Chapter 17 – The Mystery of the Bed

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“Hmm, hmmm, hmmm~”

Hee-na hummed and wiped the floor with a mop.

Now, almost a month has passed since Hee-na became a full-time employee of the Blue Dragon Guild.

People who were unfamiliar are now making eye contact as they have become accustomed to it. I also thoroughly understood the awkward structure of the building. Now the 5th floor management was more confident than anyone else.

Every time the mop moved rhythmically, the floor became shiny and shiny. At the same time, a system window appeared in front of me, and my skill level increased.

In the meantime, there were quite a few changes in Hee-na.

First of all, the ‘Smart Fingertips’ skill, which was D rank, was raised to C rank. It was entirely thanks to my new job.

Since my job involves maintaining and maintaining clean buildings, my skill level naturally increased. Seeing my skill level increase little by little made me enjoy working.

‘Raise your rank while earning money. ‘This is killing two birds with one stone.’

The work wasn’t as hard as I thought. At least it wasn’t as difficult as when I first cleaned Hee-na’s studio apartment.

And since I had the ‘food spirit’ skill, I ate kimbap brought from home as a snack every time I took a break, and even though I had poor physical strength, I was able to recover well.

Hee-na moped and shrugged her shoulders.

‘Well, if it’s harder than cleaning a studio apartment, there’s a problem.’

In addition, by tidying up the lounge on the 5th floor, I significantly increased my proficiency in the ‘Comfortable Bed’ skill.

It didn’t go up very much in the beginning, but recently the skill level has been increasing by almost 50 per day.

I haven’t fully figured out the ‘Comfortable Bed’ skill yet, so I don’t know what mechanism the proficiency builds up through, but it was good because it went up a lot.

‘What is good is good.’

The skill level of ‘Comfortable Bed’ has already exceeded 700. At this rate, I will soon be able to surpass 1000 and reach C rank within a few weeks.

The next change that occurred was Hee-na’s ‘old basic one-room’. Now, the level of the ‘old basic one-room’ is 9, and it is about to enter the double-digit level.

Hee-na’s house, which became level 9, was very cozy. Just entering the front door made me feel like the fatigue of the day was gone, and my tired body felt energized.

In addition, there was a cute house snail, Five Colors, to welcome Hee-na, which made her feel better.

“Everything is fine the way it is, it’ll be perfect as long as you come back.”

Hee-na still seemed like she hadn’t gotten out of the dungeon and muttered, worried about her brother who hadn’t contacted her.

Where on earth are you doing? I was particularly worried because my absence seemed to be getting longer.

Maybe that’s why the Hunters of the Blue Dragon Guild didn’t look like Yeongnam.

“He came again today. He looks very tired.”

Hee-na glanced at Hunter who opened the door to the 5th floor lounge and entered.

‘I heard there is a separate lounge for hunters. I guess there aren’t enough seats. Otherwise, there is no need to come to the general lounge on the 5th floor.’

From what I heard, the hunter lounge is much more spacious and comfortable. Coming down to the 5th floor, leaving a lounge like that, does that mean there are a lot of exhausted hunters?

It was a time when I was clicking my tongue.

bang! And I heard the sound of something exploding. I was startled and looked at the source of the sound, and it turned out to be the lounge.

A large hunter was dragging a bed through the wide open lounge door.

‘Oh, I cleaned it up… … !’

The bed, which had been neatly made with bedding that had been washed and dried, was becoming a mess. No, the break room itself became a mess.

“What is happening!”

“These days, hunters keep coming in and out of the 5th floor. I knew something like this would happen at some point.”

“So what is it?”

The employees who came out startled by the loud noise started whispering. Hee-na also watched the situation with her eyes wide open.

“What’s going on? This is a public lounge. You shouldn’t be making a fuss like this.”

A person in charge who seemed to have a high rank came out and said something to the big hunter.

But Hunter didn’t care and dragged two beds out of the lounge. His strength was as great as his size.

“Appraiser Choi Sang-hoon? What on earth is going on?”

The person in charge finally called his name.

Then the man called Choi Sang-hoon finally raised his head. He was a middle-aged man with a bushy beard. My face was scratchy, as if I hadn’t washed it in several days.

“…I need to take a look at this.”

He rattled the bed, holding one in each hand, in a gruff voice. The force was so strong that the large beds rattled like rattles.

The person in charge placed his hand on his forehead as if his bone was being pulled.

“Are you curious about the condition of the bed in the lounge?”

Choi Sang-hoon frowned at the question. It looked like a bear.

“I used the emotion skill, but the item information does not appear.”

“Why did you use the appraisal skill on an ordinary object? This is not an item, but just a manufactured product.”

When the person in charge pointed out the problem, the hunters who were watching the uproar said something one by one.

“Wasn’t this an item?”

“If it’s not an item, how does a system window pop up saying that the recovery buff effect activates when you lie down?”

“But it was a little strange. If it was an item, the name or level should have appeared in the system window, but nothing showed up, right?”

“I see. Why didn’t anyone think that was strange until now?”

Hearing the noise of the hunters, Hee-na only then realized that this was related to the ‘Comfortable Bed’ skill.

‘omg. I used the skill when making the bed… … . Is everyone talking about that?’

I felt bad because I felt like I had caused an accident for no reason.

‘I used it to improve my skills because there were a lot of beds. I guess I wrote it for no reason.’

The effect of grade D ‘comfortable bed’ lasted approximately 6 hours.

So, Hee-na was improving her skills by using the skills twice a day, right after going to work and right before leaving work.

‘Isn’t it okay to use skills carelessly on other people’s things?’

Compared to having an older brother, Hee-na, she didn’t know much about Hunter. So, I didn’t know the common sense or manners that were implicitly used among the awakened.

‘Perhaps it would have been extremely rude to cast a skill on someone else’s object without permission.’

Otherwise, there was no way that bear-like man would have such a scary face.

While Hee-na was in bewilderment, Choi Sang-hoon crossed his arms with an incredibly serious expression on his face.

“I am Choi Sang-hoon, the best appraiser in Korea! There is no way I could not properly appraise this bed with my item appraisal skills. There is clearly something wrong with it, so I am going to take it to the workroom and disassemble it.”

At that sound, Hee-na stamped her feet while holding the mop stick.

‘Oh my, that’s not an item!’

It was just an ordinary bed that had been used with Hee-na’s ‘Comfortable Bed’ skill.

Choi Sang-hoon seemed to really be thinking of disassembling the bed in his studio.

As the large bed was lifted up, the person in charge took a step back. No matter how high their rank was, they were just ordinary people.

Hee-na’s head spun at the sight.

‘Should I just pretend not to know? Or should I confess that this was my skill?’

Hee-na quickly came to a conclusion.

‘Let’s talk.’

I felt like things were getting too big to just pretend not to notice.

I didn’t know what would happen if that person named Choi Sang-hoon realized that the bed was really an ordinary product.

Maybe he could have told his superiors and conducted a more thorough investigation.

Then, it was clear that it would soon be revealed that Hee-na used the skill on the bed.

‘It’s better to get hit first, and it’s better to talk about the mistakes you made when you were new, even if it’s just for a second!’

It was like that. Hee-na was a new employee who had joined the company for less than three months. Something like this could pass as an incident. maybe… … .

Hee-na closed her eyes tightly. Then, with a deep sigh, he made his way through the people gathered in a circle.

There were powerful hunters mixed in, so it was very difficult to pass through the gap.

“Hey, hey! Please get out of the way!”

“What? Why did you suddenly barge in?”

“I-I have something to tell you!”

Hee-na barely made it through the crowd and stood in front of Choi Sang-hoon, who was dragging a bed.

Then people looked at Hee-na, who suddenly entered the situation.

‘Ugh. ‘What should I do!’

My face turned red from embarrassment. But I had to say what I had to say.

“Um… Hunter Choi Sang-hoon? No, Choi Sang-hoon… Appraiser? That’s not an item.”

“If it’s not an item, what is it? You look like an ordinary person, but do you know what this is and why you’re blocking my way?”

Choi Sang-hoon made a fierce face.

He used to use polite language in front of the person in charge, but now he started speaking informally, as if he was annoyed by the sight of Hee-na constantly blocking his path.

No matter how old I was, it felt bad to be spoken to informally by someone I had never met before. Feeling uncomfortable, Hee-na forgot her embarrassment for a moment and placed her hands on her waist.

“I know why this is the case!”

Choi Sang-hoon put down the bed with an expression of interest at Hee-na’s confident attitude. And asked.

“What is it?”

Hee-na said, pointing at the bed.

“This is an ordinary bed.”

“Then why does a normal bed come with a buff effect?”

“That’s because I used my bedding skills on that bed.”

Choi Sang-hoon muttered as if it was absurd to hear Hee-na’s answer.

“You used a skill? That’s the bedding skill? Do you have all that? No, before that you were an awakened person? Why is an awakened person acting as a cleaner here?”

The crowd watching the confrontation between Hee-na and Choi Sang-hoon also murmured in amazement.

Although it was embarrassing to talk about her abilities in front of prominent blue dragon hunters, Hee-na spoke honestly.

“Because I don’t have any combat-related skills. My skills are related to cleaning and organizing.”

Housekeeper in the dungeon