Housekeeper in the dungeon

EPISODE 91

The opponent was a man in a black suit and a black hat pressed tightly against his head. The hairs on my back stood up.

“Boom!”

Hee-Na screamed urgently and tried to run away, but it was too late.

The man threw a small marble, and with a loud thud, the landscape around her blurred as if a curtain had been drawn.

“Help!”

I yelled, but my voice was muffled like I was in a sound proof booth.

A few steps away, passers by walked through the alley, seemingly unaware of the confrontation between Hee-Na and the man.

They just walked down the street indifferently. As if they saw nothing, heard nothing…….

“Oh, no!

Hee-na quickly ran after the man, feeling a strange energy.

But it was only for a moment, for a strong hand reached out from behind her back and clamped over her mouth.

“……! Ugh! Ugh! Ugh!”

She struggled with all her might, but the man’s strength was too much for her.

“No! What is this?

Hee-na bared her teeth and bit down hard on the finger covering her mouth. “Ugh!” she groaned as she bit down on the finger covering her mouth.

The man seemed to lose his strength for a moment under her attack, and Hee-na took advantage of the moment to escape his grasp.

But it was only for a moment. The man cursed in a harsh tone.

“Eight, damn it!”

At the same time, a stinging sensation spread across the back of her neck, as if something had stabbed her.

“Eek!”

Hee-Na let out a new scream at the unfamiliar sensation.

The tingling sensation at the back of her neck quickly sent a shiver down her spine, and within seconds, her vision blurred.

“Ah……. This, this…….”

Her legs gave out, and she scrambled to her feet.

The man stood over her.

She tried to struggle, but her body refused to cooperate.

With that, she blacked out and fell unconscious.

* * *

The first thing that woke her up was her sense of smell.

She opened her eyes, frowning at the musty odor.

“Ugh…….”

Her head pounded so hard that she groaned. She didn’t know what a hangover was, but if she had one, she thought, this is what it might feel like…….

“……Where are we?

Hee-Na was locked in a dark warehouse. The reason she thought it was a warehouse was simple: the room was filled with old-looking furniture and tools.

“Ugh, uh…….”

I tried to get up, but I was chained to something, and it was hard to move. I glanced around, trying to make sense of my surroundings. My arms were behind my back and my legs were tied to the chair.

“Ew! What the hell!

Hee-Na squirmed, trying to get out of the situation. But her arms and legs were bound so tightly that she couldn’t move. All she could do was jerk from side to side unsteadily.

Meanwhile, an unfamiliar voice fell on Hee-Na’s head as she struggled against the chair.

“You are finally awake.”

Hee-na jerked her head up to look at the voice.

She couldn’t make out his features in the dim light, but she could make out that he was a man of medium height.

“Nu, Nu, who are you?”

I asked, but the answer was eerie.

“I could not reveal my identity to you, or you will have to die.”

“I…… have to die?

All sorts of thoughts raced through my head.

Her mind raced as she tried to figure out how she had gotten here, why she had been kidnapped, and how she was going to get out of this situation…….

“…… This wasn’t a dream, was it?

Judging by the tingling in his tightly clenched limbs, this was not a dream.

“If you answer me well, you’ll be released without incident.”

The man squatted down in front of her.

“If you rebel, then…… things will get complicated from then on.”

The murder in his voice sent a chill down her spine.

Hee-na swallowed hard and tried to calm her racing heart.

“Tsk, tsk, tsk.

Hee-na thought back to her encounter with the giant mushroom.

A talking man was much better than a B-ranked boss monster who made a mess. Thinking about it, it was even better.

“Well, what did you want to ask?”

Hee-Na asked calmly. In response, the man’s voice tinged with interest.

“Oh. You have a lot of nerve.”

“You said you’d let me go, Bo, alive, if I answer correctly, so I’d better get out of here.”

Her head was spinning at the extreme situation.

As she answered the man’s questions one after another, she thought about what she would do if he didn’t let her go.

“It was okay, I have the Home Sweet Home ability. I can open the front door if I can touch the wall.

Somehow, she was able to get to the wall and open the door.

Hee-Na stood on her tiptoes, watching the man’s eyes.

Creak, creak, creak.

With an unpleasant noise, the chair slid back a little.

The man stood up and crossed his arms.

“Were you afraid of me? ……Well. Like I said, if you answer me well, I won’t be scared of you at all.”

He grumbled as if he wasn’t pleased with Hee-Na’s frightened expression.

He was a funny man. Anyone would be scared if they were kidnapped and tied up in a dark place.

Hee-Na glanced behind her and pushed the chair away. Fortunately, the chair wasn’t far from the wall. She could probably reach it if she moved her body hard enough.

“Let’s see……. I had some questions for you.”

Meanwhile, the man clapped his hands together. Then, with a snap, he grabbed the chair that was being pushed back.

“Boom!”

He put both hands on the back of the chair with his chin on the backrest. Naturally, Hee-Na and the man’s faces were quite close. Even in the dark, I could make out the outlines of their faces.

But the man was wearing a black mask, so all she could make out were two glowing eyes.

“Come on. Let’s make eye contact.”

At the same time, there was a strange flash in the man’s eyes.

“Ah…….

Hee-Na’s gaze was drawn away by the flash. Her tinnitus rang, and for a moment, her vision blurred. She felt like she was being cut off from the world.

“That’s it.”

As soon as Hee-Na’s gaze cleared, the man activated his watch. Then he asked.

“You’re the one who had something to do with the peanuts in the inventory, right?”

He was asking about the peanuts that the Blue Dragon Guild had signed an exclusive contract with some time ago. Hee Na’s head spun furiously.

“Was it someone from the Blue Dragon Guild? No, if he’s from the guild, he has no reason to kidnap me like this……. Then how did they get the information? It’s supposed to be confidential.

Apart from thinking, Hee Na’s mouth moved obediently.

“Yes. There was a connection.”

“Huh?

It wasn’t her will. Her lips moved as if mesmerized. She wasn’t sure, but the man seemed to be Awakened, to have psychic powers.

The man’s sharp gaze softened in satisfaction.

“So, I must have come to the right place, then. How did you get the peanuts?”

“My brother grew them.”

The man let out a small ooh and aah at Hee-Na’s answer.

“Your brother? What kind of ability does your brother have that allows him to grow such special peanuts?”

Hee-Na’s heart began to pound at the question. Hee-won’s class and abilities were not something she wanted others to know about.

However, her lips calmly spoke the truth, despite her embarrassment.

“My brother is a Farmer class, and when he farms on the dungeon land, he can grow crops with special properties.”

“That’s a great ability. …… If you’re farming on dungeon land, how can you even enter the dungeon to farm?”

“Hmph.

This was a really dangerous question. Hee-Na screamed “No!” inside, but her lips moved without resistance.

“……I can use my ‘Home Sweet Home’ skill to get to and from the dungeon safely.”

As soon as I finished speaking, my first thought was.

“× That’s it!

As if I wasn’t nervous enough to tell the people closest to me, I was about to tell a suspicious kidnapper!

Would I be in a situation where it wouldn’t be strange to be treated like a slave, as Woo Min-ah said?

My head was overheating to the point of dizziness. I needed to get out of here somehow, but I also needed to shut him up.

“The ‘Home Sweet Home’ skill? A skill that allows you to travel to and from the dungeon? Tell me more, young lady.”

As expected, the man was very curious about Hee-Na’s ability. Hee-na, who had been caught in the mind trap, explained the ‘Home Sweet Home’ skill.

“I have a house in the dungeon, and I call it ‘Home Sweet Home’.”

It was only after the stopwatch beeped that she was able to stop her mouth and tongue from spewing out the truth.

I was about to tell him the most important fact of all: you can open the door to your home from anywhere.

“This is a spatial skill……. This, this, this…… I can’t tell you more than that!”

When Hee-Na shook her head in a rebellious tone, the man’s mouth curled up in disappointment.

He glanced down at his stopwatch and saw that three minutes had passed.

“I guess this is a timed skill.

Hee-Na’s prediction was correct: the man grumbled in disappointment.

“Time’s up already. One more minute and I could have gotten it all……. Damn.”

He winced and took a few steps backward, clutching his temple.

“Ouch. This ability is all well and good, but it’s too much of a pain in the ass.”