Housekeeper in the dungeon

EPISODE 01
Hidden Class, Housekeeper

A man with a compliant appearance rummaged in his bosom. A card came out of his hand.

He knew what it was. It was a card key. In other words, a house key.

“Will you take responsibility for my future?”

He handed it to her and said something incredible.

Hee-Na’s eyes grew as big as glasses.

“Oh, my God.

When she was younger, she had fantasized about a handsome lover proposing to her with a ring on his finger.

She’d thought it was just a fantasy, but who knew she’d end up in a situation where she’d have to deal with it?

A handsome, talented, world-class man, handing her the keys to a house worth hundreds of times her ring and promising her a future.

This was a jackpot beyond my childhood imagination. If my late parents had seen it, they would have slapped me on the back and told me to grab it now.

But in the face of such rare good fortune, Hee-na had to be cautious.

“……I, jin-hyeon Kang, Hunter.”

“I’ll leave everything to you, including myself.”

Kang Jin-hyun said to be one of the strongest Hunters in the world, looked at Hee-na with a steadfast, yet wistful gaze.

He looked so sad that I wanted to hug him right away.

‘Is this the beauty world?

I thought he was only strong in strength, but he was also strong in mind. Hee-na chastised herself for almost losing her cool for a moment and spoke carefully.

“That, that…….”

“Feel free to talk about it. There’s nothing I can’t bring before you.”

In the end, Hee-Na could only shout out, half-crying.

“No, what’s so strange about asking me to come in as your full-time domestic helper?”

“How am I supposed to say that to the most important person in the world, the one who will be in charge of my rituals?”

Hee-Na could only shake her head at the seriousness of the answers.

“How did I get involved with someone like this when all I wanted was to live a simple, normal life?

It all goes back to one day, three months ago…….

* * * *

My eyes flashed and I felt dizzy.

And then I saw the words in the air. My over-saturated brain didn’t immediately understand what they meant.

“Am I seeing things?

It’s not surprising that Hee-Na, who had been working overtime for three days and nights, dismissed the first “it” as a myth.

When you’re constantly looking at your computer monitor, it’s hard to tell if you’re looking at a document window or a document window, are you?

It took Hee-Na a while to decipher the sentence that popped up in front of her.

“……What? Awakening?”

As she stared blankly into space, Ms. Kwon sat up from her seat.

There was a faint trace of drool dried at the corner of her mouth, and dark circles had descended to the bottom of her chin. Hee-na probably looked no different from Mr. Kwon now.

“What? What? What else did the client say?”

“Oh, no, nothing terrible like that!”

“Well, that’s good, then……. So what’s going on, Hee-Na?”

“She said she woke up with something in front of her eyes and told me she was awake…….”

Hee-na stammered, explaining what had just happened to her, and Mr. Kwon jumped out of his seat.

“What? Awakening? Awakened? Hee-na, are you an awakened person now?”

“Uh…… eh? Yeah, I guess so?”

She grabbed Hee-Na’s shoulders and jumped up and down, completely forgetting about her exhaustion.

“I’ve never seen an Awakened before! I mean, I was there at the moment of Awakening! I can’t believe it. What’s it like, does it pop up like a game window with abilities and stats and stuff?”

“Uh, I don’t know about that…….”

Just as I was thinking, “How does that work?” an explanation window popped up in front of me.

“I’m exploring my career path, which can be quite time-consuming.”

It was an oddly realistic explanation. It brought me back to my senses.

Mr. Kwon was also taken aback by the unexpected answer.

“Uh……. I see. So, Hee-na, you’re going to quit the company when you find a job? Hunter, you can make a lot of money doing that.”

“Well, I heard that if you get a low rank in anything, you can’t just go to a regular job, so we’ll see, but I think I’ll stick around anyway.”

Despite the unexpected tumult of her awakening, Hee-Na was a fierce realist.

Ten years earlier, the world had changed dramatically when a dungeon suddenly opened up in the world.

The monsters that came out of the dungeon were killing people, and Hee-na lost her parents in the process.

It was a time of heartbreak when she thought that humanity would be destroyed.

One by one, people with the ability to fight back against the monsters emerged. The people decided to call them the Awakened.

The Awakened were powerful, and they quickly subdued the monsters that emerged from the dungeons, and thanks to them, the chaotic world quickly stabilized.

A decade later, the Awakened were a vital part of society.

The Hunters, especially those who went out into battle, were earning hundreds of millions of units a day in exchange for their lives.

As such, people thought that being an Awakened was a very lucrative career.

“But that’s just for the rich.

Hee-na knew the harsh realities of the Awakened world because she had an older brother who was a D-class Hunter who would come home injured from dungeons every time.

“Once in battle, low-ranked Awakened are injured in body and mind, and even if they get paid a little more than others, there’s nothing left for them. Worry about your life and rot in your family.

Her brother, who is four years older, awakened ten years ago and took on all the dirty work to take care of young Hee-na.

His wounds never healed and her tears of worry never dried.

If she hadn’t gotten a job at a small company as soon as she turned twenty and started looking out for herself, he might have collapsed from the strain on his body.

‘Idiot. Now that I’m working, you can rest.

Hee-na sighs as she remembers her brother leaving a note saying he would come back with some money.

“My dream is to live a normal and happy life with my brother rather than money.

After losing her parents in the turmoil, all Hee-na wanted was a normal life.

She wants to live a normal life with her brother, not worrying about him getting hurt somewhere, not worrying about making enough money, not worrying about their old age, and not worrying about their bickering.

It was Kwon who snapped her out of her reverie.

“Don’t think about washing your mouth afterward. Do you have to pretend you know me?”

She smirked and patted Hee-na on the shoulder.

“Anyway, I have to go now that I’m awake. I’m curious about Hee-na’s awakening profession……, but I’m going to try to get at least an hour of sleep at home before I’m stuck at work like this.”

After all, she was a tired office worker.

The cataclysmic event of her awakening didn’t make up for her overdue work, nor did it eliminate her existing fatigue.

Ms. Kwon quickly lost her energy and waved at Hee-na. It was a sign that he had to go.

“Take care.”

Hee-na watched him walk away like a zombie, her head hanging low.

“Mmm, I’m sleepy. I want to go home too…….”

My eyes drooped. But Hee-na’s work was due tomorrow, so she couldn’t leave like Kwon.

“I heard that once you wake up, your stamina is better than normal people, so I hope you can recover your stamina while you decide on a job.”

Hee-na muttered and turned back to her computer monitor.

She still had a long list of documents to look at. She wondered if she would be able to finish it by tomorrow morning.

“Oh, I hope the company goes out of business!”

She was tired, the kind of tiredness that every office worker has had a thousand times, the kind that nurtures even the most impending thoughts.

It was then.

A thud!

The entire building shook and the ground rumbled. The objects on the table shook as if they were burning.

It was an earthquake.

Alone in the lighted office, Hee-Na crawled under her desk, not knowing what to do.

She remembered the safety instructions that said to take shelter under your desk during an earthquake.

“Oh no. Dr. Kwon is gone and I’m the only one here, I’m scared to death!

Who was it that said the Korean Peninsula was an earthquake-safe zone?

Hee-na hid under her desk and closed her eyes tightly. At the same time, a cold, blue light filled the office.

A flash!

There was a flash in front of her eyes. In an instant, her surroundings changed. Gone was the office with all the signs of a late-night shift, and lush foliage-filled my vision.

It was a jungle. Hee-Na quickly realized what was happening.

“I’ve been sucked into a dungeon gate!

Occasionally, dungeon gates would open randomly like this, snatching up passersby.

But it was a very slim chance, about as likely as getting blown away as you walked by.

“Those are the odds!

Hee-Na had won this unlucky game of roulette.

“No! It’s early morning, and the hunters will be late, so what can we do?

Tears welled up in her eyes in frustration. Words appeared out of thin air. It was a system prompt.

“Awakening!

Hee-na clasped her hands together and read the system prompt with hope in her eyes.

If she awakened as a combatant, she might be able to survive here until the Hunters came.

“They said over 80% of the Awakened are combat classes!

Hee-Na prayed fervently for the Combat class to appear.

“Please God, please God, please God!

And the system window showed her the right class.

A Lifeguard in the Dungeon