Housekeeper in the dungeon

EPISODE 94

‘I knew people were assholes, but I didn’t realize it was this bad…….’

I wasn’t sad.

I was just glad that my nice brother had finally given up being a hunter and went back to farming.

“Let’s eat. It’s already midday.”

Hee-na held out the egg sandwich she’d brought.

“Wow. This is delicious!”

Hee-won slaps the back of her hand and holds out a wet wipe as she tries to grab the sandwich with her dirty hands.

“Clean your hands first and then eat.”

While he wiped his hands, Hee-Na laid out the picnic mat she’d brought on the sand.

The sun was hot on the beach. But the cool ocean breeze was refreshing.

“What…… what?

Won Deoksam, meanwhile, had forgotten what to say to the nonchalant picnic show put on by the man and woman in front of him.

Overhead, a screeching monster roared. He was beaten up and tied to a chair.

What in the world was the audacity of leisurely spreading out a picnic mat and sharing a sandwich in this situation?

At least one thing was certain.

“I’ve got the wrong guy!”

Won Deoksam cursed himself for jumping to conclusions about the other man’s appearance as a civilian and not digging deeper into the situation.

“There’s no way someone related to such a mysterious peanut could be ordinary!

Of course, no matter how ordinary someone looks, you never know what kind of abilities they might had.

Wen Dexam had seen countless such cases in his intelligence work.

‘To know that and still make such a fatal mistake……. I should have known better before kidnapping her.’

Was it because she seemed so harmless? Upon reflection, I realize that I was blinded by the quest and acted more hastily than I should have. I was careless.

‘Ack, what was I thinking?

While Won Deoksam was reflecting, reflecting, reflecting on his foolishness, Hee-na and Hee-won ate their sandwiches clean.

“It’s really good.”

Hee-won took a big bite out of the second sandwich.

Hee-na didn’t touch her sandwich anymore, instead munching on the washed cherry tomatoes.

“Mmm. Delicious.”

Her stomach felt full, her muscles loosened, and her mind relaxed.

I was in good shape to interrogated someone.

“Excuse me, Mr. Kidnapper.”

Hee-na called out to Won Deok-sam.

He was tied to a chair, observing the siblings. Hee-na took a good look at him, too.

In the darkness of the warehouse, he had seemed incredibly frightening, but in the light of day, he was just an ordinary middle-aged man.

Perhaps it was his swollen face from the beating, but he looked almost pathetic. His face was mottled with bruises that made him look like an old man.

“Hey, answer me this: You didn’t bite your tongue off in a go match, did you?”

“Oh, no.”

Won Deoksam could barely move his swollen lips from the blow.

“Miss, I’m sorry. I must have lost my mind for a moment, and I’ll do anything to save your life.”

The apples were best grated into pre-baked bread.

Wen Dexam groveled as hard as he could, for he was a man who would give up his dignity for his life.

“If you’re willing to cooperate, I’ll be happy………. Where did you hear about the peanuts?”

Hee-na asked straight forwardly.

It seemed that the reason this middle-aged man had approached her and kidnapped her was because of the peanuts, which meant that the information about Hua Yuan’s peanuts had leaked out of the Blue Dragon Guild, and she wanted to find that hole and close it once and for all.

“I thought the Blue Dragon Guild had taken measures to prevent information from leaking out……. I wonder how an outsider found out about my brother’s peanuts.”

“That’s because……. I found out because I stumbled upon a post on the Hunter Net Anonymous Bulletin Board.”

“The Hunter Net anonymous message board? Because of what it said? A member of the Blue Dragon Guild? That can’t be right.”

Hee-na explained that all the Hunters who bought the peanuts from her had sworn an oath in a magic stone to keep the information to themselves.

“But it was posted on an anonymous message board?

Impossible.

“Here’s how I know it happened. Someone posted the peanuts on a HunterNet trading board, distributed them in small quantities, and a Hunter who bought them posted on an anonymous message board testifying to their effectiveness.”

“So the person who posted on the anonymous message board wasn’t from the Blue Dragon Guild?”

“Yes. In any case, other Hunters who purchased the peanuts found the source of the peanuts, but the trader’s post and username have been deleted, and the word is that they cannot be repurchased.”

“……ah.”

At this point, I thought I had a pretty good idea of the context.

It seems that one of the Hunters who bought the peanuts from Hee-na quickly sold them through the Hunter Net.

The guild then ordered her to keep it a secret, so she deleted all posts and IDs that could be used as evidence.

“When I saw that, I thought that if I could find out where the peanuts came from, I could make a quick buck, so I worked backward and found you.”

Hee-Na ruffled her hair.

“Does that mean other people can come to me for peanuts, too?”

You’ve been kidnapped and narrowly escaped, but that was not the end of the story…….

Seeing Hee-na’s troubled expression, Won Deoksam shook his head hastily.

“No, no, no, I’m an unusual case. I a able to trace it to here because I handle information directly.”

“Handling the information yourself?”

He smeared saliva on his tingling, swollen lips.

“I’m an intelligence trader, one of the best in Asia.”

“An information trader?”

I knew there was such a thing as an intelligence officer. They were paid to handle and track information.

“I always thought my brother’s peanuts worth a lot, but I didn’t realize he’d go all the way to an informant…….

Hee-Na shuddered slightly at the eerie realization.

Her worst fears had come true. There was someone who coveted the siblings’ abilities.

Hee-na tugged at Hee-won’s sleeve.

“Brother, what should we do? We’re in trouble.”

“Hey, hey. Calm down. There’s the Blue Dragon Guild behind us. What are you afraid of? Yesterday was bad luck, but we’ll be more careful in the future.”

Hee-won patted Hee-na’s nervous shoulder and added, “If you can’t, I’ll call the guild leader.

“If all else fails, we can tell the guild leader about the situation and ask for protection. To be honest, I think you and I are both quite capable of being treated well. Of course, it won’t be as peaceful as it is now.”

He sounded nonchalant but secretly rational. It helped Hee-Na calm down again.

It was better to face a blank slate, and it helped to have her brother with her, even if he was powerless.

“If you keep me alive, I won’t reveal this information to anyone, and I can even take measures to prevent further leaks.”

Won Deoksam listened to his brother and sister’s conversation and quickly hung on.

He said that since he wasn’t an ordinary information dealer, he could promise a much more thorough security operation than the Blue Dragon Guild, and as soon as someone tried to pry into his brother and sister’s information, he would know who it was and prevent any accidents.

Hee Na looked at Wen Dexam with a slightly dubious expression.

“Are you saying that uncle is such a great person?

Recognizing the look in her eyes, Won Deoksam stammered, “He’s really that great?

Maybe the flying monsters cackling overhead had made him impatient.

“I am, in fact, Mr. One!”

“……What’s that?”

“You don’t know Mr. One?”

Wen Dexam’s eyes widened in shock.

“You don’t know me?

In the hunter world, Mr. One was very famous. It was common knowledge that all information at home and abroad went through Mr. One.

He had such a tight grip on the Asian Hunter community.

Mr. One’s identity was also a mystery. As a man of information, he was careful to keep information about himself under wraps.

All that was known was that his gender was male.

Meanwhile, Won Deok-sam was shocked by Hee-na’s trembling reaction.

“What’s that?” he asked, even though he had revealed his face and identity in a desperate crisis.

Won’s pride was deeply wounded, wondering if his fame was all he had.

“Mr. One is one of the most famous information traders in the world, especially in Asia, where he is known for his tight grip on information!”

He gilded his name in frustration.

Hee-won, who had just finished another sandwich, agreed.

“That’s right, Mr. One is a very famous information trader.”

Won Deoksam leaned forward in delight.

“I see, you know!”

But you have to hear a man out.

“But on what basis do you believe that Mr. One and you are the same person?”

Hee-won asked, suspicious of Mr. Won’s identity. Hee-na agreed with her brother.

“That’s right. Such a great intelligence officer would kidnap someone so close to civilian life for a peanut? It’s ridiculous.”