Chapter 30 – A Homemaker’s Pride

It was around the time when the meat she bought was almost gone.

Hee-won, who was too busy inhaling the meat, raised his head abruptly as if he suddenly thought of something.

“Oh, my head. The meat was so delicious that I forgot the soulmate of pork belly.”

“What?”

Hee-na thought she knew what her brother was planning to say, but she pretended to be ignorant and played dumb.

Hee-won simulated holding a small glass and snapped his wrist.

“Wouldn’t a glass of soju be perfect to wash my mouth right here?”

Hee-na shook her head flatly at her brother, who was subtly mentioning the clear and strong liquid.

“No way.”

“Why? Today is a good day. If it’s a hassle to go out and buy it, shall I buy it? If you open the door where the mart is, I’ll buy some snacks on the way. Just wait for me in front of it.”

Hee-won really wanted a drink, so he even volunteered to run the errand.

However, Hee-na was very firm about no drinking. Because…

“We have to finish eating this and clean the house.”

At that answer, Hee-won made a disgusted face.

“What? Cleaning? This place is fine as it is, why are you saying there’s more to clean?”

Hee-na’s eyes flashed at the question.

“It doesn’t satisfy me! How can we sleep in a place like this? I only fed you because you looked so hungry, otherwise I would have cleaned first.”

It had been over two months since she got the Homemaker skill. Now, standard cleanliness was not enough to satisfy Hee-na’s eyes, which possessed ‘Meticulous Fingertips.’

“I have the name of my class to think of. Having become a Homemaker, I cannot stay in a house like this!”

She clenched her fist and cried out. Then beside her, Osaek-i clapped its antennae as if clapping hands.

Hear, hear. ♥Right Mindset♥

“Since I got three days of leave, I plan to spend one day tidying up the house.”

Hear, hear.

“…Since we have three days, can’t we clean up later?”

Hee-na laid down the law to Hee-won, who was muttering and stuffing a wrap into his mouth.

“No way! If you want to live in my house, you must participate in cleaning!”

“Oh dear. Here comes the evil landlord.”

“I won’t make you do too much, so just lend a hand. You can do at least that much, right?”

“Yes, yes. Understood.”

Hee-won replied indifferently, patting his full stomach. His stomach, which had been hollow, was now stretched tight.

“Are you done eating?”

When she asked, instead of answering, Hee-won collapsed backward and lay down with a loud grunt.

“Hup!”

Hee-na slapped her brother’s thighs.

“Brother! You shouldn’t lie down right after eating!”

“Ah, your brother has a grand intention. I’ll lie down for just ten minutes, Hee-na.”

Hee-won replied while stretching languidly.

Hee-na looked down at the lying Hee-won in disbelief.

‘Just where did he pick up this habit?’

He claimed he was a first-class slave at the labor camp, so it was unknown where he learned this lazy-looking habit.

“…Jeez. I’ll let it slide since it’s your first day home.”

Hee-na clicked her tongue and cleared away the round low table. She did not forget to pretend not to notice and kick her brother’s side on her way.

Perhaps her footwork was quite fierce, as Hee-won let out a groan.

“Hey! Lee Hee-na! Didn’t you say not to work and just play earlier? Aren’t your words changing too fast?”

“I meant not to invite dangerous work and suffer, not to sprawl and lie down as soon as you eat!”

Hee-na, resembling her diligent parents, could not stand seeing anyone fool around lazily.

Dishes had to be washed right after eating, and even if she couldn’t mop, sweeping the floor had to be done every day.

Unless it was time to sleep, she didn’t lie down and idle about unless there was a big reason. She had to fidget and do something.

True to being siblings, Hee-won was also unable to stay still for a single moment.

‘…But he used to be like that!’

For Hee-won to return in this state after just two months. It was enough to make their late parents wail in the afterlife.

Perhaps noticing Hee-na’s pathetic look, Hee-won protested.

“I told you I laid down because of a reason! Could you not look at me so pathetically?”

“What reason is there for lying down? You just laid down.”

“I laid down because of a skill.”

“A skiiill?”

Hee-na narrowed her eyes. It was such a preposterous sound she couldn’t even laugh.

However, Hee-won looked quite serious.

“A new skill was unlocked at the labor camp. The skill name is ‘How to Become a Diligent Cow.’”

Why on earth was the skill name like that?

Although Hee-na’s skill names were no less strange, they weren’t as bad as ‘How to Become a Diligent Cow.’

“What kind of skill is that, requiring you to even lie down right after eating?”

Hee-won replied quickly to the suspicious question. Of course, he was still lying spread-eagled.

“I’ll read the skill description to you. ‘How to Become a Diligent Cow.’ D-rank. If you lie down as soon as you eat, you become a cow. That is, you can work hard like a cow. Production buff 20%. Active skill. Acid reflux is automatically prevented.”

Hearing those words, there was only one reaction Hee-na could show.

“What?”

It was shock at the nonsensical skill.

Hee-won waved his hand, saying he understood Hee-na’s astonishment.

“I know, I know. I know it sounds strange, but it’s really true. I tested it, and if I lie down for more than 15 minutes, the buff activates. I’ve never laid down longer than that, so I don’t know the exact effect.”

“Honestly, it sounds like you’re lying because you want to slack off, Brother.”

With such strange skill casting conditions and buffs, anyone would have no choice but to harbor suspicions like Hee-na.

“Sigh. Do I look like someone who would make up such a pitiful lie just to lie down for a few minutes?”

“Hmm… No.”

That was true.

Hee-na knew Hee-won. He didn’t have a speck of imagination. That was why whenever they had an art homework to draw an imaginary picture, Hee-na, his younger sister, frequently drew it for him.

“I understand it will look strange. I swear on our late parents. But this really is my skill.”

Since he went as far as swearing on their parents, it was definitely real. Hee-na sighed.

“How did our sibling pair awaken with such weird classes and get only weird skills?”

“How should I know? That must be our fate.”

Hee-won replied while lying down.

Washing the dishes while chatting quietly about Hee-won’s skill, fifteen minutes passed quickly.

“Hee-na, I’ve met the skill condition. The buff is coming up!”

Hee-won sprang up from the floor with a refreshed look. He looked full of energy, as if he could chew and swallow rebar.

“That’s good. Then let’s start cleaning.”

Hee-na said as she put on her apron and headscarf.

“I’ll open the window first.”

Hee-won walked energetically toward the window. The window was opaque, so the scenery outside could not be seen. For reference, this was something the three-pyeong studio room did not have.

‘Oh? Now that I think about it, what is outside the window?’

Hee-na belatedly recalled the site information of ‘Home Sweet Home.’

‘This is a house built inside a dungeon!’

It was one of the most important things, but she had completely forgotten it in the joy of the house being upgraded to a two-room.

Looking down at Osaek-i, it was shaking its antennae left and right.

Previous matter, didn’t deliberately not tell you.

It looked like it was making an excuse that it had also just forgotten the fact for a moment like Hee-na, rather than deliberately not telling her the site information.

It was when she was exchanging glances with Osaek-i. A screeching monster cry was heard.

“Aaaack! What is this?!”

Hee-won also screamed and slammed the window he had opened shut with a bang! Then he turned to Hee-na with a pale face.

“H-Hee-na? I must have become physically weak. I think I saw an illusion.”

The feared event had occurred. Hee-na let out a deep sigh.

‘Since outside the door was a dungeon, I wondered if outside the window would also be a dungeon, and it really is?’

Should the cleaning have been postponed to later after all? She had a lot to explain to Hee-won.

Hee-won, who listened to Hee-na’s explanation quietly, calmly summarized the main point and spoke.

“…So you mean this house is actually a house inside a dungeon?”

“Yes. To be exact, it is said that there is a door leading to our house somewhere inside every dungeon.”

“The door is only one, how is that possible?”

“I don’t know. In the first place, the fact that a dungeon is a house site is strange. Throw away common sense and accept it, Brother.”

Hee-na’s advice was humble. (Wait, the raw is ” .” -> “Hee-na advised with a humble attitude.”)

Hee-won nodded in a daze. In the first place, there weren’t many normal things about the skills of the two siblings.

“Then if outside the window is a dungeon, can’t we open the window? Can’t we even ventilate?”

True to being siblings, Hee-won made the exact same worry that Hee-na had made.

Housing safety 99.9% guaranteed. Radius 4m safety distance guaranteed.

Osaek-i eagerly emphasized the safety of ‘Home Sweet Home.’ In the meantime, Hee-na noticed that the safety distance had increased from the existing 2m to 4m.

“Osaek-i! Did the safety distance increase to 4m because my skill rose to C-rank? It was originally 2m.”

Rank up → Safety distance increase

Osaek-i, unlike its usual self, explained in detail, even drawing a table in the air.

Rank

Safety Distance (m)

S

10

A

8

B

6

C

4

D

2

E

1

F

0

Looking at the table, F-class had no safety distance at all. Hee-na felt deep relief about her awakening as D-class.

“Sigh. Anyway, since my ‘Home Sweet Home’ rank went up to C, the safety distance also increased.”

Yeah. Congrats, congrats.

“Yeah. Thanks for congratulating me.”

Since the topic came up, Hee-na decided to go look at the dungeon plot with her brother.

For reference, Hee-won, who received the spare key from Hee-na, could also open the door leading to the dungeon. It was just that the guest couldn’t open the door to the space outside the dungeon at will.

“You mean I just have to open the door while thinking of going to the dungeon, or without any thought?”

“Yeah. If you open it while recalling a dungeon you’ve been to, you can go there again.”

“Well. There’s no dungeon I want to go to again.”

“You must have suffered quite a bit.”

At Hee-won’s sorrowful reply, Hee-na grabbed the doorknob instead and opened it. Then, a forest boasting green foliage unfolded before the two siblings.

“Wow. The smell of trees.”

Hee-na breathed in deeply. Her chest felt cleared. It was as if she had come to a forest bathing area.

Hee-won was also looking around the front yard (?) of the house.

“Be careful not to cross the line, Brother.”

“Alright. I’ll be careful.”

Fortunately, the point up to 4m from the house was marked so that it could be verified by eye. Thanks to that, there was no worry about leaving the safety zone without realizing it.

“This place is…”

The Homemaker of the Dungeon