Chapter 11
Chapter 11
Harang entered the alleyway as if she were used to it and pushed the white iron door in the corner.
Kkii-ik
'In a world like this, she doesn't even lock the door... Isn't she trusting the zombies too much?'
I entered through the door she had left open, went up the stairs that appeared immediately, and stepped into the house on the second floor.
'She looks like a rich girl, yet she lives in a place older than my house...'
"Excuse me."
I entered the house through the open front door and was taken aback by the sight inside.
'Ugh... what is this smell...'
"Just sit anywhere in the empty space."
Even though the house was quite spacious, it was so full of trash that there was nowhere to lie down, let alone sit.
Harang, as if she were used to it, pushed the trash around with her feet and sat on the sofa.
"Um... Harang-ssi?"
"What!"
"The... house is..."
"You got something to contribute if it's dirty?! If you're dissatisfied, go back!"
Sigh...
Wait... I wonder if trash can be decomposed too...?
I secretly used [Blessing of Manmulcho] on a small piece of trash and attempted to decompose it.
Buseureok
My experiment was a success.
"Um, Harang-ssi?"
"Ah, geez, what!"
"If I clean this house for you, what can you give me?"
At my words, Harang looked at me like I was a crazy person.
"Ha! Now you want to be a cleaner?
If you make this house as clean as yours, I'll boost you up to level 10."
Harang had made an unreasonable demand because she knew it was absolutely impossible, but I smiled brightly.
"You have to keep that promise, okay?"
I immediately started decomposing the trash.
In an instant, the trash began to turn into jars of Peanut Butter, and Harang blinked her eyes in disbelief, as if she couldn't believe what was happening.
A little while later, when the cleaning of the living room was finished, there was a large quantity of Peanut Butter jars on the floor, and when I touched them,
Banjjak!
They turned into 17 jars and rolled around on the floor.
"This is my side income, so I'll take it."
"Uh... uh? You... is that a skill?"
"Hehe, it's a secret."
Continuing the momentum, I cleaned the kitchen, the two rooms, and even the bathroom, and was able to obtain 28 jars of Peanut Butter.
'It's trash, so it didn't yield that much after all...'
"Alright, Harang-ssi? Now, since you'll be funneling the party EXP to me for a while, please hunt hard, okay?"
"This is a scam! You had such a cheap skill!!"
"A promise is a promise~ Now, hurry and accept."
As I tried to change the party settings, a new notification popped up in front of our faces.
[Change Party Settings]
[Accept] [Decline]
I smiled and pressed the accept button, and Harang also pressed the accept button, looking annoyed.
'Nice! From now on, all hunting EXP is mine, hehehe.'
Not long after changing the settings, EXP acquisition windows kept popping up.
"Wow... Harang-ssi, the zombies are hunting for you even while you're just lying at home."
"Ugh..."
"Hahaha, let's get along well in the future. Tell me if the room gets dirty again."
I smiled, left the house, went down the stairs, and stepped out the front gate.
The sky is so purple...
Satisfied with the continuous sound of EXP acquisition, I took out my weapon from my inventory and popped the head of an approaching zombie.
"Let's level up fast today and max out the Blessing skill!!"
I made a loud noise to attract the aggro of the zombies around me and swung my spear with a good feeling.
Even though the cucumber buff had worn off, I was able to hunt more comfortably than before thanks to the [Health Regeneration] and [Health Increase] I gained from eating the Remote Control Zombie.
Puuk! Puk! Puuk!
[Level Up!
You have acquired new Free Points.]
"Kueh! This is it!"
...
[Level Up!
You have acquired new Free Points.]
I felt good, but as time passed, my stamina dropped.
Only when it reached a level where I couldn't hold on any longer did I enter my abandoned alma mater and stretch out on the floor to take a short rest.
"Huff... huff... I think I've been... hunting for... almost two hours..."
Even though I had killed so many zombies, the surroundings were swarming with respawned zombies.
Disgusting things.
After some time passed, my heavy breathing returned to normal, but my hands, which had suffered, trembled slightly.
With such hands, I emptied the Peanut Butter jars I had blindly stuffed into my bag and organized them, obtaining 6 full jars of butter.
'6 jars after nearly 2 hours of hunting...
30 jars from cleaning trash... Should I switch to being a trash cleaner...?'
Thinking strange thoughts, I opened my status window.
[Status Window]
Name: Geumseul
Level: 7
Free Points: 2
I could see that my level had gone up by 2 in a single day.
I spent the points on [Blessing of Manmulcho], which proved its worth the more I grew.
[A] Blessing of Manmulcho Max: Can analyze, decompose, and copy all beings, and can purchase items whose information has been checked.
As [Blessing of Manmulcho] grew to Max, a new notification popped up.
[Hidden Achievement Achieved!]
[You have unlocked the shop for the first time.]
[When purchasing items from the shop, you get one extra.]
Oh my god, a permanent 1+1?!
I was surprised and manipulated the system window, discovering a shop icon that hadn't been there before.
When I pressed the shop button, a huge window popped up in front of my eyes, and various items I had checked so far and their prices were listed on it.
[Crude Spear]
Price: 2 spoons of Peanut Butter
...
[Magnifying Glass of Confirmation]
Price: 10 jars of Peanut Butter
Crazy?
As if possessed by something, I pressed [Magnifying Glass of Confirmation], and two magnifying glasses fell in front of my eyes.
"Daebak!!!"
I pressed it again to purchase another magnifying glass, but
[Insufficient stock.]
[Stock increases by the amount used.]
[Stock is restocked by the amount of stock at 0:00.]
"Crazy, the stock piles up as much as I use..."
I felt bad about the magnifying glass in my hand, but I went into an open classroom and wasted the magnifying glass on chalk and a blackboard.
Then, the magnifying glass, which had been a gray icon until just now, returned to color, and I was able to purchase it two more times.
In an instant, I had used up all 30 jars I had earned all day, but it was a huge gain because I was able to secure 4 magnifying glasses.
"Hehehe... now I can stock up 6 magnifying glasses a day... If I sell them to people later..."
Wait...
Around me, there was a high-level player who would buy these magnifying glasses for more than the cost price...
There was!
I immediately packed my bags and ran to Harang's house.
Kkii-ik
As expected, the iron door was not locked.
When I went up to the 2nd floor via the stairs, I could still find her sleeping on the sofa in her underwear.
Gulp...
The sight of her sleeping was so sexy that I subconsciously reached out my hand and almost touched her.
"Harang-ssi, wake up for a second."
"Uung... just a little... more..."
Her sleepy mumbling was so cute, but I had no choice.
"Harang-ssi, it's Geumseul. I have something to tell you."
"Ah... geez... I'm... sleeping... don't... disturb..."
Harang covered her head with a pillow, acting annoyed.
"Don't you... need a Magnifying Glass of Confirmation?"
At my words, she jumped up.
"You... what did you just say..."
Harang's eyes were still full of sleep, and she couldn't even pronounce the words properly.
"Hehe, I asked if you needed a Magnifying Glass of Confirmation."
Then, she scratched her messy hair and yawned as she spoke.
"A... Magnifying Glass of Confirmation? You're selling it?"
"Yes, if you can match the price. It's better to sell it to people who need it more than me, right?"
I smiled brightly like a door-to-door salesman, and Harang looked at me like I was a crazy person.
"You're selling it to me even though you know the effect of that item..."
She must be thinking that I have a counter-skill or item.
But in the old RIP days, there was no substitute for the Magnifying Glass of Confirmation.
It's understandable that she's suspicious of me.
"So, are you buying it or not?"
At my urging, she frowned.
"Price."
"How much can you give me?"
The corners of her mouth went down.
'Kueh... she's so damn cute... should I just give her one?'
I had crazy thoughts like that, but I didn't put them into action.
After agonizing for a long time, Harang opened her mouth, looking annoyed.
"Dammit... I'll give you 20."
"Give me 25. Harang-ssi, you earn money well, don't you?"
"Would I earn as much as you!!
Ugh... fine, 25, deal."
I smiled and took out 4 magnifying glasses.
Jump!
She was surprised to see the large quantity of magnifying glasses and stood up from the sofa.
"Hey! What are you!! How do you have this!"
"4 Magnifying Glasses of Confirmation. Then please deposit 100 Peanut Butter jars, valued customer~"
"This bastard!!"
Harang was excited and tried to grab my collar, but
[Attack target is a party member.]
[Cannot attack.]
The system protected me safely.
"This damn system!!!"
"Hahaha, don't be so angry. I'll sell them to you cheaper next time if I get more."
Grind...
At my words, she ground her teeth and offered me a handshake, and I smiled and took her hand.
[Trade Confirmation]
[Accept] [Decline]
I was still smiling as I pressed the accept button, and Harang pressed the accept button with a "poop-eating" expression.
That was how the cool(?) deal went through.
"Haha, please use us again, valued customer~"
"Ugh! So how did you get this!!"
At her shout, I turned my back, put on my shoes, and said,
"It dropped while hunting?"
After teasing her a lot, I closed the front door.
A loud shout, enough to attract the aggro of zombies far away, erupted from inside the house, but I smiled and stepped out the front gate.
"Phew, today I power-leveled~ and earned a lot of money~ It's a really great day, hehehe."
Not wanting it to become a "lucky day" (in the bad sense), I took out my weapon and went straight home.
--
Bang!
When I opened the front gate and went in, Mom was harvesting lettuce in the garden.
"Oh my, son! Took a while? Did you drop Harang-ssi off well?"
Mom, do you value Harang-ssi more than me now...?
"Of course. You know the Miho Hair Salon I go to often? She lives on the 2nd floor there."
"Oh my! That's close~ Then let's visit often and get close. In this world, the more allies, the better~"
"Mom's right. I'm going to visit often and get close."
"Yes, yes, good thinking. It would be so~ nice if a daughter-in-law like Harang-ssi came in~"
Mom...?
"Cough... well... I'll try."
If Harang becomes my wife, not only will our family's safety be guaranteed, but that sexy body... hehehe...
"Yes, Mom will help you hard, so try to seduce her~"
"Okay. Anyway, I'm hungry."
"Ugh... hurry up and get married and ask Harang-ssi to cook for you."
That seems impossible, Mother...
I felt it while cleaning Harang's house, but her housework ability would be a minus if measured by a skill.
"Ahahaha, but Mom's food is the best, right?"
"Oh my, he talks so well. Yes, Mom is hungry too, let's go in."
Mom went into the kitchen and started cooking, and I used the Peanut Butter I had obtained through a fair trade with Harang to extend the power and water for a week.
Are there any other buffs I need right now...?
I went into the warehouse on the 2nd floor, organized the Peanut Butter, and checked the My Home system with one hand.
'Plant growth speed increase... this is essential.. EXP gain increase... I'll need this too.'
Since buffs didn't seem to have a direct effect on life, the price was the same as when purchasing power and water.
I purchased a week's worth of everything that looked good, such as plant growth speed, EXP gain, cooking effect boost, sleep quality improvement, health recovery speed increase, etc., consuming 40 jars of Peanut Butter.
They say money makes money, and it's really true.
Thanks to the cheat-level ability to obtain everything I explored as long as I had Peanut Butter, my quality of life improved rapidly.
"From tomorrow, I must go exploring to stock various items in the shop."
I started exploring the items in the warehouse one by one to build up stock.
"Son!! Eat!!"
"Yes!!"
I blessed every object I saw even as I left the warehouse.
When I arrived at the kitchen, there was Soybean Paste Stew on the table, with a savory smell that was excellent, as if she had scooped the soybean paste from the earthenware jar on the 2nd-floor rooftop.
"Wow, Soybean Paste Stew, oh my god..."
"The ingredients inside are made by clearing out the ones that were barely hanging on in the fridge."
I was surprised by that and opened the fridge, and
"Ugh..."
The food I could consistently eat by exploring was disappearing in large quantities.
"Why, son?"
"It's nothing..."
I explored all the daily food that had become significantly less but was still remaining.
'This egg... keeping it at room temperature for a day! It'll be fine!'
I opened the freezer and started rummaging through the frozen food I had stored.
Oh! This is a jackpot!
The seasoned bulgogi I bought from Komutko, which sells goods wholesale, was portioned and frozen, and I explored it immediately.
'Hehehe, with this, whenever I want meat, it's beef bulgogi!!'
When I opened the fridge door and smiled, Mom must have been worried.
"Son... are you okay? Nothing's wrong, right?"
"Mom, from now on, you'll be able to eat beef bulgogi until you get sick of it, hehehe..."
Mom couldn't understand my story and started eating the Soybean Paste Stew with a worried expression.
"Yes... if you have a hard time, tell me anytime... hurry and come eat."
I was satisfied after finishing the exploration of the newly frozen ice, as well as the frozen tonkatsu and Bimigo dumplings.
Only then did I sit at the table and start eating the still-warm rice and the Soybean Paste Stew I hadn't eaten in a long time.
"Mom... this is delicious..."
"Yes, yes, eat everything in your mouth and then talk."
Today, too, our family survived the day safely.