Housekeeper in the dungeon

EPISODE 102

A self-defense course for the general public would have been much more helpful.

Hee-na’s skills were far from adequate to understand the fighting style of an S-class Hunter. Perhaps it would be more rewarding to had a national representative teach her.

“Finding the right weapon is more important than improving your skills.”

But Kang jin-hyeon was adamant.

“I’m sorry to say this, but you lack talent, Hee-na, and you need a tool to make up for it.”

Aside from trying to appease her with nice words, he didn’t believe in her talent at all.

So…… Kang jin-hyeon wanted Hee-na to build a so-called “equipment foot”.

“No, that’s…… in Mr. Jin Hyeon’s eyes, there are only a few people in the world who are talented in combat, aren’t there?”

Hee-na made a lame excuse, but Kang jin-hyeon cut her off and shook his head.

“No. Regardless of your rank, there’s something called basic sense. Hee-na lacks that.”

“Still, I’m better than you.”

Hee-na stood up and dragged Hee-won into the room.

Hee-won was also being trained by Kang jin-hyeon in his spare time, but he didn’t say much about it.

“Hee-won has been a hunter for a long time, so he has the basics down.”

Furthermore, Kang jin-hyeon even complimented Hee-won on his senses, saying that he was quite perceptive for a non-combatant Awakened.

Hee-Na blurted out.

“My reflexes are better than yours!”

She had a point.

“The last time Home Sweet Home had a glitch and there was a bug outbreak, I caught more bugs than you did!

Hee-na was busy eating the bugs she caught and moving her pieces around!

I can still see Hee-won’s astonished eyes as she looked at Hee-na’s incredible feat.

As he listened to Hee-na’s proud explanation, Kang jin-hyeon slowly rubbed his chin.

“Mmm. Hee-won said you used a frying pan, what kind of utensil did you use, Hee-na?”

“Me? A newspaper to catch bugs, of course.”

Of course, it was an unusual newspaper.

It was an SSS-grade, useful newspaper that she had gotten as an Epic reward.

Hee-na pulled out the SSS-grade useful newspaper that was lying dormant in her inventory and showed it to me.

“It’s an item from the dungeon, but it’s just an ordinary newspaper.”

*Additional feature: This item can be hidden depending on the user’s situation.

“This is…….”

Kang jin-hyeon looked speechless for a moment after receiving Hee-na’s SSS-grade newspaper.

No wonder. He’d never seen an SSS-grade item that looked so insignificant before.

“Do you mind if I take a look at it?”

“Sure, feel free to take a look. It’s not much. It’s good for catching bugs…… Mmm, right. It’s warm when I sleep with it on.”

Hee-Na recalled her homeless experience in the B-class mushroom dungeon. She remembered being quite cozy in the thin paper sheets…….

Kang jin-hyeon looked at the newspaper with a profound expression, folding it, unfolding it, and pulling it as if to tear it.

His strength would tear and crumple it into a mess, but the SSS-grade usable newspaper never lost its shape.

It stayed in its normal, properly folded shape.

He even took out a flint and tried to light the paper on fire, pouring water from a bucket over it.

Surprisingly, the newspaper didn’t burn or get wet. Despite being SSS-grade, the durability was tough.

‘That’s pretty impressive for a newspaper!’

Hee-na mentally gave the SSS-grade paper extra points.

“Hmm.”

Meanwhile, Kang jin-hyeon let out an inarticulate mutter as he studied the paper.

After examining the paper for a long time, he rolled it up and handed it to Hee-na.

“Would you like to take a swing?”

“This?”

Swinging a newspaper was a million times easier than swinging the A-class-long spear she was holding.

It was easier than “eating cold lettuce,” as Wu Xiaoyi put it.

With a flick, the newspaper sliced through the air. The snap of my wrist was different because I used to catch bugs.

‘Was this how it’s supposed to be done?

Hee-na laughed and looked over at Kang Jin-hyeon, feeling proud of her skill.

His expression was unexpectedly serious.

“Good.”

He gave her the thumbs up, which made her a little dumbfounded.

“What is it?”

“The newspaper and you are a good match.”

In response to her question, Kang jin-hyeon looked at the compatibility between Hee-na and the newspaper.

“Of course, it’s a pity that you have to choose a mere newspaper as your offensive weapon, but……. It’s balanced with Hee-na, and its strength and durability are triple S, so it can be used as a weapon.”

It was a good match.

“This, this?”

Hee-na broke out in a sweat of embarrassment.

She remembered all the flashy weapons Kang jin-hyeon had brought with him, and embarrassment overtook her.

“Out of all those weapons, the best thing for me is a newspaper.

Although she wasn’t a combat prodigy, Hee-na still had a soft spot for fancy weapons.

“But a newspaper!

Kang Jin-hyeon, noticing Hee-na’s blank expression, rushed to explain.

“First of all, this is no ordinary newspaper. It’s a triple S-class item. There are only a few of them in the entire world, so it has a rare value. Not only that, but the fact that Hee-na can handle it skillfully is a big plus. After all, the best tools are the ones you know how to use.”

Hee-na mumbled along with Kang Jin-hyeon’s words.

“A tool in your hands…….”

She did. So far, none of the items Kang jin-hyeon had brought her had been something she could handle properly.

Even the B-class machete that Woo Min-ah had given her as a housewarming gift the other day, she wielded with trepidation.

It was a knife that had been so useful for chopping fruits and vegetables!

“So it’s a psychological problem?

Hee-na had never been good at shouting at others and had lived a life far removed from conflict.

There was no way she would have been able to wield a knife as easily as she did.

“She hesitates when she picks up a weapon. The mere fact that she’s holding a weapon that could hurt someone makes her hesitate, and that’s why she keeps making mistakes.”

Kang jin-hyeon pointed out something similar.

“But the newspaper is a much more mundane tool than the weapons I showed you, which is why Hee-na doesn’t show any hesitation when she wields it.”

“……That’s true.”

Hee-Na agreed with him.

A newspaper is a newspaper, no matter how great it is. At most, it could harm a bug, right? It didn’t feel dangerous at all.

“It doesn’t look dangerous, so it suits me, but doesn’t that defeat the purpose of a self-defense weapon?”

Hee-Na’s question was justified.

“Don’t you think you need to be a little intimidated by something to defend yourself, and this thing looks so unimportant!

She was right. The newspaper looked too flimsy to be considered a weapon.

Maybe a commercially available stun gun or pepper spray would be more powerful.

As Hee-Na stares in disbelief, Kang jin-hyeonbegins to explain.

“It’s your job to make this thing intimidating.”

“How?”

“We need Hee-Na to train her ‘Pest Extermination’ skill.”

“Exterminate Pests? But that has a tricky trigger condition…….”

Hee-Na pulled up the system window and read the description of the ‘Exterminate Pests’ skill.

“Exterminate Pests. Rank C. Exterminate those that threaten the peace of your home. Active Skill.”

The trigger for Exterminate Pests was a bit vague. It could be triggered unconditionally as long as it threatened the peace of the household.

Hee-Na’s Exterminate Pests skill was activated four times in total after her awakening.

The first time was during her first encounter with the five-colored snail.

She remembered slapping a snail that appeared out of nowhere, thinking it was a bug in her house, and receiving -100 skill.

The second was in the dungeon where Hee-won was forced into labor.

When Hee-won was in danger, the system felt that she was “threatening the peace of the house” and automatically cast a skill.

This allowed Hee-Na to kill the opponent who was threatening Hee-Won’s life.

The third person to get a taste of the “Exterminate Pests” skill was family member Hee-won.

It was ironic that Hee-won, whose life was saved by Hee-na’s skill, would be killed by the Pest Extermination skill.

The reason for the skill’s triggering was Hee-won’s displeasure with Hee-na’s skill, which briefly disrupted the peace in the house.

The last time she had used the Pest Extermination skill was relatively recent.

It was when the Home Sweet Home system malfunctioned and the house was infested with bugs.

The Pest Control skill was a fantastic combination with an SSS-grade newspaper.

“Even then, the peace in the house was disturbed, because the bugs were out in full force and the house was a mess.

It was clear that all four cases were related to ‘domestic peace’ as described in the skill description.

‘But…….’