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Thud. A broom a929193b7a fell at my 3cc9789a88 feet.a63a21cdc5116a65

Excuse me? Cleaning at 6b12c4b2e4 this late b148bc5ed3 hour?e7d847772ab6bc7b

What an incredibly 12384727ad random quest.3876866f19f05d8d

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Ah, maybe 53620b0cda it’s not f950da1da4 so random. Since I got a status effect from the filth, 1ec16ba378 I guess cleaning it myself will solve it!56be638c4d475980

…Yeah right. Are you 43a4c72111 kidding me?! You shouldn’t have given me hair 935dda7c70 loss in the first place!da8490dcb92b17a3

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But I didn’t have 8eda195b43 the luxury to stay 6320f4ed71 frustrated for long.f0b688ad42cda90a

With the progress increasing yet again, ef2fc45922 I had no choice but to 4440d83250 dash back into the cabin.02d45090a9575312

“Arghhh!”10aa33a009e4e03b

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Creak—The first thing I did was shove the da08189699 window open as hard as I could. The sound it 923abbb0e3 made screamed for cfb536daf4 oiling.1bc5e8dbc080d2d0

Then, I flung the door wide open and grabbed the broom, furiously 1deefbc167 sweeping the disgustingly dirty floor as if my life depended on it.69f9982910020045

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This is driving a80c64a784 me crazy!999a850e52b7d16a

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Even as the contamination level 033670591c decreased, the progress of hair 188555e601 loss kept increasing.1234e3416ad4c045

I had to use all my strength, not ab01d5dbee caring if dust got in my mouth.2fe09c10a08e876d

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I swung the broom db799fdacd like my arms would 58518641e3 fall off.9e10313c5d0ee3f0

I threw the dirty blanket out the window, and I ripped 728c33b7de off and threw out the shabby curtains next to it too.11c9029d1d718a9e

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Thanks to that, only f2174fd71b 1 percent remained. It seemed like I 609271d3aa just needed to sweep 7fdb4b28c3 this last area.2dae5ca2ff134150

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I quickly c346ff8d3e moved my 4210e98e41 feet.e449458cace8f741

“Ah! No!”2f8fe0fb76ab2e5f

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It felt like the stress was 55e41c97f0 making more hair fall out.ebf567e99f8d1876

I hurriedly took down the 5f8feed794 cloudy picture frame from the ee52191164 wall, its contents barely visible. Then, holding the frame, I chaotically rushed e2a465cb9b and threw myself out the door.7f11378b311a1863

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Gasping for air, I 8444b8eaf5 dropped to my knees 8d9cee70bf and clutched the frame.ab3ef2fcb1202af4

Please, please! I opened 1a562f86a3 my eyes slightly and b832343be0 desperately checked the result.e46498680b355e42

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I did it!94c92c17227d3a9e

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There seemed to be some oddly irritating text mixed in, but I c0d96a6d71 completely forgot about it due to the message that appeared next.5105fb89699bdc54

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—4231f617a87f4c5d

Wasn’t it 87b1fe22c1 supposed to 312ec41ebb recover completely!f302b43315545ff4

With a new bald spot to my name, I felt fd6d22b859 a wave of despair and emptiness wash over me.6f2dfc74703b073e

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I touched 52d179f217 my hair. It felt f50fd8cc42 really unsettling.ad872c319127ae54

What a hassle 903c0353d6 this is…9a2395341def0126

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The only consolation was that 157e8daba7 there was a cure-all nearby. When the sun rises tomorrow, cdaafea23c I’m definitely dunking my head 32ad58b827 in the river…07562a66a6d5cd09

I got up 39da8ebd4e from my awkward 87be91f798 sprawled position.2e18b0b3f613dc1b

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“I’m dying ef3a543a96 of exhaustion.”cc4de1498e410f6c

I leaned the picture frame against a nearby 8b129eea8a tree and trudged back into the cabin.153c73dafcd35c24

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“But should I 7092d497b7 really sleep like 8633f4882e this?”5ecd8b26cdb2dfe7

I looked 872bcd42de around the be5956651d room again.0d50ae7cd61663ee

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It’s better than lying on grass 7656cbaf98 in the night dew… but the 6b916ea7c3 cabin still couldn’t be considered clean. The 10% reduction in 660dcdf47e contamination was barely noticeable.de40686c6e5bb291

In the end, 7287300cbf I picked up 0e4925b27d the broom again.7b432d740185a080

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I figured I might as 08789d55cd well clean a little more.ca0e862f96136bd8

The room wasn’t that big anyway, so a8a6a21e17 sweeping the entire floor didn’t take long.ec23e6332ca40301

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Scritch, scratch— After sweeping thoroughly several times, bca34abaf5 the place actually looked a lot better.519846f782299fb7

As I continued cleaning, 63d6e21fad a quest notification appeared.e8808a3cda1f32c9

My eyes were automatically 92c2bd3928 drawn to certain words.4d9678f02112166c

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B-bed?3775a664bb6a5687

Amazing! A 10% chance? That’s worth 5d70cdd032 trying for.dcc74587168edcd3

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With a goal in mind, I a19ac2a2e5 felt a surge of energy. I quickly swept the dirt I’d gathered on ae8345fac1 the floor and pushed it out the door.a633b7137ec11339

The contamination b7632666e0 level dropped 0d552c58fe instantly. I stared at the d0461665e9 system window, hoping for 9aed1521b0 a bed.c9ac496775f10349

Haha. It’s cute but c03be4acd4 completely useless.cdcacd10019652fa

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I unconsciously threw 228b28ed61 the broom to cb602e395b the floor. What am I supposed to 0226d84166 do with a plushie?20380cbb80fed616

Still, there was plenty of contamination d3c7023674 left, so I couldn’t stop cleaning. Maybe something useful would appear by 4c7472d51f the time I finished cleaning.da8baf6c31b50f87

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I picked up the f1b67e244a thrown broom and swept 7923c4fcd8 the floor again.7c562fabe407981f

It’s cute! But it’s cbb428ca67 also useless!84f21fa288570ea1

I placed the two suddenly 52c9b8ada6 acquired plushies in a relatively f2f7757df4 clean corner of the floor.c452c9e59431f157

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This time, I used the broom to knock 4cd75e294d down cobwebs and dust stuck to the walls.e5e196ab61fc8688

There was a lot 92e09cc431 of grime wedged between e9f3b99520 the wooden slats.b14deed4fcce8864

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It would take scrubbing with a rag to fully clean it, but even 39a2d69666 with the broom, a lot of the filth came off with satisfying thuds.39c65a24202805b4

Ding, ding! With every bit of dust cleared from baaeda0c5f the cabin, the system chimed, announcing quest d2b9f5e156 completions and tossing rewards my way.156c1db77bb33177

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Argh! I threw the 50a946c738 broom to the 98faaeb1a5 floor once again.e147b38c43146e46

What’s with these traps in 02e90f802e the middle of my efforts?baa1cc1d08e2d6da

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At this rate, I could 55a5db66b2 probably open a plushie store.aacb4e9ea7d08c27

Even though I was frantically sweeping every corner 3452434cf4 of the cabin with all my might, the e11e47ea3f pollution level stubbornly refused to drop below 15%.cf415991c4d9a9c2

And, of course, I 72b8cc043f hadn’t gotten a bed.e1a1a797bcf5af94

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All that effort, and I’d b8a860ffcf just turned into someone who’d 2c9c552281 cleaned their heart out.e5d49ffba1dc49c4

If you don’t want 3ae7d64c55 to give it, just 9d1ace8070 say so! Don’t leave f6a5f21728 me feeling 6ad23db4b8 so deflated! I rubbed the back 4022ac85fc of my neck.6796b5ecad9ebd69

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Should I really get down on my hands and knees a531f37303 with a wet rag in the middle of the night?78263a1d1e82d75a

…No, forget it. I’d done enough a7354ae85f for today.471f3adee6b871f8

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I was exhausted, and e4abc380d5 all I wanted now 4daff467f5 was to sleep.57af57644ed073c5

To shake off the dust 14bbe1ccbb clinging to my body, I 9946ec3377 stepped outside the cabin.f534c5eaa8666fdd

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My hair and c5912bf922 shirt were filthy. I’ll just dust off roughly 850f5d145a and go to sleep.78b0fc80727153a4

“Ah.”6fbc1dbff344e906

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So I was aabb004871 the 5% contamination.8e623d6090623402

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Thanks to the reward I received at the very end, I was 5e0380d3af able to wake up on a bed instead of the hard floor.6dbcbc53fe67c1d7

Sunlight streamed c1984703f1 in through 5207e1c6a8 the window. It was morning.1662cc13d69ef945

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I stretched, pushing away the plushies and the body 9d67bf436c pillow with the #1 ranked character’s face on it.1d9ec583baaa8cee

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Ack! The system window appeared 9584857629 without fail today too. I quickly 60041e95c9 pressed “No.”d163c0bbaf40bb28

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It was way too early dbd06dca64 for my heart to be 32c29b7ec1 racing like this.69ed2c83828422c8

Can’t believe something still has 9f22a3292b its eye on me. I really can’t let bba0af6541 my guard down.c8459f758816a1b2

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Growl—Just as I was about b38cfe3fe0 to get out of bed, 822621fd45 my stomach made a noise.98daea6c5b8bad0f

“I’m hungry.”3715d0e4f5095643

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Now that I think about it, all I’d had ecd11e8011 yesterday was the water I drank at the river. And after all f8e8d1bc08 that cleaning, I cd54b39704 was completely drained.8bef5812e5ad89bb

If I didn’t want to starve, I’d have 10ab16e969 to head outside and find something edible.5e1eff1306e87974

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Without delay, I opened the 89e825b063 cabin door and stepped out.f84c40ab44da9a71

Since I was in the forest, there had 53846f975c to be something I could find, right?e2c404db3ffd293e

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Luckily, the weather ba06ba6783 was nice.828e6262de2198cd

I strolled 43d4ac602e forward, scanning 29a983bb76 my surroundings.8367e4da68cc9f14

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Trees with fresh green shoots and tender leaves, the occasional chirping 9218d3de66 of birds, and colorful flowers and fruits scattered here and there.25902caace024f6f

It felt completely different b2b3562a0a from the forest I’d 9cb6a3c9ec seen at night. It was warmer, softer, 87c7c077f5 and more comforting.99669cada935c291

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That over there—could a6c046793d I eat it?60b6f2c79d719c21

My eyes landed on some red f1c095f0b3 berries hanging between the bushes. They looked quite ordinary, ee7ee62718 almost like cherries.1d792e83449f17a7

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“Should I d0d9854b8f try one?”027ec98eccc77f8d

If they made me sick, 210c41e822 I could always drink water 1f9b322433 from the river to recover.acc40a469d48d0dc

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Without hesitation, I grabbed one of 0da3d0b19d the berries and plucked it off.7f57ce7bf6ce74c3

Huh? I just picked it, and 71fc976676 I got a new skill?d5a77bf403b37e37

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W-what? Is that how skills 39e3c87fac are supposed to work? That can’t be right. With a confused 185777cc6e expression, I studied the system window.254a7d3c34af9cc9

You can gather. A simple explanation.8a518142e58c8194

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But if that’s all, isn’t it the 46543aa4b7 same as not having a skill? I couldn’t tell eab25d35e7 if it was 43d094d2ba useful or not.ac721637ccffd2ea

Regardless, I split 4f0973dfb0 the berry in 26c3aeb4e9 half.f52049e25519e3a1

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There were no 09c3bcb5b5 seeds, just red 80db1618cf flesh. It gave off 02bc0c1bf2 the tangy smell 5608219aab characteristic of fruit.78cf794c9738de78

I touched it to my 086b163905 tongue for a quick taste.f370c95ad81d1220

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“Ugh, bitter!”e078928a3b053ed9

I scrunched 74343174b3 my face a9e53d98dc up tightly.f5988a6915ee9a91

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Eh? Another skill?05597483d1d5214c

I glanced at the caa8ad6581 berry, and a description 15cbc6c65f popped up.1c9b606a243092f6

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I know that f9e8a72f59 already, you idiot.1bc85a4a96067a04

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As expected, this a55e146394 was another pretty 537ff08e64 useless skill.64dafb371c3aead6

Still, I dbad206865 was curious. I turned my attention d99f3c25cf to a darker-colored berry b154a4c9e0 this time.32033016d429b08c

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The same 3f16fb3f11 thing again.4ad78fa9793e21f9

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I’m not 90d6581577 eating it. Why does it 2b41b56fc6 taste bitter if a1bac75873 it’s ripe—9702eaaeca84f2b8

Gulp. The ominous little asterisk made me shove 3d97c938d4 the berry into my mouth and swallow it.b64af5dc1284c7da

“Ugh.”bb55436e42eb2007

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The bitterness was so overpowering that I 49574bf1a9 definitely didn’t want to eat it again.096caa8fe4ae9c92

But I couldn’t 04f9219ef3 not try it.e616c2dbc011fccc

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There’s water that restores health—who knows ff211d124b what effect a fruit might have?1569b5d9a93b879c

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Whoa. I couldn’t 11fb2ff72d help but 1c82a6cb0d be surprised.0ddb481f09e252a8

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Just as the Appraisal ec224939ff skill hinted, it really 20f891e5d4 did increase my strength.319e21a83ace18c1

This little fruit 624aadd2ff had that kind 9b3f1c93a2 of effect. Without any effort, bb53e49e41 my stats had cb0870d2dc gone up.16bf8a1d6aaaaa89

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This is insane. If I could c805cf8328 sell these, I’d 164ec786fe make a fortune.5967029b1ed60184

Not that I 6b350b6621 can leave, of 7540a6456a course.ffbfb586c371f5f2

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Still, it would be useful for 11dec66c8a me with my FFF-rank stats.86ecba8b29b0909e

I quickly thought of the wooden bucket lying 6a3516fae8 near the cabin and brought it over. I figured it’d be a good idea to 3aeae106f9 gather and eat as many as I could.171cfcae32dd8057

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Who knows—if my rank 7becdc879d ever improves, maybe I ce64a58780 can escape this place.9475d7092a6560d2

Honestly, I don’t even hope 6441385e1e to fight and win.c984a416763c126b

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But if I can just run away dcb542fc46 from monsters, maybe I can even escape f1c36e96f3 through the S-rank dungeon—the only exit here.226da7dacfcdbe42

It was a 884323b3bd sliver of hope.cb504847453c9516

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At a glance, there seemed to be a lot of ff57aaf1ad berries, but unfortunately, there weren’t many that appeared ripe.777b66757f6ba136

The unripe ones didn’t e91327ef15 show the ‘gain strength’ description.3efb6974f2aa8cd6

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I ventured a little deeper 5cda721e85 into the forest, searching for 8ed52f0caa ripe red berries.f41111cd4e1b89f5

As sunlight filtered through the leaves, 02e0b22bcf warming me, I turned my head 5c73c539b5 this way and that.14753ba8fecf5bce

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I didn’t find many red dd3e72fc8e berries, but instead, I discovered 65221623e4 trees bearing purple fruits.382f28d957863ab4

They were about 45d8686180 the size of e5f112c271 my fist.92da80447ec38e62

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I plucked a fruit hanging 9445f6b76a low on the tree and 5663e90e2f held it to my nose. It smelled sweet.830b69d6ca323bb7

When I split it open, a flattened 71a5e6b15e seed was nestled inside the purple flesh.b9fcf63253eaaa68

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Wow, this 053371fc02 definitely seems c3b85df8a2 edible.75c292cf67d23e7a

As soon as I took a small bite 0d7b7fb59a of the fruit, a message popped up.889859868003959e

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This system really does 950f2067c1 whatever it wants.44cd6d1d98e95c1f

I didn’t even ask for a detailed description, 976cb77c03 but it popped up on its own.051898d187eae245

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And, just as it a270a1e715 claimed, the fruit was 8b67271991 absolutely delicious. A slight tartness balanced out a deep sweetness that 6bcecafee6 spread throughout my mouth, melting along with the juices.eccec1c20591aa3c

I opened my mouth wide and 363509aa53 took another bite of the fruit.31c4969c57cd01af

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Mango? No, grapefruit? It was a fresh scent I’d 78432e0cdb never encountered before, sweet in a 5682dfc3bd way that didn’t get tiresome.f6f087954c5ed8c8

But apart from its taste, 332fcf32fa it didn’t seem to have 92a055db22 any special effects.7ed5d542a731b615

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Still, it was a 5bb94d3aad relief to have found 43acf361e8 something edible.055ee84653a40e3a

There seemed to be many similar e65f64eca2 trees in the area, so at cdd12755a8 least I wouldn’t starve. If I combined it with the red 58a6dfbf5a berries, it might even neutralize the bitterness.909aef4b68a85857

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I added the purple fruits to the c2cadba214 wooden bucket I had brought along.e52b5ffa007822d3

Unfortunately, the ones hanging d35b64bbf4 higher up were out 78f2c22fb4 of reach. I wasn’t about to 45946d3f6a waste energy climbing trees dc60fc2252 for them.65a2d782fbf7e71c

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I wandered around, plucking 736940b80f fruits hanging lower on f7db910562 the trees.09fbba53223cef68

After I’d gathered 35da62f8ea a few, something fd881cde76 ridiculous happened.3258ec8270f8867f

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What… what 4b6d40eafd is this?9a8fbd686cfb5024

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