Housekeeper in the dungeon

Episode 36

Hee-na’s years of socializing had taught her basic facial expressions, and she waved her hand dismissively.

“Hunter Kang jin-hyeon is human, too, and he can make mistakes.”

Instead, I asked what I wanted to know.

Seeing him come in with coffee spilling all over him made me feel a little more comfortable.

“By the way, why did you do that with the quilt and pillow? There wasn’t something going on between you Hunters that I didn’t know about, was there?”

“No.”

Kang jin-hyeon cut off Hee-na’s question. Then he sighed low.

“Ugh.

Hee-na clutched her chest inwardly.

The handsome man’s sigh had a way of tugging at her heartstrings. It was very nice to see.

Unaware of what the woman sitting next to him was thinking, Kang jin-hyeon slowly opened his mouth.

“……I tend to lose control of my strength when I’m overly tense or overly relaxed.”

“Force control?”

“Yes. I wanted to help you make the bed, but I guess I was so eager to please Hee-na that I couldn’t help myself.”

Hee-Na laughed embarrassedly. It was as if she had heard something outrageous.

“Because you wanted to look good to me……?”

“I wanted to make a human connection with you, Hee-Na.”

Hee-Na’s eyes widened.

“Why?”

“Because I want you to be my chef.”

“Aha.”

Kang’s strange behavior finally made sense.

“That five-tiered bento box must have been huge.

Hee-na looked at the S-class Hunter, who confessed that she was so eager to eat her food that she became nervous in front of me.

“But you didn’t have to help me make my bed, because that’s my job, and you’ve already won me over enough, Hunter Kang.”

Kang’s eyes twinkled.

“Is that so?”

“Yes. First of all, you’re Hunter Kang jin-hyeon, and who in Korea doesn’t like an S-class Hunter, secondly, you helped me in the dungeon, saved my brother’s life, and even covered up my mistake, so I couldn’t be more grateful to you.”

Hee-na praised Kang jin-hyeon with all the horseshoes she could muster.

“Then will you accept my offer and sign me as your exclusive chef?”

Kang jin-hyeon was ready to drop to his knees at any moment. Hee-na waved her hand in a panic.

“No, no, no. I just wanted to tell you that I didn’t turn down your offer because I don’t like you, Hunter Kang jin-hyeon.”

“Then why did you turn it down? Didn’t I promise you better treatment?”

Hee-Na broke out in a cold sweat. This was a hard one to answer.

“It’s too much of a good thing, or should I say, I’m a little scared to pick it up, or something like that.”

“What do you mean?”

“I mean, I’m just going to go to work and live my life like everyone else, and then all of a sudden it’s like a fairy godmother shows up and promises me a fancy pumpkin carriage and glass slippers? Um…….”

“What?”

“I mean, that’s what it feels like to me when all of a sudden this great guy named Hunter Kang jin-hyeon offers me a great deal.”

Jinhyun Kang asked, genuinely puzzled.

“Well, isn’t that a good thing?”

“But the pumpkin carriage and dress disappear after noon.”

“My proposal is not a fairy tale pumpkin carriage, it doesn’t disappear.”

Hee-Na realized that her question-and-answer session with Kang jin-hyeon would never end, so she finally spoke up.

“But I like having a full-time job with a company of a certain size, and anything else can disappear at any time. Even a healthy company can disappear at a moment’s notice, so why go into business for yourself…….”

Hee-na shuddered as she remembered her previous company, the all-night hellhole.

It wasn’t a good company, but it was still a company, and who knew it could disappear completely overnight?

Losing her job so quickly had been quite traumatizing for the ultra-secure Hee-Na.

Anyway, even such a stable full-time job had its unstable side.

“So how much more unstable would it be to work for yourself or as a freelancer?

Hee-Na wanted to live as long, lean, and peaceful a life as possible, and she was too scared to jump at the big bait.

“So you’re rejecting my offer.”

Kang jin-hyeon sounded incredibly disappointed.

“Not really, I’ll have to think about it a bit more……?”

Of course, this was a huge opportunity, even for Hee-Na. It was ridiculous to throw it away. The urge to make a quick buck nagged at her, urging her to take the offer.

But her cautionary instincts and 45 luck prevailed.

“If I get tangled up with this guy, I’ll be about 100 million light years away from normalcy!

And for the most part, Hee-na’s instincts were pretty reliable in this extreme situation.

Also, the employer who threw away her futon and pillow because she was nervous was a bit troubling.

Kang jin-hyeon’s act of trying to win Hee-na’s favor unfortunately earned him a minus point.

Hee-na groaned, torn between her desire and her gut instinct.

“I’m sorry, but I need more time to think about it, and it’s only been a few days since you last spoke to me.”

“How much time do you need?”

“……A month?”

This is something I should have thought about 1000 times, and I haven’t even thought about it 100 times yet.

If I thought about it 33 times a day for the next month, I could probably fill in the 1000 times, so I needed at least a month.

“You’re still thinking.”

Kang sighed. He looked down at the last sip of his coffee, lost in thought.

The awkward silence made his butt tickle. Kang jin-hyeon suddenly snapped his head up and stared at Hee-na.

“Why, what’s wrong?”

It was a very demanding look. His black eyes burned with passion.

“If you don’t feel comfortable being hired directly under me, how about a side job?”

“A side job?”

“Sell lunch boxes to me.”

Kang jin-hyeon slowly explained the alternatives.

Since Hee-na wanted a stable job, she didn’t have to quit her current job at the Blue Dragon Guild.

Instead, he suggested that she pack lunches a few times a week or a month and sell them to him.

“Please, don’t tell me I can’t do this.”

Hee-na looked at Kang jin-hyeon with a pitying glance.

“How badly does he have to eat to become an S-class hunter and beg me like this?

After all, nothing stirred the Korean heart like not eating. Hee-Na thought about it for a moment, then nodded.

“Then I’ll pack a lunch for you, too, when I pack my own.”

“Are you sure?”

“That’s about it.”

The image of Kang jin-hyeon going without food stirred Hee-na’s emotions. So she decided to show him a human favor.

“If you don’t want to give money, you can just give me the cost of the ingredients.”

Packing lunches was a bit of a laborious task, but it wasn’t something she couldn’t do.

Besides, when she thought about it, Hee-na owed Kang jin-hyeon a lot.

“He saved my brother’s life.

To Hee-na, her brother’s life was worth more than a few lunch boxes. To Hee-na, her brother’s life was worth more than a few lunch boxes.

Besides, most employers forbade second jobs. Hee-na didn’t want to get in trouble for taking money from Kang jin-hyeon.

When she pointed that out, he suddenly made a phone call somewhere. He ended the call so quickly that Hee-na didn’t understand.

“I’m taking a second job.”

“What?”

“I asked, and they said it’s not in the bylaws.”

In the meantime, she called the company and asked for the bylaws. His momentum in front of Bob was like a bulldozer.

“And it doesn’t make sense to eat Hee-Na’s food for free. My pride won’t allow it, and I’ll pay you handsomely.”

He offered 5 million won per case. It was an absurdly high price for a single meal.

“Hmph.”

To Hee-na’s astonishment, Kang jin-hyeon muttered and shook his head.

“That’s still too low. How about 10 million won? Of course, we can go higher.”

Kang jin-hyeon’s love of rice and economic sense were more than I thought.

* * *

“……So what happened?”

Hee-won asked, swallowing hard. The story his brother was telling was so exciting.

“Hurry! Hurry!”

Even Oh Sahngyi, who had been pretending to be uninterested, was secretly curious and urged Hee-na on.

“What would you have done? Isn’t that the part where you have to think carefully? Lunch was almost over, so I asked for some time to think.”

“What? They’re paying you 10 million won for a meal, what more do you need to think about?”

Hee-won stretched toward Hee-na and clicked her tongue.

It was like holding a lotto prize in front of you and saying, “Let me think about whether I should take this.

“Honestly, I don’t understand you. If you’re so worried about your livelihood, why would you turn down a job that would bring in a lot of money? A few million won’t even pay Hunter Kang. If I were you, I’d go for it.”

I sighed and shook my head at my brother’s point.

“Oh, I don’t know. You’d understand if you were in my shoes. I was so embarrassed.”

“Yeah, I know how timid you are.”

Hee-won’s sarcasm made Hee-na snap back.

“I’m cautious, unlike you, who just follows anyone who pays you to go anywhere!”

The siblings bickered for a while.

“Five colors = peace and harmony.”

The snail lost interest and snuggled back into his shell house. That’s when it happened.

Bam!

The light that had been illuminating the house suddenly went out.