Chapter 28 – A First-Class Slave

At the absurd condition, Hee-na muttered unconsciously.

“What, how can there be such a crummy class?”

“That’s a bit harsh to say.”

“Gasp. Sorry.”

Hee-na covered her mouth, which had blurted out the reckless remark, with a gasp. Hee-won waved his hand as if asking what could be done.

“But since I don’t have ruined stats like you, it was somehow doable to work as a Hunter thanks to my stats.”

For revenge, he did not forget to stealthily point out Hee-na’s crummy stats.

“Well, it’s a relief if that was the case.”

The two were indeed a friendly brother and sister.

Having solved their curiosity about each other’s classes, Hee-na and Hee-won quietly shared various conversations.

It was, in a way, natural for the anecdote of when Hee-won worked at the labor camp due to an employment scam to come up.

“I thought I’d never use my skills in my lifetime, but I got to show off some shoveling skills over there. Thanks to that, I lived relatively comfortably. I was a first-class slave, you know. Those people treated me so well.”

Hee-won boasted that his shoveling skill had risen from D-grade to B-grade while working at the open-pit mine.

“Oh, really? Is… is that a good thing?”

Hee-na was confused about what kind of expression she should make while listening to that story.

‘It is sad that he lived like a slave, but in the midst of that, it seems like a good thing that he lived the best among the slaves…’

Hee-won was always like that. He had a positive side in weird ways.

Meanwhile, Hee-won, who was lying sprawled on the room floor, raised his body with a grunt and asked.

“By the way, Hee-na, how on earth did you fall into that unregistered dungeon I was in? You fell by chance during overtime? How is that possible?”

“I don’t know either. I wiped something like a coin, and it glowed, and I instantly moved to the dungeon. I think it was because of that coin, but… Hunter Kang Jin-hyun said he doesn’t know the details either.”

Since the topic came up, Hee-na pulled out the ‘Piece of □□’ that had been sleeping in her inventory.

“Is this it?”

Hee-won’s eyes sparked, showing curiosity.

Hee-na held the ‘Piece of □□’ between her thumb and index finger and looked into it. The piece of metal, shining in silver, had all kinds of unknown symbols written on it.

‘What on earth is □□? What purpose does it serve?’

It was when she was lost in thought.

!!!!!!! ! !! !!!!

A huge, colorful exclamation mark exploded in front of her eyes like a firework.

“Ack! My eyes!”

Due to the sudden ocular terror, Hee-na dropped the ‘Piece of □□’ she was holding onto the floor.

“What are you doing, Osaek-i!”

Hee-na rubbed her dizzy eyes and glared at the snail that led this terror.

However, Osaek-i did not seem to care about Hee-na’s glare at all.

Instead, it crawled toward the ‘Piece of □□’ at a speed close to the speed of light by a snail’s standards.

Paid… cash…!

Osaek-i covered the ‘Piece of □□’ with its plump body. Then, Osaek-i’s shell began to shine in an unconventional rainbow of colors.

Hee-na regretted again whether she should have named Osaek-i as the rainbow-colored ‘Chilsaek-i’ instead of Osaek-i.

Fortunately, Osaek-i’s glowing shell returned to its original state after a short while. And Osaek-i stepped down from the ‘Piece of □□’ it was riding.

“Wow!”

Hee-na was amazed.

This was because the ‘Piece of □□’ that went through Osaek-i’s hand (?) became incredibly clean. It shone so much that her face was reflected. It looked like a truly freshly minted silver coin.

“It seem the snail even has a cleaning function? It became ridiculously clean.”

Hee-won also praised Osaek-i’s performance. Osaek-i shrugged its antennae.

A piece of cake.

Hee-na was about to say that lettuce is always cold, but closed her mouth and pretended not to notice, fearing she might offend Osaek-i’s feelings.

“It really became brilliant. There is nothing our Osaek-i can’t do.”

Along with the half-hearted praise, she squatted in front of the ‘Piece of □□’. The small piece of metal reflected Hee-na’s face like a mirror.

When she lightly tapped the ‘Piece of □□’ with her fingertip, a system description window appeared in the air.

Although the blanks marked with □□ were all filled, the description was still just as bizarre.

“Piece of Space?”

It was the moment she was about to pick up the ‘Piece of Space’ to examine it in more detail.

However…

Billing! Upgrade! (@.@)!!!

…More than that, Osaek-i quickly climbing on top of the ‘Piece of Space’ came first.

*Vrrr!*

The air vibrated heavily.

“Ah! Osaek-i? What are you doing!”

Hee-na and Hee-won’s eyes went wide.

It was because a brilliant light burst out from the ‘Piece of Space’ covered under Osaek-i’s body. It was a light so bright that it was incomparable to Osaek-i’s shell that had previously glowed with rainbow colors.

*Hum, hummm!*

Centered around the ‘Piece of Space’, a large vibration rang out a few more times.

“Uh?”

Soon, fine light particles began to spread centering on Osaek-i. The sparkling powder spread out like dandelion seeds inside Hee-na’s old three-pyeong studio apartment.

*Shhh.*

The light dust drifted in the air and was absorbed into the wall one by one.

“Wow…”

Hee-na and Hee-won temporarily forgot the entire situation and quietly watched the beautiful sight.

How much time had passed? A system window flashed in front of her eyes. Only then did Hee-na snap to her senses.

The system sent a loud notification saying that Hee-na’s skill rank had risen.

‘Even the level-up gifts came from random boxes, and now it’s billing?’

No matter how much the system itself was game-like, how could it be this game-like!

Besides, was it Hee-na’s delusion that the system service felt like it was step-by-step following the footsteps of a predatory game?

Seeing Hee-na’s gaze directed at the empty air, Hee-won asked.

“What does it say on the system window?”

“It says the skill rank rose due to paying for the billing.”

“What?”

At the sudden news of the skill rank up, Hee-won let out a sound of surprise.

For Hee-na, who was the direct subject of the rank-up, this matter was just as baffling.

“Who authorized this billing and rank-up?”

Good things are good things♪

Osaek-i crawled toward the dazed Hee-na. In the place where Osaek-i had been, a single dark seed remained instead of the ‘Piece of Space.’

“What is this? Where did the ‘Piece of Space’ go?”

It was when she muttered and tried to pick up the seed to check. The system window flashed once more as if to interrupt Hee-na’s thoughts.

Hee-na bit the bait thrown by the system just like that. The seed in her hand had already been pushed to the background and stuffed into her pocket. It was a miracle she hadn’t thrown it away.

“An interior theme?”

As Hee-na talked to herself at the appearance of the unfamiliar term, the system kindly explained.

Interior atmosphere = Wallpaper + floor + ceiling + etc…

Osaek-i also helped with the explanation.

To understand roughly, it seemed to mean that if Hee-na saved the concept of the room she had decorated in soft yellow tones, she could decorate other rooms in this atmosphere as well.

Hee-na read the explanation and nodded her head vigorously.

“Of course I’ll save it. Do you know how much effort I put into decorating this place!”

She named the theme in a stream of consciousness.

“Yellow.”

Theme saved! Please specify the name of the theme.

It was a message to grind levels or spend money.

At the continuous talk of billing since earlier, Hee-na muttered to herself without realizing.

“Has the system gone mad for money?”

At that, the system suddenly said something that sounded like public interest advertisement copy.

It was unknown what on earth the □□ culture was, but the system pretended not to know and popped up the next message. With content that Hee-na couldn’t help but be interested in!

“A two-room?”

The moment she spoke and looked around, she felt as if the world had flipped upside down in an instant.

Hee-won also felt the same sensation and shouted, “What is this?!”

Hee-na staggered for a moment and then regained her senses.

“Gasp!”

As soon as she raised her head, an exclamation came out naturally.

In the blink of an eye, the small three-pyeong studio had turned into a small two-room style house. A small living room and kitchen were attached, and she could also see a bathroom and two rooms.

Although it looked a bit worn-out as the name suggested, it was a house that could be used reasonably cleanly if cleaned.

It was similar to the structure of the multi-household house where Hee-na had originally lived on a lease with her brother.

Billing! A whopping two-room! Unlocked! ◑☆!Ex treme ly Ex ci ted!★◐

Meanwhile, Osaek-i was doing an unrecognizable wriggling dance at Hee-na’s feet.

As the housing manager, it seemed very pleased that the rank of the house it managed had risen.

The Homemaker of the Dungeon