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634 – Dungeon Yellow Dust

634 – Dungeon Yellow Dust

The next day, the results of the speaker reveal heated up the internet.

It was because the circuit boards of the one million won and ten million won speakers were perfectly identical.

Of course, sound quality isn’t determined solely by the circuit board, but the fact that they used a relatively inexpensive board became a topic of controversy.

[Wait, they really are the same?]

[What kind of ears do those who noticed this have???]

[There were people who said they sounded completely different, though, haha.]

Praise followed for those who got it right, while those who flaunted their half-baked expertise were met with ridicule.

Among them, the one who garnered the most attention was none other than Gyeoul.

While there were sound variations based on the shape of the speaker, the fundamental sound remained the same.

Gyeoul had guessed correctly just from hearing it briefly while playing the game.

[The Beastmen must have really good hearing.]

[└The Beastmen are good, but Gyeoul is the best among them.]

[They say Gyeoul can hear the sound of bugs crawling from hundreds of meters away when focused.]

[└No way, that’s not true… right…? ]

[If you curse at Gyeoul at home, does Gyeoul hear it?]

[└Kang Jinho comes.]

[└Ah.]

Gyeoul’s incredible hearing became a bigger topic than the speaker incident.

Meanwhile, Gyeoul had no idea what was happening on the internet.

“Gyeoul, you’re really amazing.”

Kwon Arin praised Gyeoul, who was busy playing the game.

Gyeoul, pressing the game controller here and there, looked up at Kwon Arin.

“Yes? What do you mean?”

“Um… Never mind. By the way, shouldn’t you stay inside today?”

There was no need to drag Gyeoul into the world of internet communities.

Kwon Arin let Gyeoul play games with the other kids.

‘But what about the speaker?’

After a moment of contemplation, Kwon Arin decided to just refund it.

Even if they said the sound could differ based on the design, the psychological burden of using a low-cost circuit board was too great from a non-expert’s perspective.

While Kwon Arin was deciding on the treatment of the speaker, Gaeul moved alone to the window.

She was looking for the yellow and pretty flowers she had seen while wandering in the park yesterday.

“Hek…”

Gaeul gently wagged her tail and lifted the blinds that covered the window.

Upon facing the world, Gaeul couldn’t help but be taken aback.

“Is that… a noxious fog?!”

Even though it wasn’t sunset time, the world had turned orange.

It was a murky orange that made it hard to see ahead.

This definitely wasn’t a normal situation.

Gaeul knew very well what action to take in an emergency.

It was to call for Gyeoul.

“Chwiing!”

**

While playing games with the kids, I perked up my ears at Gaeul’s sudden scream.

Was there a problem?

I quickly set down the controller and turned to where Gaeul’s voice was coming from.

“Chwiin! Ggaemmi!”

Gaeul was pointing at the window with wide eyes.

Outside the window, the orange hue was due to yellow dust.

“This is… the devil’s fog…!”

“It’s not even evening, and the sunset has already come…!”

Levinas and Haneul, who had never experienced yellow dust, were horrified, while Saebyeok and Bom, who knew what it was, were also surprised.

I was quite taken aback as it was my first time seeing such a severe level of yellow dust.

“Wow…”

It was truly at a level that could be called a natural disaster.

I forgot to explain yellow dust to the kids and just stared out the window.

‘If a dungeon bursts, it really is a calamity.’

Today, a high-level dungeon had suddenly erupted in the neighboring country.

The dungeon had spewed out a tremendous amount of sand and dust along with monsters, and the dust had blown all the way to our country.

That dust had just now arrived.

“Is it bad to breathe in yellow dust…?”

“No? It won’t cause any particular problems, but since you can’t see ahead, it’s advised not to go outside to avoid accidents.”

“Ah…?”

Is it because this is a world where mana exists?

In my world, I would have considered yellow dust, which could harm my body, as just an annoying thing that obscures my vision.

“If you want to go outside, just wait a bit; dungeon yellow dust ends quickly…”

Just then, while Kwon Arin was saying something, Levinas suddenly dashed outside.

“Levinas, where are you going?”

“I’m going to save Levinas’s family…!”

Levinas opened the front door and pressed the elevator button.

After a moment of hesitation, I got into the elevator with Levinas, and we reached the first floor.

“Ugh…!”

“It’s scarier up close…!”

We were now in a situation where we could face the yellow dust with just one more door to open.

Without hesitation, Levinas opened the door and ran outside.

Todadak—

Levinas, who had gone ahead, disappeared from sight due to the yellow dust.

Although I couldn’t see, I could tell where she was going by the sound.

‘Is it the Ggaemmi Guild?’

Due to the yellow dust, the staff hadn’t come to work.

Thanks to that, I realized who Levinas was worried about.

“Seol! Kkamang!”

“Chikji!”

“Hiing?”

At our calls, the Divine Beasts began to appear one by one through the yellow dust.

The pure white Hayan had turned orange due to the yellow dust.

“Are you okay, Seol?”

“Meow! Meow!”

“That’s good, I’m relieved.”

Perhaps because they were inherently sturdy Divine Beasts?

They seemed to regard the yellow dust as nothing.

The wolf Divine Beast, Meongmui, was even jumping around in the yellow dust.

“Seol! Has a devil appeared?!”

“Meow?”

“Really?!”

“Meow! Meow!”

“Um…! It hasn’t appeared yet, but we need to stay close together because we don’t know when it might show up!”

Levinas said with a rather serious expression.

A devil, huh.

I realized I hadn’t explained yellow dust to the kids.

‘Since I told them to just play at home.’

It seemed that today, I would need to educate them about yellow dust.

**

After informing the kids about yellow dust, I quickly returned home.

Even though breathing in yellow dust wouldn’t cause any problems thanks to mana, getting dirty was a big issue.

“Oh dear, you little ones.”

Sophia sighed deeply as she looked at us covered in sand.

Perhaps she didn’t like our dirty appearance, she shoved us into every bathroom in the big house.

“What were you doing outside?”

“Well, we were worried about the Divine Beasts…”

“…Is that so?”

Since we had gone outside with good intentions, Sophia didn’t scold us any further.

Thus, we watched the yellow dust from the house window, and before long, we could see the world turning blue again.

‘It really ends quickly.’

The yellow dust from the dungeon was short-lived.

I felt relieved that the world had returned to normal, but not all problems were resolved yet.

The places where the yellow dust had passed were far too dirty.

“Wow.”

The green leaves and the pretty park floor were left with orange stains.

Even though it was just for a moment, the yellow dust had made the neighborhood look grim.

Since the guild and park had magic cast on them, they would be cleaned up quickly, but what about other neighborhoods?

Worried, I decided to go outside and check the neighborhood.

“This is unbelievable.”

The neighborhood was in worse shape than our park.

The pretty buildings and street trees had all turned a muddy color.

Wouldn’t the plants die because they couldn’t breathe?

Just as I was worried, Haneul raised a broom high.

“There’s a lot of cleaning to do…!”

“Haneul is going to clean here?”

“Yes…! I’ll make everything clean…!”

Oh my.

How admirable.

Moved by Haneul’s words, I decided to help with the cleaning too.

“Then shall we clean the neighborhood together?”

“I want to help too!”

“Yes…! Let’s do it together…!”

I hoped that even a little bit of cleaning would make the village better.

With that thought, I picked up cleaning tools along with the kids.

Swish, swish—

Haneul swept the floor with the broom, and I threw the accumulated sand into the park flower bed.

Gaeul was dusting off the sand that had piled up on the grass with a dusting cloth she had brought from somewhere.

“Gaeul is cleaning the grass?”

“Naeng! Ggaemmi!”

“Ah, I see.”

She was clearing the grass to make it easier for ants to climb.

As I patted Gaeul’s head and turned to the side, Saebyeok was clapping her hands to create a breeze that blew the sand dust to one side.

Levinas was moving only the dirt dust through a soap bubble necklace.

I never knew there was such a cleaning method.

It was the first time I felt that cleaning could be fun.

As we were engrossed in cleaning for about thirty minutes, Jeong Yuna approached us.

“Hey, what are you doing here?”

“We’re cleaning. We’re trying to make the neighborhood clean again.”

“Wow, that’s so admirable!”

Jeong Yuna patted each of our heads.

Then she smiled softly.

“But you probably don’t need to clean.”

“Yes? Why not?”

Jeong Yuna didn’t answer my question.

She just pointed her finger at the sky.

“Huh?”

I looked up, but the sky was just yellow.

What was she pointing at when nothing was visible?

Just as I was tilting my head in confusion, a raindrop plopped onto my forehead.

“It’s artificial rain.”

“Wow, is that possible too?”

“Yeah. It’s a work of the Magician Association?”

Swoosh—

As soon as Jeong Yuna finished speaking, a downpour began.

It was a precious rain that washed away the dust.

“Wow! It’s rain!”

“Wowaaah!”

The thirty minutes of cleaning turned into bubbles, but no one was disappointed.

Our neighborhood was getting clean.

I really liked our Dawn neighborhood.

Author’s Note

Thank you so much for reading today, PIA1747014585384!

Thank you for the comments and recommendations! They always give me strength…!

And I’m really sorry for being late…………………….!

(I made a slight correction to the previous chapter. It’s the scene where Kwon Arin posts what Gyeoul said on the internet.)

(I corrected it to [Gyeoul said there are slight changes based on the shape of the speaker, but the fundamental sound is exactly the same as the previous speaker.] but there’s no need to look at it again!)