Unexpected Sales Performance
"Haaah... what the hell is this...?"
Na Hyunseo, printing out and reading the research results, felt a mix of disbelief and chills running down her spine the more she read.
"Oh my! Oh my! Is this the kind of thing you ditched my successor position for?"
Here, "successor" meant the next professor spot. Or, more bluntly, slave until you became a professor—something along those lines.
Damn... I just wanted to check it quietly and leave...
She must have been watching via CCTV. The moment Na Hyunseo got the results, Im Suyeon showed up, hitting her with that sweet, affectionate voice like before, ripping into her mentally.
If the research had been decent, she wouldn't be mocking like this...
"Pfft... what? This has way more nutrients than regular carrots? Where the hell are you farming these days?"
"Ah... it's not like that..."
"Then what? I thought it had some special effect or something... what's this? Oh... still good for eye health, huh?"
"Carrots... are good for the eyes anyway... haha... ahahaha..."
"........."
The witch professor stared at her with venomous eyes. Na Hyunseo felt goosebumps prickling all over her body.
"Wouldn't it be better to just come back to school...?"
If she stayed like this, the witch professor's brainwashing might start again. She'd done it before—grabbing her when she tried to get a job, convincing her that being a TA meant owning the world.
If she got caught now, it'd be the same spiel: help the professor as a TA, study in grad school while helping the professor, get your master's and keep helping, get your PhD and still help—endless lectures on why.
"Ah! You know, this seems good for skin!"
"!!!"
Indeed, with nutrients doubled, the antioxidant content was vastly higher than regular carrots. Excellent for anti-aging, which meant great for skin—and Im Suyeon, the so-called witch professor but still only mid-30s and young, forgot her original intent (dragging her escaped student back to grad school) at those words and started properly checking the results.
Na Hyunseo seized the gap, grabbing her clothes and bag, bolting out of the lab as she shouted,
"Uh... Professor, you take the carrots!"
Something flapped by, but Im Suyeon cared more about the results in her hand than her former student's escape. Eating these carrots really seemed like it'd have noticeable effects on skin.
But...
"Hmm... this is... a bit unusual...?"
Im Suyeon usually dumped research on her students, but checking the results sparked her interest. She pulled out her glasses from her white coat pocket, put them on, and murmured,
"Been a while... shall I burn a little passion for research?!"
Her research fire suddenly reignited out of nowhere.
"You really not coming?"
"Eeeeeeh~~ No waaay~~~ I'm sleeping here toniiiight~~~~ Kim Chaerin! You take Choi Eunji out pleeeease~~~~~"
Choi Eunji stopped responding to my expression and voice. Normally she'd snap and demand I fulfill the contract, but after over an hour of me kneeling on the floor with a world-ending face, she seemed to grasp the severity.
"Uh... the... the... huge carrots you grew today... you're registering them in the Dungeon Shop too??"
"Ca... carrots...? What're those.................."
"Haa... uh... anyway, we're going then?"
"Yeeees~~~ byebyeee~~ see ya tomorrow~~~~~~~"
Kim Chaerin raised her hand like she had something to say, but met my unfocused eyes, bowed her head, and trudged away.
Watching them leave, I finally stood up.
Haa... so embarrassing... damn...
Choi Eunji showing interest in the harvested carrots today made me act crazy, but honestly, I was genuinely disappointed enough to lose it. Showing her only made it worse—her face at the twice-as-big delicious carrots was obvious without seeing. I didn't want to look like a failed farmer, and I wanted to plant the remaining seeds quick to test if I could really never grow crops with effects.
Once Choi Eunji and Kim Chaerin were fully out of sight, I opened the shop window first.
I had no intention of giving my useless crops to the Jam Tigers swarming for them. Seeds cost 10,000 won each...
Shoulders slumped, I tried registering today's harvest when,
Your registered item has sold out.
Delicious Carrots / 99 units
"......Huh?"
Completely unexpected, I was dumbfounded. What? Who bought them?!
The carrots should've auto-returned to inventory after nearly a month since registration, but,
Sales proceeds deposited to Dungeon Account.
To-Carrot sales: 4,500 P
Delicious Carrot sales: 99,000 P
Real money from To-Carrot and Delicious Carrot sales hit my Dungeon Account.
Whatwhatwhat... what is thiiiis!!!
I couldn't calm my shock for a while.
Then... since these are twice as big... maybe price at 2... 2,000 won each?
I thought, eyeing today's big-size carrots. Seeds were 10,000 won each, so still a huge loss, but would anyone pay over 10,000 for twice-bigger, tastier, nutrient-packed carrots?
But y'know...
They're not gonna sell anyway, so act crazy and just list 'em high?
I hadn't expected the ugly To-Carrots to sell out either. If those did... maybe.
I wrote in the sales registration and hit submit.
I listed them at a crazy 20,000 won each and slammed the shop closed. My heart was pounding too hard to check potential customers' brutal comments.
Anyway, my job is farmer.
I'd never farmed this hard, but today I was determined to grow a crop with real effects. It wouldn't go my way, but shaking off the shock of 10,000-won seeds yielding giant no-effect carrots, I planned to farm all night if needed.
That's why I sent the saintess and Kim Chaerin home.
"I can do it! Let's go!"
Fired up, I planted all 50 remaining carrot seeds from daytime.
Carefully covering with soil by hand, watering them, I prayed,
Please... just once! Effects! Please! Effects! Or if not, make 'em grow 20 times bigger since they grow anyway!
No effects was fine if they grew insanely huge to solve world hunger!
I wished hard. Then thought,
Hmm... now that I think, just sow seeds and 12 hours with nothing to do...
Another no-effect carrot harvest, and my resolve outpaced my anger. Yeah, I admit it. But leaving the dungeon now was awkward, so,
Right! Guarding the farm is a farmer's duty too.
Positive thinking. I'd sleep on the farm tonight. Luckily only 50 seeds, so space left for me to lie down.
Hmm... a bit uncomfortable...
A small bed would be nice.
Check the Dungeon Shop?
Dungeon Shop has everything. Maybe a mini bed. Probably.
But I hesitated. Opening it scared me—not just roasting. Twice as big meant twice the roasting; seeing evaluations for my crops might crush my rich farmer dreams I'd just rallied.
But a man's gotta face it! Yeah, can't dodge forever. Daily roasting is routine anyway. Just bigger disappointment from high hopes.
I took a deep breath and opened the Dungeon Shop.
...?!
My hands shot up to the sky involuntarily.
"Oh my oh my... look at this cute little disciple...!"
Hehe~♡ To Na Hyunseo, Im Suyeon the witch professor. But that was just TAs' view; academy students loved her. Young, pretty, talented female prof. If her figure wasn't perfect, less popular, but at 170cm and 52kg, godlike proportions.
Object of distant admiration for boys, role model for girls—so Na Hyunseo's personal gripes didn't matter. She never lost her smile in class, only squeezing TAs like rats—that was Im Suyeon's charm too.
Great figure, pretty, smiles well. Brilliant mind, research skills, academy privileges. Im Suyeon thoroughly analyzed her disciple's left-behind carrots.
And discovered something huge.
Hmm... is this why Hyunseo asked me? Cute girl♡
Na Hyunseo fled to dodge grad school return attempts, but Im Suyeon twisted it her way: too shy to ask directly, left it to her. Focused on research after ages.
And discovered something huge. Not really "discovered"—a report left with results caught her eye, spotting oddity no one cared about.
A Black Cat Fighter pack was drawn by the smell of vegetables grown by DungeonDweller and devoured them all, then returned to their territory as usual.
This couldn't be overlooked.
Why so many casualties in dungeon exploration? Not just strong monsters—sudden ambushes from unnoticed monsters were commoner.
Strong ones visible? Avoid. But monsters from below or sky? No time to dodge, they struck.
But bait to lure monsters?
Mapped dungeons less risky, but new areas? Perfect.
Korea's dungeon exploration would speed up too...
Of course, much to verify. Maybe only works on Jam Tigers.
So Im Suyeon called Na Hyunseo.
"H-hello...? P-professor...?"
"Where'd you get this?"
"...Wh-what do you mean—?"
"The carrot! Where'd you get the carrot from?!!!"
Thus learning of DungeonDwellerIsHereLol's shop, Im Suyeon rushed to the Dungeon Shop. Finding the real-time popular shop on page one was easy.
"Ugh... what're all these weird-ass comments?"
Weird curse-like scribbles everywhere, but unsold items visible. Freshly listed? Unlike others with thousands of comments, only dozens.
Shocked by skyrocketing likes, she quickly hit buy.
"20... 20,000 won each? Why so cheap?!"
Feeling like she hit jackpot, Im Suyeon bought all 50 'Twice-as-Big Carrots' and group-texted the TAs still at school.
Na Hyunseo, still registered as TA on Im Suyeon's phone, got the text too—but trembling, she pretended not to see and skipped it.