without even looking at him! It’s such a huge mistake that it will reduce your skill level by 100. Right?”

Hee-na put down the chicken she was eating and clung to the floor to comfort Osaek.

Then O-Saek became very proud and shouted.

“Big mistake! Severe punishment is needed!”

At the same time, the yellow wallpaper suddenly changed into a gorgeous rose flower pattern. Hee-na was horrified by the wallpaper pattern that was almost eye-terrorizing.

“Ah! My house! What are you doing!”

Eye → Eye, Tooth → Tooth.

It almost sounded like an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. Hee-na covered her eyes with her fingers and shouted.

“Can you please stop using those weird abbreviated arrows?”

∴Assault → Revenge! (*∴ Therefore)

But there was nothing that could stop Osaek, who was already so excited.

After the wallpaper changed into a red rose pattern, a colorful flower pattern appeared on the sink as well.

Instead of flowers, one door had patterns of a smiling moon, stars, and dolphins. Also, embossed wallpaper in the shape of embossed bricks was applied next to the shoe cabinet.

The interior was even more horrifying because the intention was completely unknown.

Hee-na cried out in a half-fazed state.

“Ugh, five colors. Violence is such a bad thing. I won’t do it again. Please don’t ruin my house anymore!”

It was some time later that the little snail calmed down. Fortunately, this vandalism(?) ended with only changes to the wallpaper and sink pattern.

If old-fashioned cherry molding had been added here, Hee-na might have really cried.

“Ugh, how can I do this? I’m going to dream that I’m being crushed to death by flowers while I sleep!”

I never imagined that I would miss Nuri and the black moldy wallpaper. The current state of the house was beyond anything I could have imagined. This is why every word a person said was important.

“Osaek, can’t you give this back? I’m really sorry.”

Hee-na held on to Osaek and begged.

… … .

However, Osaek just typed an ellipsis in the air. It means silence.

“Five colors? Huh?”

… … .

“Master Osaek, great house manager and house fairy! Please grant my wish!”

At Hee-na’s request, Osaek finally opened his mouth.

… … “Not possible.”

“Why? Do you think my apology wasn’t sincere? No, I’m really sincere. I’m sorry.”

… … “It’s impossible with my own abilities.”

Somehow, a cool feeling passed down my spine.

“Well, what makes it impossible with your abilities?”

Osaek’s two antennas were twisted around. This snail was also being stung by something.

Hee-na asked gently, acting as casual as possible.

“Osaek, tell me. What’s wrong?”

ㅂㅗㄱㄱㅜ… … .

It was the moment when Hee-na, who read the consonants and vowels in combination, opened her mouth.

For the first time in a long time, the system window worked.

“Interior?”

Hee-na’s questions were followed by an explanation of the quest.

It was a strangely specific yet free quest.

Quests were like homework given randomly to each awakened person. In general, it was given according to the awakened person’s abilities, and there was a time limit.

And there were many quests that had to be completed because there were huge disadvantages, such as decreased abilities or loss of items, if not completed.

Instead, the items or stat increases received when completing quests were of great help. Therefore, many talented people secretly wanted this quest to become popular.

This was the first time such a quest had been given to Hee-na. That is, at least making the interior of a hideous studio look presentable!

Fortunately, there was no time limit.

Hee-na looked around the shabby corner of the room and muttered.

“I can’t live in a place like this, not even for my mental health. It’s a quest, it’s a mess, and I need to fix up my room.”

Hee-na lost her parents when she was young and suffered a lot. Thanks to this, I was familiar with most houses.

“…But not a house like this.”

Hee-na shook her head. I have never seen such an unsophisticated, crazy, and headache-inducing interior design in my life. A solution was really needed.

… … Quest. Thanks to myself.”

Next to him, Osaek praised his achievements in small font as if making excuses.

“Quiet, Osaek. I didn’t do anything good, but you know you didn’t do anything well either, right?”

… … .

However, it quickly became quiet after hearing Hee-na’s words. If this snail-like house elf had any sense of aesthetics, he would be fully aware of what he had done.

“I have to go to work starting next Monday, so I need to get my work done before then, right?”

I muttered, counting the remaining days on my fingers. Today is Tuesday, so there was roughly a week left.

“Anyway, I was trying to remove mold from the wallpaper and provide basic household items, so let’s say I was doing it as a double-duty job.”

Hee-na tried to think as positively as possible. Anyway, the house was a mess, but I’m glad it didn’t disappear.

“Then, shall we start by solving that wallpaper…?”

Mold was still growing on the wallpaper embroidered with colorful floral patterns.

Hee-na opened the inventory window and took out the ‘Mold Extermination Solution (A)’ she received as a commemorative of leveling up. It was amazing that as soon as I thought I had to take it out, I was able to grab it.

‘It would be nice to be able to store general items in the inventory as well. Well, isn’t that too much of a scam?’

Only items provided by the system, from dungeons, or made from dungeon by-products could be stored in the inventory.

Since items used by the general public could not be placed, the types of items that could be stored in the inventory were very limited.

Weapons, potions, magic scrolls, magic stones from monster corpses, etc… … . In general, there were only extremely expensive things.

Anyway, since the mold extermination solution was an item provided by the system, it could be stored in the inventory.

“Would you like to see some effects while you’re standing up?”

Hee-na even wore an apron and headkerchief to see the effectiveness of the extermination solution more clearly. In any case, even when using mold extermination liquid, the ‘Sturdy Fingertips’ skill seemed to be applied passively.

The system announced the wearing advantage.

Hee-na opened the cleaning tool box, found a mask, and put it on. Because the smell seemed strong.

Also, out of fear that the extermination solution would harm Osaek, I wrapped Osaek in a towel and placed him in a corner of the bathroom.

It was definitely not an expression of anger. It was because of worry. It was true.

Hee-na, wearing pink rubber gloves, sprayed ‘Mold Extermination Liquid (A)’ on one wall covered in mold.

Chieeeeee, white mist came out with a sound.

The friendly system window even taught us how to use mold extermination liquid.

Hee-na sprayed mold extermination liquid on the remaining walls and opened the front door to go out.

Unlike usual when I open the door thinking, ‘I need to go somewhere,’ this time I didn’t have a specific place in mind.

As soon as I turned the iron door handle, bright light came in through the crack in the door. The sunlight felt clear enough to be city sunlight.

“……uh?”

Hee-na, who went out the door, was dumbfounded for a long time, unable to believe the scene unfolding before her eyes.

No matter how many times I rubbed my eyes, I could still see.

“What is this?”

It was like that. Hee-na was now facing the white sandy beach.

However, since it is an ordinary beach, what is unusual is… … .

[Kiyoooooot! Kyoyooook!]

[Kakkakkak! Kakkak!]

It’s not seagulls, but monsters running around in the sky.

“This place….”

It was like that. This was a dungeon.

It was so absurd that I even wanted to ask Knowledge Pangpang.

Q. Since you can go anywhere just by thinking about it, the house you thought you had chosen turns out to be in the Dunsega area. What should I do?

But no matter how much I thought about it, there was only one answer.

A. You have been scammed by real estate. But if that’s the only house you have, you have to live there. What would you do?

“What is this?”

Hee-na looked up at the screeching flying monsters for a long time.

Housekeeper in the dungeon