Housekeeper in the dungeon

EPISODE 117

“What business does an S-class Battle Realm Hunter have with me?

Yu Yun-yi felt unnecessarily resentful.

All he had done was tell her to ‘get to work’!

Of course, he didn’t realize that the way he said it was a bit wrong.

Hee-Na walked over and waved her hand in front of Yun-Yi’s eyes.

“You’ve lost a lot of ice. I don’t know what’s going on, but you need to wake up. We need to talk about your favorite thing.”

Yu Yun-yi shakily replied.

“Uh, uh……. Yeah. Work……. Research…… is good. Let’s talk about that!”

Her voice was more docile than usual.

“How long are you going to keep saying hello, won’t you come over?”

Hee-Na got straight to the point as soon as she and Yun-Yi sat down.

“Do you think it’s possible to process spinach into powder or liquid form?”

Yu yun- Yi sat dumbfounded for a moment, but only for a moment.

He quickly regained his composure and became enthusiastic.

“……, can spinach be processed into powder or liquid? Both are possible.”

“So you can process this spinach without losing its effectiveness?”

At those words, Yu Yun-yi’s cloudy eyes flashed with fire.

“……Possibly, with a high probability.”

Hee-Na was mildly excited by his affirmation.

“It’s time to say goodbye to spinach sprouts!

Although the training was meant to improve his skills and study spinach, the few days of practice had been a bit exhausting.

In many ways, it felt like a waste of time and ingredients.

Now the recipes are pretty consistent, and Hee-Na has gotten used to measuring and cooking.

From there, it was a matter of personal practice.

‘It was quite wasteful to practice with my brother’s spinach.

She was nervous about using up her brother’s special spinach in the name of basic experimentation.

‘The spinach can be buffed and grown again, so we can dedicate the entire harvest to research, but…… it’s a waste.’

I was nodding my head as I came to my conclusions when Yu Yun-yi added.

“I see your idea, but are you saying that if the effect is the same even if the properties of the ingredients change, we don’t need to cook with the raw ingredients?”

“Yes!”

He seemed to realize the implications as soon as Hee-Na rhymed. Pretense was pretense.

For a self-proclaimed ‘genius alchemist’ with his nose in the air, he had to admit that it made her head spin.

Hee-Na opened her mouth, secretly raising her opinion of Yun-yi by half a notch.

“So, by the way, I was thinking of making a quick snack with spinach powder or raw juice.”

“…… Not a bad idea.”

“Not bad, because I know it’s a good idea!”

Hee-Na shrugged and blushed. It sounded like a pretty brilliant idea to her, too.

Yu yun-Yi rubbed his smooth chin thoughtfully for a moment.

“…… Actually, that kind of application is something I’ve thought of.”

“What? Then why didn’t you tell me before?”

Hee-Na asked in frustration.

If only she had started with that, she thought, she wouldn’t have wasted all that spinach.

But Yu yun-Yi had other ideas.

“I still haven’t established the basics of my research. I need to do a lot of initial experiments with basic materials!”

He emphasized many times that laying a solid foundation for research would help him in the future when he encountered difficulties.

But for Hee-Na, who was a pragmatic thinker, the process was more of a drain.

“The end goal was to develop this like a potion in the first place. We should take care of the urgent stuff first. When will we ever get anything out of this, Neyue, after all these years of work? Personally, it feels like a waste of time wasting spinach.”

As soon as I said that, Yu yun-Yi crossed his arms and stiffened. It was as if he had just heard something very serious.

“So now you want to skip the basic research stage and move on to application and development?”

Hee-Na nodded.

“Right. I think it would be more practical to start with development from the beginning.”

“But in the long run……!”

Yu yun-Yi was about to retort, but Hee Na quickly added.

“You have to show us something efficient. Look at it from the perspective of the guild leaders who invested. How disappointed would he be to hear reports that all we’ve done so far is chop spinach? He might start to doubt our abilities.”

It was a valid point.

But Yu didn’t seem to feel the same way. His pale face turned bright red and he slammed his fist down on the table.

“…… Yi! Yi!”

“What the hell, what’s wrong with you?”

“……yi, it’s because people like this only want short-term results that pure scholarship can’t blossom in this country!”

Hee-Na blinked in bewilderment at his sudden attitude.

“What, suddenly?”

“Pure academics can only develop if you invest time, manpower, and noo noo power!”

The voice was cold, almost frigid.

“What, you’ve suddenly gone crazy.

Hua Nai took a step back from him, and Yu Yun- Yi shouted louder.

“You don’t know my heart! My love for pure science, you don’t know!”

This was the beginning of a long series of lamentations.

Hee-Na pulled out a chair and crouched down in front of him. Yun- Yi pouted his lips in frustration.

“Hey, are you calm now?”

“……I’m always calm and rational.”

It didn’t seem like it at all, given the fact that he’d just spent half an hour ranting about his love of pure science, but for once, I decided to give him the benefit of the doubt.

“Okay. Okay, let’s get back to work, so you wanted to do this research from scratch, right?”

Yu’s enthusiasm for academic research was commendable. And he had a point.

When he started preaching about the future of science, even Hee-Na was persuaded to agree.

Even Kang Jin-hyeon, who was writing a report on a table far away, nodded his head weakly.

…… But it was one thing to understand Yu’s position, it was another to put it into practice.

“You’re not wrong,” he said, “but I’m not a researcher like you. My Awakening class is a housekeeper.”

If she went along with Yun-yi’s plan, her main job and side hustle would be completely switched.

Hee-Na didn’t want that.

“I started the spinach collaboration in the first place because I wanted to provide people with a better alternative food. Research is research, but I was able to make the offer because I wanted to take care of my favorite guild members, and I also wanted to use this opportunity to improve my skills.”

As if on cue, Yu Yun-yi chimed in excitedly.

“Yes! That’s right, you want to improve your skills, too, don’t you? I’m no spinach, and your skills are amazing. Speaking of which, do you ever feel like exploring your skills properly?”

Hee-Na answered his question honestly.

“I hate to admit it, but to be honest,…… I think I’ve already learned a lot from you because I’ve gone from eating by eye and taste to being much more organized than before.”

“Right? You see how important scientific recipes are now, don’t you?”

Yu yun-Yi’s eyes sparkled with hope.

Unfortunately, Hee-na could only shake her head. Her answer had already been decided.

“……But what I like to do is keep places clean and serve hot food to my favorite people. It’s good to learn more about my skills, but if I have to choose between the two, I’ll do what I want to do.”

As soon as she finished speaking, a system window popped up in front of her.

“……? Huh?”

Hee-Na’s eyes widened at the big news.

Yu yun-Yi was also surprised to see her suddenly staring into thin air.

“Yi Hee-na, what’s wrong? What’s wrong?”

“……I just ranked up a skill.”

“What? Tell me more. Su, your skill rank went up? Why all of a sudden?”

“I think cooking with you helped, and…… maybe I was right about what I thought just now. I think I had a good realization.”

Hee-Na stammered and explained what had happened to her.

Then she remembered Kang Jin-hyun’s words, “It’s dangerous to talk about your skills in detail to others,” and she covered her mouth.

“I can’t tell you more than that. It’s a secret.”

“I won’t tell anyone else. Can you just tell me?”

“No.”

Yu yun-Yi’s mouth pouted in response.

“Xing…….”

Feeling like she was about to be swarmed, Hee-na hurriedly changed the subject.

“Oh, anyway, my class is housekeeping. I prefer to take care of myself and keep things organized. I can’t put in as much effort and time as you want.”

Even though she had a relaxing job, Hee-Na’s time was limited. It was hard to have it both ways.

Yu was a greedy researcher, and she would have to spend an inordinate amount of time to satisfy his demands.

“…….”

Yu Yun-yi read the sincerity in Hee-Na’s answer and grumbled softly, unable to cry more.

“Research gives me so much fulfillment……. You don’t even realize it.”

It was a mockery, but her voice was weak. In effect, it was a flag of surrender waved by Yu yun-Yi.