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Level 003

"Water?"

"Check."

"Food?"

"Check."

"Inventory full of healing potions?"

"Check and I have the First Aid Kit."

"Dagger?"

"Sharp and ready."

"Your Gear?"

"Sit's perfect."

"Alright, seems you're all set, baby." Lia mused.

Humanity Strongest was sitting in her home office, the Interfaces of her System before her, while one Interface showed her husband Jinwoo.

She was thankful that the CO-OP Mode had a Live Stream Function so that she could watch and support Jinwoo in the safety of their home.

"I'm kinda nervous," Jinwoo admitted as he looked from the key to the Instant Dungeon to the Hapjeong Subway Station entrance. "This is something completely new...will I even manage as E-Rank to clear this dungeon?"

"You trained hard, you have the best gear and dagger and you have also me as support. I'm not letting you die, my knight." Lia cooed sweetly.

This made Jinwoo smile and wink at Lia's screen. "Then I can only win, with my angel watching over me."

"I love you, you sap."

"I love you more, Princess."

Jinwoo took a deep breath.

This was it.

No turning back.

With a mix of anticipation and hesitation, he inserted the key into a holographic door within the subway, activating the dungeon's entrance.

Lia bit her nail nervous as Jinwoo took the stairs down. How she wished she was by his side, but...she knew he needed to Level-Up alone. She was way too overpowered for this Insta-Dungoen and Jinwoo needed all EXPs.

Behind Jinwoo the only excited closed up, creating a wall.

"Just like you said." Jinwoo signed. "The Dungoen closed behind me. No way out."

"Only if you find a Teleportation Stone or kill the Dungeon Boss." Lia reminds him.

"Right, then let's go."

So Jinwoo goes down the stairs, Lia following with her screen, as he finds himself in an abandoned hallway.

"This gives me way too many Silent Hills vibes." Lia murmurs.

"Oh dear, don't say that," Jinwoo murmurs back, looking around nervously. "I can't promise I won't run if Pyramid Head appears."

"I wouldn't blame you, darling, the game IS scary."

Suddenly from the ceiling, Goblins sprang down!

"Goblins!" Jinwoo shouted. "Three of them."

"Orange, they're orange, Jinwoo! Be careful!" Lia warned.

The young man nods as he gets ready to confront the Goblins. As he remembers right orange means these enemies are on his level.

If he is smart, he can win!

So he sidesteps, parries and listens to Lia's warnings and soon all three goblins are dead.

"Awesome, baby!" Lia celebrates in her seat, while Jinwoo takes deep breaths to calm his racing pulse. "You're already way better than me in my first Insta-Dungoen."

Jinwoo can't help but chuckle a bit, as he looks through the loot the Goblins dropped.

"All thanks to you. You're a great teacher, Love and the gear and dagger from the System Shop are amazing. I feel so light and strong."

"Good, cause steel-fanged Lycan on 12, baby!"

For the next few hours, their teamwork against the monsters in the Insta-Dungeon remains constant. Helia supports and heals Jinwoo while he fights and grows stronger.

On Level 15 Jinwoo faces the Dungeon Boss and in a spectacular show of strength, he kills the giant snake.

Relieved Helia sinks in her office chair, rubbing her belly soothing. Their baby had noted her nerves, but who could blame her?

Being scared for the Love of your Life was normal.

Jinwoo acquires the Venom Fang, a dagger made from Kasaka's fangs. With the snake's corpse, the dungeon disappears, reverting the Instant Dungeon to the Hapjeong Subway Station.

"Oh god. I think I need a tea." Lia sighs, stroking her hair out of her face. "You were so badass but I still worried."

Jinwoo also let out a sign, smiling at Lia Interface. "I don't blame you, Princess. Watching sucks. I know how much you like to fight."

Since the dungeon was over, Jinwoo assured his wife, that he would go back to the hospital and she should get herself the tea she needed. He would call her when he was back in his room.

Helia sent him a kiss through the screen before she ended the livestream.

Now, what tea should she make herself?

(*)

A few days later after Jinwoo's first Insta-Dungoen it was finally time for him to return home.

Humming a little tune Helia walked up to the hospital room, only to deadpan at this shameless nurse and her clueless husband.

The nurse was hitting on her man, asking even for his number, while he was all confused Pikachu.

"Excuse me," Lia called fake-friendly, which made them turn around. "You're hitting on a married man. Didn't you see his ring?"

The poor nurse blushed crimson red and was terrified.

Not only did she hit on a married man (Stupid of course he was married!), but she had hit on the husband of the legendary Marchese Helia, Humanity Strongest.

She would die terribly, wouldn't she?

Meanwhile, Jinwoo gave himself an internal facepalm. So the nurse wanted his number to call him, not to send him other test results!

Lia was right, about how he was dense.

"I'm sorry." The nurse stuttered and bowed. "I should have noted the ring. I'm so, so, sorry Hunter Marchese."

Fast she ran away and Lia looked just annoyed after her.

"Princess, I think you traumatised her." Jinwoo mussed and stepped to his wife.

She let herself be hugged by him, while he caressed with one hand her swollen belly.

"Serves her right." Lia huffed cutely. "How vain people are. You got a new haircut, a few muscles and are a bit taller and now all are over you! You already were Mr Sex on Legs before!"

It made Jinwoo chuckle and kiss away her pout.

"For you, my wonderful warrior queen. It's cute when you get all territorial."

"You're mine and I don't share."

"Neither do I. Neither do I."

(*)

Jinah could only stare at her dear brother and beloved sister-in-law.

Since she knew Helia, she had looked like a top model, no question and now pregnant she blossomed even more beautiful...but her brother?

He had always looked cute against Helia's beauty.

Hadn't he also been smaller than her?

However, the young man who came out beside Lia from their bedroom looked like a male model and was taller than the redhead now.

"Morning Jinah." Jinwoo greeted yawing.

"Morning Sweetie," Lia mumbled and kissed Jinah on the forehead before cutely waddling up to the kitchen. Jinah wondered what kind of food Abomination Lia would eat today.

"So, are you training, Jinwoo?" Jinah asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Eh, a bit. I'm doing the same as Helia before she got pregnant." Jinwoo answered with a little shrug.

Amusend Jinah held a hand over her brother. She couldn't even reach him.

"Well, it does you good appaerntly. Also, you got so tall. Seems like boys can even grow up in their 20s."

"Jinah, sweetie, did you pack your lunch," Lia called from the kitchen.

"Yeah, I did, don't worry." the purple-haired girl assured and put on her street shoes. "I'm off to school now."

"Wait a second, what about your umbrella?" Jinwoo wonders, holding it up.

"I don't need it it's a beautiful day."

"Come on now, better save than sorry."

"Aww, it's heavy!"

"That little thing isn't heavy."

Merciless Jinwoo put the umbrella in Jinah's backpack. Rolling her eyes the girl told her family goodbye and left their Penthouse.

Jinwoo found Helia on the dinner table already eating chocolate chip cornflakes with vanilla ice cream and...was that a cucumber?

"Cucumber?"

"Don't judge me, baby." she only whined.

Laughing a bit Jinwoo sat beside her, preparing for himself a bowl of cornflakes. "Our little one has a unique taste."

"As long as they don't make me eat...raisins! Brrrrr!"

Now the couple laughed together and enjoyed their breakfast.

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Later that day Helia was on a video call with her two top members of her guild.

The Vice President A-Rank Healer Cheong Youngsoo and A-Rank Fighter and twin sister of Youngsoo, Cheong Youngmi.

"Seems like you both have all under control." Lia praised as she looked at the sent documents on her computer. "Our E to C Ranks are profiting from the special training under our B and A Ranks, which also helps them to learn to be good team leaders."

Youngmi flicked her purple locks, preening. "Girl, I made them sweat. This little shits would be on the level of S-Ranks if you could raise in ranks!"

"I needed to heal a lot of broken bones thanks to your tough love, dear sister." Youngsoo deadpanned. "Anyway, Master Helia this was all from us today. The Guild and its Hunter works efficiently and we won't kill them. Well me at least not."

"Oi, brother!"

"There, there you two." Lia laughed. "Don't fight or at least make it a training fight so our Hunters can profit from it."

The Cheong Twins laughed along before Youngmi asked. "How is Cutie Patootie? He is out of the hospital, yeah?"

"He is fine, all good. I did ask him to go to a therapist. What he experienced in the double dungeon...was traumatic."

"How are you and the baby holding up?" Younysoo wanted to know.

"I'm going also to a therapist, but the doctor says Baby is alright."

"You weirdos still don't wanna know what it's going to be?"

"Youngmi!"

"What?!"

"We want it to be a surprise," Lia repeated. "So we buy mostly gender-neutral things. We painted one wall of the nursery in soft yellow. It looks really cute."

"I still think it's weird. I would wanna know what my brat is." Youngmi found.

For that, her brother pulled her cheek. "You're a lesbian."

"Never heard of artificial insemination, you uncultured swine?"

"Oi!"

"Yeah, I miss you guys so much..."

The three squabbled a bit more like only friends and siblings could do before the video call was ended.

As Lia re-read again her documents, a knock was heard on her office door.

"Come in," she called.

Jinwoo stepped in, dressed to go out.

"Hey baby, are you going somewhere?"

"I got a...weird quest." Jinwoo began slowly and showed her his interface. "You told me about these kind of quests."

Wide-eyed Lia read the quest her husband had gotten.

"You got a Story-Quest," the red-haired woman gapped. "It thought I only got them, so canon wouldn't be too disturbed. Well, that's my theory about it."

"Yeah and since I don't wanna die I need to fulfil it. Only I don't know why I should participate in this C-Rank Raid."

Thoughtful Lia rubbed her chin. From the Story-Quest she got it was to advance or protect canon, well her theory, she actually didn't have a clue what the Story-Quests did.

"This group also sounds shady." she shared and Jinwoo nodded. "I have the same feeling."

The couple looked at each other and then signed.

"Well, you can't ignore it, my knight. Maybe after the Raid, we will get why you got this Story-Quest."

Jinwoo leaning forward to give his wife a loving kiss.

"We wanted to shop for baby clothes..."

"I know, we can do it tomorrow. Story-Quest are a pain, but they give a lot of EXP."

"At least something."

After they shared a kiss and Jinwoo kissed even her swollen belly, her husband was off.

Since this group her Jinwoo would work with today DID sound a lot shady, Humanity Strongest decided to do some internet research.

And with her, she meant of course...

"EDI?"

[Yes, Mistress Helia?]

"Connect with the internet and find anything you can out about this Hwang Dongsuk and his little group. Something about them rubs me the wrong way."

[Understood, Mistress Helia. Beginn Searching...]

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So I hope you saw the changes in Canon. Since Helia knows a bit more about what it means to be a Player and anything included with it, Jinwoo managed his first dungeon even better than in canon.

Also, I hope you like my idea about the Story-Quests. It's a way for me to make important plot points happen.

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter!

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