The Sold-Out Legend Continues – This Can't Be a Dream, Right?

The carrots I'd listed at 50,000 points each—50 of them—sold out, and the profits hit my Dungeon Shop account.

Not that I meant to stir up trouble, but my shop window was flooded with comments—total shitstorm. Not like there was ever anything nice there anyway, so I just ignored it.

I'd planted 20 carrot seeds and 30 tomato seeds in my farmland, and now I was checking the shop from a spot a little ways off.

I'd been feeling the urge to pee pretty badly, so it was a relief that Iris had obliged my request. Yesterday, she'd taken over Kim Chaerin's body, peed, and then tried to seduce me, so I'd just pitched a tent on the farmland and stayed a bit away. Thankfully, today she just peed and came out. She plopped down next to the rock I was sitting on and spoke in a light tone.

"But why tell me to pee on the farmland? Does my urine actually have an effect or something?"

Sharp as ever, that old elf! But if I told her straight up, she'd probably brag or demand something else.

"Nah! I just thought it might improve the soil quality. People have used urine and feces as fertilizer forever, right?"

Of course, after fermentation and all that, it'd become compost. These days, human waste isn't used as fertilizer anymore as far as I knew, but I just said what came to mind.

"Hmm... in that case..."

See? I tensed up, bracing for her to demand something.

"Should I hold it in for a big one and drop it on the farm too?"

"Shut up! You crazy old elf bitch!"

Shit on my sacred farmland...? But thinking about it, that was kinda kinky?

The scammer kept messaging me nonstop, so I'd deleted the post where the question was asked and headed back to the Dog Fly habitat where Choi Eunji was.

In the meantime, she'd been playing with the stinky Dog Flies and was a total mess.

"Did your stats go up?"

"......"

As expected, no results—she had that gloomy look.

I fiddled with the item I'd gotten from Jam Tiger Jelly in my expanded bag and thought.

Direct trade...!!!

I didn't need stamina stats right away anyway. Even while guiding, my stats had gone up steadily. Guiding might look easy, but hauling around trolling tourists builds stamina and strength naturally. Sometimes Dungeon Hornets would charge, and I'd have to swat them; Lust Slimes burrowing into female tourists' private spots meant yanking them out ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠with force; Dog Flies rattling their bone wings and swarming meant scooping up a tourist and sprinting for escape. Stuff like that.

Anyway, stamina wasn't urgent for me. Money for ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠my future was way more precious.

"Choi Eunji, uh... listen..."

"Uh, yeah?"

I started soft, and no idea why she looked startled, but...

"What if, you know. Just what if..."

"What if...? What are you..."

"What if..."

Gulp—Choi Eunji's throat bobbed, anticipating what I'd say next.

"What if you could permanently raise your stamina by 3?"

"Huh...? Wh-what?! For real?!"

"No! I said what if!"

She rocketed forward like a dragster, her face suddenly right in mine, and I panicked for a ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠sec. She'd mellowed a bit these past few days, and maybe seeing that bikini under her suit earlier made my heart skip. A tangy-sweet citrus scent brushed my nose, her body smell feeling damn good.

"If something like that existed..."

Her plump lips started moving, and gulp—this time I swallowed, waiting for her next words. But when she didn't answer right away, I got impatient first.

"W-would you buy it for like... 100 million?"

"What?!"

"T-too much for 100 million...?"

"100 million?! I'd pay 10 billion for it!!!"

...That's how it is?!

I subtly raised both arms straight up beside my ears, thumbs sky-high.

Choi Eunji gave me a dumbfounded look, but damn, even her frowning face looked pretty today for some reason.

"H-how is it? Any effect?"

Choi Eunji stared at the stat window floating in front of her, feeling all those days of frustration flash by like a panorama. Her body violated by Lust Slimes, playing with the stinky Dog Flies, and her stamina stat wouldn't budge. But the moment she ate the pinecone-like fruit from Ho Tae, her stats shot up like magic.

Her eyes welled up, tears threatening to spill, but she bit her lip and held it in.

Choi Eunji's base stats were a wreck—even she thought they were trash. Especially her stamina, the most crucial for dungeon exploration, stuck at a pathetic single-digit 7. Seeing it now at 10 after +3, she couldn't help but be overwhelmed.

And her heart warmed too.

'Ho... Ho Tae did this for me...'

Permanent stat increases were like humanity's holy grail. Gear or weapons could supplement stats, but they mostly boosted attack or defense power, not base stats. And those only worked if your base stats were solid to begin with. Like 100% or 200% attack power from strength, or defense from stamina/mana.

Sure, there were occasional stat-boosting items, but you needed at least 20 stamina to see effects—useless for her.

But a permanent stamina boost! Even when she first joined the government forces, they gave her time-limited stat boosters, but nothing permanent. She'd searched alone too, but even +1 items were priceless, and basically impossible to get.

Yet Ho Tae handed her a +3 stamina item for a mere 100 million... Of course her feelings for him skyrocketed. He'd already taken her virginity, so she saw him as her man, but now it went beyond—she wanted to worship him.

'From now on, farming by Ho Tae's side forever... kids... two... no, whatever Ho Tae wants...'

It was jumping the gun a bit, but she'd already bet everything on Ho Tae. Staying by his side as planned, and her stats rose. The goddess's oracle was spot on, she felt it again.

"Hiiing—I could pay 20 billion—"

"What?! Kim Chaerin! You should've said that before she ate it!!!"

Seeing Ho Tae fake shock and yell at Kim Chaerin's words, she thought he was acting to spare her feelings.

'See... Ho Tae only has eyes for me...'

That one line made her love him even more tenderly. So tonight, she'd cuddle in his arms...

"Huh? I'm sleeping in the dungeon again tonight?"

"What...? Not going home again?"

"Hey! ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠Strike while the iron's hot!"

"Wait! What does that mean...!"

Sensing something off in Ho Tae's words, Choi Eunji hurriedly checked the Dungeon Shop.

"Whoa?!"

This morning, when Ho Tae listed carrots at 50,000 points each, she'd thought absolutely no way they'd sell. Yesterday's at 20,000? Some mystery buyer snatched them all, which was weird since no one should know their true effect. But confirming today's 50,000-point carrots sold out? Total shock.

'How... who knows?! I bought all the To-carrots, so no one should know the effect!'

She'd thought no one knew sucking or rubbing the tip made it harden stiff. So yesterday's sell-out at 20,000? She figured Ho Tae bought them himself to fake it. She'd planned to buy them all now anyway, but...

'Someone already figured out the effect?!'

If so, more women would learn, and snagging Ho Tae's goods would get harder.

"That can't happen...!!!"

"Huh? What can't?"

In her panic, she'd blurted it out, but now she figured she should just tell Ho Tae straight.

"The crops you're growing today... that... stuff!"

"Huh? My crops? What?"

"I'll buy them all at 100,000 each!"

"What?!"

Ho Tae shook his head in disbelief. She couldn't see his face clearly and worried—had she hurt his pride with money? But when he looked up, his lips...

'S-scary...!'

Curved up like a crescent moon, eyes gleaming fiercely. She'd sensed something wrong, but then...

"Today's planned harvest: 27 tomatoes and 17 carrots—total 440,000 points. Thank you, dear customer!"

Ho Tae continued.

"Please come again—often!"

She couldn't remember the last time he'd grinned at her like that. And did he just say he loved her?! He hadn't smiled like this since their first meeting. Maybe he'd been hiding his feelings on purpose since they started flirting.

'H-haa... Even seeing me every day, he wants... more often...?! Then I should extend the guide period...'

Making light misunderstandings like this was becoming her daily routine.