R1 Chapter 03

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Thud.A broom fell at 5b841b2fd8 my feet.0e54c89c312a9adc

Excuse me? Cleaning at this late hour?c82bb3bf047a344b

What an incredibly random quest.bcc48d45163d27d3

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Ah, maybe it’s not so random. Since I got a status effect from the filth, I guess cleaning it myself will solve it!2545d60e4f699505

…Yeah right. Are you kidding me?! You shouldn’t have given me hair loss in the first place!22e7c5bda52676d1

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But I didn’t have the luxury to stay frustrated for long.ad833138043c4851

With the progress increasing yet 2842768340 again, I had no choice 95d34d1c01 but to dash back into 79ccec1b0e the cabin.eb789780f56766ea

“Arghhh!”4dbd51d18a0ac49a

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Creak—The first thing f642b0ba86 I did was 7ea84855c6 shove the window 1cc9d870bc open as hard 8b1ddf1e09 as I could. The sound it made a3041d209c screamed for oiling.361a253faaca058e

Then, I flung 6c56902b79 the door wide 74808da745 open and grabbed c172edcbdb the broom, furiously dbe290c61f sweeping the disgustingly ad85cb93f1 dirty floor as a1a3fb2097 if my life 7c5deb63a3 depended on it.07bffd1ef5c12663

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This is driving me crazy!f7721c4bad279f42

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Even as the contamination 2f3688d93e level decreased, the progress c089cb6497 of hair loss kept a2a017714a increasing.bff76a6aee2cdf2e

I had to ea54992894 use all my 5599a14a94 strength, not caring 490880614d if dust got a0ccd867fc in my mouth.2c9d3c3c9e8a9646

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I swung the 54a75dd2d3 broom like my 0c6f860397 arms would fall fe10c1e760 off.3d80a0e4d3f850ce

I threw the 2e6b2c0ce9 dirty blanket out adc0191ef7 the window, and 947215cd5e I ripped off fed52ccfe9 and threw out 869daddd39 the shabby curtains 3e06195225 next to it f104da1e38 too.20e066b2e2e31bd5

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Thanks to that, b02a3c9652 only 1 percent 4a7128a44a remained. It seemed like I just 08fd6398bc needed to sweep this last 695e658d81 area.c400dbf6c74c2e05

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I quickly moved my feet.3d1431ba4c43ae2b

“Ah! No!”b9465653bacbc9e2

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It felt like the 0ee47629c8 stress was making more 8889341955 hair fall out.3acd70ab77741d15

I hurriedly took 2805409ede down the cloudy d4d7ad2e0b picture frame from eef399c4c1 the wall, its 003de2dea9 contents barely visible. Then, holding the 4e2c8880ce frame, I chaotically 3d0621e819 rushed and threw 1dc36ea6f6 myself out the f21a91143f door.6c6d0565805fc1a0

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Gasping for air, ef604d562c I dropped to 81fb0b7c5e my knees and cb6e0fc6ff clutched the frame.1c1347a382106c3d

Please, please!I opened my eyes f93d814e63 slightly and desperately checked edb1fd5d9a the result.2a682169e18cad80

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I did it!89dd72fdf4a39f24

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There seemed to be some 363d417fad oddly irritating text mixed in, 733bdb7186 but I completely forgot about 4ec71db660 it due to the message cb0679faf2 that appeared next.fa6cb7c2d5acf4dd

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—7008b4fc4714f1a3

Wasn’t it supposed to recover completely!399735022887c2b3

With a new bald spot 5b9b2c064d to my name, I felt 65943902c3 a wave of despair and 969e7beea6 emptiness wash over me.fac83db731271eae

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I touched my hair. It felt really unsettling.7454456daabe4650

What a hassle this is…fe3f47c6f5d099a9

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The only consolation was that there was a cure-all nearby. When the sun rises tomorrow, I’m definitely dunking my head in the river…38698f3adbcf63f1

I got up from ea51133507 my awkward sprawled position.9d268bb903b5291b

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“I’m dying of exhaustion.”0ea41ab5d5c0363a

I leaned the 1800844992 picture frame against cd1f4364f6 a nearby tree 18b7c0c70f and trudged back ae70e58ca7 into the cabin.293735718e1eac2b

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“But should I really sleep like this?”2ccd004f0d25d0a1

I looked around bb1c616648 the room again.4a21293652d3d370

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It’s better than lying on grass in the night dew… but the cabin still couldn’t be considered clean. The 10% reduction in contamination was barely noticeable.a9af5fa7aaa210fa

In the end, I picked de78eb0a55 up the broom again.dc55b10b516088cf

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I figured I might 943e1de503 as well clean a e876b8beaa little more.da3c76c304864cfc

The room wasn’t that big anyway, so sweeping the entire floor didn’t take long.64c5817d804dab13

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Scritch, scratch—After sweeping thoroughly d10304e335 several times, the 6aadd696d7 place actually looked 512bbcf99a a lot better.3c7e2dcdf0346864

As I continued cleaning, 434c1b0f16 a quest notification appeared.1d57207d4e42004f

My eyes were fb0e47bf59 automatically drawn to c5a90d6e96 certain words.7080284445130fb1

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B-bed?95f41ef3e6ac4f5e

Amazing! A 10% chance? That’s worth trying for.b443dd53e8691df1

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With a goal in mind, I felt a surge of energy. I quickly swept the dirt I’d gathered on the floor and pushed it out the door.f7b0837425dd697f

The contamination level dropped instantly. I stared at the 1c22edb0bd system window, hoping for a5f21e380c a bed.31cdaab1173cc8c5

Haha. It’s cute but completely useless.bf6da00b84d50c43

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I unconsciously threw cfc2771d82 the broom to d7cb85de16 the floor. What am I supposed bc281d3760 to do with a 630b7c5d93 plushie?84de24e8ec084d3d

Still, there was plenty of contamination left, so I couldn’t stop cleaning. Maybe something useful would appear by the time I finished cleaning.72fce3ab9ca48cca

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I picked up the thrown 6d15e4865b broom and swept the floor d4d782da49 again.a64cc05887fad370

It’s cute! But it’s also useless!957d33d48d33cee5

I placed the two 92d76a44fa suddenly acquired plushies in c254866ed4 a relatively clean corner 58aedec72d of the floor.554d5accb7d18ba2

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This time, I 87e13b889b used the broom 58b8f325c5 to knock down e332e47c19 cobwebs and dust 889be86a26 stuck to the ea5d484d5f walls.01db45ea9c44a8b7

There was a 8041021654 lot of grime 22bfe9af39 wedged between the 64b4ddb7a8 wooden slats.6a0114f48a2c5c5d

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It would take scrubbing with d0c094a05f a rag to fully clean f0e5b8c5bc it, but even with the 6c96473a69 broom, a lot of the c1563d9ae9 filth came off with satisfying 551989d3fe thuds.9e810dc95c787606

Ding, ding! With every bit 9755df5d49 of dust cleared 73a8f28cea from the cabin, eef70fc7e7 the system chimed, e9f56746dc announcing quest completions 27fb7bf734 and tossing rewards 3a084cd8f6 my way.74ffe3d8ca62bd5a

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Argh! I threw the broom 4911c3bc93 to the floor once b1c052711e again.5b4c5b271cd77701

What’s with these traps in the middle of my efforts?d17e8adc224bdf1e

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At this rate, a1a3e17de7 I could probably 8939885b0f open a plushie d8ce6596cd store.74733596189c8974

Even though I d214158476 was frantically sweeping 9d74b97253 every corner of ee3d9ed1ec the cabin with 12b85e573b all my might, d42ad431ed the pollution level d9da53bd84 stubbornly refused to 316c0c2aa3 drop below 15%.fa3822284681d21e

And, of course, I hadn’t gotten a bed.49986aafcde4ed72

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All that effort, and I’d just turned into someone who’d cleaned their heart out.9498deff694e930d

If you don’t want to give it, just say so! Don’t leave me feeling so deflated! I rubbed the back of my neck.1c4cf67173cfb53f

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Should I really get 7c617c35cd down on my hands 9de1102550 and knees with a cb016f75bd wet rag in the ebe0da79d4 middle of the night?9b6759813f741eab

…No, forget it. I’d done enough for today.9a09a4950809d746

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I was exhausted, and all 35dcd50d83 I wanted now was to dc8f2c7977 sleep.9956f6cf7e94f364

To shake off 939ccd6f1f the dust clinging 5a9673790b to my body, 11c7dc29a3 I stepped outside d85a613512 the cabin.2df6849bdafa75c8

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My hair and shirt were filthy. I’ll just dust off roughly and go to sleep.73c37a7d279d25a8

“Ah.”4b8902a8eb19a8cd

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So I was 589c9cc684 the 5% contamination.ad8fc638181eec56

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Thanks to the e53af39569 reward I received 06702b3d94 at the very 3e6d657069 end, I was 77e17e2791 able to wake 639609fbe0 up on a f8ae3c0fa4 bed instead of a066a2540f the hard floor.b20f0d7036e4d8d6

Sunlight streamed in through the 469fea783e window. It was morning.6f612f187a3bbd85

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I stretched, pushing away the plushies and the body pillow with the #1 ranked character’s face on it.3c7932c9e989fafd

—0211e86abd3c9ce0

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Ack! The system window appeared without fail today too. I quickly pressed “No.”158387f1de1b0614

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It was way too early c3548cf0af for my heart to be 05c4798b20 racing like this.c8357da3d84d4100

Can’t believe something still has its eye on me. I really can’t let my guard down.98d548e6595003f8

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Growl—Just as I was about to get out of bed, my stomach made a noise.c134358dc99d8d44

“I’m hungry.”4246282bd142e8a4

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Now that I think about it, all I’d had yesterday was the water I drank at the river. And after all that cleaning, I was completely drained.c2ac3fca5b564f39

If I didn’t want to starve, I’d have to head outside and find something edible.7e54fbceaf5895a5

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Without delay, I 26f8ebd6f3 opened the cabin b785d20dda door and stepped ed1d269314 out.81774168e8efdfd8

Since I was in ff3c329842 the forest, there had 43f111f5da to be something I 719b66758a could find, right?3774dbab267cba1e

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Luckily, the weather was nice.57ffb84decdcde2f

I strolled forward, 428220fa30 scanning my surroundings.17562e14f3319379

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Trees with fresh green a0a7b9bf9d shoots and tender leaves, 15b8e8ca53 the occasional chirping of 7bbd846d5c birds, and colorful flowers 2776eebc4e and fruits scattered here de16dfebb6 and there.3497ee5a9902c3df

It felt completely different from the forest I’d seen at night. It was warmer, softer, and more comforting.f10b3e0d24cbd474

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That over there—could I e900e0f246 eat it?d020c97b3d867e44

My eyes landed on some bdb19754a5 red berries hanging between the a3ca3365f5 bushes. They looked quite ordinary, aba47b375e almost like cherries.0340a10ee236d95a

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“Should I try one?”160a93aeb2d432c9

If they made me 7cac6125a9 sick, I could always 0f6c94f090 drink water from the 2b61a3d57c river to recover.1732aacda9898222

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Without hesitation, I grabbed 4392d8dc3f one of the berries b073b84f83 and plucked it off.fa533e16cefaa838

Huh?I just picked it, and 0f7c0961bc I got a new skill?7c6f7b0f9ffd8a90

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W-what? Is that how skills are supposed to work? That can’t be right.With a confused expression, I 74a4558f7e studied the system window.e93f26885f714745

You can gather. A simple explanation.74c486338cb70b75

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But if that’s all, isn’t it the same as not having a skill? I couldn’t tell if it was useful or not.21ca41acf2c05605

Regardless, I split the fd88d02ffa berry in half.2345d48189c9ff96

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There were no seeds, just a255148127 red flesh. It gave off the tangy eeedfd0b37 smell characteristic of fruit.0f79eae4aaae8529

I touched it to my 83fe1b50cf tongue for a quick taste.8679b1e417156a6e

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“Ugh, bitter!”74cd705bbe53a52a

I scrunched my 3acdbdd71d face up tightly.b25e21b733f3a8b2

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Eh? Another skill?598668b0ad89660d

I glanced at the berry, bbb5bbb45f and a description popped up.6d1ef3253150dac0

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I know that already, e2da39ba62 you idiot.463d81f8381de6d2

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As expected, this b2df49691f was another pretty 691edf5a58 useless skill.81ba9d48b0192240

Still, I was curious. I turned my attention to ecbbb8cd87 a darker-colored berry this time.16118017cfbef23c

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The same thing again.ff38252baf72288a

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I’m not eating it. Why does it taste bitter if it’s ripe—f9fe1969212d2bf7

Gulp.The ominous little 31912b011f asterisk made me d607b83f4a shove the berry 3e8fed382c into my mouth 0aaef6aa03 and swallow it.aca31762e1cb5f73

“Ugh.”eac9bf2f763d6e02

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The bitterness was so overpowering that I definitely didn’t want to eat it again.ec708a3639706d23

But I couldn’t not try it.ebb3f6c6e8050fe5

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There’s water that restores health—who knows what effect a fruit might have?562f191768a29b8d

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Whoa. I couldn’t help but be surprised.3aedd6a964e60237

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Just as the 032f16426d Appraisal skill hinted, 7fdb131b25 it really did 127cb8aaa7 increase my strength.cf572409cbcc8907

This little fruit had that dc7379add7 kind of effect. Without any effort, my d71fbfc5b2 stats had gone up.302f59a8ec049260

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This is insane. If I could sell these, I’d make a fortune.03f8792d05d6662b

Not that I 235430da6f can leave, of 0b4f274992 course.09579a4202a2a85e

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Still, it would 5020908318 be useful for 6b6f448889 me with my 70e909d450 FFF-rank stats.d4fd0a8ef08c407e

I quickly thought of the wooden bucket lying near the cabin and brought it over. I figured it’d be a good idea to gather and eat as many as I could.40308719b88f9839

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Who knows—if my b948955874 rank ever improves, dbcc824e14 maybe I can 80107c6151 escape this place.23a8ec39a5167a95

Honestly, I don’t even hope to fight and win.a0564cf6386fef9d

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But if I can just 43670d3eb2 run away from monsters, maybe 46f0cd1ee2 I can even escape through f13b54e03a the S-rank dungeon—the only exit 3a33e9cc14 here.bd17dd7525d7b06e

It was a sliver ae6b502198 of hope.409d77628e6a23d3

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At a glance, there seemed to be a lot of berries, but unfortunately, there weren’t many that appeared ripe.8c241d4e53e35bc9

The unripe ones didn’t show the ‘gain strength’ description.48270759087f1a00

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I ventured a little deeper e8818b75e8 into the forest, searching for d9df895e2a ripe red berries.b06035ff464eb4a7

As sunlight filtered through b1f1acaa6b the leaves, warming me, 78fe9aed77 I turned my head 8ec7979704 this way and that.b8070a58120c1e2f

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I didn’t find many red berries, but instead, I discovered trees bearing purple fruits.e0cb4b5706a5d02c

They were about the size 164aa73a7c of my fist.c55cfc244c1a9f38

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I plucked a fruit hanging 25e56d462f low on the tree and 3b81425125 held it to my nose. It smelled sweet.234807277f1ee5f5

When I split it open, 2c755760ea a flattened seed was nestled 2ca7626f16 inside the purple flesh.32ab8ea91c07fa58

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Wow, this definitely seems edible.cb3d773b6b4d00d3

As soon as I ae71190cac took a small bite e159a1459a of the fruit, a 43ec95162e message popped up.2280244ac2cecc1f

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This system really eb4e31abe8 does whatever it 7cfbde03c0 wants.83a1f32edc607579

I didn’t even ask for a detailed description, but it popped up on its own.c7d3ee513ad44918

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And, just as edf026ba81 it claimed, the 6eb29cdc07 fruit was absolutely 313a07ca49 delicious. A slight tartness a95cd1a43e balanced out a fe04450d5b deep sweetness that 6a3d98d438 spread throughout my 911f84f796 mouth, melting along 733efa8bd3 with the juices.4bbfda3e8f32de86

I opened my mouth wide ec1f7bb89a and took another bite of b79f2e23f6 the fruit.1bbe6be9014ccb5b

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Mango? No, grapefruit? It was a fresh scent I’d never encountered before, sweet in a way that didn’t get tiresome.d322d68d2134b606

But apart from its taste, it didn’t seem to have any special effects.0a5ff7331f22c40e

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Still, it was 342fcc16e2 a relief to 1cc25aaa69 have found something 02e65e878e edible.b5c62ee037966bf2

There seemed to be many similar trees in the area, so at least I wouldn’t starve. If I combined it with the red berries, it might even neutralize the bitterness.975ccb97eca2b43c

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I added the purple 85d824d70b fruits to the wooden b8325bef3c bucket I had brought 832a231cb1 along.b71f2e7eb2e9974e

Unfortunately, the ones hanging higher up were out of reach. I wasn’t about to waste energy climbing trees for them.3dbf5f1f6478ff1c

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I wandered around, plucking fruits bee331707c hanging lower on the trees.db64102771bb0a1f

After I’d gathered a few, something ridiculous happened.477dcbae5871497e

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What… what is this?dffdb87afba3f901

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